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* OurFounder: Zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to defend Kostaka and Glenlyon from invaders.
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* OurFounder: Zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to defend Kostaka and Glenlyon from invaders.invaders, and is remembered for his deeds many generations later.
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* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one fully Japanese), and it's suggested they might be distant relatives. His accent in the audiobook is more Indian than Japanese.
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* DeadlyDeferredConversation: A variant is used when Lamar gets a dangerous assignment, Yoshida references this by noting that she owes him a twenty he loaned her and he doubts she'll live to pay it back now, altuhgouth both of them ultimately survive.
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* DeadlyDeferredConversation: A variant is used when Lamar gets a dangerous assignment, Yoshida references this by noting that she owes him a twenty he loaned her and he doubts she'll live to pay it back now, altuhgouth although both of them ultimately survive.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Evolves into a wise and benevolent leader as the trilogy goes on.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Evolves She evolves into a wise and benevolent leader as the trilogy goes on.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: A former mercenary attacking Glenylon under false pretenses, she ended up defecting and becoming one of their main defenders.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: A She is a former mercenary attacking Glenylon under false pretenses, she then ended up defecting and becoming one of their main defenders.
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* PlayfulHacker: Giddings, Darcy's "one-man hack-and-crack team".
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* PlayfulHacker: Giddings, Giddings is Darcy's "one-man hack-and-crack team".
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* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve Kostaka and Glenlyon.
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* OurFounder: zigzagged, Zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve defend Kostaka and Glenlyon.Glenlyon from invaders.
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* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly when trying to convince Martian mercenaries to make a HeelFactTurn, or when she manipulates Intelligence Director Redman into revealing that she's been spying on their superiors.
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
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* GuileHero: She can be manipulative on occasion, particularly when trying to convince Martian mercenaries to make a HeelFactTurn, HeelFaceTurn, or when she manipulates Intelligence Director Redman into revealing that she's been spying on their superiors.
* MaidenNameDebate:Chooses She chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Loses a part of his leg during the fighting but gets a prosthetic and will likely get his leg regrown.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Loses He loses a part of his leg during the fighting but gets a prosthetic and will likely get his leg regrown.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: A moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the immediate use of lethal weapons against Scatha.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: A He is a moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the immediate use of lethal weapons against Scatha.
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* BigGood: Is the supportive superiors of the heroes of the Kostaka plot line.
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* BigGood: Is Hw is the supportive superiors of the heroes of the Kostaka plot line.
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* NiceGuy: Welcoming and accommodating to Lochan and Carmen.
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* NiceGuy: Welcoming He's welcoming and accommodating to Lochan and Carmen.
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* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
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* TheParanoiac: A She is a very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Frey is sent by her system on a diplomatic mission and quickly proves her resourcefulness and ability to kill aggressors in a conflict with {{Space Pirate}}s.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Frey Freya is sent by her system on a diplomatic mission and quickly proves her resourcefulness and ability to kill aggressors in a conflict with {{Space Pirate}}s.
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* VirtualGhost: In ''Boundless'', it turns out that Ninja has programmed the computers in the Geary mansion to glitch at random intervals. Many suspect that she might have programmed a part of her personality into the system. This also serves as a TrustPassword between John and [[spoiler:Michael]], since only a Geary would know about it.
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[[folder: Glenylon Marines]]
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[[folder: Glenylon Marines]]Marines (Duncan, Lamar, Yoshida, Giddings, Buckland, etc.)]]
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!! Kosatka
[[folder:Lochan Nakamura]]
'''Lochan Nakamura''' is a failed businessman/politician from one of the Old Colonies, who immigrates to Kosatka in hope of starting a new life.
* FailureHero: Believes himself to be, even after numerous successes on Kosatka. This is largely because he has indeed failed at pretty much everything until his arrival to Kosatka: his marriage, his business, his political career. Fully subverted at the end, as he ends up being a key figure in the formation of TheAlliance.
* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one fully Japanese), and it's suggested they might be distant relatives. His accent in the audiobook is more Indian than Japanese.
* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve Kostaka and Glenlyon.
[[folder:Lochan Nakamura]]
'''Lochan Nakamura''' is a failed businessman/politician from one of the Old Colonies, who immigrates to Kosatka in hope of starting a new life.
* FailureHero: Believes himself to be, even after numerous successes on Kosatka. This is largely because he has indeed failed at pretty much everything until his arrival to Kosatka: his marriage, his business, his political career. Fully subverted at the end, as he ends up being a key figure in the formation of TheAlliance.
* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one fully Japanese), and it's suggested they might be distant relatives. His accent in the audiobook is more Indian than Japanese.
* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve Kostaka and Glenlyon.
