Short Fiction · Character
Gino Lombardi
A major and pilot who shares a cramped lunar capsule with a grieving comrade, only to watch the lights of America go dark beneath them.
supporting
Also known as Major Gino Lombardi, Major Lombardi
First appearance: navy day
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Gino Lombardi is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Lands with Dan and is captured.
Major Gino Lombardi flies alongside Dan Coye, whose dead friend Eddie Glazer haunts the mission's quieter moments. When they swing back around the moon and find Canaveral silent and the entire North American continent blacked out, Gino's grim professionalism keeps him steady while Dan's voice strains. His decision to return to Earth without ground control's help sets the story on its irreversible course.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Military and historical figures
- Diverse named and unnamed characters
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Glazer
rivalry · negative
Gino and Glazer are competing crime bosses, constantly undermining each other's… How this plays out →
- Dan Coye
professional · ambivalent
- Dan Coye
professional · ambivalent
- Dan Coye
professional · ambivalent
- Glazer
rivalry · negative
Gino and Glazer are competing crime bosses, constantly undermining each other's… How this plays out →
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See Gino Lombardi in navy dayIn the story
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