# Russ Evans — Invaders from the Infinite character guide

> Russ Evans in Invaders from the Infinite by John W. Campbell.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Evans, Chief Pilot Russ Evans

**First appearance:** 0000-i-invaders

## Snapshot

Chief Pilot of Rocket Squad Patrol 34, bored on a forgotten picket line three-quarters of a billion miles out of the planetary plane.

## Who they are

Evans commands a tiny patrol ship with nothing to watch but several million stars, trading barbs with his red-haired assistant Murphy over fuel rolls and energy food. His posting seems pointless, a sentinel in empty space where no pirates or wrecks ever come. Yet his vigil and his telectroscope are exactly the kind of early-warning outpost that first contact with an invader will test.

## In the story

### [I: Invaders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/chapters/i-invaders)

Chief Pilot of Rocket Squad Patrol 34; detects the alien ship and sends a warning before being incapacitated.

### [XIX: The Battle of Earth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/invaders_from_the_infinite_se/chapters/xix-the-battle-of-earth)

Implied presence as part of the crew; not directly mentioned but part of the Solarian forces.

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