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| Name...........................................................Bergman,
Victor Date of Birth...................................................June 27, 1940 Place of Birth................................................London, England Job
Assignment....................................Professor of
Technology, Unofficial Status...........................................Scientific Adviser) |
Profile:
| Professor Bergman is, to a great degree, the father of Moonbase Alpha, having contributed more to the base's construction than anyone else. He is also a father figure to many of the base's key personnel. Technically not assigned to Alpha, he is there in the capacity of a scientific advisor- thus the uncolored uniform he wears denoting his civilian status. As a young man he was deeply involved in early space exploration efforts, however he can still remember when a visit to the Moon was considered to be only a figment of Jules Verne's imagination. To some extent, he is very much the proverbial professor. He graduated from Cambridge University to become one of the most accomplished scientists of his generation, making many great advances, particularly in the fields of physics and electronic engineering. He is something of a philosopher and very much a humanist. Professor Bergman is unusual in one respect. An early illness led to his having a mechanical heart replacement. Because it responds more slowly to nervous stimuli than a normal heart does, it reduces his reaction to most emotional stresses. Whatever the situation, he is physically immune from panic. There is one drawback, his mechanical heart cannot compensate for dramtic changes in environment, which can leave him incapacitated and upset his finely tuned metabolism. |
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| Name................................................................Carter,
Alan Date of Birth............................................December 19, 1966 Place of Birth.................................New South Wales, Australia Assigned Alpha..................................June 14, 1999 (4th tour) Job Assignment...................................Chief of Reconnaissance |
Profile:
| Alan is the only person on Alpha to have actually seen the nuclear explosions which ripped the Moon from its orbit and hurled it into deep space. He had been monitoring the attempts to disperse the nuclear waste from lunar orbit when the disaster occurred. After he witnessed the cataclysm, even though he could have returned to Earth, he decided his loyalty was to the people on Alpha. This decision and Alan's reaction, show only a small part of his ability and integrity. Having grown up on a cattle ranch in Australia, his major talent was horsemanship but his fondest dream and greatest love was flying. As a teenager he flew his family's private plane. As a young man he joined the Austalian Air Force. As an adult he became an Astronaught in the U.S./Australian Space Co-operation Program (1994). three years later he was the third man to go to Mars, and a year after that, was crewman on a flight to Venus. In January, 1999, Alan was assigned to Moonbase Alpha and the exploratory mission to investigate the newly discovered planet Meta. a popular and essential member of the Moonbase staff, Carter's value to the base is beyond doubt, for if the people of Alpha do find a new home, it is almost certainly Alan who will fly them there. |
