Dylan Lewis
Names: Dylan LewisCommander Lewisthe Commander
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 1 (PROLOGUE)
Appearances
B1
B2
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 1Commander Lewis is the ranking officer and first human to step onto Mars; he gives a solemn speech about humanity's road to the stars.
- Ch 1Lewis silently reprimands Wilson with a look for landing manually.
- Ch 6Ex-Commander Dylan Lewis, Wilson's former colleague, ran a Hawaii bar and was drinking himself toward liver failure while telling old space hero stories.
Connections
- leadsEagle IImission commander
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 1Eagle II lands on Mars
Wilson separates Eagle II from Ulysses, flies the descent to Arabia Terra and takes manual control to land near the cargo landers, accomplishing the first human Mars landing.
- Book 1 · Ch 1First steps on Mars
Lewis, Orchiston and Wilson climb down the ladder onto the surface; Lewis delivers a speech and photographs his footprint, then they prepare to plant the flag.
- Book 1 · Ch 1Strangers appear through a gateway
A sniggering voice over radio claims to be Nigel Sheldon. Wilson finds him behind the lander in a homemade suit beside a gateway opening onto a Californian physics lab.