The Nine Star Nebula
Below is a representation of the Nine Star Nebula, with its eight stars, major drifts and most of the drift worlds and stations. Volume One, The Captain of the Lost Star take place entirely in the Azminn solar system. Volume Two, The Enemies of the Lost Star takes them to the drift worlds of Zilantre, Boscone and Despar. Volume Three, The Ghosts of the Lost Star takes the Lost Star to the drift station of Plyra, then on to the Amdia solar system, and the various drift worlds and stations out to the Kryver Reef.
The Inhabitable Planetary Belt of Azminn
Below is a diagram of the Azminn solar system showing it's human inhibitable planetary belt and the relative position of the 21 planets that circle Azminn in this belt. (At the time of the story, relative positions shift over time.) The size of the planets are drawn to indicate importance & population rather than the actual size of the planets. The Captain of the Lost Star takes place entirely within this system.
A Diagram of the Interplanetary Freighter Lost Star
Below is a diagram of the Lost Star. I have no working knowledge of computer drafting, so this diagram is hand drawn, and rather crudely at that. Sorry. I made the Lost Star very utilitarian, a no-frills tramp space ship. The unexpected result of having a very plain ship, was that I found it impossible to come up with a cover illustration that was at all interesting using it. And I did try.
The Cast of Characters for The Bright Black Sea
And finally here is the list of characters for each volume. The ship and its crew change their names in volume three in an attempt to evade their enemies. The Lost Star becomes the Starry Shore, and I've listed the crew's new names with their real, or at least old names in brackets. For the most part I used their old familiar names in the text, unless it involved dialog.
Volume
One, The Captain of the Lost Star
Crew
of the Lost Star
Wil
Litang (m) captain and narrator
Illynta
Tin (f) pilot, & purser
Molaye
Merlun (f) pilot
Kie
Kinti (m) systems tech
Riv
D'Van (m) co-chief engineer, partner of
Lilm Ar'Din
Lilm
Ar'Dim (f) co-chief engineer, partner of Riv
D'Van
Myes
Qilan (m) 3rd engineer
Lili
Chartre (f) electrical engineer
Dyn
zerDey (m) environmental engineer, partner of late Captain
Miccall
Barlan
Dray(m) chef, Zylantre martial arts master (2
sword), partner of Saysa
Saysa
Dray (f) chef & steward, partner of Barlan
Added
after Calissant:
Rafe
gil'Giles (m) chief systems tech
Vynnia
enCarn (f) first mate, partner of
Tenry Roynay
Tenry
Roynay (m) pilot, engineer, partner of
Vynnia enCarn
Astro
& Orbit ship's dogs
Ginger
one of the ship's cats, a Neavery Snowshadow cat
Other
Characters
Phylea
Kardea (f)
office manager, general manager & partner Min &
Co. later Min & Kardea
Ensly
Mirrior,
(f) employee of Min & Co.
Tallith
Min (f)
owner of Min & Co. daughter
of
Martingale & Onala Min.
Captain
Zelbe Jann, (m) captain of the Comet King
Seni
Shir, (f) first mate of the Comet King
Miclae
Midedow
(f)
supercargo
for Minlin Commission
Mountain
King & sub-units sentient
ship
Tat
Timlor (m) shipbroker
Nadine
(f) assassin
Max
(m) assassin
Doctor
Hans Wissen (m)
doctor
People
Mentioned
The
Four Shipmates Sailed
together aboard the Lost Star in the old days, they
are,
Hawker
'Owner' Vinden, (m) late ship
owner of the Night Hawk Line & half owner of the Lost Star
Fen
'Captain' Miccall,
(m) late captain of the
Lost Star, co-owner of the Lost Star
Martingale
'Pilot' Min, (m) late co-owner of Min & Co
Onala
'Purser' Min, (f) wife of Martingale late co-owner
of Min & Co.
Olaeytha
Min, eldest daughter of Martingale & Onala Min, scientist
of the Outbound Survey Service on an extended mission.
Jelter
Min, son of Martingale & Onala Min Towth adept on Kimsai's
Peaks and Valleys Continent.
Volume
Two, The Enemies of the Lost Star
Additional
characters
Glen
Colin (m) ghost
former chief engineer
Captain
Lenz deLin (m)
LinTin Chartered
Trading Co. port captain
Captain
“Lively” Livtin (m) ship
captain,
Captain
“Blackie” Bright
(m) ship captain
Captain
Maulie (f)
ship captain,
Captain
Leith D'Lay (m)
St Bleyth skip fighter captain,
Expora
Minor (or Miner) outlaw
sentient ship/mercenary
berserker
Botts
illegal class 8 robot,
auxiliary unit of the Explora Miner
Captain
Agust Nun (m)
St Bleyth tactician &
frigate captain
Naylea
Cin (f) St
Bleyth assassin, AKA
Nadine
Volume
Three, The Ghosts of the Lost Star
Additional
Characters
Crew
of the Starry Shore (formally the Lost Star)
Nives
Wilcrofter (Wil Litang) (m) captain and
narrator
Illan
Lantra (Illynta Tin) (f) purser
Bry
M'Ley (Molaye Merlun) (f) first
mate
Kylan
Balino (Kie Kinti) (m)
systems tech / environmental engineer
Drimoch
Riven (Riv D'Van) (m) co-chief
engineer, partner of Lilm Ar'Din
Leelem
Cardim (Lilm Ar'Dim) (f) co-chief
engineer, partner of Riv D'Van
Haz
Mytin (Myes Qilan) (m) 3rd
engineer
Lila
Tan (Lili Chartre) (f) electrical
engineer
Barjour
Astry (Barlan Dray)(m) chef,
Zylantre martial arts master (2 sword)
Saemin
Astry (Saysa Dray) (f) chef &
steward, partner of Barlan
Ralf
Hugou (Rafe gil'Giles) (m)
chief systems tech
Elana
Colniz (f) pilot,
Starry Shore
Dicier
(Dici) de'Vel (m) pilot,
Starry Shore
Nadde
Zoe (f) environmental
engineer, Starry Shore partner
of Myes Qilan
Sar
Nil (m) engineer, Starry
Shore
Feyla
Linnor (f) Captain of the
Azurete
Pax
Sol (m) first mate of the
Azurete
Irin
Chan (f) chief engineer of
the Azurete
Tern
Cho (m)
captain of Vulture
M'Risha
Drae AKA
Zilantha V'Ran
(f) Litang's
grandmother
Ben
Ton (m) ex-pirate
Crain
(m) ex-pirate
Zervic
(m) ex-pirate
Martong
(m) ex-pirate
Racken
(m) ex-pirate
Vikei
(f) ex-pirate
Tor
(m) ex-pirate
Admiral
DarQue (m) Cimmadar navy
commander
Captain
Lil'dre (m) Cimmadar
navy flag captain
Sub-captain
Tri'n (f) Cimmadar officer
XinDi
(m) Cimmadar sailor
An're
(m) Cimmadar sailor
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