# Vomact — Short Fiction character guide

> Vomact in Short Fiction by Cordwainer Smith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Finally Vomact, the Lady Vomact, the Vomact kith

**First appearance:** 0001-scanners-live-in-vain

## Snapshot

A name that surfaces among the Scanner kith and the Lady Vomact, marking the old, tangled lines of Instrumentality rank and kin.

## Who they are

Vomact belongs to the layered world of Scanner captains, kith, and titled houses that frame the Fighting Room's mission. The name carries the weight of lineage and authority — the kind of standing that decides who commands a ship and who is merely sent. Even at the edges of the action, the Vomact thread reminds the reader that this war is fought inside an old, ceremonious society.

## Relationships

### [Martel III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/martel_iii)

_professional_

Martel III and Vomact appear to be colleagues or allies in a shared enterprise, possibly military or political.

### [Parizianski](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/parizianski)

_professional_

Parizianski and Vomact work together, likely as partners in a military or bureaucratic structure.

### [Adam Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/adam_stone)

_rivalry_

Adam Stone and Vomact are enemies, likely due to opposing loyalties.

### [Martel III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/martel_iii)

_professional_

Martel III and Vomact appear to be colleagues or allies in a shared enterprise, possibly military or political.

### [Adam Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/adam_stone)

_rivalry_

Adam Stone and Vomact are enemies, likely due to opposing loyalties.

### [Parizianski](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/parizianski)

_professional_

Parizianski and Vomact work together, likely as partners in a military or bureaucratic structure.

### [Martel III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/martel_iii)

_professional_

Martel III and Vomact appear to be colleagues or allies in a shared enterprise, possibly military or political.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/chapters/i)

Senior Scanner who calls Martel away from his cranch time for an unprecedented top emergency.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/chapters/ii)

Senior of Scanners, calls the top emergency meeting and leads the recitation of the Scanner Code, revealing Adam Stone's claim.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/chapters/iii)

Senior Scanner who calls the meeting to order, manages the debate, and ultimately moves for the death of Adam Stone.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/chapters/iv)

Senior Scanner who rules Martel out of order and secures the Committee's authority to kill Adam Stone, designating Parizianski as the killer.

### [The Game of Rat and Dragon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/chapters/the-game-of-rat-and-dragon)

A senior pinlighter who oversees the pairing and training of new pinlighters.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters/vomact
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_11_se/characters