Rowan Cade

Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Helios Extraction Systems, a mid-sized private space mining firm specializing in asteroid belt resource operations.

Born in 1987 in Perth, Australia, Rowan grew up in the shadow of a failing mining town, watching family and neighbors struggle as Earth's resource industries declined. Brilliant but pragmatic, they studied mechanical engineering and business logistics, earning scholarships to top universities before pivoting into private aerospace. Rowan made their name managing risky early lunar extraction trials for a larger corporation, known for keeping failing operations afloat — often at moral and legal cost. They helped co-found Helios Extraction Systems in 2026, betting that asteroid mining would be the gold rush of the century — and has no intention of letting competitors beat them to it.

Personality:

Cunning and practical — focused on results over ideals.
Charismatic under pressure, able to rally workers and investors alike.
Deeply distrusting of government oversight and corporate rivals.
Privately haunted by doubts about humanity's long-term survival, but outwardly projects unstoppable confidence.
Thrives on controlled risk — doesn’t mind playing close to the line as long as they control the narrative.