Asian Union Spaceship Tiān Lóng

Y.T.F. Tiān Lóng

With the largest resources in Asia, China produced the Tiān Lóng, but not to donate to the colony. Like Egypt’s Ra, the Tiān Lóng is making the round trip. China picked a lot of the crew, but like all the countries, they had no say on the colonists, even the colonists doubling as crew.

The Crew

These are the brave men and women assigned to man stations on the ships, ferrying the equally brave men, women and children, who shall colonize Mars to their destination. Some are there for a round-trip to Mars, then right back to Earth. Still others are not just officers, but colonists, themselves.

Non-Colonist

Captain

Aung Kyaw

Aung Kyaw is from Burma and was selected to lead the ship, because Burma is largely uninvolved with the tensions between North and South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. He is a no-nonsense character, who knows how to lead, without being overbearing.

From

Myanmar

Burma

Non-Colonist

First Officer

Mpu Djody

Mpu Djody is a Javenese officer who is compatible with Kyaw’s style of command. Also chosen for impartiality in the Asian conflicts, Djody is fair in his assessments of his passengers.

From

Indonesia

Colonist

Doctor

Accupuncturist Qíng Bào

He is as offbeat as they come. Always grinning, or at least happy, he exaggerates his accent when speaking to Westerners and is constantly joking. But as far as knowledge of how to put people under, heal diseases and other ailments just by pressing on or poking people with a needle in the right place, there’s no one better. However acupressure and acupuncture are not the only things he’s familiar with. He’s also well versed in surgery and pathology. Yes. He’s the colony’s coroner.

From

China

Non-Colonist

Gunner

Chermarn Yeerum

Chermarn Yeerum is the Gunner of the Tiān Lóng and a force of nature. She’s sharp and is considering a move to Mars, but did not wish to be involved in the early set-up.

From

Thailand

Colonist

Navigator

Masud Muhiti

Masud Muhiti is an Uyghur, living in China and fleeing the persecution of Uyghurs in China. He is an excellent navigator, sailing as a hobby and to escape the persecutions of China. He can travel by the stars and has been working on adapting star-navigation for use in space.

From

China

Non-Colonist

Chef

Zhào Yù Míng

She’s the wife of Lěng Yán. An expert on macrobiotic cooking and Fēng Shuǐ, she’s the one on the Tiān Lóng who knows how to use food and decor to make life far better for herself and those who she trains and feeds. She’s pregnant with her second child, the official reason that she and her husband are fleeing China’s one child only law.

From

China

Non-Colonist

Chief Engineer

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Japan

Non-Colonist

Metalworker

Zhōu Bǎi

He’s the metalworker on the Tiān Lóng. A hothead, who acts first, lets his emotions get the better of him, including his feelings towards his best friend and wife, for he has mixed feelings on all those subjects that causes him internal turmoil.

From

China

Colonist

Electrician

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Indonesia

Non-Colonist

Chief Pilot

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

North Korea

Non-Colonist

Second Pilot

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

South Korea

Colonist

Plumber

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Indonesia

Non-Colonist

Communications

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Russia

Colonist

Chemist

Shàngguān Mò Xuān

The chemist for the Tiān Lóng, Mò Xuān is one of Yǔ’s husbands. He’s strong, confident and purposeful. He’s also Bǎi’s best friend. A problem, considering Bǎi is Yǔ’s other husband. Mò Xuān is the one who knows what to say at all times and who can control his emotions best.

From

China

Non-Colonist

Night Captain

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Japan

Colonist

Night Pilot

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Laos

Colonist

Assistant Engineer

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

South Korea

Non-Colonist

Officer

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

India

Colonist

Buffer

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Malaysia

The Passengers

These are the colonists who have much to offer on Mars, but have little to offer when it comes to running a spaceship, aside from an ability to adapt rapidly and learn.

Colonist

Educator

Zhāng Yǔ

He is the entire colony’s educator. This is largely because he is capable of speaking every language represented in the fleet, teaching a wide range of subjects to a wide range of ages all in the same room. He also uses Skype education on the journey and engages his class to speculate and theorize as much as he imparts his knowledge to them. He’s a student of science, mathematics, history, culture, politics, biology and many, many more subjects. He’s the only man for the job, which is why he was allowed, even though his teaching practices are very different from most schools. His ethnic background is mysterious as he is fluent in most of the languages he teaches.

From

Country

Colonist

HwaRangDo

Yi Han-sol

The Hwa Rang Do specialist. He’s skilled in fighting and healing as per tradition of his field of expertise and is from yes, North Korea. He’s the Checkov in this situation. The enemy by birth, who is really on our side. Loyal and dedicated to honor and justice. Yi Han-sol is the only one with a chance of uniting Fredrick and Farouk, without blood-shed. He’s willing to train anyone who wants to, in the methods of the Hwa Rang Do or Flowering Knights. He’s a dedicated father of his son and widower.

From

North Korea

Colonist

Astronomer

Lěng Yán

He’s the Tiān Lóng’s astronomer with a good eye for long-distance objects and is going to Mars, because he needs to leave China for sake of his second illegal child on the way. He chose Mars, because he saw twenty years ago, a strange sight through his telescope. Possibly a small alien space-ship over Earth. However he’s convinced himself for the most part that it was a very odd asteroid. (He really did see a spaceship over Earth. In the companion series Trials of Telepathy, the occupants of that ship are the stars under cover on Earth.) He is humble and the kind who looks at the world the way it is, because it is, without trying so hard to understand it that it ultimately defeats the purpose.

From

China

Colonist

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Country

Colonist

Attorney

Nángōng Yǔ

She is the only legal tycoon in the whole fleet. An international lawyer of the highest class, who insisted that a Martian colony needs a lawyer on call, so as to be able to defend them from abuses leveled by those on Earth. While investors didn’t want to allow her to go, because of that, both her husbands having sufficient skill to back up their assignments, allowed her to go as merely a “wife” despite the fact her law and court room experience is a huge asset to those who actually want this colony to be an independent nation.

From

Hong Kong

Colonist

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Country

Colonist

Dà xiá

She is the small and usually underestimated young woman, just across the line of adulthood, who can take down a black-belt in any martial art, shoot as well as a sniper under pressure and is a wall of iron when she wants to be. She’s not a woman to underestimate and a woman who’s interested in law enforcement, who the colony is lucky to have.

From

China

Colonist

Police

Yet to be created

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Pending local writer/cultural consultant.

From

Country