Jared Dirac

A newly decanted Special Forces soldier with a BrainPal who learns to speak, interacts with Curie, Cloud, and Brahe, and is integrated with a training squad at Camp Carson. Day‑old Special Forces recruit awakened by Judy Curie, receives BrainPal, learns difference between born‑grown and realborn, reads Frankenstein, masters the MP‑35A Empee rifle, participates in integration training, war‑game combat, and is assigned to the ship Kite with Pauling and Seaborg Special Forces recruit with Boutin’s brain; fought on Gettysburg, sustained injuries, and displayed integration abilities. Participated in the palace assault, killed the consort, sterilized the heir, and engaged in the final negotiation. Jared experiences a sudden green arm, vomits black jellybeans recalling his dead daughter Zoë, is shot with a stun bolt, and learns he may house Charles Boutin's consciousness, leading to his reassignment to Military Research with a recorded BrainPal. Central to the plan to infiltrate Omagh as a memory‑triggering stress test. Regains extensive Boutin memories, confronts Mattson about Boutin's death, learns Boutin is on Arist, receives Babar toy, and is assigned back to Special Forces under Szilard. Dirac is monitored via Sagan's mind‑reading upgrade, expresses concern about underestimating Bout, loses BrainPal integration due to Obin interference, and participates in the Arist mission. Gained new knowledge about Obin, Consu, BrainPal back door, and Special Forces naming; experienced hearing from Boutin at the science station Learns extensive new information about the Colonial Union, the Obin, the Conclave, and Boutin's plan to use him as a virus carrier. Jared reflects on the Colonial Union, integrates with Dirac, and grapples with the impending consciousness transfer and its moral implications. His recorded consciousness is displayed as a “soul” and discussed for potential transfer