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Captain Webber

Captain Webber commands a lost ship with seven surviving men, and now faces a city on an asteroid that should not exist and looks exactly like home.

supporting

Also known as Webber

First appearance: the beautiful people

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Captain Webber is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Leads the crew, skeptical of Greypoole's story, ultimately succumbs to the Eternifier and becomes a frozen statue.
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Three months adrift and out of fuel, Webber has kept his crew's hopelessness from hardening into panic, and he receives Friden's impossible sighting with the patience of a man who has run out of explanations. He admits…

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Character Web

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MGMr. GreypooleMFMr. FridenLPLieutenant Pet…MMMr. MiltonMCMr. ChitterwickCWCaptain Webber

Relationship types

  • Professional

Character groups

  • Military and minor gentlemen

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SetupBreaking pointClimax
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  • Breaking point

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