The Bowman was also outfitted with a single center mounted rail gun and four chemical torpedo launchers. The torpedoes included low-yield nuclear payloads and small quantum fold generators. Unfortunately the hyper drive engines in the torpedoes were of limited use because the firing solutions still took too long to calculate for the torpedoes to be effectively used in a light speed engagement. Likely the next generation of missiles would have this capability removed until it could be perfected.
Dr. Riley
Irish medical doctor on Bowman with a German accent.
Lunar One
Primary lunar base and city
Orbital One
Primary Earth orbiting base, destroyed and rebuilt several times.
Lt. Jim Cortez
Communications officer.
Lt. Kelley Shelby
A petite blond woman with a southern accent that was at navigation on the Bowman. Killed.
Commander Jason Ruck
First Officer, an African American. Promoted to captain of Avenger. Future love interest for Catherine Kimbridge?
Lt. Commander Andrew Martinescu
Weapons control officer on Bowman.
Ganymede station
Research Station.
Lieutenant Commander Sherry Melbourne
Admiral Faragon's administrative officer on the USC Yorktown.
The First of
the First
Title given to the current leader of the D’lralu.
Chief Engineer Commander Thais Figarero
Brazilian Chief Engineer of the USC/GCP Yorktown.
Ensign Davis
Red Shirt I think
Lal'quint
D'lralu mother tongue.
Admirals
Admirals Pike, Chu, Forrest, Faragon, McMullen, Cartwright, and Chelsea.
Mirdan
A D’lralu first officer. He was the Third of the Seventh.
Giblinanner
Hopper (Hupenstanii) called Gibby. Doctorate in Human studies.
Hupenstanii
Hoppers, Gibby, Trifa.
Galactic Coalition of Planets
GCP
Chief Wroblewski
Weapons officer on USC/GCP Yorktown
Lt. Chris Zimmerman
Ziggy, communications officer on Yorktown.
Gliese 581g - similar to Earth,
Ashkelon homeworld
Twenty light years away, 0.92 on Earth similarity index, roughly 1.7 g surface gravity. Centered in goldilocks zone.
Yakin and Yurka
Heshe explorers visiting Uruk system with Yarin.
GCP Yorktown
Flagship.
Captain Lastila of the Silver Fledgling
Ashkelon Space Exploration Corps.
Sassi
Ashkelon communications officer, Silver Fledgling.
Rasta-Tckner
Hive race called Hymenopterans.
Captain Jeffries
Captain of starship Heidman.
Kepler-47b
Kepler-47b had an orbit within the goldilocks zone where liquid water could theoretically exist. The planet's radius was 4.6 times that of Earth, roughly the size of Uranus, complete with well-formed rings. Its orbital period around the binary stars was 303 days.
Hymenopterans
Hive race that communicate via pheromones, organic radio, and cybernetic quantum links. Native to Kepler-47, unit of distance = ferel (use like mile).
Ensign Pete Sanders
Naval Space Academy, Notre Dame, advanced degree in Systems Integration, Heidman survivor.
Pointers
Pointers were a slang term for plasma guided electric pulse Tasers. The idea was a simple one. An ultra-short but high powered and precisely tuned laser creates a plasma pipe in the air through which it travels. A high voltage pulse uses the ionized air to conduct its charge to the desired target. A low power visible laser is combined with the system for targeting and was responsible for the name.
Rudy McQuin
The First Officer, an Irishman named Rudy McQuin.
Hilde-tuk
KayBee asteroid pilot who disabled his quantum node.
Modos Syndicate of Thieves
Interested in expanding operations in virgin territory.
Running-Stream, aquatic member of Reef-Hugger school; a scout. Misc: ink, tentacles.
Cricket, Jiminy, and a young queen named Madam Roach
KayBee children rescued from a crashed floating city.
Other Books
by Andrew Beery
(Click on titles to jump to order page)
The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles
Inception, #1 - July 2012
Redemption, #2 - January 2013
*Exploration, #3 - 2013 Summer
*Deception, #4 - 2014
The Ways of Mages (with Catherine Beery)
The Ways of Mages, #1 -Revised July 2012
The Ways of Mages: Two Worlds, #2 - Aug 2012
The Ways of Mages: Starfire, #3 January 2013
*The Ways of Mages: Three Swords, #4 - 2013
* Coming Soon