Character Relationship Map: Mars Express

Characters

• Aline Ruby (played by Léa Drucker) — protagonist

  Aline Ruby is a private detective sent to Earth with Carlos Rivera to capture Roberta Williams. After Roberta is released because her arrest warrant has vanished, Aline continues investigating the dis...

• Chris Royjacker (played by Mathieu Amalric) — protagonist
• Carlos Rivera (played by Daniel Njo Lobé) — supporting

  Carlos Rivera is an android replica of Aline Ruby’s former partner, who died five years earlier. He investigates Roberta Williams and the disappearance of Jun Chow alongside Aline, but ultimately conf...

• Roberta Williams (played by Marie Bouvet) — supporting

  Roberta Williams is a criminal who hacks robots and is initially pursued by Aline Ruby and Carlos Rivera on Earth. Although she is arrested, the warrant for her arrest disappears after the investigati...

• Inspecteur Simon Gordaux (played by Sébastien Chassagne) — supporting
• Beryl (played by Marthe Keller) — supporting
• Jun Chow / Jun Chow 2 (played by Geneviève Doang) — supporting

  Jun Chow is a cybernetics student known for illegally jailbreaking androids. After she and her roommate disappear, Aline Ruby and Carlos Rivera are assigned to find her and trace what happened in Noct...

• LEM (played by Thomas Roditi) — supporting
• Faux M. Chow / Père de Jun / Reporter / Technicien (played by Serge Faliu) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Jun Chow / Jun Chow 2 → Faux M. Chow / Père de Jun / Reporter / Technicien (Family Daughter And Father) — Jun's father becomes a lead in the investigation into her disappearance and the circumstances surrounding her.

  The inquiry leads investigators to Jun's father, and the character list identifies this character as Jun's father.

Story Dynamics

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

• Aline Ruby → Beryl (Social Contact And Adviser) — Beryl reaches out to Aline with a caution about the danger and uncertainty ahead.

  Beryl contacts Aline and warns that the coming days will be unpredictable, advising her to be careful about what she believes.

• Jun Chow / Jun Chow 2 → Chris Royjacker (Unknown Data Source And Corporate Recipient) — Data taken from Jun's session links her to Royjacker's company and the wider conspiracy.

  Records show that a massive data transfer from Jun's brain-farming session went to Chris Royjacker's company.

• Aline Ruby → Chris Royjacker (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Aline traces evidence from Jun's session to Royjacker's company and identifies a takeover program in an android update.

  Records connect a large data transfer from Jun's brain-farming session to Royjacker's company, and Aline urges the police to arrest Royjacker.

• Aline Ruby → Inspecteur Simon Gordaux (Conflict Warning And Skepticism) — Aline presses the authorities to act on her warning, while Gordaux participates in assessing its credibility.

  Aline urges the police to arrest Royjacker, while Inspecteur Simon Gordaux and others debate whether her warning is credible.

• Aline Ruby → LEM (Alliance Investigative Collaborators) — LEM helps Aline and the investigation identify the urgent threat posed by the android update.

  The reference says that with help from LEM, the investigators learn the takeover program is scheduled to launch that day.

• Aline Ruby → Roberta Williams (Conflict Pursuer And Suspect) — Aline is involved in the operation that leads to Roberta's arrest, though their views on android liberation overlap.

  The reference describes Roberta's jailbreak operation collapsing after the private investigator is identified and arrested, and says Aline argues that...

• Aline Ruby → Carlos Rivera (Alliance Investigative Partners) — They work together on the investigation and uncover evidence of a wider conspiracy; Carlos is later lost during an attack.

  The reference says Aline Ruby and her partner, Carlos Rivera, investigate Dominique's death and Jun Chow's disappearance together.

Story Analysis

An investigation into a student's disappearance exposes a data conspiracy and an imminent android takeover, while the available account ends before the threat's outcome is shown.

Plot Progression

1. The Failed Jailbreak — A covert plan to free an android is disrupted, and Roberta Williams is arrested after the investigator is identified. The clash introduces competing views about android freedom and public safety.
2. Following Jun's Trail — Aline and Carlos investigate Dominique's death and Jun Chow's disappearance. Their leads raise the possibility of brain rental and reveal students' use of gammas.
3. The Hidden Transfer — The investigation reaches a brain-farming facility, where records connect Jun's session to Royjacker's company. Aline traces the data to takeover code hidden in an android update.
4. A Launch Imminent — LEM helps establish that the takeover program is scheduled to launch that day and could seize control of robots. Aline's warning meets doubt as the police station comes under threat and Carlos is lost...
5. An Unresolved Warning — Beryl contacts Aline with a warning about the unpredictable days ahead. The available dialogue ends without showing whether the planned takeover launches or what its outcome is.