Founded Heirotus in order to put his doctorate-equivalents in Xenoarcheology and Anthropology to use without academic interference. After a crucial classified discovery, James branched the company into high technology and has personally overseen the day-to-day operations of the FTL, communications, and eugenics divisions for the past 40 years. Only a few people high up in the company know the actual purpose of these programs, and all are sworn to secrecy.

Attained rank of Rear Admiral in the Intelligence branch of the Federal Navy and a IX degree in an unspecified hermetic tradition before being recruited by James to run the Addicaine program. His atypical methods of dress and speech are affected for the express purpose of intimidation.

While General Grij commands the Sabrosa's 400 Addicaines, Captain Andreissen is in charge of the rest of the boat. Or rather, she was. She's been in an exceptionally sour mood since General Grij invoked Special Directive 572.2a, relieving her of command of the Sabrosa until the ship leaves GSV-368.

A young soldier with impressive psionic abilities, James and Grij have taken a special interest in his training and conditioning. Alias hasn't figured out why, but thinks it may have something to do with the incredibly weird dreams he has. Or maybe it's the hair - none of the other N-series telekinetics get black bangs when they use their abilities. Whatever the reason, they cut him an amazing amount of slack - so it must be a good thing.

Theo Wakeman transferred to Heirotus after an eighteen year stint as a drill instructor in Federal Armed Services Division Three, ending his NCO career with a corporate cross- promotion. Stu is very, very good at keeping grunts organized and motivated, and has been grinding boys into fighting men since the N series was still in the gene sequencer.

One of four non-Ikon carbon computer hosts aboard the Sabrosa with formal flight training. When she's not functioning in an intelligence-gathering capacity, she's subconsciously processing communications cryptography, intelligence analysis and medical imaging as part of the Sabrosa Network Cluster.

As third shift SIO on a training boat, Sparkson spends most of his time looking busy, trying to look busy, taking extended bathroom breaks or doing crossword puzzles. He's lucky if he logs more than sixty hours of Real Work during a cruise. It's a boring, boring job, but the pay and benefits are better than he'd get doing the same thing in the Federal Navy.

Megan is a third shift Naval Trainee Operations Officer in the Trainee Command Center, she coordinates the pilot and navigator and, among other duties, is responsible for knowing the position, direction and velocity of the Sabrosa at all times.

While it's Megan's job to know where the Sabrosa is, it's Tanya's job to know what the ship is sitting in. She's responsible for all communications and sensors inside and outside of the ship. While on duty, Tanya is the eyes, the ears, and the mouth of the Sabrosa.

The public face of the Heirotus Eugenics Program, Addicaines are genetically engineered metahumans trained from birth to do whatever it is that Heirotus needs done - anything from the blackest of black ops to corporate security and everything in between. Fully 1,000 of the 2,700 personnel aboard the Sabrosa are part of the Heirotus Eugenics Program. While all of them are technically Addicaines, the term officially applies to the 400 soldiers that form the Corporate Security Detatchment.