Characters of the Uplift Universe

First Triology

Characters of The Uplift War

Humans

Helene Alvarez - Admiral, elderly woman, leader of the human delegation to Garth. Legendary. Signed an agreement with Kault for the adoption of Gorilla by Thennanin. (See Helene de Silva under SUNDIVER).

Cordwainer Appelbe - Head of Garth's Uplift Board.

Chen Mu - Refuge administrator.

Feng - Marine corporal.

Forthness - Major. Superior commander to Fiben and Simon during the space battle.

John Kylie - Commander, with a reserve commission in the Terragen Marines. Sallow complexion of a lifetime spacer. Captain of the in-system civilian freighter Esperanza which survived the space battle and limped back to Port Helenia. Kylie was able to find and live with the government in exile. His uncle was the former coordinator of Garth.

Dr. M'Bzwelli - One of four directors of the Howlett Center. Asian male, completely bald. Killed by the hostage gas before being able to leave for Port Helenia.

Maiven - Colonel, commander of the Honor Guard seeing off the Synthian Consul.

Lydia McCue - Officer of the Terragen Marines. Athletic, dark well-cut features, graceful, and biologically enhanced vision. Began a sexual relationship with Robert Oneagle.

Juan Mendoza - Human male. Freehold farmer in the Mountains of Mulun. Helped to hide Robert Oneagle and rebels. Died from hostage gas.

Meline Mendoza - Wife of Juan Mendoza. She and their children made it safely to Port Helenia for the hostage gas antidote.

Millchamp - Colonel. Held a reserve commission in the Terragen Marines, hiding with Gov't in Exile.

Megan Oneagle - Planetary Coordinator for the Terran colony on Garth. She was unaware of the Howlett's Center and it's illegal activities. Mother of Robert Oneagle. Megan had three spacer husbands.

Robert Oneagle - Captain in the Garth Colonial Militia Forces, son of Megan Oneagle, and classmate to Fiben Bolger's at University. He had discovered the Howlett's Center existence a year prior but didn't report it. He was assigned to take Athaclena to the safety of the Mulun Mountains. Through Athaclena's tutoring Robert could sense simple glyphs and the life-force of the creatures around him. He was eventually able to form simple glyphs, such as kiniwullun. He married Athaclena for galactic political reasons but began a sexual relationship with Lydia McCue.

Prathachulthorn - Major of the Terragen Marines. South Asian Features. Extremely sexist and xenophobic man who had quite a lot of hate and mistrust of Galactics. Died fight the Gubru forces in the Mulun Mountains.

Dr. Susan Taka - One of four directors of the Howlett Center. Black female. Killed by the hostage gas before being able to leave for Port Helenia. Anthropologist and mentor to Gailet Jones.

Sam Tennace - Pilot and one of Megan's three spacer husbands. Father of Robert Oneagle. Sam's starship stopped at Garth every five years.

April Wu - Toddler human female. Her parents sent her away with the Gorillas once the Gubru invasion began. The fate of her parents is unclear.

Chimpanzees

Dr. Suzinn Benirshke - Sole chim hiding with the Gov't in Exile.

Benjamin - Male chim, assistant at the Howlett Center. Became good friends and assistant to "general" Athaclena.

Fiben Bolger - Blue Card male chim, lieutenant in the colonial militia. Ecologist by training. Classmate of Robert Oneagle at University. Nicknamed "Trog" Fiben was instrumental in communicating with the mountain rebels led by Athaclena and city rebels led by Gailet Jones. On one of his city excursions he was captured by the Gubru and their Chim collaborators. The Suzerain of Propriety enlisted Fiben as a race representative for the upcoming Uplift Ceremony. Fiben's heroism and courage was rewarded with an upgrade to White Card status and a promotion to reserve colonel in the Garth Defense Forces. He married Sylvie and Gailet Jones.

Cha-Cha - female gorilla, baby of Nita.

Dr. de Shriver - Female chim physician at the Howlett's Center and aid to Athaclena.

Donna - Elderly chimmie in the Mulun Mountains.

Dwayne - Chim rebel working with Gailet's group.

Elsie - Bespectacled, lieutenant, middle aged chimmie with the mountain rebels.

Frank - Rebel chim in the Mulun Mountains.

Frederick - One of four directors of the Howlett Center. Took his own life because of shame in assisting the deaths of Dr. Taka and Dr. M'Bzwelli.

Fulton, Barnaby - Involved with Gailet's urban underground. Later seen as a protor corporal doing crowd control during the Uplift Ceremony.

