Minister Cranston
Names: Minister CranstonCranstonPresident CranstonMinister Elias Cranston
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 33 (Riker – March 2158 – Sol)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 33Minister Cranston of the FAITH enclave in San Diego demands favourable treatment because FAITH built the replicant; Riker refuses.
- Ch 36Cranston calls Riker FAITH property and tries a code phrase to trigger a buried obedience imperative.
- Ch 38Cranston openly admits ulterior motives in introducing Riker's relatives, but promises uninterfered contact.
- Ch 49Cranston offers FAITH's food surplus in exchange for the remaining space on ship three, and Riker agrees.
- Ch 49Cranston admits FAITH's probe design was partly stolen from Australia, whose survivors largely fled to New Zealand.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 2Minister Cranston, the FAITH leader, has a hostile relationship with the Bobs.
- Ch 8Minister Cranston, leader of the FAITH colony, calls Howard 'replicant' and rejects his authority.
- Ch 31Howard has had several run-ins with Cranston, whose FAITH colony is constantly pushing its luck.
- Ch 35Cranston has forbidden Howard from selling liquor into FAITH territory.
- Ch 45Cranston, now President of New Jerusalem, demanded big concessions from Howard for any FAITH data on replication.
- Ch 45Cranston is furious that Howard's liquor is being smuggled into New Jerusalem from Spitsbergen.
- Ch 45Cranston threatens to restrict the Bobs' access to their families, despite agreements he signed.
Connections
- member ofFAITH
- related toRikerRiker rejects Cranston's claim that he owes FAITH
- enemy ofRiker
- leadsFAITH
- enemy ofHoward
- related toHowardrepeated run-ins
- leadsNew Jerusalemuntil forced to step down
- related toUnited Federation of Sentientsproposed the system-claiming plan the council approved
- family ofElla Cranstongranddaughter
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 36Cranston's override fails
Minister Cranston tries a FAITH protocol override to make Riker obedient, but it was removed long ago and Riker tells him off.
- Book 1 · Ch 38Riker meets a relative
Minister Cranston introduces Julia Hendricks, a descendant of Riker's sister Andrea, and leaves them to talk for hours.
- Book 1 · Ch 49FAITH deal for ship three
Cranston trades FAITH's food surplus for places on ship three and explains the Australian espionage behind the hack.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Colony leaders clash
USE, FAITH and Spitsbergen leaders immediately feud; Howard shames them into cooperating and brokers a livestock and artificial-womb trade.
- Book 2 · Ch 45Cranston threatens the family
Cranston rages over smuggled liquor and threatens to restrict the Bobs' access to their families; Howard and Riker consider removing him.
- Book 2 · Ch 58News of the Brodeurs' son
Dexter's email tells Howard of colony progress, Cranston's fall in New Jerusalem, and that the Brodeurs have named their new son Howard.