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I enjoy being over 3000 words behind. No really, it’s quite fun. You should try it.

Today, instead of doing something predictable like posting another excerpt or butchering the conventions of the English language, I will post some quick character bios. This will actually be a mini-writing exercise, which is sort of like a mini-game, but less annoying.

• Roger Plotnik – The main character by virtue that he is mentioned first. He is a middle-aged man who spent his life squandering his genius learning skills he’d never use. Without a clear goal, his life spiraled downward until he found that he was not that bad at taking over planets. The planets he took over were generally terrible and no one would have wanted them anyway, which led to the near breakdown and sudden epiphany he has at the beginning of the novel.
• Victor Segue – A master of planetary domination, Segue has become so adept at his job that he is able to take over planets via telepresence. He is a ruthless and cruel ruler, when he can be bothered to show up. The rest of the time he delegates control of his worlds to his top lieutenants. Segue is slightly older than Plotnik, and these two will cross paths in a big way later on.
• Samantha Bates – Captain Bates is part of the Anti-domination Task Force and commands her own vessel yet-to-be named. She and her crew have taken down more global dictators than any other, and she maintains a somewhat special position in the Centauran Space Fleet because of it. I’m currently writing her chapter and don’t know much more about her yet. Longtime fans should note that Samantha is an early member of the Bates line, and began the family’s trend of pursuing justice and truth.

There are also some minor characters like the planet destroying Dr Eiger and Segue’s right hand man Nelson, but they’re hardly worth mentioning at this juncture.