Short Fiction · Character
Major Hendricks
A military officer leading a mission on a mysterious planet, where the line between ally and enemy keeps shifting under his feet.
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Also known as Hendricks, Major
First appearance: the gun
As a major figure in Short Fiction, Major Hendricks is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Leads the group, attempts to contact his command bunker, and decides to approach it alone.
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Hendricks commands men in a theater of war where the enemy may not be what the briefing promised, and every patrol could be walking into a trap or a revelation. His authority depends on reading situations correctly, yet…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Rivalry
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Cloned or artificial humans
- Military soldiers
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
This scene is the dramatic climax because it crystallizes the emotional chasm between Doris and Larry: Doris’s…
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- Tasso
romantic · positive
Major Hendricks and Tasso share a deeply intimate and passionate bond, marked by intense… How this plays out →
- Klaus Epstein
rivalry · negative
- David Edward Derring
professional · ambivalent
- Lt. Scott
professional · ambivalent
- Tasso
romantic · positive
Major Hendricks and Tasso share a deeply intimate and passionate bond, marked by intense… How this plays out →
- Lt. Scott
professional · ambivalent
- Klaus Epstein
rivalry · negative
- Klaus Epstein
rivalry · negative
- Tasso
romantic · positive
Major Hendricks and Tasso share a deeply intimate and passionate bond, marked by intense… How this plays out →
- David Edward Derring
professional · ambivalent
- Lt. Scott
professional · ambivalent
- David Edward Derring
professional · ambivalent
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