One of the defining philosophies behind Seraphic Chronicles is that the scale of a story should never come at the expense of its characters. The series has an enormous canvas, spanning empires, pol…

One of the things that makes the opening four episodes of Seraphic Chronicles particularly interesting is how quickly the series begins connecting its two principal storylines. Seraphic and NightSh…

The first four episodes of Seraphic Chronicles are, in many ways, a study in how to introduce a protagonist without revealing everything about her at once. Ejjina Mexonber-Quad begins the series as…

Jovan Johnson’s introduction is one of those scenes that tells the audience an enormous amount about a character without stopping to explain him. When we first properly encounter Jovan aboard the S…

Seraphic Chronicles does not begin by asking the audience to admire its universe. It begins by asking them to care about one woman. “Last Tears of the Banabhatta” opens on Baraben Prime with Ejjina…

Act One of the opening episode of season one, “Last Tears of the Banabhatta”, makes the a strong opening because it takes what initially appears to be a simple character introduction an…

Seraphic Chronicles opens not with a battle, a starship, or a grand piece of science fiction spectacle, but with Ejjina Mexonber-Quad alone in her home, preparing to go for a run. It is a deliberat…

Commander Xandos Orthopolis is perhaps the strangest person to find at the centre of the struggle over Ejjina Mexonber-Quad’s command of the Seraphic early in season one. He is her Executive …

Ensign Edson Henriques is caught in the middle of the conflict surrounding Ejjina Mexonber-Quad, and unlike the senior officers around him, he is forced to make a decision about where his loyalty a…

Leftenant Hyacinth Mballa is the Chief Security Officer aboard the Seraphic, and from the moment Ejjina Mexonber-Quad takes command, she is deeply unhappy about it. Like her husband, Commander Othe…

Commander Othello Mballa is exactly the sort of Star Command officer who believes that the rules exist for a reason. He is old school in the best and worst senses of the phrase: disciplined, profes…

When she comes aboard the ScSS Seraphic during Episode 14 of Season One (“Bad Kiss”), she initially seems like exactly the sort of person who could liven up an otherwise ordinary stretc…

Dr Iesis Dru’Heirt’Odii looks like someone carved from discipline and stitched back together with ambition. She grew up on the old Dru Nation colony of Bringabaga that never recovered from the econ…

Jasmine Birith is one of the most interesting examples of a character being present throughout an entire season without actually being part of the main story. She is the one character in Season One…

One of the major characters who ultimately influences the end of Seraphic Chronicles is Drusija Terrettii, a character who does not even join the series until Season 3. By the time she appears, she…

Season One, Episode Two, “Agents”, opens by taking the audience away from the Seraphic and into the much darker world of NightShade, immediately establishing that this side of the serie…

Philemon Yecroocs-Quad’Chi is one of the most quietly important characters in The Seraphic Chronicles, because his importance is not based on military rank, political influence or spectacular power…

War General Auxor, Son of Ovonaux, Great Lord of the House of Nuruodo, is unlike almost every other Great Lord in the Imperial Oferan Empire. His difference is not simply that he is more ambitious,…

Season Two of Seraphic Chronicles is where the character work really begins to accelerate. Season One establishes the people aboard the Seraphic, gives the audience an understanding of their person…

Season Two of Seraphic Chronicles is where the series begins to expand dramatically, but its expansion is not simply a matter of making the galaxy bigger. The first season establishes the world, in…

The Seraphic Chronicles is being designed from the beginning as more than a television series. The five-season television story is the heart of the franchise, but around it is intended to exist a m…

Operation Open Water is the mission that begins Seraphic Chronicles, but it is far more significant than a simple exploratory expedition. It represents the culmination of President Montcalm Smallsm…

Asaji Li Juan enters Seraphic Chronicles in Episode 10 as someone who appears, at first glance, to have everything going for her. She comes from a wealthy, famous and intensely political family, on…

Season One of Seraphic Chronicles has two stories running alongside one another. One is the story of the ScSS Seraphic and its crew, following Star Command as it explores the Bregenna Expanse and b…

