Character Relationship Map: Time Under Fire

Characters

• Alan / John Deakins (played by Jeff Fahey) — protagonist

  Alan Deakins is a submarine commander who returns from a time displacement and joins an expedition to uncover the truth. In 2077, he meets his grandson John, a rebel fighting Braddock's dictatorship;...

• Koda (played by Richard Tyson) — supporting

  Koda leads the military force that boards the expedition's submarine after it crosses the portal. He recognizes Deakins, captures the crew, and pursues them when they attempt to return to the past. Hi...

• Marjorie (played by Linda Hoffman) — supporting

  Marjorie is Lance McCarthy's assistant and a member of the expedition into the portal. Captured in the future, she escapes prison with Deakins and Hawks and joins the rebels. The story later reveals t...

• Cole (played by Larry Poindexter) — supporting

  Cole is one of the military men who joins Deakins and the others on the expedition through the portal. During the escape from Braddock's base, he and John are believed to have been killed. The synopsi...

• Schmidt (played by Jay Acovone) — supporting

  Schmidt is one of the military men who joins the expedition with Deakins and the research team. After the crew is captured in the future, a guard kills Schmidt for talking back. His death demonstrates...

• Spitz (played by Chick Vennera) — supporting

  Spitz is a prisoner in the future who tells Deakins and his companions that they have arrived in 2077 under Braddock's dictatorship. He helps Deakins, Marjorie, and Hawks escape and later explains eve...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Cole → Schmidt (Professional Military Teammate) — They serve in the same military expedition unit.

  Cole and Schmidt are both identified as military members of the expedition that crosses the portal.

• Cole → Marjorie (Professional Expedition Teammate) — They share an operational role in the expedition team.

  Cole and Marjorie leave together as members of the expedition seeking the truth about the portal.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Spitz → Cole (Alliance Resistance Ally) — Spitz's rescue actions support Cole's involvement in the resistance mission.

  Spitz helps the captured expedition group escape, after which Cole participates in the assault and escape from the hostile base.

• Marjorie → Spitz (Alliance Escape Ally) — Spitz directly helps Marjorie escape and reach the resistance.

  Spitz breaks Marjorie out of prison and leads her with Alan and Hawks toward the rebels' base.

• Schmidt → Koda (Conflict Prisoner And Captor) — Their relationship is defined by military capture and resistance.

  Koda's force captures Schmidt after boarding the submarine, and Schmidt is held in the same lockup.

• Cole → Koda (Conflict Captured Opponent) — Cole is an opposing military captive under Koda's control.

  Koda leads the military boarding action that captures Cole and the other expedition members.

• Marjorie → Koda (Conflict Captive And Adversary) — Koda's forces place Marjorie in direct danger and captivity.

  Koda's force captures Marjorie with the expedition crew and holds her in prison.

• Alan / John Deakins → Spitz (Alliance Rescue Ally) — Spitz provides crucial information and enables Alan's escape.

  Spitz explains that the crew is in 2077 and breaks Alan, Marjorie, and Hawks out of prison.

• Alan / John Deakins → Schmidt (Alliance Teammate) — Schmidt serves alongside Alan during the expedition.

  Schmidt leaves with Alan on the expedition and is later held with the expedition crew after the submarine is captured.

• Alan / John Deakins → Cole (Alliance Teammate) — Cole is one of Alan's military teammates during the mission.

  Cole leaves on the expedition with Alan and participates in the assault on the hostile base.

• Alan / John Deakins → Marjorie (Alliance Teammate) — They cooperate as members of the expedition and escape group.

  Marjorie joins the expedition with Alan, escapes prison with him, and travels with him toward the rebel base.

• Alan / John Deakins → Koda (Conflict Enemy) — Alan and Koda become opposing forces across the time-travel conflict.

  Koda leads the force that boards the submarine, captures the crew, and later pursues them during their return through the portal.

Story Analysis

A submarine crew crosses time to confront a cyborg dictatorship whose survival threatens to reshape both past and future.

Plot Progression

1. The Vanishing Submarine — A submarine disappears inside a Bermuda Triangle portal, and Alan / John Deakins later returns claiming to have seen the future. His story is rejected, but a new expedition is organized to test it.
2. Crossing Into 2077 — The expedition recreates the accident and crosses the portal. A military force captures the crew, while Spitz reveals that they have entered a post-apocalyptic future.
3. Escape And Resistance — After violence in prison, Spitz helps the survivors escape to a rebel base. They learn about the cyborg army and join an assault to recover its essential computer chip.
4. Clones Across Time — The survivors flee through the portal while Koda pursues them, then discover that the returning future leader is a cyborg clone. The threat continues into the present through the stolen chip and hidde...