Harry - Rebel chim in the Mulun Mountains.

Irongrip Hansen - Red card male chim. He possesed genetically enhanced strength, but other qualities rated him a probationer. Outlaw and leader of a gang of red cards collaborators. Through the course of events became a personal enemy of Fiben Bolger and Gailet Jones. Chosen as race representative by the Suzerain of Beam and Talon after Fiben's escape. Irongrip planned to choose the Gubru as stage consort in accordance with Gubru plans. Through tampering with the process Irongrip on all of his cronies made it through all of the testing stations. Fiben beat the crap out of him.

Jobert - Elderly chim rebel in the Mulun Mountains.

Jojo - Genetic throwback without the ability to speak. Enlisted by Uthacalthing in playing on joke on Kault. Jojo planted clues for Kault to find so that he would reach the mistaken conclusion the Garthiling actually existed. He foraged off the land while on this long trek and communicated with Uthacalthing by Warder Globe.

Gailet Jones - White card female chim, expert on Galactic Society. Leader of the urban uprising. Postdoctoral student of Dr. Taka. Received her doctorate on Earth at the University of Djakarta. Qualified for the Terragen Center of Galactic Studies in La Paz but was denied a position because the Uplift Board felt her white card status would be better utilized on Garth. If she had performed just a little better on the entrance exam she would have been let in. She was chosen by the Suzerain of Propreity as race representative, but when this project fell into military talons she was subconciously programmed to choose the Gubru as Stage Consort when the time came. She married Fiben Bolger.

Levin, Simon - Jewish male chim. Died in the space battle in his scoutship TAASF Bonobo.

Max - Yellow card large male chim with scarred face, broad shoulders and canine teeth. Body guard and family friend of Gailet Jones. Max was expecting the birth of his second child. Killed by Irongrip and his gang in the Hyperspace Shunt.

Micah - Elderly chim working with the rebels in Mulun Mountains.

Micheala Noddings - Green card, schoolteacher, one of the race representatives during the Uplift Ceremony.

Nita - female gorilla, mother of Cha-Cha.

Oakes - Elderly professor, working with Gailet's rebel group.

Olvfing - Elderly chim professor in Terragen Traditions Dept. Always wore a monocle and tried to get a chim monogamy bill before the legislature. However the good professor had once lost control of himself during an Igor Patterson concert with the Dean of the College of Nutrition.

Igor Patterson - White card male chim and famed percussionist. Though Igor was fully charming, intelligent and handsome he lived an isolated life because just wanted him for his genes or for his musical prowess. He was an icon of great pride for all chimpanzees.

Petrie - Male chim assistant at the Howlett Center. Acted as messenger to the Government in Exile and the mountain rebels.

Sammy- Aid to Athaclena.

Dr. Schultz - One of four directors of the Howlett Center. Even thought he was a chimpanzee he was affected by the Hostage gas and died. Dr. Schultz had designed a bacteria that help Gorilla's finicky digestive system function better. This bacteria was later found to be an effective weapon against Gubru hardware.

Sichi - Son of Sylvie. Found to be "anomalous" after birth and was sent to Earth for further evaluation. He was given a Blue card and adopted by a Blue card family on Earth.

Professor Simmins - Race representative during the Uplift Ceremony. Failed to make it to the end.

Dr. Elayne Soo- Bespectacled, senior chimmie, Howlett Center nutritionist and medic. Worked with gorilla genetic histories. Became and aid to Athaclena.

Steelbar - One of Irongrip's probationer gang. Race representative during the Uplift Ceremony. Through tampering with the process Irongrip on all of his cronies made it through all of the testing stations.

Jimmie Sung - Professor of Galactic History at Port Helenia University.

Sylvie - Green card female chim who had recently nursed an infant. She was first seen doing a sexually explicit (and illegal) dance in the Ape's Grape bar. She had been upgraded from a Yellow card after giving birth to a Blue card child named Sichi five years earlier. She helped Fiben escape from the Gubru in Port Helenia. As payment for this aid Fiben agreed to help Sylvie become pregnant. Sylvie had most of a college education and discovered that the Gubru were tracking Earthlings by scanning for hemoglobin. She married Fiben Bolger.

Throop Family - A small sharing-clan on Quintana Island that had asked Fiben to join their group marriage. They had a rambling house, good grooming habits, and respectable professions. All green cards.

Dr. Wald - Elderly chim rebel with Gailet's group.

