Daniel Alster
Names: Daniel AlsterDanielAlster
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 4 (THREE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 6Daniel Alster is Sheldon's aide who gives Wilson a tour of the starship project complex.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 14Nigel's chief executive aide stops responding after opening the gateway; Paula suggests he is a perfectly placed Starflyer agent.
- Ch 14Daniel Alster murdered the Boongate gateway control staff and fled in a force field suit while a security squad chased him.
- Ch 16Daniel Alster was an agent of the Starflyer and helped it break through to Boongate.
Connections
- related toNigel SheldonChief executive aide
- member ofNigel Sheldonworks for Sheldon's project
- ally ofNigel Sheldonworks for the Dynasty political office
- ally ofStarflyerJudas agent
- member ofStarflyeragent of
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Tour of the Second Chance
Wilson tours the Anshun complex and assembly platform with Nigel and Daniel, sees the unfinished ship, and discusses timetable, power, and safety.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Rules of engagement meeting
Wilson's staff and the oversight committee meet. Dimitri argues for maximum force and destroying any Prime wormhole at once. Patricia is wary, but Wilson agrees to cost out weapons able to break through to the far end.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Dynasty review conference
After breakfast, Nigel meets senior Dynasty members to discuss the refugees, the Primes, and the secret doomsday weapon, then asks Perdita and Nelson to stay behind.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Navy Strategic Review Council debates the Hell's Gateway assault
Advisors discuss the Hell's Gateway location, Dimitri's call for caution and use of the Seattle weapon, and ship production. They agree to wait a fortnight, keeping reserves for defense and expanding guerrilla warfare.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Nigel finds Ozzie's recording
Nigel reaches Ozzie's habitat, learns of the Halgarth-Burnelli clash over Paula Myo, and finds Ozzie gone into Silfen paths on Silvergalde, leaving only a recorded message.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Meeting at Newark station
Paula, Justine and Mellanie tell Nigel and Nelson the Starflyer is real and has infiltrated the navy and Halgarths. Nigel orders a secret strike on Dyson Alpha, and Paula deduces the Starflyer travels in a train wagon.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Ozzie's role revealed
Daniel finds that Ozzie ordered the political office in 2243 to block Far Away cargo inspections, showing the Guardians, not the Starflyer, were behind the obstruction.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Oscar's request approved
Nigel Sheldon agrees to let an arrest team go through the Boongate wormhole to capture Tarlo, on the condition of secrecy and that memory data goes through his operation.
- 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 14Gateway hijacked
Nigel opens Boongate for Alic's team, but Mellanie and Johansson reveal Victor and a second unregistered train; Nigel loses control of the gateway system and Alster stops responding.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Alster massacres gateway staff
Daniel Alster killed the Narrabri gateway control center staff and was chased by Nelson's security squad.