Secondary Characters

The following is a list of **Secondary Characters** or people mentioned in Legacy Fleet stories. The list is roughly in order of appearance:

**Commander Kruger**

Commander of Eagle Wing squadron, based out of Miami, fights during battle of Earth.

**Captain Disraeli**

Captain of the ISS *Kerouac*, the first casualty of the events of book 1.

**Commander Gooding**

XO of the *Kerouac*. Bubbly and good-natured. Annoys the hell out of Captain Disraeli.

**Doctor Evans**

Doctor on board the ISS *Kerouac*

**Admiral Vicki Yarbrough**

Delivers the news to Granger early in book 1 that the Constitution, and Granger, will be retired. She leads the defense of Valhalla Station—the main IDF defense platform over Earth—and dies halfway through book 1 as the station cracks in half.

**Lieutenant Tom Miller**

Jessica “Fishtail” Miller’s husband. Serves on the *Clyburne*. Dies in the Swarm assault on the Moon in book 1.

**Admiral Ryten**

Commander of Starbase Heroic in the Veracruz Sector. Dies sometime in the first part of book 1.

**Ensign Taylor**

Assistant to Admiral Ryten on Starbase Heroic. Young woman.

**Lieutenant Aelian**

Serves on Starbase Heroic with Admiral Ryten. Dies.

**Commodore Vickers**

The legendary, ancient instructor of Orbital Tactical Theory at IDF academy, who had fought in the First Swarm War. Getting senile by the time Granger is a cadet there.

**Commander LaPlace**

Commander of the IDF Intel ship *Tirian*. Destroyed in the Leon System in the Veracruz Sector, one of the first casualties of book 1.

**Andy**

The sensor officer on the *Tirian*. Dies.

**Captain Smith**

Captain of the ISS *Nimitz*, she’s killed over Nueva Leon at beginning of book 1.

**Lieutenant Lopez**

1st officer of the *Tirian*. Dies.

**Lieutenant Zheng**

Science Officer aboard the *Constitution*. Never shows up in book 2, so let’s say he died during the battle over Earth at the end of book 1. Oops.

**Captain Arenson**

Captain of the *Clyburne*. Killed during invasion of the Moon.

**Commander Ashworth**

XO of the *Clyburne*. Dies in book 1 during invasion of Moon.

**Admiral Sheldon Tully**

Commander of Lunar Base. Dies in Book 1 during invasion of the Moon.

**Lieutenant “Hotbox”**

Male, in squad with Ballsy and Fishtail. Dies in book 1.

**Lieutenant “Dogtown”**

Male, fighter pilot in Ballsy’s squad in book 1. Dies in book 2 from a corrupted Colonel Hanrahan

**Lieutenant “Pluck”**

Male, replaces Hotbox in Ballsy’s squad. Dies sometime between books 1 and 2

**Cornelius Dexter Ahazarius III**

Student who attended Constitution’s decommissioning ceremony. Granger helps him get to escape pod in the evacuation of the Constitution during battle over Earth.

**Teacher**

Teacher of the students who attended the Constitution’s decommissioning ceremony.

**Captain Day**

Captain of the *Winchester*, the ship that carries Isaacson back to Earth during invasion of the Moon

**Captain Argus**

Captain of the Qantas. Dies in book 1.

**Fleet Admiral Dawson**

Fleet Admiral of IDF 12 years ago during the Khorsy Incident

**Admiral Jones**

Takes command of the fleet during battle of Valhalla Station, book 1. Commands the *Trident*. Dies during the battle.

**Captain Gordon Bryan**

Captain of the *Missouri*, killed during battle of Valhalla Station. Granger orders him to suicide run his ship into a singularity, but the *Missouri* is destroyed before Bryan can. Served with Captain Granger decades ago during a tour aboard the *Warrior*.

**Captain French**

Captain of the *Picayune*. Accompanies Constitution from Battle of Valhalla back to Earth.

**Captain Wei**

Captain of the *Xinhua*. Accompanies Constitution from Battle of Valhalla back to Earth.

**Captain Pickens**

Granger’s Academy roommate. Comes out of retirement during the battle of Earth, manages to get the ISS *Congress* refitted with a skeleton crew in less than four hours, q-jumps directly away from the shipyard outside Omaha (laying waste to a huge area around the docking site) to join the *Constitution* in the last-ditch effort to save Earth. *Congress* disabled and crash-lands in eastern Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, all dead.

**Governor Wolfram**

Governor of New Dublin, which is attacked by the Swarm at the opening of Book 2.

**Admiral Russell Azbill**

Admiral assigned to IDF fleet at New Dublin. Doesn’t like Granger. Almost completely flubs the defense of New Dublin, and goes against Granger’s recommendations. Fleet Admiral Zingano reassigns him to a desk job at Earth. Later is revealed to have been infected with the Swarm’s backdoor virus.

**Hal Levin**

Isaacson’s chief of staff.

**Senator Quimby**

Senator that opposes Avery. Might be in on assassination attempts, but unclear.

