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The Stand

None Can Stand Against Us

Type of Ship
Heavy Cruiser

Species
Kristang

Control AI
Standard Kristang Control AI

Armament
Shipkiller missiles, railguns, maser cannons and point defense cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dragon Dropships, Jawkuar dropships and STOC dropships

The *None Can Stand Against Us* was intended to be used to get the two remaining Fire Dragon clan leaders from Kobamik to safety. Skippy the Magnificent had wormed his way into the jump drive systems of the *None Can Stand Against Us* and its two escort frigates. Skippy programmed the jumps drives of the three ships so that they jumped into a mine field near the *Flying Dutchman*. The *Dutchman* engaged a damping field. The two escort frigates were destroyed by mines. The *Stand* began to pursue the *Dutchman* but ran into more mines. Knowing that she did not have long before she was destroyed, the *Stand* launched all her missiles at the *Dutchman*. As the *Dutchman* jumped away, the *Stand* was destroyed.

1. ↑ https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-callahan
2. ↑ ExForce 4: Black Ops
The Beat-Down

I am Aching To Give Somebody A Beat-Down And Today Is YOUR Lucky Day

Type of Ship
Fast Battleship

Species
Jeraptha

Flag Officer
Admiral Gost-Ren Tashallo

Captain
Captain Dahmen

Control AI
Standard Jeraptha Control AI

Armament
Skipkiller missiles, railguns, maser cannons and point defense cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dropships

Status
Active

The *Beat-Down* is the Flagship of the Mighty 98th Fleet at the Battle of Glark and the Battle of Nubrentia. It is the sister ship of the *How’d That Work Out For You?* and the *You Should See The Last Guy Who Tried That Shit*.

1. ↑ Mavericks Book 1: Deathtrap
Hans Chotek

Hans Chotek

First Name
Hans Ernst

Last Name
Chotek

Alias(s)
"Count Chocula"

Rank / Title
Civilian Diplomat

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 3: Paradise, Chapter 4

Last Known Location
Earth

Hans Chotek was primarily a Diplomat. His heritage is connected to Nobility, thus how Skippy the Magnificent gave him the nickname of "Count Chocula".
He was in command of the UNEF Mission aboard the Flying Dutchman from the events in Paradise until the events of Mavericks. His command did not extend to situations of a Military nature. At that point, Col. Joseph Bishop was in command.
He had a contentious relationship with Joe until they found a mutual respect for each other just before the events of Renegades.
During the events of Armageddon, Chotek stayed behind on Avalon and was placed in charge of the beta site.
During the events of Brushfire, Chotek eventually returned to Earth and was a UN Diplomatic Attache based in Geneva. He traveled to Paradise to negotiate with Baturnah Logellia on a technology exchange with the Ruhar. He returned to Earth shortly after negotiations to await the Ruhar's decision, but before they decided, the Rindhalu demanded that the Rindhalu Coalition species no longer have any contact with humans.
The Kedwala

We Are Proud To Follow The Shining Example Of Combat Rifleman Tuut-uas-Val Kedwala

Type of Ship
Destroyer

Species
Kristang

Flag Officer
Admiral Jet-au-Bes Kekrando

Executive Officer
Tiekum

Control AI
Standard Kristang Control AI

Armament
Railguns, maser cannons and point defence cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dragon dropships

Status
Active

The *Kedwala* was part of the Kristang Pradassis Task Force. She hosted the Commander of the Task Force Admiral Jet-au-Bes Kekrando while preparing for a war game. The *Kedwala* became Admiral Kekrando's stand-in Flagship after his original Flagship, the *He Who Pushes Aside Fear Shall Always Be Victorious*, was destroyed by the first volley from the maser projectors on the surface of Pradassis.

1. ↑ https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-callahan
2. ↑ ExForce 3: Paradise
Dr. Mark Friedlander (MBoP)

Dr. Mark Friedlander

First Name
Mark

Last Name
Friedlander

Rank / Title
Civilian Doctor / Rocket Scientist / Science Team Leader

Affiliation(s)
NASA / Merry Band of Pirates / Science Team

Relationship Status
Married

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 17

Last Known Location
Earth

Dr. Mark Friedlander is a NASA Engineer (Rocket Scientist) on loan to and assigned by UNEF-Earth to the Science Team on the Flying Dutchman. He likes to tell jokes. He is infamous among the Pirates for getting the best of Skippy the Magnificent by asking him how you keep an idiot in suspense. He returned to Earth, but rejoined the Pirates for the Renegades mission.
Dr. Friedlander led the Science Team aboard the Valkyrie. He was perfectly suited to the position. Besides being extremely intelligent, he is personable and gets along with most everyone. He usually starts his meetings with a joke. By his own admission, he is a nerd, which helped a great deal when the native Maxolhx AI created worm was attacking Nagatha. His nerdiness allowed him to decode Nagatha's messages.
After spending some time helping set up the beta site on Avalon, he returned to Earth to be with his family.
The Never Here

