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* First steps (circa 2070) when man develops an effective warp drive and starts exploring the nearer stars. (''Alpha Centauri'' series) | * First steps (circa 2070) when man develops an effective warp drive and starts exploring the nearer stars. (''Alpha Centauri'' series) | ||
| − | * Jason's era (circa | + | * 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'') | * 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'') | ||
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===Alpha Centauri Expedition=== | ===Alpha Centauri Expedition=== | ||
| + | ==== First Landing ==== | ||
* [[George Darwin]] - lead (exo)biologist (''Heinlein''/'''planet-c''') | * [[George Darwin]] - lead (exo)biologist (''Heinlein''/'''planet-c''') | ||
| − | * [[Franklin Drake]] - Mission commander (''Heinlein'') | + | * [[Franklin Drake]] - Mission commander (''Heinlein'') (Think Benjamin Sisko on ST:DS9, (Avery Brooks)) |
| − | * [[Elizabeth Sawyer]] - 2IC, geologist/planetologist, pilot of the ''[[USS_Robert_A_Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'', '''planet-c''', '''sw''' | + | * [[Elizabeth Sawyer]] - 2IC, geologist/planetologist, pilot of the ''[[USS_Robert_A_Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'', '''planet-c''', '''sw''' (Think Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, perhaps) |
* [[Xiaojing Wu]] - microbiologist (Heinlein) '''planet-k?''' | * [[Xiaojing Wu]] - microbiologist (Heinlein) '''planet-k?''' | ||
* | * | ||
* [[Ganesh Patel]] - captain/pilot of the ''[[USS_Poul_Anderson#Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]]'', '''planet-c''' | * [[Ganesh Patel]] - captain/pilot of the ''[[USS_Poul_Anderson#Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]]'', '''planet-c''' | ||
* [[Jennifer Singh]] - botanist (''Chandrasekhar''/'''planet-c'''), '''sw''' | * [[Jennifer Singh]] - botanist (''Chandrasekhar''/'''planet-c'''), '''sw''' | ||
| − | * [[Peter Finley]] - geologist, Canada | + | * [[Peter Finley]] - geologist, Canada (''Chandrasekhar''/'''planet-c'''), '''sw''' |
| − | * [[Fred Tyrell]] - geologist ('' | + | * [[Fred Tyrell]] - geologist (''Chandradrasekhar''/''Anderson''/'''planet-k'''), '''sw''' |
* | * | ||
* [[Ulrika Klaar]] - biologist (''Krechet''/'''planet-k'''), '''sw''' | * [[Ulrika Klaar]] - biologist (''Krechet''/'''planet-k'''), '''sw''' | ||
* [[Dmitri Tsibliev]] - captain/pilot of the ''[[USS_Poul_Anderson#Krechet|Krechet]]'', '''planet-k''' | * [[Dmitri Tsibliev]] - captain/pilot of the ''[[USS_Poul_Anderson#Krechet|Krechet]]'', '''planet-k''' | ||
| − | * [[Krysansky]] - medical doctor (Krechet) '''sw''' | + | * [[Pavel Krysansky]] - medical doctor (Krechet) '''sw''' |
* [[Roger Dejois ]] - ''Krechet'' - French biologist/ecologist?) '''sw''' | * [[Roger Dejois ]] - ''Krechet'' - French biologist/ecologist?) '''sw''' | ||
* | * | ||
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* [[Greg Vukovich]] - astrophysicist (''Anderson'') | * [[Greg Vukovich]] - astrophysicist (''Anderson'') | ||
* [[Simms]] - meteorologist (''Anderson''?) | * [[Simms]] - meteorologist (''Anderson''?) | ||
| − | * [[Naomi Maclaren]] engineer, (''Anderson''), '''sw''' | + | * [[Naomi Maclaren]] engineer, (''Anderson''), '''sw''' (Australian-American?) (Think Pal Kenzy (Linda Newton) on Star Cops) |
* | * | ||
* [[Lee]] - captain/pilot of the ''[[Xing Hua]]'' | * [[Lee]] - captain/pilot of the ''[[Xing Hua]]'' | ||
* 3 other crew of ''Xing Hua''. | * 3 other crew of ''Xing Hua''. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Sawyer's World ==== | ||
| + | All land aboard the ''Anderson'' | ||
| + | * Previously landed on Kakuloa | ||
| + | ** [[Elizabeth Sawyer]] - 2IC, geologist/planetologist, pilot of the ''[[USS_Robert_A_Heinlein|Robert A. Heinlein]]'', '''planet-c''', '''sw''' | ||
| + | ** [[Jennifer Singh]] - botanist (''Chandrasekhar''/'''planet-c'''), '''sw''' | ||
| + | ** [[Peter Finley]] - geologist, Canada? (''Chandrasekhar''/'''planet-c'''), '''sw''' | ||
| + | ** [[Fred Tyrell]] - geologist (''Chandradrasekhar''/''Anderson''/'''planet-k'''), '''sw''' | ||
| + | ** [[Ulrika Klaar]] - biologist (''Krechet''/'''planet-k'''), '''sw''' | ||
| + | * Personal first landing | ||
| + | ** [[Pavel Krysansky]] - medical doctor (Krechet) '''sw''' | ||
| + | ** [[Roger Dejois ]] - ''Krechet'' - French biologist/ecologist?) '''sw''' | ||
| + | ** [[Naomi Maclaren]] engineer, (''Anderson''), '''sw''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== 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 | ||
| + | ** [[Dennis Lodgson]] - head of research for Skrellan | ||