**LaPierre**

Speaker of the House, United Earth Congress.

**Congresswoman Sparks**

Opposes Avery, but is appointed by Avery to her staff as a congressional liason, mostly to keep an eye on her and spy on the opposition. Responsible for the destruction of the military escort ship for the President’s ship in an assassination attempt, and Avery shoots her in the head for it. Unclear whether she was influenced by the Swarm or not. Congressional district in Ohio.

**Rear Admiral Littlefield**

Commander of Wellington shipyards. Infected with backdoor Swarm virus. Is influenced by the Swarm to destroy Wellington Shipyards and all the ships there with anti-matter bombs, in book 3. Commits suicide after he realizes he’s compromised, to prevent any more destruction.

**Vice President Griega**

Russian Confederation Vice President.

**Miller**

Chief of Staff to President Avery.

**Conner Davenport**

Vice President Isaacson’s body man in Book 2. Drafted. 18. Family killed in at Miami. Brother serving in military somewhere near L.A.. Went to Kingsford College in Massachusetts before being drafted. Played football.

**Preston Davenport**

Conner’s brother. Killed in an accident at an anti-matter production facility near Wendover, NV

**Lieutenant “Clownface” Martin**

Fighter pilot infected with Swarm virus in book 2. Killed by Hanrahan before they can be analyzed by Proctor. Male.

**Lieutenant “Hotshot” Palmer**

Fighter pilot infected with Swarm virus in book 2. Killed by Hanrahan before they can be analyzed by Proctor. Male.

**Senator Smith**

Member of the opposition to Avery.

**Senator Patel**

Member of the opposition to Avery.

**Senator Daly**

Member of the opposition to Avery.

**Johnson**

One of Avery’s aides.

**Captain Newman**

Captain of the *Recto*. Dies in book 2.

**Lisa Gall**

Sergeant First Class. Works in the IDF Munitions building (MUNCENT) underneath D.C.. 19 years old. Drafted. Scientist. Went to Yale.

**Colonel Titler**

Commander of the Squaretop Mountain Anti-matter production facility in Wyoming.

**Captain Barnes**

Captain of the *Nottingham*. Killed at battle of Volari Three.

**Christine**

General Norton’s secretary. At one point was intimate with Vice President Isaacson, at least while she served some purpose for him.

**Pickurel**

Private First Class. Operator in the meta-space comm center at the IDF building under D.C.. Female, young. Helps Isaacson in Book 2.

**Lieutenant Rodriguez**

Fighter pilot. Goes AWOL to save his kids on Indira. Later dies after his freighter *The Lucky Bandit* falls into a Swarm singularity and collides with the giant ball of debris the Swarm is collecting. Mom is sick on Indira, and he leaves her there to die, at her insistence. From Merida. Wife died there.

**Else and Tomas Rodriguez**

Lieutenant Rodriguez’s kids.

Raf

Captain of the *The Lucky Bandit*, a freighter Lieutenant Rodriguez escapes in.

**Avi**

First mate of *The Lucky Bandit*, a freighter Lieutenant Rodriguez escapes in.

**Lieutenant Schwitzer**

One of Commander Pierce’s two assistants.

**Ensign Spiriti**

One of Commander Pierce’s two assistants.

**Commander Rome**

Head of IDF Science

**General Palmer**

IDF’s Army Chief

**Vice Imperator Scythia Krull**

Leader of the Benevolence, one of the seven Skiohra civilizational ships. Helps Granger during the battle for the Benevolence in Book 3, shares what she knows about the Swarm with him. Dies.

**Polrum Krull**

Takes over from Scythia Krull after she dies. Goes with Granger to the RC singularity fabrication facility at Penumbra Three. Assists in the defense of the Victory while Grange flies it towards the black hole. She and her Interior children were instrumental in integrating singularity weaponry with the Swarm carriers several years ago.

**Captain Hall**

Captain of the UESS *Albright*, a United Earth State Department ship.

**Wu-Jin**

Sensor officer on the UESS *Albright*

**Jill**

Navigator on the UESS *Albright*.

**Colonel Barnard**

Commander of the ground invasion force used against the Skiohra dreadnought *Benevolence* in book 3. Grizzled, archetypal marine.

**Commander Alonso**

IDF’s Associate Chief Scientist and Director for Intra-Swarm Communication. Accompanies General Norton aboard the *Lincoln* in Book 3.

**Sergeant Washington**

Leader of marines on *Warrior* after Hanrahan dies.

**Warrant Officer Igor Pavlenko**

Russian soldier volunteered for special mission. Is under Swarm control, kept in stasis by Malakhov, acts as Malakhov’s tap into the Swarm network that only he controls.

**Commander Oppenheimer**

XO of the *Victory*, under Admiral Zingano. Stays on after Zingano’s death and serves under Granger.

**Ensign Roth**

Science officer assigned to Proctor’s science crew midway through book 3. Disappears mysteriously after the battles.

**Ensign Fayle**

Science officer assigned to Proctor’s science crew midway through book 3. Disappears mysteriously after the battles.