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After First Officer Joshua Rigg mutinies against the captain of his cargo hauler to save the crew from an necro-storm, it looks like he's headed for a jail cell…until Admiral Siddarth offers him a way out: Rigg can return to his old command post [[{{TheCaptain}}as captain]] of the ''Charon'', the most notable retrieval ship in the Galactic Service fleet. It's unclear exactly how seriously he takes the ''Charon'''s duties, but one thing is for certain: he has his own hidden goals, and he will allow nobody to endanger their achievement.

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After First Officer Joshua Rigg mutinies against the captain of his cargo hauler to save the crew from an necro-storm, it looks like he's headed for a jail cell…until Admiral Siddarth Prakash offers him a way out: Rigg can return to his old command post [[{{TheCaptain}}as captain]] of the ''Charon'', the most notable retrieval ship in the Galactic Service fleet. It's unclear exactly how seriously he takes the ''Charon'''s duties, but one thing is for certain: he has his own hidden goals, and he will allow nobody to endanger their achievement.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: We meet Joshua Rigg as he stares towards other galaxies and ponders the loss of someone named Rochelle out there. After the mutiny in the opening sequence, Admiral Siddarth reminds Rigg that it was his second offense of that level of seriousness.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: We meet Joshua Rigg as he stares towards other galaxies and ponders the loss of someone named Rochelle out there. Rochelle, his [[TheLostLenore old love interest]]. After the mutiny in the opening sequence, Admiral Siddarth Prakash reminds Rigg that it was his second offense of that level of seriousness.seriousness.
* TheLostLenore: Broods over losing his love interest Rochelle to [[spoiler:Siddarth]] before she died. As Rigg says, she loved him, but [[spoiler:she loved Siddarth more]]. The fact that [[spoiler: Soreena]] is her daughter doesn't make things any easier for him.



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* MilitaryBrat: Her father is Admiral Prakash.
* MissingMom: Her mother [[spoiler:Rochelle]] is dead by the time the story begins.
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* ImprobableAge: The series hasn't explicitly stated any character's age yet (and the complexities of future health care and regenerated bodies muddle the setting), but a few lines suggest that Prakash strikes Rigg as unusually young for her level of authority. However, it's also possible to interpret his remarks as exaggerating her youth in order to be deliberately disrespectful and not representative of her actual age.
* SilkHidingSteel: Elements of Prakash's visual design seem to deliberately invoke elegance and femininity. She's the only female character that appears to wear a dress (as opposed to the Crone's kigurumi-style getup or Infantry Commander Baxter's high boots/pants combination), and her hair fits the MotherlySidePlait style in comparison to Baxter's BraidsOfAction. She ''also'' directly rebuffs Captain Rigg when he makes it clear that he wants to disseminate the details of the ''Charon'''s mission to the whole crew as soon as he gains access to that information, insisting that the command crew keep the mission's target a secret.

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* ImprobableAge: The series hasn't explicitly stated any character's age yet (and the complexities of future health care and regenerated bodies muddle the setting), but a few lines suggest that Prakash strikes Rigg as unusually young for her level of authority. However, it's also possible to interpret his remarks as exaggerating her youth in order to be deliberately disrespectful and not representative of her actual age.
* SilkHidingSteel: Elements of Prakash's visual design seem to deliberately invoke elegance and femininity. She's the only female character that appears to wear a dress (as opposed to the Crone's kigurumi-style getup or Infantry Commander Baxter's high boots/pants combination), and her hair fits the MotherlySidePlait style in comparison to Baxter's BraidsOfAction. She ''also'' directly rebuffs Captain Rigg when he makes it clear that he wants to disseminate the details of the ''Charon'''s mission to the whole crew as soon as he gains access to that information, insisting that the command crew keep the mission's target a secret.secret.
* VagueAge: The series hasn't explicitly stated any character's age yet (and the complexities of future health care and regenerated bodies muddle the setting), but a few lines suggest that Prakash strikes Rigg as unusually young for her level of authority. However, it's also possible to interpret his remarks as exaggerating her youth in order to be deliberately disrespectful and not representative of her actual age.
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!!Captain Joshua Jerome Rigg

After First Officer Joshua Rigg mutinies against the captain of his cargo hauler to save the crew from an necro-storm, it looks like he's headed for a jail cell…until Admiral Siddarth offers him a way out: Rigg can return to his old command post [[{{TheCaptain}}as captain]] of the ''Charon'', the most notable retrieval ship in the Galactic Service fleet. It's unclear exactly how seriously he takes the ''Charon'''s duties, but one thing is for certain: he has his own hidden goals, and he will allow nobody to endanger their achievement.

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* BadBoss: Rigg tests crew readiness by ordering the Ship Navigator to steer the ''Charon'' into an uncommonly haunted star system, leading to crew members suffering DemonicPossession and occult monstrosities manifesting in the corridors physically. At the end of the ordeal, he declares the test a success because the ship and crew only suffer damage that they can repair and missing limbs that they can regrow.
* ByronicHero: He's a qualified captain, possessing the force of personality, years of experience, and rapid decision-making skills necessary to keep the ''Charon'' running despite the perils of interstellar space. However, it's his selfish goals that drive him to save the lives of crew members rather than recognizing their individual value, and his troubled past and habit of brooding over a past tragedy place him firmly in this category.
* TheCaptain: He was captain of the ''Charon'' a number of years back, lost the position for unspecified reasons to go work on utility ships, and reluctantly reclaims the title as a way to avoid jail and to pursue a lost loved one in the outer darkness.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: We meet Joshua Rigg as he stares towards other galaxies and ponders the loss of someone named Rochelle out there. After the mutiny in the opening sequence, Admiral Siddarth reminds Rigg that it was his second offense of that level of seriousness.

!!Ship/Service Administrator Soreena Prakash

As Ship Administrator for the Galactic Service ship ''Charon'', Soreena Prakash is responsible for keeping day-to-day operations running without a hitch, and for maintaining the operational security of the ''Charon'''s nine-month mission in light of the Service's serious war with the dryx. Her camaraderie with First Officer Alastor Satalis places her at odds with Captain Rigg—perhaps even to the point of plotting direct action against the Captain.

* FashionableAsymmetry: The Galactic Service allows command staff to customize their equipment and uniforms; Prakash modified hers to incorporate shapes reminiscent of saris, including a double-sleeve on her left that recalls the extra fabric present in many types of sari wrap.
* ImprobableAge: The series hasn't explicitly stated any character's age yet (and the complexities of future health care and regenerated bodies muddle the setting), but a few lines suggest that Prakash strikes Rigg as unusually young for her level of authority. However, it's also possible to interpret his remarks as exaggerating her youth in order to be deliberately disrespectful and not representative of her actual age.
* SilkHidingSteel: Elements of Prakash's visual design seem to deliberately invoke elegance and femininity. She's the only female character that appears to wear a dress (as opposed to the Crone's kigurumi-style getup or Infantry Commander Baxter's high boots/pants combination), and her hair fits the MotherlySidePlait style in comparison to Baxter's BraidsOfAction. She ''also'' directly rebuffs Captain Rigg when he makes it clear that he wants to disseminate the details of the ''Charon'''s mission to the whole crew as soon as he gains access to that information, insisting that the command crew keep the mission's target a secret.

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