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Retribution (The Federation Reborn Book 3)

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by Chris Hechtl


  Intelligence: Vice Admiral Yorgi Sienkov. From Bek. Former secretary of defense and senior officer of Bek Navy.

  Security: Acting Admiral Sienkov/D'red.

  Press secretary: Liobat. Neocat. Lioness.

  Secretary of Defense: Acting Admiral Irons.

  -Chief of Naval Operations: Acting Admiral Irons.

  -Chief of Marine Operations: Acting Brigadier General Jersey Forth. From Avalon.

  -Chief of the Army: Acting Colonel Pasha 1010111. From Nuevo. On Agnosta.

  -Chief of Intelligence (see cabinet posting)

  -Chief of Special OPS: Major Joshua Lyon.

  Antigua Naval Officers:

  Commander Vestri Sindri: Commander of the naval shipyard. Dwarf. Friend of Admiral Irons.

  Captain JG Montgomery: Former head of ONI. From an agro world before he ran away to Anvil in Pyrax. He became a private investigator and INTEL buff before joining the navy. Relieved of duty by Admiral Subert.

  Doctor (Captain JG) Nara Thornby: Former head doctor of Anvil. Former G-9 Bumedicine. Current G-9 Bumedicine for Antigua as well as the entire navy.

  Lieutenant Fletcher: Smart A.I. ONI officer. Directs analysis efforts.

  Lieutenant Commander Jory Gray: (cameo) Up and coming ship designer.

  Secretary of State's Office:

  Secretary of State: Moira Sema. Blue haired woman. Granddaughter of a Meia clone from Bek.

  Chief of staff: Nadine Neuwirth.

  Assistant: Blake Beregen (BB).

  Press coordinator: Petina Grant. Neo.

  Speech writer: Geoffery Mahoney. Related to Antiguan Police Officer Mahoney family.

  Policy advisor: Sebastian Whitman.

  Second Fleet:

  Rear Admiral Amadeus White: Neochimp commander of all forces in star system and TF22. Sleeper.

  1st LT Jojo: Admiral's chief of staff. Neochimp.

  CMDR Kyle Offenger: Staff OPS Officer.

  Lieutenant Commander Garfield the 3346: Neocat, orange. Staff Tactical Officer.

  1st Lieutenant Kelly Guadino: Neogorilla, intelligence officer.

  2nd Lieutenant Aleck Rowland: Staff Navigational Officer.

  C'v'll: Veraxin steward to the admiral.

  Yeoman Berkowitz: Yeoman for the admiral.

  Commodore Dwight Harris: Former captain of Dawning of a New Day. Frocked to commodore. Confirmed later. Takes reinforcements to Protodon. Joins second fleet.

  Lieutenant JG Aspin: Neopolar bear flag lieutenant.

  Protodon:

  Mayor Siglin Bjorkson: Mayor of a small coastal town devastated by the Tsunami caused by Captain Post. Doctor. Grandmother to Bobby.

  Major Wade Hayes: Former Marine turned army officer. Leader of the 1st Army Brigade. Came in on Okinawa. Served under Colonel Pendeckle. Has an engineering unit with him.

  PFC Bones Conway

  Private Kaufman

  Sergeant Stern: Army sergeant.

  Governor R'x'll: Veraxin governor elected in chapter 31.

  LT Governor Rudders (male): Lost the election to his Veraxin opponent and took the second slot.

  Lieutenant Commander Aren Hardesty: Engineer. Lead Spacebee officer in Protodon. Gruff, grumpy. Likes to get his hands dirty and has a short temper. Does not suffer fools or interruptions lightly.

  Colonel Pendeckle's Division on Protodon

  Captain V'm'll: Veraxin. Able platoon leader.

  Staff Sergeant Patrick O'Malley: Short squat staff sergeant from a coastal town on Agnosta.

  Corporal Walker: Human.

  Bek:

  Izimay Sienkov: Late wife of Admiral Sienkov.

