Moonbase Coordinator

The **Moonbase Coordinator**, sometimes referred to as **Moonbase Commander**, was a position taken by numerous people. The Coordinator of the Moonbase oversaw all activities on the Moon, and parlayed regularly with the International Space Police Force and Earth-side law enforcers. While some Coordinators saw eye-to-eye with the Star Cops (and Nathan Spring), many of them did *not*. It often ended with the Coordinator and the ISPF Commander squabbling over who was in charge of who in matters of law enforcement.

## Moonbase Coordinators

* Professor **Paton** - upon obtaining their Moonbase office, and amidst the Daedalus crisis, one of Nathan Spring's first tasks was to arrest Coordinator Paton for causing the incident, which threatened the life of two colleagues, for his his own means.
* **Alexander Krivenko** - when Spring first arrived on Moonbase, he met with the Russian, Krivenko. Krivenko was a winner of a Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine for his research on bone damage. It was this research that allowed humans to safely enter and inhabit space. Despite the International Space Police Force being independent, Spring tried to reason with Krivenko where possible and not step on any toes. They did, however, have numerous lively debates.
* **Shayla Moss** - during the Mother Earth incidents, it was Shayla Moss who commanded Moonbase. However, Mother Earth took their campaign a step too far and killed Moss during a hostage situation.
* **Angus Roberts** - following the death of Commander Moss, applications for the role of Moonbase Commander were non-existent. It was Angus Roberts who drew the short straw and was appointed "Interim Moonbase Commander". He was active during Nathan Spring and Colin Devis' investigations aboard the Edgar Rice Burroughs space station, and Paul Bailey's investigation of a drowning in a submarine in Venice. With Chief Superintendent Priya Basu otherwise engaged, this left Pal Kenzy manning the ISPF.
* **Ashikir Ahmed** - during and following the Star Cops' return from Mars, and during the Moonbase Killings, it was Commander Ahmed who was in charge of Moonbase. Ahmed made it very clear that he was anti-ISPF, and used every opportunity to use their failures as a reason for them to be shut down. During the Moonbase Killings, Ahmed would belittle them, and even accidentally give their plans away. When the killer realised Nathan's trap, they changed their target to Ahmed himself and during the fight with the killer, Ahmed's arms and hands were severely damaged by the knife. Before the killer could murder Ahmed, they were stunned and arrested by Pal Kenzy and Paul Bailey. Ahmed suffered serious mental trauma from his experience and stepped down from his position, using his physical wounds as his reason. Nathan had an inkling that the trauma was the true reason, however.
* **Nathan Spring** - due to the power vacuum at the top of the Moonbase, Spring was placed as Acting Moonbase Coordinator until someone could fill the position. He had no interest in being Moonbase coordinator, and struggled to juggle his responsibilties for Moonbase administration and the ISPF alike.
	+ **Colin Devis** - with Spring on a kidnapping investigation in Africa, during the Collective investigation, Colin Devis was made both Acting Moonbase Coordinator and Acting Commander of the Star Cops, a role he took extremely seriously, or perhaps too seriously according to inspector Paul Bailey. Devis oversaw an investigation into the sale and distribution of the narcotic cathe iboga on Moonbase.