Nope, Vic is original; I wanted an American tank crew (sort of a backhanded reference to the old G.I. Combat war comics) and ended up deciding to use one of my old Battletech characters.

>Wouldn't Claudia have been forced to 'retire' when she got married,
>given the period?

Well, she's not on active duty when the story opens, given that she just had a child, but she's hoping to get back to work one day. Given that she's had to overcome being a woman, being culturally Dutch, and not being white, a little thing like being married and having children shouldn't stand in her way for too long. :)

>>Samuel Clemens - American author and humorist, well-known by
>>the pen name "Mark Twain".
>
>You know, that may be the single most brilliant piece of casting ever
>done in and UF piece. Would have liked to see his
>contemporary, Jules Verne, there too - some of the concepts in his
>books would have been proven a mere ten to twenty years after he wrote
>about them, and one would think he wouldn't have missed this launch
>for the world.

I'm sure he would very much like to, and this is only a partial list of characters, but bear in mind - not only is Verne a foreigner, he's a damned Frenchman. He's hardly likely to be invited to the party. :)

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