Charles Healey

Charles Healey was a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He commanded the Lewis and Clark from the 1960s to the 1990s, then went into cold sleep and travelled to the Tau Ceti system aboard the Admiral Peary. Upon arriving in Home orbit, Healey was revived and given command of the starship. When the Commodore Perry joined his command, its crew offered him a retirement package, but he declined it and promised to remain the ship's commander until his death.

Healey was a by-the-book general on the order of Curtis LeMay. He deeply distrusted and disliked Glenn Johnson, a pilot who joined the crew of the Lewis and Clark by more or less stowing away and later served under Healey once again on the Admiral Peary. He also despised Sam Yeager.