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Cast of Characters
- Allfrey, Philip
- Brigadier General, Oravil Barregos' senior Gendarmerie officer.
- Alsobrook, Michael
- Member of the Butry clan on Parmley Station.
- Arai, Hugh
- Beowulf's Biological Survey Corps, CO BSCS Ouroboros; also commander of the ship's commando force; later chief of security for Queen Berry of Torch.
- Armstrong, Sarah
- Member of the Butry clan on Parmley Station.
- Artlett, Andrew
- Great-nephew of Ganny Butry; uncle of Brice Miller.
- Bardasano, Isabel
- Senior operative and second in command Mesan Alignment Security.
- Barregos, Oravil
- Maya Sector Governor.
- Beausoleil, Noémie
- Citizen Captain, People's Navy in Exile (People's Navy in Exile); CO, PNES Napoleon Bonaparte.
- Blomqvist, Gansükh
- Officer, Mesan System Guard; junior inspector, customs operations.
- Bostwick, Hervé P.
- Citizen Captain, People's Navy in Exile; CO, PNES Charlemagne.
- Brosnan, Gail
- Maya Sector Lieutenant Governor.
- Butry, Elfriede Margarete
- Also known as "Ganny" or "Ganny El;" matriarch of the extended family (essentially a small clan) that officially owns and partially controls Parmley Station, the largely defunct amusement park in orbit around the giant ringed planet Ameta.
- Carte, David
- Commander, Solarian League Navy (Solarian League Navy); CO, CL(L) SLNS Sharpshooter. Also CO CL Division 7036.3.
- Chapman, Alexander
- Erewhonese admiral.
- Christiansen, Philippine
- Citizen Lieutenant Commander, People's Navy in Exile; astrogation officer, PNES Leon Trotsky.
- Clarke, Donald
- Oravil Barregos' senior economic adviser.
- Cullingford, J.T.
- Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, arsenal ship SLNS Masquerade.
- Detweiler, Albrecht
- Head of the Detweiler family and Chief Executive Officer of the Mesan Alignment.
- Detweiler, Benjamin
- Son/clone of Albrecht; effectively Secretary of War of the Mesan Alignment.
- Detweiler, Collin
- Son/clone of Albrecht; Director, Mesan Alignment Security.
- Dobbs, Michael
- Lieutenant Commander, Solarian League Navy; Laura Raycraft's chief of staff.
- Du Havel, W.E.B. ("Web")
- Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Torch.
- Egert, Irénée
- Citizen Captain, People's Navy in Exile; CO, PNES Chao Kung Ming.
- Evans, Karen
- Lieutenant, Royal Manticoran Navy (Royal Manticoran Navy); astrogator of the HMS Harvest Joy.
- Foley, Jennifer
- Cousin of Brice Miller.
- Frank, Jeremy
- Mayan official; senior aide for Governor Barregos.
- Garner, Marlene ("Marti")
- Executive officer, BSCS Ouroboros; also a member of Arai's commando team and later a member of the Biological Survey Corps team detached to serve as security detail for Queen Berry.
- Georgos, Karen
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy; Rear Admiral Luiz Rozsak's staff communications officer.
- Granger, Adelaide
- Captain, Mannerheim System-Defense Force; the commanding officer of Admiral Osiris Trajan's flagship.
- Grimault, Ludivine
- Citizen Lieutenant; Konidis' staff communications officer.
- Guglik, Anne
- Lieutenant Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, DD SLNS Hernando Cortés. Also CO DD Division 3029.3.
- Habib, Edie
- Commander, Solarian League Navy; Rozsak's chief of staff, essentially Rozsak's permanent executive officer and more often referred to as "XO" than as chief of staff.
- Haldane, Iain
- Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO CL(L) Ranger. Also CO CL Division 7036.1.
- Hall, Michael William
- Manticoran hyper-physicist assigned to Congo Wormhole survey expedition.
- Hammarberg, Jonas
- Lieutenant Commander, Royal Manticoran Navy; officer on HMS Harvest Joy.
- Hargraves, Christy
- Citizen Commander, People's Navy in Exile; senior engineer, PNES Charlemagne.
- Hartman, Ed
- Cousin of Brice Miller.
