A list of characters in the webcomic TOSS.
USS Mumbai personnel[]
Bandaranaike[]
Male human officer. Plays cricket, eats Vulcan p'tah beans.
John bet-Orlek[]
- see John bet-Orlek
Anastasia Cheung[]
Female human mechanic.
Dev[]
- See Devjinder Null
Hamlet[]
A male, four-horned Carnelian mechanic. He is still young enough to be interested in the strange customs of human beings. (TOSS #10 "Cake")
- Carneleians are a species made up for this strip.
Tadahiro Honda[]
Male human mechanic, Hiro to his friends.
Mrrmr[]
A male Caitian mechanic.
Mustardseed[]
A male, two-horned Carnelian officer. Plays cricket.
- Like Hamlet, he is named after a character in Shakespeare: in this case, one of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Root[]
- See Root
Ruh[]
A vedalan male, Lieutenant Commander Ruh is chief science officer of the Mumbai. (TOSS #37 "Wrong Uniform")
Sarabhai[]
A human woman and junior lieutenant in the science division; Dev's cabinmate. (TOSS #4 "Officers' Mess", #9 "Dreams of Flying")
- Named after Vikram Sarabhai, father of the Indian space programme.
Farid Singh[]
A human male and lieutenant in the engineering division; the second engineer (assistant chief engineer) on the USS Mumbai. (TOSS #23 "Linear Warp Drive", #29 "Bottom-Up")
Sumita 9[]
A human female and chief petty officer in the engineering division. (TOSS #27 "Two Pins", #28 "Rec Room")
Swooth th'Thellik[]
An Andorian who teases bet-Orlek for acting too much like an Earthling. (TOSS #15 "Earth Humour")
Venkatrangan[]
Male human chief engineer of the Mumbai. (TOSS #12 "Environmental Systems", #13 "It's Just A Sim")
Nan Venustra[]
Male Andorian officer. Plays cricket. (TOSS #6 "Nets")
Magda Vinokurov[]
Female human mechanic. She wears her blond hair in a fashionable chignon.
- Named after Kazakh cyclist Alexander Vinokourov.
Wheel[]
- See Wheel
Zhou Kaping[]
A male human engineering lieutenant, and third engineer (= second assistant chief engineer) on the Mumbai. During a simulated warp core breach, he ignored advice from Root and got them blown up as a result. (TOSS #12 "Environmental Systems", #13 "It's Just A Sim")
Pingmei Zhou[]
Captain of the Mumbai. A human woman of Chinese descent, she has a cocktail bar in her quarters and was once (circa 2240) Christopher Pike's commanding officer. (TOSS #16 "Cocktails", #20 "Transporter Room")
ThorshkukJini zh'Thresh[]
Female Andorian junior officer. Known as Jini. Plays cricket and affects to be confused by human cultural terms. (TOSS #4 "Officers' Mess", #6 "Nets")
USS Prospero personnel[]
Ash[]
A male felinoid sharing the role of chief engineer with Ember and Smoke. (TOSS #39 "Docking Tube")
Gay Boomgaarden[]
A female human, third officer with rank lieutenant. (TOSS #41 "The Rescuers")
Ember[]
A male felinoid sharing the role of chief engineer with Ash and Smoke. (TOSS #39 "Docking Tube")
Smoke[]
A male felinoid sharing the role of chief engineer with Ash and Ember. (TOSS #39 "Docking Tube")