Stubsy Florac
Names: Stubsy FloracFloracStubsy
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 6 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 6Stubsy Florac is sensitive about his short height, never altered in rejuvenation, and meets Troblum at a villa near Ikeo.
- Ch 6Stubsy Florac is a short, crude salvager who supplies Troblum with genuine artefacts and keeps a stable of tall, weapon-enhanced women at his villa.
- Ch 6Florac says he could never visit the Central Worlds without first spending a decade wiping his bad memories.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 1Stubsy Florac, a dealer on Sholapur, acted nervous and sweaty, and betrayed Troblum by luring him into his vaults where the Cat waited.
- Ch 1Stubsy is a small-time dealer in illegal objects and weapons, terrorised by the Cat into serving as bait for Paula.
- Ch 1Florac was badly wounded in the villa battle, then consumed by a gray biononic viral and died in agony; his memorycell was destroyed.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Troblum arrives on Sholapur
Troblum lands Mellanie's Redemption at Ikeo City and is greeted at a clifftop villa by Stubsy Florac.
- Book 1 · Ch 6Troblum buys the ion rifle
At Florac's villa, Troblum verifies an antique ion rifle via its molecular code, pays Florac, and discusses the Pilgrimage before leaving with it.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Troblum ambushed by the Cat
Troblum lands on Sholapur and visits Stubsy Florac to collect his collection, then is cut off from his ship and confronted by the Cat in the vaults.
- Book 2 · Ch 1The Cat confronts Troblum
The Cat reveals she tracked Troblum, controls Stubsy and his companions, and demands his ship to trap Paula. Troblum threatens to fire a zone killer; she kills Alcinda.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Battle at Florac's villa
Paula fights Amazon bodyguards and a hidden exotic-matter trap, then faces a glowing white figure whose starship flees. Troblum escapes in his own ship.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Florac killed by gray viral
A gray biononic viral consumes Florac aboard Paula's ship. She ejects and destroys the medical chamber and sterilizes the villa site.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Paula searches Troblum's apartments
Paula finds Troblum's files wiped and a lab apartment emptied, deduces he took Starflyer War items to Florac, and plans a last trip to confirm a suspicion.