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Nationality: American

GMRC Clearance – Level 8 Alpha

Designation: Military – Special Forces

Deployment: U.S.S.B. Steadfast

Skill set:

Overt military action

Covert military intervention

Counter-insurgency

Close quarters and unarmed combat

Leadership

Brigadier General Ellwood

Nationality: American

GMRC Clearance – Level 10 Delta

Designation – Military

Deployment: U.S.S.B. Sanctuary

General Shultz

Nationality: American

GMRC Clearance – Level 9 Beta

Designation – Military

Deployment: U.S.S.B. Steadfast

General Redshaw

Nationality: American

GMRC Clearance – Level 10 Beta

Designation – Military

Joint Chief, retired in 2032

General Hampton
(1955 – 2030)

Nationality: American

GMRC Clearance – Level 10 Delta

Designation – Military

APPENDIX C

ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Sarah Elizabeth Morgan

Nationality: English

Profession: Archaeologist, Anthropologist

Trish Brook

Nationality: English

Profession: Archaeologist

Jason Reece

Nationality: Welsh

Profession: Archaeologist

Carl Benson

Nationality: Scottish

Profession: Archaeologist

APPENDIX D

ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS

Rebecca

Nationality: American

Profession: Mental health worker

Joseph

Nationality: American

Mentally handicapped man

Julie

Nationality: American

Profession: Mental health worker

Maria

Nationality: American

Profession: Mental health worker

Edna

Nationality: American

Mentally handicapped woman

APPENDIX E

OTHER PERSONS

Selena Adams

Vice President of the United States of America, 2016 – 2020.

Nationality: American

Retired from GMRC in 2034

Mark
Sanders

Sarah Morgan’s boyfriend

Nationality: English

Profession: Office worker

Frank

Nationality: South African

Profession: Retired pilot

Javier

Nationality: Honduran

Profession: Bus driver

Yochi Cayut

Expert in ancient Mayan civilisation

Nationality: Guatemalan

Profession: Lecturer at Mayan University, San Benito.

Victor Fernandez

Expert in ancient Mesoamerican languages

Nationality: Mexican

Profession: Philologist at National Museum of Anthropology,

Mexico City, Mexico.

Jessica Klein

BBC Newsreader and TV Presenter

Nationality: English

Profession: Journalist

Professor Guraj Singh

Academic from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Nationality: Indian

Profession: Astrophysicist

Michael Bailey

Works for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Nationality: American

Profession: Civil Servant

Dr. Mowberry

The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, 2029 –

Nationality: English

Tyler Magnusson

Nationality: American

Profession: NASA
Astronaut

Ivan Sikorsky

Nationality: American

Profession: NASA
Astronaut

Captain Takahashi

Captain of Darklight aircraft carrier Phoenix

Nationality: Japanese

Enitan Owusu

United Nations Secretary General, 2038 –

Nationality: Nigerian

Keira Jones

Nationality: English

Profession: BBC News correspondent

Clare Andrews

Nationality: English

Profession: BBC News correspondent

Martin Johansson

Nationality: Scottish / Swedish

Profession: BBC News correspondent

Simon MacDonald

Nationality: Scottish

Profession: BBC News correspondent

Andrew Stapleton

Nationality: English

Profession: BBC News correspondent

Dr. Middleton

Sarah Morgan’s mentor when she was at university.

Nationality: English

Profession: Archaeologist, Anthropologist, Lecturer

David Broad

Chief of Staff to Vice President Selena Adams, 2016 – 2020.

Nationality: American

Profession: Civil Servant

Retired from GMRC in 2025

APPENDIX F

ORGANISATIONS

BBC
– British Broadcasting Corporation. Television, radio and multimedia network broadcaster operating in the United Kingdom and globally / www.bbc.co.uk

GMRC
– Global Meteor Response Council. International organisation set up by the world's nations for the protection and preservation of humanity, civilisation and all life on Earth.

MNA
– Museo Nacional de Antropología / National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico) / www.mna.inah.gob.mx

NASA
– The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (civilian space agency of the United States government) / www.nasa.gov

United Nations (UN)
– International organisation for law, security, human & civil rights, political freedom and world peace / www.un.org

APPENDIX G

FACILITIES, UNITS & DESIGNATIONS

U.S.S.B.
– United States Subterranean Base

China Lake Facility
– C Class subterranean base

Footprint: circa 2.2 sq. miles (5.7 sq. km)

Height: 800 ft (0.24 km)

Depth from surface: 2,000 ft (0.6 km)

Cubic capacity: 0.34 cubic miles (1.4km³)

Year of build: 1990 – 2007

Population: circa 2,300

U.S.S.B. Steadfast
– A Class subterranean base.

