Owen Blanchard
Names: Owen BlanchardOwenFleet CommanderCommander-in-Chief of the Twelfth FleetFleet Commander Owen BlanchardCommander-in-Chief
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 13 (10 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD, A DIGRESSION)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 13Former concert violinist forced by Simbiari testing to become a dynamic-field physicist; later first President of the Academy of Commercial Astrogation on Assawompsett.
- Ch 13He is the most powerful coercer in the rebel group and uses mind-probes to vet and recruit prospective rebels.
- Ch 14Owen is an elder, respected leader and Magnate-Designate who arranged the meeting; he voices some doubts but argues humanity must not be subjugated to exotic minds.
- Ch 25Owen Blanchard is an upsilon-field researcher and President of the Academy of Commercial Astrogation.
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 16He is packing the Twelfth Fleet with Rebel sympathizers.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 6Owen Blanchard is a secret Rebel leader and commands the Twelfth Fleet; he was once a concert violinist forced by Simbiari Proctors into physics.
- Ch 6Owen believes that secession now would fail, since the exotic minds in metaconcert could overpower humanity and quarantine it.
- Ch 7Commander-in-Chief of the Twelfth Fleet, reputed top Rebel leader and former lover of Annushka Gawrys.
- Ch 26Owen Blanchard commands the Twelfth Fleet and told Terekev his dreadnoughts would be hidden in a location kept secret from him.
- Ch 32Rebel fleet commander of the Vulpecula who questioned the Krondak governor and ordered the demonstration; one of the very first Rebels with Annushka.
Connections
- partner ofAnnalovers and colleagues at Cambridge for twenty years
- ally ofRagnar Gathen
- leadsTwelfth Fleet
- leadsRebellion
- ally ofPatricia Castellane
- has memberRagnar Gathensecond in command of the Twelfth Fleet
- ally ofMarc
- member ofRebellion
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 13Owen and Ragnar meet
In 2050, Owen Blanchard and Ragnar Gathen, seated together at William Tell, discover shared rebel sympathies; Owen probes Ragnar's mind and introduces him to Anna.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Rebel cabal grows
Through family ties Oljanna, Alan Sakhvadze and Will MacGregor join; Owen forcibly probes and recruits Jordan Kramer and Gerrit Van Wyk, who reveals further suspected rebels.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Rebels gather at Nusfjord
The conspirators meet at Inga Johansen's summerhouse, share a Norwegian dinner, and discuss Davy MacGregor's decision to run against Paul Remillard and the Remillard murder suspicions.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Plan to help Davy MacGregor defeat Paul Remillard
Gerrit proposes spreading word of Paul's suspected involvement in the murder; Anna decides they will use every weapon to help Davy win, with strategy to be set that night.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Inga leaves; doubts aired
After dinner Inga leaves them to their discussion, visibly sensing their purpose. The group debates whether they might be wrong, then Owen calls them to serious business.
- Book 2 · Ch 25Adrien joins the conspiracy
After agreeing to rebel against the Milieu and undergoing the device's treatment, Adrien meets the other conspirators, who plan to travel to Orb and campaign for Davy MacGregor as First Magnate.
- Book 4 · Ch 6Owen and Patricia rescue Anne
Owen and Patricia fly to the crash site, find Anne alive, sustain her in metaconcert until medics arrive, and hear her send the word Hydra before she loses consciousness.
- Book 4 · Ch 7Jack reports Anne's crash
Jack telepathically tells Dorothea that his Aunt Anne's starship crashed on Okanagon, probably sabotage, during a visit to investigate Rebel influence in the Twelfth Fleet.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Earthquake at Castellane's reception
A moderate quake hits Chelan Metro during the Rebel reception. Terekev is injured and acts strangely; fleet officers settle plans for his dreadnoughts.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Destruction of Molakar
Rebel ships, after the Krondak governor refused to explain the fleet buildup, used metaconcerted CE to wreck Molakar's crust and atmosphere, killing most of its two billion inhabitants.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Destruction of Okanagon
As a bubble of coadunate energy expands from the Carbuncle, Marc fires antimatter bombs; they pass through and strike Okanagon, killing two billion people.