Chapter 3 is in the queue for the morning upload. Vivie becomes Cadet Vivie and Gunny Sam is given to her as a Chinese Obligation.
Spoiler Alert!
As promised, I've appended an alphabetized character list for the entire story. Naturally, this will include some spoilers, so proceed with care.
*Armand* - Inkie's adopted son
*Boats, Vivie, Boatswain Genevieve Arthur* - More mature version of Vivie, Accidentally extracted as 11-year-old, precocious
*Bossie* - Bunte Kuh's AI, later renamed Bessie
*Bunte Kuh* - Experimental, purpose-built supply/passenger carrier
*Captain Darius Delaney Dreck* - Tweedledee or Dreck, Bunte Kuh's first captain
*Captain Pierce Masters* - Bunte Kuh's second captain
*Captain Young* - Captain of the colony ship Indian Princess
*Clarence Darrow* - AI 'lawyer' budded from Bossy to defend Vivie
*Corporal Stuart* - Killed during a pickup, 1st to will his concubines to Vivie
*Dangerous Ones* - Sa'arm means 'dangerous ones' in the Confederacy's trading language
*Department-that-doesn't-exist* - Top Secret Confederacy department charged with raining chaos onto Earth First
*Dinky* - Inkie's adopted daughter
*Dora* - Harrad Colony's AI, awake, co-spouse in THE Harem
*Harold Seldom aka Pat* - Mister 'Sees Patterns' - The man who sees patterns. Most women cannot see him,
*Rukb-at System* - Harrad Colony's system
*Inkie, Inez Nadenka Key, Tuull name S'Rndult T'Blssut* - in English, 'Principal Master of the Arts, Harmony' - Teen pop star, awarded citizenship by the Tuull
*Jackass Company* - Unit formed of Earth Firsters to be frontline cannon fodder against the Sa'arm
*Jennifer* - Vivie's dependent, Leah's daughter, later Vivie's concubine
*Jonnie Darling* - 'Lost child', Wendy's sister, adopted by Wendy
*June* - Mom, Tweedledee's concubine, later Vivie's
*Ki and Ko* - Ninja Twins, Co-sponsors of Sam Matthews, Office of Targeted Extractions
*Leah* - Vivie's first concubine, Jennifer's mother
*Lieutenant Madeleine Rawls* - Cadet Vivie's first commanding officer
*Lin* - Lin-Manuel Miranda the creator of the musicals In the Heights and Hamilton
*Llew and Siân Carter* - Department-that-doesn't-exist, siblings, Co-sponsors
*Martha Grayson* - Governor of Azahar Colony
*Mei-Lin Chin* - Marine Private on Indian Princess, involved with Vivie's extraction
*Melody Johns, Staff Sergeant* - Paired with Gunny, later Vivie
*Michael Darling* - 'Lost child', Wendy's brother, adopted by Wendy
*Nana Darling* - The Darling kids' cat
*Nate Forrest* - 'Grandpa', Vivie's 1st Grade teacher & mentor
*Pat* - 'Mr. Sees Patterns', Harold Seldom, Most women cannot see him
*Petra and Lucas* - Vivie's orphan twin dependents
*Prissy* - AI on Vivie's pickup ship, Indian Princess
*Red (medical) bitch patch* - One of several first aid kits. This one for trauma
*Rudy* - Vivie's inherited concubine
*Gunny, Sam Anderson, Gunnery Sergeant* - Vivie's mentor, paired with Melody Johns, later Vivie
*Sam Matthews* - Papa Sam, Heads the Office of Targeted Extractions
*Samantha, Sam* - Underaged CS Officer on Thule
*Summer* - Pregnant 'Lost child', Indian girl living in Neverland, rape victim, adopted by Wendy
*Sylvia* - Original leader of Neverland lost kids
*T'Blssut* - Tuull name given Inkie. In English - 'Harmony.'
*T'Bwinkel* of the clan N'Trast, Rockie - Lead Counselor of the Tuull Planetary Council
*T'Kleeoran* - Dora, Harrad Colony's AI, awake, co-spouse in THE Harem
T'Kleesual* - Jubal, Tuull AI, plenipotentiary ambassador from the Tuull.
T'Krandit* - K'treel explorer AGX026, Helva, Inkie's ship and wakened AI. Inkie is her Brawn
*Vivie* - Boatswain Genevieve Arthur, Boats, Accidentally extracted as 11-year-old, precocious
*Wendy Darling* - 'Lost child', adopted by Wendy