We Were Never Here

Type of Ship
Frigate

Species
Jeraptha

Captain
Commander Zilleen Fentenu

Control AI
Standard Jeraptha AI

Armament
Maser cannons and point defense cannons

Notable Features
Specialized ECO stealth ship

Auxilliary Craft
Dropships

Status
Destroyed

The *Never Here* participated in the raid on the Wurgalan Boneyard Site Two to obtain ships for the attack on Stiglord (Squidworld). With the mass-detection system being hacked and told to ignore signals from the gravimetric sensors when the ships of the ECO squadron jumped in, they maneuvered close to their targets, extending thin power cables to provide a partial charge to the jump drive capacitors of the Wurgalan ships on the shopping list.
The jump drive system of each ship was tested under a trickle of power, temporary repairs were made, then the Jeraptha ship moved on to hook up power cables to the next ship on the list.
Only three Wurgalan ships failed the testing and had to be replaced by other ships, a result that was much more than acceptable. When power cables were disconnected from the last ship on the shopping list, the ECO ships backed away and accelerated at a leisurely rate, getting clear of the Boneyard. The obsolete Wurgalan ships powered up their jump drives and disappeared in brief flashes of gamma radiation.
The ship was destroyed by the Bosphuraq ship, the *Regent of Kallistah*, while escorting, the *Rock-Solid And Suspiciously Convenient Alibi*, one of the three Technology Demonstrators on tour. Commander Zilleen Fentenu was the most senior officer to survive the attack in a life pod.

1. ↑ https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-callahan
2. ↑ Mavericks Book 2: Freefall
3. ↑ ExForce 11: Brushfire
The Deal

Deal Me In

Type of Ship
Star Carrier

Species
Jeraptha

Control AI
Standard Jeraptha Control AI

Armament
Railguns, maser cannons and point defense cannons

Notable Features
Can carry larger and almost twice as many ships as a Thuranin Star Carrier

Auxilliary Craft
Dropships

Status
Destroyed

The *Deal Me In* was much more massive than a standard Thuranin star carrier, she could carry twenty seven (almost twice as many) and larger ships than a standard Thuranin star carrier such as the Flying Dutchman v1.0.
The *Deal* was assigned to a training exercise that involved the Mavericks. She jumped away with the main part of the battlegroup for a real-time engagement with the Bosphuraq. She and all of the ships docked to her, returned with battle damage.
As the *Ruh Tostella (or Toaster)* was waiting to perform a combat dock with her, a Bosphuraq battlecruiser jumped in and began attacking and she was mostly destroyed during the attack. Only the aft section remained. The *Toaster* jumped away in order to avoid destruction by the Bosphuraq battlecruiser.
Later, when the *Toaster* jumped back to the *Deal*, the *Toaster* manually docked with her. Her jump capacitors contained an eighty one percent charge. Arlon Ernt Dahl was able to use a Ruhar-designed Jeraptha jump drive emulator to program a jump. After jumping in near Camp Alpha, the *Deal* was abandoned along with the *Toaster*.

1. ↑ https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-callahan
2. ↑ Mavericks
Camp Alpha

Camp Alpha

View from Space

Surface view (photo by: Mark Esguerra)

Occupying Species:
Kristang, Humans (past)

Notable Features:
107% Earth gravity / High tempuratures

**Camp Alpha** was the Human name for a Kristang-owned habitable planet with seven percent greater gravity than Earth. Though located in a star system with a red star, it had rather high temperatures. UNEF had been brought to the planet where it established a temporary base of operations of the same name prior to their redeployment to Paradise.

History
Several millenia ago, an Elder 'weapon' cooked Camp Alpha, damaging its atmosphere and biosphere by an unspecified amount. The Kristang once established a solar observatory to study this event, though the facility fell into partial disrepair before being repurposed to research avenues of biological warfare. The facility was directed to utilize the primitive Humans as vectors with a prion-based pathogen that was highly lethal to Ruhar. This was happening concurrently to UNEF's training deployment to the world, on nearly the opposite side of the planet.
The Mavericks assaulted and destroyed this research facility with the assistance of Verd-kris and Jeraptha, rescuing Keepers of the Faith imprisoned and used as test subjects by the Kristang.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ExForce 1: Columbus Day
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ExForce 6: Mavericks
Google Traduction

**Google Traduction** est une voix de synthèse qui est souvent utilisé pour la voix de Marge dans les simpson dsi

En 2013/2014 la voix a commencée a être changée par google , ce qui rend impossible de faire des pauses entre des mots ou des phrases comme par exemple :

*Bonjour homer , . , . , . , Sava*

La nouvelle voix de google traduction ne fera pas de pause entre le "Homer" et le "Sava"
Seager (MBoP)

Seager

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Seager

Rank / Title
(Unknown) / Pilot

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 13

Last Known Location
Earth

Seager is a Pilot who was assigned by UNEF on Earth to the Flying Dutchman. He was the one who gave Bishop the idea to name Newark.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
Factions / Groups

Security

 Mighty 98th Fleet (Blue Squadron)

 Gehtanu Task Force
 United Nations Expeditionary Force (UNEF-Paradise) | Humans | (varies between the five nations of UNEF every two months)

 Third Fleet
 Wormhole Task Force

	+ Special Air Service (not RAF, the name is misdirection)
* British Royal Navy
	+ Special Boat Service
* French Army
* Indian Army
* Maine National Guard
* People's Liberation Army (China)
* Thompson Corners Sheriff's Department
* United States Air Force (USAF)
* United States Army (USAR)
	+ 10th Mountain Infantry Division
	+ 1st Armored Division
	+ 3rd Infantry Division
	+ 101st Airborne Division
	+ Army Rangers
	+ Delta Force
* United States Forest Service
* United States Marine Corps (USMC)
* United States Navy (USN)
	+ US Navy SEALs
* Works Progress Administration

1. ↑ ExForce 3: Paradise
Renee Giraud

Renee Giraud

First Name
Renee

Last Name
Giraud

Rank / Title
Capitane

Affiliation(s)
* French Army
	+ French Paratroopers
* United Nations Expeditionary Force
	+ The Merry Band of Pirates
		- STAR team

