# Balt Haer — Short Fiction character guide

> Balt Haer in Short Fiction by Mack Reynolds.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Baron Haer, the older Haer, the foppish Balt Haer

**First appearance:** 0024-vii

## Who they are

A baron and member of the Haer family, often in political roles.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/i)

Son of Baron Haer, a kilted Upper officer who brings Mauser to his father and displays a dismissive attitude.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as overbred poppycock; Joe recognizes family resemblance in the young woman.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v)

Balt Haer mocks Joe Mauser's ambitions and Nadine's revolutionary ideas, acting as a cynical counterpoint in the family debate.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/vii)

The foppish Balt Haer, an Upper, mocks Mauser's ambitions and dismisses his past heroics, revealing caste prejudice despite Election Day's egalitarian pretense.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/viii)

The younger Haer mocks Mauser's plan, attempts to order him back, and is rebuffed by his father.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/ix)

Referenced as the Baron whose forces are being scouted and who is the target of Cogswell's attack.

### [The Glider Revolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/x)

Baron Haer, head of Vacuum Tube Transport; his forces deployed the glider, giving him a decisive advantage.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xi)

The new Baron, bitter and dismissive, has squandered the family fortune on Hovercraft stocks.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/v)

Nadine's brother, a colonel and member of the Nathan Hale society; hostile to Joe Mauser.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_36_se/chapters/xiii)

Nadine's brother; fined and expelled from Category Military for life due to the glider ruling.

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