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Aditi is a researcher who becomes leader of the researchers of section 9 at the start of the book, succeeding Dana. She is the same age as [[Kurt|Kurt]], of Hindu cultural grade, and recently transferred from section 6; her field is reproductive genetics and cloning, in which she is considered the best on the ship. She wears a sheer red shawl as her [zeichen], and her long black hair and curvy figure are rare among the androgynous crew. | |||
== In Descent (2258) == | == In Descent (2258) == | ||
=== | === Aboard the ship === | ||
Aditi flirts with Kurt at the assembly and leads their affair from then on: in a gallery room, and later in a primitive hunting recreation she invites him to, where they chase each other as wolves. Her intellect is quick and she is contemptuous of technologists. To her the human being is "already biologically irrelevant", a species asleep in its recreations, and she wonders whether humanity might become the creator of another species' game. Under her leadership some departments, such as Claire's neuroscience, lose shifts and energy. | |||
=== After the crash === | |||
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{{Spoiler|Descent}} | {{Spoiler|Descent}} | ||
After the crash Aditi concentrates the researchers' resources on genetics, environmental adaptation and cloning, which she credits with saving thousands; medicine and nutrition are left short. Kurt finds her preparing the exploration vehicle, which she says will serve as a laboratory if the cubicles run out of power. She supports his expedition on two conditions: that it does not use the vehicle, and that it brings back any unknown creatures it finds. [[Ifiok|Ifiok]]'s notes list her as "undecided". | |||
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=== The expedition and the split === | |||
{{Spoiler|Descent}} | |||
When the expedition returns, Aditi presses Kurt for the results but shows no interest in the samples she asked for. At the assembly after the attack of the [[The sunken|The sunken]] she gives [[Pedro|Pedro]] the vote for the migration, on condition that the exploration vehicle serves as a laboratory free of guardian interference. She tells Kurt that his wish to help everyone will make him lose the game. The same day she takes the vehicle in an action planned days earlier and flees alone to the west. | |||
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=== Quotes === | |||
<div class="calima-quote">A woman was sitting to his right and her exotic appearance caught his attention: she wore a sheer red shawl, surely her [zeichen], which covered as much as it highlighted her unusual curvy figure, not reaching the extreme modifications that a few exhibited.{{Source|Descent|Part 1}}</div> | |||
<div class="calima-quote">Aditi, in case you require a name.{{Source|Descent|Part 1}}</div> | |||
<div class="calima-quote">The human being is already biologically irrelevant.{{Source|Descent|Part 1}}</div> | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:05, 30 October 2026
Aditi is a researcher who becomes leader of the researchers of section 9 at the start of the book, succeeding Dana. She is the same age as Kurt, of Hindu cultural grade, and recently transferred from section 6; her field is reproductive genetics and cloning, in which she is considered the best on the ship. She wears a sheer red shawl as her [zeichen], and her long black hair and curvy figure are rare among the androgynous crew.
In Descent (2258)
Aboard the ship
Aditi flirts with Kurt at the assembly and leads their affair from then on: in a gallery room, and later in a primitive hunting recreation she invites him to, where they chase each other as wolves. Her intellect is quick and she is contemptuous of technologists. To her the human being is "already biologically irrelevant", a species asleep in its recreations, and she wonders whether humanity might become the creator of another species' game. Under her leadership some departments, such as Claire's neuroscience, lose shifts and energy.
After the crash
After the crash Aditi concentrates the researchers' resources on genetics, environmental adaptation and cloning, which she credits with saving thousands; medicine and nutrition are left short. Kurt finds her preparing the exploration vehicle, which she says will serve as a laboratory if the cubicles run out of power. She supports his expedition on two conditions: that it does not use the vehicle, and that it brings back any unknown creatures it finds. Ifiok's notes list her as "undecided".
The expedition and the split
When the expedition returns, Aditi presses Kurt for the results but shows no interest in the samples she asked for. At the assembly after the attack of the The sunken she gives Pedro the vote for the migration, on condition that the exploration vehicle serves as a laboratory free of guardian interference. She tells Kurt that his wish to help everyone will make him lose the game. The same day she takes the vehicle in an action planned days earlier and flees alone to the west.