Appendix A
Character Glossary

(In order of appearance)

Earth Union - Major Characters

MAJ Matthias 'Cavalier' Harold - Squadron leader of the 421st Fighter Squadron
SLT Lydia 'Nyx' Han - Flight leader of Third Flight, VF-313
CPT Sean 'Kodiak' McCormick - Flight leader of Delta Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
CDR Aaron 'Kafir' Joachim - Squadron leader of the VF-133 (and later the VFA-999) and Special
1LT Jefferson Wallace - Communications officer for the 421st Fighter Squadron
VADM Ibrahim Mfume - Commander of Heavy Carrier Battle Group One
CMD Blake 'Barracuda' Frazier - Captain of the ESS Ticonderoga and a Hero of the Union
COL Enrique Vasquez - Commander of the 78th Combined Arms Detachment
GSG Miranda Grisson - Platoon sergeant of 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
MAJ Michael Knox - Commander of 2/168 BLT
CPL Johnathan 'Jack' Grisson - Sniper observer in 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment
SP4 Allison 'Ally' O'Connor - Sniper in 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment and Jack's partner
CDR Eva Bianchi - Acting Reactor Officer of the Ticonderoga

Earth Union - Minor Characters

LCDR Johnstone - Squadron leader of the VF-208
SLT Rojas - Flight leader of First Flight, VF-208
JLT Rhee - Pilot in First Flight, VF-208
JLT Yudmila 'Curly' Trifkovic - Flight sub-leader of Third Flight, VF-313 and Lydia's wingmate
Maximilian Nicodemus - First Chairman of the World Council
Ricardo 'Rico' Banderas - First World Council Chairman born in the Colonies and a major advocate of Colonists' rights and colonial development
Erich Richthofen - World Council Chairman, killed in the Sheolite attack on the cruiseliner Stargazer
FLTM Willem Van Daan - Supreme Commander of the Earth Union Armed Forces
RADM Vargin - Commander of Carrier Battle Group Four-Two
BG Lorraine 'Leopard' Pfeiffer - Commander of the 9th Joint Air Division
CMD Phuong Thi Anh - Commander of Carrier Battle Group One-Seven
LCDR Francisco 'Chico' Figueroa - Squadron leader of the VF-313
COL Douglas 'Blackjack' Kreuger - Wing commander of the 123rd Test Wing and Matt's flight instructor at the Academy
CPT Jamal - A CSO assigned to the 123rd Test Wing
1LT Lieuw - A CSO assigned to the 123rd Test Wing
1LT Sanducci - A CSO assigned to the 123rd Test Wing
LCDR Aswani - Flight leader of First Flight, VF-133 (later squadron sub-leader of the VFA-999) and a Special in Commander Joachim's cell
JLT Beles - A pilot in the VFA-119
LCDR Wiseman - Squadron sub-leader of the VFA-119
1LT Clive 'Mako' Byron - A pilot in Charlie Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
CPT Yu - An NFO in the VMFA-212
MAJ Piatelli - Squadron sub-leader of the VMFA-212
CDR Korgoankar - Squadron leader of the VFA-155
CAPT Satoru 'Taka' Nagashima - CAG of Carrier Airwing Group 45 on the Ticonderoga
CMD Zhang Huimin - Staff Operations Officer of Heavy Carrier Battle Group One
CMD Liu Weilin - Staff Intelligence Officer of Heavy Carrier Battle Group One
SLT Sato - Communications Officer of the Ticonderoga
CAPT Yuen Libo - Executive Officer of the Ticonderoga
COL Grozny - Commander of the 41st Marine Expeditionary Unit
2LT Tyrese Dixon - Platoon leader of 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
CPL Wilkers - Squad leader in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
CPL Hoek - Squad leader in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
PFC Solano - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
LCPL Lee - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
SGT Martinez - Squad leader in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
PVT Taylor - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
CPT Kuntz - Flight leader of First Flight, VMS-177
PFC Chandraraja - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
SSG Comanescu - Squad leader in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
MG Villanueva - Commander of XI MEF
CPT Moombe - Commander of Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
PFC Maliki - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
HM3 'Doc' Ramachandran - Corpsman assigned to 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
CAPT Veronica Kim - Chief Medical Officer of the Ticonderoga
JLT Booth - Prosthesis Officer of the Ticonderoga
CDR Mehmed Sharif - Chief Intelligence Officer of the Ticonderoga
PFC Herschel - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
LCPL Fernandes - A Marine in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
SLT Paesang - Deputy Chief Intelligence Officer of the Ticonderoga
RADM Olivier Xenopoulos - Commander of Carrier Battle Group Two-Seven
ENS Juneau Weiss-Pulver - Executive Officer of the Spotted Houndshark
MMFN Jabbar - Hull repair technician on the Spotted Houndshark
BMSN Waldemar - Deck crewman on the Spotted Houndshark
EMFA Bello - Electrical technician on the Spotted Houndshark
MA3 Madero - Master-at-arms on the Spotted Houndshark
YNSA Nguyen - Yeoman on the Spotted Houndshark
MMFN Cervantes - Power plant technician on the Spotted Houndshark
JLT McWhorter - Captain of the ESS Spotted Houndshark
HMHN Najjar - Hospital Corpsman on the Spotted Houndshark
MMC Spinelli - Chief of the Boat on the Spotted Houndshark
OS3 Delacoeur - Communications specialist on the Spotted Houndshark
MM1 Wincott - Engineering LPO on the Spotted Houndshark
QM2 Gouri - Navigator and helmsman of the Spotted Houndshark
