Alic Hogan
Names: Alic HoganHoganChiefCommanderAlicGreat LeaderBoss
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 20 (NINETEEN)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 20Hogan is Paula's new deputy, appointed by Columbia from his legal department; he is a political placeman who insists on briefings and procedure, angering Paris office investigators.
- Ch 23Hogan is Columbia's placeman, but Paula considers him relatively efficient; Columbia puts him in charge of the Johansson operation.
- Ch 26Commander Hogan runs the navy intelligence operation to box Kazimir, using over a hundred officers.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 1Alic Hogan is a by-the-book navy commander who appears set to take over after Myo's removal.
- Ch 2Hogan is seen by his Paris officers as Admiral Columbia's political placeman and he hoped the operation would earn their respect; its failure dashes that hope.
- Ch 2He inherited the Paris office from Paula Myo and went down into the junction himself, nearly being hit by a maglev express.
- Ch 2He concluded the assassin had a lot of help, given the kaos attack, and called Admiral Columbia to report the failure.
- Ch 2Alic Hogan is connected with navy intelligence's surveillance, whose encrypted comms evaded the Guardians' scrutineer programs.
- Ch 2Alic runs the Paris office after Paula Myo's forced departure and is under pressure from the Admiral after the LA Galactic failure.
- Ch 2Alic suspects a leak in the navy, since the assassin's escape was so well planned, but cannot voice this to the Admiral without proof.
- Ch 2Alic believes the obvious conclusion about who employs the assassin, which Myo accepted, is politically impossible to admit and would be career suicide.
- Ch 2Alic fears that without fast results against the Guardians he will follow Myo out of the door.
- Ch 2Alic suggests asking the observatory to run diagnostics on the Mars station rather than sending an expensive forensic team.
- Ch 4Hogan, now commander of the office, argues the assassin is a Guardian enforcer; he enjoys that it undermines Senate Security's conspiracy theories.
- Ch 5Alic Hogan, Renne's chief, reluctantly agreed to issue a warrant for Isabella Halgarth on condition of discretion.
- Ch 5Renne's commander; procedure-oriented and loyal to Columbia, and nervous about her going to Solidade.
- Ch 6Hogan leads the navy forensic investigation team, is formal and awestruck by Nigel, and is Rafael's man who replaced Myo.
- Ch 6Hogan and Tarlo found the Reynolds ground station on Mars and impounded its transmitter equipment.
- Ch 6Hogan forbids Renne from contacting senior Grand Family figures like Christabel Halgarth without his clearance, and says the warrant for Isabella stands.
- Ch 6Hogan is in a bad mood because Senate Security, via Paula Myo's request, ordered covert observation of Alessandra Baron.
- Ch 8Hogan is chief of the Paris office and keeps the observation of Alessandra Baron going, though he doesn't understand why Paula Myo wanted it.
- Ch 8Hogan is a colleague in the office whom Tarlo says has no idea what goes on there.
- Ch 10Alic Hogan heads the Paris office and must now review all Tarlo's cases for compromise, fearing scrutiny from another navy office.
- Ch 10Alic cannot afford to go soft on the Guardians, still classed as the number one terrorist group; he takes charge of the operation to seize the Agent.
- Ch 10Alic leads a police team that sets a trap for the Agent at Treetops, using Beard as bait, but the operation is ambushed.
- Ch 10Alic breaks ribs and fingers in the collapse of Treetops and swears to find Tarlo after Tarlo steals the Agent's head.
- Ch 13Alic Hogan is badly injured from Illuminatus, now accepts the Starflyer's existence and feels accepted as part of the Paris team.
- Ch 13Alic resolves to ask the Admiral for help reaching Boongate, threatening to quit, and his team vows to quit with him.
- Ch 13Hogan persuades the Admiral to have CST open the Boongate wormhole so his team can arrest Tarlo, accepting that he must stay on Boongate if wrong.
- Ch 14Alic leads a team of five, armed with heavy weapons, to go through a one-time wormhole gateway at Wessex to engage Tarlo.