Footprint: circa 20 sq. miles (52 sq. km)

Height: 7,500 ft (2.3 km)

Depth from surface: 3,000 ft (0.91 km)

Cubic capacity: 28.7 cubic miles (119.6 km³)

Year of build: 1996 – 2035

Population: circa 500,000

U.S.S.B. Sanctuary
– A Class subterranean base

U.S.S.B. Haven
– B Class subterranean base

U.S.S.B. Washington
– B Class subterranean base

P.R.C.S.B.
– People’s Republic of China Subterranean Base

E.U.S.B.
– European Union Subterranean Base

P.R.C.S.B.
Shanxi
– A Class subterranean base

Darklight
– Private security firm

SFSD
– Special Forces Subterranean Detachment

(Codename: Terra Force)

COG
– CIA’s Special Operations Group

DOD
– U.S. Department of Defense

Territorial Army
– British volunteer reserve force

Fort Bliss
– U.S. Army post, New Mexico / Texas

1AD
– U.S. Army’s 1
^st
Armored Division

Phoenix
– Darklight aircraft carrier

APPENDIX H

WORDS, TERMS & PHRASES

Genesisity
– Global conservation movement akin to the
Green
political and environmental movement which drives the policies and targets of many companies, organisations and governments in the early part of the twenty first century.

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
– Required in the United States of America when operating heavy and hazardous goods vehicles.

Confab
– An informal private conversation or discussion.

[Author note: This is a strange word since it has an almost identical sister word which many people also use,
conflab
. Apparently, according to my research, conflab evolved from confab as an informal colloquialism. It now appears to have taken on a life of its own, so much so there is some question as to which is correct. I originally wrote conflab, but since confab is the original I opted to use that instead. ]

Rooves
– Plural for roof.

[Author note: I always find the word
rooves
as a more intuitive and smoother sounding word than its more frequently utilised cousin,
roofs
. Rooves appears to have gone out of favour over the years and some now consider it incorrect.]

Get
– Informal term for offspring / children.

Lucked out
– A phrase to mean someone or something has been the beneficiary of good luck.

[Author note: Conversely many people also use this term to mean the exact opposite, i.e. you ran out of luck, which—when looking at it—makes more sense. It appears that some consider the meaning of
lucked out
to be a divide between the UK and USA, where people in the UK believe it to mean you’ve received bad luck and people in the USA to mean they’ve received good luck; this doesn’t appear to hold true, however, and many people on either side of the Atlantic have their own opinion on it. Some even expand on the phrase and use it in other ways, i.e. you’re a right luck out.]

Fubar
– Fucked up beyond all recognition. Verb: to fubar, fubared.

Numpty
– Foolish or stupid person.

APPENDIX I

LOCATIONS & BUILDINGS

Oxford –
a city in England. Located approximately 50 miles north west of central London, in the county of Oxfordshire.

Dulce
– small town located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.

San Benito
– a city in the El Petén department of Guatemala.

Sky Pillar
– skyscraper built in London, completed in 2040.

The Shard
– skyscraper built in London, opened 2013 / www.the-shard.com

The Spire
– sister skyscraper to The Shard, built in London, completed 2025. Similar in appearance to The Shard.

Ruins of Copán
– ancient Mayan city located in the Copán Department of western Honduras.

City of Tancama
– ancient city built by the Huastecs circa 700 AD. Located near Jalpan de Serra, a small town in the state of Querétaro, Mexico.

Sierra Madre Oriental
– mountain range located in the north east of Mexico. Spans one thousand kilometres.

Cerro El Potosí
– highest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, Mexico.

Teotihuacan
– Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city located near Mexico City, Mexico.

Sterkfontein Caves
– also known as the Cradle of Humanity. Located near Johannesburg, South Africa.

APPENDIX J

TECHNOLOGY, ARTEFACTS & OBJECTS

Thermal Density Reduction (T.D.R.)
– excavation technology utilised in the creation of large scale subterranean chambers

P.S.S.B.O.
– Partial self-sustaining biological organism

Thermal sword
– Darklight personal weapon

SABRE
– Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, an engine that operates in both air-breathing and rocket modes. Developed by Reaction Engines / www.reactionengines.co.uk

SPVU
– Sediment Pulse Vibration Unit, excavation device

VSEs
– Visual Spectrum Enhancement goggles

DPD
– Digital Parchment Paper

Computer control circlet –
Digital, infrared
human interface device, similar to a mouse, worn on the finger.

Stelae
– carved stone monuments, singular
stela
.