# Major Hendricks — Short Fiction character guide

> Major Hendricks in Short Fiction by Philip K. Dick.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Hendricks, Major

**First appearance:** 0001-the-gun

## Snapshot

A military officer leading a mission on a mysterious planet, where the line between ally and enemy keeps shifting under his feet.

## Who they are

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 the ground itself seems designed to deceive him. What he decides in the field will determine whether his mission ends in victory, mutiny, or something stranger.

## Relationships

### [Tasso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/tasso)

_romantic_

Major Hendricks and Tasso share a deeply intimate and passionate bond, marked by intense emotional dependence and longing.

### [Klaus Epstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/klaus_epstein)

_rivalry_

Klaus Epstein and Major Hendricks are bitter rivals, often clashing over authority and conflicting agendas.

### [David Edward Derring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/david_edward_derring)

_professional_

David Edward Derring serves under Major Hendricks in a military chain of command, with a formal and duty-bound relationship.

### [Lt. Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/lt_scott)

_professional_

Lt. Scott reports to Major Hendricks as a junior officer, maintaining a formal military hierarchy.

### [Tasso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/tasso)

_romantic_

Major Hendricks and Tasso share a deeply intimate and passionate bond, marked by intense emotional dependence and longing.

### [Lt. Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/lt_scott)

_professional_

Lt. Scott reports to Major Hendricks as a junior officer, maintaining a formal military hierarchy.

### [Klaus Epstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/klaus_epstein)

_rivalry_

Klaus Epstein and Major Hendricks are bitter rivals, often clashing over authority and conflicting agendas.

### [Klaus Epstein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/klaus_epstein)

_rivalry_

Klaus Epstein and Major Hendricks are bitter rivals, often clashing over authority and conflicting agendas.

### [Tasso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/tasso)

_romantic_

Major Hendricks and Tasso share a deeply intimate and passionate bond, marked by intense emotional dependence and longing.

### [David Edward Derring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/david_edward_derring)

_professional_

David Edward Derring serves under Major Hendricks in a military chain of command, with a formal and duty-bound relationship.

### [Lt. Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/lt_scott)

_professional_

Lt. Scott reports to Major Hendricks as a junior officer, maintaining a formal military hierarchy.

### [David Edward Derring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/characters/david_edward_derring)

_professional_

David Edward Derring serves under Major Hendricks in a military chain of command, with a formal and duty-bound relationship.

## In the story

### [Second Variety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_43_se/chapters/second-variety)

Leads the group, attempts to contact his command bunker, and decides to approach it alone.

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