Lashi Ala Adassti
Names: Lashi Ala AdasstiLashi AlaLashiMagnate Lashi Ala AdasstiSenior Oversight Magnate Adasstithe Magnate
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 22 (21)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Intervention
- Ch 22Simb magnate who resents Lylmik favoritism toward Earth and doubts humanity is ready for Intervention; visits a Lylmik cruiser for the first time.
- Ch 22Proud and defensive, she insists the Simbiari know humanity better than anyone and are not scared of humans.
- Ch 66Senior Simbiari officer aboard the Sada; fastidious about decorum, has mostly done administrative work and monitored human Metapsychic Congresses for five orbits.
- Ch 66Her aunt Bami Ala was a Tunguska martyr; she finds humans repulsive yet knows the Lylmik had high hopes for Earth.
Connections
- member ofEarth Oversight Authority
- family ofBami AlaBami Ala was her aunt
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 22Authority meets the Supervisory Body
The four Overseers dock in the Noumenon. Five Lylmik Supervisors appear as heads, praise their work, explain Earth's risky potential, promise special assistance, and join them in Unity.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Overseers puzzle over Lylmik involvement
Awakening in their shuttle, the Overseers realize the Lylmik will directly assist and shepherd Franco-American operants, an unprecedented step. RipRip Muml admits fear of humans, which Lashi Ala denies.
- Book 1 · Ch 66Tunguska commemoration flyover
The Sada and twenty-six vessels hover over the Tunguska taiga for the centennial of the Risstimi martyrdom, with a prayer and deliberate exposure to a reindeer-herders' helicopter and a journalist, plus Soviet sensors.
- Book 1 · Ch 66Soviets misread the manifestation
When MiGs approach and Soviets suspect a Chinese secret weapon, the Magnate declares the Lylmik ploy a failure and orders the fleet back into orbit and invisibility.