All That Glitters - Notes

Beausoleil, Phillip, S.A.M. Crim., IPPF Special Agent - Aide to Chief Superintendent Maria Sanger, Director of Operations IPPF for Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter fifteen.

Blanche, LissetteExecutive Assistant to Liea Samson. First seen in chapter three.

Branchette, LucD. Comp - Savant computer specialist working for Veterans Security Company. Forcibly recruited by VSC when an app he constructs is used by criminal elements and jeopardizes Liea. First seen in chapter six.

Brilliant, Jacques Manager of the local branch of Liea's bank in Liramor City. First seen in chapter three.

Clenet, Williama.k.a. Billy Lester - Miner for LMC-23. Reporter for Pan Galactic News Services and one of the people they employ to spread false rumours about people Pan Galactic doesn't like. Clenet was sent to LMC-23 to ferment rebellion against Dir. Marsh due to Marsh's threat against Pan Galactic's attempt at extortion for news articles. First seen in chapter nineteen.

Dejeu, PascalD. Engr. - Chief engineer for Pallanders Shipyards. First seen in chapter sixteen.

Delan, William, CSecChief of Security (CSec) for Liramor Holdings. First seen in chapter three.

Descamps, MarcM. Adm, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Domuchelle, Lauren, Dr.Chief Medical Examiner of Liramor City. Coroner who examens Analisa Talbot's body and helps Ayesha Seito in The Wanderer's Infirmary. First seen in chapter twenty-four.

Ducharme, LynneMBA, CPA, a.k.a. 'Fudge' - EA/PA to Raymond Clark. 30yrs in 2483, brunette, 180cm, fit, beautiful, intelligent. Minor character but in the periphery of Raymond Clark and interacts with other characters. Home planet Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter fifteen.

Dumont, JeanD. Adm, D. Fin - President of Dumont Finances and Liea's Chief Financial Advisor. First seen in chapter four.

Guillemette, Gerrard Miner, Amateur inventor - Creates several very useful inventions while on Liramor-23. Liramor Holdings helps him in the courts against companies that he previously worked for who stole inventions he had made, claiming he had made the inventions on company time and with company equipment. Now working for and out of facilities owned by Liramor Holdings on Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter twenty-one.

Fontaine, PeterWidower and dying man recruited to place a bomb on the PV Sprawls' during the inaugural Liramor/Terra run. Only seen in chapter fifteen.

Foreman, JonathanM. Adm, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. Originally from Terra. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Gallant, PhillipSenior partner of Les Avocats Gallant et Associates which is nickel and diming their clients with strict business practices and outright theft of funds from their businesses. The are, unfortunately, the law firm of Les Armuriers Laundray. First seen in chapter twenty-two.

Gauthier, Fontaine, Dr.PhD PA, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Grange, Nannette, Dr.PhD Fin, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Hiliere, GenevièveAssistant-manager at Liea's original bank. First seen in chapter three.

Harlona, Katryanaa.k.a. Loane Ste-Armand - Reporter for Pan Galactic news. Sent to LMC-23 to ferment rebellion through the use of rumours and inuendo. Originally from Moscow, Terra, more recently from Tova's Planet. First seen in chapter eighteen.

Kelter, JosephD. Geo - Chief Assayer of Liramor Holdings. First seen in chapter two.

Langois, StephanSenior News Director for Pan Galactic News on Liramor Prime and the controller for William Clenet and Katryana Harlona who he sent to LMC-23 to ferment rebellion against Dir. Marsh. First seen in chapter nineteen.

Lapierre, MarcelPresident of Liramor Prime. Widower. First referred to in chapter seven.

Lapierre, LillianneDaughter of the President of Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter fifteen.

Latour, Darvell, Dr.PhD Adm, Member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. Son of Marianne Latour, Dir. Fin Liramor Holdings. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Latour, Marianne, Dr.PhD Fin, Dir. Finances for Liramor Holdings. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Laundray, MarcelCEO of Les Armuriers Laundray and head of the Laundray family. He is grooming his eldest daughter Michelle to take over the business. He is under the control of Phillip Gallant, his lawyer, who is blackmailing him unbeknownst to his daughter. First seen in chapter twenty-two.

