Plague Ship · Character

Jasper Weeks

Jasper Weeks, the soft-spoken Venusian wiper everyone forgets, quietly produces a plasta-steel box of carvings that could save the Queen's whole trading venture.

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Weeks is so self-effacing that even his own mates barely register him as an individual — until he slips out of a strategy meeting and returns hauling a spaceman's treasure chest across the deck. Inside are lacquel-bark figurines and frosh-weed casings, exactly the exotic goods a planet wild for trade would want. His moment reframes the overlooked engine-room man as the crew's unexpected asset, and it's the kind of reversal the book keeps rewarding.

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Dane Thorson
friendship · positive
Rip Shannon
friendship · positive
Ali Kamil
friendship · positive
Ali Kamil
friendship · positive
Rip Shannon
friendship · positive
Ali Kamil
friendship · positive
Dane Thorson
friendship · positive

Dane Thorson
Crewmates who interact regularly as part of the ship's company, with a tone of easy camaraderie.
Rip Shannon
Shipmates who share a friendly, supportive bond as part of the Solar Queen's crew.
Ali Kamil
Crewmates who interact amiably and work together as part of the ship's complement.
Ali Kamil
Crewmates who interact amiably and work together as part of the ship's complement.
Rip Shannon
Shipmates who share a friendly, supportive bond as part of the Solar Queen's crew.
Ali Kamil
Crewmates who interact amiably and work together as part of the ship's complement.
Dane Thorson
Crewmates who interact regularly as part of the ship's company, with a tone of easy camaraderie.

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IV: Gorp Hunt
Reveals his collection of aromatic carvings made from lacquel bark, frosh weed, and cedar, surprising the crew.
V: The Perilous Seas
Collects tansil wood along the shore and lashes it together.
VIII: Headaches
Volunteers to nurse Kosti in the engineering section.
IX: Plague!
Assists in caring for the sick and helps in the engine room.
XI: Desperate Measures
Spots the chewed plants in the tri-dee images, providing a key clue.
XII: Strange Behavior of a Hoobat
Expresses doubt about the plan and makes a net for capturing the alien creatures.
XIII: Off the Map
Nets a pest and deliberately infects himself with the contaminated lancet to test the plague theory.
XIV: Special Mission
Suffers headache from radiation but recovers enough to help with the flitter work.
XV: Medic Hovan Reports
Recovering and works with Dane and Hovan to restore the sleeping crew.
XVII: In Custody
Holds the ship against the Patrol, refusing to surrender; opens an escape port for Hovan.
XVIII: Bargain Concluded
Thumb signs his statement, present during the questioning.

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