Ode To Defiance Chapter 4

Cast of Characters

Aar Singh

: BrainTrust peacekeeper.

Abshir

: Somali twenty-something, cousin of Diric.

Admiral Edwin Beck

: of the US Navy, charged with becoming an expert on the BrainTrust.

Alex Turner

: Chief Engineer of the

Argus

.

Amadin

: gigantic thug who runs things in the Benin patrol boat that is used as a prison for pirates

Amanda Copeland

: Director of the Chiron medical department, current Chairman of the BrainTrust Consortium, Dash’s supervisor.

Astri Dewi

: Dash’s cousin.

Ben Wilson

: Aging venture capitalist

Brandy

: SpaceR boss of launch operations

Cameron Ballard

: Acting Assistant Director of the FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.

Chad Duncan

: leader of the Lab Rats, healthy young people mostly from America who volunteer as test subjects.

Chance Dixon

: Intern for Dash, Doctor of Medicine.

Chen Ying

: Son of the Chinese Politburo, student on the

Taixue

.

Ciara Thornhill

: Mission Commander for the Prometheus fleet, daughter of Lenora.

Colin Wheeler

: BrainTrust resident

Dash

: Dr. Dyah Ambarawati, medical researcher, polymath

Dawn Rainer

: New head of the Rainer social media conglomerate. Daughter of Anne Rainer who died undergoing rejuvenation therapy.

Dennis Gordon

: Independent trucker specializing in delivering goods to California from out of state who lost his truck in a California seizure.

Diab

: Palestinian engineer and leader of refugees.

Diric

: Somali teenager, pirate, student on the

Mount Parnassus

, cousin of Abshir.

Dmitri Mikailov

: Russian oligarch residing on the

Haven

.

Fan Hui

: Daughter of the Chinese Politburo, student on the

Taixue

, one of the founding investors in the first major new corporations of the Fuxing fleet that mines manganese nodules from the ocean floor.

Fleet Captain Graysen Ainsworth

, commander of the Fuxing fleet.

Gao

: Chinese Air Force Captain and squadron commander.

Gary Schott

: Employee of SpaceR at the Hawthorne rocket factory.

Gina Toscano

: Wife of Matt Toscano, Vogue model.

Gleb

: Bodyguard for Dmitri, assassin who attempted to kill Dmitri, employee with the Prometheus fleet subsidized by Dmitri.

Guan Jian

: Son of the third member of the Chinese Standing Committee, student on the

Taixue

Han Chunlan

: Captain of the Chinese cruiser

Renhai

stationed near the Fuxing.

Hart Baddeley

: Security Chief for the Fuxing

Hilaal

: world-class virologist from the American University of Beirut, currently working with Doctors without Borders

Jam

: Pakistani commando, peacekeeper on the BrainTrust, Expedition Commander for the Fuxing fleet.

Joshua Pickett

: BrainTrust mediator, stationed on the

Chiron

and then the

Haven

.

Jubair

: world-class virologist and researcher from the American University in Beirut

Julissa

: Hukou peasant girl, student with the

Taixue

, serving as interpreter and companion for Expedition Commander Jam in China.

Jun Laquan

: Hukou peasant boy, student on the

Taixue

, inventor of the scuba bot Jacques and co-founder of Oceanic Mining Unlimited.

Keenan Stull

: Goldman Sachs financier

Khalid

: Brilliant Sunni born in western Iraq trying to escape the endless violence.

Kuo Lim

: Baotong villager, husband of Shu Shi, father of missing daughter Liling.

Lambert

: Lieutenant Jeremy Lambert, adjutant for Admiral Beck

Lenora Thornhill

: Mission Commander for the Fuxing fleet, co-founder of Accel, mother of Ciara.

Levinsky

: Captain Levinsky, commander of an Israeli patrol boat tasked with ensuring Palestinians do not violate the limits on their fishing rights.

Lindsey Postrel

: Owner/editor of Cogent News.

Marcos Ford

: Peacekeeper for the Prometheus Fleet.

Matthew Toscano

: CEO of SpaceR, husband of Gina Toscano.

Nuan

: Elder and unofficial leader of the village of Baotong.

Oziegbe

: gifted leader of development projects from Senegal by way of Benin.

Ping

: Peacekeeper for the BrainTrust, Security Chief for the Prometheus fleet.

Putu Arnawa

: Peacekeeper for the Prometheus fleet.

Qi Ru

: Hukou peasant, escaped to attend Oxford, venture financing broker for the Fuxing.

Rhett Woodson

: Nuclear engineer and designer for the primary isle ship reactors.

Rodrick Sprague

: Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Sabaah

: Best friend of Khalid, supporter of ISIS, later went to the American University in Beirut to become a software engineer with a special focus on both hardware and software for driverless vehicles.

Shu Shi

: Baotong villager, wife of Kuo Lim, mother of missing daughter Liling.

Shura

: Brilliant young girl from the Dahomey region of Benin, whose hands were amputated by the Benin Beloved Chief Advisor for Life.

Simon Bingham

: Director of the CDC in Atlanta, boss of Velma Highwalker

Song

: Brilliant older hukou peasant from the Loess Plateau, father of Tai.

Sonia Manning

: Exotic dancer and organ replacement research scientist.

Soup

: Suparman Herianto, peacekeeper for the Prometheus fleet.

Tai

: Son of Song, hukou peasant diagnosed with web addiction.

Ted Simpson

: Teenage developer of advanced homebrew copters.

Toni Shatski

: Israeli Air Force Captain, engineering student at BTU, daughter of the Israeli Prime Minister.

Uwais

: One of Khalid's two closest friends, ex-Hezbollah member, went to the American University in Beirut specializing in aeronautical engineering and rocket science.

Vasily

: Bodyguard for Dmitri, takes orders directly from the Russian Union Premier.

Velma Highwalker

: CDC scientist of Cheyenne ancestry, famous for her hot temper and opposition to various policies of the Chief Advisor and President for Life.

Werner Halstead

: Chief Engineer for SpaceR

Wolf Griffin

: BrainTrust peacekeeper.

Xiu Bao

: Hukou peasant girl, student on the

Taixue

.

Yefim

: Bodyguard for Dmitri.

Zhang

: Chinese Army Major commanding troops near the Loess Plateau.