Asha Drenn — Verdictperson · character · as of 2066
EO Siberian Lynx gene-forged operator. Callsign VERDICT. Kael Drenna's sister. Hunting the Blocking Agent who covered up her brother's death in the Savar compound operation.
Captain Seren Adeolaperson · poi
COMMANDER · Flooded London. Runs elevated-district enforcement and has run seventeen unauthorized solo corridor operations she's never reported.
Cherkasperson · character
Kazan Consortium info-broker. Sells the same cache map twice — once in 'Cold Storage,' once in 'Fourteen Minutes.'
Col. Ansel Dreyperson · character
EO officer who recurs as the antagonist across three consecutive CONFLICT issues — debt, thirst, and salvage — the same appetite wearing three different paperwork trails.
Commander Arkadiperson · character
Commands EO Station Alpha. Has carried the approved STRATEGIC VALUE recommendation for six months and looks like someone relieved to put it down. His last three reports have been shorter and less specific.
Commander Katya Volkovperson · character · as of 2060
EO Antarctic Peninsula team commander. Opened EREBUS outer seal six weeks ago. Decided not to report to EO command. Believes EREBUS should not belong to any faction.
Director Alistair Mhendeperson · poi
OLIGARCH · Flooded London. Keeps 847 flood gates and 23 pumping stations running on a budget that shouldn't cover it, via a procurement system that wouldn't survive an audit.
Dmitri Volkovperson · character · as of 2060
EO procurement operator. Issued Standing Order 7 suppression protocol through Kazan Consortium logistics. Diverting 12% ore shipments from Ural-7 to buyer MERIDIAN.
Dr. Strandperson · character
Station Alpha researcher who knows the spring tide projection and the approved recommendation, and is one contact away from leaking both.
Elena Kirovaperson · character · as of 2060
EO internal security. Running parallel investigation to Dmitri Volkov ore diversion for 18 months. Has not disclosed findings to EO military command.
Ex-Tempest Rider (bear)person · character
Narrator of 'Fourteen Minutes.' Deserted EO's Tempest Riders after a suppressed plague-coverup.
Grigor Volkperson · character
CRACKERJACK. Rival Bears captain — wary battlefield ally to Latch's squad.
Lt. Sinclair “Gargoyle”person · character
Royal Phantom Corps. Wrote the 2062 Tower damage report, filed it in the archive himself, and was listed killed in action. Has lived in the Drowned Tube for four years reading the flood maps.
Major Aleksandra "Valkyrie" Volkovperson · character · as of 2040
Broke EO blockade to deliver supplies during Siege of New Moscow. Legendary armored operations commander. Military column officers trained under her doctrine.
Nadia Sorokinaperson · poi
ARCHITECT · Eurasian Steppes. Lead architect of the EO's Siberian gene-forging sub-facility. Calls it the reduction of suffering.
Petra Vaneperson · character
Deceased relay rat who kept Flooded London's taps running nine years. Her dead water-authority credential is now worn as a relic.
Solin Chenperson · character
Keiretsu Strip watcher in 'Terminal Velocity' who namechecks Neon Ronin directly as a possible buyer for the weapon.
The Sicarioperson · character
DARK CELL. Recovered EO bespoke-lineage killer secretly running a second, unauthorized list.
Vasil Dorenkoperson · poi
WARLORD · Eurasian Steppes. Logistical, not ideological. Still filing accountability requests for four operators lost off the official map in 2061.
Vector 6person · character · as of 2060
Vector Group acquisition operator, gene-forged boar build. Knows there is ambiguity in his performance record and cannot read it directly. Left a sealed envelope in a locker four years ago explaining why he kept a voided registration chip.
Volkov (Antarctic commander)person · character
EO commander who opened the Erebus vault, went silent, and sacrificed herself. One of several EO 'Volkovs' across the archive.
“Wheels”person · character
Narrator of 'Cold Storage.' Freelance driver racing the open steppe to a bunker that's actually a leaking pathogen vault.