  Forty-seven fresh officers from Bek/Nuevo (twenty-two/eight) + five civilians from Bek, 3 from Nuevo A.

  11 officers (seven navy, 1 marine, three army), 24 middies in final form, three enlisted navy noncoms, two marine noncoms, two army noncoms (1 is a Gashg)

  Rear Admiral V'r'z'll

  Commodore Hector Ortiz

  Captain JG Rhianna Ortiz

  Ensign Amhelia Lately: Staff officer of Admiral V'r'z'll.

  Lt Colonel Achilles: Neodog Marine, “I put the devil in devil dog.”

  Pyrax:

  Rear Admiral Phil Subert: Sleeper. Former ONI officer. Former flag officer on Lemnos. Stiff.

  CMDR Saul Garretaj: Admiral Subert's chief of staff.

  Captain JG Firefly: A.I. of the ship with the same name. Firefly took over some of the A.I. duties in Pyrax.

  Lieutenant Barry: Dumb A.I. resource manager of the naval base.

  Lieutenant Clink: Smart A.I. ONI officer in charge of the Horathian POW base.

  Captain I'rll: Female Veraxin sleeper from Lemnos. G-4 Ships.

  CPO Hart: Human ordinance tech.

  Corporal V'rr: Veraxin Marine in charge of guarding the antimatter.

  Commodore Samese: Neogorilla commander of the fortresses in Pyrax.

  Commodore X'll'rr: Veraxin sleeper from Lemnos promoted during Retribution. Takes command of the First and Second Battle Cruiser Squadron. Commander of TF2.2 assigned to the Eastern Front.

  Destria:

  Lieutenant Colonel Dana Harley: Marine division commander in charge of the invasion of Destria.

  Lieutenant Susami Liu: Intelligence officer (ONI) attached to Harley's division.

  Epsilon Triangula:

  ETMI Shipyards (Io/Molly/Epsilon Triangula or as Faith puts it, Ech, Too Much Information).

  CEO/chief engineer: Faith Miekle.

  Antigua:

  Governor Jeff Randall: Politician.

  Sandra Randall: Wife of Jeff Randall.

  Kylie, Ramona: Daughters of Jeff and Sandra.

  Nata'roka: Reserve commander promoted to Captain JG. Female. Runs hypernav and helm classes at Antigua Academy remotely. Also alien studies class and advanced helm tactics in the new crusher course. Rescued from Bounty in PB.

  LCMDR Tra'l: Found on a derelict ship booby trapped with Xeno nanites in Pyrax as a midshipman. The commander has battled depression and worked valiantly to remotely train prospective helm and navigational students at the Antigua academy.

  Warrant Officer Jethro McClintock: Black Panther Neocat Marine.

  Antigua Prime:

  April O'Niell: Anchor and head of Antigua affiliate of Knox News. In a relationship with Admiral Irons.

  Toni Chambers: Anchor of Galactic Spotlight News. Rival to April.

  Academy and college.

  Horathians:

  Royal family:

  Pyotr Ramichov: Emperor of Horathian Empire. Emperor: (formerly supreme secretary) Pyotr (Peter) Ramichov “Peter the Great.”

  He is in his fifties, but quite fit. During stat occasions he prefers to wear a red admiral's uniform, covered in gold braid and medals. He declared himself the First Emperor of Man.

  He is a bit of a megalomaniac and is xenophobic. Paranoid.

  He occasionally carries a sword, dagger, or scepter depending on his mood. He is followed by the royal guard. He has one fake above ground, and one real underground office with simulated windows.

  He changes his crown for a circlet from time to time. His crown wraps around his head from behind three ways but end in front with arrows to the center over his temple.

  He puts on a martial air and tends to wear a mix of Shinobi (pants) with Roman influences.

  When he wears a robe, it is of a royal red and purple as befitted his rank. His robe is trimmed in Neotiger fur; the last native Neotiger to die on Horath.

