Brad Courtland - Revision history

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	* When working with [[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], he used the code name "the Mouth."<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 7</ref>		* When working with [[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], he used the code name "the Mouth."<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 7</ref>
	* At dinner, Courtland seemed the most voluble and least cowed by Kerenkev.<ref name="sota-06" />		* At dinner, Courtland seemed the most voluble and least cowed by Kerenkev.<ref name="sota-06" />
	* Has a female secretary named Maddie (species unknown)		* Has a female secretary named Maddie (species unknown)<ref name="sota-03">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 3</ref>

	===Body Language===		===Body Language===

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	* When working with [[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], he used the code name "the Mouth."<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 7</ref>		* When working with [[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], he used the code name "the Mouth."<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 7</ref>
	* At dinner, Courtland seemed the most voluble and least cowed by Kerenkev.<ref name="sota-06" />		* At dinner, Courtland seemed the most voluble and least cowed by Kerenkev.<ref name="sota-06" />
			* Has a female secretary named Maddie (species unknown)

	===Body Language===		===Body Language===

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	Courtland was elected as representative on a [[Gledig#Pro Accord \|pro-Accord]] ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV Stardancer]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the [[Gledig#Secessionist \|Secessionist]] bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>		Courtland was elected as representative on a [[Gledig#Pro Accord \|pro-Accord]] ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV Stardancer]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the [[Gledig#Secessionist \|Secessionist]] bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>

	It was later revealed that, in addition to taking the bribes that Kerenkev used to keep the council of representatives for [[Gledig]] in his pocket, Courtland was himself bribing pirates; it was his belief that if the pirates raided enough, [[Fleet]] would have to arrive to save them, upending Kerenkev's political stance that they didn't need [[Alliance]] intervention because they were doing just fine, and framing him as the hero (and future governor). He was fortunate enough to discover a pair of disaffected Fleet members ([[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], who had been directly betrayed by the same Fleet officer that Kerenkev was himself bribing ([[~~Bearut~~ Flait]]), resulting in a stalemate: the pirates were being paid to attack, but the local Fleet presence was being paid to ignore them. Thus, his plan was backfiring, as the apparent uselessness of Fleet drove citizens into the arms of the Secessionists.<ref name="sota-01" /><ref name="sota-16">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 16</ref>		It was later revealed that, in addition to taking the bribes that Kerenkev used to keep the council of representatives for [[Gledig]] in his pocket, Courtland was himself bribing pirates; it was his belief that if the pirates raided enough, [[Fleet]] would have to arrive to save them, upending Kerenkev's political stance that they didn't need [[Alliance]] intervention because they were doing just fine, and framing him as the hero (and future governor). He was fortunate enough to discover a pair of disaffected Fleet members ([[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], who had been directly betrayed by the same Fleet officer that Kerenkev was himself bribing ([[Baerut Flait]]), resulting in a stalemate: the pirates were being paid to attack, but the local Fleet presence was being paid to ignore them. Thus, his plan was backfiring, as the apparent uselessness of Fleet drove citizens into the arms of the Secessionists.<ref name="sota-01" /><ref name="sota-16">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 16</ref>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

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	==Recent History==		==Recent History==

	Courtland was elected as representative on a [[Gledig#Pro Accord \|pro-Accord]] ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV ~~Skydancer~~]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the [[Gledig#Secessionist \|Secessionist]] bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>		Courtland was elected as representative on a [[Gledig#Pro Accord \|pro-Accord]] ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV Stardancer]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the [[Gledig#Secessionist \|Secessionist]] bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>

	It was later revealed that, in addition to taking the bribes that Kerenkev used to keep the council of representatives for [[Gledig]] in his pocket, Courtland was himself bribing pirates; it was his belief that if the pirates raided enough, [[Fleet]] would have to arrive to save them, upending Kerenkev's political stance that they didn't need [[Alliance]] intervention because they were doing just fine, and framing him as the hero (and future governor). He was fortunate enough to discover a pair of disaffected Fleet members ([[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], who had been directly betrayed by the same Fleet officer that Kerenkev was himself bribing ([[Bearut Flait]]), resulting in a stalemate: the pirates were being paid to attack, but the local Fleet presence was being paid to ignore them. Thus, his plan was backfiring, as the apparent uselessness of Fleet drove citizens into the arms of the Secessionists.<ref name="sota-01" /><ref name="sota-16">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 16</ref>		It was later revealed that, in addition to taking the bribes that Kerenkev used to keep the council of representatives for [[Gledig]] in his pocket, Courtland was himself bribing pirates; it was his belief that if the pirates raided enough, [[Fleet]] would have to arrive to save them, upending Kerenkev's political stance that they didn't need [[Alliance]] intervention because they were doing just fine, and framing him as the hero (and future governor). He was fortunate enough to discover a pair of disaffected Fleet members ([[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], who had been directly betrayed by the same Fleet officer that Kerenkev was himself bribing ([[Bearut Flait]]), resulting in a stalemate: the pirates were being paid to attack, but the local Fleet presence was being paid to ignore them. Thus, his plan was backfiring, as the apparent uselessness of Fleet drove citizens into the arms of the Secessionists.<ref name="sota-01" /><ref name="sota-16">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 16</ref>

