U.S. armed forces major, in Intelligence. When the government was destroyed and all senior officers were killed, as the senior line officer in the Citadel he took command of the war against the PanAsian invasion. A publicity man by trade, Army by necessity, he proposed a propaganda war with organization of an underground resistance movement (see Mota.)
Dr. Randall Brooks
Biologist and biochemist with a special commission of major in the U.S. Army. He was drafted to work in the Citadel. One of the few surviving officers after the PanAsian invasion and the Ledbetter Effect accident, he was involved in founding the Church of Mota and as part of a counteroffensive against the invaders.
Bryan (no first name)
U.S. Army sergeant and follower of Mota assigned as Whitey Ardmore's driver during the counteroffensive against the PanAsian invaders.
Dr. Lowell Calhoun
Colonel in mathematical research at the Citadel. He was commanding officer by default after all senior officers were killed. Having a special commission, he accepted Whitey Ardmore's authority, and was appointed director of research and second in command. Already of a brittle ego and personality, as the Mota conspiracy progressed he developed delusions of grandeur and was ultimately killed in self-defense by Frank Mitsui.
Site of a massacre of the followers of Mota. The priest retaliated by killing all available PanAsians with the Ledbetter Effect.
Citadel
Secret Army headquarters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The only surviving military base after the PanAsian invasion, its officers founded an ultimately successful counteroffensive against the invaders. (See Mota.)
Temple of Mota recruit sent to the Citadel so the PanAsians could not ship her out as a pleasure girl.
Disciple
Personage whose coming was predicted by the priests of Mota. The prediction was just an attention-getting routine.
Downer (no first name)
U.S. Army captain who worked undercover in the PanAsian occupation army. He was recruited to work for the Temple of Mota, but left it for his undercover assignment.
Father Francis Doyle
Catholic priest who was recruited by the Temple of Mota for intelligence work.
Dragon Regiment
PanAsian regiment stationed at Salt Lake City. All its members were arrested after the followers of Mota escaped confinement while under their guard.
emperor
The PanAsian Empire is ruled by a "Heavenly Emperor", but apparently much of the imperial power is exercised by territorial governors.
PanAsian weapon that caused a messy death by convulsions. It was frequently used for crowd control.
Finny (no other name)
Associate of hoboes and expert counterfeiter. His original name might have been Phineas, or the nickname might have come from his preference for $5 bills. He made a registration card for Jefferson Thomas.
[mentioned in passing] Professor at the University of London who in 1945 demonstrated that the hemoglobin of individual rabbits has unique wavelengths. He could not reproduce the results for humans, but the researchers at the Citadel used his research in developing the Ledbetter Effect.
Edward Graham
One of the few survivors in the Citadel, a private first class assigned to the commissary department. His civilian occupation was artist and interior decorator; he helped design the Temple of Mota.
Grandson of Heaven (no other name)
Prince of the PanAsian Imperial family, and head of the occupation forces in North America.
Former real estate salesman suggested to be a priest of Mota. He turned out to be a spy and collaborator for the PanAsians, and was killed by Jefferson Thomas.
Formerly general manager of a communications trust and a student of modern military organizational methods. Whitey Ardmore made him his chief of staff.
Konsky (no first name)
Collaborationist with the PanAsians who was allowed to act as a rental agent; he arranged the rental of a vacant building to be used as a Temple of Mota.
Ledbetter (no first name)
Scientist killed in the Citadel, along with several hundred other men, by one of his own experiments on energy sources.
Ledbetter Effect
Named after the scientist who created it (and was killed by it), an energy burst that kills humans but leaves other life forms unharmed. It was refined to be used as a weapon tuned to individuals or distinct races, and was crucial in defeating the PanAsian occupation forces.
Japanese-American friend of Jefferson Thomas, who was in hiding from the PanAsians. His wife Alice was massacred, along with his children Frank Jr., Jimmy, and Shirley. He was recruited by the Citadel survivors, and ultimately died defending the others against Lowell Calhoun's insane violence.
Diety invented by Whitey Ardmore as a front for revolutionary propaganda and activities. According to the official doctrine, Mota had one thousand attributes; six were worshipped at his Temple. One of the teachings of Mota was cooperation with the government, thus sparing them the disapproval of the PanAsians. Their freedom to establish temples all over the country made the religion a perfect front for finding and recruiting fighters against the occupation. Among his many attributes were Barmac; Dis, Lord of Destruction.
Site of a temple of Mota. A PanAsian bomb intended for the temple wrecked a nearby city district.
Nonintercourse Act
United States legislation that prohibited contact with Asia by Americans. The members of the Citadel speculated that the resulting ignorance aided the PanAsians in building up the resources undetected for invading North America.
PanAsian Empire
Alliance (probably created by invasion and occupation) that attacked and occupied the United States. It had previously absorbed the Soviet Union. Its leaders were demonstrably racist, treating conquered peoples with considerable contempt and ferocity. Overpopulation was the likely motivation for its aggressions.
In many stories, Heinlein portrayed prostitution as an honorable profession; his prostitutes ranged from hard-working and respectable to highly admired and honored. The PanAsians forced women from conquered areas into houses of prostitution. (This is the only example of prostitution being oppressive and shameful.)
One of the few survivors in the Citadel after the Ledbetter Effect disaster. Trained as a lawyer; he went into social administration and became a hobo to gather information for a thesis, then stayed one because he liked it. He was sworn into the Army after he wandered into the Citadel's secret entrance. He volunteered for intelligence work after the PanAsian invasion and was promoted from private to lieutenant for the assignment, then to captain when he took charge of Denver recruitment as a priest of Mota. Among the hoboes he was known as Gentleman Jeff.
time lines
The time lines, or alternate universes, are named after the first person to walk on the moon. Time line seven, code name Fairacres, is the time line in which the United States was defeated in World War II. The Japanese and German empires split America between them along the Mississippi River. This may be the locus of the events in The Day After Tomorrow. (The time lines are delineated in To Sail Beyond the Sunset.)
Physicist and radiation specialist drafted to work at the Citadel; one of the few survivors of the Ledbetter Effect catastrophe. Whitey Ardmore dubbed him "The Punk Kid".
David Wood
Protestant minister initially disturbed by the success of the priests of Mota. After discussing his misgivings with a friend who was a Catholic priest, he reconsidered and was eventually recruited for intelligence work.