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[[folder:Lochan Nakamura]]
'''Lochan Nakamura''' is a failed businessman/politician
[[folder:Lieutenant Vicki Shen]]
An officer from
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*
* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one fully Japanese), and it's suggested they might be distant relatives. His accent in the audiobook is more Indian than Japanese.
* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking,
* RankUp: She goes from being The Engineer to Rob's executive officer after the officers above her are fired by Rob for their own flaws or are killed due to Commodore Hopkins' incompetence
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[[folder:Carmen Ochoa]]
'''Carmen Ochoa''' is an expert in conflict resolution from Old Earth, although she is actually originally from Mars, a fact that she usually tries to hide.
* BavarianFireDrill: manages to become a key figure in Kostaka's government by falsely implying that she was sent from Earth to help them.
* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly when trying to convince Martian mercenaries to make a HeelFactTurn, or when she manipulates Intelligence Director Redman into revealing that she's been spying on their superiors.
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. While she definitely has some of the traits (and a clearly Hispanic name), they mostly come from her being born on [[WretchedHive Mars]].
'''Carmen Ochoa''' is an expert in conflict resolution from Old Earth, although she is actually originally from Mars, a fact that she usually tries to hide.
* BavarianFireDrill: manages to become a key figure in Kostaka's government by falsely implying that she was sent from Earth to help them.
* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly when trying to convince Martian mercenaries to make a HeelFactTurn, or when she manipulates Intelligence Director Redman into revealing that she's been spying on their superiors.
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. While she definitely has some of the traits (and a clearly Hispanic name), they mostly come from her being born on [[WretchedHive Mars]].
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'''Carmen Ochoa'''
An aggravating and dovish member of the Glenlyon council.
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* StrawCivilian: With a dose of SleazyPolitician. He is a suicidally pacifistic politician who obstructs necessary military actions at every turn, is an
* BavarianFireDrill: manages to become a key figure in Kostaka's government by falsely implying that she was sent from Earth to help them.
* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. While she definitely has some of the traits (and a clearly Hispanic name), they mostly come from her being born on [[WretchedHive Mars]].
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[[folder:Dominic Desjani]]
'''Dominic Desjani''' is an officer in the Kosatka ground forces. He ends up marrying Carmen Ochoa.
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses a part of his leg during the fighting but gets a prosthetic and will likely get his leg regrown.
* LoveInterest: He's romantically involved with Carmen Ochoa.
'''Dominic Desjani''' is an officer in the Kosatka ground forces. He ends up marrying Carmen Ochoa.
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses a part of his leg during the fighting but gets a prosthetic and will likely get his leg regrown.
* LoveInterest: He's romantically involved with Carmen Ochoa.
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'''Dominic Desjani''' is an officer in the Kosatka ground forces. He ends up marrying Carmen Ochoa.
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses a part
The initial commander of
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies within two or three pages of being introduced.
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[[folder: Captain Pyotr Derian]]
Captain of the ''Shark'', one of Kostaka's warships.
* BotheringByTheBook: He makes a show of using MartialLaw to draft the Glenlyon marines into the Kostaka militia (with Darcy's secret support) to justify the technically unauthorized presence of foreign soldiers in battle on Kostaka's space station.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the immediate use of lethal weapons against Scatha.
Captain of the ''Shark'', one of Kostaka's warships.
* BotheringByTheBook: He makes a show of using MartialLaw to draft the Glenlyon marines into the Kostaka militia (with Darcy's secret support) to justify the technically unauthorized presence of foreign soldiers in battle on Kostaka's space station.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the immediate use of lethal weapons against Scatha.
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Captain
!! Kosatka
[[folder:Lochan Nakamura]]
'''Lochan Nakamura''' is a failed businessman/politician from one of the
* FailureHero: Believes himself to be, even after numerous successes on Kosatka. This is largely because he has indeed failed at pretty much everything until his arrival to Kosatka: his marriage, his business, his political career. Fully subverted at the end, as he ends up being a key figure in the formation of TheAlliance.
* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one
* BotheringByTheBook: He makes a show of using MartialLaw to draft
* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve Kostaka
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[[folder: First Minister Hofer]]
* BigGood: Is the supportive superiors of the heroes of the Kostaka plot line.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hofer talks to his ancestors when he feels he needs guidance.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's happy to have good advisors, listens to them and tends to make decisions that work out better for everyone.
* BigGood: Is the supportive superiors of the heroes of the Kostaka plot line.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hofer talks to his ancestors when he feels he needs guidance.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's happy to have good advisors, listens to them and tends to make decisions that work out better for everyone.
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* BigGood: Is the supportive superiors of the heroes of the Kostaka plot line.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hofer talks
'''Carmen Ochoa''' is an expert in conflict resolution from Old Earth, although she is actually originally from Mars, a fact that she usually tries to
* BavarianFireDrill: manages to become a key figure in Kostaka's government by falsely implying that she was sent from Earth to help them.
* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly when
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's happy
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. While she definitely has some of the traits (and a clearly Hispanic name), they mostly come from her being born on [[WretchedHive Mars]].
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[[folder: Majority Leader Cleon Ottone]]
* NiceGuy: Welcoming and accommodating to Lochan and Carmen.
* PutOnABus: His term ended at some point during the TimeSkip.
* SlaveToPR: It never causes him to interfere Carmen's efforts, or make any morally questionable decisions, but he does consider a lot of action from the viewpoint of how the common people will see them.
* NiceGuy: Welcoming and accommodating to Lochan and Carmen.
* PutOnABus: His term ended at some point during the TimeSkip.
* SlaveToPR: It never causes him to interfere Carmen's efforts, or make any morally questionable decisions, but he does consider a lot of action from the viewpoint of how the common people will see them.
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'''Dominic Desjani''' is an officer in the Kosatka ground forces. He ends up marrying Carmen Ochoa.
*
* PutOnABus: His term ended at some point
* SlaveToPR: It never causes him to interfere Carmen's efforts, or make any morally questionable decisions,
* LoveInterest: He's romantically involved with Carmen Ochoa.
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[[folder: Safety Coordinator Sazorky]]
* NobleBigot: She shares in some of the FantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated to the planets safety.
* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
* NobleBigot: She shares in some of the FantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated to the planets safety.
* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
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[[folder: Safety Coordinator Sazorky]]
* NobleBigot: She shares in someCaptain Pyotr Derian]]
Captain of theFantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated ''Shark'', one of Kostaka's warships.
* BotheringByTheBook: He makes a show of using MartialLaw to draft theplanets safety.Glenlyon marines into the Kostaka militia (with Darcy's secret support) to justify the technically unauthorized presence of foreign soldiers in battle on Kostaka's space station.
*TheParanoiac: GoodIsNotSoft: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the head immediate use of the planets security force.lethal weapons against Scatha.
* NobleBigot: She shares in some
Captain of the
* BotheringByTheBook: He makes a show of using MartialLaw to draft the
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!! Catalan
[[folder: Ross Chen]]
Catalan' defense Minister
* AccidentalHero: In a sense, if he hadn't sent Freya Morgan to talk to her father then she wouldn't have met Lochan, Lochan might not have gotten an audience from Donal Morgan, and the Alliance would have probably never been formed.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive of his sole warship commander warning him about the threat Scatha and her allies pose, he actually does consider her words, realize she's probably right, and ultimately send Freya Morgan to Eire (although that last decision was helped by an actual blockade being made).
* WideEyedIdealist: He's enchanted with the beauty and potential of Catalan and would rather spend money on developing it into a paradise for the new colonists than on warships and soldiers, but he's realistic enough to recognize that same promise of wealth will also likely attract those who want to RapePillageAndBurn Catalan.
[[folder: Ross Chen]]
Catalan' defense Minister
* AccidentalHero: In a sense, if he hadn't sent Freya Morgan to talk to her father then she wouldn't have met Lochan, Lochan might not have gotten an audience from Donal Morgan, and the Alliance would have probably never been formed.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive of his sole warship commander warning him about the threat Scatha and her allies pose, he actually does consider her words, realize she's probably right, and ultimately send Freya Morgan to Eire (although that last decision was helped by an actual blockade being made).
* WideEyedIdealist: He's enchanted with the beauty and potential of Catalan and would rather spend money on developing it into a paradise for the new colonists than on warships and soldiers, but he's realistic enough to recognize that same promise of wealth will also likely attract those who want to RapePillageAndBurn Catalan.
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Catalan' defense Minister
*
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hofer talks to his
*
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[[folder:Freya Morgan]]
'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy to Eire. Freya is originally from Eire and is the estranged daughter of Eire's Prime Minister Donal Morgan.
* FamousAncestor: It's implied that Colonel Morgan [[spoiler: and her son, Malin]]. are descended from Freya's black-sheep brother, who was a SmugSnake founding member of the Syndicate Worlds.
'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy to Eire. Freya is originally from Eire and is the estranged daughter of Eire's Prime Minister Donal Morgan.
* FamousAncestor: It's implied that Colonel Morgan [[spoiler: and her son, Malin]]. are descended from Freya's black-sheep brother, who was a SmugSnake founding member of the Syndicate Worlds.
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'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy
* NiceGuy: Welcoming and accommodating to
* PutOnABus: His term ended at some point during the TimeSkip.
