Cast

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  Bel Sam Mar Nan Venustra

  Lieutenant

  First appearance: #1

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  Wheel

  Steward

  First appearance: #1

  For some reason I have wanted to have a character named Wheel for years.

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  Rutherford Orlando Orange Trefusis

  Mechanic

  First appearance: #2

  Obviously his full name is a back-formation from his nickname. It’s sort of a feeble Unix joke.

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  Devjinder Null

  Helm officer

  First appearance: #3

  Like Root and Wheel, her nickname Dev is a feeble Unix reference.

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  Bandaranaike

  Ensign

  First appearance: #4

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  S. H. Sarabhai

  Second librarian

  First appearance: #4

  Named after Vikram Sarabhai, father of the Indian space programme.

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  ThorshkukJini zh’Thresh

  Lieutenant (j.g.)

  First appearance: #4

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  Hamlet

  Mechanic

  First appearance: #5

  Hamlet is another member of the engineering team Echo.

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  John Sram bet-Orlek

  Leading mechanic

  First appearance: #5

  Team leader of engineering team Echo.

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  Magda Vinokurov

  Mechanic

  First appearance: #5

  Named after Kazakh cyclist Alexander Vinokourov.

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  Tadahiro Honda

  Mechanic

  First appearance: #5

  Another member of bet-Orlek’s engineering team Echo.

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  Venkatrangan

  Chief engineer

  First appearance: #5

  Chief engineer of the USS Mumbai

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  Mustardseed

  Lieutenant (j.g.)

  First appearance: #6

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  Anastasia Cheung

  Mechanic

  First appearance: #12

  A member of engineering team Echo.

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  Zhou Kaping

  Third engineer

  First appearance: #12

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  Swooth th’Thellik

  Crewman

  First appearance: #15

  His name comes from the novel Cold Comfort Farm.

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  Christopher Pike

  Fleet Captain

  First appearance: #16

  The first appearance of a canon character in this strip. Still not sure if this is wise.

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  Pingmei Zhou

  Captain

  First appearance: #16

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  Farid Singh

  Second engineer

  First appearance: #23

  The hard-working second engineer, Venkatrangan’s right-hand man.

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  Sumita 9

  Chief petty officer

  First appearance: #27

  This is Sixties sf, so at least one character had to have a number for a surname.

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  Mansume da Silva

  Leading Mechanic

  First appearance: #29

  Like John bet-Orlek, da Silva is leader of a team of 7–8 mechanics.

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  Mrrmr

  Yeoman

  First appearance: #30

  Mrrmr has short hair because he is an engineer, not because he is male.

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  The Teh-System vedala Norfaranhhruh of the habitat Frdelliyan’s Fifth

  Science Officer

  First appearance: #37

  Not the same species as Mrrmr or Ash.

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  Ash

  Chief engineer (USS Prospero)

  First appearance: #38

  Because there aren’t enough felinoid fan species already.

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  Ember

  Chief Engineer (USS Prospero)

  First appearance: #38

  A cat-like species invented for this strip.

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  Gay Boomgaarden

  Third officer

  First appearance: #41