To Hell and Back characters

Appears from the start

The leader of Omega Force, directing the search for a missing battle-synth teammate. Jason is determined to attempt a recovery despite the danger posed to his crew.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's missing battle synth, now trapped in a new body dominated by a violent assassin personality. His crew is searching for a way to bring him back.

Appears from the start

Omega Force's combat specialist. He accompanies Jason to collect an engineer and helps investigate the violent attack they discover instead.

Appears from the start

An AI designer and ethics consultant known to Omega Force. He is found critically injured after an interrogation-style assault, and his knowledge may be important to Lucky's condition.

Appears from the start

The engineer's synth aide attempts to defend him during the attack. Despite catastrophic damage, the aide survives long enough to direct Jason upstairs before dying.

First appears in chapter 2

Omega Force's intelligence and systems specialist. He examines a destroyed synth aide and discovers a concealed encrypted data core that may explain the attack.

Also known as 707, Tin Man

First appears in chapter 2

A Lot 700 battle-synth commander who volunteers to join the search. Having previously protected Jason's son, 707 now supports the attempt to recover the missing synth.

Also known as primary weapon controller

First appears in chapter 2

A dormant former controller whose return remains a strategic danger. An archive interface has triggered only a temporary maintenance standby, and the Machine's servants may attempt to restore it.

Also known as Mok

First appears in chapter 3

A resistance leader and ally of Omega Force whose home system has suffered a devastating bombardment. He is pursuing those responsible while protecting what remains of his organization.

Also known as 701

First appears in chapter 3

A Lot 700 battle synth assigned to lead the detail guarding the concealed Devil's Fortune and its sensitive archive.

Also known as 784

First appears in chapter 3

A Lot 700 battle synth assigned to provide technical assistance to the incomplete archive interface aboard the hidden corvette.

First appears in chapter 3

Omega Force's trusted AI and systems specialist. Kaz departs aboard the Phoenix with Jason and Twingo as the crew begins its search.

First appears in chapter 3

Omega Force's engineer, responsible for maintaining the crew's ships and equipment. He joins Jason aboard the Phoenix for the search.

First appears in chapter 4

A highly mobile battle-synth assassin who uses disguise, a plasma carbine, and concealed blades. An internal voice sometimes resists his willingness to harm innocents, but he suppresses it.

First appears in chapter 5

A Replics Guild bounty broker identified as a possible route to Seven's contracts and current location.

Also known as Senior Council Member Scleesz

First appears in chapter 9

A politically exposed Confed council member and opponent of the Machine. He receives intelligence about a synth power grab and the effort to seize the prototype assassin body.

Also known as Kellea

First appears in chapter 9

A rebel-aligned naval leader under an assassination contract linked to an earlier battle. Saditava Mok is protecting her while Omega Force investigates the threat.

First appears in chapter 9

An elderly Kheprian intelligence operative who has worked inside the Confed capital for centuries. Sympathetic to the rebellion, he warns Scleesz about the synth leader's plans.

Also known as synth leader

First appears in chapter 9

The synth leader controlling the Machine's former forces. He seeks the last assassin prototype so he can reproduce its design and provoke a wider war.

Also known as the Viper

First appears in chapter 10

A cybernetically augmented contract operative assigned to kill Kellea Colleren. Jason plans a tightly limited counter-contract as leverage against her mission and as a possible way to locate Seven.

Also known as 929

First appears in chapter 11

A battle synth from the Amita Legion's internal-security force. Acting on 707's request, 929 helps stage the covert extraction of Scleesz from Khepri.

First appears in chapter 12

A fragment of a Noxu AI now housed in a reconnaissance probe. Cas assists Omega Force but feels isolated and resentful after being separated from Jason's mind.

First appears in chapter 12

Carolyn Whitney's partner and the father of the young daughter being used to coerce her. He explains the pressure behind Whitney's contract against Kellea.

First appears in chapter 13

A skilled broker at Colton Hub who has an open-ended arrangement with Seven and a longstanding connection to Carolyn Whitney. She accepts Jason's proposed contract despite knowing he was likely to approach her.

First appears in chapter 14

Seleste's trusted aide and usual pilot. During the escape from Colton Hub, he remains behind with explosives to delay the pursuing synths and give the others time to flee.

First appears in chapter 19

A captive Prue engineer who helped create Seven and is known to Lucky. A synth cult uses him in a staged hostage message intended to draw Omega Force into a trap.

First appears in chapter 20

Omega Force's medic. Doc remains aboard the Phoenix with Twingo to provide support and extraction while the ground team enters the mining settlement.

First appears in chapter 27

The holder of the still-unresolved contract to kill Kellea Colleren. Seleste warns Jason that the Viper may yet carry it out.