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Deceased

First Appearance
ExForce 1: Columbus Day, Chapter 11

Death
ExForce 8: Armageddon, Chapter 39

Capitane Renee Giraud was a French Special Forces Paratrooper serving assigned to UNEF on Paradise. He was an original member of the Merry Band of Pirates, recruited by Col. Joseph Bishop. He volunteered for the Pirates because he was bored and it gave him the chance to see some action.
He lead the team that captured the Kristang frigate, "Heavenly Morning Flower of Glorious Victory" (which was renamed The Flower).
Giraud was also an original member of the STAR team aboard the Flying Dutchman.
Giraud was killed on a mission to obtain new VPMs at an automated Maxolhx supply base. The station turned out to have a Maxolhx crew performing maintenance and the Pirates were ambushed and suffered a devastating defeat, resulting in the death of Giraud, Fal Desai, most of the STAR team and severe injuries to Margaret Adams and Jeremy Smythe.
Listening Order

Click here for the Listening Order (Chronological)
Click here for the Reading Order.
1. ExForce 1: Columbus Day
2. ExForce 2: Spec Ops
3. ExForce 3: Paradise
4. ExForce 3.5: Trouble in Paradise (Novella)
5. ExForce 4: Black Ops
6. ExForce 5: Zero Hour
7. ExForce 6: Mavericks
8. ExForce 7: Renegades
9. ExForce 7.5: Homefront (Audio Drama)
10. Mavericks Book 1: Deathtrap
11. ExForce 8: Armageddon
12. ExForce 9: Valkyrie
13. Mavericks Book 2: Freefall
14. ExForce 10: Critical Mass
15. ExForce 11: Brushfire
16. ExForce 12: Breakaway
17. ExForce 13: Fallout
18. ExForce 14: Match Game
19. ExForce 15: Failure Mode
20. ExForce 16: Aftermath
Gustav Renaud

Gustav Renaud

First Name
Gustav

Last Name
Renaud

Rank / Title
Captain / Pilot

Affiliation(s)
French Air Force / Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 4: Black Ops, Chapter 8

Last Known Location
Earth

Captain Gustav Renaud is a French Air Force Pilot assigned by UNEF-Earth to the Flying Dutchman.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
Podium Audio

Podium Audio is an audio-first entertainment studio and independent audiobook publisher that finances, develops, produces and distributes immersive audio content.
Originally Podium Publishing, the company rebranded to Podium Audio in 2020 to encompass all audio endeavors, while still continuing their primary business of publishing audiobooks.
Podium gained international notice for turning unknown author Andy Weir’s e-book The Martian into the most successful science fiction audiobook in the world. The first fiction audiobook Podium Audio published, The Martian created a strong foundation for the business, going on to become a top box office, award-winning film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon. Podium Audio remains at the forefront of discovering new literary and voice talent, focused on supporting, nurturing and discovering independent authors and narrators from the U.S. and around the world.

In this vein, Podium was very lucky to partner with Craig Alanson in 2016 to publish Expeditionary Force Book 1: Columbus Day. Since then they have published all 10 books in the series, as well as both books in the Expeditionary Force Mavericks series. They are currently hard at work on Book 11 of ExForce, which will bring you more of the genius pair R.C. Bray and Craig Alanson.
Data-driven, Podium stays on the bleeding edge of what’s trending in the audio world. It is an industry leader in the audiobook genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy and a pioneer in bringing the popular sub-genres of Gamelit, LitRPG, Wuxia and Xianxia to the fore. Additionally, Podium publishes mystery/thriller, young adult, romance and non-fiction genres.
For more info on Expeditionary Force, R.C. Bray, or Craig Alanson, Podium's ExForce page has it all, including goodies like exclusive trailers, fun Q&A's, and more!
The Alibi

Rock-Solid And Suspiciously Convenient Alibi

Type of Ship
ECO Stealth Light Cruiser

Class
Modified Trifecta-class

Species
Jeraptha

Control AI
Standard Jeraptha Control AI

Armament
Shipkiller missiles, railguns, masers and point defense cannons

Notable Features
ECO-Modified Technology Demonstrator upgraded with advanced jump drives and minor "Skippy the Magnificent"-magic

Auxilliary Craft
Dropships

Status
Destroyed

The *Alibi* was a ECO-modified Trifecta-class light cruiser. It was one of three technology demonstrators. The other two were Back-Stabber class vessels.
She was attacked by the Bosphuraq Imperial battleship *Regent of Kallistah* and then, after the Bosphuraq boarded her to retrieve the new technology, she self-destructed and destroyed the *Kallistah* along with another battlecruiser, three light cruisers, four destroyers, and the star carrier they were all attached to.
The ECO, knowing that the she would be attacked by rival species, had configured the *Alibi* to transfer a "Trojan Horse" to them.

