Directive 8020 - Characters
The crew of the colony ship Cassiopeia and the people around them. Five of these characters are playable across the campaign, and any of them can die depending on how the Turning Points resolve.
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Description | Role | Faction | Abilities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brianna Young | The ship's pilot and the face of the campaign, played by Lashana Lynch. | Playable Crew / Lead Pilot | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Piloting and manual ship control Stealth, vents and hiding Improvised repairs under pressure Pistol handling in chase sequences | Playable from the opening episodes; lead role |
| Nolan Stafford | The mission commander, played by Danny Sapani, and the closest thing the Cassiopeia has to an authority figure. | Playable Crew / Commander | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Command authority and crew discipline Security training and firearm use Reading crew morale | Playable from the opening episodes |
| Laura Eisele | Senior mission officer and the lead designer of the mission, credited as the architect of the Cassiopeia itself, played by Lotte Verbeek. | Playable Crew / Senior Mission Officer | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Ship systems and mission design knowledge Medical and first-response training Negotiating between crew factions | Playable from the opening episodes |
| Josef Cernan | The ship's technical engineer, the crew member sent into the machinery spaces when something breaks. | Playable Crew / Technical Engineer | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Engineering and life-support repair Improvised tools and bypasses Vent and maintenance access | Playable from the opening episodes |
| Samantha Cooper | The Cassiopeia's medical officer, the person who examines the dead crewmate in the opening and who is expected to say whether a body is human. | Playable Crew / Medical Officer | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Trauma medicine and autopsy work Reading biological samples Keeping crew morale up | Playable from the opening episodes |
| Zoe Anders | Science officer played by Kathryn Wilder, and a late addition to the Cassiopeia's crew rather than an original member of the mission. | Science Officer | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Xenobiology and sample analysis Field research | Cassiopeia crew, joins late in the mission roster |
| Tomas Carter | One of the ship's sleep technicians and the character the campaign opens on, waking from hypersleep into the first crisis. | Sleep Technician | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Cryosleep pod operation Cautious exploration | Playable in Episode One |
| Noah Mitchell | The second of the Cassiopeia's pilots, played by Colin Bates, and one of the crew members whose fate is most exposed to the ship's damage. | Pilot | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Piloting and navigation Bridge systems | Cassiopeia crew |
| Pari Simms | A sleep technician played by Anneika Rose who is part of the ship's cryosleep staff. | Supporting / Sleep Technician | Cassiopeia crew (Corinth Corporation) | Cryosleep pod operation | Body discovered in Episode Four |
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