Ghost Station (The Wandering Engineer) (122 page)

1
^st
Lieutenant Junior Valdez:
Son of
Senior Valdez, former tug pilot turned small craft pilot and later first
fighter pilot in Pyrax. Currently acting LT commander in charge of all pilots
in the system.

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.