Uller Uprising · Character

Colonel Paula Quinton

A newly arrived intelligence officer who flinches at the word 'geek' and starts asking the questions everyone else stopped asking years ago.

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Also known as Paula Quinton, Colonel Quinton, Miss Quinton, Dr. Paula Quinton

First appearance: III: Four-and-Twenty Geek Heads

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A black-haired girl in oversized coveralls, she has sharp eyes and spots the approaching handling-machine on the horizon.

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Quinton comes to Uller fresh from a near-murder on Seventy-second Street, bandaged and wary, and immediately bristles at the casual contempt in Terran speech. She presses von Schlichten and Blount on the onomatopoeia behind 'geek' and the native word 'suddabit,' refusing the comfortable us-and-them shorthand. Her outsider's conscience gives the early chapters their moral friction, and her intelligence work soon pulls her into the thick of the crisis.

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Prologue
A black-haired girl in oversized coveralls, she has sharp eyes and spots the approaching handling-machine on the horizon.
II: Rakkeed, Stalin, and the Rev. Keeluk
ERA member; received letters from Keeluk; rescued by von Schlichten; invited to travel to Skilk with him.
III: Four-and-Twenty Geek Heads
Mentioned as having killed one of the attackers with a bolo during the riot.
IV: If You Read It in Stanley-Browne
Challenges the Company's treatment of natives, citing Rakkeed's following and Stanley-Browne's book.
V: You Can Depend on It It’s Wrong
Discusses Stanley-Browne's book, her sociographic background, and her mixed heritage; accompanies von Schlichten to meet King Kankad.
VI: The Bad News Came After the Coffee
Defends the military's approach after recounting a mob attack in Konkrook; praises Kragan culture.
VIII: Authority of Governor-General von Schlichten
Appointed as acting adjutant by von Schlichten, replacing O'Leary.
IX: Don't Push Them Anywhere Put Them Back in the Bottle
Present at the telecast station headquarters, monitoring the situation and drinking coffee with other officers.
X: The Geek Luftwaffe and the Kragan Airlift
Prepares a digest of the situation, orders expansion of the perimeter near explosives magazines, and is ordered to rest by Mordkovitz.
XI: Of Princedoms Which Have Been Won by Conquest
Objects to von Schlichten's decision to lead the attack on the palace in person, and later expresses outrage at the filming of Firkked's head.
XII: The Shadow of Niflheim
Travels with von Schlichten, suggests using nuclear weapons, and confirms Dr. Gomes' expertise in bomb-making.
XIII: A Bag of Tricks We Don't Have
Explains the Nagasaki-type bomb and the possibility that Prince Gorkrink spied on Terran plans. Shares a personal moment with von Schlichten on the roof.
XIV: The Reviewers Panned Hell Out of It
Reports on troop arrivals, resistance weakening, and missing contragravity vehicles.
A Place in My Heart for Hildegarde
Insists on joining the mission as von Schlichten's adjutant, with King Kankad's support.

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