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Storytelling & Commission

Character Profiling

Jake Bryant

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Main Characters

Commander Stephen Haddock-Reiss

Commander Stephen Haddock-Reiss (Call sign Echo 6) is an American 35 year old father from

Austin, Texas. He is your average guy with an athletic build, weighing around 170lbs and

standing at 5ft 11. Reiss is well-mannered and has looks to match, being a smart looking man

with a square jaw and dark mid length hair that is greying down the sides. He has short facial

stubble and a distinguishing burn on the right side of his neck from an incident that occurred

during military service.

Reiss graduated from the University of Texas Arlington (UTA) in 1999 with a bachelors degree

in engineering, and later became a part of the 160th

Special Operation Aviation Regiment

(S.O.A.R) in the airborne division acting as both a pilot and an engineer. Haddock-Reiss served 5

tours as a helicopter pilot with his regiment from 2000 to 2009, during the time in which hemarried his wife, Allyson Haddock-Reiss, in 2003. Three years later in 2006, they had their first

child, Arianna, which later lead to Reiss retirement from active duty in 2009 to ensure he was

around for his daughters future. He remained in the military and decided to become an

astronaut after meeting the requirements for the job, already having piloting experience and a

bachelors in engineering.

Four years on in 2012, Reiss finished his latest training and briefing which would see him travel

to the Esperanto Space station (launched from Washington in 1991) to replace Space Pilot

Mark Poborsk , where he starts his first 8 month rotation before returning home.

Lesko

In reality; Lesko is an inanimate vintage marionette left behind on the Esperanto Space station

that belongs to Czech space pilot Mark Poborsk. Lesko was built in the small town of Litomysl

by a lone carpenter, looking to make enough money to start his own farm. The carpenter

created puppets which he would transport weekly to Prague to be sold at the busy markets,

eventually where Poborsk brought Lesko. Lesko has a round red nose, with deep black eyes

and bears a dull expression on his face. He has protruding ears and big lips, and is dressed in

smart gentlemens attire(similar to that of the 1800s) with a ruffled cravat round his neck.

Through the self-inflicted insanity of Haddock-Reiss as the narrative develops, Lesko becomes

an animated figment of the commanders imagination and becomes a portrayal of evil that

seems to want to cause trauma to the pilot himself. Lesko develops into a mysterious and eerie

character that lurks in the darkness and appears in the dreams and hallucinations of Reiss

which gradually worsen over the course of time.

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Minor Characters

Mark Poborsk

Mark Poborsk is a veteran space pilot from Prague who has served 11 rotations on the

Esperanto Space station. At the age of 46, Poborsk is one of the oldest astronauts to be in

active service, however, spending so much time over the years in isolation has taken its toll on

Poborkss mentality, making him a slightly odd character.

Flight Control

Flight Control is the communication line that is situated at the NASA headquarters which has

direct contact with the inhabitant of Esperanto Space station. Flight control acts as an overseer

for the lone astronaut while conducting their duties, and is manned constantly while a pilot is inspace. Updates on progress and wellbeing are required to be sent back to Flight control on a

regular basis via video communication links within the vessel.