Short Fiction · Character
Miles Gilbert
Miles Gilbert is a space explorer whose survey work keeps him at the edges of the expedition, watching the planet from above while others dig below.
supporting
Also known as Miles
First appearance: graveyard of dreams
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Miles Gilbert is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Gilbert flies the survey routes and returns with reports the camp listens to over dinner, a man whose job is to see the whole planet at once. He is a civilian among officers, useful and slightly apart, and his…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Space Explorers and Bureaucrats
- Time Travel Agents
- Martian Expedition Scientists
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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