The story focuses on the exploits of rivals Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wen-li, as they rise to power and fame in the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance, respectively.
Wenli Yang
Reinhard von Lohengramm
Alarcon, Sandle
Attenborough, Dusty
Baumel
Bergengrün, Hans Eduard
Bittenfeld, Fritz Joseph
Blumhardt, Rainer
Boltik, Nikolas
Bucock, Alexander
Cazellnu, Alex
Degsby
Drewentz
Fischer, Edwin
Fusseneger
Greenhill, Frederica
Huang, Louis
Kempff's Wife
Kempff, Gustav Isaac
Kempff, Karl Franz
Kempff, Karl Gustav
Kesserling, Rupert
Mashengo, Louis
Minci, Julian
Rubinsky, Adrian
von Oberstein, Paul
von Reuenthal, Oskar
Bernhard von Schneider
Wolfgang Mittermeyer
Cornelius Lutz
Leopold Schumacher
August Samuel Wahlen
Murai
Hildegard von Mariendorf
Helmet Lennenkampf
Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
Kasper Linz
Arthur von Streit
Ivan Konev
Annerose von Grünewald
Ernest Mecklinger
Fyodor Patrichev
Alfred von Landsberg
Dominique Saint-Pierré
Adalbert von Fahrenheit
Walter von Schönkopf
Lao
Olivier Poplin
Ulrich Kessler
Karl Robert Steinmetz
Neidhart Müller
Bonnett/ Commoner
Girl/ Woman
João Rebelo
Henslow
Controller/ Girl
Rockwell
Heydrich Lang
Huang Rui
Schoolgirl/ Spectator
Karl von Kempff
Commoner
Aron Doumeck
Job Trunicht
Erwin' Servant/ Maid/ Spectator
Emil von Reckendorf
Marinesk
Nguyen van Huu
Theodor von Rücke
Günther Kisling/ Non-comissioned Officer
Ensign
Dreyser
Military Physician
Commoner/ Ensign
Fields
Lubitsch
Violla
Adjutant
Konrad von Modell
Jochen von Remscheid
Newscaster/ Spectator