Short Fiction · Character

Mr. Andrias

Governor Andrias is the second governor of Callisto, whose corruption turned a reform project into a planet-wide plague of treachery.

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Also known as Andrias, Governor Andrias, Governor

First appearance: asteroid of the damned

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Governor of Callisto who reveals the conspiracy and interrogates Duane.

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Andrias inherited a Callisto where the first honest governor had begun stamping out vice and building representative government, and he squandered it into bribery, smuggled rifles, and rule by fear. Duane finds him bound in his own chair with his own Venus-wool scarf, a fitting image of a man whose authority has become a costume. He matters because his rot is the reason the League's Callisto experiment failed, and the reason Duane's mission cannot afford to fail.

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
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Conspiracy on Callisto
Governor of Callisto who reveals the conspiracy and interrogates Duane.
I
Confronts Duane in the sick bay, accuses him of killing Stevens, and orders his arrest.
II
Governor Andrias pressures Duane to sign a release for smuggled rifles, threatening him. He is knocked unconscious by Duane during their confrontation.
III
Andrias is knocked unconscious by Duane, bound and gagged in his office.
IV
Boards the Cameroon with guards, confronts Duane, and is present when Duane is shot.
V
Captured and locked below with two of his men.
VI
The governor arrives at the prison, supersedes the warden, and insists on going to Block O to protect Senator Bradley's daughter.
VII
The governor, held captive by Lafon and Sauer, remains composed as he is used as a potential shield.
VIII
Governor who took charge of the prison riot; he explains his philosophy of social categories and tells a story about prejudice.

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