# Lablet — Star Born character guide

> Lablet in Star Born by Andre Norton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lablet

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-planetfall

## Snapshot

A Terran scientist on the Astra survey, cataloguing a world that seems too fresh, too untouched, to be real.

## Who they are

Lablet is the expedition's observer, the one whose records and readings are meant to make sense of a planet that feels impossibly new. He moves through the survey with equipment hung about him, part of the small team that tramps down the ramp behind Raf each morning. His presence signals that this is a mission of study as much as survival—and that whatever Astra is hiding will be measured, logged, and reported.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

Lablet interacts with Raf primarily in a scientific or technical capacity, often with bureaucratic tension.

### [Captain Hobart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/captain_hobart)

_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_

Lablet and Soriki have a limited professional association, often involving technical tasks.

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

_professional_

Dalgard and Lablet have a strained professional interaction, marked by cultural misunderstanding.

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

_professional_

Lablet and Wonstead are colleagues with occasional work-related exchanges.

### [Captain Hobart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/captain_hobart)

_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_

Lablet and Soriki have a limited professional association, often involving technical tasks.

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

_professional_

Lablet interacts with Raf primarily in a scientific or technical capacity, often with bureaucratic tension.

### [Captain Hobart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/star_born_se/characters/captain_hobart)

_professional_

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

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

_professional_

Lablet interacts with Raf primarily in a scientific or technical capacity, often with bureaucratic tension.

## In the story

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

Xenobiologist; intently studies the planet's surface via the visa plate.

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

Xenobiologist; identifies the fields as reverted to grassland; wants to land and explore a dome; fatalist and averse to combat.

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

Lablet is excited by the prospect of acquiring the aliens' scientific knowledge, having decoded their offer from the recorded speech.

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

Eager to see the mysterious storehouse; travels with Hobart in the globe.

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

Lablet is mentioned as the expert who believes the aliens have a highly complex society and technical skills beneficial to Terrans.

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

Follows the alien officer attempting to understand their speech, and defends the aliens as open-minded despite their suspicion.

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

Dismisses the prisoner as a rebel or thief, focused on the anti-gravity unit and eager to continue cooperation with the aliens.

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

Lablet is mentioned as being with the captain, and Raf is concerned about the consequences of his actions for them.

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

Mentioned in Raf's thoughts as preoccupied with the alien technology.

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