Characters
- Leo Graf – a genetically unmodified human engineer, he is based on the author's father, Robert Charles McMaster (1913–1986). He is hired by the Company in order to help train the Quaddies in reliable space-engineering practices. Graf is unaware of the nature of the Quaddies until he arrives at the station. He becomes sympathetic to their plight, and when he learns of the company's plans for them in the wake of the new artificial gravity technologies, he works out plans for their escape.
- Silver – a young female Quaddie who is instrumental in assisting Leo Graf in the escape of the Quaddies. She later becomes his romantic partner.
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