# Steve Ravick — Four-Day Planet character guide

> Steve Ravick in Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Ravick, The Ravick, Mr. Ravick

**First appearance:** 0001-four-day-planet

## Snapshot

The Coop's ruthless boss, who controls the price of tallow-wax and the guns that enforce it, and who will burn a ship to keep his grip.

## Who they are

Steve Ravick runs the Hunters' Cooperative as a private fiefdom, skimming the difference on ammunition and dictating the price of the planet's only export. When the hunters resist his latest cut, he answers with a staged riot and a bomb aboard the Javelin, showing exactly how far he'll go. He is the wall the heroes must break, and every chapter he remains in power tightens the noose on Port Sandor.

## Relationships

### [Bish Ware](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/bish_ware)

_rivalry_

Bish Ware and Steve Ravick are antagonists, with Ravick representing the corrupt corporate interests Ware fights against.

### [Tom Kivelson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/tom_kivelson)

_rivalry_

Steve Ravick is a primary antagonist who actively works to undermine and threaten Tom Kivelson.

### [Oscar Fujisawa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/oscar_fujisawa)

_rivalry_

Oscar Fujisawa and Steve Ravick are adversaries, with Fujisawa opposing Ravick's exploitative schemes.

### [Morton Hallstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/morton_hallstock)

_professional_

Morton Hallstock is a corrupt official who collaborates with Steve Ravick to maintain control over the planet's resources.

### [Leo Belsher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/leo_belsher)

_professional_

Leo Belsher is a subordinate or associate of Steve Ravick, carrying out orders in the corporate hierarchy.

### [Bish Ware](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/bish_ware)

_rivalry_

Bish Ware and Steve Ravick are antagonists, with Ravick representing the corrupt corporate interests Ware fights against.

### [Oscar Fujisawa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/oscar_fujisawa)

_rivalry_

Oscar Fujisawa and Steve Ravick are adversaries, with Fujisawa opposing Ravick's exploitative schemes.

### [Tom Kivelson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/tom_kivelson)

_rivalry_

Steve Ravick is a primary antagonist who actively works to undermine and threaten Tom Kivelson.

### [Morton Hallstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/morton_hallstock)

_professional_

Morton Hallstock is a corrupt official who collaborates with Steve Ravick to maintain control over the planet's resources.

### [Bish Ware](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/bish_ware)

_rivalry_

Bish Ware and Steve Ravick are antagonists, with Ravick representing the corrupt corporate interests Ware fights against.

### [Leo Belsher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/leo_belsher)

_professional_

Leo Belsher is a subordinate or associate of Steve Ravick, carrying out orders in the corporate hierarchy.

### [Leo Belsher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/leo_belsher)

_professional_

Leo Belsher is a subordinate or associate of Steve Ravick, carrying out orders in the corporate hierarchy.

## In the story

### [Four-Day Planet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/four-day-planet)

Steve Ravick is a figure of authority and corruption, aligned with the oppressive regime.

### [The Ship from Terra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/the-ship-from-terra)

Boss of the Hunters' Cooperative, seen at the spaceport with Mayor Hallstock, known for his oppressive control.

### [Reporter Working](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/reporter-working)

Seen conspiring with Hallstock and Belsher; dismisses the reporter's questions.

### [Meeting Out of Order](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/meeting-out-of-order)

Presides over the meeting; orchestrates the fake riot to have the Kivelsons arrested or killed.

### [Vigilantes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/vigilantes)

Target of the vigilante movement; has four million sols banked on Terra, stolen from monster-hunters.

### [Masks Off](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/masks-off)

Fled to the spaceport with Belsher and Hallstock; later revealed to be Anton Gerrit, a wanted criminal.

### [Finale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/finale)

Alias Anton Gerrit; being shipped off-planet on the Cape Canaveral, awaiting transfer to T.F.N. destroyer.

## Links

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