Characters in Gateway

Robinette Broadhead

A food-mine worker turned Gateway prospector, frightened of the missions and haunted by guilt.

Also in Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, The Annals of the Heechee

Gelle-Klara Moynlin

A fellow prospector Broadhead falls in love with, who shares his hesitation about missions.

Also in Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

Sigfrid von Shrink

The Freudian AI therapy program Broadhead consults, whose sessions frame the story.