# Ossmen — First Lensman character guide

> Ossmen in First Lensman by E. E. Smith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ossmen, the Venerian, Ossmen the Venerian

**First appearance:** 0016-xv

## Who they are

Venerian Lensman and alien ally.

## In the story

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

The Venerian operative who retrieves the package from the lake and swallows it, leading the Patrol to a Boskonian building.

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