Character profile
Daniel Harvey
maleFirst seen chapter 6Last seen chapter 14
Antagonistic platoon member who debates the handling of wildcat colonists and provides cynical commentary. Voiced moral objections to the kidnapping mission and later volunteered for secondary tasks. Harvey is present in Dirac's squad and assists during the mission. Recognized the flechette fence as science‑station equipment and commented on odds Attempts to eat and then throws a captured creature at the gun, later carries Wigner’s corpse up the tree and launches it, resulting in Wigner’s death. Harvey creates a noisy distraction using a hovercraft, kills Obin with brute force, and follows his "Occam's razor" combat philosophy.