Martin Van Dyke

Martin Van Dyke is a performer for Cryptic Motive Theatre Company. Martin has been a member of Cryptic Motive for two years and frequently does character impressions.

Martin was trained by Aldous Rosa in the craft of improv. He is politically neutral and has pledged no allegiance for or against the Solar Resistance. After his performance and impersonation of Royjack Samson on Mars in The Genocide Sketch, in Episode 2, The Mars Debacle, which informed the public of The Incident at the James Midwinter Border as well as implicated the Solar Union in genocide, Martin was extorted by Good Morning Amy who implied that he may be killed if he continued to perform for Cryptic Motive. This threat prompted Martin to go into hiding. It is said that Gerard Nickleberg is the only member of Cryptic Motive who knows his current whereabouts.

In the past, Martin has been critical of Gerard Nickleberg's tendencies to make the Cryptic Motive comedy sketches politically motivated.

In Episode 6, Break A Leg, an exhausted Martin is seen recording a video manifesto explaining that he disagrees with the direction of Cryptic Motive and indicating that he has learned of the nature of activities beyond the James Midwinter Border. He insists that his whereabouts will not be known for a long time and warns the public not to interfere with the war at large.

Martin Van Dyke is portrayed by Sam Tillis.