# Kalvar Dard — Short Fiction character guide

> Kalvar Dard in Short Fiction by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dard

**First appearance:** 0002-police-operation

## Who they are

A ruthless survivor who counts ammunition before hope, he leads a stranded expedition on an alien world where rescue is a fantasy and the future is measured in generations.

## In the story

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/i)

The army officer leading the colonists; he is checking supplies with six girls when the ship is hit by meteors and must evacuate.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/ii)

Leads the group after the crash, assesses their situation, and plans for long-term survival on Tareesh.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/iii)

Leads the group, uses an atomic lighter to start a fire, and reflects on the decline of civilization.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_24_se/chapters/iv)

Aged leader of the band, now gray and using handmade weapons; sacrifices himself with a demolition bomb to save the group.

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