Character Relationship Map: Stasis

Characters

• Ava / Seattle (played by Anna Harr) — protagonist

  Ava is an apparently ordinary woman whose relationship with Matt becomes entangled in a larger temporal conflict. She receives strange messages, questions her identity, and may be a Remnant transferre...

• Lancer (played by Mark Grossman) — supporting

  Lancer is an agent from the Domes sent with Seattle into the early twenty-first century to investigate accidents, suicides, suspicious deaths, and suspected Rebel operations. He follows the mission in...

• Matt (played by Caleb Thomas) — supporting

  Matt is connected to Ava through an apparently ordinary romantic relationship that conceals a much larger temporal conflict. His involvement places him near the investigation surrounding suspicious de...

• Captain Suthers (played by Richard Lippert) — supporting

  Captain Suthers is an official who responds to the threat posed by the Rebels by ordering the deployment of Huntress, a powerful new Cabal weapon. His decision connects the authorities' investigation...

• Huntress (played by Tiana Masaniai) — supporting

  Huntress is a powerful prototype weapon deployed into DownTime by Deputy Minister Brewer under orders from Captain Suthers. Designed to track and eliminate Rebel operatives, Huntress becomes involved...

• Higgs (played by Greg Lutz) — supporting

  Higgs is an agent or official at the Domes who briefs Lancer and Seattle before their first mission into DownTime. He instructs them to follow NCNG protocol, limit contact with locals, and accept hist...

• Deputy Minister Brewer (played by Andrew Bering) — supporting

  Deputy Minister Brewer is an authority figure who sends Huntress into DownTime to test a prototype weapon. His action supports the Cabal's effort to track and eliminate Rebel operatives, linking offic...

• Paseo (played by Jeff Locker) — supporting

  Paseo is associated with the Rebels and reveals a critical defensive measure during the assault on the facility. The Rebels have deployed a polymorphic virus programmed to destroy their own servers an...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Captain Suthers → Deputy Minister Brewer (Professional Cabal Officials) — Both occupy authority positions in the operation against the Rebels.

  The plot identifies Suthers as the officer ordering deployment and Brewer as the deputy minister sending Huntress to test the prototype.

• Deputy Minister Brewer → Huntress (Professional Prototype Handler) — Brewer uses Huntress as a field test for the new weapon.

  Deputy Minister Brewer sends Huntress into DownTime to test the prototype.

• Captain Suthers → Huntress (Power Commanding Officer) — Suthers directs Huntress into the temporal conflict.

  Captain Suthers orders the deployment of Huntress as a powerful new Cabal weapon.

• Higgs → Ava / Seattle (Professional Mission Supervisor) — Higgs establishes the rules governing Seattle's assignment.

  Higgs gives Seattle the same NCNG instructions before the mission into DownTime.

• Higgs → Lancer (Professional Mission Supervisor) — Higgs provides operational guidance to Lancer.

  Higgs warns the agents to follow NCNG protocol, limit contact with locals, and accept possible historical changes.

• Ava / Seattle → Matt (Romantic Partners) — Their relationship provides the personal context for Ava's identity crisis.

  The plot states that Ava and Matt have an ordinary relationship before the larger temporal conflict is revealed.

Story Dynamics

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

• Paseo → Huntress (Conflict Opposing Operatives) — Their opposing affiliations connect them through the technological conflict.

  Paseo identifies a Rebel virus programmed to destroy Cabal systems, while Huntress is deployed as a Cabal weapon against Rebel operatives.

• Paseo → Ava / Seattle (Narrative Conflict Informant) — Paseo supplies crucial information during Seattle's crisis.

  Paseo reveals the Rebel virus deployment during the assault in which Seattle is involved in the struggle to escape with the data.

• Paseo → Lancer (Narrative Conflict Informant) — Paseo's revelation changes the agents' understanding of the Rebel defense.

  During the assault, Paseo reveals to the surviving agents that the Rebels deployed a polymorphic virus targeting Cabal systems, while Lancer is among...

• Ava / Seattle → Huntress (Conflict Opposing Investigators) — Their encounter exposes the nature of the Cabal weapon and escalates the conflict.

  Ava encounters Huntress and discovers that the being is not a conventional Skinner before the conflict erupts into an assault.

• Lancer → Huntress (Conflict Operational Enemies) — Their missions place them on opposing sides of the confrontation.

  Huntress is deployed to track and eliminate Rebel operatives, while Lancer is involved in the opposing investigation and is later shot during the assa...

• Lancer → Ava / Seattle (Alliance Mission Partners) — They operate as paired agents during the investigation.

  Lancer and Seattle are prepared and sent together on their first mission into DownTime.

Story Analysis

A temporal investigation exposes a conflict between rebuilding a ruined future and weaponizing the past.

Plot Progression

1. A World Without Tomorrow — A devastated postwar Earth leaves humanity divided between rebuilding the future and changing the past. At the Domes, Lancer and Seattle receive strict instructions before entering DownTime.
2. Deaths Across DownTime — Lancer and Seattle investigate a pattern of accidents, suicides, and suspicious deaths in early twenty-first-century America. Their contact with Ava and Matt reveals that an ordinary relationship may...
3. The Cabal Weapon — Officials suspect a hidden Rebel base and fear dangerous ripples through history. Suthers and Brewer deploy Huntress, while Lancer discovers the Cabal's ability to trap or manipulate souls.
4. The Remnant Revelation — Seattle suspects that Ava is a Remnant created through a failed transfer before the original body died. Ava searches for the truth while the authorities face possible institutional exposure.
5. Gunfire at the Facility — Ava encounters Huntress and discovers that she is not a conventional Skinner. The revelation leads to a violent facility assault, Lancer's shooting, and Paseo's disclosure of the Rebel virus.