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Lofting Gubelin

An academician with a role in the narrative.

minor

Also known as Academician Lofting Gubelin, Academician Gubelin, Gubelin

First appearance: x

Lofting Gubelin shows up with force in The Gold Watch. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Academician and head of the Department of Space Exploration, desperate to bring Pond back, wears spectacles as a living anachronism.
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Lofting Gubelin first appears in 0053 x.

In The Gold Watch: Academician and head of the Department of Space Exploration, desperate to bring Pond back, wears spectacles as a living anachronism.

Later, in The Trap is Sprung: Academician who argues that society is stagnating and needs a new frontier in space.

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Character Web

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JDJames DonlevyHSHenry StevensonSPSeymour PondISIlya SimonovJCJoseph ChessmanLGLofting Gubelin

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Pilot and academic friends
  • Diverse supporting cast
  • Conflicts and authority figures
  • Central military-political figures

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Narrative arc

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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