- Hartman, Millicent
- Citizen Commander, People's Navy in Exile; Luff's chief of staff.
- Hartneady, James
- Senior Chief Coxswain, HMS Harvest Joy.
- Hasselberg, Niklas
- Commander, Mannerheim System-Defense Force; Admiral Osiris Trajan's chief of staff.
- Henson, Stephanie
- Officer, BSCS Ouroboros; also a member of Arai's commando team and later a member of the Biological Survey Corps team detached to serve as security detail for Queen Berry.
- Horton, Glenn
- Erewhonese admiral.
- Hronek, Linda
- Manticoran hyper-physicist assigned to Congo Wormhole expedition.
- Hübner, César
- Citizen Lieutenant Commander, People's Navy in Exile; TO, PNES Chao Kung Ming.
- Imbesi, Walter
- Head of the Imbesi family; unofficially, one of the four people in the quadrumvirate that effectively rules Erewhon.
- Irvine, Lajos
- Undercover agent for Jack McBryde.
- Jeremy X
- Secretary of War of the Kingdom of Torch; formerly head of the Audubon Ballroom, the ex-slave guerrilla force considered by some people to be a terrorist organization.
- Kamerling, Yvonne
- Citizen Lieutenant, People's Navy in Exile; Luff's staff communications officer.
- Kamstra, Dirk-Steven
- Commodore, Solarian League Navy; CO, Light Cruiser Squadron 7036 and CL(L) SLNS Marksman. Kamstra is wearing two official "hats" (CO LCS 7036 and CO Marksman), and his "acting rank" is closer to that of commodore or even rear admiral; he's Rozsak's senior officer "afloat," effectively his task force commander.
- Kao Huang
- Lieutenant Colonel, Solarian Marines; Rozsak's senior ground combat advisor/deputy.
- Kare, Jordin
- Manticoran hyper-physicist assigned to Congo Wormhole expedition.
- Keller, Gordon
- Lieutenant, Royal Manticoran Navy; HMS Harvest Joy's tactical officer.
- Konidis, Santander
- Citizen Commodore, People's Navy in Exile; later commanding officer, Operation Ferret.
- Lara
- Former Scrag, now one of Palane's "Amazons;" informally part of Berry's security team.
- Lathorous, Steven
- Jack McBryde's second-in-command, assistant chief of security, Gamma Center.
- Laukkonen, Santeri
- A fence and arms merchant for criminals (including pirates) in the Ajax System. He is also one of Luis Rozsak's (or, rather, Jiri Watanapongse's) informants.
- Laurent, Jarko
- Citizen Commander, People's Navy in Exile; succeeds as CO of PNES Leon Trotsky.
- Laursen, Jimmi
- Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, arsenal ship SLNS Kabuki.
- Le Fossi, Maria
- Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, CL SLNS Freya. Also CO DD Flotilla 2960.
- Lewis, James
- Cousin of Brice Miller.
- Lim, Samuel
- Commander, Royal Manticoran Navy; HMS Harvest Joy's executive officer.
- Luff, Adrian
- Citizen Commodore, People's Navy in Exile; commanding officer, Operation Ferret.
- Lund, Steve
- Officer, Mesan System Guard; senior inspector, customs operations.
- Maddock, Gowan
- Captain, Mesan Alignment Navy; ostensibly Manpower's liaison with the People's Navy in Exile, covered as an officer in the Mesa System Navy.
- Magilen, Julie
- Barregos' personal secretary/office manager.
- Malenkov, Rachel
- Citizen Lieutenant Commander, People's Navy in Exile; succeeds as TO of PNES Leon Trotsky.
- Manson, Jerry
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy; an intelligence officer on Rozsak's staff.
- McBryde, Jack
- Chief of Security, Mesan Alignment's Gamma Center.
- McBryde, Zachariah
- Brother of Jack McBryde.
- McKenzie, Richard
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy; SLNS Artillerist's chief engineer.
- Miller, Brice
- Nephew of Andrew Artlett.
- Milliken, Jessica
- Commander, Mesan Alignment Navy; Gowan Maddock's second-in-command; ostensibly one of Manpower's liaisons with the People's Navy in Exile, covered as an officer in the Mesa System Navy.
