Peony Devere

A portrait of the character

The head of tactical on the UAV Stardancer. This puts her as 4th in line of command.

Appearance and Personality

An Asanii, with Abyssinian patterning and lilac coloration (light gray ticking on cream with mauve/pink nose/pads). Light green eyes. Soprano.

Recent History

Peony was on the bridge and in charge of executing tactical maneuvers (including weaponsfire) during the pirate battle in Sector Thaka Epta alongside the Cometfencer.

Peony was on the Stardancer in 'In Good Company' and thinks herself broken but hiding it.

She was in the air when the Stardancer was impounded.

Has deputy named Damaris

Quotes:

"Target practice is fun, shooting people isn't."

• "All hands, remain at battlestations. This is not a drill."

• Toward the end of In Good Company, this extensive quote from the middle of chapter 20,

Chapter 20 starts on page 299, the section devoted to Peony starts on page 305 and continue thru page 307.

• Right now I do not want to type all that in. But Peony is psychologically messed up, and doubts herself on several vital points. She is a very weak link.
• "I'm stuck here with Peony and she is having a mental breakdown."

• The reason she feels this way is in and around pages 177, 198, and 205
• Spent a large time wishing she was competent at fighting, and weeping, and not being effective.

• As far as she knew, everyone around her still thought of jer as that decisive, competent department head. At least no one she'd seen while on duty had given her the uncertain sniffs and skeptical glances she now deserved. Which meant she was doing a good job of hiding just how broken she was on the inside.

mentions

In Good Company, chapters 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20

References

I need a reference to the Stardancer at In Good Company