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The Excalibur crew
Matthew Gideon
Captain Matthew Gideon
Species: Human
Played by: Gary Cole
The captain of the Excalibur.
- Deadpan Snarker: His rapier wit is on full display whenever he has to deal with an exasperating situation.
- Exact Words: On a particular mission, Gideon is under orders by a diplomat to not to stop for anything, even to rescue a pilot in distress (Lochley). His playing with these orders leads to having the ship "swallow" the distressed pilot's ship as it passes by. Technically, he never stopped...
- Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex: With Lochley after the Lorkans try to kill them.
- Pragmatic Hero: He isn't afraid to do very morally questionable things such as extrajudicial extraditions, grave robbing (that is the whole point of them exploring dead worlds for a possible cure) and blackmail to accomplish his admittedly very noble goals.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!:
- Part of why Sheridan chose him is because Gideon would not let diplomacy get in the way of completing his mission.
- In "Visitors from Down the Street", he sends messages to the alien world's populace about how their government has been controlling them through a conspiracy that blames Earth for their problems. At the end, Matheson comments that there'd probably be people who would see Gideon's decision as bad, but he doesn't care.
- He manages to rescue a distressed pilot (who turns out to be Lochley) via Exact Words despite an Obstructive Bureaucrat ordering him not to stop for anything.
- Had the show not been cancelled, he and his crew would've discovered a conspiracy involving EarthForce experimenting with Shadow technology, and they would've attempted to expose it, only to go on the run.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After realizing that the Hyperspace creatures are attempting to mate with his ship, he immediately orders the ship back online (Galen having advised going offline) and to get them the hell out of there.
- Sole Survivor: Of the crew of the EAS Cerberus.
Galen
Galen
Species: Human (Technomage)
Played by: Peter Woodward
Who do you serve and who do you trust?
Galen's Questions
- Abusive Parents: His parents, who were both techno-mages, fell spectacularly out of love, used him as a pawn in their constant arguments, and eventually killed each other. His father was also physically abusive at least once.
- Irony: He named himself Galen after the physician because he wanted to be a healer. It turned out to be the one area of techno-magic he had no talent for.
- Large Ham: Being played by Shakespearean actor Peter Woodward not taking his role too seriously naturally results in very grandiose line deliveries.
- Magic from Technology: This is the techno-mages' whole thing.
- Manipulative Bastard: In "The Path of Sorrows" he purposefully pushes Dureena's Trauma Button in order to get a tear from her to open a doorway. Dureena calls him out on in afterwards.
John Matheson
Lieutenant John Matheson
Species: Human (Telepath)
Played by: Daniel Dae Kim
- The Lancer: To Gideon as his second in command and most trusted friend with the possible exception of Galen.
- Psychic Powers: As a telepath he's shown onscreen to be able to sense deception, read minds and create illusions but due to new rules for telepaths he's only allowed to do the last one and only in self defense.
Max Eilerson
Max Eilerson
Species: Human
Played by: David Allen Brooks
- Jerkass: A greedy, self-centered, egotistical and uncaring jerk that considers deals with a race that's been vivisecting other aliens to find a cure for a plague to be perfectly acceptable as longs as there are results at the end.
- Porn Stash: In one episode, he gives a report on a data crystal to Gideon and fails to realize until later that he wrote over a bunch of his human-alien Porn Stash videos or he gave the wrong data crystal. It becomes a Running Gag throughout the episode until the end when Gideon and Dureena use it to distract some guards. The Anatomically Impossible Sex is Head-Tiltingly Kinky.
Sarah Chambers
Doctor Sarah Chambers
Species: Human
Played by: Marjean Holden
- Badass Bookworm: "The Rules of the Game" reveal that she has martial arts training which she uses to knock a loan shark on his ass while the latter has a gun.
- The Heart: She is most likely to advocate for a moral solution to a problem and despite Gideon (initially) believing it to be a waste of time, believes that Human cultural achievements and works of art deserve to be preserved as much as they can be in case Humanity does not survive the plague.
- The Medic: The Excalibur's medical officer, specializing in virology.
