Virgil is about to be launched into the sea as you & your crewmates(Dr. Talma "Stick" Stickley, the mission controller for NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour and Virgil,Commander Robert "Bob" Iverson, USN, Major Childs' commander and mentor,Dr. Edward "Braz" Brazzelton, the designer of Virgil and the ultrasonic lasers,Dr. Conrad Zimsky, Earth specialist and designer of Project DESTINI., based in Alaska,Dr. Serge Leveque, nuclear weapons specialist,Dr. Joshua "Josh" Keyes, a professor of geophysics.)