LIST OF CHARACTERS
Crew of the Skate
Lieutenant Phillip Murphy
Commanding officer
Junior Lieutenant Kory Bell
XO, second-in-command, and Skate’s astrogator
Junior Lieutenant Kostya Sinkovich
Signals officer
Junior Lieutenant Davion Ridgard
Offensive officer and damage control officer
Able Spaceman Hillary Hart
Lead helmsman
Petty Officer Second Class Rupert Lefebvre
Defensive fire coordinator
Master Spaceman Sabeen Yosufzai
Visual sensor operator
Master Spaceman Catrin Watts
Electronic warfare operator
Able Spaceman Nigella Miller
Electronic sensors operator
Janice
Camera operator/Backup turret gunner
Petty Officer First Class Walt Butler
Chief engineer/Mechanic`
Able Spaceman Davids
Camera operator and VSO for the afternoon watch
Able Spaceman Ned Black
Lead gunner of the RSG on the night watch
Officers of the Republic of Terrace Navy
Senior Lieutenant Anna Li
Head of the Clearwater Fleet Signals Section
Commodore (Rear Admiral) Paul Brown
Commander of the Clearwater Fleet Offensive Dreadnought Squadron
Junior Commander Jake Robertson
Commander of John Charlie’s torpedo boat squadron
Captain Reid
Captain of the TRS John Charlie
Major Michael Franklin
Commanding officer of the Asteroid Shepherd The Mighty Jim
Lieutenant Roberta Johnson
XO of TBC-412
Admiral Hirlay
Commander of the Clearwater Fleet
People Onboard Clearwater Prime
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Beth Hastings/Darline Hughes
Agent for the Operations Branch of the Central Ministry for Intelligence/Producer for Adult Entertainment
Ian Hoover
Owner of Water’s Bridge Detective Agency
Martin Ashby
Trade Council from Olivier
BOATS OF THE TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRON
TBC-473
Skate
Commanded by Lieutenant Phillip Murphy
TBC-412
Ling
Commanded by Junior Commander Jake Robertson
TBC-423
TBC-438
TBC-443
TBC-413
TBC-427
TBC-481
TBC-457
Commanded by Lieutenant Reginald “Red” Harris
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Ship of the Republic of Terrace
Any interstellar vessel capable of interstellar travel
TB/TBC
Torpedo boat/Torpedo boat equipped with curve drive
Curve drive
Interstellar drive that allowed for vessels to use the space-curving nature of gravity to travel between solar systems
CST
Clearwater Prime Standard Time
TRS
Terrace Republic Ship
Astrogator
Crew member who plotted the course of a space-going vessel
Astrogation
The science of navigating a space-going vessel, focusing on astronomy
OWO
Offensive weapons officer
XO
Executive officer
DFC
Defensive fire coordinator
VSO
Visual sensor operator
EWO
Electronic warfare operator
ESO
Electronic sensors operator
CMI
Central Ministry of Intelligence
SSB
Signals Security Branch
OB
Operations Branch
SFCCOM
Space Fighter Control Commander
HHE
Hydrogen half-life emitter
MILITARY ORGANIZATION
Enlisted Ranks for the Republic of Terrace
These are based off of the Canadian Military Ranks for the Navy and Army.
Rating:
Navy Rank
Army and Marine Rank
E1
Ordinary spaceman
Private
E2
Able spaceman
Private for most
Gunner for artillery
Trooper for armoured cavalry
E3
Leading spaceman
Corporal
Bombardier for artillery
E4
Master spaceman
Master corporal
Master bombardier for artillery
E5
Petty officer second class
Sergeant
E6
Petty officer first class
Master Sergeant
E7
Chief petty officer second class
Warrant officer
E8
Chief petty officer first class
Chief warrant officer
Commissioned Officer Ranks for the Republic of Terrace
The military forces of the Republic of Terrace under went a concept called integration. Where a lot of the various different branches of the military were integrated to help save money. The officer ranks were unified between the Navy and other branches.
Rating:
Republic of Terrace Rank
O1
Ensign
O2
Junior lieutenant
O3
Lieutenant
O4
Senior lieutenant
O5
Major
O6
Junior commander
O7
Commander
O8
Senior commander
O9
Commodore
O10
Rear admiral
O11
Vice admiral
O12
Admiral
Captain and Colonel are job definitions in the Republic of Terrace. A captain is the commanding officer of a ship in the navy. There can only be one captain on a ship. Likewise Colonel is the commanding officer of a regiment in the army or marines.