🔹 Elias Vera — Redacted Public Bio
Captain of the Stellar Hawk
First Appearance: Spiral Burn, Chapter 2 — The Quiet Departure
Elias Vera is not the kind of man history prepares for. He does not seek command, recognition, or legacy. Yet when events begin to fracture around him, he becomes the still point others instinctively gather toward.
A former corporate courier turned starship captain, Elias moves through crisis with quiet resolve. He speaks little, listens deeply, and carries himself with a gravity that suggests long familiarity with loss. Those who serve under him often struggle to articulate why they trust him—only that they do.
During the early Spiral Burn incidents, Elias becomes linked to an object whose nature is not fully understood. He does not attempt to control it, nor does he claim insight into its purpose. Instead, he carries it forward, as if bearing responsibility is something he has practiced all his life.
Elias resists the pull of powerful institutions long before their true intentions are revealed. When offered safety, status, or escape, he consistently chooses the harder path—one that keeps others alive at the cost of his own certainty.
Records recovered after the Spiral Burn would later refer to him by another name. One he never used. One he never asked for.
Some people change the future by force.
Others do it by refusing to let go.
🎖️ Selene Vera — Redacted Public Bio
Senior Executive, Solis Corp
First Appearance: Spiral Burn, Chapter 1 — First Glance
Selene Vera understands power—not as spectacle, but as structure.
From the outside, she is everything Solis Corp claims to represent: disciplined, articulate, composed. She speaks the language of systems, risk, and inevitability with effortless precision. Governments listen. Boards comply. Crises resolve themselves around her.
Yet beneath that control lies a fracture she works tirelessly to contain.
Selene believes—at least at first—that order is a form of mercy. That containment prevents chaos. That difficult decisions, made quietly, spare humanity from worse outcomes. This belief carries her far inside Solis, even as doubts begin to surface about the direction of its ambitions.
Her connection to the Spiral is not reverent, nor instinctive. It arrives as burden rather than calling—an echo of responsibility rather than faith. Unlike others drawn toward meaning, Selene is forced to confront consequence.
When the truth can no longer be managed, she makes a choice that cannot be undone. One that costs her position, her protection, and the carefully constructed identity she spent a lifetime maintaining.
History will remember her voice long after her authority fades.
Not because she ruled—
but because she chose to speak.
📘 Dr. Evangeline “Eva” Pierce — Redacted Public Bio
Chief Medical Officer, Stellar Hawk
First Appearance: Spiral Burn, Chapter 2 — The Quiet Departure
Dr. Evangeline Pierce is the kind of presence a ship relies on long before it realizes why.
As Chief Medical Officer aboard the Stellar Hawk, Eva brings a calm that steadies even the most volatile situations. Her empathy is precise rather than performative—measured words, careful observation, and an ability to read the human body as easily as a diagnostic screen. She treats more than injuries. She watches patterns. She notices what others miss.
Eva rarely asserts authority, yet it follows her naturally. Crew members confide in her without realizing they’ve done so. Captains trust her instincts without needing justification. In moments of crisis, her composure becomes a quiet anchor—proof that control does not always require command.
Her connection to the Spiral is never overt, never intentional. It does not manifest through knowledge or belief, but through proximity—through presence at the moment everything fractures. What occurs during the Korvalis incident is not fully understood, only that something irreversible takes hold.
Afterward, records struggle to explain why her absence leaves such a measurable void.
Some people save lives by what they do.
Others by what they leave behind.
🔹 Grady Fess — Redacted Public Bio
Chief Engineer & Systems Analyst, Stellar Hawk
First Appearance: Spiral Burn, Chapter 2 — Dock 47
Grady Fess has survived ships that should have killed him.
A former NASPA military engineer turned freelance mechanic, Grady brings decades of hard-earned pragmatism aboard the Stellar Hawk. He doesn’t believe in perfect systems—only systems that keep working when everything else fails. His methods are blunt, his humor dry, and his loyalty absolute.
Grady treats the Stellar Hawk less like a vessel and more like a stubborn companion. He knows every sound it makes, every vibration that doesn’t belong. When something feels wrong, he doesn’t check a diagnostic—he listens. More often than not, he’s right.
He has no interest in grand theories or cosmic meaning. If something breaks, he fixes it. If it can’t be fixed, he reinforces it until it behaves. And if all else fails, he gives it a name and makes it part of the crew.
Though he never speaks of it, Grady’s past in military engineering shows in the way he prepares for failure before it happens. His presence aboard the Stellar Hawk is less about innovation and more about survival—keeping the ship flying long after it should have given up.
History won’t remember Grady for heroics.
It will remember that the shi
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