Alpha Centauri: First Landing
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Alpha Centauri: First Landing
Chronicles the first interstellar expedition, to the Alpha Centauri system, and the first landings and exploration.
Ships
Ships of the First Expedition
- USS Robert A. Heinlein - US, fleet flagship, non-lander
- Xing Hua - China, non-lander
- Chandrasekhar - India, lander, first landing
- Krechet - Russia, lander, second landing
- USS Poul Anderson - US, backup lander
Mentioned, but not on first voyage
- Jules Verne - EU, lander, not ready in time for expedition
- Xinglong Hua - China, Longzi (Dragon) class, Epilog
- Tianlong Hua - China, Longzi class, Epilog
Personnell
US
- Commodore Franklin Drake - US, fleet commander, Heinlein
- Commander Elizabeth Sawyer PhD - US, pilot and geologist, Heinlein
- George Darwin, PhD, - US microbiologist, exobiologist, Heinlein, last minute crew replacement (was Director, Lunar Quarantine Facility)
- Greg Vukovich, PhD - US, astrophysicist, Anderson
China
- Captain ?? Lee - China, pilot/captain Xing Hua
- Xiaojin Wu, PhD - China, biologist (Heinlein?)
Europe
- Ulrika Klaar, PhD, - (Russia? Europe?) zoologist
India
- Captain Ganesh Sharma - India, pilot/captain Chandrasekhar
- Jennifer Singh, PhD - India, botanist
Russia
- Captain Dmitri Tsibliyev - Russia, pilot/captain Krechet
- Fred Tyrell, PhD, geologist
TBD
- ?? Jones, PhD - Aus?, geologist/hydrologist
- ?? Kasynsky MD, (??) physician, biologist
- ?? Simms, PhD - (??) climatologist/meteorologist
Unnamed
- ?? - US, commander/pilot of the Poul Anderson
- ?? - China, other crew of Xing Hua