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Scotty

Oily-haired, pipe-smoking member of the settler sabotage cell, easygoing until the bombs actually go off.

Story so far

Scotty is a member of the squatter-colonists' sabotage cell on Ilus, working alongside Basia Merton and the cell's leader Coop to plant barrel bombs beneath Royal Charter Energy's landing pad. Easygoing and irreverent, he smokes bathtub-grown cannabis and freeze-dried tobacco through the whole operation until Basia takes the lit pipe from his mouth and reminds him that explosives explode. He is the first to see the Edward Israel's shuttle dropping early ('Baz, oh shit!'), and when Coop refuses to let him help disarm the bombs, he defers.

He survives the blast, left sitting dazed on the ground beside the wounded Basia.

Appearance

An oily-haired man with black hair he keeps pushing out of his eyes; habitually seen with a pipe of skunky home-grown cannabis and tobacco.

Role

Member of the settler sabotage cell; a minor accomplice in the landing-pad bombing.

Relationships

Basia Merton — Fellow saboteur who keeps having to stop him doing something careless around the explosives.
Coop — The cell leader he obeys, standing down when Coop refuses to abort the bombing.
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