DAISY HUB
(Station crew complement – 47)
Station Manager: Drew Townsend
Assistant Station Manager: Ruby ‘Mom’ McNeil
Supervisor of Medical Services: Dr. Marion Ktumba, M.D., Ph.D., F.T.C.P.S.
Asst. Supervisor of Medical Services: Dr. Ivan Petroff, D.D.S.
Nurse Counselor: Ellen Fermi, M.N.S., M.S.W.
Head of Security: Orville (Orvy) Hagman
Security Officers: Oswald (Ozzie) Deniro, Schuyler (Sky) Tate
Chief Cargo Inspector: Gavin Holchuk
Cargo Inspectors: Teri Mintz, Lu Xensiu, Robert O’Malley
Dockmaster: Jeff Racine
Dock Workers: Simon (Shim) Rothstein, Ronald (Ronnie) Kowalski, Ben Nguyen
Station Chef: Friedrich (Fritz) Jensen
Sous-chef: Nora Duvall
Agronomist/Nutritionist: Ajda Gray
Supervisor of Engineering and Maintenance: Jason Smith
Waste and Water Management: Tannis Walker
Small Craft Maintenance and Propulsion Systems Management: Lucas Soaring Hawk
Communications/Data Systems Management: Lydia Garfield
Electrical/Field Generator Management: Devanan Singh
General Maintenance/Structural Integrity Engineer: Spiro Gouryas
Exterior Maintenance Specialists: Will DeVries, Niles Detmar, April Yorke, Carla Phillips, Juan Ramez
Interior Custodial Team: George Lewis, Eve Bosse, Chris Flanagan
Technical Support Staff: Masha Arkady, Park Sun, Vera Beale, Jill Wing, Raymond Oolalong
Floating General Staff: Doug Mossman, Ulli Leininen, Marty Fehr, Eli Gross, Hammond (Ham) Averil, Mahmoud (Mo) Sallah, Thomas Johansen, Ella Verplanck
Alien Spy in Residence: Vin Trager, a Stragori moderate using the name Max Karlov
Friendly alien visitors: Odysseus (a Mitradean), Agnosk ban Sitgaram and Nagor ban Nagoram (Nandrian warriors commanding warships), Vixor ban Jorisam (the Nandrian warmaster)
OBSERVATION PLATFORM ZULU
(Detachment complement – 15)
Commanding Officer: SIS Captain Paul Rodrigues
Second in Command: Lieutenant Stuart Carlisle
Sergeants: Jacques Dupuis, Norman Shuster, David Orlov
Constables: Edward (Ned) Baker, Alvin DeGroot, Samir Gabel, Daniel Weissman, Luca Almadoro, John Grover Pitts, William (Bill) Diaz, Jimmy Phan, Pao Deng Li, Ari Kanitz
THE FLEET STAR CRUISER MARCO POLO
(Ship’s complement – 200)
Commanded by: Captain Hiromasu Takamura
Second in Command: Senior Watch Commander Gael Dedrick
Dedrick’s ward/cousin: Lania Dedrick
Third in Command: Watch Commander Leslie Eberhart
Supervisor of Medical Services: Dr. Sylvie Deneuve, M.D., Ph.D., F.T.C.P.S.
Supervisor of Counseling Services: Dr. Emil Marchenko, M.D., F.T.C.P.S.
Chief Engineering Officer: Lt. Victor Tsieng
Landing Deck Controller: Ensign Dawn Petersen
Decontamination Team: Chief Petty Officer Marilyn Eames (leader), Able Spacer Alex Topsias, plus seven other crew members
Communications (Bridge): Ensign Gerald Brandt, Lt. Liam Hammersmith, Lt. Karine Leblanc
Tactical (Bridge): Ensign Christopher Harding, Lt. Dale Gardner, Ensign Evelyn Aubrecht
Ship’s Botanist: Professor Jordan Tam
Ship’s Field Physicists: Dr. Klaus Hesl, Dr. Charles Kuzinski
THE EARTH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
Chief of Intelligence: Juno Vargas (formerly Olivia Townsend, Drew’s older sister), also Chief Adjudicator for New Chicago
Vargas’s Executive Assistant: Angeli A. Angeli
Chief of Operations: Barry Novak (formerly Tommy Novotny, aka Rex Regum, leader of the Warrior Kings street gang), also CEO of SecuriTech Incorporated
Locally assigned operatives: Zane ‘Man Mountain’ DeWitt, Silas ‘Bad Boy’ Croft, Alfredo ‘Cheech’ Mendez, Dooley Robinson, Nate Eastman, plus other members of the original Warrior Kings gang, now employed by SecuriTech
Head of Research and Development: Dr. Randall Chin (formerly Dr. Nayo Naguchi, a world-renowned geneticist and medical researcher)
Confidential Advisor: Melville Ridout, Chief of Security for New Chicago, member of the District Council, voting member and past Deputy Chair of Space Installation Security Covert Operations
Civilian employee: Sam Eberhart (Leslie Eberhart’s brother)
Alien spy in captivity: Nestor Quan, a Stragori radical being held by Earth Intelligence Ops
EARTH HIGH COUNCIL
Arbo Lugaparathan, Supreme Adjudicator for Indo-Asia
Lynette Ellenshaw, Supreme Adjudicator for Americas
Rhys Amis, Supreme Adjudicator for Greater Europe
Darwin Buru, Supreme Adjudicator for the League of African Nations
Patricia Chen, Chair of the High Council and Supreme Adjudicator for Pacifica
Flag Admiral Corbin Wickes, Fleet Liaison to the High Council
Dr. Dermot Rhodes, liaison between Earth’s government and the Stragori Directorate
FLEET COMMAND
Chief Admiral Bryce McPherson, Commander in Chief
Admiral Harlan Tang, Commander, Fleet Control
Admiral Monica Jacobi, Commander of Operations
Vice-Admiral Kendra Nelligan, Operations Supervisor, Fleet Control
PLANETARY SECURITY FORCE
Captain Keith Axelrod, commanding the Planetary Security transport vessel Priam
General George Bascomb, Commander in Chief
ALIENS ABOARD THE MELKARIT
Ixbeth Minegar, Docent of Human Studies at the Kularian Archives
Gorse Pirrit, Ixbeth’s mate, an inventor and engineer
Yorell Enne, Prime Docent at the Central Archives on Reyi’it and a Reyot High Councilor