User Guide

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Cast of
Characters
Rex Chance is a world adventurer, war reporter, and renowned
explorer. His innate abilities as scout and storyteller have earned
him much acclaim. Thousands of readers hang on his every
word as he spins tales of adventure in his weekly newspaper
column. But Rex carries a secret. He remembers little of
his youth. He’d trade all his adventures for his one true
quest, to search for his father, Dr. Eric Chanikov who
disappeared when Rex was just a babe. Only by  nding his
father, Rex is convinced, can he hope to learn who he is and
where he came from.
Lucy Willing is a brilliant young scientist and co-developer
of the Sigma Technology. For years she has worked closely
with Dr. Chanikov helping to re ne the complexities of
the science. She believes that Sigma can be used for the
betterment of humankind. She is unaware of Upton Julius’s
true nature or of his evil intentions.
Upton Julius is a wealthy industrialist who  nanced the development of Sigma and plans to use
it to guard his life of opulence. The pending war in Europe fuels his
paranoia and he plans to launch his own initiative to halt any
encroachment, letting nothing—and no one—stand in his way.
Velika LaPette is a crafty aviator with a keen tactical mind.
She has a love of  ight and likes to  ght dirty with poisons
and plagues. A cunning woman, perhaps she was the true
“power behind the throne.”
Whitey Hooten is an
ex-whaler who feels at home
only in the sub-zero temperatures of the Arctic. He is a
hulking and powerful man who sees compromise as a weak-
ness. He enjoys chastising and berating his henchmen. He
is not very smart, but his brute strength and quick temper
make quite an impression on others.
Dr. Otis Ganglion is a veterinarian, but not out of any love
for animals. He developed quite a reputation creating all
kinds of strange animal hoaxes that he peddled to freak
shows across America. A diminutive man, what he lacks
in height, he makes up for with evil. He is the classic
mad scientist.