John Sipos – Environmental Scientist
Amber Sipos – aircraft mechanic
Paliki – employment agency worker

It’s a good, pacy opening to a classic eco-thriller type plot. I think that the style is a little heavy on the exposition (eg John was an environmental survey site administrator for the United Nations and he was on assignment) – perhaps better to save on those precious characters and let the reader fill in the gaps for themselves. But as a first Ficly, ’tis good.