Vic Russell
Names: Vic RussellVicVictor
First appears in Book 2: Judas Unchained, chapter 2 (Chapter 2)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 2Vic is travelling to Cagayn to find Robin Beard, with local police liaison arranged.
- Ch 4Vic went to Cagayn seeking Robin Beard, a migratory mechanic who alters vehicle security tags, but arrived about a day late.
- Ch 6Vic backtracked the complete routes of eighteen items from Edmund Li's Boongate interception, showing a costly, highly organized smuggling network of courier shell companies.
- Ch 10Vic wants to join the arrest team for Tarlo, but Alic intends to keep him off the case.
- Ch 14Vic insisted the team stay on the carriage through the gateway rather than jump, driven by a personal need to not let the Starflyer escape.
- Ch 14Vic stays behind to hunt Tarlo, convinced Tarlo is still there and has a trap planned; he wants revenge for Gwyneth.
- Ch 14Vic shoots Tarlo in half with his ion rifle when one of Tarlo's inserts powers up.
Connections
- family ofGwyneth Russellhusband and wife
- ally ofRenne Kempasa
- friend ofGwyneth Russellcolleagues in the Paris office
- ally ofPaula Myo
- ally ofAlic Hogan
- enemy ofTarlo
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 4Force field equipment puzzle and Beard hunt
King reports smuggled equipment is high-power force field devices with no power source on Far Away; Vic reports Robin Beard has fled Cagayn in his van.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Isabella ambushed on the express
Isabella Halgarth, a Starflyer agent, attacks the compartment; Paula's team traps her in a cage, disables her with a dump-web and nervejam stick, and captures her alive. Paula reveals it was an entrapment.
- 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 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 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 14Gateway destroyed and Tarlo killed
After the Guardians pass, explosions wreck the wormhole generator. Vic confronts Tarlo, who says the trap succeeded, then shoots him dead.