an inhabitant of the planet Starkad of the star, Saxo;
a member of the land-dwelling intelligent species, the Toborko or Tigeries;
captain of the Archer, a merchant ship belonging to the Sisterhood of Kursoviki;
share-holder and captain-director in a fleet-owning kin-corporation, the Janjevar va-Radovik;
speaker for the corporation among the Sisterhood.
She insists on accompanying her friend, Dominic Flandry, on the Terran expedition to confirm whether a rogue planet is on collision course with Saxo. Captain Einarson of the Sabik appoints Flandry as "liaison officer" and tells him to keep his xeno VIP/pet savage out of the way. However, Flandry pretends that the VIP needs to be informed of developments, thus gaining communication from the bridge. Thus also, the reader sees the space battle from Flandry's pov. Otherwise, it would have had to have been from some other character's pov with Flandry kept in the dark until later.
Lieutenant (j.g.) Sergei Karamzin appreciates Dragoika's female build and movements and asks Flandry how she is. Flandry has not had intimate relations with Dragoika but could have had and the next novel, A Circus Of Hells, informs us that, on Irumclaw, it is possible to buy sex with individuals from seventeen intelligent species.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Very interesting, the way Kursoviki was governed, by a "Sisterhood" comprising the various kin corporations of that city. Perhaps a bit like our Hanseatic League or Anderson's Polesotechnic League?
Human beings and possibly fallen non humans being both what they are likely to be, I fear things like Leon Ammon's brothel will be far too plausible!
Sean
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