* SlaveToPR: It never causes him to interfere Carmen's efforts, or make any morally questionable decisions, but he does consider a lot of action from
* FamousAncestor: It's implied that Colonel Morgan [[spoiler: and her son, Malin]]. are descended from Freya's black-sheep brother, who was a SmugSnake founding member of
[[folder: Safety Coordinator Sazorky]]
* NobleBigot: She shares in some of the FantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated to the planets safety.
* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jayne Redman]]
An intelligence officer who is hired by the Kostaka government to run their new security agency.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: She does voice some valid suspicions about whether it's TooGoodToBeTrue that the self-centered president of Eire is part of a benevolent new alliance. She's wrong, but it's a less unreasonable belief than most of what comes out of her mouth.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She is a bigoted woman who seems to only care about her own power and has little in common with her more heroic fellow Kostaka characters (besides Major Brazos, who's dead by the time she appears).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lieutenant John Freeman]]
A Kostaka militia lieutenant who takes part in a space battle in ''Ascendant''.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: The deaths of many of his men cause him to act like he's "in as much pain as if he'd suffered physical wounds."
* MrExposition: He briefs Mele on a lot on the layout of the battle and the enemy positions.
* SoleSurvivor: He's the only one of the four Kostaka military officers to survive the space station battle.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Major Brazos]]
An ex-cop and the head of the militia on Kostaka's space station.
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* HoldTheLine: He dies fighting off invaders at the front of his troops, buying time for his men to retreat. This is played less sympathetically than usual though, as the retreat is only necessary due to Brazos's extreme incompetence and Mele suspects that his awareness of his failures caused him to commit SuicideByCop instead of just admitting that he was in over his head.
* InterServiceRivalry: He hates working with Marines due to how they caused trouble on shore leave when he was a cop, and he refuses to change that opinion no matter how much help they provide.
* TheNeidermeyer: He's an incompetent and abrasive officer who values his own sense of authority over the welfare of his men.
[[/folder]]
!! Catalan
[[folder: Ross Chen]]
Catalan' defense Minister
* AccidentalHero: In a sense, if he hadn't sent Freya Morgan to talk to her father then she wouldn't have met Lochan, Lochan might not have gotten an audience from Donal Morgan, and the Alliance would have probably never been formed.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive of his sole warship commander warning him about the threat Scatha and her allies pose, he actually does consider her words, realize she's probably right, and ultimately send Freya Morgan to Eire (although that last decision was helped by an actual blockade being made).
* WideEyedIdealist: He's enchanted with the beauty and potential of Catalan and would rather spend money on developing it into a paradise for the new colonists than on warships and soldiers, but he's realistic enough to recognize that same promise of wealth will also likely attract those who want to RapePillageAndBurn Catalan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Freya Morgan]]
'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy to Eire. Freya is originally from Eire and is the estranged daughter of Eire's Prime Minister Donal Morgan.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Frey is sent by her system on a diplomatic mission and quickly proves her resourcefulness and ability to kill aggressors in a conflict with {{Space Pirate}}s.
* WhiteSheep: Freya's father, unseen brother, and her brother's possible descendants Colonel Morgan and [[spoiler:Colonel Malin]] are all ruthless and/or selfish people, while Freya has a noble and altruistic personality.
[[/folder]]
* NobleBigot: She shares in some of the FantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated to the planets safety.
* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jayne Redman]]
An intelligence officer who is hired by the Kostaka government to run their new security agency.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: She does voice some valid suspicions about whether it's TooGoodToBeTrue that the self-centered president of Eire is part of a benevolent new alliance. She's wrong, but it's a less unreasonable belief than most of what comes out of her mouth.
* TokenEvilTeammate: She is a bigoted woman who seems to only care about her own power and has little in common with her more heroic fellow Kostaka characters (besides Major Brazos, who's dead by the time she appears).
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lieutenant John Freeman]]
A Kostaka militia lieutenant who takes part in a space battle in ''Ascendant''.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: The deaths of many of his men cause him to act like he's "in as much pain as if he'd suffered physical wounds."
* MrExposition: He briefs Mele on a lot on the layout of the battle and the enemy positions.
* SoleSurvivor: He's the only one of the four Kostaka military officers to survive the space station battle.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Major Brazos]]
An ex-cop and the head of the militia on Kostaka's space station.
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* HoldTheLine: He dies fighting off invaders at the front of his troops, buying time for his men to retreat. This is played less sympathetically than usual though, as the retreat is only necessary due to Brazos's extreme incompetence and Mele suspects that his awareness of his failures caused him to commit SuicideByCop instead of just admitting that he was in over his head.
* InterServiceRivalry: He hates working with Marines due to how they caused trouble on shore leave when he was a cop, and he refuses to change that opinion no matter how much help they provide.
* TheNeidermeyer: He's an incompetent and abrasive officer who values his own sense of authority over the welfare of his men.
