Category: People

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.

Lewis Lutnear’s spouse and the mother of Josephine Lutnear. A clearsighted woman, she has little trust for Jack Halloway and the misogyny and selfishness he represents.

Lewis Lutnear is the Mayor of Utopia on the moon Aetna. As such, he is the de facto leader of the whole moon, including its orbital.

He is Jack Halloway’s boss and also the father of Josephine Lutnear.

Lewis is a kind man who has a sincere and jovial way. He’s a bit pretentious and likes to stand on ceremony. It makes him a good fit for the small lazy town. After all, he like most of the residents came here to get away from the cutthroat corporate lifestyle of the large cities and systems.

Lutnear is one of the main benefactors of Jack’s smuggling as Jack keeps him happy to keep his own position safe.

On the surface, Jack Halloway is the Unity Corporation station manager for the 10,000 person station placed near the small moon Aetna in the Sicily system.

Jack is also the largest non-syndicated smuggler of consumer products in Unity space. Almost singlehandedly he makes the lives of the 60,000 people on Atnea measurably better. As a result Jack has money to spare.

Jack is also a misogynist who has little room in his life for anyone but himself.

The Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of the Unity Corporation. He is responsible for promoting Timothy Randall to Executive Vice President and removing him from the board of directors. At the suggestion of the military he appointed Randall to direct operations on the insignificant moon Aetna.