# People

The crew, their allies, and the lives drawn into first contact.

## In this subject

9 articles

- [Pilot and engineer Alex Dakota-Kinsworth The Rebel Ascendant’s pilot and engineer, keeping the ship usable from the inside.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/alex-dakota-kinsworth/)

- [Computational cognitive scientist Dr. Tavanda Ruun A scientist whose work makes her the subject of the Rebel Ascendant’s extraction assignment.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/tavanda-ruun/)

- [Alien survivor Elesylis An alien presence at the center of Emissary’s first-contact story, confronting humanity with the needs of another intelligence.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/elesylis/)

- [Field operator Goblin A young, physically gifted field operator whose humor remains present under pressure.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/goblin/)

- [Captain Kaid Sidorov Captain of the Rebel Ascendant at the opening of Geometry of Grace, responsible for a covert crew and the people it brings aboard.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/kaid-sidorov/)

- [Technical operator Nadira Izmaylova The crew’s operator for travel, communications, traces, and the odds behind a plan.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/nadira-izmaylova/)

- [Field operator Nobu A field operator who reads protocol and danger with equal precision.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/nobu/)

- [Field operator Pepper The crew’s legal and social-engineering mind, with a physical presence that can change a conversation.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/pepper/)

- [Independent researcher Sam Rothrock A researcher at Agartha whose improvised workspace and telemetry instruments support an unusual investigation.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/sam-rothrock/)