Titanic: Adventure Out of Time - Characters

Characters

• Frank Carlson — Carlson is a redundant British secret agent living in a tiny London flat, surrounded by the painful memories of his failed mission on board the Titanic (and at least one other mission—a scorched Hindenburg ticket is in his desk). An exploding bomb suddenly propels him back in time. He has been placed upon the maiden voyage of the Titanic for enemy reconnaissance and to intercept a number of artifacts that have far more importance to the history of the modern world than they first appear.

• Penny Pringle — Pringle is a fellow English agent of Carlson who is responsible for initiating his mission and providing helpful advice and directions. After accidentally being booked in the second class, her ability to move around the ship to assist Carlson is limited. Pringle survives the sinking. At the beginning in Carlson's apartment if the player chooses to look at the watch on the desk, he mentions Pringle attesting to this loyalty upon failing the Titanic mission.

• Colonel Zeitel — This German colonel can be considered the main antagonist of the game. Ostensibly inspecting embassies of the German Empire in the Americas, Colonel Zeitel is, in fact, traveling on board the Titanic to secretly trade a valuable copy of the Rubáiyát with a Serbian revolutionary in exchange for a stolen painting created by the then unknown Adolf Hitler (valuable to Germany at the time, not because of the artist, but because of secret war plans hidden inside it). Later, he also acts to prevent the Russians from obtaining a notebook containing the names of important Communist revolutionaries, whom Germany supports in the hopes of weakening Russia. Zeitel is last seen standing on deck at the very stern of the ship moments before it sinks, and dies in the freezing waters of the Atlantic. Depending on the type of ending, however, Zeitel manages to leave the ship by obtaining a lifeboat pass from the player.

• Willi von Haderlitz — Colonel Zeitel's Austrian protégé, von Haderlitz is a junior professor at the University of Vienna in Austria-Hungary. However, it is later revealed that he is in fact a spy for the Czar, suggested after Willi gives Carlson a ring with Russian characters engraved on its inner band, and has compiled a list (most likely with information gained from Zeitel) of Communist revolutionaries working in Russia. Willi invites Carlson to a fencing match which takes place in the Titanic's squash court. After the match, Willi makes an ironic statement and informs Carlson that the Titanic is nearing the Grand Banks and that the ancient Vikings thought that part of the Atlantic Ocean was cursed. He also states that he recently returned from a trip to New Mexico to study the Zuni people there. He is later found dead from being electrocuted in the electric bath (located within the Turkish bath), murdered by Zeitel after realizing that Willi is a spy and is not loyal to Germany. He dies around half an hour shortly before the ship strikes the iceberg.

• Sasha Barbicon — Barbicon is an English/Serbian art dealer who "isn't above selling stolen merchandise". Sasha uses his wealth and art gallery in London as a front for meetings of sympathizers for the Black Hand terrorist organization. He is smuggling a painting for Colonel Zeitel in exchange for the Rubáiyát, which he will use to fund the Black Hand's operations. He also obtains a diamond necklace from Lord Lambeth that he gave him to sell for him at a commission. Knowing of their affair Lord Lambeth quips "He'd betray his love for 20%" During the sinking, Sasha is killed by Vlad Demonic in the Turbine Room for not being loyal to Serbia and the Black Hand cause.

• Vlad Demonic — A Serbian stowaway on board the Titanic, Vlad has vowed revenge against the Austrians for the murder of his family. He is in the pay of Sasha Barbicon. Vlad is later revealed to be a member of the Serbian organization the Black Hand. If the player gives him a shawl (in exchange for the Lambeth Diamonds and/or the Rubáiyát) during the sinking, he is able to get into First Class and into one of the lifeboats, after finding him with Sasha Barbicon's corpse in the Turbine Room.

• Andrew Conkling — Andrew Conkling is the American owner of a fictional steel company known as Conkling Steel, which provided the metal used for the Titanic, which had been later revealed to be high in sulfur. He is shot by Third Officer Morrow after trying to bribe his way into a lifeboat.

• Beatrix Conkling — Beatrix Conkling is an American and the wife of Andrew Conkling. She is an interior designer on her way to Los Angeles to help design the interior decorations of the Beverly Hills Hotel. Beatrix is revealed to be unable to conceive children of her own so she steals her maid Shailagh Hacker's newborn son, Eddie — her original plan was uncovered by Shailagh when she resigned as their maid in London. After the Titanic hits the iceberg, it is revealed that she swiped Eddie, and Carlson returns him to Shailagh after trading in a letter about the steel in the Titanic to Mrs. Conkling. She escapes the sinking ship in one of the lifeboats.

• Shailagh Hacker — Shailagh Hacker is an Irish maid of Andrew and Beatrix Conkling, and the mother of Mr. Conkling's newborn son, Eddie. Both she and her baby survive the sinking.

• Jack Hacker — Jack Hacker is a third class Irish passenger and brother of Shailagh Hacker. He leaves in the final lifeboat, despite having admitted shortly before that he had given up hope of escaping.

• Lady Georgia Lambeth — Lambeth is an English lady and a former lover of Carlson from five years earlier. She is eventually poisoned by Colonel Zeitel, who is trying to blackmail Carlson into trading in the painting. Carlson is left with the choice of trading in the painting to Zeitel for an antidote, or to keep the painting and let Lady Georgia die. However, he can save both Georgia and the painting if he wins the Death card from Buick Riviera in a game of blackjack. The card functions as a ticket to a lifeboat and can be given to Zeitel instead of the painting in exchange for the antidote.

