Main Cast

Lieutenant Commander Blake Hopera

Dav­id

With Com­mand­er Shran’s detach­ment as pro­vi­sion­al ambas­sad­or to New Vahar, Blake Hop­era, the second officer and sci­ence officer, has taken on his role as exec­ut­ive officer. They formerly stud­ied with Dr Vale-of-Winds.

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Lieutenant Commander Fatima Vale-of-Winds

Pietro

Dr Vale-of-Winds comes from the Gai­an cul­ture on the Human colony world of Alpha Cen­tauri, return­ing to Star­fleet late in life after sev­er­al dec­ades as a civil­ian. She spe­cial­ises in radi­at­ive energy ther­apies, with a strong spir­itu­al emphas­is, but also likes to emphas­ise a healthy diet and lifestyle.

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Lieutenant Karlan Astan

Adri­an

Kar­lan Astan is the Deltan chief of secur­ity. He has spent most of his career work­ing law enforce­ment around space sta­tions and ports, and prefers to resolve dif­fi­cult situ­ations through nego­ti­ation. After los­ing his fam­ily to raid­ers as a child, he finds it hard to relax his nat­ur­al sus­pi­cions of strangers.

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Lieutenant Valik

Bex

Valik is the Vul­can chief engin­eer. He is a blunt and prac­tic­al man, apply­ing his logic­al train­ing to improv­ing effi­cien­cies and resolv­ing dif­fi­culties; he dis­likes impro­visa­tion, pre­fer­ring to plan his work care­fully in advance. His uncle was a mem­ber of the crew of the star­ship Sonak, lost in the Black Cluster.

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Provisional Lieutenant Will Timmons

Dave

Will Tim­mons served on S.S. Atlantis NX-05 dur­ing the Earth-Romu­lan War, and unex­pec­tedly found him­self dragged into the 23^rd cen­tury when Lyo­n­esse res­cued the crew from over a cen­tury trapped in a worm­hole. Like a num­ber of his col­leagues, he has accep­ted his situ­ation and has resumed his former role as a dip­lo­mat­ic and first con­tact specialist.

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Ensign Hamilton James

Nick

An accom­plished helms­man, Hamilton James grew up on a remote sci­entif­ic out­post. He suffered a trau­mat­ic injury while at the Academy, but has adap­ted to life with a pros­thet­ic arm.

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Supporting Cast

Captain Masuda Akari

Cre­ated by Bex

Mas­uda Akari is the Human com­mand­ing officer of USS Lyo­n­esse. This is her first com­mand, but she has a strong back­ground in dip­lomacy and exploration.

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Provisional Ensign Kheled

Cre­ated by Pietro

Kheled is an exchange officer from a Zaran­ite gas trawl­er, serving as helms­man due to his exper­i­ence with neb­ula travel. He spent a year as a Kzinti slave, and dis­trusts non-Zaranites.

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Ensign Jason Lock

Cre­ated by Adrian

Jason Lock is the Human nav­ig­at­or, although he’s also an accom­plished pilot. He is fresh out of the Academy, where he had a repu­ta­tion for push­ing the lim­its, both in curi­os­ity and daring.

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• Pro­vi­sion­al Lieu­ten­ant Ed Par­ish was an armoury officer on Atlantis. Like Lt Tim­mons, he volun­teered to take up a sim­il­ar role as tac­tic­al officer on Lyo­n­esse.
• Ensign Saur­ik is a Vul­can sci­ence officer, spe­cial­ising in stel­lar car­to­graphy. He is also the only Vul­can in the crew trained to make use of his innate tele­path­ic abilities.
• Nurse Brag is a Tel­lar­ite mem­ber of Vale-of Wind’s staff in sick­bay. He’s not noted for his bed­side manner.
• Sci­ence Spe­cial­ist Ara is an Aquan archae­olo­gist and antropologist.
• Crew­man Samuel Ewendi is a Human mem­ber of the engin­eer­ing department.

Recurring Characters

Commander Shyvaol Ch’Shran

NPC

Com­mand­er Shran was Lyo­n­esse’s Andori­an exec­ut­ive officer, but has taken on a tem­por­ary role as ambas­sad­or to New Vahar. He finds it hard to live up to the repu­ta­tion of his great, great grand­fath­er, Thy’lek Shran, the Imper­i­al Guard com­mand­er who befriended Jonath­an Arch­er and brought the Empire into the Federation.

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