Dr Harry Strickland - xenozoologist + scholar; prickly; immaculate, proud; educate others; no aspects yet; doctorates in xenobiology and modern politics
Dropship (Cassan Valk, dangerous connection) - Mercenary broker; asteroid belts of Lodurr, Emerald Crucible; friendly; tired, grim; secure steady income; humourous, thorough; runs a ship chandler shop on Bulwark as cover for his mercenary broker activities
Professor Doyce - Professor of Remnant Studies at the University of Nemus (a terminus hiveworld); hired Hammer to escort his team as they explored a vault on Fanum - a desert world in the Outlands sector Emerald Crucible
Clans
* Arata - destroyed the Kenduri
* Kenduri - destroyed by the Arata; Hammer's former clan
* Ninses - control the planet Fanum in the Emerald Crucible sector
* Zursano - control the vital world Vesta in the Emerald Crucible sector (strongest in sector)