Vee
Type: Character — Founder/Industrialist Status: Canon (confirmed via "A Brief History of the Original Colonists — Part One")
Overview
Vee led the LMT Corporation (Earth) — "Lion, Mass-Tech" in building the Ark Royal — the massive colony ark that carried the Original Colonists away from Earth. Believing World War Three was imminent and would likely turn nuclear, ending all life on Earth, Vee built the Ark Royal and its 15 shuttle ships specifically to preserve human life, customs, culture, and history.
Vee made the pivotal, life-costing call to launch early ("Launch in 24 hours") when the crowd at the Philadelphia shuttle site became uncontrollable and people began dying — a decision that left many lottery winners behind but avoided (or limited) an even greater catastrophe at that site.
✅ Confirmed — Vee Remained on Earth
Vee did not board the Ark Royal or any of the 15 shuttles. He stayed on Earth as the shuttles lifted off to join the ship in orbit — meaning he did not survive to see the Ark Royal's journey or Maf's colonization firsthand. His fate following Earth's subsequent nuclear devastation is not detailed, but is presumed grim given the article's framing that no one on Earth could plausibly have survived the strikes shown in Part Two.
Open Questions
- Is "Vee" a full name, nickname, or title? Not specified.
- [FLAG] Possible connection to Perold Jones/ Jonas — both are major founder figures connected to an "LMT" entity (though now confirmed to be two distinct organizations — see LMT Corporation (Earth) vs. LMT (Maf)). Since Vee stayed on Earth and Perold Jones was born aboard the Ark Royal, they are confirmed to be different people — this was likely never a serious candidate, but is now definitively ruled out.
- Full biography/background not yet known
- Vee's presumed death on Earth is not explicitly confirmed on-page — inferred from context, not stated outright