Planet on which civilisation collapsed some 3,000 years prior to the Liberator's visit when social and economic development reached its limits. The technology developed on the planet included instantaneous matter transmission over any distance on a terminal-to-terminal basis, and so the people of Keezarn sent out a starship (by inference, a sublight vessel) to find a new system to colonise. A race memory was genetically planted in the population, and once every 35 generations the descendants would gather at the City at the Edge of the World to find someone to open the door to the terminal on the planet. Bayban noted that there were no gems or precious metals anywhere on the planet, and assumed that they lay behind the vault door. At least twelve natives of Keezarn were killed by Bayban and his men, probably more.
Orac conjectured that the planet was called Keezarn from a reference in "an obscure archaeological treatise", and the name was later confirmed by the recording Vila and Kerril heard aboard the starship.
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An old acquaintance of Avon, though in what regard was not made absolutely
clear. As encountered by the crew of Scorpio he was acting as the
purser of the Space Princess on its journey from Zerok to Earth,
though he was in fact head of security aboard the ship and responsible for
the safe delivery of the gold on board. His voice-print identification
number at the gold mine on Zerok was 22719326.
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During the escape from the Space Princess Keiller shot and killed Dr Slaten, though this failed to impress Soolin. He himself died after Avon left him on Beta 5 with Servalan and her guards, though exactly who killed him was not recorded.
City on an unnamed planet (Keldon?). According to Durkim, half the population was killed when the neutron drive unit from the Nova Queen landed right on top of the city.
Leader of the first expedition to Virn, some five years before Servalan's visit. He was the last of the party to die, after a woman called Gena killed herself on realising the nature of the sand. His body was found by Tarrant and Servalan, still warm and preserved by the sand as a food source.
Keller had had an affair with Servalan when she was eighteen, though it apparently ended when he left her. For who (if anyone) and why was not revealed.
A crewman of Wanderer K47, whose body was not aboard when the ship was investigated by Dr Bellfriar's team on Fosforon.
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Captain of the Space Princess on its flight from Zerok to Earth.
Worked for Bayban, who described her as "the best gunhand I ever had, but she's got no team spirit". She was a crack shot, blasting a gun out of Sherm's fingers. She obeyed Bayban's orders, but had nothing but contempt for Sherm. She initially held a similar view of Vila, but took the trouble to clean herself up before accompanying him through the vault door. Kerril was the first to step on the matter transmission device to the distant starship. She made love with Vila whilst on the ship, and later suggested calling the planet to which they had been taken as "Homeworld" or "Vilaworld". Back on Keezarn, she asked Norl to let her go with his people to their new home, and was granted permission on the grounds that she, like Vila, had helped Norl's people. Vila held Bayban at gunpoint to let her step through the door, after which it resealed itself and was never re-opened.
A security measure guarding the gold shipment on the Space Princess: a shower of killers was released when the strongbox was opened. They adhered and apparently ignited on contact (with anything living?) and burnt their way through the target. Some apparently had a built-in timer delay.
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Federation officer, with the rank of Section Leader. Klegg and five troopers
of a Federation Death Squad were the first to board Liberator after
it was abandoned in the Intergalactic War, closely followed by Tarrant.
Klegg captured Dayna as a hostage, and agreed to a deal with Avon to betray
Tarrant. He was eventually garrotted by Dayna.
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