Laundray, MichelleSenior partner of Les Armuriers Laundray and eldest daughter of the Marcel Laundray, CEO. She is instrumental in making the new armour vests or Personal Body Armour, for our favourite people. First seen in chapter twenty-two.

Laurier, GisselleM. Adm, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Liramor, AnnettePhD PA - Dir. of Operations Liramor Holdings, friend to Liea, Raymond, and Fiona. Occasional lover to Raymond and Liea. 186cm. First seen in chapter one.

Liramor, AntoinePresident of Liramor Holdings and patriarch of the Liramor family. First seen in chapter two.

Liramor, FrançoisCEO Liramor Mining Company. First identified in chapter four.

Liramor, WilliamOperations Manager Liramor Mining Company. First identified in chapter one.

Lester, BillyAlias used by William Clenet on LMC-23. First seen in chapter nineteen.

MeteryeaSpecial Security Agent for Liramor Holdings. Arrests 'Corden' when she arrives on Liramor Prime. Miner character who interacts repeatedly with 'Corden' during the series. A male from Hollanders World, as can be seen by the suffix yea at the end of his name. First seen in chapter ten.

Moreau, AnneD. Med Adm - Senior administrator for Marie Laurentien Memorial Medical Facility. First seen in chapter two.

Oriana, Phillipa, Dr.D. Engr, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Oshiiru, Kimiko (Kim)Liea's personal bodyguard, 23 in 2483, Asian, 152cm, delicate looking but anything but, black hair, brown eyes, deadly with any bladed weapon, deadly without a weapon. She has been training since she was a child. Kimiko means 'child without equal' in old Japanese and Kim lives up to that. She has no equal in fighting skills within VSC and in fact trains members of VSC, the local Marines at the Navy base on Liramor Prime, and IPPF under contract. The only person who might be her equal is Raymond Clark who she gives a serious run for his money in a martial arts bout. Highly intelligent, speaks 6 languages fluently, including French. First seen in chapter six.

Pallanders, FrançoisPresident of Pallanders Shipyards and head of Pallanders family. First seen in chapter five.

Pallanders, MartinD. Engr - Middle son of François Pallanders. Nominally in charge of the Pallanders Orbital Shipyard. In charge of the commercial spaceliner project. First seen in chapter twelve.

Phiata, Gregoirea.k.a. George Princen member of the Phiata crime family and eldest son of Don Phiata. Tricks Luc Branchette into creating an app that he exploits for criminal activities. First seen in chapter six.

Phiata, MarcusBrother of Don Phiata, senior member of the Phiata Crime Family, responsible for the Dark Web on Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter 20.

PierreformeOwner of Serveur Informatique Pierreforme, and boss of Luc Branchette under his alias M. Ouellette, a recently graduate computer student. Luc infiltrates his business to access a dark website that is suspected of controlling contracts on Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter nineteen.

Samson, LieaD. Phila (h.c.) - Ex miner, billionaire philanthropist, part owner of The Wanderer, partner and occasional lover to Raymond Clark. Strawberry blond, 182cm. Originally from Terra. First seen in the prologue.

Sanger, Maria, C. Supt.D. Crim, Chief Superintendent - Director of Operations IPPF on Liramor Prime. First seen in chapter ten.

Scimate, JeanHead of computer security for VSC. First seen in chapter six.

Sprawl, DavidMaster Chief Petty Officer (retired) -- Senior Manager for Pallanders Shipyards. Minor character who outfits The Wanderer and provides some ideas to Pallanders Shipyards that makes everybody happy. First seen in this chapter eleven.

Talbot, AnalisaPSec for Liea Samson, head of her security, member of VSC. Eventually becomes Raymond Clark's bodyguard but acts as liaison for VSC chapters on various planets that The Wanderer visits. First seen in chapter four. (Deceased Ch. 23).

