Universe
Characters
The Hard Bargain Crew
Friends and Allies
Cassandra Vail
Cal’s former protégée and ex, a politically savvy attorney-investigator and ambiguous ally
Soraya Linnev
Wealthy xenoarchaeologist and expedition patron
Lazaro Koltai
Freighter captain and reluctant ally
Linus Korrin-Wei
PANTHEA archaeologist specializing in Osharran artifacts
Matthias Byrne
Director of development for Arenal
Nikolai Drahn
Crime boss and ruler of El Atajo
Thor Jenssen
Foreman of the Aralx colony
Enemies and Antagonists
The Black Minister
The Red Minister
Ministry covert operations director
Admiral Peyton Floyd
IOC admiral and Ministry enforcer
Commander Tomas Rykov
Aegis operative at Aralx
Soren Marsh
Captain of the Narrow Margin
Captain Adrien Roche
Captain of the IOC Harmony
Captain Jerod Stalz
Captain of the IOC ship Equinox
Other Characters
Rafi Daval
Continuance Group lawyer and architect of Arenal
The Green Minister
Ministry moderating influence
Elias Torrence
Former captain of the Hard Bargain
Julianus
Praetor-class android legal observer
Lowell Benjamin
TrustUs! lawyer and Cal’s former boss
Lucia
Intelligent entity inside the Celestial Aura sync module
The Mauve Minister
Intelligence and communications specialist for the Ministry
Bex
Boris Linnev
Director Elen Xiang
University director overseeing Tierce’s autonomous fabricants research at Corvalis University.
Jade Lariss
Rival repo ship captain
Jim Langstrom
Mining executive and early LexNet warning case
Leonard Hale
Lieutenant Serrin
Miles Greer
Mr. Bones
Ronan Carney
Former CRO of the Hard Bargain
Tariq Vollenweider
The Yellow Minister
Historical Figures
Davis Renn
Cyberneticist specializing in survivable cryogenic suspension on the Far Traveler mission to Irrakai
Maren Renn
Young daughter of Davis and Mirielle Renn who accompanies them on mission to Irrakai
Titus Durein
Ship physician aboard the Far Traveler and keeper of a firsthand journal of the Irrakai disaster
Elowen Sato
Captain of the Far Traveler and leader of the human expedition on Irrakai
Eshai Ruun
Leader-scientist of the Osharré on Irrakai
General Vesh
Head of Osharré defense on Irrakai
Hanna Klein
Engineer aboard the Far Traveler
Isolde Fugate
Wife of Titus Durein and mother of Andrea Davitz
Jonas Pike
Security officer for the Far Traveler
Mirielle Renn (née Durant)
Linguist and translator on the Far Traveler mission to Irrakai
Nari Dho
Osharré minder assigned to Maren Renn
Sloane Paskova
Reinhardt-Vance executive behind the Far Traveler mission
Andrea Davitz
Cyberneticist and founder of HumanScale Systems
Eun-ha Kwon
Pilot of the Far Traveler
Ilyas Reen
Iris
The Far Traveler’s onboard artificial intelligence
Liam Okoye