Tom Orley

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also known as Thomas Orley, Tom

Special operative / gene-crafted human

Alone on Kithrup's weed-mats after a crash; observes the space battle overhead, arms and hurls the Thennanin distress psi-bomb to trigger the Trojan Seahorse plan, singing a defiant ballad about humanity.

In Startide Rising (David Brin, 1983)