Addicaines

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The public face of the Heirotus Eugenics Program, Addicaines are genetically engineered metahumans trained from birth to do whatever it is that Heirotus needs done - anything from the blackest of black ops to corporate security and everything in between. Fully 1,000 of the 2,700 personnel aboard the Sabrosa are part of the Heirotus Eugenics Program. While all of them are technically Addicaines, the term officially applies to the 400 soldiers that form the Corporate Security Detatchment.

First appearance (production) : The Dualist, Signal.

Aleph Stevens

revised 2011.05.07 at 13:20

The previous incarnation of Jason Whitehouse, and a contemporary of Brandon James and Michael Yang around the time of the MBO-1 incident. A potent psychic and self-proclaimed "conditional past-life regressor," Aleph used her unique capabilities to assist anthropologists and xenoarcheologists before finding herself on the Heirotus payroll.

First visual appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -1-.
First inferred appearance : Dead City Radio, Whitehouse -25-.

Alias

revised 2011.02.05 at 19:15

Addicaine N-6 Alias Aza'hel is far and above the most powerful telekineticist of the N series, and is to date the only "Chosen" to be successfully sequenced by the Addicaine Program. Deeply intuitive, highly observant, incredibly intelligent and yet improbably naive, Alias has been aware of his preferred status since puberty, despite no obvious preferential treatment and a program-wide order to never discuss his status. He is the only Addicaine whose sequencing records require executive clearance to view. As a result of the catastrophic loss of life and extensive ecological damage caused by the manifestation of his "talent," Alias carries several deeply-implanted time-release medical devices that inhibit his psionic ability. Even with these governors, at the age of 19 he is the most powerful telekinetic talent in living memory - capable of long range astral projection, levitation, and the repulsion of explosions and thousands of tons of debris.

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Brandon James

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:51

Founded Heirotus in order to put his doctorate-equivalents in Xenoarcheology and Anthropology to use without academic interference. After a crucial classified discovery, James branched the company into high technology and has personally overseen the day-to-day operations of the FTL, communications, and eugenics divisions for the past 40 years. Only a few people high up in the company know the actual purpose of these programs, and all are sworn to secrecy.

First appearance (chronological) : Dead City Radio, Whitehouse -15-.
First appearance (production) : The Dualist, Priorities -2-.

Captain Helenna Spenc

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

Interstellar Cartography Group Captain and Commander, ICG Hemera. Favoring a sedate, hands-off style of command and all but immune to the the mental stress of deep-range long duration cartographic deployments, Captain Spenc has made a career out of cat-herding the cartographers, engineers and technicians that typically crew ICG vessels. Being on loan to Heirotus has made her irritable, and she views the Addicaine group's relentless, regimented approach to optimization and efficiency as a threat to her slow-and-easy command of the Hemera. Over the course of the cruise she's developed almost a bi-polar personality - laid back with the ICG personnel and a total control freak with the Heirotus-assigned crew.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -26-.

Captain Soleina Andreissen

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:36

While General Grij commands the Sabrosa's 400 Addicaines, Captain Andreissen is in charge of the rest of the boat. Or rather, she was. She's been in an exceptionally sour mood since General Grij invoked Special Directive 572.2a, relieving her of command of the Sabrosa until the ship leaves GSV-368.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.

Doctor Martin Rand

revised 2011.05.07 at 13:15

Longtime friend, resource and "inside man" to Heirotus founder Brandon James, Doctor Rand served as a consultant and contractor for over a decade, using his position in academia to "service and influence" the interests of industry. With his mercenary use of academic facilities coming under scrutiny in the wake of the MBO-1 incident, Rand left Morgan Bay University to run the initial Navigator-focused stages of the Heirotus Addicaine Program, and has served as the Heirotus Director Of Transit Science since the late 1960s.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -7-.

