SKY MASTERS AEROSPACE INC. PERSONNEL
HUNTER “BOOMER” NOBLE, Ph.D., spaceplane pilot and chief of aerospace engineering
HELEN KADDIRI, Ph.D., president and chairman of the board
JASON RICHTER, colonel, U.S. Army (ret.), Ph.D., vice president and chief of technology development
SONDRA EDDINGTON, student spaceplane pilot, Battle Mountain, Nevada
ARMSTRONG SPACE STATION PERSONNEL
KAI RAYDON, brigadier general, U.S. Air Force (ret.), station director
TREVOR SHALE, station manager
VALERIE LUKAS, chief of combat operations
JESSICA “GONZO” FAULKNER, lieutenant colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (ret.), chief of flight operations, spaceplane pilot
DR. MIRIAM ROTH, chief medical director
HENRY LATHROP, aerospace tactical weapons officer
CHRISTINE RAYHILL, terrestrial weapons/surveillance officer
ALICE HAMILTON, engineering officer
LARRY JESSOP, life-support techniciam
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C.
KENNETH PHOENIX, president of the United States of America
ANN PAGE, vice president of the United States and White House chief of staff
WILLIAM GLENBROOK, president’s national security adviser
JAMES MORRISON, secretary of state
THOMAS TORREY, CIA director
PAULA ELLS, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
ROBIN CLARKSON, special agent, U.S. Secret Service
WASHINGTON, D.C.
STACY ANNE BARBEAU, candidate for president of the United States
LUKE COHEN, Barbeau’s campaign manager
THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C.
FREDERICK HAYES, secretary of defense
HAROLD LEE, undersecretary of defense for space
TIMOTHY SPELLING, general, USAF, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
JASON CONAWAY, general, USAF, U.S. Air Force chief of staff
JOSEPH EBERHART, admiral, U.S. Navy, commander, U.S. Strategic Command
GEORGE SANDSTEIN, general, USAF, commander, Air Force Space Command, and deputy commander for space, U.S. Strategic Command
SCION AVIATION INTERNATIONAL, ST. GEORGE, UTAH
KEVIN MARTINDALE, president, former president of the United States of America
CHRIS WOHL, sergeant major, U.S. Marines Corp (ret.), ground ops leader
JAMES RATEL, chief master sergeant, U.S. Air Force (ret.), martial-arts instructor
JORGE “DICE” LUNA, ground-team member (logistics)
RICHARD “FLEX” ROSEN, ground-team member (intelligence)
BEN “RATTLER” SCOTT, ground-team member (weapons)
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY (CAL POLY) SAN LUIS OBISPO, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
BRADLEY J. MCLANAHAN, Battle Mountain, Nevada
LANE EAGAN, Roseburg, Oregon
KIM JUNG-BAE (“JERRY”), Seoul, United Korea
CASEY HUGGINS, Kansas City, Missouri
JODIE CAVENDISH, Brisbane, Australia
DR. MARCUS HARRIS, Ed.D., president, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)
DR. TOSHUNIKO “TOBY” NUKAGA, Ph.D., aerospace engineering professor, Cal Poly
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
GENNADIY ANATOLIYVICH GRYZLOV, president of the Russian Federation
SERGEI TARZAROV, president’s chief of staff
VIKTOR KAZYANOV, minister of state security
GREGOR SOKOLOV, minister of defense
DARIA TITENEVA, foreign minister
ANDREI NARYSHKIN, United Nations ambassador
GENERAL MIKHAIL KHRISTENKO, chief of the general staff of the Russian armed forces
BRUNO ILIANOV, colonel, deputy air attaché, Russian embassy, Washington
YVETTE KORCHKOV, assistant and bodyguard to Bruno Ilianov
BORIS CHIRKOV, chief envoy, Russian Trade Mission, San Francisco, California
COLONEL MIKHAIL GALTIN, Elektron spaceplane commander
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ZHOU QIANG, president of the People’s Republic of China
COLONEL GENERAL SUN JI, chief of the general staff of the People’s Liberation Armed Forces
UNITED NATIONS
SOFYAN APRIYANTO, president of the United Nations Security Council