| + | ** [[Victoria Holmes]] - VP at Skrellan, Lodgson's boss | ||
| + | * 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 | ||
| + | * [[Drake]] | ||
| + | * [[Vukovich]] | ||
| + | * [[McFadyen]] - medical doctor (F) | ||
| + | (others) | ||
| + | === Early Expansion (Kakuloa) === | ||
| + | ==== Kakuloa: A Rising Tide ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Landings ===== | ||
| + | *''Victoria'' crew | ||
| + | *[[William (Will) Blake]] - manager of the mission (also in: ''[[Delta Pavonis: Discovery]]'', ''[[Kakuloa: Downhill Slide]]'') | ||
| + | *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 Beauchamps - dive buddy, engineer | ||
| + | * Jaydon Phillips - lab partner in grad school | ||
| + | * Cheryl - Ellie's aunt | ||
| + | * Ellie's mother | ||
| + | ===== Other names mentioned ===== | ||
| + | * Manning - farmer north of Newton. 10 km of coastline and three creeks. Other farmers north of him | ||
| + | * Jim Hernandez - another farmer, even further north. Mentioned that the current offshore is running faster, he was out fishing | ||
| + | * Jim Lofgren - small squidberry farm to the south of Newton's (south of the peninsula) 60 or 70 km (by sea) | ||
| + | * someone in a farm to the north brews beer, but wasn't explicitly named. Could be Manning or Hernandez might be a third. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== 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 == | == Jason's Era == | ||
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* [[Jackie_Roberts|Jaqueline (Jackie) Roberts]] - owner/pilot of the S-class ''[[Sophie]]'' | * [[Jackie_Roberts|Jaqueline (Jackie) Roberts]] - owner/pilot of the S-class ''[[Sophie]]'' | ||
| − | * [[Quentin Ducayne]] - unspecified director in Homeworld | + | * [[Quentin Ducayne]] - unspecified director in Homeworld Defense Intelligence Agency |
* [[Marten]] (a timoan) - archaeologist | * [[Marten]] (a timoan) - archaeologist | ||
* [[Hopkins]] - bad guy, dealer in illicit alien artifacts | * [[Hopkins]] - bad guy, dealer in illicit alien artifacts | ||
* [[Rico]] - works for Hopkins | * [[Rico]] - works for Hopkins | ||
| + | * [[Malcolm Brown]] - works for Ducayne, some background in archeology, (Brown may not be his real name) | ||
* [[Maynard]] - bad guy, [[Velkaryan]] | * [[Maynard]] - bad guy, [[Velkaryan]] | ||
* [[Vaughan]] - [[Velkaryan]] (Reticuli Deception, Eridani Convergence) | * [[Vaughan]] - [[Velkaryan]] (Reticuli Deception, Eridani Convergence) | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Hubble]] - Executive Projects Director, Church of Divine Stellar Providence (the Velkaryans), Earth |
=== Minor Named Characters === | === Minor Named Characters === | ||
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* Taggart, Rohm - two of Maynard's men | * Taggart, Rohm - two of Maynard's men | ||
* Tuco, Warshowski - Hopkin's men (in addition to Rico) | * Tuco, Warshowski - Hopkin's men (in addition to Rico) | ||
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==== The Reticuli Deception ==== | ==== The Reticuli Deception ==== | ||
| − | * Reid - Velkaryan | + | * Reid - Velkaryan operative, Earth (from Sawyers World) |
* Petrov - prospector and pilot of the ''Rockhopper'' at Alpha Mensae | * Petrov - prospector and pilot of the ''Rockhopper'' at Alpha Mensae | ||
| − | * Hubble - | + | * Hubble - Velkaryan Projects Director, Earth |
| + | * Laquis - one of Hubble's men, Velkaryan | ||
| + | * Vaughan - a Velkaryan dispatched from Verdigris to pursue Carson and Roberts | ||
| + | * Mignon - one of Vaughan's men, Velkaryan | ||
==== The Eridani Convergence ==== | ==== The Eridani Convergence ==== | ||
| + | * "Jack Smith" - Homeworld Security agent on Tanith (Jordan Burnside) | ||
| + | * Tevnar - Timoan pilot | ||
| + | * Mignon (see Reticuli) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== The Centauri Surprise ==== | ||
| + | * Avril Boutelle - xenoanthropology grad student and Homeworld Security agent | ||
| + | ==== The Pavonis Insurgence ==== | ||
| + | * Henry Prentiss - Homeworld Security agent-in-residence on Verdigris | ||
== Aliens == | == Aliens == | ||
Latest revision as of 22:17, 9 January 2022
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
- George Darwin - lead (exo)biologist (Heinlein/planet-c)
- Franklin Drake - Mission commander (Heinlein) (Think Benjamin Sisko on ST:DS9, (Avery Brooks))
- Elizabeth Sawyer - 2IC, geologist/planetologist, pilot of the Robert A. Heinlein, planet-c, sw (Think Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, perhaps)
- Xiaojing Wu - microbiologist (Heinlein) planet-k?
