Athabasca (cont)
Char - Order of Introduction

George Dermott	Considerable bulk, watchdog.
Donald Mackenzie (similar to George)	Large and comfortable; rugged, weatherbeaten face; 220 pounds.
John Finlayson (too much specificity, relative to others, for his role in story)	Heavy felt boots, moleskin trousers, faded mackinaw, sealskin gloves, coonskin cap, hair-long and white, parted in middle,slighted hooked nose, clear blue eyes, deep crow's feet, grizzled beard and mustache, white teeth, odd staccato speech, good, intelligent, honest
Jay Shore	Dark, saturnine, almost piratical looking, actually companionable, humorous, and cheerful. Engineering construction mgr

Bill Reynolds	Rubicund and smiling. Operations manager
Ferguson	Pilot
Corrine	"brunette of Reynolds", subsidiary nature of women
Jim Brady	5'8", elevator shoes, 240 pounds. Superbly-cut dark-gray business suit, layers of clothes, eyes-blue, cool, appraising and shrewd
Jean Brady	Attractive, blond. Kidnapped
Stella Brady	Stunning, blond. Kidnapped. Kidnapping 1, 2, or 8 would have been better story, because they had developed characters
Poulson	Headman. Blackbeared with bitter eyes.
Brinkman	SanMobil security chief, intelligent & competent in 30s
Sam Bronowski	Pipeline security chief. 40-50, broad, chunky
Hamish Black	General pipeline manager. Bony face, pencil moustache, thinning black hair, parted in center, pince-nez