Dr. Kovac is the "lead" scientist of the Coronis facility, sent by NEVEC to find out a way to "mine" E.D.N. III of its T-Energy as well as to find a way to either produce T-Energy or refine it to a pure form to ship to Earth as a power source. His tests drive him to create a machine capable of subduing (and potentially controlling) the Akrid that almost end up destroying the Coronis mining base in the process. The base is swarmed by various types of Akrid until Jim Peyton destroys the machine in the deep parts of Kovac's lab.