Talbot, TatyanahAnalisa's sister and only living relative. First seen in chapter twenty-four.

Thibault, MarcD. Engr - Representative and engineer for Pallanders Shipyards. Specialist in ship repairs and assessments of repairs. Engineer responsible for most of the repairs on LMC-23 after the Second Battle of LMC-23. First seen in chapter twenty.

Trainor, AlexaM. Adm, member of Liramor Holdings Senior Management Program 2485 A, along with Fayad Piscium. Originally from Neues Deutschland. First seen in chapter twenty-six.

Veterans Security Company (VSC), in French: Société de sécurité des anciens combattants, a security company composed principally of veterans with all the skill sets that can be found in the military, in police forces, and civilian aspects of security. The organisation was originally founded to provide work for veterans of the Terran Unification War. Thus its name.

- Vilumas City, Liramor Prime

Serveur Informatique Pierreforme, network server business, operates a server dedicated to the dark web that is infiltrated by VSC.

Ouellette, MarcAlias used by Luc Branchette to infiltrate Pierreforme Serveur Informatique. First seen in chapter nineteen.

New Hadria, Frogus System, 74ly from Terra

- New Carthage, New Hadria, Frogus System, Seventy-Four Light Years from Terra

- Handren Orbital Station, New Hadria, Frogus System, Seventy-Four Light Years from Terra

New Hadria was originally founded by pirates attempting to escape capture by the then Union of Planets Navy in 2405 but was not registered for another five years until 2410, when the pirates had fully established themselves as a 'legitimate' government.

The planet was suitable for human occupation and the new government decided to do just that. The government was totally ruthless with those who came to the new world, demanding that citizens have the means to be able to fund a farmstead for five years or you would not be accepted as a free citizen of New Hadria. Those that were not accepted as free citizens could work for their citizenship under an indentured service term with those who could establish themselves. Thus did slavery originate on the planet as the terms of indentured service became more and more difficult to complete.

The new government, having been formed by a group of 'elites' who were in fact former pirates, allowed almost all forms of legal and illegal activities on the planet. Eventually, they cracked down on some of these activities, limiting the most lucrative of the illegal activities to the members of the Handren Trading Company, of which the members of the government were heavily invested in. The Handren Company dealt with all manner of trade, both legal and illegal, and soon formed close relations with the major families, all the while hiding the true nature of their businesses and of the conditions on New Hadria.

When the Terran Unification Wars broke out, the Handren Company was one of those that supplied both sides of the war, though they secretly supported the Confederation of Planets because of their belief in slavery. When the war ended, New Hadria terminated open contact with Union worlds, again because of its ideals in slavery. They contacted the other five planets that dealt in slavery and formed a new alliance, known as the 'The Alliance of Free Planets' referred to simply as The Alliance or sometimes as The Free Planets. These six planets began to thrive under their new association.

The Handren Company was the main point of contact with the Union worlds for New Hadria as they traded openly with planets of the Union and with the famous families hiding only their activities vis-à-vis slavery. They quickly re-established themselves in the heart of the Union business community after The War.

Rumours had always abounded about the slave trade on the six planets that did not enter the Terran Union, however, as most non-citizens were not permitted beyond the capitals of those planets, definitive proof of slavery was never forth coming. As New Hadria approached its seventy-fifth founding anniversary, it began to be more open about slavery on the planet, though still referring to it as indentured service. This openness was fomented by the arrogance of the major families on New Hadria, lead by the Handren family and it's head Artura Handren.

With the discovery that the Union was aware of free citizens of the Union having been taken as slaves by pirates, but no action having been taken by the Union Navy or political elite, The Alliance member planets became more and more arrogant. The practice of hiding slavery was beginning to slip.

- The Alliance of Free PlanetsA loose alliance of the six non-union planets that allow open slavery. It is sometimes referred to as "The Alliance" or sometimes as "The Free Planets". The six planets thrived under the Alliance umbrella as trade in commerce and slavery between the planets was extensive. The Handren company was best situated to take advantage of the new alliance and soon dominated Alliance trade. The company also made significant inroads to trade in Union space after The War, working as a go-between for Union and Alliance business concerns.

