Alastar Virgil

Second Commander (science department head) of the UAV Stardancer, Alastar Virgil is a Karaka'An in Fleet known for her calm and meticulous nature.

Physical Characteristics

Grayish-brown with short black hair (with one long, thin side-braid). Blue-gray eyes. Average height for one of the Karaka'A.

History

At Fleet Academe

Alastar was an Academe cadet a year above Alysha Forrest, who became friends with Laelkii Takara Lifeweave; Laelkii later introduced her to Alysha. Laelkii described Alastar as "very calm and unruffled." Alastar specialized in science and computer studies, and was extremely perceptive as regards to both systems and people.

When Harroway Sloan attempted to frame and blackmail Matthew Brighthaven (and kill Alysha) to advance the goals of the Anti-Human League, Alastar was instrumental in finding evidence of his crime, which allowed Brighthaven to save Alysha from murder.

Interstitial Assignments

Here's where all the stuff she did between the Academe and her assignment to the Stardancer is listed.

• Ensign -
• Lieutenant -
• Lieutenant Commander -

Stardancer Career

On the UAV Stardancer, Alastar went by 'Star, "having unavoidably been so christened after her assignment to a ship with a name so similar to hers, and as with everything, she’d accepted it without fuss."

On Planet Amity

This is what happened during Either Side of the Strand

Events of the Captain's Retreat

The stuff from Faith in the Service.

Trivia

• A running commentary in the series is that public displays of overt emotion (including sarcasm) are a sign that things have gone very wrong, as she is normally inherently phlegmatic.
• Alastar had been with the UAV Stardancer for six months at the time Alysha Forrest came aboard as captain, and a year by the timeframe of [[Sword of the Alliance (Fiction) |Sword of the Alliance.
• Dylan Brushnie observed her as "The quieter second commander [who] offered the occasional comment and exuded an unobtrusive air that did not conceal how likely it was that she was recording every specific of the event."
• Alastar is intrigued by ancient weapons.

Related Fiction

Alysha's Fall (Fiction)

Dark Lighthouse (Fiction)

In Good Company (Fiction)

Sword of the Alliance (Fiction)