Category: People and Civilizations

Todd is Molly Vargas’ husband. He works on the docks as a longshoreman and his wholly unaware of his wife’s activity as a major player in Jack Halloway’s smuggling operation.

Leanne is a server at Chuck’s Place on the Orbital 1358. Jack thinks about trying to take her home for the night.

Robert Logan works as the chief dock inspector on Aetna’s orbital. It’s his job to make sure that the shipments coming in and out of Aetna follow Unity regulations. He is, of course, deeply involved in Jack Halloway’s smuggling operation. In fact, he introduced Jack to the possibilities of smuggling through the Audit Division on the orbital when he was the station manager and Jack was an inspector. Robert had no interest in sticking his own neck out that far but saw potential in Jack, so when the moment came he gladly traded positions with hime. Robert has been working in the orbitals Administration and Inspection office for forty-five years.

Joe Fletcher (his last name is never mentioned) works as a dock inspector for Jack Halloway. While he is aware of the smuggling operation, he has little to do with its day-to-day operations. His job is to make the office legitimate by conduction cargo inspections and compliance audits according to Unity regulations.

Molly works as Jack Halloway’s administrative assistant on the Aetna Orbital. She also manages all the subterfuge and paperwork for Jack’s smuggling operation. Without her the whole thing would collapse.

Frank Hanson is the Police Commissioner on Aetna. He is a member of the Human Resources department.

Jack Halloway has a good working relationship with Frank. Jack avoids running weapons or other dangerous items through his smuggling connections and gives Frank a piece of the action. In return Frank turns a blind eye to the largest non-syndicated smuggling operation in the Unity.

Ernie flies the Unity shuttle that runs between Utopia on Aetna and the orbital above.

Dr. Trina Musgrave is a cosmetic surgeon based on Aetna. She uses the out of the way moon to do beauty treatments on the wives of the business and political elite in the system. These kinds of treatments are relatively safe but cost a fortune and are not quite legal in the Unity, therefore she is in high demand. Having a procedure done by Musgrave is a status symbol in high circled in more than one system.

The wife of police commissioner Frank Hanson in Utopia on Aetna. Frank is a brutal man. His wife is abused often. She asks Jack to smuggle her a gun.

Rick Carter is the manager of the public fishing docks on Aetna and the captain of the fishing submarine, The Flying Fish.