# Tom Brangwyn — The Cosmic Computer character guide

> Tom Brangwyn in The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Brangwyn

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A local pilot whose name surfaces whenever a ship needs moving or a job needs doing, he is the kind of practical friend Conn can count on when plans turn into work.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

Conn and Tom have a working relationship, likely as colleagues or business associates.

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

_professional_

Conn and Tom have a working relationship, likely as colleagues or business associates.

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

_professional_

Conn and Tom have a working relationship, likely as colleagues or business associates.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/i)

Town marshal, red-faced and bulky, asks Conn if he found anything definite.

### [Breakfast and the Home Guard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/iv)

Describes the outlaw threat and the Home Guard's role in protecting Gordon Valley.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/vii)

Brings the Home Guard to reinforce the Company Police at the site.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/viii)

Moves his police force to manage sightseers at the Force Command Duplicate site, leaving a deputy in Litchfield.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xvii)

Shares Zareff's suspicion of Leibert, having gathered audiovisual evidence that the preacher is a fake from Morven.

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

Physically restrains Shanlee on Conn's orders, helps prevent his escape.

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

Gives Shanlee a cigarette, expresses fear at the prophecy.

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