# Yves Jacquemont — The Cosmic Computer character guide

> Yves Jacquemont in The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jacquemont

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A shrewd Poictesme merchant who reads people and markets with equal ease, he steers his daughter's future while quietly assembling the men and machinery that will put a ship back in the sky.

## Relationships

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

_friendship_

Conn and Yves are friends, with Yves being Sylvie's brother and a supportive ally.

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

_friendship_

Conn and Yves are friends, with Yves being Sylvie's brother and a supportive ally.

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

_friendship_

Conn and Yves are friends, with Yves being Sylvie's brother and a supportive ally.

## In the story

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

Freed prisoner, retired hyperspace maintenance engineer, provides intelligence on the pirates and the Harriet Barne.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xi)

Proposes the joint venture for the Harriet Barne and becomes vice-president of operations.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xii)

Serves as first officer under Nichols and captain outside atmosphere; comments on the cruciform spaceship design and missing interplanetary ships.

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

Assists with navigation and exploration, posts signs about weight vs. mass, and leads the team into the building.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xiv)

Examines blueprints and specifications for the Ouroboros II, expressing skepticism about the project's feasibility.

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

Arrives at the spaceport and is briefed on the dangerous conditions; he coordinates the unloading of the Helen O'Loy.

### [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xviii)

Oversees the construction of 'The Thing' and brings mining equipment from Koshchei to Force Command.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cosmic_computer_se/chapters/xxii)

Sylvie's father, wearing a Trisystem & Interstellar Spacelines uniform, joking with Conn.

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