Appendix A
Character Glossary

(In order of appearance)

Earth Union - Major Characters

CMD Blake 'Barracuda' Frazier - Captain of the ESS Ticonderoga and a Hero of the Union
1LT Jefferson Wallace - Communications officer for the 421st Fighter Squadron
SGT Johnathan 'Jack' Grisson - Sniper observer in 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment
SPC Allison 'Ally' O'Connor - Sniper in 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment and Jack's partner
COL Matthias 'Cavalier' Harold - Squadron leader of the 421st Fighter Squadron and Hero of the Union who destroyed the Sheolite flagship Hades
CPT Sean 'Kodiak' McCormick - Flight leader of the 421st Fighter Squadron's Delta Flight
SLT Lydia 'Nyx' Han - Flight leader of Third Flight, VF-313
VADM Ibrahim Mfume - Commander of Heavy Carrier Battle Group One and a Hero of the Union
BG Lorraine 'Leopard' Pfeiffer - Commander of the 9th Joint Air Division
COL Enrique Vasquez - Commander of the 78th Combined Arms Detachment and a Hero of the Union
CDR Eva Bianchi - Acting Reactor Officer on the Ticonderoga
SSG Zhao Ying - An undercover Argus operative posing as a guard at EUDP Pluto
SGT Wang Chun - An undercover Argus operative posing as a guard at EUDP Pluto
RADM Olivier Xenopoulos - Commander of Heavy Carrier Battle Group Two
SM Donovan Graves - Commandant of the Marine Corps and a Hero of the Union

Earth Union - Minor Characters

SLT Galil - Flight leader of Third Flight, VFA-101
ENS McLachlan - A pilot in Third Flight, VFA-101
ENS Waldemar 'Checkers' Benishek - Commodore Frazier's NFO when he was in Third Flight, VFA-101
LCDR Consalves - Squadron leader of the VFA-101
Special Agent Atienza - NIS Senior Special Agent Afloat aboard the Ticonderoga
SSG Mohammed Abdul-Rahim - Sniper and platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 78th Combined Arms Detachment
Nikola Vladikov - Minister of Defense
Special Agent Carranza - An NIS agent attached to the Ticonderoga
GEN Watton - Deputy Supreme Commander of the Earth Union Armed Forces
FLTM Willem Van Daan - Supreme Commander of the Earth Union Armed Forces
D - A Marine guard at Camp Beria
E - A Marine guard at Camp Beria
JLT Winton De Vries - A Navy JAG officer assigned as the Ticonderoga Nine's defense counsel
BG Lavrent Ryczek - A military judge presiding over the military tribunal convened to try the Ticonderoga Nine
MAJ Claus Gorman - A Marine JAG officer assigned as the trial counsel in the Ticonderoga Nine's case
LTC Muneer Awad - Staff Judge Advocate of Headquarters, Camp Beria
MAJ Heinemann Bloch - Chief Defense Counsel of Headquarters, Camp Beria
BG Song Yesu - Chief Trial Judge, EU Army Trial Judiciary
VADM Artoum Bladiev - Commander of Ninth Fleet
Special Agent Javier Ferreira - An NIS agent responsible for the investigation of the case of the Ticonderoga Nine
LTC Pierre 'Marquis' Duvalier, a.k.a. Surtr - Operations Group commander of the 96th Fighter Wing
CPL Rudolf Hoek - Former squad leader in in 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT; KIA on Erebus
MAJ Michael Knox - Commander of 2/168 BLT
2LT Cranitz - Platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
Ali Jafaari - Minister of Defense during the Hongou Administration
Liu Meifang - World Council Chairwoman and former Director of Central Intelligence
CDR Aaron 'Kafir' Joachim - Squadron leader of the VF-133 and Special; KIA during the Battle of Mars
MG Hiram Watts - Commanding general of Earth Union Detention Barracks, Pluto
CPL Allende - An undercover Argus operative posing as a guard at EUDP Pluto
SGT Gerkin - An undercover Argus operative posing as a guard at EUDP Pluto
1LT Saylor - An undercover Argus operative posing as a nurse at EUDP Pluto
PFC Ntembe - An undercover Argus operative posing as a guard at EUDP Pluto
SP6 Walker - An undercover Argus operative posing as an air traffic controller at EUDP Pluto
Janus Armitage - Marshal of the Union and former World Council Chairman
Erich Richthofen - World Council Chairman, killed in the Sheolite attack on the cruiseliner Stargazer
Vladislas Berkowicz - Erich Richthofen's successor as World Council Chairman
RADM Vargin - Commander of Carrier Battle Group Four-Two
CAPT Ajay Rajamani - Captain of the Brasidas
Mitchell 'Mitt' Fairbanks - Press secretary of the Office of the Chairman of the World Council
MAJ Mustafa - Marshal Graves' adjutant
CAPT Li - Captain of the Iberia
CAPT Ibañez - Executive Officer of the Iberia
VADM Reynosa - Commander of Command Battle Group Five
CPT Mauro - Leader of Marshal Graves' tactical response team
LCDR Chandaria - Chief Security Officer on the Ticonderoga
CMD Juanga - Chief of Staff of Heavy Carrier Battle Group One
TSG Serrano - NCOIC of the Materiel Control Section, Materiel Management Section, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron
1LT Clive 'Mako' Byron, a.k.a. Ratatosk - A pilot in Charlie Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
MAJ Zapata - Squadron sub-leader of the 421st Fighter Squadron
MAJ Desmond 'Sabado' Samedi - Former squadron sub-leader of the 421st Fighter Squadron; KIA in the Battle of Mars
CPT Zinczenko - S-4 Officer of the 2/168 BLT
SLT Paulus - G-2 Division Officer of the Ticonderoga's Weapons Department
CPT Moranda - S-2 Officer of the 2/168 BLT
MAJ Dhillon - Executive Officer of the 2/168 BLT
2LT Tyrese Dixon - Platoon leader of 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2/168 BLT
CPT Merkovic - Commander of India Company, 3/45th BLT
CPT Nwala - Executive Officer of Kilo Company, 3/45th BLT
1LT Lian - Executive Officer of Battery D, 3/45th BLT
2LT Gascon - A pilot in Delta Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
LTC Goldberg - Squadron leader of 766th Fighter Squadron
2LT Olivares - A pilot in Charlie Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
CPT Jiang - Flight leader of Charlie Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
1LT Roberts - Flight sub-leader of Charlie Flight, 421st Fighter Squadron
CPT Lakoff - Commander of G Company, 2/168 BLT
MAJ Kang - S-3 Officer of the 2/168 BLT
SSG Darius - A platoon sergeant in Marshal Graves' tactical response team
1LT Aboutaib - A platoon leader in Marshal Graves' tactical response team
JLT Marques - Assistant Communications Officer of the Ticonderoga
CAPT Rivkin - A Navy linguist who served as one of the 'Three Wise Men' interpreters during Operation Heaven's Door
LCDR Mizrahi - A Navy linguist who served as one of the 'Three Wise Men' interpreters during Operation Heaven's Door
LCDR Rymer - Navigator of the Ticonderoga
LCDR Gunmoontree - Chief Engineer of the Ticonderoga
CDR Wangchuk - Operations Officer of the Iberia
Graham Compton - Secretary of the Navy