Weasel - One of Irongrip's probationer gang. Race representative during the Uplift Ceremony. Through tampering with the process Irongrip on all of his cronies made it through all of the testing stations.

Yossy - Chim working with Gailet's group. Led a team to destroy the skynet battery.

Whales

Five Bubble Spirals - Whale, one of the twelve Great Dreamer of Earth.

Gorillas

Jonny - male gorilla

Kongie - infant Gorilla

Galactics

Athaclena - Daughter of Tymbrimi ambassador, Uthacalthing. eader of the Irregular Army of Garth. Athaclena had been changing her appearance to look more like a human female since the day she arrived on Garth, a half year before the Gubru invasion. She had oval eyes with large gold flecked green irises and had aquired tear ducts and the ability to cry. During her time in the Mulun Mountains, Athaclena gained great respect from chimpanzee rebels that insisted on calling her General. She also married Robert Oneagle, whom she had fallen in love with, for purely political reasons. During the s'ustru'thoon, a rarely used Tymbrimi ability, Athaclena took from her father strength and knowledge to aid her in her struggles. She eventually returned this energy to her father "with interest".

Buoult - Captain of Athanasfire, which carried Helene Alvarez and the Human delegation to Garth.

Cough'Quinn*3 - Serentin. Grand High Examiner for the Uplift Institute. She was a cynical yet very wise leader.

Kault - Thennanin ambassador to Garth. Had worked for the Institute of Migration and had met the Fah'fah'n*fah. Member of a Thennanin faction advocating peace with the Tymbrimi. With hisinvolvement in the aquistion of the Gorillas, Kault and his political faction would soon be in control of Thennanin government. Kault had a reputation for vulgarity and frivolity amongst the Thennanin and was therefore given the position of Ambassador to Garth. By Tymbrimi and Human standards Kault is quite dull.

Kihimik - Tytlal scientist, consort of Sustruk and race representative during Ceremony of Uplift for Tytlal on Tymbrim.

Kuff-Kuff't - Brma singer that sang at the Ceremony of Uplift for the Tytlal on Tymbrim.

Ma'chutallil - Famed Tymbrimi storyteller.

Mathicluanna - Athaclena's deceased mother. Before leaving for the Mulun mountains, Athaclena received a locket from her father containing one of Mathicluanna's tendrils. Uthacalthing had meant to give it to her when she declared herself of age.

Oshoyoythuna - Tymbrimi, Trickster of the City of Foyon. Depicted by the Tytlal during the Rite of Acceptance as a gesture that they wanted the Tymbrimi to continue their Uplift.

Oth'thushutn - Tymbrimi aide, secretary and friend to Uthacalthing. Died trying to run the Gubru blockade.

Sustruk - Tytlal muse-poet chosen as race representative for the Uplift Ceremony. He died a few days after the Ceremony.

Suzerain of Beam and Talon - Gubru. Usurped the Suzerain of Propriety's plans for the Chimpanzee Uplift Ceremony. Had begun to molt red but once the Suzerain of Propriety's policies were discovered to be correct the molting process reversed itself and It molted into a blue male. This along with other stresses drove the Suzerain mad and he refused to follow orders from it new queen and mate. He was killed by his own stoop-colonel.after trying to continue hostilities with the Chim rebels.

Suzerain of Cost and Caution - Gubru. Died in the stink bomb attack on the Tymbrimi embassy. It was very promising and the Suzerain of Propriety missed it's presense. It replacement never fully matured or adapted to the office.

Suzerain of Propriety - Gubru. Overseer of Appropriateness of Behavior for the Gubru. It was tricked by Uthacalthing to believe that Garthlings, a potential client species, existed on Garth. It then set in motion construction of a Hyperspace Shunt for a Ceremony of Adoption. Once It discovered that Garthlings were a myth this very expensive undertaking had to be justified somehow. It changed the purpose of the Hyperspace Shunt to be a Ceremony of Acceptance for Chimpanzee. Outwardly this would be a gesture of goodwill towards Earthclan but was really a ruse to discredit Humans, set themselves up as Stage Consorts to Chimpanzee and therefore adopt them upon Humanity's fall. The Suzerain coerced the aid of Gailet and Fiben to act as race representatives during the Uplift ceremony. In exchange for their cooperation It promised that the Gubru would end their obstruction of humanity's patron status and cease all hostilities with Eath. Though it eventually became Queen with red plummage, it had no consorts since one was dead and the other underdeveloped. The Gubru would pay a high price for interferring with and Uplift Ceremony and their failed Garth invasion objectives.

