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* HealingFactor: Her tardigrade DNA gives her a higher tolerance for radiation, which comes in handy when she has to manually fix a solar sail and gets bombarded with solar radiation. The radiation would have killed a normal human but only leaves her with severe burns that heal up after a couple days.

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* HealingFactor: Her tardigrade DNA gives her a higher tolerance for radiation, which comes in handy when she has to manually fix a solar sail and gets bombarded with solar radiation. The radiation would have killed a normal human but only leaves her with severe burns that heal up after a couple days. It also makes her immune to the toxins in the comet water that incapacitate most of the crew; allowing Dr. Kabir and Alicia to prepare an antidote.


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* TheBigGuy: Both big and very skilled at hand-to-hand combat.
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* StraightGay: He has a husband back home, but you wouldn't know it to look at him; Cat learned this the embarrassing way when she tried to use her feminine wiles on him to get him to let her take an unauthorized shower.

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* StraightGay: He has a husband back home, but you wouldn't know it to look at him; him as he has no stereotypical behaviors; Cat learned this the embarrassing way when after she tried to use her feminine wiles on him to get him to let her take an unauthorized shower.
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* TheResenter: He would have been in line to be the Captain had Trust not added Garnet to the crew at the last minute, and he's deeply bitter about having to follow orders from a woman with a classified background.

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* TheResenter: He would have been in line to be the Captain captain had Trust not added Garnet to the crew at the last minute, and he's deeply bitter about having to follow orders from a woman with a classified background.
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* TeenGenius: She's not even twenty years old but has wracked up degree in four different fields.

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* TeenGenius: She's not even twenty years old but has wracked racked up degree degrees in four different fields.
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The de facto Engineering Chief.

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The de facto ''de facto'' Engineering Chief.



The de facto Security Chief.

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The de facto ''de facto'' Security Chief.



* StraightGay: He has a husband back home, but you wouldn't know it to look at him; Cat learned this the embarassing way when she tried to use her feminine wiles on him to get him to let her take an unauthorized shower.

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* StraightGay: He has a husband back home, but you wouldn't know it to look at him; Cat learned this the embarassing embarrassing way when she tried to use her feminine wiles on him to get him to let her take an unauthorized shower.



The ship's de facto Chief Medical Officer, and its only actual surviving doctor.

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The ship's de facto ''de facto'' Chief Medical Officer, and its only actual surviving doctor.



A nineteen-year-old genius. Originally posted in sanitation, she is promoted to the ship's council after saving the ship from one of the first of its many crises.

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A nineteen-year-old genius. Originally posted in sanitation, she is promoted to Head of Life Support with a seat on the ship's council after saving the ship from one of the first of its many crises.



A celebrity relationship counselor and the ship's de facto therapist.

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A celebrity relationship counselor and the ship's de facto ''de facto'' therapist.
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The de facto Captain of ''Ark 1'', having been one of the highest-ranking officers left after the entire command structure was wiped out. A clone genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.

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The de facto ''de facto'' Captain of ''Ark 1'', having been one of the highest-ranking officers left after the entire command structure was wiped out. A clone genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.
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The de facto Captain of ''Ark 1'', having been one of the highest-ranking officers left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.

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The de facto Captain of ''Ark 1'', having been one of the highest-ranking officers left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically A clone genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.
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* MrFanservice: He is a tall, handsome brunet, and consequently, has enjoyed flings with several of the ship's female staff.

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* MrFanservice: He is a tall, handsome brunet, auburn-haired and consequently, handsome, and consequently has enjoyed flings with several of the ship's female staff.



!!Anguse Medford

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!!Anguse !!Angus Medford
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Garnet, Brice and Lane had the same rank; redhead?


The de facto Captain of ''Ark 1'', having been the highest-ranking officer left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.

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The de facto Captain of ''Ark 1'', having been one of the highest-ranking officer officers left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.



* MrFanservice: He is a tall, handsome redhead, and consequently, has enjoyed flings with several of the ship's female staff.