Season One of Seraphic Chronicles is designed to do something that increasingly feels unusual in modern television: it allows the story to breathe. Rather than building the entire season around one…

Raphan Django is one of the most morally complicated characters in The Seraphic Chronicles because he is not a fundamentally good man who has been forced into doing terrible things. He knows exactl…

One of the most interesting opportunities created by the way the Seraphic Chronicles will be filmed is the ability to tell stories that the audience is not actually being asked to watch. The show&#…

Raphan Django loves his children. That is important, because the relationship between him, Lushara and Rahsaan becomes far more interesting when it is not built around the simple idea of an authori…

Sai Mai Chang is one of the most ordinary people aboard the ScSS Seraphic, and that is precisely what makes her useful to the story. She is not a prodigy, a natural leader, a brilliant tactician or…

Xandos Orthopolis is one of the most unusual characters in the Seraphic Chronicles because his story is not really a traditional redemption story, even though it initially looks exactly like one. O…

At the end of Season One of The Seraphic Chronicles, Operation Open Water stands as one of the most extraordinary and complicated achievements in the history of the Alliance of the Twin Worlds. It …

There are people in the Seraphic Chronicles who become important because they command fleets, lead governments, change the course of wars or stand at the centre of history. Stephanie Oumriel was no…

Every science-fiction series promises a vast universe. Every trailer talks about epic adventures, dangerous enemies, ancient mysteries and the fate of civilisation hanging in the balance. The Serap…

The history of the Alliance of the Twin Worlds between 200AE and 329AE is, in many respects, the story of a civilisation learning what kind of government it actually wanted. The century opened with…

The second century of the Alliance was a period in which the institutions created during the Alliance’s first hundred years were tested by prosperity, war, political scandal and the growing c…

Recent speculation is that Arsenal might sell Mile Lewis-Skelly to generate funds for the squad, and while in understand the need to sell players, and from a business perspective you can never say …

The history of the Alliance of the Twin Worlds begins at 0AE not with a revolution, a war or an emergency, but with the culmination of a process that had been underway for generations. For roughly …

The history of the Imperial Oferan Empire cannot be understood without understanding D’Ulib and the two centuries in which the Oferan lived under Nostluhk occupation. It is tempting to look at the …

When people talk about Ejjina Mexonber-Quad, it is tempting to define her by the two things that most obviously make her extraordinary: her life in Star Command and her place within the Quad Order.…

A Star Command fleet does not begin a battle by exchanging fire and discovering who has the stronger ships. Its first priority is to dismantle the enemy’s ability to fight. Star Command has b…

There is a surprisingly rich history hidden in the names of Star Command’s ships. At first glance, they might appear to be little more than memorable names attached to different classes of ve…

Season Two of The Seraphic Chronicles is a very different season from the one that came before it, not simply because the stories become larger or the characters face more dangerous situations, but…

One of the easiest traps for a science-fiction series to fall into is making every space battle look essentially identical. Two fleets arrive, ships manoeuvre into roughly the same formation, weapo…

Education in the Alliance is built around a simple principle: where a child lives should never determine the quality of education they receive. That principle becomes particularly interesting aboar…

Serena de Lauda is one of the many officers who help make the ScSS Seraphic feel like a real working starship. She is not introduced as a legendary engineer or as someone destined for greatness. Wh…

At first glance, The Seraphic Chronicles appears to be a story about exploration, diplomacy and hope, comfortable and familiar. The crew of the ScSS Seraphic represent everything Star Command striv…

Main Cast (Season One) Seraphic Based Storyline Commanding Officer Captain Ejjina Mexonber-Quad – (f) human (30) The most controversial officer in the fleet. Ejjina is a member of the Quad Order, a…

Star Command is often viewed through the lens of its starships, explorers and emergency responders, yet its economic role within the Alliance is far more significant than many realise. It is neithe…

History often remembers individuals for a single defining moment, yet the greatest figures rarely achieve their place through one extraordinary day alone. Admiral Zani Dru’Qesta’Qwek is…