Short Fiction · Character

Security Commissioner Reinhart

A cold-eyed Security Commissioner who arrests allies mid-sentence and treats every facility, even a weapons lab, as territory to be seized.

major

Also known as Reinhart, Commissioner Reinhart

First appearance: The Variable Man

As a major figure in Short Fiction, Security Commissioner Reinhart is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The head of security who sees Cole as a dangerous wildcard that must be controlled or eliminated.

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Reinhart runs operations with a wristwatch in one hand and a company of armed police at his back, cutting off Sherikov's protests with a curt signal to put the man under arrest. He believes timing is everything and trusts no one's version of events but his own. His hunt for a man who slipped out of a time bubble drives the story's machinery of pursuit and paranoia.

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Small town and alien conflict
Small town and sentient spaceship

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Peter Sherikov
rivalry · negative
Peter Sherikov and Security Commissioner Reinhart are locked in a tense adversarial… How this plays out →
Joseph Dixon
professional · ambivalent
Tommy Cole
professional · negative
Margaret Duffe
professional · ambivalent
Peter Sherikov
rivalry · negative
Peter Sherikov and Security Commissioner Reinhart are locked in a tense adversarial… How this plays out →
Peter Sherikov
rivalry · negative
Peter Sherikov and Security Commissioner Reinhart are locked in a tense adversarial… How this plays out →
Joseph Dixon
professional · ambivalent
Joseph Dixon
professional · ambivalent
Margaret Duffe
professional · ambivalent
Tommy Cole
professional · negative
Tommy Cole
professional · negative
Margaret Duffe
professional · ambivalent

Peter Sherikov
Peter Sherikov and Security Commissioner Reinhart are locked in a tense adversarial relationship, with Reinhart pursuing Sherikov as a threat.
Joseph Dixon
Joseph Dixon works as a subordinate or informant for Security Commissioner Reinhart, operating within a security apparatus.
Tommy Cole
Security Commissioner Reinhart interacts with Tommy Cole in an official capacity, likely as interrogator or overseer.
Margaret Duffe
Margaret Duffe interacts with Security Commissioner Reinhart in an official or bureaucratic capacity, likely as a colleague or subordinate.
Peter Sherikov
Peter Sherikov and Security Commissioner Reinhart are locked in a tense adversarial relationship, with Reinhart pursuing Sherikov as a threat.
Peter Sherikov
Peter Sherikov and Security Commissioner Reinhart are locked in a tense adversarial relationship, with Reinhart pursuing Sherikov as a threat.
Joseph Dixon
Joseph Dixon works as a subordinate or informant for Security Commissioner Reinhart, operating within a security apparatus.
Joseph Dixon
Joseph Dixon works as a subordinate or informant for Security Commissioner Reinhart, operating within a security apparatus.
Margaret Duffe
Margaret Duffe interacts with Security Commissioner Reinhart in an official or bureaucratic capacity, likely as a colleague or subordinate.
Tommy Cole
Security Commissioner Reinhart interacts with Tommy Cole in an official capacity, likely as interrogator or overseer.
Tommy Cole
Security Commissioner Reinhart interacts with Tommy Cole in an official capacity, likely as interrogator or overseer.
Margaret Duffe
Margaret Duffe interacts with Security Commissioner Reinhart in an official or bureaucratic capacity, likely as a colleague or subordinate.

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Security Commissioner Reinhart appears across 5 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

The Variable Man
The head of security who sees Cole as a dangerous wildcard that must be controlled or eliminated.
I
Drives the war effort, monitors S.R.B. machines, and confronts the crisis caused by the variable man.
II
Investigates Cole's arrival and orders arrests of the research staff.
III
Reinhart is overseeing the S.R.B. machines and coordinating the search for the variable man, Thomas Cole.
IV
Orchestrates the raid on Sherikov's lab, captures Sherikov, and delivers the bomb completion news to Duffe.

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