• Lord Charles Lambeth — Englishman Lord Charles Lambeth is the arrogant, elitist, aristocratic and estranged husband of Lady Georgia. He is in debt with Andrew Conkling after borrowing money which he is unable to pay back. He leaves Lady Georgia on the Boat Deck and remains on the ship to die like a gentleman, quoting that he was "going to the devil full of gin".

• Third Officer Morrow — Morrow is a British veteran of the Second Boer War and an officer on duty on the night of the sinking. He goes down with the ship after launching the last of the life boats.

• Daisy Cashmore — Daisy Cashmore is a wealthy British spinster and an old friend of Carlson. She loves to talk gossip and usually cuts Carlson off as soon as she spots another passenger she wishes to gossip with. She dies after being too fussy about who she should ride with in the lifeboats.

• Ribeena and Henry Gorse-Jones — The Gorse-Joneses wealthy elderly couple from Haltwhistle, England. They provide comic relief by constantly nagging at one another whenever Carlson encounters them in the game. They escape the ship on one of the first lifeboats during the sinking, offering Carlson a chance to escape with them. They don't seem to understand the seriousness of the situation, claiming that the Titanic is safe, that the passengers could be acting more civilized and, in the case of Mr. Gorse-Jones, worried that they could be in the Smoking Room drinking a glass of gin.

• Eric Burns — Eric Burns is an American photographer on his honeymoon on board the Titanic with his newlywed, Stephanie, who is upset at him not spending much time with her. He has a vast collection of photographs of other passengers. He is not seen after the ship hits the iceberg.

• Stephanie Burns — Even though the player could not engage in conversation with her, she is a recurring character in the game. She is upset with her new husband for not spending enough time with her on their honeymoon. She is seen on the Boat Deck during the sinking.

• Leyland Sachum Trask — Trask is an American psychic (or sensitive, as he calls it) from Boston, Massachusetts. He occasionally provides hints and foreshadowing future storyline developments. He decides to remain on the ship during the sinking, after claiming that he is too old and fat for one of the lifeboats. Surprisingly, he reveals to have known about the Titanic's fate all along and that your actions throughout the game have changed the past and indeed the future.

• Max Seidelman — Max Seidelman is an American gambler, smoker, and friend to Carlson. Seidelman is a buyer for Haymakers Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he resides. He is very outgoing and gregarious. Carlson meets Seidelman on the night of the sinking. Seidelman first introduces Carlson to Zeitel and then suggests to Carlson to play blackjack with Buick Riviera. He does not survive the sinking.

• Claris Limehouse — Limehouse is a young American woman, who travels First Class on the Titanic. Willi von Haderlitz apparently befriends her and the two begin a romance while aboard the ship. Carlson then encounters her in the lounge while the ship is sinking, where he informs her of Willi's death. Distraught, she gives Carlson her shawl before pledging to go down with the ship, staying with Willi.

• Reverend Edgar Troutt — Edgar Troutt is an American minister returning from a religious mission in Nyasaland to Sunapee, New Hampshire, where him and his late wife, Emily, lived. Troutt reveals to Carlson that Emily had somehow contracted intestinal parasites on the way back from Africa and died as soon as they reached Port Said. The Reverend refuses to leave the ship while there are women and children on board. He remains consoling the doomed passengers on the Boat Deck until the very end. As the reality of his situation begins to overwhelm him, he confesses to the player that he bought his ticket for the Titanic by siphoning funds from the mission in Nyasaland.

• The Purser — The Purser provides the player with assistance and can keep valuable items safe. His office is closed after the Titanic hits the iceberg and he is not seen after this.

• The Lift Attendant — The Lift Attendant operates the lift in the Grand Staircase and can provide the player with detailed directions to any part of the ship. The lifts are shut down when the Titanic hits the iceberg and the attendant is no longer seen.

• John Smethells — The straight-laced, prim and proper John Smethells, or just "Smethells", is Carlson's and Haderlitz's steward. He can provide general assistance throughout the game and can direct the player to his next objective on occasion. He is not seen after the Titanic hits the iceberg and it is uncertain whether he survived or perished.

• Buick Riviera — Riviera is a middle-aged French man from somewhere in the French Riviera. He is a Blackjack aficionado who apparently spent a lot of time at the Monte Carlo Casino before he boarded the Titanic for America. Upon meeting the player, Buick asks Carlson if they have already met at the casino in Diamondback, New Mexico. Buick talks fondly of his time there, in reference to an earlier CyberFlix game, Dust: A Tale of the Wired West. Throughout the game, he is playing cards in the smoking room, and does not leave even when the ship begins to sink.

• The Stoker - A foul-mouthed fireman shoveling coal in the Boiler Room. He won't hesitate to engage in a insult match with the player. He also has romantic designs on Shailagh Hacker. He is not seen again during the sinking.

• Seaman #1 - A gruff, portly seaman who takes watch on the starboard wing of the bridge. He will not let the player pass. He also is seen fixing the electricity on A-deck. Later, he is assisting with the lifeboat launching.

• Seaman #2 - This seaman is in charge of guarding the Cargo Hold. He will not let the player pass unless they possess the Carter's car keys. He is later seen assisting with the lifeboat launching.

• Seaman #3 - This no-nonsense seaman obstructs the player access to the Engine Room unless the player proves handy in fixing the turbine power output. Later he is seen restricting access to steerage reaching the Boat Deck in the 2nd Class Stairwell.

• Eddie Hacker - The infant son of Shailagh Hacker. He can be heard crying earlier in the game when visiting Shailagh's cabin. Later, he is apprehended by Beatrix Conkling who will hand Eddie over in exchange for an incriminating letter.