1. ↑ https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-callahan
2. ↑ ExForce 11: Brushfire
Jeff Mychalchyk

Jeff Mychalchyk

First Name
Jeff

Last Name
Mychalchyk

Rank / Title
(Unknown) / U.S. Army Ranger

Affiliation(s)
U.S. Army / Merry Band of Pirates / Spec Ops Teams

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 4: Black Ops, Chapter 7

Last Known Location
Earth

Jeff Mychalcjyk is a Special Forces U.S. Army Ranger assigned by UNEF-Earth to the Flying Dutchman. He was member of the Spec Ops Teams.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
The Mecdunnue

Tig Mecdunnue

Type of Ship
Assault Carrier

Species
Ruhar

Captain
Captain Rennul

Control AI
Standard Ruhar Control AI

Armament
Maser cannons and point defense cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dodo dropships, Vulture gunship/dropships and Whale dropships

Status
Destroyed

The *Mecdunnue* was called the *Big Mac* by the Mavericks. She was part of the Ruhar 7th Fleet under Admiral Kune's command and tasked wwith suporting the Alien Legion above Stiglord (Squidworld). It was the ship that Lieutenant Colonel Emily Perkins and the Mavericks were aboard, although the Mavericks team had been spilt up between several dropships.
After witnessing the destruction of the *Dal Turnaden*, thrusters under the nose of the *Big Mac* fired to point the ship away from the planet and the shattered remains of the *Turnaden*, while the assault carrier’s main engines spun up to full emergency thrust. The big engines were slow to ramp up and the acceleration built up almost imperceptibly.
In the dropships that had not yet launched, pilots saw with alarm their mother ship’s new course, clawing for jump altitude. Their orders had not changed, the assault carrier was still spitting out dropships one at a time, each launch accompanied by clusters of sensor-jamming decoys. On the tactical data feed, all the pilots had seen what happened to the *Turnaden* and every single one of them was eager to get the hell away from the carrier as fast as possible.
The *Big Mac* needed to increase speed to achieve a stable orbit, then escape velocity, then rocket away past an imaginary line where the planet’s gravity well was weak enough to allow the formation of a jump wormhole that would bring the assault carrier somewhere, anywhere other than under the deadly guns of the enemy SD network. The engines reached full military thrust, then the engineers authorized releasing safety mechanisms until the mighty engines were vibrating on their magnetic mounts at seven percent more than their rated power.
X-rays struck the shields along the topside of the *Big Mac*. The intense photons were deflected outward, spread out along the outline of the shields around the top and both sides of the ship, or partially absorbed by the generators. Circuits in those generators overloaded and tripped off, protecting the generators but weakening the ship’s defenses.
That assault carrier had been struck twice by X-ray lasers, and even through the static-y sensor feed, the *Big Mac* had its nose tilted away from the planet, its engines burning hard to gain altitude. The long flames firing out from the booster motors at the ship’s aft end. Those boosters, which could only be used once before they had to be replaced, were rarely used and always used only when there was no other choice.
The *Big Mac* flared as an X-ray laser beam burned right through weakened shields, armor plating and structural frames to slice the assault carrier in two pieces.

1. ↑ Mavericks Book 2: Freefall
Gomez (MBoP)

Gomez (MBoP)

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Gomez

Rank / Title
Captain / U.S. Army Ranger

Affiliation(s)
U.S. Army / Merry Band of Pirates / Spec Ops Teams

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 20

Last Known Location
Earth

Captain Gomez was a Special Forces U.S. Army Ranger assigned by UNEF on Earth to the Flying Dutchman. He was a member of the Spec Ops Teams.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
Dr. Tanaka (MBoP)

Dr. Tanaka (MBoP)

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Tanaka

Rank / Title
Civilian Doctor / Medical

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates Science Team

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 16

Last Known Location
Earth

Dr. Tanaka was a Medical Doctor assigned by UNEF on Earth to the Science Team on the Flying Dutchman. He accompanied the Spec Ops Teams mission on Newark. He later returned to Earth.
Dr. Zheng (MBoP)

Dr. Zheng (MBoP)

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Zheng

Rank / Title
Civilian Doctor / Biologist

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates Science Team

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Female

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 11

Last Known Location
Earth

Dr. Zheng was a Medical Doctor and Biologist assigned by UNEF-Earth to the Science Team on the Flying Dutchman. She later returned to Earth.
Amos Gonzalez

Amos Gonzalez

First Name
Amos

Last Name
Gonzalez

Rank / Title
Lieutenant

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 1: Columbus Day, Chapter 2

Lieutenant Gonzalez was a Specialist Joseph Bishop's platoon leader in the **10th Mountain Infantry Division** of the United States Army.
Nagatha

Redirect to:

* Nagatha Christie
]

This is a sub-mind created by Skippy to control a relay station the Pirates captured in Paradise. Since then she has grown to become very capable at most things. Almost like Skippy. Then she became the native AI aboard the Flying Dutchman. She has a very motherly personality and is president of the 'Joe bishop fan club'
Jason Nunnally

Jason Nunnally

First Name
Jason

Last Name
Nunnally

Rank / Title
(Unknown) / SAS / STAR team

Affiliation(s)
British Army / Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 7: Renegades, Chapter 5

Last Known Location
Valkyrie

Jason Nunnally is a Special Forces British Army Special Air Service (SAS) (serving with the 22 Special Air Services Regiment) who joined the Merry Band of Pirates during the events of ExForce 7: Renegades.
He was on Smythe's race team with Katie Frey and Justin Grudzien.
Nunnally initially was assigned by the British Army to detain Smythe]], but Katie Frey intervened and incapacitated him.
Once he found out the truth of Earth's situation, Nunnally, along with Frey and Grudzien, joins the Pirates on the Flying Dutchman.
He is a member of the STAR team.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ExForce 7: Renegades
Lauren Poole

Lauren Poole

First Name
Lauren

Last Name
Poole

Rank / Title
Lieutenant / STAR team

Affiliation(s)
U. S. Army Rangers / Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Female

Notable Attribute(s)
Gymnast

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 3: Paradise

Lt. Lauren Poole is an Army Ranger falling under the command of then Captain, Jeremy Smythe. She was assigned to protect Col. Joseph Bishop when he accompanies the Spec Ops team on away missions. She is currently a member of the STAR team.
She is a former gymnast.
Poole also snores whilst sleeping.
She accompanies Joe, Skippy the Magnificent and Smythe in the underground tunnels on Gingerbread to obtain a communication node that Skippy needs to combat the AI worm.
Poole, using Kristang armor, single-handedly fended off an attempt by a Delta Forces team to hijack the Flying Dutchman and was solely responsible for the Merry Band of Pirates re-taking the Dutchman.
At some point after the Renegades mission, she returned to Earth.

