The Divide supporting characters
The habitats depend on more people than any one family or shift. These short introductions identify supporting figures without recounting their scenes or outcomes.
Sella Voss
A classmate who also includes her parent in her home systems drawing.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 1, 3.
Rafi
John’s classmate; his questions bring the people behind a system into view.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 1, 3.
Director Tam
The Olympus Prime representative responsible for planning around household heat needs.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 5.
Chief Lorn
The Renticuluous Alpha representative concerned with circulation and the far districts.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 5.
Perron
The Volallies Beta representative, attentive to the people living amid construction.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 5.
Dara
A member of the agricultural night crew who consults Caitlyn about irrigation timing.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 1.
Petra
An experienced root tank worker in Caitlyn’s botanical community.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 7.
Osa
A thermal systems technician on loan from habitat maintenance.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 7.
Sari
A young technician who logs valve positions and carries out manifold rounds.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 8.
Okafor
The District 9 depot master. No family relationship to other people sharing this surname is established here.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 11.
Pavel
A Valles panel operator.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.
Sanne
A member of the operations team responsible for logging.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.
Noor
An operator on the Olympus Prime side of the network.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.
Deedee Roxas
A clinic nurse.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 15.
Sera
A member of the maintenance crew.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 25.
Sarella
A contact at the domes with whom Paul discusses the winter rotation.
Introduced or identified in Chapter 27.
Historical names
Mara Okafor, Jonas Lindqvist, Rui Duarte and Aiko Tanaka are names mentioned in the novel’s historical material. The circumstances in which they are encountered are left to the book. No additional biography or kinship is inferred.