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	==Physical Characteristics==		==Physical Characteristics==

	[[Humans \|Human]], and has a forelock that falls in his eyes.		[[Humans \|Human]], and has a forelock that falls in his eyes. Wears a stole (presumably a mark of his office) and a cape with a pewter clip rather than the coats more common on Gledig.<ref name="sota-01">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 1</ref>

	==Recent History==		==Recent History==

	Courtland was elected as representative on a pro-Accord ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV Skydancer]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the Secessionist bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>		Courtland was elected as representative on a [[Gledig#Pro Accord \|pro-Accord]] ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV Skydancer]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the [[Gledig#Secessionist \|Secessionist]] bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>

			It was later revealed that, in addition to taking the bribes that Kerenkev used to keep the council of representatives for [[Gledig]] in his pocket, Courtland was himself bribing pirates; it was his belief that if the pirates raided enough, [[Fleet]] would have to arrive to save them, upending Kerenkev's political stance that they didn't need [[Alliance]] intervention because they were doing just fine, and framing him as the hero (and future governor). He was fortunate enough to discover a pair of disaffected Fleet members ([[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], who had been directly betrayed by the same Fleet officer that Kerenkev was himself bribing ([[Bearut Flait]]), resulting in a stalemate: the pirates were being paid to attack, but the local Fleet presence was being paid to ignore them. Thus, his plan was backfiring, as the apparent uselessness of Fleet drove citizens into the arms of the Secessionists.<ref name="sota-01" /><ref name="sota-16">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 16</ref>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

			* When working with [[Kamaney Foster]] and [[Pwyll Mansey]], he used the code name "the Mouth."<ref name="sota-07">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) \|Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 7</ref>
			* At dinner, Courtland seemed the most voluble and least cowed by Kerenkev.<ref name="sota-06" />

	===Body Language===		===Body Language===

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==

	*"Hi" ~~says TemplateCharacter~~		*"Fine, I’ll admit it! I paid the pirates to raid here. I wanted to give people a chance to see that Fleet would save us. I thought if the raids were more frequent, more obvious, Fleet would assign real firepower here. I made sure the pirates weren’t the kind that took people, just resources. But Fleet never came… thanks to you."<ref name="sota-16" />

	*"Also Hi" says TemplateCharacter		==Story Appearances==

	=~~==Quotes and Observations by Others===~~		<categorytree mode="pages" hideroot="on">Brad Courtland Appearances</categorytree>

	* "~~Hi back.~~"
	~~:::::--Other character~~

	* "~~I like you too.~~"
	~~:::::--Third character~~

	~~(Only use this section for relatively major characters; for more minor characters, just include it in the history or description.)~~

	~~==Story~~ Appearances==
	*Book 1
	*Short Story 2, Book Collection if Applicable

	==References==		==References==

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Brad Courtland is a [[Humans |human]] elected representative in Gledig's chamber of representatives.

==Physical Characteristics==

[[Humans |Human]], and has a forelock that falls in his eyes.

==Recent History==

Courtland was elected as representative on a pro-Accord ballot, and had consistent run-ins with [[Kerenkev]], who saw himself as the pro-Accord hero. He attempted to display his charms to the [[UAV Skydancer]]'s visiting high-rank crew. This attempt was cut off by the Secessionist bombing of the governor's dinner; Courtland was injured but escaped with his life.<ref name="sota-06">''[[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance]]'', chapter 6</ref>

==Trivia==
===Body Language===

==Quotes==

*"Hi" says TemplateCharacter

*"Also Hi" says TemplateCharacter

===Quotes and Observations by Others===

* "Hi back."
:::::--Other character

* "I like you too."
:::::--Third character

(Only use this section for relatively major characters; for more minor characters, just include it in the history or description.)

==Story Appearances==
*Book 1
*Short Story 2, Book Collection if Applicable

==References==

<references />