[[/folder]]
!! Catalan
[[folder: Ross Chen]]
Catalan' defense Minister
* AccidentalHero: In a sense, if he hadn't sent Freya Morgan to talk to her father then she wouldn't have met Lochan, Lochan might not have gotten an audience from Donal Morgan, and the Alliance would have probably never been formed.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive of his sole warship commander warning him about the threat Scatha and her allies pose, he actually does consider her words, realize she's probably right, and ultimately send Freya Morgan to Eire (although that last decision was helped by an actual blockade being made).
* WideEyedIdealist: He's enchanted with the beauty and potential of Catalan and would rather spend money on developing it into a paradise for the new colonists than on warships and soldiers, but he's realistic enough to recognize that same promise of wealth will also likely attract those who want to RapePillageAndBurn Catalan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Freya Morgan]]
'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy to Eire. Freya is originally from Eire and is the estranged daughter of Eire's Prime Minister Donal Morgan.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Frey is sent by her system on a diplomatic mission and quickly proves her resourcefulness and ability to kill aggressors in a conflict with {{Space Pirate}}s.
* WhiteSheep: Freya's father, unseen brother, and her brother's possible descendants Colonel Morgan and [[spoiler:Colonel Malin]] are all ruthless and/or selfish people, while Freya has a noble and altruistic personality.
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* LoveInterest: To Lochan Nakamura.
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* LoveInterest: To She becomes Lochan Nakamura.
Nakamura's potential life partner as they work together.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Donal Morgan]]
The prime minster of Eire, and Freya's father.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He is very prideful and lets his ego and ambition dominate his decisions. The heroes work around this by letting him see how the villains' actions have already been an attack on his prestige and the sovereignty of his world.
* MinorMajorCharacter: He commands the largest, strongest, and most stable government of the six founding systems of the Alliance and authorizes the first joint mission between warships of different systems, but he only physically appears in one chapter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Donal Morgan]]
The prime minster of Eire, and Freya's father.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: He is very prideful and lets his ego and ambition dominate his decisions. The heroes work around this by letting him see how the villains' actions have already been an attack on his prestige and the sovereignty of his world.
* MinorMajorCharacter: He commands the largest, strongest, and most stable government of the six founding systems of the Alliance and authorizes the first joint mission between warships of different systems, but he only physically appears in one chapter.
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!! Glenlyon
[[folder:Rob Geary]]
'''Robert "Rob" Geary''' is a former lieutenant of the Alfar SpaceNavy, who immigrated to Glenlyon and made it his home. He plays a crucial role in defending Glenlyon from external aggression.
* TheCaptain: Regardless of his actual rank, he spends much of the trilogy in command of a ship (either ''Squall'' or ''Saber'').
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite everything he's done for Glenlyon, politics end up screwing him over.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In ''Ascendant'', Ninja notes that Rob is haunted by the events of ''Vanguard''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lyn Geary]]
'''Lyn "Ninja" Geary (née Meltzer)''' is a former petty officer third class of the Alfar SpaceNavy, who immigrated to Glenlyon and settled down. She runs a consulting firm and is a master hacker. Ninja married Rob Geary, whom she knew at Alfar, and gave birth to two children.
* LoveInterest: To Rob Geary. She makes the first move by suggesting they have some fun on her cot before a battle. He's taken aback and initially declines as, at the time, he's her superior officer. After that, though, they start a relationship.
* PlayfulHacker: Ninja is the best hacker on Glenlyon and, quite possibly, was one on Alfar before her discharge from the military.
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[[folder:Mele Darcy]]
'''Mele Darcy''' is a former marine from one of the Old Colonies. She ends up on Glenlyon after getting into a fight aboard a transport ship and helps form the colony's first marine unit.
* SpaceMarine: Since she's the only actual space marine on Glenlyon, she's tasked with forming the first marine units. This results in her frequently butting heads with Colonel Menziwa of Glenlyon's ground forces. Menziwa keeps trying to assert her authority over Mele, even though the marines are supposed to be a completely separate branch.
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[[folder:Leigh Camagan]]
'''Leigh Camagan''' is a member of Glenlyon's council. She is the only councilmember sympathetic to Rob and Mele throughout the trilogy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is the only one supporting Rob and Mele since the beginning and opposes their demotions at the end of book 1.
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[[folder:Chisholm]]
'''Chisholm''' is the Council President of Glenlyon throughout the trilogy. She alternates between supporting Rob and Mele and condemning them for some slight or other.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Evolves into this as the trilogy goes on.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In a sense. While she was around from the beginning of the trilogy, it feels largely like she became a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in order to filll Camagan's role as Rob's ally on the council after Camagan was PutOnABus by going on a diplomatic mission to Earth.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Council Member Kim]]
* BaitTheDog: Initially comes across as the OnlySaneMan of the council, having been ProperlyParanoid about invaders and wanting to spend more money on warships to defend the colony, as well as voting for a lot of stuff that Rob proposed. At the end of the first book though, he's proves to be an UngratefulBastard, as mentioned on the main page, and shows no hesitation in sacrificing Rob's career in order to get those new warships, and has become even worse by the third book.
