Hope Kintobor

Hope Kintobor is a young female Overlander and the step-daughter of Colin Kintobor, niece of Julian Kintobor (aka Dr. Robotnik) and step-sister of Snively. Hope journeyed along with her father a large group of Overlanders through space to find a new home following the end of the Great War. During their journey, Hope, while in stasis, learned of the history of conflict between their peoples, but unlike other Overlanders, did not feel the same hostility towards the Mobians. After returning to Mobius, Hope was amongst the group of Overlanders which was deceived by Dr. Eggman (a version of Colin's brother from another dimension) into moving to Robotropolis. Hope always felt as though her "uncle" was hiding something, and this proved true when it was revealed Eggman planned on roboticizing everyone. Hope then was taken in by the Kingdom of Acorn and for a time lived with them, until Snively convinced her to move to Station Square to avoid being caught up in the upcoming invasion. Hope returned after Knothole was destroyed in her custom made plane, attacking the Egg Fleet and telling Snively she planned on fighting him and Eggman and hoping to one day bring back honor to the Kintobor name.

Travels Through Space
Following the Overlander defeat, Colin and most of the citizens of Megapolis left the planet to explore space in search of a new home. During their travels between worlds, Hope spent most of her time in stasis, learning about their people's history. (StH: #107)

Return to Mobius
Hope was among the first Overlanders to arrive back on Mobius following their narrow escape from an encounter with a Xorda vessel (an event that would lead to the planet-wide battle against a Xorda in which Sonic nearly died). Hope was frightened by a battle between Sonic the Hedgehog and Monkey Khan, and fled with her people into Robotropolis, where they lived in safety from the "furry menace". Eventually, the lifelessness of the city motivated Hope to break curfew and explore, only to turn back upon finding a Robian. (StH: #92, #93, #94, #124)

Frightened by this, Hope slowly felt as though her uncle was hiding something, and had something to do with the roboticized Mobian she encountered. Eventually she convinced her grandmother to discuss the matter with her father, though this came too late. Dr. Eggman revealed his plans to roboticize all of the Overlanders, as they had been exposed to toxic radiation poisoning and would die without treatment. Lady Agnes had her granddaughter run, delaying Eggman long enough for Hope to hide in the city. When Lady Agnes was put on TV screens throughout the city and Eggman threatened to roboticize her unless Hope turned herself in, she came out of hiding so she could be captured, only to witness her grandmother be roboticized anyways. Before the Shadowbots could take her prisoner, Sonic and the Knothole Freedom Fighters arrived on the scene. After explaining that Eggman allowed everyone to be exposed to the toxic radiation, the remaining Overlanders left the city. (StH: #105)

Living with the Mobians
After spending time in Knothole amongst the Mobians, Hope realized how peaceful and friendly they were. While the other Overlanders were taken in by Station Square as refugees, Hope pleaded with Princess Sally to be allowed to stay. Sally, as well as her mother and father, agreed after reading a letter from Hope in which she detailed her life's history. (StH: #108)

Hope enjoyed a happy life in Knothole, making many friends, especially Shadow the Hedgehog (who became her behind-the-scenes guardian due to her resemblance to the late Maria whom he considered to be family). When Hope was accidentally transported by Locke to a secret location where he'd hoped to convince Shadow to work with him to locate the missing Brotherhood of Guardians, Hope pleaded with Locke to let Shadow go. When Shadow nearly killed Locke, she told him she felt more afraid of him than of the Echidna, and that just because Locke had hurt him didn't excuse Shadow to hurt Locke back. Shadow fled after this, finally accepting that she was not Maria. (StH: #145)

During the Metal Sonic Troopers attack on Knothole, Hope was wounded after one of the 'bots was sent flying back and struck her in the head. This enraged Shadow, who still saw Hope as a link to his past, and thus he threatened to kill Sonic should she die. After the two fought, Rosie convinced them to stop their bickering and get Hope medical attention. She was soon put under the care of Dr. Quack and made a full recovery. (StH: #158, #159)



Hope even reconciled with Snively during his several weeks in Knothole after joining the Brain Trust, forgiving him for helping Eggman roboticize their father and grandmother. Because he was family, Hope deeply considered his advice on finding a place in the new Overlander cities in the United Federation. Eventually, she left Knothole in her hand-built fighter plane to visit the new human cities if it was right for her. (StH: #162)

Return
After spending time amongst the humans, Hope realized she belonged in Knothole with the Mobians. When she returned, she was horrified to see Knothole in ruins, as the Eggman Empire had just destroyed the entire village. When the Egg Fleet began their attack on New Mobotropolis, where all of the Mobians had been transported to thanks to NICOLE, Hope used her fighter plane to attack the Egg Fleet. Hope contacted Snively, who was commanding the Egg Fleet, and explained how betrayed she felt by him, feeling that the Mobians would never accept her again because she left them on Snively's behest. She ended the conversation saying she wouldn't rest until she put an end to Snively and Eggman's tyrrany, hoping to restore some honor to the Kintobor name. This brought Snively to tears, and likely prevented him from ordering the Egg Fleet to destroy her air craft. (StH: #177)

Employed by GUN
Hope survived the battle, returning to the United Federation and working as an agent for G.U.N. as a mechanic. She assisted in Shadow the Hedgehog's mission to travel to the Special Zone by building a transporter, though she wasn't sure where exactly it would send him, leading to Shadow arriving in the wrong zone. Eventually, Shadow managed to return to Mobius Prime with a Chaos Emerald, with Hope and Commander Abraham Tower both praising Shadow for successfully completing the mission. (SU: #1)

Hope later managed to fix the transporter so it would now to the Special Zone and announced this after Shadow had managed to recruit a robot of her "uncle's" called E-123 Omega to them and Rouge the Bat. (SU: )

Inventions

 * Air craft
 * Transporter

Background Information
In StH: #93, Colin Kintobor stated that Hope was his step-daughter. However, in StH: #177, Hope claims that Snively is her half-brother. It remains unknown if this was a writer's error or a retcon.

Hope's above age is taken from Ian Flynn who pointed out that Hope was two when the Overlanders left Mobius and then returned in the present year (3237) ten years later. (1)