Alpha Centauri: The Return
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Alpha Centauri: The Return
Chronicles the return of part of the first interstellar expedition to the Alpha Centauri system, and the attempts to get a return mission to retreive the remainder of the crew (see Sawyer's World). It also covers the events of the Chinese mission to Epsilon Eridani, hinted at in the first book.
- Publisher's page: Alpha Centauri: Sawyer's World
- Available on Amazon
Ships
Ships of the First Expedition
- USS Robert A. Heinlein - US, fleet flagship, non-lander, returns to Earth
- Xing Hua - China, non-lander, missing
- Chandrasekhar - India, lander, first landing returns to Earth
- Krechet - Russia, lander, second landing, abandoned on Kakuloa
- USS Poul Anderson - US, backup lander, lands on planet Able (Sawyer's World)
Anderson Landing Party
- Acting Captain Elizabeth Sawyer PhD - US, pilot and geologist
- Fred Tyrell, PhD - US, geologist
- Ulrika Klaar, PhD, - (Russia? Europe?) zoologist
- Roger Dejois, PhD, - France, biologist/ecologist
- Jennifer Singh, PhD - India, botanist
- Pavel Kasynsky MD, Russia, physician, biologist
- Peter Finley, PhD - (Cdn), geologist/hydrologist
- Naomi Maclaren (Aus-US) engineer
Chinese Ships (secret expedition to Epsilon Eridani)
Chinese Crew
- Lee Shing - Captain of Xing Hua and Xinglong Hua
- Zhing Yuan - Captain of Tianlong Hua
Other named personnel (gender given for those unfamiliar with Chinese names)
- Chen Jingyun - first officer and navigator of Xinglong (M)
- Wang Wei - scientist (M)
- Zhang Min - scientist (F)
- Cheng Jun - pilot of Xinglong (M)
- Ping Wei - medic, lands with Xinglong (M)
- Jian Qing - on Xinglong (F)
- Fusheng Bai - scientist on Xinglong (M)
V-class Ships (Return mission)
- Endeavour - prototype of the class
- Victoria - based on Endeavour but with some modifications. Named for the only ship of Magellan's fleet to complete the first circumnavigation of the Earth.
- Vostok - Russian-operated sister ship of the Victoria. Named for the ship to discover and first circumnavigate Antarctica, and for the early Soviet manned spacecraft.