Preface: I still think Nova will be good comedy and useful to the plot but
Nova was one of the LI that I was most interested in until the scene with Maat it already feels pretty out of place in this game what with her being forced to strip and preform oral sex unless she wants to lose a (seemingly?) priceless item....but to make it worse she herself says that she is NOTHING without her gun.
Her hacking skills and or her friendship with you and the other LIs? By her own admission they arent nearly on the same level.
While it is by far my least favorite scene in the game my biggest issue is about what it means for her route (and harem scenes with her in them).
Because she views herself as worthless without her OP gun part of the route will be dedicated to her getting over that which is a problem IMO because if it takes her entire route then it would be boring and end at her realizing that someone who can hack the best systems in the world is in fact not worthless..... However if it is quickly resolved then the rapey scene with Maat is even worse
First time ever in a game like this that I am going to 100% not pursue a LI even if it locks harem scenes/endings..............unless that would mean locking any Alex scenes of course