Plague Planet (The Wandering Engineer) (82 page)

System governor Walker:
Elected governor of the system. Tall, rather good looking and
charming. A corrupt politician. One of the conspirators to remove the admiral
from the system.

Marines:

Major Jersey Forth:
Former captain of a planetary militia and then security captain on
Anvil before retiring to enter private service. Tough and very good at his job.
Recruited into the Marines as a captain but then elevated to Major.

Captain Pendeckle:
Former 1
^st
lieutenant. Commander of the 1
^st
Agnostan recon detachment.

1
^st
lieutenant Dana Harley:
Former 2
^nd
lieutenant. Later promoted to captain. Second in command of the 1
^st
Agnostan recon detachment.

Sergeant Jefferson:
Former assistant DI of F platoon. Later recon and sniper trainer
and full DI.

Sergeant Brenet:
Former assistant DI of F platoon. Later advanced trainer.

Lance Corporal Jethro Panther:
Black Neo panther assassin.

Gunny Schultz:
Neo Doberman, former Drill instructor of F platoon.

Ensign Valenko Kodiak:
Neo grizzly bear corporal, graduate of F platoon bootstrapped to
ensign.

Sergio:
Neo white Liger, heavy weapons. PFC.

Hurranna:
Neo lynx/bobcat PFC small, wishes to be a pilot.

Ox:
Last Tauren in the Pyrax system. Engineer, communications tech,
and apprentice armorer. Lance Corporal.

PFC Asazi:
former female prize fighting champion. Heavy worlder genes, hard
charger. Shooter. She has a broken nose and facial scar.

Lance Corporal Letanga:
Leopard cousin of Jethro. Went through sniper and recon training
with Jethro. Quiet, reserved but very loyal. He has a limited cloaking ability.

Lance Corporal Betty:
Neo chimp. Went through F platoon with the others.  Also
outfitted and trained in powered combat armor.

PFC Shiku
: Arctic white Neofox sniper.

Senjix:
Neocheetah, cousin of Cheetahra. PFC. Excellent scout. Graduate
of F platoon like all the other Neos.

PFC Zebo
: Gashg driver. Former member of F platoon.

PFC Ris'ha
: Naga driver. Former member of F platoon.

Private Shep
: Neo Sheppard.  Later Sergeant Shep. Head of the Military Police.

Tungulria:
Black Neowolf. The only other Neo to have almost the same
cloaking ability as Jethro.

Petty officers Gusterson:
Neo greyhound naval corpsman assigned to Valenko's squad as the
medic.

Harley Quinn:
PFC Neo Hyena, jokester. Infamous in F platoon for her pranks.

Lance Corporal Déjà:
Selkie. Former slave of the pirates serving as the chief helmsman
on Destiny. Now wants to be a marine pilot.

Others in the system:

Lieutenant Commander Vargess:
Love interest of captain Mayweather.
Captain of the Arboth class destroyer Fuentes.

Fuentes (AI):
ancient AI recovered and rebuilt prior to the admiral's
departure. The AI had only 1 of 3 cores and was partially insane. Fortunately
the AI had been repaired and returned to service.

Lieutenant Commander Harris
: commander, former tactical officer of
Firefly. Currently captain of Maya.

On Firefly:

Captain (Lieutenant commander) Mayweather:
Former XO of the
Carib queen, a star Yacht. Rose through the ranks quickly to become captain of
the Maya and then Firefly.

Lieutenant Commander Shelby Logan XO:
Daughter of Horatio
Logan, formerly his XO on Anvil, recruited as chief engineer of Firefly before
taking over the XO slot.

Commander Firefly (AI):
Old AI core of the light cruiser Firefly.

Janice:
1st Lieutenant, helm and navigational officer. Former helmsman of
the Carib Queen.

Purple Thorn:
1
^st
Lieutenant Elf tactical officer. Former officer on
Sun-Yat w/ Commander Logan before transferring to Maya. Served with Captain
Mayweather on the Maya.

Doctor Standish:
1
^st
Lieutenant, chief doctor on Firefly. He is an
understudy of Doctor Thornby. He worked at the college before volunteering his
services to the navy.

Riley:
sergeant, Marine armorer. Former fitter and blacksmith on Avalon.
While traveling to Briev he stopped in Pyrax to become an EVA suit fitter.
Brilliant in his job but grumpy.

Anvil:

Anvil governor: Enrique
Former XO of the station. Tough but pragmatic, politician able to
compromise his ideals and honor to get things done.