Swoio Shochuhun - Synthian Consul that departed Garth at the beginning of the crisis.

Thlufallthreela - Tymbrimi composer of "Dirge of Inevitability" over 4,000 years ago during the time of sorrow and loss of the Caltmour patrons.

Uthacalthing - Tymbrimi ambassador to Garth. Uthacalthing had a complex and well thought out plan to make the Gubru and Ambassador Kault believe that Garthlings exsisted. He sabotaged the Branch Library by deleting all references to Uplift procedures. This caused the Gubru to believe humans were using these file for some secret uplift purpose. It also cost them the expense of bringing in a new library. Uthacalthing used his prank on Kault to extract a promise that the Thenannin would aid the Tymbrimi and Earthlings against those Galactics besieging their worlds. This promise was in exchange for Uthacalthing's aid in securing Garthlings for the Thennanin. Little did Uthacalthing know that the joke was on him - Garthlings actually did exsist in the form of Gorillas.

Characters of Startide Rising

Crewmembers of Streaker - Human

Gillian Baskin - Physician and agent of the Terragen Council. A product of genetic engineering that gave her enchanced hearing and intellect. Spoke 4-5 Galactic languages. Best human friend of Hikahi and Life-partner of Tom Orley. She Tom shared a strong telempathic bond. Pupil of Jacob Demwa. As a member of Ship's Council, Gillian took control of Streaker after Takkata-Jim's resignation, and until Hikahi could return.

Emerson D'Anite - Long-limbed engineer with an alto voice and a cyborg neuro interface. Mysteriously arrived on the planet Jijo with amnesia and missing his neuro implant.

Toshio Iwashika - Midshipman from Calafian Academy and bestfriend of Akki. Many fins, especially Keepiru, teased him for having made the mistake of whistling while accompanying an exploration crew. Toshio carried tiny man-made symbiotes in his system that scavenged excess nitrogen preventing necrosis ruptures at great depths. Toshio grew up a lot during Streaker's crisis and began a relationship with Dennie.

Ignacio Metz - Expert in uplift. Tall mel with sparse gray hair. Passionate advocate of certain dolphin racial types and leader of the effort to include Stenos bredanensis genes into the main dolphin gene pool. He convinced the Terragen Council to include Stenos on board Streaker in responsible positions. Some of these Stenos decompensated with the stress of the voyage, including K'tha-jon, a special project of Dr. Metz grafted with Orca DNA. After Takkata-Jim gave up control of Streaker to Gillian, Ignazio Metz, Takkata-Jim and three other male Stenos exiled themselves to the Island on the Longboat. Metz was killed by one of the insane Stenos on the Island.

Thomas Orley - Alien Technologies Consultant. Agent of the Terragen Council and member of Ship's Council. A product of genetic engineering that gave him enhanced sinuses allowing perfect Trinary speech. Spoke 4-5 Galactic languages. Best human friend of Creideiki and Life-partner of Gillian Baskin. He and Gillian shared a strong telempathic bond through a modest psi ability. Pupil of Jacob Demwa. Possessed a cyborg neuro interface just above his left ear.

Dennie Sudman - Exobiologist. She went into space because it would advance her career and also because her personal life on Earth was a shambles. She started a relationship with Toshio while on the Island.

Hannes Suessi - Engineer who had worked in the smog oceans of Titan, guided adenine comets through the Soup Nebula, and had helped in the Amerindian/Israeli venture to terraform Venus. He and Hikahi were in charge of the teams refitting the Thennanin (Trojan) Seahorse.

Charles Dart - Chimpanzee planetologist. He discovered that Kithrup had been inhabited by technological beings 30,000 years ago against the Institute of Migration's standing quarantine of the past 100 million years. Member of Ship's Council. Stowed-away on the Longboat and exiled himself along with Takkata-Jim and Ignazio Metz.

Crewmembers of Streaker - Dolphins

Akeakemai - female neo-fin, psi-operator.

Akki - Midshipman from Calafian Academy, bestfriend of Toshio. Yellowish gray coloring. Killed by K'tha-jon after a long chase.

Brookida - metallurgist, oldest male fin.

Creideiki - captain of the Streaker, adept at Keneenk, and mate of Hikahi. Best dolphin friend of Tom Orley. He was raised in the settlement of Catalina-Under and had served aboard the survey ship James Cook, under Captain Helene Alvarez. He was electrocuted by a trap set by K'tha-jon and lost his ability to talk but not to think. After his accident Creideiki gained the ability to communicate with Karaank% inhabitants of Kithrup and he secretly left Streaker to seek out an alliance with them. Creideiki was unbeaten at creating Trinary Haiku.

