# Captain Hobart — Star Born character guide

> Captain Hobart in Star Born by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hobart

**First appearance:** 0001-star-born

## Snapshot

Commander of the RS 10, a man whose records and orders frame the expedition—and whose caution Raf chafes against.

## Who they are

Captain Hobart runs the Terran survey of Astra with the automatic recorder always running and the com always open to the ship. He is the authority that keeps Raf's reckless curiosity in check, the one who decides what the flitter will and will not do. His presence turns a planet of wonders into a mission with rules, and the tension between his caution and Raf's hunger for the open sky drives the expedition's first days.

## Relationships

### [Raf Kurbi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/raf_kurbi)

_professional_

Captain Hobart is Raf's commanding officer, maintaining a strict but functional superior-subordinate relationship.

### [Lablet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/lablet)

_professional_

Hobart and Lablet have a formal working relationship, often clashing over priorities and protocol.

### [Soriki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/soriki)

_professional_

Hobart commands Soriki as part of his crew, with a standard officer-enlisted dynamic.

### [Dalgard Nordis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/dalgard_nordis)

_professional_

Hobart and Dalgard interact cautiously as representatives of different cultures, maintaining a diplomatic distance.

### [Pax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/pax)

_social_

Hobart regards Pax with wary curiosity, as an unfamiliar alien presence.

### [Wonstead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/wonstead)

_professional_

Hobart and Wonstead have a minimal, formal captain-crew member relationship.

### [Raf Kurbi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/raf_kurbi)

_professional_

Captain Hobart is Raf's commanding officer, maintaining a strict but functional superior-subordinate relationship.

### [Lablet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/lablet)

_professional_

Hobart and Lablet have a formal working relationship, often clashing over priorities and protocol.

### [Soriki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/soriki)

_professional_

Hobart commands Soriki as part of his crew, with a standard officer-enlisted dynamic.

### [Soriki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/soriki)

_professional_

Hobart commands Soriki as part of his crew, with a standard officer-enlisted dynamic.

### [Raf Kurbi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/raf_kurbi)

_professional_

Captain Hobart is Raf's commanding officer, maintaining a strict but functional superior-subordinate relationship.

### [Lablet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/lablet)

_professional_

Hobart and Lablet have a formal working relationship, often clashing over priorities and protocol.

## In the story

### [Planetfall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/ii-planetfall)

Captain of the RS 10; announces breakthrough and landing, commands the crew.

### [Civilization](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/iv-civilization)

Leads the expedition; orders the flitter to continue to the city despite Lablet's desire to explore a farm; presses the button of the automatic recorder.

### [Treasure Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/vi-treasure-hunt)

Hobart orders Raf to stay with the group, discusses the aliens' war situation, and decides to think over the offer of a joint mission to retrieve scientific knowledge.

### [Airlift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/viii-airlift)

Travels in the globe with the alien leaders; reprimands Raf for expressing prejudice against the aliens.

### [X: The Dead Guardians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/x-the-dead-guardians)

Hobart dismisses Raf's suspicions, insisting the aliens are friendly and advanced, and orders Raf to accompany the party into the city.

### [Alien Patrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/xii-alien-patrol)

Photographs alien activity, decides to have Raf join future alien forays, and gives Raf a wristband camera for recording.

### [XIV: The Prisoner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/xiv-the-prisoner)

Reluctantly agrees to follow the aliens' globe, though he questions the prisoner's identity and the balance of power.

### [XVI: Surprise Attack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/xvi-surprise-attack)

Captain Hobart is referenced as being in the heart of enemy territory, and Raf fears retaliation against him and Lablet.

### [XVII: Destruction Unleashed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/chapters/xvii-destruction-unleashed)

Mentioned in Raf's thoughts regarding the potential alien alliance and the spoils of the globe.

## Links

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