# Allen Lancaster — Short Fiction character guide

> Allen Lancaster in Short Fiction by Poul Anderson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lancaster

**First appearance:** 0000-star-ship

## Snapshot

A relative or colleague of Dr. Lancaster, possibly a pilot, whose fate hangs over the events surrounding the Institute's struggle.

## Who they are

Lancaster exists in the orbit of Dr. Lancaster and the wider conflict between the Institute and its enemies, a figure whose presence is felt through the loyalties and losses that shape Dalgetty's mission. The stakes of the story are measured partly by what happens to people like Lancaster, whose connection to the Institute makes them targets. His fate underscores how personal the ideological war has become for everyone involved.

## In the story

### [Security](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_44_se/chapters/security)

A physicist who begins the chapter loyal to the government but, after learning the truth about the police state and the resistance, decides to join the rebels.

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