Lamilla Tion was an employee of Cygnus Spaceworks and the design lead for Cygnus' Abecederian line of executive shuttles, including the Delta-class T-3c shuttle. She was a sculptor fascinated with paper-folding. She incorporated the variable geometry landing system into each of her designs at great expense, not only to compress each ship's docked footprint, but also as an artistic acknowledgement of her spiritual beliefs.