Dramatis Personae (Distant Tide)

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==Characters==
*Andra-D054: Protagonist. Female SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. ONI-trained Headhunter. Sharpshooter and bomb expert for Team Boson. Lover to Merlin-D032 and student of Joshua-G024. Emotionally-volatile.
*Merlin-D032: Protagonist. Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Scout and point-man for Team Boson. Lover to Andra-D054. Wants to be a good friend, wants to leave Spartanhood.
*Daniele-D003: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Former leader of Team Boson and rogue Spartan. Father-son relationship with Jefferson Korn. Criminal element and a prodigal child who seeks life fulfillment.
*Roxanne-D107: Female SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Pilot and Medic for Team Boson. Rogue Spartan and glass miner on Reach. Very social but conflicted.
*Zachariah-D111: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Technician for Team Boson. ONI spy and assassin-in-training. Loyal, quiet fury, and self-confident. Romantically involved with Nicoline Folasade.
*Shizuko-D081: Female SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Former leader of Team Entropy. ONI-trained Headhunter. Lone survivor and PTSD-ridden, ice queen personality. The sister of Daiki-D217.
**Ector-D105: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Point-man and logistics guy for Team Entropy. Bully towards Merlin-D032 and Andra-D054. Hates weakness among Spartan ranks. Killed during his first mission.
**Helena-D101: Female SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Close combat expert for Team Entropy. Bitter but nice to others. Had a crush over Marcus-D005 before his faked training death. Killed during her first mission.
**Mika-D036: Female SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Explosives expert for Team Entropy. Straight-forward personality and loud voice. Killed during her first mission.
**Itaru-D051: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Sniper for Team Entropy. Quiet and cool under pressure. Killed during his first mission.
*Daiki-D217: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Infiltrator for Team Quasar. Rogue Spartan and frontier mercenary. Lonely and patient, a pacifist, seeks a family. The brother of Shizuko-D081.
*Jardon-D156: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Former leader of Team Quasar and last loyal member. Joined ONI's Spartan-hunting units under Markko Kallas. Laid-back turned to retribution.
**Benjamin-D394: Male SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Team Quasar heavy weapons and close combat expert, close friends with Daiki-D217. Prone to reckless anger. Missing from his first mission.
**Dayna-D299: Female SPARTAN-III Delta Company operator. Team Quasar support specialist and second-in-command. Stressed, motherly instincts. Missing from her first mission.
*Jazmine Utah: ONI Rear Admiral in charge of Beta-5 Division. Progenitor for SPARTAN-III Delta Company. Attempted to take over ONI via coup but failed. Self-righteous and ambitious. Arrested for capital crimes.
**Delphi: ONI Smart AI supervising SPARTAN-III Delta Company. Recompiled from a previous shipboard Smart AI belonging to Admiral John Harper. Introverted with a vocal stutter. Terminated following Utah's coup.
*Francis Dellend: Former ODST Sergeant and ONI Security. Head drill instructor for SPARTAN-III Delta Company. Very personable but mission-oriented. Doesn't like being outranked. Joined Baal Defense Solutions.
*Reyna Zhou-Romero: Civilian contractor for ONI, psychologist. Head recruiter for SPARTAN-III Delta Company. Took a personal interest in Merlin-D032 and Andra-D054. Created Althea for Spartan psychology research.
*Althea: Memory-wiped Smart AI created by Reyna Zhou-Romero. Lacks a base personality and forced to emulate her teammates, particularly Andra-D054. Easily scared but loyal, especially toward Merlin-D032.
*Argo 'Varvin: Former Sangheili special forces, now employed by ONI to spy on frontier criminals. Former leader of the Chivomengro hit squad. Gave up on honor, religion. Humble and caring personality, homesick.
*Nao Qoi: Independent Kig-Yar merchant who sell alien wares to the Spartan Branch. A reliable business character who cleans up well, good with humans. Acts uncle-like toward Andra-D054.
*Kazza'eme: Well-travelled Yanme'e queen. Recruited by the Syndicate to crew the Transcendent Passage. Egotistic, selfish, cares only for her own wellbeing. Killed by Andra-D054 via fuel-air explosion.