- Handren Trading CompanyTrading company owned by the Handren Family. Known throughout human space, the Handren Company trades in just about anything. It has been suspected, but not proven, to be involved with the slave trade which is legal on New Hadria. The Handren Trading Company will in fact provide slaves tailor made through breeding or through conditioning for any purpose that one could desire to the member planets of The Alliance of Free Planets. The Handren family has close ties with many trading families from around Human space, including families closely linked with the political elite of the Union. First seen in chapter twenty-three.

Colden, HamdenDivision champion of the Death Games and the champion Artura Handren choses to challenge Kim with. Frist seen in chapter twenty-three.

Flynet, Harold, Ambs.Terran Union Ambassador to New Hadria. A man in his late eighties, now entering the later stages of his employment with the Union Diplomatic Corps. First seen in chapter twenty-nine.

Handren, ArturaHead of the Handren Family and President of the Handren Trading Company. Scoundrel on a level that has not been seen for some time. Well known figure throughout human space, he is well connected with the other trading families and higher political families in the Terran Union. Will fill any deal required by a client, including providing gladiators for the aptly named 'Death Games'. The Handren connection is first identified in chapter twenty-one.

Handren, KatrynnaMiddle daughter of Artura Handren. Now in line to be head of the Handren family and does so in a 'hostile' takeover. Anti-slaver on a planet full of slavers and quietly works as an abolitionist. First seen in chapter twenty-eight.

Handren, LiamYounger brother to Artura Handren. Has been working for years to position himself to take the leadership of the Handren Company from his older brother's family, now possible because of the actions of Artura and Marcario. First seen in chapter twenty-eight.

Handren, Marcario Eldest son of Artura Handren and in line to be the next head of the Handren Company. Responsible for a failed coup attempt on his father. First seen in chapter twenty-three.

Oren, Elizabeth, Dr.D. Med, D. Med Admin - One of two administrators for the hospital on the Handren Station. First seen in chapter twenty-three.

Perron, CassiniA woman who works as a spy for the Handren Trading Company, sometimes appears to be a slave, other times takes the guise of an executive of a miner corporation. First seen in chapter thirty-one.

Philaman, PhargasSlave trader associated with the Handren Company, found in the wreckage of the Pollard. Deals mostly with 'breeding stock' and was on the Pollard to advise the late Adm. Kittering on which slaves would bring the best prices from his parent company. Miner character who is instrumental in providing intelligence on the slave trade. First seen in chapter twenty-one.

Neues Deutschland, Hildebrand System, 68ly from Terra

- Hildebrand City, Neues Deutschland, Hildebrand System, Sixty-Eight Light Years from Terra

- Hildebrand AGSimilar to Liramor Holdings in nature, Hildebrand AG is a multifunctional company that controls a wide list of sub-companies working to provide profit and prestige to Hildebrand AG. Owned by the Hildebrand family, one of the top five richest families in the Union, the company is well represented throughout the Union. It is located in Hildebrand an der Lingel, a major city on Neues Deutschland, though not the capital of the planet.

Hildebrand, AnnaEldest unmarried daughter of Franz Hildebrand. Deputy Director of Hildebrand AG, she is 36 years in 2484, a year older than Annette Liramor. First seen in chapter 21.

Hildebrand, FranzPatriarch of the Hildebrand family and CEO of Hildebrand AG. First identified in chapter 21.

Hildebrand, RudolfSecond youngest son of Franz Hildebrand. Director of Operations for Hildebrand AG. He is 32 in 2484. First seen in chapter 21.

Nouvelle France, Eight Light Years from Terra

One of the original six colony planets inhabited by humans before the great expansion. Nouvelle France became one of the six founding planets of Union of Planets (one of the stars in the seven stars of the Union Flag) later to be known as the Terran Union.

Ancien, DianePhD Admin -- Director of Human Resources at LMC-23, 43 at start of series. 185cm, red head. Home world: Nouvelle France. First seen in the Prologue.