Wing IV · Captains of the great powers
Personnel
Dossiers on the captains you will meet across the lanes: allies, rivals, and the nemeses who already know your name. Files still being written are kept under seal.
Captain dossier · Warden · Lantern of the First Light
Warden Aurel
Aurel was the last keeper of the Lantern Deep when the First Empire went dark. The records disagree on whether Aurel is a person, a ship, or a promise kept by both. Survey crews…
The Ancients
Captain dossier · Matriarch · Chorus of Ten Thousand
Matriarch Sessile
Sessile does not command the Chorus of Ten Thousand. Sessile is the Chorus: a reef of minds grown into a single hull, every chamber a voice, every voice in agreement. Collective…
Bio Collective
Captain dossier · Seedling · First Bloom
Seedling Ivi
Sealed · not yet written
Bio Collective
Captain dossier · Marshal · Anvil of Tarsis
Marshal Hadria Voss
Hadria Voss rose from the smelter decks of Ember Forge with burn scars on both arms and a quota sheet she has never once failed to meet. The Combine made her a Marshal for the…
Industrial Combine
Captain dossier · Foreman · Steady Hand
Foreman Ade Okafor
Sealed · not yet written
Industrial Combine
Captain dossier · Blade-Captain · Red Ledger
Kesh Varro
Kesh Varro keeps two books. One lists every contract the Red Ledger has ever taken. The other lists every contract the Red Ledger has ever broken, and is considerably shorter. The…
Galactic Blades
Captain dossier · Salvage Boss · Finders Keepers
Old Dross
Sealed · not yet written
Galactic Blades
Captain dossier · Archlector · The Last Rite
Archlector Marrow
In the Ossuary, Archlector Marrow walks the wreckage and reads aloud from the black boxes of the fallen. Ships that hear their crews' last words spoken back to them have a habit…
Necro Dominion
Captain dossier · Wraith-Admiral · Pale Regatta
Ysolde the Unburied
Ysolde died racing. Ysolde is still racing. The Pale Regatta skims the edge of the Tithe of Bones nebula trailing cold light, and any captain foolish enough to follow is invited…
Necro Dominion
Captain dossier · Admiral of the Gauge · Magnificent Pressure
Admiral Cornelius Brassfield
Admiral Brassfield won the Battle of the Ninth Valve by closing a valve. He has been describing the moment, at length and with gestures, ever since. The Magnificent Pressure is…
Steam Confederacy
Captain dossier · Chief Engineer · Patent Pending
Chief Engineer Ottilie Pell
Sealed · not yet written
Steam Confederacy