People:

- Annie 
  - from underground city
  - curious about things
  - knows nothing about computers, but doesn’t shy away from them 
    - will have to figure out things on her own
  - works at AgriWorks 
    - What does she do? 
      - Some job that requires her to have an office and she has keys for
        the place
    - has a tendency to stay late
    - possibly seen as a bit of a dreamer by her coworkers
  - wants to explore the outside world once she becomes aware of its
    existence
  - coffee addict
- Jack 
  - from old world
  - starts out in the cryogenic bunker
  - works for Neotek Dynamics - or whatever is left of it 
    - was responsible for coming up with a bunch of the infrastructure for
      dome city as well as a bunch of things Neotek built
  - knows how to drive a train 
    - picked up that knowledge while working on the rail infrastructure of
      the dome
  - Used to live in Sentinel Shores
  - Wears his Neotek company clothes with pride
  - When ideas that are on the border of ingenious and incredibly stupid
    are somehow put into action, he probably had a hand in it
  - has a digital wrist watch (with the typical light, stopwatch, timer,
    alarm)
- Michelle 
  - from old world
  - works for Neotek Dynamics - or whatever is left of it
  - Used to live in Sentinel Shores
  - has mechanic and machine shop skills
  - likes to hide the fact that she came from the old world or her
    association with Neotek
- James
  - nomad
  - from above ground
  - has survival experience
  - has a dog
- Emily 
  - from the moon 
    - the only (remaining) child in the moon base at the start of the story
  - around 13yo
  - sole survivor of the disease
  - after some planning, she comes to Earth using an escape capsule
- Moon base inhabitants 
  - three to five people around Emily
  - all of them die of a disease until only Emily is left
  - Tony 
    - dead
    - from moon base
    - scientist that almost managed to come up with a cure for the disease
  - Lena 
    - Emily’s adult sister - 20 to 25yo
    - from moon base (duh)
    - Her spouse died just before Emily’s intro
    - dies like everyone else on the moon except Emily
  - unnamed male crew member 
    - about to die in the lab incident chapter
- Karl 
  - Annie’s Grandpa
  - from underground city
  - has thoroughly studied the plans of the city and some maps of what
    is/was just outside it
  - knows a few bits and pieces about the outside world 
    - mostly things his dad had mentioned in passing or when talking about
      his childhood
  - by no means a computer genius but he knows how to use one
- Annie’s Grandpa’s Dad 
  - needs a name? maybe he doesn’t
  - from old world
  - dead
  - was 8 when he moved to the underground city 
    - may or may not have had the opportunity to leave a couple of times
      before the apocalypse actually happened
    - was aware of experiments with cryogenic preservation but thought it
      was a ridiculous idea
- Annie’s Grandpa’s Friend 
  - needs a name
  - from underground city
- Lucas 
  - Library guy
  - from underground city
- Kate 
  - bartender in underground city
- Isabelle 
  - lives in underground city
  - helps Annie steal the manual from the library
- Electronics Tinkerer 
  - needs a name
  - from above ground
  - has a drug problem (the drug could be named "devil’s spice")
- Company Insider 
  - needs a name
  - from underground city
- Mary
  - pretty young (not a child but in her mid- to late teens)
  - from the village/settlement/farm that Annie and Jack get food
    from / supply with water
  - adventurous


Organizations:

- AgriWorks 
  - Annie’s workplace
  - does something with agriculture inside the dome
  - a mix of a company and an institution
- Secret organization 
  - needs a name
  - the ppl who work on getting getting the officials to allow for travel
    outside again
  - actions from start to finish (already ongoing at the start of the
    story) 
    - They start by seeding legitimate FUD
      - this effort will continue the entire time
    - Eventually, Annie joins
    - They get into contact with Jack and collaborate with Jack
    - Jack needs access to some secret documents
      - leads to him driving into the city and getting Annie out
- Dome city government
  - hellbent on keeping the existing system and order at all cost to the
    point of absurdity
- Neotek Dynamics 
  - slogan: The Future Is Bright.
  - the company Jack and Michelle work for
  - has established a moon colony
  - has produced all sorts of bunker equipment 
    - most importantly doors and security systems
    - cryogenic presevation chambers
  - Has built a bunch of cryogenic bunkers for personnel to outlive the
    apocalypse so they can help keep the moon colony alive