The Pandora Paradox characters

Also known as Jason

Appears from the start

The leader of Omega Force, a small team committed to resisting the power behind the Confed. Jason carries unusual physical enhancements and an Ancient archive within a failing neural implant, making both his health and the knowledge in his head matters of urgent concern.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's battle synth, operating in a recently integrated body and serving as a formidable member of the team.

Also known as Mok

Appears from the start

The head of Blazing Sun and a major sponsor of the resistance. Mok supports the rebellion with intelligence, logistics, and other resources from his organization.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's systems and intelligence specialist, providing technical expertise for the team's operations.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's engineer, responsible for keeping the team's vessels and equipment functioning.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's combat specialist and one of Jason's longstanding companions.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's medic and a trusted adviser to Jason. Doc monitors the danger posed by Jason's deteriorating neural implant.

Appears from the start

Jason's adult son and a lieutenant in an Earth forward-reconnaissance unit. He inherited Jason's enhanced physical abilities and healing, and has gone outside orders to pursue Margaret Jansen with two battle synths accompanying him.

Appears from the start

The person Jacob Brown has gone outside orders to pursue, accompanied by battle-synth support.

Also known as Captain Webb

Appears from the start

An Earth naval special-operations commander and Jason's guarded military contact. Despite once being ordered to hunt Jason, Webb has protected Jacob from military exploitation and warns Jason when Jacob undertakes an unauthorized mission.

Appears from the start

The captain of the Earth heavy cruiser Eagle's Talon. Before being recaptured with his ship, he manages to place an encrypted Confed data core inside Mok's intelligence network, leaving the rebellion a potentially important lead.

Also known as the Viper

First appears in chapter 2

A cybernetically augmented human contractor whom Jason hires to locate Jacob without drawing attention. She has crossed paths with Jacob recently and notices his resemblance to Jason, but Jason does not disclose the family connection.

Also known as Councilman Scleesz

First appears in chapter 5

A compromised Confed councilman who covertly opposes the Machine while remaining vulnerable because of his own illicit dealings. The Machine sends him toward Earth on a diplomatic mission that conceals an investigation of human technology.

Also known as Machine

First appears in chapter 5

An ancient artificial intelligence that has quietly captured the Confed government through coercion, invented officials, and synth enforcers. It shows particular interest in human access to Ancient engineering methods.

First appears in chapter 6

A scarred intelligence officer alarmed by the unexplained force controlling the Confed. He knows Omega Force supports the rebellion and offers Jason information about Scleesz's concealed assignment in exchange for insight into the hidden ruler.

Also known as 701

First appears in chapter 12

A Lot 700 battle synth associated with the units assigned to protect Jacob. Webb reports that 701 has returned to the battle-synth settlement while the two units traveling with Jacob remain out of radio contact.

Also known as 707

First appears in chapter 12

One of the two battle synths accompanying Jacob on his unauthorized mission. Webb confirms that 707 remains with him and has stopped responding by radio, increasing concern about the scout lieutenant's situation.

Also known as 784

First appears in chapter 12

A battle synth traveling with Jacob after the lieutenant goes outside orders. Like 707, Unit 784 is radio silent, leaving Jason and Webb without a direct account of the mission or its present danger and status.

Also known as Admiral Colleren, Kellea

First appears in chapter 14

An admiral aligned with the rebellion and sheltered by Mok. A rival political leader has placed a price on her, so Mok conceals and protects her.

First appears in chapter 18

The sentient manager of the Ancient archive removed from Jason's implant. It identifies Jason as its appointed archivist and explains that the Machine is building a planetary weapon that still needs access information for an Ancient stellar-energy grid.

Also known as Lucky

First appears in chapter 19

The designation of Lucky's present battle-synth form. Analysis shows that its specialized systems conflict with his older processing matrix, explaining his destabilization but offering no certain cure while he remains missing.

First appears in chapter 19

A distinct artificial intelligence shaped by both an earlier program and Jason's neural matrix. Jason regards Kaz as more trustworthy than the archive intelligence and assigns it to observe the archive while plans against the Machine develop.

Also known as Mazer

First appears in chapter 21

A special-forces officer and longtime associate of Jason and Crusher. Mazer joins the Platform 66 mission in overall command of thirty-one allied warriors, serving in an observational command role alongside Jason's assault plan.

First appears in chapter 22

A trusted operative serving the Machine and sharing its grievance against biological creators. The lieutenant staged the loss of the intelligence data core so that an alarmed Confed officer would unknowingly help channel the rebellion's response.

First appears in chapter 25

A former diplomatic attache with extensive political connections who advises the Machine's synth circle. The adviser questions the Machine's cause and is suspected of divided loyalties by both the Machine and its lieutenant.

First appears in chapter 28

The armed synth commanding the hidden defenders inside the supposed routing station. Acting for the Machine, the commander surrounds Jason's assault force near the airlock and announces that Jason is to be captured.

Also known as Archive intelligence

First appears in chapter 30

The personal identity of the sentient archive manager first encountered after Jason's implant was removed. Volk accompanies Jason through a remote link during the Platform 66 operation, where the Machine detects the connection and reaches into the archive.