Short Fiction · Character
Ilya Simonov
Young for his rank and trusted above all others, Colonel Ilya Simonov is the Minister's most long-winded field man — and the only one who calls him by his first name.
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Also known as Colonel Ilya Simonov, Colonel Simonov, Simonov
First appearance: the cosmic bluff
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Ilya Simonov is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Colonel Simonov investigates dissent, confronts a biologist, reports to Blagonravov, and ultimately kills him to protect his friends.
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Simonov moves through the old Czarist ministry building in mufti, past guards who salute a colonel they can't see, into the office of Kliment Blagonravov, where vodka is poured and reports are mocked. He has just come…
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- Central military-political figures
- Interstellar political operatives
- French characters
- Protagonist
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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