Silversun is a science fiction children's television series made in Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The show features the adventures of the adolescent members of the crew of the Star Runner, an interstellar spaceship carrying a cargo of 550 cryonically suspended colonists ("") to their new home, the Silver Sun. In the year 2052, the Star Runner and its crew are two years into their 90-year journey to a livable planet 45 light years from Earth. The crew's goal is to get the "New Settlers" safely to the Silver Sun and begin a colony there. Because of the 90-year-length of the journey, the crew are mostly teenagers who will take over command of the Star Runner as the adults get older. Cast Main cast Thomas Blackburne as Tane Wilson: A skilled cadet pilot. Cleopatra Coleman as Zandie Brokow: A strong-minded, often outspoken ex-cryon crew member of the Star Runner. Ryan Corr as Sheng Zammett: A brilliantly minded cadet scientist. Karli Dinardo as Cinnamon Everson: Steve and Karen's young daughter. Cherise Donovan as Leonella Reiss: A cadet medical officer. Daughter of Lillian. Angus McLaren as Degenhardt Bell: A cadet often found in the hold as the caretaker of the . Eloise Mignon as Mara Lomax: A cadet medical officer aspiring towards leadership. Orpheus Pledger as Tycho Everson: Steve and Karen's young son. Sarah Walker as Pancha McCaskill: Cadet computer officer of the Star Runner. Her brain implant gives her a telepathic link to the ship's computer systems. Michelle Pettigrove as Doctor Lillian Reiss: Star Runners chief medical officer, Cyriax's second-in-command and occasionally overprotective mother of Leonella. Teague Rook as Steve Everson: Star Runners stern engineer, husband of Karen and father of Cinnamon and Tycho. Yesse Spence as Karen Everson: Star Runners astronomer and navigator, wife of Steve and mother of Cinnamon and Tycho. Jeremy Stanford as Commander Aaron 'Skipper' Cyriax: Commanding officer of the Star Runner. Additionally, Jeremy Stanford portrays an illusion of himself from an alien virus, and his clone, known as "C2" or "Will Power". Guest cast In order of appearance: Joan Murray as Eileen Lomax: Mara's grandmother back on earth. (3 episodes) Nathan Vernon as Jarrax Wells: Leonella's ex-boyfriend back on Earth. (1 episode) Don Halbert as Interviewer (1 episode, uncredited) Tracy Mann as Holophone voice over (2 episodes, credited in 1) Victoria Eagger as Commodore Sorenson: A leading figure of the Silver Sun Fleet at