- Ganesh Patel - captain/pilot of the Chandrasekhar, planet-c
- Jennifer Singh - botanist (Chandrasekhar/planet-c), sw
- Peter Finley - geologist, Canada (Chandrasekhar/planet-c), sw
- Fred Tyrell - geologist (Chandradrasekhar/Anderson/planet-k), sw
- Ulrika Klaar - biologist (Krechet/planet-k), sw
- Dmitri Tsibliev - captain/pilot of the Krechet, planet-k
- Pavel Krysansky - medical doctor (Krechet) sw
- Roger Dejois - Krechet - French biologist/ecologist?) sw
- Geoff Tracey - captain/pilot of the Anderson (nod to Jeff Tracy of Thunderbirds, created by Gerry Anderson)
- Greg Vukovich - astrophysicist (Anderson)
- Simms - meteorologist (Anderson?)
- Naomi Maclaren engineer, (Anderson), sw (Australian-American?) (Think Pal Kenzy (Linda Newton) on Star Cops)
Sawyer's World
All land aboard the Anderson
- Previously landed on Kakuloa
- Elizabeth Sawyer - 2IC, geologist/planetologist, pilot of the Robert A. Heinlein, planet-c, sw
- Jennifer Singh - botanist (Chandrasekhar/planet-c), sw
- Peter Finley - geologist, Canada? (Chandrasekhar/planet-c), sw
- Fred Tyrell - geologist (Chandradrasekhar/Anderson/planet-k), sw
- Ulrika Klaar - biologist (Krechet/planet-k), sw
- Personal first landing
- Pavel Krysansky - medical doctor (Krechet) sw
- Roger Dejois - Krechet - French biologist/ecologist?) sw
- Naomi Maclaren engineer, (Anderson), sw
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
- Skrellan Pharmaceuticals
- Dennis Lodgson - head of research for Skrellan
- Victoria Holmes - VP at Skrellan, Lodgson's boss
- 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 (also in: Delta Pavonis: Discovery, Kakuloa: Downhill Slide)
- 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 Beauchamps - dive buddy, engineer
- Jaydon Phillips - lab partner in grad school
- Cheryl - Ellie's aunt
- Ellie's mother
Other names mentioned
- Manning - farmer north of Newton. 10 km of coastline and three creeks. Other farmers north of him
- Jim Hernandez - another farmer, even further north. Mentioned that the current offshore is running faster, he was out fishing
- Jim Lofgren - small squidberry farm to the south of Newton's (south of the peninsula) 60 or 70 km (by sea)
- someone in a farm to the north brews beer, but wasn't explicitly named. Could be Manning or Hernandez might be a third.
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
- Jason Curtis - owner/pilot of the Starfire
- Renee
- George Menzies
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.
- Dr. Hannibal Carson - archaeologist
- Jaqueline (Jackie) Roberts - owner/pilot of the S-class Sophie
- Quentin Ducayne - unspecified director in Homeworld Defense Intelligence Agency
- Marten (a timoan) - archaeologist
- Hopkins - bad guy, dealer in illicit alien artifacts
- Rico - works for Hopkins
- Malcolm Brown - works for Ducayne, some background in archeology, (Brown may not be his real name)
- Maynard - bad guy, Velkaryan
- Vaughan - Velkaryan (Reticuli Deception, Eridani Convergence)
- Hubble - Executive Projects Director, Church of Divine Stellar Providence (the Velkaryans), Earth
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 (from Sawyers World)
- Petrov - prospector and pilot of the Rockhopper at Alpha Mensae
- Hubble - Velkaryan Projects Director, Earth
- Laquis - one of Hubble's men, Velkaryan
- Vaughan - a Velkaryan dispatched from Verdigris to pursue Carson and Roberts
- Mignon - one of Vaughan's men, Velkaryan
The Eridani Convergence
- "Jack Smith" - Homeworld Security agent on Tanith (Jordan Burnside)
- Tevnar - Timoan pilot
- Mignon (see Reticuli)
The Centauri Surprise
- Avril Boutelle - xenoanthropology grad student and Homeworld Security agent
The Pavonis Insurgence
- Henry Prentiss - Homeworld Security agent-in-residence on Verdigris
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