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* MrFanservice: He is a tall, handsome redhead, brunet, and consequently, has enjoyed flings with several of the ship's female staff.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSpiders: [[spoiler:He really hates spiders. Naturally, the cure for his fatal disease requires him to let multiple spiders bite him.]]

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSpiders: WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler:He really hates spiders. Naturally, the cure for his fatal disease requires him to let multiple spiders bite him.]]
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* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Her tardigrade DNA gives her a higher tolerance for radiation, which comes in handy when she has to manually fix a solar sail and gets bombarded with solar radiation. The radiation would have killed a normal human but it only incapacitates her for a day or two.

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* GoodThingYouCanHeal: HealingFactor: Her tardigrade DNA gives her a higher tolerance for radiation, which comes in handy when she has to manually fix a solar sail and gets bombarded with solar radiation. The radiation would have killed a normal human but it only incapacitates leaves her for with severe burns that heal up after a day or two.couple days.

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The de facto Captain of ''Ark I'', having been the highest-ranking officer left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.

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The de facto Captain of ''Ark I'', 1'', having been the highest-ranking officer left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.



* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Her tardigrade DNA gives her a higher tolerance for radiation, which comes in handy when she has to manually fix a solar sail and gets bombarded with solar radiation. The radiation would have killed a normal human but it only incapacitates her for a day or two.



A decorated pilot, and the helmsman of ''Ark I''.

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A decorated pilot, and the helmsman of ''Ark I''.
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The second-highest ranking officer aboard ''Ark I'', and a Trust loyalist. Following a failed attempt to oust Garnet, he is relegated to being her second-in-command.

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The second-highest ranking officer aboard ''Ark I'', 1'', and a Trust loyalist. Following a failed attempt to oust Garnet, he is relegated to being her second-in-command.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Happens twice.
** He wanted to be in command of ''Ark 1'', and finally got the chance when Garnet was briefly incapacitated by radiation poisoning. Unfortunately for him, that was also the day where he had to assign someone to undertake a dangerous mission, and he quickly got stressed out at the notion of losing personnel.
** He worshiped William Trust and would have given anything to be his right hand. [[spoiler:And then he was taken hostage alongside Trust and found out that Trust is an egomaniac and a coward.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After realizing what an egotistical asshole Trust is, Lane decides that maybe Garnet was right after all. After she makes an exchange in order to save him from Evelyn Maddox, he becomes firmly behind her.]]




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* WrongLineOfWork: He had one brief stint as the commander of ''Ark 1'' and was abysmal at it, despite having been trained for the role. That said, he is a perfectly capable second-in-command.




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* WrenchWench: She is Ark 1's best engineer.




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A farming enthusiast who managed to build a working farm on ''Ark I''.

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A farming enthusiast who managed to build a working farm on ''Ark I''.
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!!Dr. Cat Brandice
-->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChristinaWolfe

A celebrity relationship counselor and the ship's de facto therapist.

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* ShipperOnDeck: She pushes Angus toward Alicia, and nudges Eva towards Brice. [[spoiler:This takes on a somewhat sinister quality after it's revealed that she was placed on the ship to match people up to breed more humans for the colony.]]
* WrongLineOfWork: She is pretty terrible as a therapist, being too self-absorbed to really care about her patients.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSpiders: [[spoiler:He really hates spiders. Naturally, the cure for his fatal disease requires him to let multiple spiders bite him.]]



* TheHeart: Her idealism and knack for thinking outside the box keeps her older colleagues on the council from getting too cynical.




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* TeenGenius: She's not even twenty years old but has wracked up degree in four different fields.



* BoringButPractical: He is derisively referred to as "4-H Kid" at first, because his projects are all comparatively low-tech, but his farm is invaluable to the ship, as it boosts the ship's food supplies while requiring relatively little in the way of resources.

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* BoringButPractical: He is derisively referred to as "4-H Kid" and "farm boy" at first, because his projects are all comparatively low-tech, but his farm is invaluable to the ship, as it boosts the ship's food supplies while requiring relatively little in the way of resources.




