An Uneasy Alliance characters

Also known as Reverend Pelletier

Appears from the start

A Perseus Union staff sergeant preparing for a Home Guard assignment. Rev is an IBHU Marine whose repaired left-arm system carries Poshu, and he chooses a powerful 20 mm cannon despite the smaller ammunition reserve it permits.

Appears from the start

Rev's battle-buddy AI, which assists him during military service.

Appears from the start

Rev's trusted equipment maintainer, who oversees a firing test by remotely operating Poshu against a simulated target.

Appears from the start

Rev's integrated IBHU weapon unit, mounted through his left-arm prosthetic system. A repaired secondary harness allows Poshu to fire a 20 mm cannon without causing Rev pain or destabilizing recoil during the pre-deployment test.

First appears in chapter 3

One of Rev's surviving friends from his wartime service circle. At Rev's farewell gathering, Bundy is preparing to become a second lieutenant while Rev departs for a long Home Guard tour, leaving their diminished group to follow separate postwar paths.

First appears in chapter 3

Rev's closest comrade, whose friendship with him has been strained since his new orders arrived. She meets him at the spaceport, apologizes for pulling away, and repairs their bond before he leaves Safe Harbor.

First appears in chapter 3

A departing Marine moving toward civilian life who has been casually involved with Rev. He worries that she expects a committed future he cannot promise while beginning a three-year assignment away from Safe Harbor.

First appears in chapter 3

A returning member of Rev's close service circle who attends his farewell before the Home Guard tour. Cricket and Udu are newly married, offering a hopeful contrast to the losses their group suffered during the war.

First appears in chapter 3

A member of Rev's surviving group of friends and Cricket's new spouse. Udu joins the gathering that sees Rev off from Safe Harbor after the war scattered and reduced their former circle, marking another major change among the survivors.

First appears in chapter 7

A Frisian Home Guard yellow master and former comrade of Rev's. He becomes Rev's sponsor in Fox Company, and his command has placed him there partly to maintain interservice ties after an earlier Union-Frisian crisis.

Also known as Ting Ling

First appears in chapter 23

The personal name Ting Ling tells Rev that his friends use for him, marking the greater trust between the two Home Guard comrades.

First appears in chapter 7

A Manifest Destiny Sphere soldier assigned to Fox Company at the same Home Guard rank as Rev. His ceremonial gold earrings and concealed structural augmentations identify him as a Karnan, and he quickly recognizes Rev as another modified warrior.

First appears in chapter 10

A Safe Harbor lance corporal and IBHU Marine arriving for Home Guard duty. Rev meets her on Titan and prepares to guide her onward to Enceladus, where she will join the operational group of augmented Marines.

First appears in chapter 16

A Karnan officer Rev remembers from the operation on Earth. When they meet again, Rev learns that the lieutenant independently refused to kill surrendered Centaurs, giving the two augmented soldiers a consequential decision in common.

First appears in chapter 25

An injured member of Rev's former service circle who remains in a long regeneration treatment after catastrophic wounds. During Rev's leave, his civilian partner reveals that she and Ten have begun a relationship.

First appears in chapter 31

The Congress of Humanity's on-site authority during the Cat Scratch confrontation. She imposes boundaries on the settlers and corporate force, limits their contact to liaisons, and uses the Home Guard as a visible barrier while Titan considers the dispute.

First appears in chapter 34

A Manifest Destiny Sphere trooper loyal to the wounded Karnan staff sergeant and openly hostile to IBHU Marines. He accuses Rev of abandoning and exploiting the injured man, but members of Rev's squad reject that account.