*Jefferson Korn: ONI Lieutenant Commander running Glass Raiders, a piracy ring. Former recruiter and counselor for SPARTAN-III Delta Company. Father figure to Daniele-D003, lover to Elena Zaytseva. Caring but cunning.
*Cathedral: Criminal Smart AI developed from a sicario's daughter. Loyal to Jefferson Korn and Daniele-D003. Extremely loyal and competitive, dubious under pressure. Found her calling as a shipboard AI.
*Too Variable to Measure: Liberated Huragok mercenary who absorbed a UNSC AI. Provides services to the highest bidder. Spontaneously random behavior breeds comedy but highly-objective, no-nonsense personality.
**Edict: Former Covenant AI created from a captured UNSC Smart AI. Salvaged by Too Variable to Measure. Suffers from permanent rampancy. Defined by religious dogma, views herself as a servant.
*Kaine Carver: Colonial electronics technician and hacker. Former Insurrectionist and thrill-seeking adrenaline junkie. Serious but friendly personality. Has a family back home but works on starships for income.
*Cheng Xiu: An augmented pilot with the UNSC Air Force. Military recruiter and Waypoint cinema celebrity. Reserved but friendly in the public spotlight, bigotted toward aliens. Formally dated famed singer Dylan Park.
**Collaborator: Famed Smart AI film director behind Waypoint media shows. Joined the Created and has a parental nature, wanting to teach children. Uses Waypoint shows for propaganda purposes.
*Nicoline Folasade: PRAMS Officer Cadet, missed SPARTAN-III acquisition, now on a SPARTAN-IV track. Highly-motivated and focused. Romantically-involved with Zachariah-D111.
*Merick Silverthorne: UNSC Army Sergeant with IIU-419, often handling debriefs. An extreme patriot and bigotted toward aliens. Helped accommodate Team Boson during their stay on Earth. Great with a rifle.
*Kyser Duceppe: UNSC Army Major and liaison for ONI. Leader and father-figure of Ferret Team Boson. Hates aliens, fatherly and laidback. Retired following desertions from Team Boson, traveling space on his retirement.
*Angelica Hurst: UNSC Rear Admiral leading and innovating the UNSC Wet Fleet, pulled strings to lead IIU-419. Strict but motherly toward her subordinates. Likes to drop her boats from low orbit to piss off superiors.
*Markko Kallas: Scarred former Marine officer with ONI and IIU-419. An extreme patriot, cunning at his job and terrifies his coworkers. Has close allies in ONI to pull strings over superior officers.
*Bless-G085: Female SPARTAN-III Gamma Company operator. Team Talwar's former sharpshooter. Straightforward personality and business-like. Permanently stationed in Rio de Janeiro.
*Vitor-G252: Male SPARTAN-III Gamma Company operator. Team Talwar's former close combat expert. Business-like but friendly enjoys his own handiwork. Permanently stationed in Rio de Janeiro.
*Viktoria K. Bradford: UNSC Army Sergeant in the Army Rangers. Combat medic and late mother to Andra-D054. Adventureous and highly independent. Known for extra-marital flings with teammates, killed defending Minab.
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*Alexandre Kolsokov: ODST turned SPARTAN-IV. Leader of Fireteam Riptide, part of IIU-419. Social drinker and fatherly toward his subordinates. Crushed by debris during Bombing of Philadelphia.
**Harlene Barnes: Army medic turned SPARTAN-IV. Fireteam Riptide's sharpshooter, part of IIU-419. Considered a prodigal soldier with a loving personality. Crushed by debris during Bombing of Philadelphia.
**Ikari Hibiki: Force Recon turned SPARTAN-IV. Close combat specialist for Fireteam Riptide, part of IIU-419. Youthful, inexperienced, loved tinkering. Crushed by debris during Bombing of Philadelphia.
**Blaine Richardson: ODST turned SPARTAN-IV. Fireteam Riptide's tech specialist, part of IIU-419. Laidback, tended to cuss under pressure. Crushed by debris during Bombing of Philadephia.
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