FT3 Olivares - Fire control technician on the Spotted Houndshark
CMDCM Barnett - Command Master Chief of the VF-313
JLT Gitell - Flight sub-leader of Third Flight, VF-133 (later Second Flight, VFA-999) and a Special in Commander Joachim's cell
JLT Sen - A pilot in Second Flight, VF-133 (later Third Flight, VFA-999) and a Special in Commander Joachim's cell
MG Anbauer - CG of Camp Kasuga
CPT Vasiliy Kalinin - Commander of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
PFC Paolino - A SIGINT analyst in the C-SIGINT element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SP4 Rosenbach - A SIGINT analyst in the C-SIGINT element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SGT Koenig - Team leader in the CI element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
PFC Greerson - A CI specialist in the CI element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SP5 Kumarwal - Team leader in the C-SIGINT element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
PFC Lian - A SIGINT analyst in the C-SIGINT element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SP4 Kowalcek - A CI specialist in the CI element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SP4 Sankarian - A CI specialist in the CI element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
2LT Weintraub - Element leader of the C-SIGINT element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SFC Ximenez - Element NCOIC of the C-SIGINT element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
1LT Hsiu - Element leader of the CI element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SFC Agarwal - Element NCOIC of the CI element of Alpha Company, 1247th Military Intelligence Battalion
SGT Bartoli - Squad leader in 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
2LT Cranitz - Platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
LCPL Szabo - A Marine in 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
PFC Vanderpoole - A Marine in 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
PVT Rumski - A Marine in 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
SSG Zeng - Platoon sergeant of 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
LTG Ernst Jacobi - CG of the 11th Army
Rama Singh - Secretary of the Army
SSG Mohammed Abdul-Rahim - Sniper and platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment
SFC Mendez - Former platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment; killed in action during the Sheolite capture of the Ticonderoga
CPT Ignacio Robles - Commander of Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment
CSM Arthur Bellamy - Command Sergeant Major of the 78th Combined Arms Detachment
Mariangela Orciulo - Chairwoman Liu's chief of staff and Admiral Mfume's wife
Liu Meifang - World Council Chairwoman and former Director of Central Intelligence
Nikola Vladikov - Minister of Defense
Andvan Varger - Chairwoman Liu's security advisor
Silvano Cartaglia - Director of Central Intelligence
SM Donovan Graves - Commandant of the Marine Corps and a Hero of the Union
Inocencio Vincentez - Councilor of Mars
Ragna Nilsson - Councilor of the Colonial Bloc
PV2 Ramirez - A rifleman in 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3/872 Parachute Infantry Regiment
PV2 Cordeski - A rifleman in 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3/872 Parachute Infantry Regiment
PFC Weirz - A rifleman and combat lifesaver in 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3/872 Parachute Infantry Regiment
CPL Chodry - A squad leader in 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3/872 Parachute Infantry Regiment
SSG Van Allen - Platoon sergeant of 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3/872 Parachute Infantry Regiment
ADM Vicenzo Vicetti - Commander of Fifth Fleet
CDR Lombardi - Tactical Action Officer of the Ticonderoga
SLT Balakrishna - Flight leader of First Flight, VF-313
SLT Chatree - Flight leader of Second Flight, VF-313
ENS Calderon - A pilot in Third Flight, VF-313
JLT Zhang - A pilot in Third Flight, VF-313
ENS Abidin 'Ghoulie' Gul - A pilot in Third Flight, VF-313
ENS Rickhart 'Hex' Fogel - A pilot in Third Flight, VF-313
JLT Marina 'Doombitch' Andropova - A pilot in First Flight, VF-313
JLT Chardonnet - CDR Joachim's NFO in the VFA-999, formerly of Second Flight, VFA-119
MAJ Singh - Flight leader of Second Flight, VFA-999, formerly flight leader of Bravo Flight, 782nd Fighter Squadron
LCDR Cussell - Flight leader of Third Flight, VFA-999, formerly leader of Second Flight, VFA-155
2LT Yuen - A pilot in Delta Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
1LT Gonzales - A pilot in Second Flight, VFA-999, formerly First Flight sub-leader of the VMFA-212
JLT Thian - An NFO in Second Flight, VFA-999, formerly of Second Flight, VFA-119
1LT Lampoon - Sub-leader of Delta Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
2LT Kowalchek - A pilot in Charlie Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
1LT Ruan - Sub-leader of Alpha Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
Janus Armitage - Marshal of the Union and former World Council Chairman
GEN Claus Schreider - Commander of Martian Regional Joint Forces Command
LTG Nadia Pumamasari - Commander of 9th Air Force
MG Oscar Gutteres - Commander of 10th Army Elysium Command
RADM Miroslav Ludikov - Commander of Carrier Battle Group One-Three
CAPT Arnodo Mercedes - Captain of the ESS Laocoon

