Character Relationship Map: Asteroid-a-Geddon

Characters

• Alexandra (played by Veronika Issa) — supporting

  Alexandra leads the team developing a laser to stop asteroid 2200ql after conventional missile attacks fail. She organizes an emergency construction effort, coordinating the search for materials and a...

• Himari (played by Jennifer Lee Wiggins) — supporting

  Himari is a member of Alexandra's emergency laser-project team. During the effort to assemble the equipment from materials scattered among different facilities, she handles the optics. Her work suppor...

• Roland (played by D'Artagnan Woods) — supporting

  Roland is part of Alexandra's emergency laser-project team. As the group gathers the materials needed to build the device, he searches for tantalum carbide. His task contributes to the construction ef...

• Hugo (played by Isaac J. Cruz) — supporting

  Hugo is a member of Alexandra's team working to build the laser needed to stop 2200ql. During the emergency construction effort, he designs a lightweight housing for the device. His engineering work s...

• Elaine (played by Gigi Gustin) — supporting

  Elaine works with Nikola Svoboda to determine that a laser may be the only way to penetrate asteroid 2200ql's hard core. Her extensive access to the company becomes a concern when its assets are froze...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Elaine → Roland (Professional Project Colleague) — Their contributions address different requirements of the same mission.

  Elaine works on the laser solution, while Roland searches for tantalum carbide needed for the construction.

• Elaine → Hugo (Professional Project Colleague) — Their work supports the same laser engineering effort.

  Elaine participates in developing the laser solution, while Hugo designs its lightweight housing.

• Elaine → Himari (Professional Project Colleague) — Elaine and Himari contribute different expertise to the shared project.

  Elaine helps determine that a laser is necessary, while Himari contributes optics to the same laser project.

• Alexandra → Elaine (Professional Collaborator) — They work together on the technical solution to the asteroid crisis.

  Alexandra and Elaine determine that a laser may be the only way to cut through the asteroid's crystalline core.

Story Dynamics

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

• Hugo → Roland (Alliance Engineering Collaborator) — Their material and structural tasks support the laser's construction.

  Hugo designs the lightweight housing while Roland searches for tantalum carbide during the same emergency construction effort.

• Himari → Roland (Alliance Engineering Collaborator) — They provide complementary technical resources for the project.

  Himari works on the optics while Roland searches for tantalum carbide for the laser construction.

• Himari → Hugo (Alliance Engineering Collaborator) — Their technical tasks support the assembly of the laser system.

  Himari handles the optics and Hugo designs the lightweight housing during the emergency laser construction effort.

• Alexandra → Roland (Alliance Teammate) — Alexandra relies on Roland to obtain a critical construction material.

  Alexandra organizes the emergency construction effort, while Roland searches for tantalum carbide.

• Alexandra → Hugo (Alliance Teammate) — Alexandra coordinates Hugo's engineering contribution to the mission.

  Alexandra organizes the construction effort, and Hugo designs the lightweight housing for the laser.

• Alexandra → Himari (Alliance Teammate) — Alexandra and Himari collaborate on the laser project.

  Alexandra organizes the emergency laser construction effort, while Himari handles the optics.

Story Analysis

An international team races to stop a crystalline asteroid after a failed nuclear attack turns it into a larger planetary threat.

Plot Progression

1. The Failed Nuclear Gamble — An international summit learns that Russia has launched a nuclear warhead at asteroid 2200ql. The attack fractures the asteroid instead of destroying it, creating a planetary emergency.
2. Fragments Over Earth — The asteroid's crystalline core proves unusually resistant, while fragments threaten Earth before the main body arrives. Meteorite impacts and displaced offshore water intensify the disaster.
3. Building The Impossible Laser — Alexandra and Elaine identify a laser as the only plausible solution. Alexandra coordinates an emergency effort involving optics, lightweight housing, tantalum carbide, and scattered facilities.
4. Sabotage And First Contact — Frozen company assets and canceled orders threaten the project, while Alexandra investigates a possible network breach connected to Elaine's access. The first laser eventually penetrates the asteroid.
5. The Burning Counterbeam — The first beam alters the asteroid's axis and may increase its rotation. The team launches the Teloch counterbeam, but it burns while the final outcome remains unresolved.