1. ↑ ExForce 4: Black Ops
2. ↑ ExForce 5: Zero Hour
3. ↑ ExForce 7: Renegades
Sodhi (MBoP)

Lieutenant Sodhi

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Sodhi

Rank / Title
Lieutenant / Indian Paratrooper

Affiliation(s)
Indian Army / Merry Band of Pirates / Spec Ops Teams

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 4: Black Ops

Last Known Location
Earth

Lieutenant Sodhi is a Special Forces Indian Paratrooper assigned by UNEF-Earth to the Flying Dutchman. He was a member of the Spec Ops Teams.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
Taylor (MBoP)

Taylor (MBoP)

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Taylor

Rank / Title
(Unknown) / U.S. Navy SEAL

Affiliation(s)
U.S. Navy / Merry Band of Pirates / Spec Ops Teams

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 11

Last Known Location
Earth

Taylor was a U.S. Navy Seal assigned by UNEF on Earth to the Flying Dutchman. He is a member of the Spec Ops Teams.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
Asok Putri

Asok Putri

First Name
Asok

Last Name
Putri

Rank / Title
Private

Affiliation(s)
Indian Army / Merry Band of Pirates (Original)

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Deceased

First Appearance
ExForce 1: Columbus Day, Chapter 11

Last Known Location
Kristang Asteroid Base

Asok Putri was a Private in the Indian Army, serving with UNEF on Paradise. He was recruited by Col. Joseph Bishop to become an Original Member of the Merry Band of Pirates. He was killed in action during the Pirates raid on the Kristang Asteroid Base.
The How'd That Work

How’d That Work Out For You?

Type of Ship
Fast Battleship

Species
Jeraptha

Control AI
Standard Jeraptha Control AI

Armament
Skipkiller missiles, railguns, maser cannons and point defense cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dropships

Status
Active

The *How'd That Work* was assigned to the Mighty 98th Fleet commanded by Admiral Gost-Ren Tashallo at the Nubrentia system. Sister ship of the *I am Aching To Give Somebody A Beat-Down And Today Is YOUR Lucky Day* and the *You Should See The Last Guy Who Tried That Shit*.

1. ↑ Mavericks Book 1: Deathtrap
Dragonfly

Dragonfly

Type of Ship
Dropship

Species
Jeraptha

Armament
Masers / Point Defense Cannons

Notable Features
Troop carrier / Defense Shields / Stealth capability

Dragonfly dropships are a widely used type of dropship of the Jeraptha. A full compliment of Dragonflies were acquired by humans in a technology trade with the Jeraptha. These Dragonflies are currently in use by the United Nations Navy.
The Let It Ride

Let It Ride

Type of Ship
Civilian Star Carrier (based on a standard military type)

Species
Jeraptha / Stolen by The Merry Band of Pirates (Humans)

Captain
Captain Federatan

Armament
Minimal weapons

Notable Features
Minimal shields

Status
Active

The *Let It Ride* is a civilian Jeraptha star carrier based on a standard design that was shared with their military. She didn’t have hardened control systems like a military ship would.
The star carrier was needed to help transport Verd-kris volunteers off of Rentenoh. The Merry Band of Pirates decided to steal her to demonstrate to the Rindhalu that the Jeraptha and Ruhar were not assisting humans by providing them ships.
With the *Let It Ride* sitting motionless, and lacking military-grade sensors and control systems, Skippy the Magnificent was able to infiltrate the AIs of the *Let It Ride*, and the six Ruhar civilian transport ships attached to the hard points. The star carrier was selected as the target because it was a civilian vessel with minimal defenses, it had recently gone through an extensive refit, and the transport ships were all empty, other than their civilian crews. The ships had minimal shields and weapons.
While speaking with Captain Federatan, General Joseph Bishop explained that before they arrived, the Pirates had stopped at a Jeraptha relay station and placed a wager in her and her crew's behalf that correctly guessed what the Pirates would do with the stolen Star Carrier and five of the six Ruhar transports. The information available to Captain Federatan included when and where the wagers were supposedly made, their accepted odds, and the payouts for winning. To keep Central Wagering from being suspicious, eight of the nine wagers were out of the money, but the one that won, hit big. The details of the wager were obscured to her. Captain Federatan and her crew were allowed to depart using the remaining Ruhar transport.
She will probably be modified into a military version of the Jeraptha Star Carrier.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ExForce 12: Breakaway
Ancient Newark Species

Ancient Newark Species

General Apperance
Bi-pedal, short and stocky with ridges on top of their heads

Patron Species
N/A

Client Species
N/A

Tech Level
Tier 5

While on Newark, Dr. Graziano of the Science Team discovered a primitive ancient species who had inhabited Newark about two and a half million years ago until the planet was pushed out of its orbit and went into a deep ice age, eventually killing all life on the planet. The inhabitants of Newark were in their Bronze Age, making them a Tier 5 species.
There were only skeletons left. They were all carefully laid on carved stone slabs. The bodies may have been dressed in fine clothing, or wrapped in ceremonial cloth, now they were only bones. Some had bronze shields laid atop them, some without.
They had two arms, two legs, a head with holes for two eyes, and an opening for a nose that was more horizontal than humans. They also had a bony ridge on top of their heads. The leg bones were heavy. They were short, shorter than the average human due to the higher gravity.
There were tools, axes, shovels, spears, swords, arrowheads and ceramic containers.
The ancient species on Newark, had they survived, would have been much older than the Rindhalu and, subsequently, quite possibly could have evolved to be the next most technologically superior species after the Elders ascended.
Li (MBoP)

