Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Sauer
A smooth-talking opportunist who knows exactly how much everyone else is getting paid, Sauer plays both sides of a hostage standoff while angling for a job on the Major's payroll.
supporting
Also known as Sauer, Brother Sauer
First appearance: asteroid of the damned
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mr. Sauer is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A prison wolf in the Greensleeves, known for his loud, maniacal yelling and water-moccasin eyes.
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Vern Sauer is the kind of shipmate who negotiates your surrender and his own promotion in the same breath—outraged to learn Sam was offered a hundred and fifty thousand while he only got forty, then cheerfully signing…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Authority and Protagonist
- Military and Referenced
- Familial and Inmate
- Medical and Minor
- Animal and Minor
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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