Keely McSobel
Names: Keely McSobelKeely
First appears in Book 2: Judas Unchained, chapter 4 (Chapter 4)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 11Keely monitors from the room above Halkin Ironmongery and reports the Institute is cutting the city net's links to CST.
- Ch 11Keely reports the Institute has cut every cable into the CST control center except two monitored ones, so there is no link back to the Commonwealth.
- Ch 15Keely crashed Armstrong City's net, forcing the Institute onto encrypted radio, and tracks them via sneekbots.
- Ch 19Keely picks up Paula's short-wave signal and goes pale on recognizing it.
Connections
- ally ofStig McSobel
- member ofStig McSobelworks in Stig's team
- member ofGuardians of Selfhood
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 11Institute takes 3F Plaza
Stig learns the Governor signed 3F Plaza to the Institute; he and Olwen scout it, and he orders Keely to prepare a crash evacuation after suspicious watchers appear.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Institute seizes Armstrong City gateway
Stig and Olwen see Institute troops and Cruisers take control of the gateway and Plaza; Keely reports communications cut, so Stig orders his team to fall back.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Blimpbot attack on 3F Plaza
As the Institute escorts a capsule truck toward the gateway, Stig launches the blimpbot attack in the rain; the first blimpbot is shredded by Institute fire while releasing chaff and drones.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Blimpbot fuel-air bomb destroys 3F Plaza
Stig's blimpbots draw fire with flares; a bomb from blimpbot five detonates below Market Wall, annihilating the Institute force and vehicles at the Plaza while the wall channels the blast upward.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Institute breaks through 3F Plaza
Institute Cruisers and bulldozers cross the rubble of Market Wall, drive trucks through the gateway, and bring the Starflyer out and away. Guardians cannot stop them, leaving an ambush at the gateway to trap Adam.
- Book 2 · Ch 16Stig contacted by Bradley
After a failed pursuit of the Starflyer's convoy, Stig is startled to hear Bradley and Adam on the radio and is told to meet at rendezvous point four.
- 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 18Scorched towns along Highway One
Bradley's convoy passes Haville and other towns razed by the Starflyer, with every comms node masered to sever communications.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Paula broadcasts to Johansson
Paula sets a repeating short-wave message telling Johansson Adam was murdered and asking who contacted Oscar to review the Second Chance logs. Johansson's group receives it.