Li (MBoP)

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Li

Rank / Title
Captain / Chinese Night Tiger

Affiliation(s)
People's Liberation Army / Merry Band of Pirates / Spec Ops Teams

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 20

Last Known Location
Earth

Captain Li was a Special Forces Chinese Night Tiger (People's Liberation Army) assigned by UNEF on Earth to the Flying Dutchman. He was a member of the Spec Ops Teams.
At some point, he returned to Earth.
Nagatha Christie

Nagatha Christie

Art created by logicfun

First Name
Nagatha

Last Name
Christie

Rank / Title
AI controlling The Flying Dutchman

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Elder AI (communications sub-mind)

Sex
N/A assumes female gender

Notable Attribute(s)
Self Aware Sub-mind created by Skippy the Magnificent

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 4: Black Ops, Chapter 4

Last Known Location
The Flying Dutchman

Origins
Nagatha developed from a communication sub-mind left by Skippy the Magnificent in a Thuranin listening post.
The sub-mind was left for months sifting Thuranin communication data, this was to determine if they were sending another ship to Earth whilst the Merry Band of Pirates went to Paradise to aid the humans settled there.

Upon Dutchman's return to the listening post the crew were visiting to practice zero gravity drills and to get off the ship they noticed something was trying to communicate.
 At first Skippy tried to prevent Nagatha from communicating with the crew as the sub-mind had developed beyond its original programming.

Colonel Joseph Bishop asked Nagatha to go into Skippy's can to try and find him, she created a communication channel for him.
She was placed into storage in Skippy's internal matrix during these events as he didn't have the capability to keep her running.

Upon her own and Joe's insistence Skippy eventually allowed her contact with the crew. They liked her attitude way more than Skippy's, this may be due to her being designed for communication.
This may have been the reason for Skippy creating his Jedi holographic avatars including Skippy wan Kenobi and Grand Admiral of the Fleet Skippy.
Nagatha has been seen to have some influence on Skippy's actions causing him to consider peoples feelings more before doing what ever he wanted.
Nagatha's voice is very similar to Chef Julia Child (pictured).

2. ↑ ExForce 3: Paradise
3. ↑ ExForce 4: Black Ops
4. ↑ ExForce 5: Zero Hour
The No Mercy

We Will Show No Mercy To Our Dishonorable Foes

Type of Ship
Destroyer

Species
Kristang

Control AI
Standard Kristang Control AI

Armament
Railguns, maser cannons and point defense cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dragon dropships

Status
Destroyed

The *No Mercy* was part of the five ship Kristang task force under Commodore Jet-au-Bes Kekrando's command over Feznako.
When the *Our Enemies Will Regret Their Arrogance* briefly became a small sun above Feznako, the *No Mercy* was close enough to have its shields be overwhelmed and fail from the impact of particles that used to be the *Arrogance*. Shield generators recovered quickly and automatically, shunting aside into disposable heatsinks and capacitors the energies that would have burned them out. Relays tripped when they sensed the immediate danger was over, sending power back to the generators, which began forming shields.
Just in time for all the generators on one side of the *No Mercy* to be permanently knocked offline by chunks of debris that used to be the *Arrogance*. With the fragile armor of the *No Mercy* exposed, the Ruhar stealth defense network around Feznako seized the opportunity and reacted. A stealth mine exploded, sending a searing bolt of X-rays directly into the fully-charged jump drive coils of the *No Mercy*.

1. ↑ https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-callahan
2. ↑ Mavericks Book 1: Deathtrap
Jet-au-Bes Kekrando

Jet-au-Bes Kekrando

First Name
Jet-au-Bes

Last Name
Kekrando

Alias(s)
Admiral Kekrando

Rank / Title
Admiral

Affiliation(s)
Swift Arrow clan

Physical Description

Species
Kristang

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 3: Paradise, Chapter 10

Jet-au-Bes Kekrando is an Admiral in the Swift Arrow clan's Military and head of a prominent family within the clan. He is known for commanding the military operations near Pradassis.
After a number of failures in battle, he was relieved of command and demoted to Commodore. Later, he was demoted again to Senior Captain and placed back into service to provide tactical support at Feznako.
After yet another failure at Feznako, he was sent to one of his family's homes and placed under house arrest while awaiting execution. The Achakai help him escape because they needed his vast tactical knowledge to seize the Wurgalan planet, Stiglord (Squidworld) to make their own and start a new Kristang clan.
He admires Emily Perkins for her dedication and history of military successes.
He had a female Keeper human from the Peoples Liberation Army who he kept as a 'pet', but enjoyed her stoic defiance. He eventually released her to return to Paradise with Perkins.
His brother's name is Tonnexsun. His uncle's name is Verk-al-Ren Tahromen and he would inherit Kekrando's possesions at his demise.
Rules of Engagement

Introduction
We are first introduced to the rules in ExForce 1: Columbus Day.