* {{Expy}}: By the end of the series, he's being described in almost exactly the same terms as Senator Costa from the original series; as a WarHawk whose support for the military doesn't translate into concern for its people or a willingness to risk his own neck.
* WarHawk: His main characteristic. Initially, it's portrayed as positive and reasonable in the face of the inaction of his peers, but later on, it isn't.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Danielle Martell]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: A former mercenary attacking Glenylon under false pretenses, she ended up defecting and becoming one of their main defenders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Glenylon Marines]]
* DeadlyDeferredConversation: A variant is used when Lamar gets a dangerous assignment, Yoshida references this by noting that she owes him a twenty he loaned her and he doubts she'll live to pay it back now, altuhgouth both of them ultimately survive.
* {{Determinator}}: They develop a reputation for fighting even through injuries.
* HiddenDepths: Private Penny Lamar likes to build model shuttles as a hobby and is pretty good at it.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Private Buckland is a believer in the living stars and wants to be buried in space if/when he dies.
* PlayfulHacker: Giddings, Darcy's "one-man hack-and-crack team".
* SacrificialLion: Duncan, the only decent recruit of the initial bunch serves as Mele's righthand man for a while before dying in a boarding party.
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!! Kosatka
[[folder:Lochan Nakamura]]
'''Lochan Nakamura''' is a failed businessman/politician from one of the Old Colonies, who immigrates to Kosatka in hope of starting a new life.
* FailureHero: Believes himself to be, even after numerous successes on Kosatka. This is largely because he has indeed failed at pretty much everything until his arrival to Kosatka: his marriage, his business, his political career. Fully subverted at the end, as he ends up being a key figure in the formation of TheAlliance.
* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one fully Japanese), and it's suggested they might be distant relatives. His accent in the audiobook is more Indian than Japanese.
* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve Kostaka and Glenlyon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carmen Ochoa]]
'''Carmen Ochoa''' is an expert in conflict resolution from Old Earth, although she is actually originally from Mars, a fact that she usually tries to hide.
* BavarianFireDrill: manages to become a key figure in Kostaka's government by falsely implying that she was sent from Earth to help them.
* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly when trying to convince Martian mercenaries to make a HeelFactTurn, or when she manipulates Intelligence Director Redman into revealing that she's been spying on their superiors.
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. While she definitely has some of the traits (and a clearly Hispanic name), they mostly come from her being born on [[WretchedHive Mars]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dominic Desjani]]
'''Dominic Desjani''' is an officer in the Kosatka ground forces. He ends up marrying Carmen Ochoa.
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses a part of his leg during the fighting but gets a prosthetic and will likely get his leg regrown.
* LoveInterest: For Carmen Ochoa.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Captain Pyotr Derian]]
Captain of the ''Shark'', one of Kostaka's warships.
* BotheringByTheBook: Does some of this to justify the technically unauthorized presence of Darcy's marines in the battle.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the immediate use of lethal weapons against Scatha.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: First Minister Hofer]]
* BigGood: of the Kostaka plot line.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hofer talks to his ancestors when he feels he needs guidance.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's happy to have good advisors, listens to them and tends to make decisions that work out better for everyone.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Majority Leader Cleon Ottone]]
* NiceGuy: Welcoming and accommodating to Lochan and Carmen.
* PutOnABus: His term ended at some point during the TimeSkip.
* SlaveToPR: It never causes him to interfere Carmen's efforts, or make any morally questionable decisions, but he does consider a lot of action from the viewpoint of how the common people will see them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Safety Coordinator Sazorky]]
* NobleBigot: She shares in some of the FantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated to the planets safety.
* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
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!! Catalan
[[folder: Ross Chen]]
Catalan' defense Minister
* AccidentalHero: In a sense, if he hadn't sent Freya Morgan to talk to her father then she wouldn't have met Lochan, Lochan might not have gotten an audience from Donal Morgan, and the Alliance would have probably never been formed.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive of his sole warship commander warning him about the threat Scatha and her allies pose, he actually does consider her words, realize she's probably right, and ultimately send Freya Morgan to Eire (although that last decision was helped by an actual blockade being made).