Ed Horstmann

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

Deep range cartography is hardly a prime assignment for a talented Navigator. Talented Navigators run courier missions, recon missions, combat operations and warships. The more talented individuals can write their own ticket and have their pick of assignments - and perks, within reason. The truly gifted Navigators spend more time in the docking queue than they do in space. Ed isn't at the top of that list. He's nowhere near it, in fact. Capable of a 0.5 submersion with booster drugs, Ed meets the minimum depth requirement for ICG Navigators. He occasionally puts his bare minimum talent to bare minimum use, flipping off General Relativity and hauling the ship into Am whenever the job requires it. Which is just often enough to keep him in the second-lowest bonus bracket for flight pay.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -26-.

General Grij

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:19

Ranking officer aboard the research warship Sabrosa, Grij is the supervisor and final authority for all paramilitary field operations and training in which the vessel is assigned. The former Director of Applied Psionics Research for Federal Armed Services Division Five, Grij is one of the most qualified policy-makers of the Heirotus military eugenics program.

The General rates at a 3.56 on the adjusted HRD scale, putting his perceptive capacities and causality influence well above metahuman norms. Inherent abilities and years of training in Division Five enable Grij to function in sinkholes and low AEI areas- a discipline that few possess.

First appearance : The Dualist, Incursion.

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Greg Auriga

revised 2011.04.09 at 18:40

A Heirotus defector and the only survivor of the Hemera, Greg lives in constant fear of being "recovered" by Heirotus. Having played a critical role in John West's decision to leave the Templar, Greg provides engineering and weapons support for his benefactor's merry band of misfits in exchange for black market cybernetic maintenance and a really good place to hide.

First appearance (production) : The Dualist, Reentry.

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Hera Frenk

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

Senior NCO of the Hemera Addicaine Group. While Greg Auriga is senior Heirotus employee and technically in charge of all Heirotus personnel aboard ship, chain of command puts all Addicaines except Greg and Jo Young under Hera's authority. Given the nature of the Hemera's mission and the lack of key ICG personnel, Hera has found herself in charge of a squad of journeyman maintenance technicians with itchy trigger fingers.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -27-.

Jo Young

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

The Heirotus Mission Specialist assigned to the Hemera, Jo Young is an expert on the operation of Holt-Rischmann sensor equipment, specifically the Deep Range Holt-Rischmann Device long range sensor package installed aboard the Discovery-class vessels contracted by Heirotus. The hardware has a lot in common with standard deep-range optical telescopes, so Jo splits her time between the Mission Package and assisting Spokes with astrometrics.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -26-.

Major Wakeman

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:58

Theo Wakeman transferred to Heirotus after an eighteen year stint as a drill instructor in Federal Armed Services Division Three, ending his NCO career with a corporate cross- promotion. Stu is very, very good at keeping grunts organized and motivated, and has been grinding boys into fighting men since the N series was still in the gene sequencer.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.

Martin Oberst

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

Chief Engineer of the Hemera and the only ICG employee assigned to vehicle maintenance, Martin has spent the vast majority of the deployment training combat-ready Addicaines in the fine art of keeping a deep-range spacecraft running.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -27-.

Maxine Boe

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

Maxine's employment status is convoluted - a civilian volunteer to the Heirotus carbon computing program, she was implanted with an IKON-7 symbiote and then assigned to the ICG carbon pool. After that she was assigned to deep space cartography, then the Hemera, then the Hemera was leased by Heirotus... making her a Heirotus-assigned ICG employee assigned to Heirotus. While the tax forms are a pain in the ass and medical maintenance paperwork is a nightmare, the job itself is a simple one - staying mentally fit while acting as a 24/7 Rational Coordinator for all silicon-based systems aboard the Hemera.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -27-.

Megan Sequel

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:01

Megan is a third shift Naval Trainee Operations Officer in the Trainee Command Center, she coordinates the pilot and navigator and, among other duties, is responsible for knowing the position, direction and velocity of the Sabrosa at all times.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.

Michael West

revised 2010.03.15 at 23:40

An exceptionally talented navigator and the father of John West.