"*Then we got The Rules*."**Joseph Bishop, ExForce 1: Columbus Day.**
These five rules are enforced by the Rindhalu and Maxolhx on their client species in their proxy wars for a number of different reasons.
The Basis of the rules is that the Maxolhx and the Rindhalu couldn't afford to seriously fight each other without destroying themselves in the process.
These rules were shown by UNEF on PowerPoint slides.

Rule one is that under no circumstances that must be no use of Nukes or any radiological weapons, on or near any inhabited planet, or any potentially habitable planet.
This also applies to anti-matter as it produces hard radiation that is short lived.
This was produced as the Rindhalu and Maxolhx view habitable planets that are within jump distance of a wormhole are rare.

No chemical weapons are allowed, they can have long lasting effects in an environment.
Joe thinks this might also imply that "species must sweep there trash up after themselves when they leave a planet"

No nanotechnology based weapons.
Nanotechnology is incredibly useful for making things, the Kristang had an ancient rumor of nanotech getting out of control in a star system causing it to be quarantined, permanently.

No biological weapons, this rule as Joe describes it is "a little sketchy" as bacteria and viruses can mutate naturally and who was to say if it was artificial or not. The Kristang stated that the Ruhar were notorious for pushing the limits on Rule 4.
This is the only rule that scared Joe as the Kristang weren't sharing their medical technology.
Skippy broke this rule and created a Prion based disease that would only effect Kristang on Paradise, this led to humans being used to remove the Ruhar population.

No dropping rocks as this can destroy the conditions that make a planet habitable. This can also be applied to continuous railgun fire as it created dust which can change a planets environment.

1. ↑ ExForce 1: Columbus Day
2. ↑ ExForce 3: Paradise
Music

Many different quotes and references to music occur in these novels.
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* Also Sprach Zarathustra
* Don't Stop Believin'
* Everybody Have Fun Tonight
* Guantanamera
* I Am The Walrus
* Jeopardy Theme
* Kung Fu Fighting
* Soul Finger
* Whomp! There It Is

(Composed by Richard Strauss)
* Upon the discovery (pun intended) of the monoliths on Gingerbread, Skippy starts tunelessly singing ***Daaah - - Daaaah - - Daaaah - - DA-DAAAAH*** (the beginning of Also Sprach Zarathusthra), which you might recognize as the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey. (https://youtu.be/WufKsOhkTL8?t=41)

(Performed by Journey)
* In Spec Ops, when Skippy is crunching numbers to find out how if he can adjust a wormhole, he goes silent and plays part of this song while he's thinking. (https://youtu.be/1k8craCGpgs)

(Performed by Wang Chang)
* In Armageddon, Skippy woke Joe one night and told him that he wanted "***Wang Chung tonight***", which is a lyric from the song. (https://youtu.be/BoXu6QmxpJE)

(Performed by The Sand Pipers)
* In Breakaway, after Joe wakes up from a dream, he calls for Skippy. Skippy appears, but swaying like he was kind of drunk and started singing "***One ton of mayo, I can’t eat one ton of mayo. One ton of mayo, that’s too much may-oh-nais-oh-***", which is a parody of the song. (https://youtu.be/Jm1anurhbeg)

(Performed by The Beatles)
* In Breakaway, after Joe wakes up from a dream, Skippy blurts out "***I am the walrus***", which is a reference to the song (or a line in the song of the same name). (https://youtu.be/5Q6qx97GC4I)

(Composed by Merv Griffin)
* In Spec Ops, when asking Joe what the drawback of stealth field is, Skippy the Magnificent plays the theme while Joe is thinking how to answer. (https://youtu.be/0Wi8Fv0AJA4)

(Performed by Carl Douglas)
* In Armageddon, when Skippy woke Joe up and told that he wanted to Wang Chung tonight, he also questioned whether "***Everybody* was kung fu fighting**" in reference to the main line from the song. (https://youtu.be/bmfudW7rbG0)

(Performed by the Bar-Kays)
* In Spec Ops, while searching for a Comm Node to help Skippy communicate with the AI Collective, as Joe and a Spec Ops team are about to enter an abandoned Kristang Joe hears a trilling in his helmet speaker. He halts the Op and then pauses, recognizing the trilling as a song he had heard. Skippy was blasting the song in everyone's helmet. (https://youtu.be/pEjjKNyeGt0)

(Performed by Tag Team)
* In Breakaway, when Valkyrie was waiting for the senior species to arrive for negotiations and the Rindhalu appear, Joe says, "***Oop! There it is***", which may be a reference to the song. (https://youtu.be/gbGfhT1yehw)
The Kallistah

Regent of Kallistah

Type of Ship
Imperial Battlecrusier

Species
Bosphuraq

Control AI
Standard Bosphuraq Control AI

Armament
Skipkiller missiles, railguns, maser cannons and point defense cannons

Auxilliary Craft
Dropships

Status
Destroyed

The *Kallistah* was an Imperial battlecruiser which led the attack on the Jeraptha technology demonstrator, the *Rock-Solid And Suspiciously Convenient Alibi*, and its support ships, including the ECO specialized stealth frigate, *We Were Never Here*.
When the *Alibi* self-destructed, she destroyed the *Kallistah* along with another battlecruiser, three light cruisers, four destroyers, and the star carrier they were all attached to.

