Plague Ship · Character

Medic Craig Tau

Ship's medic Craig Tau isolates the sick, runs his tests, and holds to the Oath even when the patients' shipmates are wanted by the Patrol.

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Also known as Craig, Tau, Medic Tau

First appearance: I: Perfumed Planet

As a supporting figure in Plague Ship, Medic Craig Tau is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Medic, prepared the equalizer pellets for the crew to handle Sargol's strong odors.

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Tau is the Queen's quiet scientific conscience, the man who shuts Frank away and works the problem while the rest of the crew trades rumors in the mess cabin. His shrewd, unhurried competence turns a terrifying mystery into a solvable one — the claw poison, the narcotic sleep, the possibility of a medical use. Without him the crew has fear; with him they have a hypothesis, and that difference carries the middle of the book.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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I: Perfumed Planet
Medic, prepared the equalizer pellets for the crew to handle Sargol's strong odors.
III: Contact at Last
Confirms the catnip's safety after testing with the storm priests; acts as intermediary in the trade dispute.
IV: Gorp Hunt
Leads the discussion on catnip and anisette as potential trade items, presenting the properties of anisette to the crew.
VIII: Headaches
Works tirelessly to diagnose the mysterious illness; isolates Mura and Kosti.
IX: Plague!
Falls victim to the plague early; his notes provide no clue about the disease.
X: E-Stat Landing
Mentioned as having medical plants in the hydro that he had been observing.
XIV: Special Mission
Mentioned as the medic the crew desperately needs; his absence drives the mission.
XV: Medic Hovan Reports
Roused from coma by Hovan's treatment, though immediately relapses into semi-coma.
XVIII: Bargain Concluded
Reports that the illness is proven to be from poison bugs, not plague, and that Terra-Lab is bidding on the specimens.

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