- Montaigne, Catherine
- Leading figure in the Liberal Party of Manticore; common-law wife of Anton Zilwicki; longtime and close friend of Web Du Havel and Jeremy X.
- Nyborg, Ildikó
- Commander, Mannerheim System-Defense Force; Trajan's operations officer.
- Palane, Thandi
- Commanding officer of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Torch.
- Petit, Jason
- Citizen Lieutenant Commander, People's Navy in Exile; Commodore Santander Konidis' staff operations officer.
- Raycraft, Laura
- Commander Solarian League Navy; CO, CL(L) SLNS Artillerist. Also CO CL Div 7036.2.
- Rensi, Cornelia
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy; Artillerist's communications officer.
- Rozsak, Luiz
- Rear Admiral, Solarian League Navy; Governor Barregos' top military officer.
- Saburo X
- Former member of Audubon Ballroom; later head of Queen Berry's security force.
- Sakellaris, Kalyca
- Citizen Captain, People's Navy in Exile; CO, PNES Maximilien Robespierre.
- Sanchez, Gino
- Citizen Commander, People's Navy in Exile; Konidis' chief of staff.
- Siegel, Travis
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy; Artillerist's tactical officer.
- Simões, Francesca
- Clone child of Harriet and Herlander Simões, placed with them by the Mesan Alignment Long-Range Planning Board.
- Simões, Harriet
- Mesan Alignment scientist assigned to Gamma Center, wife of Herlander, mother of Francesca.
- Simões, Herlander
- Mesan Alignment scientist assigned to Gamma Center, husband of Harriet, father of Francesca.
- Snorrason, Hjálmar
- Lieutenant Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, DD SLNS Napoleon. Also CO DD Division 3029.1.
- Spangen, Vegar
- Barregos' personal bodyguard; commander of the governor's security detail.
- Stahlin, Jim
- Lieutenant Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, DD SLNS Gustavus Adolphus. Also CO DD Division 3029.2.
- Stensrud, Melanie
- Commander, Solarian League Navy; CO, arsenal ship SLNS Charade.
- Stravinsky, Pierre
- Citizen Commander, People's Navy in Exile; operations officer, PNES Leon Trotsky.
- Szklenski, Ted
- Lieutenant Commander, Solarian League Navy; XO, SLNS Marksman.
- Takano, Haruka
- Intelligence officer, BSCS Ouroboros; also a member of Arai's commando team and later a member of the Biological Survey Corps team detached to serve as security detail for Queen Berry.
- Taub, Andrew (Andy)
- Cousin of Brice Miller.
- Trajan, Osiris
- Admiral, Mannerheim System-Defense Force (Mannerheim System-Defense Force); commanding officer, Task Force Four.
- Trimm, E.D.
- Officer, Mesan System Guard; senior inspector, customs operations.
- Underwood, Charles-Henri
- Citizen Commander, People's Navy in Exile; XO, PNES Chao Kung Ming.
- Vergnier, Olivier
- Citizen Captain, People's Navy in Exile; CO, PNES Leon Trotsky.
- Watanapongse, Jiri
- Lieutenant Commander, Solarian League Navy; Rozsak's staff intelligence officer.
- Winton, Ruth
- Manticoran princess; close friend of Berry Zilwicki; assistant director of Torch intelligence service.
- Wise, Richard
- Barregos' senior civilian spy.
- Wix, Richard
- Manticoran hyper-physicist assigned to Congo Wormhole survey expedition.
- Womack, Robert
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy; TO, SLNS Marksman.
- Wu, Richard
- Lieutenant, Solarian League Navy—astrogator, SLNS Marksman.
- Yana
- Former Scrag, now one of Palane's "Amazons;" detached to work with Victor Cachat in the mission to Mesa.
- Zachary, Josepha
- Captain, Royal Manticoran Navy; CO of the survey vessel HMS Harvest Joy.
- Zilwicki, Anton
- Head of Torch intelligence, although he is still a citizen of the Star Kingdom of Manticore; formerly an officer in the Manticoran armed forces; common-law husband of Catherine Montaigne; father of Helen Zilwicki and adoptive father of Berry and Lars Zilwicki.
- Zilwicki, Berry
- Queen of Torch; adopted daughter of Anton Zilwicki.
- Zilwicki, Lars
- Brother of Berry.
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