Gudmund Valter
Names: Gudmund ValterMr. ValterPresident Valter
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 33 (Riker – March 2158 – Sol)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 33Gudmund Valter, ex-military leader of about four thousand Spitsbergen survivors, presses for early emigration.
- Ch 33Valter reveals his people hold the intact Svalbard seed and genetic vaults, implying leverage over colonisation.
- Ch 36Valter demands top colonisation priority or no one gets the vaults, claiming a scorched-earth plan is in place.
- Ch 36Tipped off about the third ship's schedule, Valter signals willingness to negotiate.
- Ch 58Valter accepts philosophically that his group will settle second-choice planet and build infrastructure for later arrivals.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 8President Valter agrees to trade decanted livestock with the other colonies for future considerations.
Connections
- leadsSpitsbergen
- leadsSpits
- member ofSpits
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 33Valter's seed-vault ultimatum
Gudmund Valter tells Riker the Spitsbergen group holds the Svalbard vaults colonists need, implying a threat to secure priority for his people.
- Book 1 · Ch 36Standoff with Valter
Valter calls Riker's bluff of seizing the vaults by force; Riker warns the Spits will get no ship if they persist.
- Book 1 · Ch 36Third-ship compromise opens
Butterworth proposes advancing the third ship, and Valter, apparently tipped off, opens negotiations with Riker.
- Book 1 · Ch 41Destinations announced
Riker announces Romulus and Vulcan as emigration destinations; delegates erupt with complaints about sharing planets.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Colony leaders clash
USE, FAITH and Spitsbergen leaders immediately feud; Howard shames them into cooperating and brokers a livestock and artificial-womb trade.