Sheol Empire - Major Characters

3rd Degree Overseer Antiope, a.k.a. 'Auntie' - First Handmaid of the Empress
Empress Lilith - Empress of the Sheol Empire and fleetlord of Fleet Gamaliel
Emperor Samael - Emperor of the Sheol Empire and fleetlord of Fleet Thamiel

Sheol Empire - Minor Characters

Merkel 'Clipper' Mazurek - Major Harold's former wingman, turned into a Sheolite pilot

Other - Major Characters

Tabitha 'Tabby' Harold - Caretaker of Dieter Richthofen, believed to have been killed in the Sheolite attack on the cruiseliner Stargazer
Dieter Richthofen - Son of Chairman Richthofen, believed to have been killed in the Sheolite attack on the cruiseliner Stargazer

Other - Minor Characters

Ylizabeta 'Betty' Ybarra - Captain McCormick's estranged wife
Khoi - Bartender at Stumpy's Bar and Grill in Titania Colony 01
Jemma Harold - The maternal aunt of Major Harold who adopted him as a child
Harman Harold - Major Harold's uncle
James Lerner - Major Harold's biological father, killed in a car accident when he was a child
Adine Lerner - Major Harold's biological mother and Jemma Harold's sister, killed in a car accident when he was a child
Russ Benedict - A popular action movie star
MAJ Benicio Buenaventura - Martian Militia battalion commander stationed at Argyre
Omid - An orphan who lost his family in the Sheolite bombing of the Argyre Colony