 From the information the story provides, do you think you have a good sense of the personalities of Captain Llud's crew?
In the last hours the star ahead had grown brighter by many magnitudes, and had changed its color from a dazzling blue through white to the normal yellow, of a GO sun. Eyes lifted from the vision screens to interrogate Knof Llud; he met them with an impassive countenance, and announced quietly, "We've sighted Earth." After all, it's only been nine hundred years." Llud nodded curt approval, remarking, "Probably we'll be intercepted before we get that far." From his private office-cabin, he sent a message to Chief Astronomer Zost Relyul to notify him as soon as Earth's surface features became clear; then he sat idle, alone with his thoughts.
 No. Llud was well-described, and some of the side characters had detail, but none of them really stand out too much.
 Probably. There were good descriptions for all of the side characters, including Captain Llud's son.  No. Llud barely spoke to anyone on the ship at all, he was even ignoring his son so we really didn't get to see a good glimpse of anyone's personalities.  No. Llud was well-described, and some of the side characters had detail, but none of them really stand out too much.  Yes. All of the characters felt incredibly real, and they all care deeply about Llud.