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* [[McFadyen]] - medical doctor (F)
 
* [[McFadyen]] - medical doctor (F)
 
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=== Early Expansion (Kakuloa) ===
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==== Kakuloa: A Rising Tide ====
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===== Landings =====
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*''Victoria'' crew
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*William (Will) Blake - manager of the mission
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*Beretta (Retta) Flint - captains the rigid inflatable
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*Dustin (Dusty) Jenkins - junior hand
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*Dr Cooper Reyes - biologist
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*''Vostok'' crew - incl. Tsibliev
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*Dr Fred Tyrell (see above) directing them to original squidberry patch
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===== Berry Farm =====
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*Dr. Ellie Greystone - marine biologist studying treesquids (loosely inspired by Dr. Sylvia Earle) (she dives, does she surf?)
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*Dave Newton - owner (partner with pharmaco?) of "Newtons Berry Farm", a major squidberry farm
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*Bob McWhirter - Newton's foreman
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*Gulliver Newton - Dave's son (late teens)
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*Dr. Henry Caporale - ecologist (agronomist?) investigating long-term viability of berry farms
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*Juanita de la Paz - farm account manager, bookkeeper, etc
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*Dozen or so other farmhands, Mrs. Newton ? other kids?
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*Manning - farm to the north
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*Jim Lofgren - farm much further south
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===== Other's in Greystone's life =====
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* Patrice Beuchamps - dive buddy, engineer
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* Jaydon Phillips - lab partner in grad school
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* Cheryl  - Ellie's aunt
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* Ellie's mother
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===== Development =====
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*Parry Cohen - guy who wants tourist development on Kakuloa (gets Parry's named after him)
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*Loren Hewitt - early business partner of Cohen's
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*Financier for above
  
 
== Jason's Era ==
 
== Jason's Era ==

Revision as of 06:17, 8 February 2019

Individual Characters in T-Space

Currently T-Space stories can be grouped into three eras:

  • First steps (circa 2070) when man develops an effective warp drive and starts exploring the nearer stars. (Alpha Centauri series)
  • Jason's era (circa 2090s) warp ships have become affordable to well-off groups and individuals, and uncontrolled exploration is beginning
  • First contact (circa 2120) planets around the nearer stars are well-settled, there are a few colonies at the fringe, and we're starting to realize there are other star-farers around (The Chara Talisman, The Reticuli Deception, The Eridani Convergence)

Because a human lifespan easily overlaps these, it's possible that a given character may show up in stories in different eras (aged appropriately, of course).

First Steps

  • Dr. Algernon Brenke - inventor of the warp drive (full name mentioned in Reticuli Deception, ch. 34)

Associated with Alpha Centauri Expedition

  • Charles Kemmerer - (Deputy) Director of Quarantine Facility on Luna, successor to Darwin
  • Grainger - original lead exobiologist, injured in training accident
  • Wallace - original backup exobiologist, en route to Enceladus

Alpha Centauri Expedition

First Landing

  • Lee - captain/pilot of the Xing Hua
  • 3 other crew of Xing Hua.

Sawyer's World

All land aboard the Anderson

The Return (Book 3)

Chinese (Epsilon Eridani)

  • From first mission
    • Lee Shing - Captain of Xing Hua and Xinglong Hua
    • Zhing Yuan - Captain of Tianlong Hua (Shengfu?)
    • other personnel
  • Chen Jingyun - first officer and navigator of Xinglong
  • Wang Wei - scientist (M)
  • Zhang Min - scientist (F)
  • Cheng Jun - pilot of Xinglong (M)
  • Ping Wei - medic, landed w Xinglong (M)
  • Jian Qing - on Xinglong (F)
  • Fusheng Bai - scientist Xinglong, shooter

Characters on Earth

  • From the first landing
    • Franklin Drake - Commodore, in command of the overall mission until return
    • George Darwin - exobiologist, former Director of the Lunar Quarantine Lab
  • Lunar Quarantine Facility personnel
    • Grainger - exobiologist, designated lead exobiologist for first mission but replace by Darwin after injury
    • Keating - Base security officer
    • Sid Ryden - biology lab technician
  • Skrellan Pharmaceuticals
  • The service
    • Ben Howard - Rear Admiral, Drake's boss ('s boss?) (named for Thomas P. Howard and
    • Peter Carter - Rear Admiral, trial (named for Samuel P Carter)
    • Shankland - Rear Admiral, trial (named for Paul Shankland, director & lead astrophysicist NOSF)

Endeavour Crew

(others)

Early Expansion (Kakuloa)

Kakuloa: A Rising Tide

Landings
  • Victoria crew
  • William (Will) Blake - manager of the mission
  • Beretta (Retta) Flint - captains the rigid inflatable
  • Dustin (Dusty) Jenkins - junior hand
  • Dr Cooper Reyes - biologist
  • Vostok crew - incl. Tsibliev
  • Dr Fred Tyrell (see above) directing them to original squidberry patch
Berry Farm
  • Dr. Ellie Greystone - marine biologist studying treesquids (loosely inspired by Dr. Sylvia Earle) (she dives, does she surf?)
  • Dave Newton - owner (partner with pharmaco?) of "Newtons Berry Farm", a major squidberry farm
  • Bob McWhirter - Newton's foreman
  • Gulliver Newton - Dave's son (late teens)
  • Dr. Henry Caporale - ecologist (agronomist?) investigating long-term viability of berry farms
  • Juanita de la Paz - farm account manager, bookkeeper, etc
  • Dozen or so other farmhands, Mrs. Newton ? other kids?
  • Manning - farm to the north
  • Jim Lofgren - farm much further south
Other's in Greystone's life
  • Patrice Beuchamps - dive buddy, engineer
  • Jaydon Phillips - lab partner in grad school
  • Cheryl - Ellie's aunt
  • Ellie's mother


Development
  • Parry Cohen - guy who wants tourist development on Kakuloa (gets Parry's named after him)
  • Loren Hewitt - early business partner of Cohen's
  • Financier for above

Jason's Era

First Contact Era

The below characters appear in some or all of the Carson & Roberts books, which so far includes The Chara Talisman, The Reticuli Deception, and (forthcoming) The Eridani Convergence.

Minor Named Characters

The Chara Talisman

  • Rajesh Gupta - pilot of Carson's (university-owned) ship on Verdigris
  • Brian, Gregor - hired hands for Carson's Verdigris dig
  • Pete - cargo office at Spitzer Spaceport, Epsilon Eridani
  • Roger & Laura Geary - newly-weds Roberts is taking to Epsilon Eridani
  • Dean Matthews - Carson's boss, Dean of Archaeology at Drake University in Sawyer City
  • Taggart, Rohm - two of Maynard's men
  • Tuco, Warshowski - Hopkin's men (in addition to Rico)

The Reticuli Deception

  • Reid - Velkaryan operative, Earth
  • Petrov - prospector and pilot of the Rockhopper at Alpha Mensae

The Eridani Convergence

Aliens

(Marten, the timoan, is mentioned above.)

  • Kukul and Quetz - in deep flashback scenes in The Reticuli Deception
  • Ketzshanass - meets with Carson, Roberts and Martin in Reticuli
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