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* PrecociousCrush: He has a large crush on Garnet. When Cat gets wind of it, she advises him to find someone his own age, as Garnet would likely reject his advances.
* TeenGenius: He figured out how to create a farm aboard a ship.
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[[folder:Lt. Garnet]]
!!Lt. Sharon Garnet
-->'''Played by:''' Christie Burke

The de facto Captain of ''Ark I'', having been the highest-ranking officer left after the entire command structure was wiped out. Genetically engineered with tardigrade DNA, she was placed upon the ship to test out her enhanced endurance, which came in handy when the ship was damaged.

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* MasterOfNone: She was trained to comprehend most of the areas of the ship so that she could run things if necessary, but by her own admission, she's not an expert on any of those areas, so she defers to the wisdom of those with more specialized training.
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!!Lt. James Brice
-->'''Played by:''' Richard Fleeshman

A decorated pilot, and the helmsman of ''Ark I''.

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* MrFanservice: He is a tall, handsome redhead, and consequently, has enjoyed flings with several of the ship's female staff.
* SecretlyDying: He has Klampkins, a fatal illness that was caused by one of William Trust's failed experiments.

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[[folder:Lt. Lane]]
!!Lt. Spencer Lane
-->'''Played by:''' Reese Ritchie

The second-highest ranking officer aboard ''Ark I'', and a Trust loyalist. Following a failed attempt to oust Garnet, he is relegated to being her second-in-command.

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* TheResenter: He would have been in line to be the Captain had Trust not added Garnet to the crew at the last minute, and he's deeply bitter about having to follow orders from a woman with a classified background.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He doesn't get along with Garnet too well, and is only marginally more amiable with Brice.

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[[folder:Eva]]
!!Eva Markovich
-->'''Played by:''' Tiana Upcheva

The de facto Engineering Chief.

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* HeartbrokenBadass: She lost her boyfriend Harris in the first episode when the life support fluctuated, and has dedicated herself to making sure that the ship never falls apart like that again.

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!! Lt. Felix Strickland
-->'''Played by:''' Pavle Jerinic

The de facto Security Chief.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's one of the nicest, most polite people on the ship, but he will absolutely wreck you if you endanger his crewmates.
* GentleGiant: Despite his imposing figure, he's usually very gentle and soft-spoken.
* HeartbrokenBadass: He left his husband and daughter behind to serve on ''Ark I'' at William Trust's personal request. He later learned that his husband died aboard ''Ark III'', while his daughter is still unaccounted for.
* StraightGay: He has a husband back home, but you wouldn't know it to look at him; Cat learned this the embarassing way when she tried to use her feminine wiles on him to get him to let her take an unauthorized shower.

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[[folder: Dr. Kabir]]
!!Dr. Sanjivni Kabir
-->'''Played by:''' Shalini Peiris

The ship's de facto Chief Medical Officer, and its only actual surviving doctor.

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* FunctionalAddict: Early in the first season, she becomes heavily dependent upon amphetamines to keep up with the many injured crewmen.

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!!Alicia Nevins
-->'''Played by:''' Stacey Read

A nineteen-year-old genius. Originally posted in sanitation, she is promoted to the ship's council after saving the ship from one of the first of its many crises.

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* EndearinglyDorky: Her unbridled enthusiasm for all things science and her talent for quickly picking up new skills has earned her a considerable amount of fondness from her older colleagues.
* MotorMouth: She tends to talk a mile a minute unless someone stops her.

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[[folder:Angus]]
!!Anguse Medford
-->'''Played by:''' Ryan Adams

A farming enthusiast who managed to build a working farm on ''Ark I''.

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* BoringButPractical: He is derisively referred to as "4-H Kid" at first, because his projects are all comparatively low-tech, but his farm is invaluable to the ship, as it boosts the ship's food supplies while requiring relatively little in the way of resources.
* EndearinglyDorky: His earnestness and enthusiasm have made him one of Garnet's favorites, and attracted romantic attention from both Alicia and Kelly.

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