- Ch 14Leads an armored navy arrest team heading through Boongate gateway to capture Tarlo, equipped with extra particle lances and plasma rifle.
- Ch 14Alic leads a four-man armored team pursuing the Starflyer's GH7 engine; he considers leaving through the open gateway but chooses to chase on.
- Ch 14Alic made the team agree that the last man standing must recover John King's memorycell before leaving Boongate.
- Ch 14Alic commands a navy arrest team and prioritises reaching the Starflyer through the gateway to Half Way.
- Ch 15Alic fires a particle lance, destroys huts, and believes the Starflyer is in one of the force-field-protected trucks.
- Ch 19Alic supplies a private verification detail: Paula told Renne in the Almada lobby she had run an entrapment operation on her as well as Tarlo.
- Ch 19Alic is a lawyer in both of his lives and is shocked that Oscar Monroe could have been involved in Abadan.
- Ch 20Alic Hogan, a navy commander, fired his particle lances to dig the shelter crater and collapse soil over himself and Morton.
- Ch 20Alic Hogan, a former navy officer under Admiral Columbia, stays on at Paula's Paris office and sits in on the Oscar legal meeting.
Connections
- member ofPaula Myonew deputy appointed by Columbia
- ally ofRafael ColumbiaColumbia's placeman
- related toJustine Burnellireports to her on the operation
- member ofRafael ColumbiaReports to the Admiral; seen as her political appointee
- has memberTarloLieutenant under Hogan
- related toRafael Columbiareports to
- has memberRenne Kempasasenior lieutenant in his Paris office
- has memberJohn Kingsenior lieutenant in his Paris office
- related toPaula Myoreplaced her as head of the Paris office
- leadsRenne KempasaHogan is commander over her team
- related toRenne Kavanaghsubordinate of
- related toTarlosubordinate investigator
- ally ofPaula Myo
- leadsJim Nwan
- enemy ofTarlo
- member ofParis office
- ally ofVic Russell
- ally ofOscar Monroe
- enemy ofStarflyer
- ally ofEdmund Liinside contact
- member ofGuardians of Selfhood
- ally ofBradley Johansson
- member ofParis team
- ally ofMortonsurvived the storm buried together
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 23Paula removed from the Johansson operation
Columbia blames Paula for the LA and Venice Coast failures and appoints Hogan to run the operation; Paula resigns her commission and leaves.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Justine and Kazimir argue
Justine begs Kazimir to quit the Guardians, denying the Starflyer. He asks her to lift cargo inspections, refuses to stop, and leaves, promising to return. Justine calls Alic Hogan.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Kazimir killed at LA Galactic
After returning with the Martian data, Kazimir recognises Bruce on the concourse and runs to him; Bruce shoots him dead while navy watchers and Justine look on.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Paula Myo removed
Back at the Paris office, Admiral Columbia dismisses Paula Myo, who leaves with her belongings while staff look on stunned. Columbia then calls in Commander Hogan.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Assassin escapes the Carralvo junction
After killing Kazimir, the force-field-suited assassin flees, aided by a kaos attack that cripples the network. Navy squads and CST teams chase him onto the tracks but cannot find him after a two-hour search.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Paris office tensions
A day later, in Paris, Renne and Tarlo discuss Baron's leak and learn that their boss is watching all case data.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Progress meeting on the Guardians case
Alic chairs a meeting where his team reports on the unidentified assassin, the Mars data, Cufflin and McFoster's finances; he promises a warrant and asks the observatory to contact the Mars station.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Hogan presents Rowden theory
Hogan, citing Cortese's facial match, declares the assassin Francis Rowden a Guardian enforcer; Renne privately doubts it.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Renne seeks warrant for Isabella
Suspicious of the shotgun case, Renne persuades Alic Hogan to approve a warrant for Isabella Halgarth and travels to Solidade.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Expedition returns to Mars
Wilson, Anna, Nigel and a navy team pass through the old CST gateway to Arabia Terra. Wilson sees the wrecked Eagle II and cargo landers, and searches for the lost flag.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Hogan reins in Renne
At lunch Hogan orders Renne to stop pursuing Isabella Halgarth and assigns her and Tarlo to investigate the meteorological data from Mars.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Hogan and Tarlo discuss leads
Tarlo reports a lead on DRNG bonds used to fund the Guardians; Hogan will ask the Admiral's office to request treasury records.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Paula briefs Alic