Hakukka-jo - rebellious Stenos neo-dolphin.

Haoke - Tursiops neo-dolphin, Subsec in the engine room. Killed by insane Moki in cold blood.

Heurkea-pete - Stenos neo-dolphin, petty officer, studied Keneenk.

Hikahi - female neo-dolphin, third in command of Streaker. Adept at Keneenk and Creideiki's mate. Best dolphin friend of Gillian Baskin.

Hiss-kaa

Hist't - dolphin missing after the tsunami disaster. Found dead by Keepiru while running from K'tha-jon.

Karacha-jeff

Karkaett - one of the best fins on Streaker.

Keepiru - first wormhole pilot, native of Atlast. An immature fen that grew-up a lot on Kithrup.

K'Hith - planetologist, bled to death after the tsunami disaster.

K'tha-jon - petty officer (bosun), special variant Stenos neo-dolphin. A secret project of Dr. Metz that incorporated Orca genetics. Giant, over three meters longs and a girth that two men couldn't span with their arms. Blunted bottle-nose and deeply counter shaded coloring. Reverted to a monsterous killer.

Kaa - Nicknamed Lucky and considered one of the best crewfen. Electronic Tech and Junior pilot. An implant in his eye allows for magnified and spectral vision. Got his "Lucky" nickname after "a series of absurdly providential thread jumps let him break a million-year old record, taking the crossing from Tanith to Calafia in five and a quarter mictaars."

Makanee - female neo-dolphin, surgeon, member of Ship's Council. Two uplift generations older than most other dolphins aboard.

Moki - rebellious Stenos neo-dolphin. Killed by K'tha-jon after a long chase.

Olelo

Phip-pit - fin that disappeared while looking for Ssassia, later found dead after the tsunami disaster.

S'tat - mess chief, and one of the best fins on Streaker.

S'thata - senior bosun.

Sah'ot - Stenos neo-dolphin, civilian linguist and archaeologist. Sexually aggressive pursuer of Dennie Sudman. Had refused to aboard the Captain's Gig to explore the Derelict Fleet.

Satima - dolphin injured in the tsunami disaster.

Sawtooth

Skreekah-jo - Stenos

Skreekah-pol - rebellious Stenos neo-dolphin.

Sneekah-jo - fin that accompanied Takkata-Jim into exile.

Ssattatta - killed by the tsunami.

Ssassia - fin that had disappeared and later found dead in the lair of the killer seaweed.

Sth'ata - cook.

Sup-peh - fin from the South Atlantic community, ship's purser.

Sus'ta - messman, Tursiops.

Takkata-Jim - Stenos neo-dolphin, vice-captain of the Streaker. Wanted to woo Ignacio Metz's confidence since dolphins tended to gain better respect from their peers with human support. Member of Ship's Council inciting mutiny because he disagreed with Creideiki's escape plan. After giving up control of Streaker to Gillian, he, Ignazio Metz and three other male Stenos exiled themselves to the Island using the Longboat. Takkata-Jim denied knowing of the plan to kill Creideiki until after the fact, nevertheless he destroyed the booby-trapped bouy just before leaving Streaker. Takkata-Jim gave his life for Streaker by using the Longboat to lead the Soro & Tandu alliance away from Kithrup, allowing enough time for the Streaker's escape.

Ti-tcha - leader of team scavenging the Thennanin wreak.

Tkaat - archaeologist.

Tsh't - lieutenant, female neo-dolphin, fourth officer

Wattaceti - non-commissioned officer, engine room tech.

Yachapa-Jean - lieutenant, former second in command who died investigating the Derelict Fleet.

Zaa'pht

Other Characters of Startide Rising

Beie Chohooan - Experienced spy for the Synthian Enclave. Though she was an observer at Paklatuthl when the J'8lek's clients broke their indenture and also an observer when the Obeyor Alliance engaged the Abdicator Alliance in ritual combat, she never saw such mindless slaughter as that above Kithrup. (139) Her ship was hit by a missile that sent it burning & spinning in the dark.

Buolt - Commander of the Thennanin force above Kithrup.

Cubber-cabub - Pilan tactician aboard Krat's ship.

Cullalberra - Pilan statistician aboard Krat's ship.