1. ↑ ExForce 11: Brushfire
Dr. Venkman

Dr. Venkman

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Venkman

Rank / Title
Civilian / Doctor / Science Team Leader (initially)

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates / Science Team

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Female

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 2: Spec Ops, Chapter 4

Last Known Location
Earth

Dr. Venkman was a Scientist assigned by UNEF-Earth to lead the Science Team on the Flying Dutchman. She later returned to Earth.
Derek Bonsu

Derek Bonsu

First Name
Derek

Last Name
Bonsu

Rank / Title
Captain

Affiliation(s)
Mavericks / UNEF / Alien Legion

Relationship Status
Romantically involved with Irene Striebich

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Hair / Eye / Skin Color
Black / Brown / Black

Notable Attribute(s)
Always Friendly / The first human to jump a star ship that was not stolen

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 3: Paradise, Chapter 13

Last Known Location
FOB Jaguar

Derek Bonsu is a pilot for the United Nations Expeditionary Force (UNEF) on FOB Jaguar.
Bonsu is known as being happy all the time and always having a smile on his face.
As a Lietenant, his Dobreh/Chicken fighter gunship was the first to return to duty after Paradise/Gehtanu was retaken by the Ruhar. He is meticulous about taking care of his equipment which is why his fighter is able to be flown by a Ruhar pilot.
Ruhar pilot, Saily Chernandagren, understanding that, due to the current circumstances on Gehtanu, it would probably be the last time Bonsu would be able to go up in a fighter and took him on as co-pilot when she needed to take the aircraft on a check flight. During the flight, the Kristang attacked Gehtanu and during the "Great Fur ball" nattle, their aircraft was hit and disabled far from any civilized areas. The aircraft damage was so bad, they had to eject, but Saily's ejection seat malfunctioned and she was severely injured. Bonsu landed far away from Saily, but searched for her because he saw her ejection seat malfunction. Bonsu later saved Saily and was attempting to get her to safety. While waiting for a rescue, they had no reason to hope for, the Mavericks showed up and rescued them.
Bonsu joined the Mavericks as Irene Striebich's co-pilot and the team proceeded to activate Giant TerraWatt MASER Projectors under the surface of Gehtanu.
Bonsu and Striebich become romantically involved during their missions on Gehtanu, under the local Ruhar Planetary Government, uncovering the remaining MASER projectors.
Bonsu was promoted to Captain.
Bonsu is one of the first human to jump a star ship that was not stolen.
Randall (MBoP)

Randall (MBoP)

First Name
(Unknown)

Last Name
Randall

Rank / Title
Private

Affiliation(s)
Merry Band of Pirates (Original)

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 1: Columbus Day, Chapter 11

Last Known Location
Earth

Private Randall was in the U. S. Army, serving with UNEF on Paradise. He was recruited by Col. Joseph Bishop to become an Original Member of the Merry Band of Pirates.
At some point, he returned to Earth
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**Skippy the Magnificent**, or simply Skippy, is an advanced artificial intelligence created by the Elders millions of years prior to the series' beginning.
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Harsh Verma

Harsh Verma

First Name
Harsh

Last Name
Verma

Rank / Title
(Unknown) / Pilot

Affiliation(s)
Indian Air Force / Merry Band of Pirates

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Male

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 7: Renegades, Chapter 9

Last Known Location
The Flying Dutchman

Harsh Verma is an Indian Air Force Pilot assigned by UNEF on Earth to the Flying Dutchman.
He participated in the Pirates' mission to destroy Maxolhx ships.

1. ↑ ExForce 7: Renegades
Jumbo

Jumbo

View from Space

Surface view

Occupying Species:
Past Maxolhx research station / Current Thuranin ARD Station

Notable Features:
Super-Earth / Atmosphere wiped away by a massive CME

Jumbo is a Super-Earth planet. The gravity is 40% higher than Earth and non-breathable atmosphere. It used to have a breathable atmosphere in the distant past. Jumbo also used to have abundant surface life, now the native life there was limited mostly to microscopic organisms beneath the surface.
Something very bad had happened to Jumbo, and that was why the Thuranin Advanced Research Directorate (ARD) has a small facility there, basically a monitoring station. A long time ago, the Maxolhx had a colony on Jumbo, and during their war against the Rindhalu, the Maxolhx had used Elder devices as powerful weapons. That use of Elder devices for destructive purposes awakened the Sentinels that the Elders had left behind, and one thing the Sentinels did was cause Jumbo’s star to throw off a portion of its outer layer. Jumbo was scorched, much of its atmosphere blown away by the intense stellar fireball.
Trying to figure out how the Sentinels had used a star as a weapon, and investigating the nature of the Sentinels themselves, was the purpose of the Thuranin ARD station on Jumbo.
Irene Striebich

Irene Striebich

First Name
Irene

Last Name
Striebich

Rank / Title
Captain

Affiliation(s)
Mavericks / UNEF / Alien Legion

Relationship Status
Romantically involved with Derek Bonsu

Physical Description

Species
Human

Sex
Female

Height
Short

Notable Attribute(s)
Slender, petite

Vitals

Status
Alive

First Appearance
ExForce 3: Paradise, Chapter 16

Last Known Location
FOB Jaguar

Captain Irene Streibich is of German (father) origin. Her mother's last name is Ramona so it can be speculated that she has Spanish or Latino roots. Her mother was a U.S. Army Blackhawk pilot and that's what gave her the notion to become a pilot as well.
As a Lieutenant, Streibich was a pilot recruited by Specialist Shauna Jarrett to fly a "Buzzard" at the direction of Emby (zPhone hacker aka Skippy the Magnificent) to activate Giant TerraWatt MASER Projectors under the surface of Paradise/Gehtanu.
After the Mavericks rescued Derek Bonsu, he became her co-pilot.
She was promoted to Captain.
Striebich and Bonsu become romantically involved during their missions on Gehtanu, under the local Ruhar Planetary Government, uncovering the remaining MASER projectors.