Redemption characters

Also known as Jason

Appears from the start

A former Omega Force captain now running cargo with Lucky. After a delivery from Tetara-4, he evades pursuing ships and returns to an isolated life on S'tora. He drinks heavily, rejects the title of captain, and resists returning to his former work.

Appears from the start

Jason's battlesynth partner and former subordinate, now working beside him on cargo runs. Lucky is troubled by Jason's withdrawal and remains attentive to both his safety and his decline.

Also known as Crisstof

First appears in chapter 2

A power broker associated with the battlecruiser Defiant. He investigates the disappearance of the Avarian heir, initially suspecting Jason's ship, and presents his goal as preventing a war between the Avarian Empire and the ConFed.

Also known as Doc

First appears in chapter 2

A physician, humanitarian worker, and former ally of Jason's crew. He arrives with Crisstof and tells Jason how the old team scattered, while continuing relief work connected to Crisstof's operations.

First appears in chapter 2

A former member of Jason's crew who returned to his homeworld in hopes of repairing his relationship with his family.

First appears in chapter 2

A specialist from Jason's former crew who is serving a four-year sentence on a Ver colony world for interfering with an election.

Also known as Kalette

First appears in chapter 3

The missing netjere's First Attendant. She escaped their abductors on Tetara-4, sent a distress signal, and hid aboard Jason's cargo ship. She says the imperial heir remains captive and seeks help reaching safety.

First appears in chapter 3

The Avarian Sovereign's eldest daughter and designated successor, known by the title netjere. She remains in captivity after her attendant escapes, and her disappearance threatens to provoke a wider conflict.

Also known as Captain Kellea, Kellea

First appears in chapter 4

Captain of Defiant and Jason's partner. During the crisis that split the old crew, she cannot openly assist his unauthorized effort to recover Crusher and refuses him access to her ship's monitored communications link.

First appears in chapter 4

A Galvetic warrior and member of Jason's former crew. After vanishing during an extraction mission, he is traced to Duat, where he has been sold to the Watchers.

First appears in chapter 5

An underworld figure who recognizes Jason from an earlier encounter. He pays the price needed to release Crusher from Duat and gives Jason a way to contact him, establishing an unspecified future favor between them.

First appears in chapter 11

A Galvetic warrior, brother of Mazer Reddix, and friend of Jason's group. He receives the Phoenix party on Galvetor when Crusher is unavailable and agrees to forward their request for intelligence.

First appears in chapter 13

A Veran survivor living amid Vyrt's violence. Familiar with the city's routes, he agrees to guide Jason's surface team toward the suspected offworld captors in return for equipment, supplies, and eventual passage away from the planet.

Also known as the netjere

First appears in chapter 16

The rescued netjere, now free to share that her name is Annada and that her people are nuans from Avaris. While Phoenix carries her toward home, she begins a private relationship with Jason.

Also known as Vulem

First appears in chapter 18

Chancellor of a border cluster incorporated into the Avarian Empire. He has held Kalette's parents and sister under threat for years, forcing her to use her access as First Attendant to arrange Annada's removal from the capital.

Also known as Annada's father

First appears in chapter 20

Annada's father and ruler of the Avarian Empire. He welcomes his returned daughter at Avaris, considers the evidence brought by Phoenix, and accepts Jason's plan for confronting the approaching Defiant without fighting directly over the planet.

Also known as Alisard

First appears in chapter 20

An Avarian officer who knows Annada. At the palace compound on Avaris, he takes custody of the Phoenix crew under the Sovereign's authority.