Contains spoilers for an upcoming one-off
Year: 1996.
Name |
Harry Jones |
Age |
36 |
Sex |
M |
Strain |
MM9 (Ninth standard strain of American sophont mice) |
Origin |
New York City |
Key Skills |
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A native of the Bronx, Harry was a member of the New York Rodent Police for ten years before quitting to found the RIS, frustrated by political interference in the NYRP and its underfunding.
Name |
Маша Ра́венства (Masha Raventsva) |
Age |
24 |
Sex |
F |
Strain |
тре́тьи мы́ши (Third Mice, third major strain of Soviet sophont mice) |
Origin |
Arkadak Rodent Center |
Key Skills |
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Facing a rather boring life as a poorly compensated data analyst in some backwater of the Warsaw pact, Masha took advantage of the opportunity to work in America as a "cultural ambassador."
Name |
Rachel Hill |
Age |
34 |
Sex |
F |
Strain |
MM10 |
Origin |
Washington DC |
Key Skills |
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Rachel was a forensic technician working at the NYRP, "poached" by Harry when he left to found the RIS.
Name |
Павел Благосостоя́ния (Pavel Blagosostoyaniya) |
Age |
48 |
Sex |
M |
Strain |
вторы́е мы́ши (Second Mice) |
Origin |
Uryupinsk Rodent Center |
Key Skills |
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Pavel came to the US to seek his fortune after the establishment of the People's Unity Government in 1991, leaving a dead-end post office job. Officially, he immigrated to help develop the pneumatic mail system, but he left that position early (with the assistance of a well-placed "financial inducement") and bounced around between a variety of odd jobs before joining the RIS.
Name |
Gordon Jones |
Age |
36 |
Sex |
M |
Strain |
MM9 |
Origin |
New York City |
Key Skills |
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Gordon is Harry's littermate. He worked as a member of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Police until an unfortunate incident which led to his dismissal. After some months of unemployment, Harry hired him for the then newly-formed RIS.
Name |
Ирина Усе́рдия (Irina Userdiya) |
Age |
23 |
Sex |
F |
Strain |
тре́тьи мы́ши (Third Mice) |
Origin |
Arkadak Rodent Center |
Key Skills |
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Masha's best friend Irina followed her to America through the "Cultural Ambassador" program. Like her friend, she is mostly ditching an unappreciated and poorly-compensated official job in favor of working with the RIS.