# The Palainian — First Lensman character guide

> The Palainian in First Lensman by E. E. Smith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Samms the Palainian, Samms, The Palainian

**First appearance:** 0008-vii

## Who they are

A Lensman from a world so alien that human minds can barely hold its thoughts, whose strangeness becomes one of the Patrol's most valuable assets.

## In the story

### [The Palainian Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/first_lensman_se/chapters/x)

Pilinipsi, Chief Dexitroboper of Pluto, demonstrates extreme alienness and reluctance to join the Patrol.

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