Cast of Characters

Let’s meet the people and visit the places you will be reading about in:

Sampson McKinney is the Commander of the expedition to establish a colony on Mars
Celeste McKinney is the wife of Sampson and the LT. Commander of the Space Colony 1 mission
Deke McKinney – the elder son of Sampson & Celeste
Gus McKinney – younger brother to Deke
Deimostra Samantha McKinney – sister of Deke & Gus, conceived on the way to Mars and named after Mras’ larger moon Deimos
Joyner McKinney – child of Deke and Cerella, heir to Eupepsia
ALL THE ABOVE = The Space Family McKinney
Braden King – family friend to the McKinneys and voice of Mission Control
Roy Crippen – Director of NASA and the SPACE COLONY 1 project
Rick Stanley – Commander of the New Mayflower rescue
Francine Bouchette – Houston USA television anchor who lands squarely in the middle of everything
Aldona Alfridi – a Talibanistani (see below) scientist who is asked to conspire against SPACE COLONY but refuses — Fletcher Fitch – name given Aldona when he defected to the United States to help with the SOL Project. Fatima – his wife (and 2 unnamed daughters)
Nae Tan-Dan – United Korean operative who is cahoots with Talibanistan
Shaikh Kamran Khan-Nutkani – Talibanistan leader determined to undermine an otherwise global effort
Ekcello – The Supreme Leader of the High Counsel of Eridanus
Cerella – daughter of Ekcello and heiress to the High Counsel
Fortan – Mate to Ekcello, Mother of Cerella

Fredrick C. Cabell – Human Resources NASA, deceased

Phil Jansky – NASA Spatial Debris specialist, deceased

Mike Judge – Okaloosa County Florida Sheriff

Geraldo Franco – Okaloosa County Coroner

Miles Scheffeldink – Space Colony Mission Physician

Abdullah Ashtaar – the key to Istanbul

Mehmet Ali Erim – Turkish taxi driver

Elliot Deming – Consulate General – US Turkish Embassy

Senator Broyles – Texas legislator

“Larry” – Francine Bouchette’s fiancee & KHST director, VP

Randi Gilbert – NASA test pilot & news source for Francine Bouchette

Steven Sharkey – Francine’s co-anchor at KHST

Karl – NASA Chief Engineer

Grandma Savta Bergestrom – Celeste’s Mother from Sweden

Aunt Sassy McKinney – Sampson’s crazy Scottish/Irish sister

Jimmy D – Silver Seas Bartender

Roger Rodrigues – Roy & Francines’s Jamaican tour guide

Kim Jong-un – United Korea’s Supreme Leader

Silvia Freelove – Bud Cauley – Pres/vice pres candidates 2032

Skip Chandler – Freelove’s campaign strategist

Hector Grisbaum – Susannah Grisbaum – New Mexico Congressman & daughter (who sets up Deke M.)

Space Colony 1 – the orbiting portion of the Mars Colony
The Chronicle – the deep-space shuttle that carries the McKinneys to Mars
Tycho – the Mars lander where Sam & Celeste are stranded when the orbiting colony blows up
The New Mayflower – the mission to rescue the McKinneys on Mars
Newfoundlander – the Eridani spacecraft that hijacks the McKinneys (Sam, Celeste, Deimostra)
Stellar Explorer – the speed-of-light cruiser that takes Deke & Gus on a detour to Orion’s Belt

2030 Earth
Talibanistan – the very large country that absorbs all the rest of the “-stans” and is a haven for global mischief
United Korean Peninsula – the combined country formerly North & South where the South is consumed by the evil & secretive North
Istanbul/Constantinople Turkey
Sultan Ahmet Mosque
Mars the Red Planet – the fourth planet from the sun
KHST Television Houston Texas
Jamaica
Silver Seas Resort/Hotel
Sunset Hill – Roy Crippen’s hacienda at King Ranch
Epsilon Eridani – A star in Orion’s Belt and where Sampson & Celeste are hijacked to
Eridanus – A planet in the Epsilon star system
Eupepsia – The home tower/city of Ekcello and Cerella and THE SPACEFLIGHT EXPOSITORY
The Seljuk – An tele-transport alien race located in the Triangulum Galaxy. Has a “history” with the Eridanians