  Irazabeth (red queen) Jabberwocky Ramichov: Empress. Second wife of Pyotr.

  Jezebel Pardoll Ramichov (reference biblical name): Dowager Empress. Mother of Pyotr. Note: Pyotr is only surviving child due to court intrigue.

  Fiona: First wife of Pyotr. Mother of the twins. Assassinated by Jezebel.

  Meredith: Former consort of Pyotr. Died in a suspicious air car accident.

  Marine LT Joseph Ramichov: Prince. Blood brother to Mason. His mother Meredith died prior to her marriage to Pyotr. He is engaged in an arrangement t
o Princess Consort Annia Wong.

  Prince Kevin Ramichov: Teenager in the Horathian officer's academy. Son of Irazebeth. He is enamored with the Deathhead's brigade. He is in an arranged engagement to Princess Consort to be Agnes Rico.

  Princess Khali Judith Ramichov: The youngest child by second marriage (ten). Daughter of Irazebeth. She has a keen fashion sense and tends to set precedence in the court. She is in love with the image of being a princess and tends to medieval designs that others copy in order to curry favor.

  Crown Princess Consort Marina (white queen) Stuart: Married to Adam Ramichov. Youthful, pale, white hair, black nails and lips. Graceful, soft spoken, seemingly sweet but actually very sadistic under the surface. Highly motivated to become empress. She has a younger sister Vashti Stuart.

  Horathian Cabinet:

  Prime Minister: Duke Franklin Lloyd Tucket. Duke of Garth. Schemer with his wife.

  Duchess Glennis Pardoll Tucket: Wife of prime minister, XO, and true ruler of Garth. Distant relative to Dowager Empress Jezebel.

  Deputy Prime Minister: Roland Markov. Count of Montycelo.

  Home Secretary (minister of internal affairs): Duke Zilo Pardoll.

  Minister of War: Theodore Cruise Rico. Duke of Hinata.

  Joint Chiefs of Staff:

  Praetor of the Navy: Malwin Cartwright. Admiral and Baron Dead Drop, Male.

  Vice Admiral Lewis Post: OPS Officer.

  Praetor of the Army: Robert Levot General of the armies Baron of TFP -one eye.

  Consul of the Marquess: Vice Admiral Ahab Grant Marquess

  Minister of Intelligence: Vice Admiral Sabina Newberry, Countess of Garth

  Minister of Education: Duchess Suri Pfeiffer of York (a continent on New Horizon)

  Minister of Energy: Connor Mcloyd Earl of North Finagle

  Minister of Biosciences: Doctor Lacie Mengla (black female), disdains titles. Called Dame

  Advisor of Industry: (Vizer): Elijah Deweter Baron of South Finagle (male)

  Quaestor: (Minister of the Treasury): Anslem Knowles Duke of Marmoreal

  Chief Magistrate of purity and Enlightenment: Ilosovic Stayne, Duke of Horus. He tends to wear a White Nazi like uniform.

  Minister of Commerce and Transportation: Lord Fernand Ascot Viscount

  Minister of Agriculture: Cass Suzette Viscount

  First Lord of Law: Lord Su

  Minister of Security (secret police): Baron Sadam Ghadaffi. He wears a black Nazi like uniform.

  Herald: (Public affairs) Sakura Umeki

  Fourth Fleet remnant:

  Rear Admiral Linnaeus von Berk: Commander, Fourth Fleet. In charge of ships that attacked ET.

  Colonel Bericus: Marine in command of ET forces, left on Nuevo Madrid.

  Commander Rick Roshou: admiral's chief of staff.

  Major Leuben Eichmann: Staff intelligence officer.

  Doctor Staten Milgram: Brainwashing expert in charge of Moira and the water dwellers.

  Moira: Captive water dweller undergoing brainwashing. Helmswoman.

