The People In Charge

I present the first two human character pieces for The Vicious Planet.

First we have Doctor Charlotte Mothman AKA The Professor.

Charlotte Mothman was once the leader of the Watchtower organization.  The greatest weapons of the Empire was always information control and propaganda.  The Watchtower used these same tools against the Empire.  For years under Dr. Mothman's leadership the Watchtower engaged in a propaganda war with the Imperial news media machine.
Then one day a few of the more radical members of the Watchtower broke the organizations most important rule and took violent action against imperial officers.  In order to protect her people Dr. Mothman gaver herself up to the Empire.  She would spend the next fifteen years in an imperial prison.  Although its members were saved from prosecution the Watchtower itself was not able to survive without Charlotte around to lead it.
After fifteen years in prison Charlotte was summoned by Emperor Pavel Durance himself.  He made her an offer and she accepted.  She found herself working with imperial resources on a spaceship bound for a new world.  She intended to subvert the system from within and establish a better one.  But then they landed on...
THE VICIOUS PLANET.



Next we have Captain Vancouver Smith.

When he was old enough Vancouver Smith joined the Imperial Army ready to serve.  But he never fought on the front lines of any conflict.  Instead he was selected to be trained in a special skillset because of his loyalty to the Empire.  For years Vancouver Smith was one of the Empire's most efficient assassins.  But as he got older be became more and more disenchanted with the Empire he killed for without question.  Vancouver planned to retire from service but then he was asked to command one of the spaceships leaving to colonize a new planet.  Vancouver believed that his service to the Empire was finally about to pay off, he would be able to start a new life without bloodshed.
Shortly before leaving Earth Vancouver's superiors gave him a secret order.  He was told to keep an eye on his civillian counterpart Doctor Charlotte Mothman.  In the event that she should become a problem he should use his special skillset to deal with her.  Vancouver promised himself he would never carry out that order.  But that was before they were forced to land on...
THE VICIOUS PLANET.