Moloko

Name: Vets Moloko Homeworld: Taif Species: Human Career: Researcher Affiliation: Taif Republic

Moloko formally holds the position of Master Navigator in the Taif Republic's unit. Although trained in astro-navigation and stellar science, the brilliant light of Taif's white star means that she is unable to use her skills to observe the universe. Instead she focuses on researching the Taif star itself, and she is much valued for her ability to predict, albeit without total accuracy, the periodic starquakes that neutralise all advanced technology in the system.

She was a reasonably skilled combatant, but the long periods she has spent staring at the star, even through protective lenses, have rendered her almost totally blind, Ironically the brilliant light of the Taif star is now the only thing she is capable of reliably seeing. She relies on one of the children to write down her observations. Despite her lack of vision she still wears the same protective eyegear as the other Taif soldiers, as she can still feel pain when rust particles infiltrate her vision.