  Sword of Retribution fleet:

  Admiral Cyrano De Gaulte: Old dinosaur. One of the best Horathian Battle Fleet strategists however. He thinks he is above politics. Executioner is his flagship.

  Princess Catherine Ramichov: CMDR: Staff OPS Officer.

  Berney Yashanaka: chief of staff CMDR

  LCMDNR Sedrick Lovato: Staff INTEL Officer. Also a spy.

  Lieutenant Jeremy Herod: Staff Navigator.

  Lieutenant Myron Chekov: Staff Tactical Officer.

  Wilfred Penning: Admiral's Steward.

  Captain Chase Couglin: Executioner's flag captain.

  Commander (CAG) Zakhan: Nimitz CAG.

  Commodore Harold Eichmann: Commander 6th Squadron, DD flagship Daring.

  Commodore Evan Bloodbeard: Female commander, 8th squadron, Flagship Akatsuki.

  Rear Admiral Vale Adkin: Commander, 1st BC Squadron. Flagship Potemkin.

  Floyd Ricker: LCMDR, Chief engineer of Star Mauler, Division mate of Executioner

  Bob: Assistant chief.

  Majory: Assistant chief (female).

  Lieutenant Mason Ramichov: Prince. Third in line for the throne. Marine on Star Mauler. Engaged to be married to Dominitia Knowles.

  CMDR and Crown Prince Adam Ramichov: XO on Arkangel. Married to Crown Princess Consort Marina (white queen) Stuart.

  Captain Lovejoy: Captain and senior officer of supply convoy two sent to resupply the Retribution fleet.

  Commander/Captain Magnus Abernly: System commander of Dead Drop. Fat, overlooked. Big time into being a petty obstructionist bureaucrat. Heavy into graft. Finally promoted to captain.

  Lieutenant Sri Savenan: Second command to Abernly. Sycophant to his boss.

  Horathians of Marengo:

  Captain Bellerose -female

  Petty officer 2nd class Blake Hale

  Doctor Cloutier

  Petty officer 3rd class Kelsea Travere: Lone survivor of Marengo.

  Chief Engineer Vincent Faver (last name means blacksmith in French)

  Bellamy D'Angelo: Shuttle pilot AKA Angel or Angelo

  Mackey d'Bird: Cargo Master

  Oswald: Copilot

  Bruno: Life support tech

  Beasley: Mascot hound of the ship.

  Brrfrak: Young male Ssilli captive.

  Sputtersque: Young female Ssilli captive.

  Appendix:

  My blog:

  http://cyberforge3d.blogspot.com/

  The Facebook Fan group:

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/582559128466667/

  The Wiki:

  http://federation-datanet.wikia.com/wiki/Federation_AI_Historical_Datanet_Wiki

  Engineering:

  http://gizmodo.com/optical-data-storage-squeezes-360tb-on-to-a-quartz-disc-1759359652

  Physics:

  http://gizmodo.com/weve-found-gravitational-waves-now-what-1755125155

  http://gizmodo.com/holy-shit-scientists-have-confirmed-the-existence-of-g-1755465297

  Medicine:

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/3d-printed-human-heart_us_56ca3f41e4b0928f5a6c54f6

  Inspiring Art:

  http://kotaku.com/blizzard-channels-pixar-in-the-first-overwatch-short-1766223534

  https://www.artstation.com/artwork/bVgvg

  https://www.artstation.com/artwork/JD84Z

  Law and economics:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securities_fraud

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_gouging

  http://www.startribune.com/turing-ceo-martin-shkreli-in-custody-after-securities-probe/362779891/

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Champion

  http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/24/makerbot-fights-3d-printing-copyright-violations/

  Other:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kaiju_creatures

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Army_Now_(film)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Smithing_gods

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikenga

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goibniu

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gofannon

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culann

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creidhne

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilmarinen

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasseur_(1812_clipper)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jericho

  Sneak Peek:

  The following is a raw excerpt from Enemy of my Enemy, first book of the Horatio Logan side series:

 

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