The Mote in God's Eye

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Roderick Harold, Lord Blaine, Commander, Imperial Space Navy.

Arkley Kelley, Gunner, Imperial Marines, and Blaine family retainer.

Admiral Sir Vladimir Richard George Plekhanov, Vice Admiral Commanding Imperial Navy Forces, New Chicago, and Acting Governor General, New Chicago.

Captain Bruno Cziller, Imperial Space Navy, Master of INSS MacArthur.

Commander John Cargill, ISN, Chief Engineer of MacArthur.

Commander Jock (Sandy) Sinclair, ISN, Chief Engineer of MacArthur.

Midshipman Hosrt Staley, ISN, senior midshipman aboard INSS MacArthur.

Midshipman Jonathon Whitbread, ISN.

Kevin Renner, Sailing Master Lieutenant, Imperial Space Navy Reserve.

Lady Sandra Liddell Leonovna Bright Fowler, B.A., M.s., doctoral candidate in anthropology, Imperial University of Sparta.

His Excellency Horace Hussein Bury, Trader and Magnate; Chairman of the Board, Imperial Autonetics Company, Ltd.

Midshipman Gavin Potter, ISN.

Fleet Admiral Howland Cranston, Commander-in-Chief, His Majesty’s Forces Beyond the Coal Sack.

His Imperial Highness Richard Stefan Merrill, Viceroy for His Majesty’s Dominions beyond the Coal Sack.

Dr. Anthony Horvat, Minister of Science for Trans-Coalsack Sector.

Dr. Jacob Buckman, Astrophysicist.

Father David Hardy, Chaplain-Captain, Imperial Space Navy Reserve.

Admiral Lavrenty Kutuzov, Vice Admiral Commanding His Majesty’s Expedition Beyond Murcheson’s Eye.

Senator Benjamin Bright Fowler, Majority Leader and Member of Privy Council.

Dr. Sigmund Horowitz, Proffessor of Xenobiology, University pf New Scotland.

Herbert Colvin, onetime Captain of Space Forces of the Republic of Union, and onetime master of Union cruiser Defiant.