Smithy (AI):
dumb AI turned “Semi” smart

Liam O'Reilly
: Former assistant chief engineer now chief engineer of the
station. Married into the Valdez family. Wife is a life support supervisor.

Judge Hershey:
Junior Judge on the station. Renown for being above corruption
and impartial like Judge Farley.

Judge Farley:
Senior judge in the system, he helped to refine the Pyrax
Constitution. He's tough, hard on crime and impartial to a fault.

Sheriff Trac:
Veraxin sheriff. Bluff lawman with a love of American Western
clothing.

Lieutenant commander (doctor) Thornby:
Reservist. She is the
chief medical officer on Anvil and the chief of medicine for the navy. She is a
hard worker not above soaking the rich to provide medical care for the poor.

Valdez family:

Jorge Valdez:
chief tug pilot and owner of the growing tug business.

Juanita Valdez:
No nonsense matriarch of the Valdez clan. Has multiple children of
various ages.

Matilda:
Dean of the Anvil college. Has a granddaughter.

Doctor Jenni Martel:
Geneticist and genealogist. She is in charge of attempting to
resurrect the fallen sentients.

Matriarch:
Elderly neolion in charge of the Anvil cat clan and the nominally
in charge of the Neos in the system. She may be old but she's wise and tough.

Hrris Leo:
Young neolion. Friend of Jethro and the other cats. Has a job as
an engineering supervisor on the station.

Chung Li
: Siberian Neo tiger.

On Destiny:

Captain Ferguson:
Tough civilian captain, one of the original crew of the Destiny.
He rose from being a slave and third mate to captain after being liberated.

Chief engineer Bailey:
Balding Neo chimp. Tough, loves martial arts. Smart and
independent, friend of the admiral. Wives Galiet, Clennie, Sylvia, sons Fiben,
John, and Devin

Everett:
Electronics tech 2
^nd
class

Bryan Kelley:
Medic and owner of several coonies.

Galiet:
Senior wife of Bailey. College student.

Sylvia:
Second wife of Bailey, Bonobo, pregnant with Fiben when Irons
leaves Destiny. Bridge officer.

Clennie:
Bridge officer, third wife of chief Bailey.

Miss Mayfair:
Head of the Pyraxian diplomatic delegation. Shrewish woman.

April O’Neill:
Red haired reporter for Knox news with a love of yellow jumpers.
Love interest of the admiral.

On Agnosta:

Cheetahra:
Neo Cheetah medic. Former member of the Anvil cat clan.

Nana Jersey:
Elderly woman, grandmother of Billy and Pidge.

George Custard:
Leader of the Agnosta delegation. Avid reader, mayor, w/ largest
book collection on the planet.

Jim:
Delegate, former mayor.

Chumly:
Farmer, aide to other Agnosta delegates. Works as a manager in a
store George owns.

Doc Wallace Waley:
Balding Dentist, former pirate slave. Returned to Agnosta on
Destiny.

Maggie Lu Kasey:
Friend of Nana Jersey. Former Pirate slave returned to Agnosta on
Destiny. Became the outspoken leader of former slaves. In her 20's.

Vesuvian:
A giant adult Vesuvian near the growing space port. Several
juvenile Vesuvians from Destiny joined it to form a small colonial forest.

Briev:

The Red Queen:
Psychotic older power hungry woman.

Triang:

Neo cats:
A group of Neo cats from Pyrax who traveled there on Destiny with
the admiral. They are led by Hera and Asia.

Kiev 221:

Captain Robert Chambers. Wife Cora:
Captain of the Kiev
221.

Toni Chambers:
17 year old adopted daughter of the captain. Transferred to the
station to become a news reporter and anchor.

1
^st
mate John Henry Warner:
Son of the Warners.
Named after the admiral. Xo of the ship. He'd been married before his wife left
him and the ship over a forced abortion.

Chief engineer and second mate Quinna O'Mallory:
Hard charging Irish
woman bent on repairing her ship.

Yvonne:
Assistant chief engineer, mother of deceased Art.

Esmay Suarez:
chief navigator 3
^rd
mate

Jeremy Blackhawk:
chief helm officer, Native American descendant.

Hir'ruk:
Veraxin Chief logistics officer

M'Runi
: Veraxin communications tech.

Blur:
Telerite purser

Q’Bert:
Naga security officer

Numiria:
Neo jackal doctor. Husband is chief of sanitation Neo Hyena
Lobo.

Lieandra: