Main Characters

Supreme Commander Laurie copyright 2026 by Michael D. Smith Supreme Commander Laurie Lachrer. Pencil on paper, 2026. 11″ x 8.5″

Supreme Commander of the United System Space Force, November 2076.

Lt. Commander Rod Morgan copyright 2026 by Michael D. Smith Lt. Commander Rod Morgan. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2026. 12″ x 9″

Brilliant and upcoming physician/engineer on saucer Pegasus II.

Cardecu

Beagle/human hybrid, Chairman of the Dream’s Committee of Six.

Captain Mavis Wheeler copyright 2023 by Michael D. Smith Captain Mavis Wheeler. Pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″

Captain of USSF saucer Pegasus II, November 2076.

Lt. Commander Cadagasgar Wirlmann copyright 2025 by Michael D. Smith Lt. Commander Cadagasgar Wirlmann. Ink on paper, 2025. 12″ x 9″

Laurie’s copilot aboard Pegasus I.

Carla Posttner copyright 2025 by Michael D. Smith Carla Posttner. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2025, 11″ x 8.5″

Sociopath and former director of USSF Detention Services, appointed ambassador to the Dream.

Commander John Perkins copyright 2025 by Michael D. Smith Commander John Perkins. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2025. 11″ x 8.5″

Director of Detention Services, constantly in service to Carla Posttner.

Supporting Characters

Robert Easterling copyright 2023 by Michael D. Smith Robert Easterling. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″

Jailed former aspirant to the presidency of the United System.

Jonathan James Commer copyright 2019 by Michael D. Smith Jonathan James Commer. Ink, acrylic, and gouache on canvas-covered board, 2019. 14” x 11”

A troubled bio-robot who makes first contact with the Counselors at a planet 92.5 light-years from Sol.

Trotter copyright 2017 by Michael D. Smith Trotter. Ink on mat board, 2017. 8″ x 10″

An eight-hundred-year-old Beagle who helps inspire the Counselors’ choice of interface shape.

Commander Harri McNarri copyright 2023 by Michael D. Smith Commander Harri McNarri, USSF. 2023 black and white version of ink, watercolor and gouache on aquabord, 2013. 10” x 8”

USSF physician/engineer robot aboard Pegasus I.
Encar Wolfduy copyright 2025 by Michael D. Smith Airman Encar Wolfduy. Ink on photo paper, 2025. 8.5″: x 5.5″

Dimwitted Detention Service goon killed by Laurie in self-defense, May 2076.

Mickey Mal Michaels copyright 2023 by Michael D. Smith Lieutenant Mickey Mal Michaels. Ink and watercolor on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″

Heroes and Villains of the Thirties robot, author of Fathom the Doomboat Stars, 2076.

Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, in 2076 copyright 2014 by Michael D. Smith Jack Commer, former Supreme Commander. Pencil on paper, 2014, 12″ x 9″

Former supreme commander, retired to a rural planet in the former Alpha Centaurian Empire.

Amav Frankston-Commer 2076 copyright 2023 by Michael D. Smith Amav Frankston-Commer. Pencil on paper, 2023. 11″ x 8.5″

Former renowned planetary engineer, now retired with husband Jack to Procyon A.

Mandy Frederick, a.k.a. Fra’lith, Empress of the Martians copyright 2014 by Michael D. Smith Mandy Frederick. Pencil on paper, 2014. 5.5” x 4.25”

President of the Sol Council in November 2076.

Laurie Lachrer #283 copyright 2014 by Michael D. Smith Laurie 283. Pencil on paper, 2014. 10” x 8”

Heroes and Villains of the Thirties robot appointed as deputy supreme commander in May 2076.

Judge Guly Radfahrer

Marsport Criminal Justice System judge overseeing Laurie’s murder trial.

Lt. Commander John West copyright 2014 by Michael D. Smith Lt. Commander John West. Pencil on paper, 2014. 11” x 8.5”

Heroes and Villains of the Thirties robot and weapons officer aboard Pegasus II.

Cassie Wolfduy

Fizzy blond Anti-Spacer who pursues a criminal indictment against Laurie for the murder of her son.

Commander Ywer of Mars copyright 2023 by Michael D. Smith Commander Ywer. Oil pastel on canvas-covered board, 2023. 14″ x 11″

Former Martian chef serving as Mavis Wheeler’s copilot aboard saucer Pegasus I.

Bloasphr

A human-Beagle hybrid Counselor from Umbrae, and Cardecu’s second-in-command.

All words and images copyright by Michael D. Smith