Sheol Empire - Major Characters

Grandmaster Asmodeus - Fleetlord of Fleet Golachab and leader of the Sheolite Remnant

Sheol Empire - Minor Characters

2nd Degree Master Adept Agares - Pilot overlord of the Phlegethon's airwing and vice fleetlord of Fleet Golachab
Rupert Victor Murdoch, a.k.a. Pilotlord Fear - Serial killer known as the Outer Rim Ripper, presumed dead but reemerged as a Sheolite pilotlord; KIA in the Battle of Mars

Other - Major Characters

Tabitha 'Tabby' Harold, a.k.a. 3rd Degree Overseer Antiope - Colonel Harold's biological mother, who he was raised to believe was his sister; she survived the destruction of the Stargazer and served as First Handmaid to Empress Lilith of the Sheol Empire until her death with the destruction of the Sheolite flagship Hades
Dieter Richthofen - Son of Chairman Richthofen, believed to have been killed in the Sheolite attack on the cruiseliner Stargazer
Gnosis, a.k.a. Seraph Ben Raziel, a.k.a. Nguyen Le Van Quy - Captain of the Raziel and leader of the Empyrean Remnant

Other - Minor Characters

Grig - A prisoner at EUDB Pluto, formerly one of the Seven Deadly Sins
Cassmac - A prisoner at EUDB Pluto, formerly one of the Seven Deadly Sins
Jassa - A prisoner at EUDB Pluto, formerly one of the Seven Deadly Sins
Sassy - A female gang leader at EUDB Pluto
Sudie - The bartender at the sports bar Sluggers
Mack - The cook at the sports bar Sluggers
Tomasina 'Sina' Navarre-Gutierrez - An anchor for MCN
Piers Berg - An investigative journalist for MCN
Mr. Y - A purported whistleblower who formerly worked for ISIS
Alonso Najal - A correspondent for MCN assigned to North America
Harman Harold - Colonel Harold's maternal grandfather, who he was raised to believe was his uncle
Jemma Harold - Colonel Harold's maternal grandmother, who he was raised to believe was his aunt
Jude Harold - Harman and Jemma Harold's eldest son, an Army veteran wounded during the war
Anders Kurzweil - One of the founding designers at NeoGenesis Systems
Peri Motwani - An early activist in the Movement for the Preservation of Natural Humanity
Wladislas Czarnowiecki - CEO of the Laslo Synthetics Corporation
Barcelona - The first artificial humanoid produced via sexual reproduction
Andalus - A male Iota Series Artificial Humanoid who fathered Barcelona
Catalonia - A female Iota Series Artificial Humanoid who gave birth to Barcelona
Masao Teraoka - CEO of NeoGenesis Systems during the '97 riots
Dr. Z - A former NeoGenesis designer leaking company secrets to MCN
Thomas Jefferson Lee - A rogue designer at NeoGenesis Systems who tried to circumvent the mandatory recall of the Iota Series
Wallachia - A production model Iota Series Artificial Humanoid that attempted to evade authorities during the mandatory recall of her series
Dzernovic - The real name of 'Dr. Z' from the MCN report
Madi Wenk - A bioethics activist and frequent commentator on MCN
Marko Spasbo - A military commentator for MCN
Marwan Hussein - A member of the Capitolium Press Corps representing An-Nahrain
Karel 'Sudie' Sudek - A member of the Capitolium Press Corps representing the Osteu Daily
Celestine 'Celes' Landrieu - A member of the Capitolium Press Corps representing VTBS
Idris 'Gooma' Nguma - A member of the Capitolium Press Corps representing the Zanj Times
Mika Otonashi - A virtual idol popular in the late 80s; her likeness was borrowed by the Nehema AI during Operation Heaven's Door
Alfonso 'Al' Corman - The news director at MCN