* WideEyedIdealist: He's enchanted with the beauty and potential of Catalan and would rather spend money on developing it into a paradise for the new colonists than on warships and soldiers, but he's realistic enough to recognize that same promise of wealth will also likely attract those who want to RapePillageAndBurn Catalan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Freya Morgan]]
'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy to Eire. Freya is originally from Eire and is the estranged daughter of Eire's Prime Minister Donal Morgan.
* FamousAncestor: It's implied that Colonel Morgan [[spoiler: and her son, Malin]]. are descended from Freya's black-sheep brother, who was a SmugSnake founding member of the Syndicate Worlds.
[[/folder]]
!! Eire
[[folder:Brigit Kelly]]
'''Brigit Kelly''' is Eire's official representative on Kosatka. She has indicated her interest in Lochan Nakamura. She is also a close friend to Freya Morgan.
* LoveInterest: To Lochan Nakamura.
[[/folder]]
!! Glenlyon
[[folder:Rob Geary]]
'''Robert "Rob" Geary''' is a former lieutenant of the Alfar SpaceNavy, who immigrated to Glenlyon and made it his home. He plays a crucial role in defending Glenlyon from external aggression.
* TheCaptain: Regardless of his actual rank, he spends much of the trilogy in command of a ship (either ''Squall'' or ''Saber'').
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite everything he's done for Glenlyon, politics end up screwing him over.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In ''Ascendant'', Ninja notes that Rob is haunted by the events of ''Vanguard''.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lyn Geary]]
'''Lyn "Ninja" Geary (née Meltzer)''' is a former petty officer third class of the Alfar SpaceNavy, who immigrated to Glenlyon and settled down. She runs a consulting firm and is a master hacker. Ninja married Rob Geary, whom she knew at Alfar, and gave birth to two children.
* LoveInterest: To Rob Geary. She makes the first move by suggesting they have some fun on her cot before a battle. He's taken aback and initially declines as, at the time, he's her superior officer. After that, though, they start a relationship.
* PlayfulHacker: Ninja is the best hacker on Glenlyon and, quite possibly, was one on Alfar before her discharge from the military.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mele Darcy]]
'''Mele Darcy''' is a former marine from one of the Old Colonies. She ends up on Glenlyon after getting into a fight aboard a transport ship and helps form the colony's first marine unit.
* SpaceMarine: Since she's the only actual space marine on Glenlyon, she's tasked with forming the first marine units. This results in her frequently butting heads with Colonel Menziwa of Glenlyon's ground forces. Menziwa keeps trying to assert her authority over Mele, even though the marines are supposed to be a completely separate branch.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Leigh Camagan]]
'''Leigh Camagan''' is a member of Glenlyon's council. She is the only councilmember sympathetic to Rob and Mele throughout the trilogy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is the only one supporting Rob and Mele since the beginning and opposes their demotions at the end of book 1.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Chisholm]]
'''Chisholm''' is the Council President of Glenlyon throughout the trilogy. She alternates between supporting Rob and Mele and condemning them for some slight or other.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Evolves into this as the trilogy goes on.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In a sense. While she was around from the beginning of the trilogy, it feels largely like she became a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in order to filll Camagan's role as Rob's ally on the council after Camagan was PutOnABus by going on a diplomatic mission to Earth.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Council Member Kim]]
* BaitTheDog: Initially comes across as the OnlySaneMan of the council, having been ProperlyParanoid about invaders and wanting to spend more money on warships to defend the colony, as well as voting for a lot of stuff that Rob proposed. At the end of the first book though, he's proves to be an UngratefulBastard, as mentioned on the main page, and shows no hesitation in sacrificing Rob's career in order to get those new warships, and has become even worse by the third book.
* {{Expy}}: By the end of the series, he's being described in almost exactly the same terms as Senator Costa from the original series; as a WarHawk whose support for the military doesn't translate into concern for its people or a willingness to risk his own neck.
* WarHawk: His main characteristic. Initially, it's portrayed as positive and reasonable in the face of the inaction of his peers, but later on, it isn't.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Danielle Martell]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: A former mercenary attacking Glenylon under false pretenses, she ended up defecting and becoming one of their main defenders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Glenylon Marines]]
* DeadlyDeferredConversation: A variant is used when Lamar gets a dangerous assignment, Yoshida references this by noting that she owes him a twenty he loaned her and he doubts she'll live to pay it back now, altuhgouth both of them ultimately survive.
* {{Determinator}}: They develop a reputation for fighting even through injuries.
* HiddenDepths: Private Penny Lamar likes to build model shuttles as a hobby and is pretty good at it.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Private Buckland is a believer in the living stars and wants to be buried in space if/when he dies.
* PlayfulHacker: Giddings, Darcy's "one-man hack-and-crack team".
* SacrificialLion: Duncan, the only decent recruit of the initial bunch serves as Mele's righthand man for a while before dying in a boarding party.
