# Captain Nichols — The Cosmic Computer character guide

> Captain Nichols in The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nichols

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A starship captain visiting Poictesme.

## In the story

### [The Battle for the Spaceport](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/x)

Captain of the Harriet Barne, freed prisoner, provides information about the ship's conversion.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xiii)

Handles the ship's shift to vertical and later turns control over to Jacquemont.

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