# Mase Northrop — First Lensman character guide

> Mase Northrop in First Lensman by E. E. Smith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mase, Northrop, вАЭ Northrop, Mase Northrop, young Northrop, Mason Northrop, Mason M. Northrop, Zabriskan fontema Mase

**First appearance:** 0007-vi

## Who they are

A young Lensman and master electronicist who jokes his way through a cramped scout ship, all while hunting the first real traces of a hidden enemy.

## Relationships

### [Jack Kinnison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/jack_kinnison)

_friendship_

Jack and Mase are close friends and fellow Lensmen, sharing camaraderie and trust in battle.

### [Jill Samms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/jill_samms)

_friendship_

Jill and Mase are close friends and allies, often working together on missions.

### [Jack Kinnison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/jack_kinnison)

_friendship_

Jack and Mase are close friends and fellow Lensmen, sharing camaraderie and trust in battle.

### [Jill Samms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/jill_samms)

_friendship_

Jill and Mase are close friends and allies, often working together on missions.

### [Jack Kinnison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/jack_kinnison)

_friendship_

Jack and Mase are close friends and fellow Lensmen, sharing camaraderie and trust in battle.

### [Jill Samms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/characters/jill_samms)

_friendship_

Jill and Mase are close friends and allies, often working together on missions.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/vi)

Responds to Jill's mental appeal; establishes a close mental rapport with her and is briefed on Zwilnik.

### [Chapter XI: The Zabriskan Relay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/xi)

Co-commander and master electronicist; names the Zabriskan system and operates detection equipment.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/xii)

Assigned with Jack Kinnison to take the lead pirate ship.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/xv)

Assists Jack in the interrogation, develops the letter for hidden messages, and later meets Grace James at the spaceport for the diversion.

### [The Bennettan Arsenal and the Shadowing of Ossmen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/xvii)

Works with Cleveland on radiation detection; flinches at Jack's memory of Hazel.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/xix)

Assists Cleveland and Rularion in covering the movements of Samms and Kinnison.

## Links

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