Character Relationship Map: Final Frequency

Characters

• Cyrus Slanton (played by Richard Burgi) — protagonist

  Cyrus Slanton leads FIT, the organization preparing to trigger a devastating earthquake in Los Angeles. His operation uses three HAARP arrays aboard offshore freighters to send seismic pulses toward t...

• Esther Dahlset (played by Kirby Bliss Blanton) — supporting

  Esther Dahlset is a graduate student who becomes concerned when her professor, Stuart Conrad, disappears. After learning that his Tesla-related research has drawn dangerous attention, she joins the ef...

• Professor Stuart Conrad (played by Charles Shaughnessy) — supporting

  Professor Stuart Conrad is Esther Dahlset's missing professor, whose research concerns high-frequency signals capable of triggering seismic events. After disappearing and leaving his house in disarray...

• Paul Dahlset (played by Luke Guldan) — supporting

  Paul Dahlset is one of Esther Dahlset's allies in the effort to prevent FIT from causing a devastating earthquake. As the attack approaches, he and Esther plan to infiltrate FIT's Westside command pos...

• Colin Ward (played by Josh Murray) — supporting

  Colin Ward is an FBI agent who encounters Esther Dahlset after Professor Stuart Conrad disappears. He tells Esther that Conrad's work has attracted dangerous attention, helping her understand the risk...

• George Peter (played by Abhay Walia) — supporting

  George Peter is a seismologist who recognizes that a downtown tremor is unnatural and begins investigating its source. He becomes part of the group trying to stop FIT's planned earthquake, and works w...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Esther Dahlset → Professor Stuart Conrad (Professional Student And Professor) — Esther investigates Conrad's disappearance and learns that his research has attracted dangerous attention.

  Esther is identified as a graduate student, and she becomes concerned when Professor Conrad disappears.

Story Dynamics

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

• Cyrus Slanton → Paul Dahlset (Conflict Opposing Forces) — Paul's planned mission targets the command operation associated with the attack Cyrus's organization is preparing.

  Cyrus's organization is preparing the attack, while Paul is assigned to infiltrate FIT's command post with Esther and install a virus.

• Cyrus Slanton → Professor Stuart Conrad (Conflict Opposing Forces) — Conrad participates in the counter-operation against the threat posed by Cyrus's organization.

  FIT, led in the account by Cyrus Slanton, is preparing a seismic attack; Conrad joins the group trying to stop it.

• Cyrus Slanton → George Peter (Conflict Opposing Forces) — George's planned operation directly targets the system involved in the attack being prepared by Cyrus's organization.

  Cyrus Slanton and FIT are preparing the attack, while George is assigned to hack a freighter's array control system and send a counterwave.

• Cyrus Slanton → Esther Dahlset (Conflict Opposing Forces) — Their stated objectives are opposed: FIT prepares the seismic attack, and Esther's group plans to prevent it.

  The account says Cyrus Slanton and his organization, FIT, are preparing an operation that could cause a devastating earthquake, while Esther joins the...

• Esther Dahlset → Paul Dahlset (Alliance Mission Partners) — They are set to work together on the command-post operation, which is intended to stop another array.

  The plan assigns Esther and Paul Dahlset to infiltrate FIT's Westside command post and install a virus.

• George Peter → Professor Stuart Conrad (Alliance Mission Partners) — They are tasked with jointly disabling one of the arrays during the effort to stop the attack.

  The plan assigns George Peter and Professor Conrad to hack a freighter's control system and send a counterwave.

• Esther Dahlset → Colin Ward (Alliance Investigator And Informant) — Ward gives Esther information that helps her understand the danger surrounding Conrad's research.

  Esther encounters FBI agent Colin Ward, who tells her that Conrad's work has drawn dangerous attention.

Story Analysis

An investigation into unnatural tremors uncovers a planned seismic attack, prompting a risky effort to disable the systems behind it.

Plot Progression

1. Tremors and a Fatal Warning — Los Angeles is shaken by tremors before the G-20 summit, and Douglas Cole hears commands before falling to his death. George Peter detects an unnatural downtown tremor and begins investigating its sou...
2. The Missing Professor — Esther Dahlset discovers that Professor Conrad is missing and finds his house in disarray, while authorities initially refuse to investigate. FBI agent Colin Ward warns her that Conrad's work has draw...
3. The Seismic Weapon — The research is revealed to involve high-frequency signals capable of triggering seismic events. Esther's group discovers that Cyrus Slanton and FIT have assembled offshore arrays for a potentially de...
4. A Mission Without an Outcome — Conrad joins the effort to stop the attack, and the group divides its plans between a freighter control system and FIT's Westside command post. They know another array must also be neutralized, but th...