# Mike Shanlee — The Cosmic Computer character guide

> Mike Shanlee in The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Shanlee, General Shanlee, General Mike Shanlee

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A captured general who recites his serial number like a prayer, he guards a secret buried inside the walls of Force Command with a fanatic's calm and a bomb under his bed.

## Relationships

### [Conn Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/conn_maxwell)

_friendship_

Conn and Mike are friendly companions, working together in their ventures.

### [Conn Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/conn_maxwell)

_friendship_

Conn and Mike are friendly companions, working together in their ventures.

### [Conn Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/characters/conn_maxwell)

_friendship_

Conn and Mike are friendly companions, working together in their ventures.

## In the story

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xix)

Revealed as the disguised 'Carl Leibert'; attempts to flee after Travis's denial but is subdued by the group.

### [The Truth About Merlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xx)

Captured, reveals Merlin's prophecy of Federation collapse and his mission to suppress it.

### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xxi)

Warns against violent Federation collapse and suggests asking Merlin the 'big question' about falsification.

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