Paula tells Alic that Tarlo is a Starflyer traitor, that the Halgarths are suspected agents, and that Tarlo's cases must be reviewed.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Plan to let Bernadette run
Paula persuades the group to delay arresting Bernadette, keep multiple teams on her, and prioritize taking the Agent in custody at tonight's meeting.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Beard escorted on cable car
Alic, Lucius Lee and Marhol escort Robin Beard onto the scenic cable car toward Treetops restaurant for the Agent meeting.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Standoff and ambush at Treetops
Alic's team confronts the Agent in a standoff. Three jetpack-armored attackers blast Treetops apart with plasma, kill the Agent, and Tarlo escapes with the Agent's head.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Tarlo found at Boongate
Edmund Li reports Tarlo seizing control of the Far Away section; Alic promises rescue and plans to petition the Admiral.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Hogan wins approval to pursue Tarlo
Hogan convinces the Admiral to open the Boongate wormhole so his team can arrest Tarlo, on condition of secrecy and staying behind if wrong.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Alic's team prepares for the Wessex gateway
Alic's team is cleared to take a track engineering train through a one-time wormhole gateway at Wessex to confront Tarlo.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Pursuit on the Boongate line
Oscar warns Alic that a train is accelerating behind him; Alic blasts a hole in the carriage rear and sees the GH7 engine pursuing.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Chase through the Boongate gateway
The GH7 chases Alic's carriage; the carriage crosses the gateway to Boongate, the team jumps, and the escorts destroy it while the GH7 passes through safely.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Zone killer strike on escort vehicles
Paula warns Alic to take cover, and the train fires zone killers that destroy the Starflyer's escort vehicles outside the force field.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Teams advance to Half Way gateway
The train is halted by broken rails. Teams transfer to armored cars and trucks; Vic stays to hunt Tarlo while the others attack the Half Way gateway defenses.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Battle of Port Evergreen
Morton's ten armored fighters jump in, destroy Port Evergreen, the Carbon Gooses and a weapons truck, but several trucks, probably with the Starflyer, escape through the wormhole.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Deciding whether to pursue through the wormhole
With eleven minutes left, the team sends sneekbots through, finds enemies waiting, and debates whether to follow with armored cars given the Volvos' cargo.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Chase down Highway One and the sabotage warning
Stig's convoy races Cruisers south through Highway One's urban stretch while Bradley reassures him. Adam's garbled message reveals sabotage and a likely Starflyer agent in his group, prompting a debate over suspects.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Harvey dies-bound at the Anculan ford
At the Anculan crossing the Guardians find the battlefield and the dying Harvey, who gives Bradley the Starflyer's eighty-seven-minute lead; Bradley takes him along.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Bradley deduces the observation trap
Realizing Paula's message concerns the hyperglider observation, Bradley sends a verification message over short-wave naming Oscar's link to Adam at Abadan.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Armored cars charge and meet soldier motiles
Bradley orders the armored cars to ram the MANN truck, but hundreds of soldier motiles block the way. Morton kills one in close combat and the Paris team ends up nearly surrounded.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Rob's sacrifice and the dash to the valley
Soldier motiles pin Rob, who detonates his power cells to cover the others. Morton, Cat and Alic ride the armored car to the Institute valley, but the second car is destroyed and the MANN truck reaches the starship first.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Retreat from soldier motiles and sudden darkness
The group's decoy attack on the soldier motiles fails and the second armored car is destroyed. The armor suits flee on foot as the sun suddenly goes dark over the Dessault Mountains.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Morton and Alic dig out
Buried in a crater to survive the storm, Morton and Alic dig through soil for seven hours and emerge into a transformed desert landscape.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Paula takes over the Paris office
Paula returns as Deputy Director, welcomes the team, keeps Alic, and plans a meeting about Oscar Monroe's fate.