Ship's Company: Captain, First officer, Second officer/astrogator, Engineer, three technicians/spacers, 2 x medic / hibernation technologist, steward / cook / logistics person.
Captain, female, 58 biologically, 87 chronologically, never married, three siblings in agriculture on New Iridia. She was smart and hardy but of humble origins and went to space to support her family financially.
First officer, male, 46 biologically, 83 chronologically, divorced, adult children biologically older than he is. Wife joined a singulatarian cult.
Astrogator, male, 31 biologically, 50 chronologically, married to engineer, no children.
Engineer, female, 33 biologically, 49 chronologically, married to astrogator, no children.
Technician 1, male, 20 biologically, 20 chronologically, never married, no children, great grandson of the First officer. Escaped a singulatarian cult. First journey.
Technician 2, female, 24 b & 27 c, engaged, no kids, ex AWSF, planning to leave long range space travel soon.
Technician 3, male, 24 b & 29 c.
Medic 1
Medic 2
Steward
A sleeper ship travelling from New Iridia to the Good Moons is subjected to an attempted hijacking by pirates who have boarded in hibernation and woken up with a time-delayed crash wakeup drug. The pirates wake up much later than they expected, because digestion (including of pill coatings) is greatly slowed by hibernation,