Characters:
Character: Kim
Rank: Captain Junior Grade
Affiliation: Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger)
Assignment: ? Stallion ?, Long Range Recon Ship 6 of 15, 2nd Squadron.
1st Appearance: Scouts Out
Description: Human male
Nickname: Unknown
Hobbies: Unknown
Background: Unknown
Character: Jack Keri
Rank: Captain, Sr.
Affiliation: 1st Earth Fleet
Assignment: Military attaché to Ambassador Jefferson
1st Appearance: Scouts Out
Description: Young, long expertly styled hair,
Nickname: Unknown
Hobbies: Plays guitar- Old folk music- TV theme songs and jingles.
Background: Politically connected family. Dies running and hiding when the peace delegation is attacked.
Character: Franklin
Rank: None
Affiliation: Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger)
Assignment: Personal robot to Robert Bashir Commander of all Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger)
1st Appearance: Scouts Out
Description: Biped, green in color,
Nickname: Franky
Hobbies: None
Background: Given to Robert Bashir by the Outfitters, handles all personal items for the Admiral. First robot Leo Grant ever saw sit down in a chair.
Character: Robert Bashir
Rank: Admiral
Affiliation: Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger)
Assignment: Commander of all Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger)
1st Appearance: Scouts Out
Description: Human male. Early 30’s,
Nickname: None
Hobbies: Reading
Background: a Major in the Indian Ocean Defense Force before being snatched in 2050, loftiest aspiration was to someday become a colonel. The only person in the Fleet with a personal droid, Franklin and bodyguards.
Writing Orgin: Named after the character Julian Bashir from Star Trek Deep Space Nine.
Character: Pete
Rank: Unknown
Affiliation: Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger)
Assignment: 2nd Squadron Battleship,The Muhammad Ali
1st Appearance: Q Runner
Description: Human male,
Nickname: Unknown
Hobbies: Works for Mac in his gambling ring.
Background: Unknown
Character: Vanactotick
Rank: None
Affiliation: Free Biestes Government
Assignment: Communications Officer on Maple Leaf Express as of September 12, 2154.
1st Appearance: Disconnect
Description: Middle Aged Biestes with a sour disposition, uncanny memory even for a race that had a fantastic memory.
Nickname: Van
Hobbies: Unknown
Background: Arthur of the Maple Leaf Express talks him into joining crew.
Character: Patrick “Paddy” Murphy
Rank: Warrant Officer
Affiliation: Earth Unified Fleet (Stranger) Rescue Runner Five of Ten, 2nd Squadron
Assignment: Free Lunch of the Clara Barton
1st Appearance: Q Runner
Description: Tall, thin, with thin red hair.
Nickname: Paddy
Hobbies: loves talking about boxing, baseball
Background: Immigrant to Brooklyn when he was five, wanted to be a fightfighter but was turned down due to flat feet, was a shopkeeper, taken from 1929, loves to talk boxing w/Clark, younger brother became Golden Gloves in 1930. In charge of all medical decisions on Free Lunch. Decides level of treatments of each patient based on resources of Auto-docs. Wears Brooklyn Dodgers hat whenever he can. Plays catch with whoever will. “old man” of the crew at twenty-five
Writing Origin: An amalgamation of all the fine Physician Assistants I knew in the Army.

Character: George William Clinton Jefferson
Rank: Ambassador
Affiliation: Earth Unified Government
Assignment: Peace Questor
1st Appearance: Scouts Out
Description: Six foot, three inches, Caucasian with slightly graying dark brown hair, with two blue eyes and a total average looking face, not handsome, but not plain either. Intially dressed in a suit, but with no lapels or collar, charcoal gray in color, with a very clean white pullover shirt with a stunted turtleneck.
Nickname: Unknown
Hobbies: Unknown
Background: Politician from Earth who pulled all strings and called in all favors to be appointed to the first Ambassador to the Alarian Empire. Died on Picardo 27 when the Alarian Empire destroyed the Peace Questor.
Writing Origin: Do I really need to explain the origin of this politically minded, fame seeking and clueless character.
Character: Phillip A. Xazier
Rank: Tech 3
Position: Sergeant
Assignment: Free Lunch
1st Appearance: Q Runner
Description: Human, male, short and powerfully built.
2nd Appearance:
Nickname: Philly
Hobbies: Gambling, Phillip doesn’t drink but does gamble and is trying to juggle two girls at once, Barb a same rank peer on a Rescue Runner and Melissa a Medical tech on an ambulance crew from the Squadron Command ship the George Washington.
Background: From Florida, small town 1962, father was a shopkeeper when sober, inherited business from father but Phillip’s Mom really ran the business. A wheeler dealer, always has a scam going,
Writing Background: Based in part by on my brother Kevin, who is very personable and outgoing.