Project S.E.E.D.

Kane Borger has a technical background and a degree in mechanical engineering, so he has been given the post of Chief Engineer to Freyja. Unfortunately, the complex systems were meant to be handled by a team of specialists, and Kane has only a hazy idea of what has to happen beyond basic maintenance.

As an agent of Earth Security, Kane’s clearance was high – Delta level. He had access to the Adamantine Protocols which were, by law, built into every Earth computer of any size or power, to prevent rogue AI incidents.

Doctor Bayrak is driven to finding a cure for the Howler transformations. Most of her time is spent wrestling with the Howler infection. She is constantly taking samples, growing tissues, applying different stimuli, and observing cellular metabolism, but she is somewhat hampered by the fact that Freyja is a prototype.

Being a genius, Elena has the capacity to design and build more complex equipment to counter the restrictions of Freyja, however she requires constant permissions from Captain Nico and assistance from Kane in fabricating everything she designs.

Jason Cutter is nominally the Chief of Security, which means he mostly goes around acting as a circuit breaker between Nico and the rest of the crew. Nico issues security orders and Cutter goes around the ship quietly persuading people to “just play along” and co-operate.

Cutter is in a relationship with Conrad Hautner. Cutter has in the past occasionally been involved with women, but he genuinely loves Hautner. He has agreed to be part of a parenting contract, and the pair have worked with Doctor Bayrak on an implanted pregnancy which Hautner is presently carrying.

Conrad Hautner is a man who loves living and everything about it. He is very much in love with his partner Cutter, but it’s not so much an exclusive thing as an expression of his love for life itself. It was Conrad’s idea to become pregnant, and he’s absolutely delighted and excited to be carrying the baby.

Con quite liked to drink and eat well. He is the life-systems engineer aboard Freyja, responsible for environment, hydroponics, lighting, heat, etc – and he’s also the cook. He looks after the little menagerie of farm animals, milks the goats, tends the chickens and fish, and maintains the extensive food farms.