Cullcullabra - Pilan Librarian killed by Krat for interrupting her.

Herbie - Mummified body from the Derelict fleet. Gillian was working with the Niss machine to determine it's race and age, which she guessed to be from 1-2 billion years old. Humanoid with straight arms and legs, man-like head and neck.

Nukapai- Chimerical goddess from the Whale Dream.

Niss Machine - Pseudo-intelligent sarcastic computer, lent to Thomas Orley by Tymbrimi agents in order to prove the Tymbrimi's belief that the Library is not neutral and that Branch Libraries sold by them have subtle deficiencies meant to put enemy races at a disadvantage. Though It claimed It was there more to observe human suffering than aid them. Projected a small holograph of swirling color patterns whenever it spoke and was hidden in Tom Orley room in a section of the dry wheel. It predicted that the events of Kithrup would become Legend because of the following elements: [1] that the youngest starfaring race, which came from wolfing patrons, found the eldest race in a derelict fleet; [2] that this same group found a new pre-sentient species on a planet where no life was expected to arise; [3] and that this planet served as the "deathbed" for a species that was tortured by its own patrons. The Niss felt that these element were an inditement of the Uplift System and that Streaker's story would become legend.

K-K-Kph-kree - Leviathan sperm whale god of the Whale Dream that appeared to Creideiki and taught him how to use a new language after his accident.

Krat - Commander of the Soro forces. Known to have legendary hunches. Hoped that her daughter, Pitril, would live long enough to take her down when she was old and weak.

Physeter - God of the Whale Dream, Possibly a dark god.

Pitril - Soro, daughter of Krat who died in a raid to investigate the psi-bomb explosion on Kithrup.

Characters of Sundiver

Bubbacub - Pila. Director of the Branch Library at La Paz and the second most important Galactic on Earth. Bubbacub tried to discredit humanity by falsifying a Library report, lying about being in communication with the Sun Ghosts, and perpetrating the hoax of the Lethani relic which made all sun creatures invisible rather than scare them away. His motive was embarrassment at the lack of Library information on the Solarians and wanting to show humanity as an inferior race.

Culla - Pring. Assistant to Bubbacub. Independently created the Sun Ghost through holographic projection. His plan was to show that humans were stupid and not to be taken seriously; this way no negative attention would be paid to Earth. He also helped to discredit Bubbacub by telling of his master's hoax with the Lethani relic and his own belief in the Sun Ghost. Since no pictures or Library records were available no one would believe Earth anyway. This was part of a larger plan by the Pring to discredit the Pila in hope of breaking their indenture.

Jacob Alvarez Demwa - Human. Former scientific-crime investigator who solved the Water-Sphinx mystery and saved the Vanilla Space Needle in Ecuador. The latter incident happened two years prior to Sundiver in which Jacob's wife, Tania, fell off the Needle to her death. This trauma forced him to quit his investigative job and begin working at the Center for Uplift. Jacob has been suffering from split personality disorder ever since. The events of Sundiver helped him overcome his mental illness, death of his wife, and begin a new relationship with Helene DeSilva. In Startide Rising, Jacob was revealed to be the mentor to both Gillian Baskin and Tom Orley.

Helene DeSilva - Human. Confederacy Commandant of Hermes Bases on Mercury. Chronologically only 25 years old but over ninety years old due to time-dilation space jumps. Formerly served as a junior officer on the Calypso for a 3 year voyage. Grew up on O'Niel Colony (a power satellite) before the Confederacy took power. In Startide Rising she was known as Helene Alvarez (now married to Jacob Alvarez Demwa) and was the Captain of the James Cook.

Fagin - Kanten. Official of the Institute of Progress. Jacob addressed him as Mihorki Keephu. He is described as a perpetual observer and manipulator.

Dr. Jeffrey - Chimpanzee. First member of his species to become a full member of a space research team. He used a keyboard to type out words since this generation of Chimpanzee could not speak yet. Killed by Culla.

Dr. Dwayne Kepler - Sundiver Expedition Captain

Dr. Mildred Martine - With the Dept. of Parapsychology at the University of La Paz, who joined Sundiver six months earlier to perform psychological and parapsychological exams on the crew. She had proved so far that the Sun Ghosts were not a hoax or mass hallucination.

Peter (Pierre) LaRoque - Human. Obnoxious, opinionated, pushy & egomaniacal reporter for Les Mondes and spy for James Alvarez. He was also the Astronaut Trainer for the secret plan to build starships for Probationers.

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