Trouble on Paradise characters

First appears in chapter 3

The UNEF officer leading a six-person team that supports Ruhar work on Paradise's reactivated projectors. During an arctic test, she is focused on demonstrating that humans can be dependable partners even though the Ruhar still restrict their access to the technology.

Also known as Cornpone

First appears in chapter 3

A member of Major Perkins's six-person UNEF projector-support team. Known to his companions by the call sign Cornpone, he is part of the human contingent assisting a Ruhar crew during a successful low-power test in the Paradise arctic.

Also known as Ski

First appears in chapter 3

A member of Major Perkins's six-person UNEF projector-support team, commonly addressed by the call sign Ski. He assists the Ruhar operation during its arctic firing test and remains at the remote site with the other humans as a blizzard approaches.

First appears in chapter 3

One of the two aviators on Major Perkins's UNEF projector-support team. She operates the team's Buzzard aircraft with Derek Bonsu while the unit assists a Ruhar crew testing a reactivated projector in the Paradise arctic.

First appears in chapter 3

A Buzzard aviator assigned to Major Perkins's six-person UNEF team. He works alongside Irene Striebich in support of the aircraft while their group helps the Ruhar test a reactivated projector at an isolated arctic location.

First appears in chapter 3

A member of Major Perkins's UNEF projector-support team on Paradise. She joins the other humans at a remote arctic installation, where their practical support is intended to build Ruhar confidence in human reliability despite continuing limits on their work.

Also known as Cadet Nert

First appears in chapter 5

A thirteen-year-old Ruhar military-academy cadet and Baturnah Logellia's nephew. Assigned as liaison to Major Perkins's team, he admires the humans and approaches the tropical projector mission with genuine enthusiasm about working beside them.

First appears in chapter 2

A senior Ruhar civilian official who briefs UNEF after the fighting around the projector sites. She supports drawing on human ground-combat experience and helps establish practical cooperation between UNEF personnel and Ruhar military units.

Also known as Deputy Administrator Logellia, the Burgermeister

First appears in chapter 4

The senior Ruhar official previously introduced as Deputy Administrator Logellia and informally called the Burgermeister by Perkins. She values the human team's results, but must also enforce Ruhar security policy, including UNEF's relocation and reduced access to projectors.

First appears in chapter 2

The commander whose ships destroy the Kristang pursuit squadron, bringing the ground conflict to a ceasefire in which each side retains the projectors it holds.

First appears in chapter 2

A Ruhar infantry officer confronted with the heavy cost of a victory over a Kristang projector raid. After hearing the human generals' assessment, he accepts UNEF combat advice and becomes an early military participant in the new cooperation.

First appears in chapter 2

UNEF's acting chief intelligence officer on Paradise. Following the Keeper attack, he pursues a workable relationship with the Ruhar and joins General Bailey in persuading Orban Tahl that human combat expertise can aid Ruhar ground forces.

First appears in chapter 2

A U.S. Marine general whose assessment of the recent ground battle identifies weaknesses in Ruhar operations without air and orbital support. His practical analysis helps convince infantry officer Orban Tahl to accept UNEF advisers.

Appears from the start

A Keeper officer who remains committed to the Kristang alliance. When a damaged Kristang transport demands fifty people from his village, he leads the human volunteers used as the direct assault force against a Ruhar-held projector.

Appears from the start

A private and Keeper volunteer in Staff Sergeant Surmacz's raiding team. He is troubled by the plan to attack fellow humans and take UNEF weapons, yet continues with the group as it approaches its target using improvised equipment.

Appears from the start

A Keeper raid leader who believes UNEF has abandoned its proper mission by remaining neutral. Surmacz leads one of several teams sent to seize UNEF weapons for an attack intended to prevent the Ruhar from restoring projector coverage.

Appears from the start

The injured commander of Captain Chisolm's Keeper village. Unable to accompany the operation personally, he stays behind while dispatching Chisolm and the other volunteers demanded for the Kristang-led assault on a Ruhar projector.

First appears in chapter 4

The commander of the Ruhar battlegroup assigned to Paradise. He regards human participation in the projector network as an operational-security danger and wants UNEF personnel removed from that work despite their earlier assistance.

Also known as Mysterious Benefactor

First appears in chapter 4

The unidentified figure who directed Perkins's earlier independent work involving the projectors. Known as the Mysterious Benefactor, Emby remains unconfirmed even to Ruhar intelligence, leaving both the person's identity and purpose uncertain.

First appears in chapter 6

The disgraced commander of the surviving Kristang battlegroup after its defeat at Paradise. He prepares his reduced force for disarmament and Jeraptha-supervised transport, expecting severe punishment when he returns to his clan.

First appears in chapter 7

A Ruhar master mechanic who becomes involved when Perkins's team discovers a defective drill-rig reservoir. Though initially resistant to humans performing maintenance, he provides replacements, teaches the installation procedure, and agrees to investigate the suspicious part.

First appears in chapter 3

Commander of the Ruhar frigate Mem Hertall. After his ship detects the distinctive chemical trace of the concealed Kristang frigate Glory, he directs a three-ship pursuit intended to locate and destroy the damaged vessel.

First appears in chapter 3

Second officer aboard the damaged Kristang frigate Glory. He assists his captain with a deception designed to misdirect pursuers while their hidden ship moves nearer to Paradise.

First appears in chapter 3

The unnamed Kristang captain of To Seek Glory in Battle is Glorious. With the damaged frigate concealed in the system, the captain plans a false trail to draw off Ruhar pursuit while approaching Paradise for an undisclosed operation.