Eternity's Battleship characters
By Scott Bartlett, Joshua James
Every entry below is hidden until you open it, and each names the chapter the character first appears in.
Bill Henderson (Protagonist)
Also known as Captain Henderson
Appears from the start
Captain of Omega and accepted leader of roughly two million displaced humans. He must keep the refugees alive while the ship is overcrowded, supplies are failing, and Omega's guidance is unavailable.
Bina Chakravarti (Supporting)
Appears from the start
Bill's executive officer aboard Omega.
Alden Stone (Supporting)
Also known as Al
Appears from the start
Omega's Marine commander and an alternate commander of the ship.
Hans Norder (Supporting)
Also known as Norder
Appears from the start
A returning senior bridge officer aboard Omega.
Felicia Keating (Supporting)
Also known as Keating
Appears from the start
Omega's returning weapons officer.
James Riding (Supporting)
Also known as Riding
Appears from the start
A recovered officer who remains alive but comatose in Omega's medical care. His history with Bina weighs on her as the crew struggles to plan its next move.
Sally Longfield (Supporting)
Also known as Longfield
Appears from the start
Omega's returning communications officer.
Splat (Supporting)
Appears from the start
A Marine pilot assigned as Bill's guard. He protects the captain and remains part of the reduced Marine team responsible for deployments and shipboard security.
Funnybone (Supporting)
Appears from the start
A returning leader among Omega's surviving Marines.
Termite (Supporting)
Appears from the start
One of the surviving Marines aboard Omega.
Tubes (Supporting)
Appears from the start
A returning Marine systems specialist skilled in breaching and control work.
Guns (Supporting)
Appears from the start
An experienced Marine serving with Omega's surviving unit.
Tull (Supporting)
Appears from the start
The returning Roughback leader and liaison aboard Omega.
Omega (Supporting)
Appears from the start
The ancient warship carrying humanity's refugees and a powerful intelligence that has previously aided Bill. Its guidance is now unreachable, leaving the crew to manage the overloaded ship without answers.
Val (Supporting)
Appears from the start
Omega's adviser and intermediary to Bill. He is unavailable at the start of the crisis, depriving the captain of his usual connection to the ship's intelligence.
Tobias (Supporting)
Appears from the start
A returning adviser whose guidance Bill normally relies on during tactical planning.
Philo (Supporting)
Appears from the start
A politically connected Ornu consul whose nephew has been imprisoned after the loss of Omega.
Pertinax (Antagonist)
Appears from the start
An Ornu commander associated with the Imperial effort to recover Omega.
Miriam Henderson (Supporting)
Appears from the start
Bill's mother and Gordon's caregiver after their rescue from forced labor. Living in cramped conditions aboard Omega, she urges Bill to remember those still trapped in other camps.
Gordon Henderson (Supporting)
Appears from the start
Bill's father, physically recovered from Callisto but still suffering severe psychological harm. He lives with Miriam in a tiny compartment among Omega's refugees.
Jen Lambert (Minor)
First appears in chapter 2
A fallen Marine honored by the six surviving members of her team.
Kenny Yates (Minor)
First appears in chapter 2
A fallen Marine memorialized with Jen Lambert by the six surviving members of their team.
Philo's former-signifier nephew (Supporting)
First appears in chapter 4
An imprisoned former Ornu signifier blamed after the loss of Omega. He believes Pertinax took his place and credit, while his mother seeks Philo's political help to restore him.
Rescued Slovenian prime minister (Supporting)
First appears in chapter 7
A rescued political leader who offers Bill and Alden Stone crowd-control equipment as an alternative to lethal force. His unusually large weapons cache leaves both officers wary of his motives.
Volunteer-corps doctor (Supporting)
First appears in chapter 11
A field-experienced doctor in the volunteer corps who recognizes that a Marine trainee may have been poisoned and becomes a candidate for medical work.
Young refugee informant (Supporting)
First appears in chapter 14
A young refugee who leads Bina to a concealed cache of lethal weapons aboard Omega.
Ornu Emperor (Antagonist)
First appears in chapter 15
The ruler of the Ornu Imperium. He treats Omega's loss as a threat to his authority, compels Philo to restore public confidence, and keeps Philo's imprisoned nephew under Imperial control.
Slovenian militia leader (Antagonist)
First appears in chapter 17
An armed militia leader exposed after posing as a rescued prime minister. His concealed personnel and weapons reveal that the apparent political ally has been directing a conspiracy aboard Omega.
Slovenian coup leader's son (Antagonist)
First appears in chapter 24
The militia leader's son and successor, who takes operational command after learning of his father's death. He demonstrates his authority by killing the civilian who guided Stone's group.
Ancient Konami investigator (Supporting)
First appears in chapter 30
A historical Konami figure shown in Omega's Archive. The simulation recounts his investigation of the engineered disease and technological dependence behind his civilization's collapse.
Young Konami revolutionary (Supporting)
First appears in chapter 42
A young Konami revolutionary whom Bina recognizes as the ancient Konami investigator she encountered earlier. Omega addresses him through a box and warns that Konami society is collapsing.
Captured Marine traitor (Antagonist)
First appears in chapter 77
A suspected teammate captured after betraying the human ground force during the defense of the Roughbacks.
Ancient Konami rival (Antagonist)
First appears in chapter 84
A powerful, long-lived Konami who offers exclusive financing for a vast spacecraft project. After the project leader rejects both the offer and his use of enslaved void servants, he vows to surpass and destroy the work.
Unidentified Primeval pod being (Antagonist)
First appears in chapter 86
An unidentified living bipedal being released from a recovered Primeval cargo pod. It destroys a research drone and kills an Ornu intern before escaping into the facility.
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