# The Black Star Passes — Character guide

> Key figures in The Black Star Passes by John W. Campbell.

- [Robert Arcot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/robert_arcot.md): Arcot moves easily between the drafting room and the rooftop lab, prized by aeronautical designers who translate his theories into commercial aircraft. Aboard a San Francisco-bound plane, he and Bob Morey rig a hidden ca
- [President Arthur Morey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/president_arthur_morey.md): Morey commands the era's fragile global order, yet his closest partnership is with Arcot, whose inventions he helps fund and field-test. Aboard the invisible Solarite above Venus, he hesitates at the switch, then hands i
- [Wade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/wade.md): Wade is one of Arcot's inner circle, trusted enough to pilot the Solarite through meteor-strewn space and into Venus's atmosphere. His morning collision with an invisible ceiling shows a man who forgets caution in his ea
- [Taj Lamor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/taj_lamor.md): Taj Lamor stands in a vast shipyard of dreadnoughts, heir to a civilization that has not known war in untold ages. Tordos Gar warns him that winning means losing, but Lamor has seen the green mountains and blue skies of 
- [John Fuller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/john_fuller.md): Fuller consults with Arcot on the theoretical details of aircraft design, and his ability to bring those theories to commercial production has benefited them both. He is the man Arcot wants on hand when the molecular con
- [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/dick.md): Dick is the pilot of the Transcontinental express, a man so bored by routine that he half wishes he had skipped the trip. He yawns, slumps to the floor, and wakes to a plane full of unconscious passengers and nearly a mi
- [Tonlos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/tonlos.md): A Venerian leader who aids the Earthmen in their mission.
- [Lieutenant Wright](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/lieutenant_wright.md): A military officer serving under Arcot's command.
- [Tordos Gar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/tordos_gar.md): A Venerian scientist who collaborates with the Earth team.
- [Forsyth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/forsyth.md): A scientist involved in the project's early stages.
- [Sonor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_star_passes_se/characters/sonor.md): A member of the alien race encountered on a distant world.

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