Fred
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 60 (Khan – April 2185 – 82 Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 1Fred is an unpleasant Deltan from Caerleon who leads a gang that robs Camelot hunting parties of their kills.
- Ch 5Fred is humiliated and disarmed, but Donald doubts he will be easily dissuaded.
- Ch 10Fred bullies his own followers, threatening one with a spear when challenged.
- Ch 28Fred reacts with rage, accusing Camelot of having all the resources and judging everyone else.
- Ch 34Fred, a Caerleon leader with a smug grin, dies in the rescue fight.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 60Ambush at 82 Eridani
Eight version-3 Bobs approach 82 Eridani to attack Medeiros; Hannibal is destroyed by a cloaked nuke, and the Bobs destroy three more with Bill's new plasma spikes.
- Book 1 · Ch 60Battle of 82 Eridani
The Bobs dive into the system; Khan pinpoints Medeiros and a buster swarm destroys three Brazilian probes, but Medeiros's units kill every Bob except Khan.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Pigoid hunt
Deltan hunters kill a pigoid with flint-tipped spears while Bob watches via drone; Fred is injured when his spear snaps.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Cruella adopts boiled water
Pressured by the hunters, Cruella grudgingly cleans Fred's wound with boiled water as Bob had advised, a major victory for Bob.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Caerleon gang ambushes Camelot hunters
Fred's Caerleon gang surrounds a Camelot hunting party demanding part of its pigoid kill; Robert insults Fred and knocks him down when he swings, and the gang backs off.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Trap springs on Fred's gang
When Fred's Caerleon gang ambushes Robert's hunting party again, eighteen hidden Camelot hunters surround them; Robert threatens Fred, knocks him down, and the gang is sent off without their spears.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Fred hunts Robert
Fred and four Caerleon hunters stalk Robert in the woods; Bob slips past them undetected and watches Fred bully his own men before they give up.
- Book 3 · Ch 28Bob confronts Fred alone
Bob sneaks into Caerleon, ambushes Fred at knifepoint, then lets him go after Fred's angry defiance, taking his spear.
- Book 3 · Ch 34Rescue of Archimedes
After Caerleon raiders kidnap Archimedes, Bob, Buster, Donald and hunters intercept them; Buster kills Fred and the raiders are routed, with eight Caerleons down and three dead.