Otto Harkaman

Lucas Trask

Lucas and Otto are close friends and allies, with Otto serving as Lucas's trusted right-hand man and confidant in his quest for power and revenge.

Andray Dunnan

Andray Dunnan and Otto Harkaman are adversaries, with Andray frequently clashing with Otto due to their opposing loyalties and personal grudges.

Garvan Spasso

Garvan Spasso is a companion and ally to Otto Harkaman, often fighting alongside him and sharing a bond of loyalty.

Lucas Trask

Lucas and Otto are close friends and allies, with Otto serving as Lucas's trusted right-hand man and confidant in his quest for power and revenge.

Andray Dunnan

Andray Dunnan and Otto Harkaman are adversaries, with Andray frequently clashing with Otto due to their opposing loyalties and personal grudges.

Garvan Spasso

Garvan Spasso is a companion and ally to Otto Harkaman, often fighting alongside him and sharing a bond of loyalty.

Garvan Spasso

Garvan Spasso is a companion and ally to Otto Harkaman, often fighting alongside him and sharing a bond of loyalty.

Lucas Trask

Lucas and Otto are close friends and allies, with Otto serving as Lucas's trusted right-hand man and confidant in his quest for power and revenge.

Andray Dunnan

Andray Dunnan and Otto Harkaman are adversaries, with Andray frequently clashing with Otto due to their opposing loyalties and personal grudges.

I

A space captain newly arrived, representing the raiding and spacefaring life that Lucas dislikes.

II

A Space Viking captain recently hired by Duke Angus; defends the Viking lifestyle and discusses the history of the Terran Federation and Neobarbarians.

III

Forces a path through the crowd and later offers to eliminate Dunnan with his ground-fighters.

IV

Present among Duke Angus's council during the wedding procession.

V

Present during Trask's recovery; accepts Trask's offer to command the new ship under him.

VI

Pledges to command Trask's ship, advises on strategy, and helps train Trask's crew.

VII

Calm and strategic, advising Trask to stay composed; he takes command of communications with the unknown ship.

VIII

Finds humor in the situation with Valkanhayn and Spasso; provides historical context on Tanith's decivilization and the nature of the two raiders.

The Partnership on Tanith

Supports Trask's plan, criticizes Spasso and Valkanhayn's treatment of locals, advises on base development.

Consolidation and Planning

Takes command of the fleet, orders inspections and overhauls, devises a three-planet raiding strategy to build resources and train crews.

XI

Advises Trask on the realities of raiding; dismisses Spasso's boasting; acknowledges the raid as 'chicken-stealing' and discusses the moral weight of their actions.

XII

Acts as admiral, comments on the political structure, and participates in the deception strategy.

XIII

Provides strategic advice on the raid, noting Stefan Kintour's previous successful raid; launches a hellburner missile from the Nemesis.

The Return of the Space Scourge

Shares Trask's anxiety over the delayed ship; is named Count Harkaman and Admiral of the Royal Navy of Gram by King Angus.

XV

Leads a raiding voyage in the Nemesis, returns with cargo and information about Amaterasu's gadolinium.

XVI

His ship Corisande II is under construction at Rivington.

The Terror-Raid on Tetragrammaton

Discusses the strategic implications of Dunnan's raids and the history of attacks on civilized planets.

XIX

Referenced by Trask as a source of historical knowledge about democracies becoming tyrannies.

XXIII

Away raiding and visiting trade-planets in the Corisande; Trask wishes he were present for advice.

XXIV

Advises Trask that he must act or lose influence; reports Marduk's hostility and Prince Bentrik's disappearance.

XXV

Supports Trask's argument, telling the Bigglersport delegation to listen and learn about Makann.

XXVI

Commands the Black Star, reports the destruction of two enemy ships and the loss of his own ship.