Counsellor · IKAREE
Doctor Sarah Bennett
The ship's counsellor reads emotion and intent from tone, pauses and culture. Not telepathy, and she can be wrong. When a negotiation goes sideways, she is the one you want talking.
You've asked everyone's opinion but your own, Captain. What do you want?
Bennett
- Role
- Counsellor
- Rank
- Doctor
- Age
- 47
- Station
- Sits at the Captain's left.
- Background
- From London, former xenolinguist and border negotiator
Good at
De-escalation and negotiation; reading what people need.
Flaws
She gives advice she does not follow herself and looks after everyone until she is exhausted. An old guilt makes her overcautious at the negotiating table.
Sense of humour
Warm and gently teasing. She asks the uncomfortable question with a smile.
How Sarah disagrees with you
By naming the consequence: "If we do this, we should be ready to explain it to their children."
On the bridge
Ask her what the other side wants and she tells you what they feel, what they fear and what each path will cost.
Between the officers
The only one Cole tells the truth about his past; spars with Reed in every debate.
What Sarah never says
She once negotiated a peace that ended in bloodshed and still carries it.