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in the grim darkness of the late 30th century, there is only rum, sodomy, and the lash... wait, wrong book. these guys started out as seafort ocs actually, but i think they're pretty far removed from that world at this point.
a deep space oil rig. a dead-end posting for two academy graduates that should've been at the top of their class. a missing passenger vessel that shows up light-years away from its original route. a young priest, the only surviving human on board---the ship's computer is very fond of him.
BOYER: earth-boy but he doesn't like to talk about it. no one from earth likes to talk about it. tries his best to be helpful, but he's not sure if father nicholas would be proud of him right now.
WILKES: james wilkes, not richard. she's just his younger sister. popular enough at the academy because of this. has the top scores on the flight sim and grew up in the martian countryside.
PETHOR: terra nova is legally unable to prevent citizens from enlisting in the u.n.n.s. what passes for stupid on her home planet is still leaps and bounds ahead of anyone from the inner systems.
MECHTHILD: do you remember the sound of the cold ocean water lapping against your legs? do you remember the harsh light of your sun? do you remember being alone?