Heaven's River characters

First appears in chapter 2

A replicant explorer who renews the search for Bender after a century without answers. He diverts toward Eta Leporis because a stellar anomaly may lie along the missing vessel's projected route.

First appears in chapter 2

A second-batch replicant who disappeared while travelling through unexplored space. Bob traces his projected course toward Eta Leporis, hoping the unusual system there can explain why neither Bender nor his vessel ever reported back.

First appears in chapter 2

At a Bob moot, Morlock disputes Bob's planned inquiry on noninterference grounds. His position links him to the newly forming Starfleet faction.

First appears in chapter 3

A member of Starfleet identified as the replicant who used the name Morlock while opposing Bob's investigation.

First appears in chapter 3

A replicant strategist who helps Bob assess the automated defenders at Eta Leporis and plan a covert search for Bender.

Also known as Riker

First appears in chapter 3

An early replicant copy formerly known as Riker. Having stepped back from colony administration, Will is terraforming Valhalla and supports Bob's investigation as the team begins examining the danger in Eta Leporis.

First appears in chapter 4

One of Bellerophon's two replicant operators. Herschel helps collect the Pav's industrial payment and proposes turning the aging colony vessel and its remaining stasis capacity toward a distant human settlement project.

First appears in chapter 4

A replicant engineer who operates Bellerophon with Herschel. They consider using the aging vessel and its remaining stasis capacity to establish a remote human colony.

First appears in chapter 6

Bill's engineering collaborator and a supporter of the Bender investigation. Garfield argues that the replicant community needs knowledge beyond Bob's original skills as its members and problems become more diverse.

First appears in chapter 6

A biological specialist whose work has improved artificial embodiment and virtual environments. Bridget is Howard's partner, with expertise that could help the replicants understand unfamiliar life and anatomy.

First appears in chapter 7

The Bob representative in Omicron Squared Eridani. Conan accepts responsibility for creating and managing a lawful emigration society for people seeking to leave Romulus.

First appears in chapter 8

A representative of the Gamer faction whose group volunteers to develop a covert-entry plan for the guarded habitat at Eta Leporis.

First appears in chapter 8

A Skippy representative who contributes computational capacity and language analysis to the covert expedition.

First appears in chapter 8

A representative of a Borg-themed Bob group who oversees the initial mechanical design work for android bodies modeled on the habitat's inhabitants.

First appears in chapter 6

Bridget's partner and a replicant known for pioneering the use of android bodies.

First appears in chapter 13

A replicant living among Poseidon's dolphins through a dolphin-form android. Marcus is studying their social behavior and beginning a long project intended to improve communication and comprehension across generations.

First appears in chapter 16

A replicated artificial-environment specialist and former university department chair. Stephen Gilligan studies scans of Heaven's River, identifying likely infrastructure hidden behind its apparently natural landscape.

First appears in chapter 20

The adult son of Cal and Gina, with limited authority over security and industrial priorities on Poseidon. After Marcus warns of possible fallout from the Starfleet dispute, Malib quietly orders lawful precautions.

First appears in chapter 25

A Quinlan who leads a homesteading party toward a new settlement in Heaven's River. Carr favors life within the habitat and dismisses both the resistance and efforts to reclaim the species' old world.

First appears in chapter 32

A Quinlan resistance operative who captures Bob after rival armed groups converge on him. Frida questions his claimed identity, tests his unusual capabilities, and decides that senior resistance leaders must assess him.

First appears in chapter 50

An elderly Quinlan former teacher travelling by river with a younger family member. Teresa is highly educated, perceptive about Bob's unusual manner, and engages him in thoughtful discussions during the journey.

First appears in chapter 51

A distant descendant in Gandalf's replication line and a participant in a fantasy game with Bill. Kevin's accumulated drift has made him a distinct and hostile individual with a personal grievance against Bill.

First appears in chapter 51

A member of Bill's fantasy-game party who plays a thief. When Kevin turns the campaign into a personal ambush, Tim acts against Kevin's means of controlling the threat and gives the trapped party a chance to survive.

First appears in chapter 21

The authority associated with scattering in Heaven's River. Quinlans believe it can punish an individual or an entire community for conduct it rejects, but its nature is still unknown.

First appears in chapter 55

A participant in the Earth Rehabilitation Project. Charles reports that the work has halted the Ice Age and begun glacier retreat, then counsels Bill about fragmentation within the Bobiverse.

Appears from the start

A replicant handling the Pav's final payment for human auto factories. Jacques represents the human side of the exchange while facing persistent Pav suspicion and their determination to restore their ancestral world independently.

Appears from the start

A replicant associated with the Pav restoration effort. Ferb reports that the work is largely automated and plans an independent expedition to extend communications relays toward Galactic North, away from established projects.