A Harper
The Scarred Man
Amos January — captain of the tramp freighter New Angeles
Micmac Anne — his Number One
Maggie Barnes, Bill Tirasi, Johnny Mgurk, Slugger O’Toole, Nagaraj Hogan, Mahmoud Malone — crew of New Angeles
Handsome Jack Garrity — a Certain Person on New Eireann
Little Hugh O’Carroll — The Ghost of Ardow, assistant manager of New Eireann, a.k.a. Ringbao del la Costa, Esp’ranzo
Sophia Colonel Jumdar — commanding the 33rd IC Company Regiment
Major Chaudhary — her second in command
na Fir Li — a Hound of the Ardry, commanding Sapphire Point Station
Greystroke — Fir Li’s senior Pup, a.k.a. Tol Benlever
the Molnar khan Matsumo — chairman of the Kinlé Hadramoo, Cynthia Cluster
the Fudir — petty criminal in the Terran Corner of Jehovah, a.k.a. Kalim de Morsey
the Memsahb — leader of the Brotherhood of Terra on Jehovah
Olafsson Qing — a courier from the Confederation of Central Worlds
Bridget ban — a Hound of the Ardry, a.k.a. Julienne Lady Melisonde
Grimpen, Gwillgi — Hounds of the Ardry
Donovan — a sleeper agent of the Confederation of Central Worlds
Konmi Pulawayo-Schmidt — STC Director on Peacock Junction
Fendy Jackson — leader of the Brotherhood of Terra on Die Bold
Radhi Lady Cargo Dalhousie — Chairman of the Interstellar Cargo Company
the Other Olafsson — a Confederate shadow agent
Bakhtiyar Commodore Saukkonen — commanding, vanguard, 3rd ICC Peacekeeper Fleet
Barflies, pirates, merchants, traders, rebels, ’Cockers, sliders, servants, thieves, Terrans, and sundry lowlife
South-Central District, United League of the Periphery
Two-dimensional projection of the South-Central Spiral Arm, United League of the Periphery. Not all systems and clusters are on the same level and the connecting roads are not always proportional to the travel time required.