The most talented navigator on the Heirotus payroll until he left the company in 569, Michael was one of the first genetic contributors to the Addicaine program, and assisted in the early development of the BTS.

Michael joined the Templar ranks in the early 560s, having attained the rank of VI° before being granted a Theater Rank of IX° after founding the Terran garrison with the assistance of Ivan Kursk, to whom garrison command passed after West succumbed to brain cancer in 586.

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Michael Yang

revised 2010.11.21 at 16:34

A veteran of the Federal Army, Yang served as the Chief of Heirotus Corporate Security from the time of the first MBO-1 Encounter until his near-death in early 569 (January 1968).

Note : A more detailed character synopsis would at this point only confuse things further, as Yang's history and future are as subject to adjustment and revision as the rest of the cast.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Whitehouse -9-.

Oru Sterling

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:04

One of four non-Ikon carbon computer hosts aboard the Sabrosa with formal flight training. When she's not functioning in an intelligence-gathering capacity, she's subconsciously processing communications cryptography, intelligence analysis and medical imaging as part of the Sabrosa Network Cluster.

First appearance : The Dualist, Clarity.

Robert Carrington

revised 2011.04.09 at 18:26

Officially the personal bodyguard of Heirotus founder Brandon James, Robert "Bob" Carrington also plays a role in intelligence analysis and the assessment of threats against both the CEO and the corporation. James' moral compass to the extent that he has one, it's almost always Bob's call to handle "irregular" situations via diplomacy, espionage or wetwork. Bob excels at this latter discipline. Occasionally disappearing for days or weeks at a time, the only evidence of his handiwork is a tedious intelligence analysis concluding that an untimely death - typically the result of an accident or "statistical anomaly" - benefits Heirotus in some fashion.

Carrington assumes the mantle of Head of Heirotus Corporate Security shortly after Michael Yang is mortally wounded in early 569 (January, 1968), and still holds the position at the time of The Dualist.

First mentioned : Dead City Radio, Whitehouse -25-.

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Samantha Spokes

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

A seasoned ICG cartographer, Samantha has spent virtually her entire adult life either aboard ICG ships or in ICG chart rooms, running various types of observation equipment and collating massive amounts of observation data to help humanity get a better picture of the galaxy it inhabits. According to ICG doctrine, as senior cartographer and senior crew member Samantha can override Captain Spenc. Along with the captain, she is second to Greg Auriga regarding Heirotus directives. While Jo Young is technically in the Heirotus chain of command, she works under Samantha and heeds her advice and guidance regarding DR-HRD imaging results.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -26-.

Steve Collins

revised 2011.08.15 at 16:00

The Hemera's helmsman, Steve's chief duty aboard ship is steering the damned thing. As he doesn't get to do it much and doesn't get to do it often, he was the first ICG crew member to succumb to cabin fever. At the time of his first appearance, Steve is doped to the gills on mood stabilizers and spends almost all of his time reading or jogging around the torus.

First appearance : Dead City Radio, Leitmotif -26-.

Tanya Porter

revised 2010.03.11 at 17:02

While it's Megan's job to know where the Sabrosa is, it's Tanya's job to know what the ship is sitting in. She's responsible for all communications and sensors inside and outside of the ship. While on duty, Tanya is the eyes, the ears, and the mouth of the Sabrosa.

First appearance : The Dualist, Signal.

Torg Sparkson

revised 2010.03.11 at 16:14

Sergeant Sparkson is the third shift (0000-0800) Signal Intelligence Operator (SIO) aboard the Sabrosa. As third shift SIO on a training boat, Sparkson spends most of his time looking busy, trying to look busy, taking extended bathroom breaks or doing crossword puzzles. He's lucky if he logs more than sixty hours of Real Work during a cruise. It's a boring, boring job, but hey- SigInt is a pay grade above SigComms, dammit. And despite the tedium, it looks great on a resume.

First appearance : The Dualist, Clarity.