[[/folder]]
!! Kosatka
[[folder:Lochan Nakamura]]
'''Lochan Nakamura''' is a failed businessman/politician from one of the Old Colonies, who immigrates to Kosatka in hope of starting a new life.
* FailureHero: Believes himself to be, even after numerous successes on Kosatka. This is largely because he has indeed failed at pretty much everything until his arrival to Kosatka: his marriage, his business, his political career. Fully subverted at the end, as he ends up being a key figure in the formation of TheAlliance.
* MultiethnicName: His first name is Indian and his last name is Japanese. He actually encounters another Nakamura in ''Triumphant'' (this one fully Japanese), and it's suggested they might be distant relatives. His accent in the audiobook is more Indian than Japanese.
* OurFounder: zigzagged, in that he was just a trade delegate, but used his proxy votes, and his ability at speechmaking, to get representatives of the six founding Alliance systems to agree to a mutual defense and trade agreement, and send warships to relieve Kostaka and Glenlyon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carmen Ochoa]]
'''Carmen Ochoa''' is an expert in conflict resolution from Old Earth, although she is actually originally from Mars, a fact that she usually tries to hide.
* BavarianFireDrill: manages to become a key figure in Kostaka's government by falsely implying that she was sent from Earth to help them.
* GuileHero: on occasion, particularly when trying to convince Martian mercenaries to make a HeelFactTurn, or when she manipulates Intelligence Director Redman into revealing that she's been spying on their superiors.
* MaidenNameDebate: Chooses to keep her last name after marrying Dominic Desjani, although they do jokingly argue whose last name their children will have.
* SpicyLatina: Downplayed. While she definitely has some of the traits (and a clearly Hispanic name), they mostly come from her being born on [[WretchedHive Mars]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dominic Desjani]]
'''Dominic Desjani''' is an officer in the Kosatka ground forces. He ends up marrying Carmen Ochoa.
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses a part of his leg during the fighting but gets a prosthetic and will likely get his leg regrown.
* LoveInterest: For Carmen Ochoa.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Captain Pyotr Derian]]
Captain of the ''Shark'', one of Kostaka's warships.
* BotheringByTheBook: Does some of this to justify the technically unauthorized presence of Darcy's marines in the battle.
* GoodIsNotSoft: A moral, loyal, genial man who once worries himself with how quick he is to consider the immediate use of lethal weapons against Scatha.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: First Minister Hofer]]
* BigGood: of the Kostaka plot line.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hofer talks to his ancestors when he feels he needs guidance.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's happy to have good advisors, listens to them and tends to make decisions that work out better for everyone.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Majority Leader Cleon Ottone]]
* NiceGuy: Welcoming and accommodating to Lochan and Carmen.
* PutOnABus: His term ended at some point during the TimeSkip.
* SlaveToPR: It never causes him to interfere Carmen's efforts, or make any morally questionable decisions, but he does consider a lot of action from the viewpoint of how the common people will see them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Safety Coordinator Sazorky]]
* NobleBigot: She shares in some of the FantasticRacism towards Mars (although she isn't outspoken about it), but she gets over it after Carmen proves herself, and is dedicated to the planets safety.
* TheParanoiac: A very suspicious and guarded person, which does suit her job as the head of the planets security force.
[[/folder]]
!! Catalan
[[folder: Ross Chen]]
Catalan' defense Minister
* AccidentalHero: In a sense, if he hadn't sent Freya Morgan to talk to her father then she wouldn't have met Lochan, Lochan might not have gotten an audience from Donal Morgan, and the Alliance would have probably never been formed.
* HeadInTheSandManagement: Averted. While initially dismissive of his sole warship commander warning him about the threat Scatha and her allies pose, he actually does consider her words, realize she's probably right, and ultimately send Freya Morgan to Eire (although that last decision was helped by an actual blockade being made).
* WideEyedIdealist: He's enchanted with the beauty and potential of Catalan and would rather spend money on developing it into a paradise for the new colonists than on warships and soldiers, but he's realistic enough to recognize that same promise of wealth will also likely attract those who want to RapePillageAndBurn Catalan.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Freya Morgan]]
'''Freya Morgan''' is Catalan's envoy to Eire. Freya is originally from Eire and is the estranged daughter of Eire's Prime Minister Donal Morgan.
* FamousAncestor: It's implied that Colonel Morgan [[spoiler: and her son, Malin]]. are descended from Freya's black-sheep brother, who was a SmugSnake founding member of the Syndicate Worlds.
[[/folder]]
!! Eire
[[folder:Brigit Kelly]]
'''Brigit Kelly''' is Eire's official representative on Kosatka. She has indicated her interest in Lochan Nakamura. She is also a close friend to Freya Morgan.
* LoveInterest: To Lochan Nakamura.
[[/folder]]
