| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Roderick Harold | Lord Blaine, Commander, Imperial Space Navy |
| Arkley Kelley | Gunner, Imperial Marines, and Blaine family retainer |
| Admiral Sir Vladimir Richard George Plekhanov | Vice Admiral Commanding Imperial Navy Forces, New Chicago, and Acting Governor General, New Chicago |
| Captain Bruno Cziller | Imperial Space Navy, Master of INSS MacArthur |
| Commander John Cargill | ISN, First Lieutenant of MacArthur |
| Commander Jock (Sandy) Sinclair | ISN, Chief Engineer of MacArthur |
| Midshipman Jonathon Whitbread | ISN |
| Kevin Renner | Sailing Master Lieutenant, Imperial Space Navy Reserve |
| Lady Sandra Liddell Leonovna Bright Fowler | B.A., M.S., doctoral candidate in anthropology, Imperial University of Sparta |
| His Excellency Horace Hussein Burry | Trader and Magnate; Chairman of the Board, Imperial Autonetics Company, Ltd. |
| Midshipman Gavin Potter | ISN |
| Fleet Admiral Howland Cranston | Commander-in-Chief, His Majesty's Fleet Beyond the Coal Sack |
| His Imperial Highness Richard Stefan Merrill | Viceroy for His Majesty's Dominions Beyond the Coal Sack |
| Dr. Anthony Horvath | Minister of Science for Trans-Coalsack Sector |
| Dr. Jacob Buckman | Astrophysicist |
| Father David Hardy | Chaplain-Captain, Imperial Space Navy Reserve |
| Admiral Lavrenti Kutuzov | Vice Admiral Commanding His Majesty's Expedition Beyond Murcheson's Eye |
| Senator Benjamin Bright Fowler | Majority Leader and Member of Privy Council |
| Dr. Sigmund Horowitz | Professor of Xenobiology, University of New Scotland |
| Herbert Colvin | onetime Captain of Space Forces of the Republic of Union, and onetime master of Union cruser Defiant |
Source: Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Mote in God's Eye. New York: Simon & Schuster (1974)
Copied directly from book's Dramatis Personae printed on pages 7 - 8.
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