Bernadette
Names: BernadetteBernadette Halgarth
First appears in Book 2: Judas Unchained, chapter 5 (Chapter 5)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 6Isabella's mother is an idle-rich society hostess on EdenBurg and did not even know Isabella had disconnected her unisphere address.
- Ch 10A Dynasty member who abruptly cancelled her schedule and took the express from EdenBurg to Tridelta, staying at the modest Octavious hotel.
- Ch 10Bernadette Halgarth, Isabella's mother, unexpectedly traveled to Tridelta and is staying at the Octavious hotel, under Halgarth security surveillance.
- Ch 10Bernadette is staying in room 2317 of the Octavious on Illuminatus; her room window is screened and power use suggests she is inside.
- Ch 10Bernadette is a Starflyer agent who knows her cover is blown and uses evasion maneuvers and kaos attacks to shake her observers across Tridelta.
- Ch 10Bernadette was wetwired with an insert force field skeleton and weapon power cells; she is killed in the raid and DNA confirms her identity.
Connections
- family ofIsabella Helena Halgarthmother
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 10Bernadette Halgarth travels to Tridelta
Jenny and Kaspar follow Bernadette from EdenBurg to Tridelta, where she checks into the Octavious unannounced; Adam sends reinforcements.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Paula's team detects Tarlo's warning
Hoshe reports that Tarlo sent an encrypted warning to Bernadette after Renne's call; Paula decides to monitor both and arrest Tarlo later.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Rival watchers discovered at the Octavious
Kieran's team finds a second set of scrutineer programs monitoring Bernadette's room, suspects the navy, dons force field suits and abandons the Grialgol suite.
- 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 10Raid on the Saffron Clinic
Paula's teams storm the clinic; wetwired hostiles fight back with explosions. Bernadette and others are killed, but an unidentified man's body is found and an elevator shaft breach suggests someone escaped.