# Jasper Weeks — Plague Ship character guide

> Jasper Weeks in Plague Ship by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Weeks

**First appearance:** 0000-i-perfumed-planet

## Snapshot

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.

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Dane Thorson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/dane_thorson)

_friendship_

Crewmates who interact regularly as part of the ship's company, with a tone of easy camaraderie.

### [Rip Shannon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/rip_shannon)

_friendship_

Shipmates who share a friendly, supportive bond as part of the Solar Queen's crew.

### [Ali Kamil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/ali_kamil)

_friendship_

Crewmates who interact amiably and work together as part of the ship's complement.

### [Ali Kamil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/ali_kamil)

_friendship_

Crewmates who interact amiably and work together as part of the ship's complement.

### [Rip Shannon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/rip_shannon)

_friendship_

Shipmates who share a friendly, supportive bond as part of the Solar Queen's crew.

### [Ali Kamil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/ali_kamil)

_friendship_

Crewmates who interact amiably and work together as part of the ship's complement.

### [Dane Thorson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/characters/dane_thorson)

_friendship_

Crewmates who interact regularly as part of the ship's company, with a tone of easy camaraderie.

## In the story

### [IV: Gorp Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/iv-gorp-hunt)

Reveals his collection of aromatic carvings made from lacquel bark, frosh weed, and cedar, surprising the crew.

### [V: The Perilous Seas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/v-the-perilous-seas)

Collects tansil wood along the shore and lashes it together.

### [VIII: Headaches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/viii-headaches)

Volunteers to nurse Kosti in the engineering section.

### [IX: Plague!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/ix-plague)

Assists in caring for the sick and helps in the engine room.

### [XI: Desperate Measures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xi-desperate-measures)

Spots the chewed plants in the tri-dee images, providing a key clue.

### [XII: Strange Behavior of a Hoobat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xii-strange-behavior-of-a-hoobat)

Expresses doubt about the plan and makes a net for capturing the alien creatures.

### [XIII: Off the Map](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xiii-off-the-map)

Nets a pest and deliberately infects himself with the contaminated lancet to test the plague theory.

### [XIV: Special Mission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xiv-special-mission)

Suffers headache from radiation but recovers enough to help with the flitter work.

### [XV: Medic Hovan Reports](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xv-medic-hovan-reports)

Recovering and works with Dane and Hovan to restore the sleeping crew.

### [XVII: In Custody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xvii-in-custody)

Holds the ship against the Patrol, refusing to surrender; opens an escape port for Hovan.

### [XVIII: Bargain Concluded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/plague_ship_se/chapters/xviii-bargain-concluded)

Thumb signs his statement, present during the questioning.

## Links

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