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From the Hippocrates Starship Hippocrates: Jerry
The HMS Hippocrates is a Hermes-class Hegemonic Medical Frigate. Itshull is a flat-stern low-vertical-aspect pentagonal wedge, flattenedtopside for shuttle bay doors. Its length is 54.2 meters, beam 42.9meters, draft 21.1 meters. It has two main engines in aport-starboard configuration, one utility laser, landing gear forlimited atmospheric operations, a Kaufman Emergency Medical Facility,berths for 38 crew, and a very protective AI. Janzur Therive: Eon
At 6'4", the blond, grey-eyed Janzur Therive cuts an impressive figure inhis Hegemonic Elite Guard uniform. Lurking beneath the straight-laced,spit-shined, taut alertness that he shares with many well-trained militaryfighters is a sense of something sad and distant. One gets the idea that hisdirect grey glance doesn't miss too much, either. Dr. Sophia Anastasia Symphony-Hayes: Sara
Sophia appears to be in her late twenties, though she claims to besubstantially older. She wears her dark hair pinned back in a braidor bun to keep it out of her eyes, and tends to wear a lab coat withlots of pockets when puttering about the ship. James Powell: Tom
A young man of about seventeen. Cassandra Lyrae: GM - NPC
A well knownartist in the times of the First Hegemony, Cassandra is a tall womanwith fairly pale skin, and white hair. She usually dresses in lightflowing gowns, but changes into a sort of jump suit while in theKaufman facility. Her eyes are usually closed, as she is blind. Sheseems to get around just fine though. When questioned about her art,she mostly just shrugs and claims never to have seen any of it.
Voriig Kye's Expedition Dr. Voriig Kye: Derrick
Dr. Kye holds adoctorate in archaeology from the Imperial University on Riden. Hehas established himself as an intuitive researcher and excavator,having conducted several digs throughout the Inworlds. He has anumber of arrangements with museums (and a few private collectors),primarily on Riden and Sanctuary (New Light), but professes nopolitical alignment. He always seems happiest when down in anexcavation pit, with chisel and brush in hand. Dr. Kye is 5'10", withdark brown hair and green eyes. JanuarySook: Marleigh
Sook is one of the old standbys of a Kye expedition. While not much use with the actual excavation, she is a computer specialist with a good track record for being able to hack into unfamiliar computer systems. If this Hegemonic ship does exist, she'll be in charge of breaking into the computer. Sook is an Asian woman in her mid-twenties. (What's a 133t Master?) Max Sinclair: Rob
Max Sinclair is asmall man with short, black hair (a little bit of grey) and moderatelydark skin. He provided Dr. Kye with the initial location of the ship,and is serving the expedition as a sensor operator. He's very good atfinding things --- be it meaningful data in sensor noise, a misplacedring, or a hard-to-find part --- and generally easy to get along with. Evaline Rose Thorssen: Kate
Eva wasoriginally hired by Dr. Kye to handle officialdom in the blue Hegemony on behalfof the expedition. She's a pretty, slim woman with brown hair & brown eyes.Her demeanor in generally pleasant, friendly, and talkative, but she has firm,no-nonsense side that comes out in more difficult times. She's a competantstarship pilot, but her real strengths are her conversational and analyticskills. Sharra Wade: Adina
Sharra Wade is a tall,brown-skinned woman with long black hair. She's quiet and withdrawn,until she sees a new gadget. She was hired by Dr. Kye to providetechnical and engineering support for his expedition. Crew of the Exotic Dancer Ace: Pete
Ace is a rakishly handsome manin his mid 20s with short dark hair. He's frequently seen in a casualslooch that on closer inspection resembles a cat coiled to leap. Aceis the pilot of the Exotic Dancer, the ship which brought thearchology expedition to Sundown. Grimblemaury: Charles
Grimblemaury,Prince of Cerin, is a Jellical. They're a race of genegineeredcatmen, principally resident on Hazard. His off-planet guardian, forthose planets that need one, is Katya. Grimblemaury (``Maury'' forshort) is about average height for his race at slightly over 6 feettall. He's covered in blue-black fur, with a tail, claws, cat-ears,and whiskers. His hands and feet are more human than paw-like,though, and he's quite adept with a spanner, wrench, screwdriver, orwelding torch. He's the ship's engineer on Ace's ship, and while onboard doesn't seem to defer to Katya, although she's clearly a friend. Katya Lavalor: Andrea
Katya isGrimblemaury's travelling companion and legal guardian in those placesthat require one (See Tinara). She specializes in psionics (telepathyand telekenisis). No one knows much about her background, partlybecause she never speaks. She is in her teens, small andfrail-looking, with odd ice-blue eyes that have thin, nearly white,radial lines. From Pierogi Ogral Station #2 Anataya Mikhaelova of Cemla: Mikka
Awoman of about twenty, nearly six feet tall, with dark gold hair tiedback severely, Anya is an Armsman to the Farseer of Pierogi. Shewears livery of green with a stylized eye in gold and blue over heavyleather armor, as well as a sword and dagger, an antique blaster, anda number of throwing knives, and occasionally carries an ornate eight-footceremonial halberd about with her as well. Jayla: Drew
Jayla is a young woman, maybe sixteen years old, wearing primitive softleather clothing and carrying a flint-headed spear. She manages tosomehow seem both defenseless and authoritative at the same time.Jayla has light brown hair, hacked away wherever it gets in the way. Kith of Creek: Heidi
A young woman with sandy blonde hair, Kith wears the blue jumper andred blouse of a journeyman from the Place of Wisdom on Creek. She wasdelighted to learn that rather than spending her journeyman's yeartreating snakebites and green fever in the sparsely populated swampsof rural Creek she has been sent offworld to practice her arts andreturn an eyewitness account of galactic activities. Ruehan V'Dalari: Brian
A forty-ish yearold man, Mr. V'Dalari is gaunt, pale, with wispy white hair. He isusually seen in nicely cut clothing that is either deep colors, suchas midnight blues, maroons, or blacks, or in stark white. He is acourtier, most recently providing advice to the Farseer of Pierogi andher court. He has clearly held patronage at other planets in the pastbut has been at Pierogi a good number of years as his counsel had beenheld in high esteem there. the Sublime Xanthippe: Pier
An athletic young woman with auburn hair and green eyes, Xanthippetends to move with a bouncy grace reminiscent of her tiger, Padira. Wilson: NPC
A stout inworlder in his early forties, Wilson tends to the typicalengineering nerd costume with plaid flannel shirt and pockets full of smalltools. Wilson tends to keep to himself exceptwhen asked to do something, and appears somewhat intimidated by Sook,who he seems to consider his boss. Martan: NPC
A tall, thin man in his early thirties, with dark hair and piercingeyes, Martan tends towards an air of melancholy when left to his owndevices. He dresses somewhat sharply for an outworlder. From the WellMirris: Rose
Mirris is a dark-hairedwoman, square-shouldered with graceful and nimble fingers. Shetends to be energetic, even wired, and is easily cheerful. From Crux