Characters

Fixer, auctioneer, and the most connected independent operator in Holt. Knows something about everything. Sells most of it.

The crew's Syndicate contact. Smooth, professional, and currently walking a very thin line.

51st Legion intelligence. She is correct about the threat. She is wrong about almost everything else.

Ashek's boss. The crew will never meet him. They will absolutely feel him.

The scientist who chose to stay. The only person in the sector who fully understands what she's sitting on.

A man in over his head who is very good at pretending otherwise.

Ohe's analyst. Technically brilliant. Ethically flexible. Absolutely not a field operative.

The dead mystic who is still walking around. Whatever is behind their eyes is not Orin — but it remembers being Orin, and it's frightened.

The Cult's field operative. The most dangerous kind of true believer: kind, sincere, and completely committed to something that might end the sector as everyone knows it.

200 years of keeping a secret. Tired. Correct. Running out of time.

The Cult's leader. Wise, ancient, catastrophically overconfident in his own righteousness.

The Hidden Faction's field agent. Has been watching the crew since Session 1. Has been in three rooms with them without being noticed.