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The First Hundred |
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The First Hundred (and one) were the first Terran colonists who arrived at Mars in 2027. They were supposed to be the best that Humanity could offer a new world, but each had his own internal daemons, desires and ambitions that gave each of them a wholly different perspective on Mars. |
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- Ai, Hiroko
- b. 1993 d. 2116 (est.).
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- Berkovic, George
- Blyleven, Janet
- Bogdanov, Arkady Nikelyovich
- b. ???? d. 2061.
The first of the First Hundred to suggest, openly, that the
colonists were free from the influences of Earth, he became the embodiment
of enlightened anarchy on Mars before his untimely assasination in 2061
by UNOMA forces on Phobos.
¶ His closest friend and sometimes lover was Nadia - Boone, John ("the First Man on Mars")
- b. 1982 d. John
Boone is one of the three principal characters in [RM] the Trilogy,
albeit one of the shortest lived (his death occurs in the first chapter
of RM). The Romantic, in more ways than one, described as having
"California blonde good looks", he is the protagonist to Frank Chalmers antagonist. He is
also Maya Toitovna's lover, and for
that he is despised by Frank.
¶ John's presence on Mars is somewhat of a staggeringly clever political move. Being the first human to step on Mars, he was pulled from the running for the Ares mission, since he had been exposed to a substantial amount of cosmic radiation in his life. But clever political manuvering on his part got him a vacant seat when one of the finalists in Anatartica cracked up. This, too, thwarted Frank Chalmer's plans.
¶ John is ever the sensualist, and thouroughly enjoys good drugs (omegendorph) and good sex (most of the nubile women of the first Mars colonies). His on-again/off-again relation with Maya was probably his strongest, but he never really settled down with one partner. - Boyle, Phyllis
- b. ???? d. 2102. Conservative pro-Industrial member of the aerology team, later the director of the Mars elevator. Allegedly fundamentalist Christian, seemlingly for personal political gain. Secretly in league with UNOMA forces during the 2061 revolution -- she was one of the Clarke asteroid survivors. She was killed by Maya Toitovna during a raid to retrieve Sax Russell after she had helped in his capture and interrogation at Echus Overlook.
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- Calkins, Roger
- Chalmers, Frank
- Cherneshevsky, Nadezhda Francine
- Clayborne, Ann
- The original Red. The head of the aerology team, Ann fell in love with Mars, and fought bitterly to prevent it's transformation into a living world. Like many of the First Hundred, she became a symbol for later political movements, notably the Reds.
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- Dmitri
- Member of the Acheron biology group.
- Dunkel, Mary
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- F -
- Frazier, Simon
- Anne's husband. Died of lymphatic cancer in Hiroko's enclave in the polar ice cap.
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- Gene
- Member of the Farm team.
- H -
- Hawkins, Desmond ("Coyote")
- The stowaway on Ares.
One of Hiroko's many lovers, meticulously
cached to Mars in the first colony ship, and hidden in the farming area
until they made their break with the main colony in Underhill.
¶ One of the most enigmatic characters, barely seen or heard of in RM, he becomes a major player once revolution breaks out on Mars. Possibly the most well travelled Terran on Mars, he developed caches all over the planet, organized one of the most sucessful underground groups, and was a player in most of the Martian factions in 2061 and in the second revolution.
¶ Described as a man of Carribean descent, with dreadlocks and a sharp face, he has a racous laugh and a very Socialist/3rd World perspective. Ersatz father of Nirgal. - Hoyle, Samantha
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- Raul
- Member of the Farm team. Dissappeared with Hiroko.
- Russell, Saxifrage ("Sax")
- The philisophical and actual leader of the Terriforming effort (aka. the Greens). Sax was a brilliant particle physicist whose mental abilities were so dominate that he often portraited himself as the canonical scientist.
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- T -
- Taneev, Vlad
- b. 1968 d. ????.
- Toitovna, Maya Katraina
- b. 1985.
Leader of the Russian contingent [RM, p. 30], strong willed,
beautiful, politically savvy (until she met Frank Chalmers), and yet
very flightly, distant and moody. She established herself in the Russian
space program with a politically motivated marriage and substantial
time on Novy Mir, including some very good work during a crisis.
By the time of the Ares launch, she was her own woman, and in
charge of the mission.
¶ Maya was the fulcrum of the triangle that included John Boone and Frank Chalmers. During the trip to Mars, she had a brief sexual encounter with Frank, which he took as a signal of her willingness to be his partner. But Maya merely played with Frank, using her sex as a weapon for power. She became involved with John, and truly fell in love with him, only to lose him early in the colonial phase.
¶ Eventually, she was with Frank (until 2061), never suspecting the role he played in John's death. After Frank's death, she found herself with Michael Duval, until the "quick decline" took him in 2206. - Tokareva, Marina
- Member of the Acheron biology group.
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- Yefremov, Sasha
- b. ???? d. 2061 (Cairo)
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