Orbiter 9

Helena is a young woman raised inside Orbiter 9, living with limited oxygen and under the watch of an AI caretaker. She is curious, resilient, and capable of bold choices when pushed toward freedom. Her discovery of her cloning origin and her evolving relationship with Alex push her toward agency and resistance.

A maintenance engineer who boards Orbiter 9 for repairs and becomes Helena’s lover. He struggles with the Celeste mission's moral weight and his own grief over a previous disaster. His decisions to hide Helena and challenge the system drive the escape and revelation.

A therapist and confidant who helps Helena and Alex navigate danger and seek refuge. She embodies care and moral complexity, ultimately paying a tragic price as the manhunt closes in.

Head of a major Earth-based site overseeing the space-simulation program. He is pragmatic and relentless in pursuing Helena, representing institutional authority and ethical ambiguity.

Katherine is the superior who orders actions against Helena and oversees the project from a distance. She treats the research as a means to an end, showing how power rationalizes ethical compromises.

A doctor who tests Helena’s biology and investigates her unusual skin exposure and health. He provides scientific rationales and reveals hard truths about Helena’s viability outside the simulator.

A member of the research network connected to Orbiter 9, contributing to the broader project’s scope and the bureaucratic machinery behind the experiments.

A maternal presence within Helena’s world, whose role underscores the human longing for family even within a controlled, experimental setting.

A stunt double used for certain scenes, representing how Helena’s identity is mediated and performed within the project’s narrative framework.

A supporting figure connected to the research world, contributing to the ensemble that surrounds Helena’s world and the mission’s politics.

A medical professional involved in the project’s routines, adding a human care layer to a world of surveillance and experimentation.