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Title: Tau Zero
Creators: Poul Anderson

Name: Ingrid Lindgren
Definition: Ship's First Officer
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: she and Reymont had a relationship until he learned of her liaisons with Boris Federoff; she becomes the "face" of authority and the link between crew and passengers.

Name: Charles Reymont
Definition: Ship's Constable
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: Interplanetarian (i.e. no Earth-country citizenship, by choice)
Definition3: veteran of two previous interstellar flights; determined to maintain order and ensure survival in the face of disaster and hopelessness, he becomes the ship's de facto leader (although he defers to the ship's hierarchy).

Name: Boris Fedoroff
Definition: Ship's Chief Engineer
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Typ: Russian

Name: Chi-Yuen Ai-Ling
Definition: Planetologist
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: after Reymont's break-up with Ingrid, she and Reymont begin a long-term relationship.
Typ: Chinese

Name: Lars Telander
Definition: Ship's Captain
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: a devout Protestant and a strong leader, but the dangers, uncertainties and responsibilities piled on him following the disaster seem to slowly erode him.
Typ: Swedish

Name: Johann Friewald,
Definition: Machinist
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: a man of courage and good nature; after the disaster, he becomes Reymont's right-hand man in maintaining order and ensuring survival.
Typ: German

Name: Elof Nilsson
Definition: Astronomer
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: a brilliant scientist, but arrogant, physically unattractive and completely lacking in social graces to the point where he is unable to maintain relationships with people; his relationship with Sadler quickly self-destructs, but later he and Ingrid begin a partnership.
Typ: Swedish

Name: Jane Sadler
Definition: Bio-Technician
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: after a brief relationship at the book's beginning and her failed relationship with Nilsson, she and Friewald become permanent partners.
Typ: Canadian

Name: Emma Glassgold
Definition: Molecular Biologist
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: apparently (though not specifically stated) a devout Christian; as the story develops, she develops a deep (but non-sexual) relationship with Norbert Williams.

Name: Norbert Williams
Definition: Chemist
Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_Zero
Definition2: brash and somewhat loud-mouthed and hot-headed, but capable of deep feeling (proved by his relationship with Emma Glassgold).
Typ: American