Protagonist of the tie-in TV series, you first meet him on the ship.
Joshua Nolan is a war veteran and ex-grifter who turned over a new leaf in life to become the current chief Lawkeeper of Defiance. He is a survivor of the Battle of Defiance where he stood alongside his military buddy, Jon Cooper. While in the EMC’s Iron Demons unit, Nolan rescued a young Irathient girl, Irisa. He raised her like a daughter, and took her with him when he left the military to roam the new frontier searching for opportunities and adventure.