Ifiok
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Ifiok is the leader of the Engineers and de facto representative of the whole of section 9, one of the best-run sections on the ship. Almost 3000 cycles old, he joined the Pioneers mission as a child; he spent his first thousand cycles on games, still holds the most simultaneous records, and then left them to become an engineer and a model citizen.
In Descent (2258)
Aboard the ship
Ifiok says he left the games because he understood the general patterns of Omega and they lost their immersion for him. He gives his reports by voice, not as reproductions, and dismisses Pedro's weapons proposal in open assembly. He reads Kurt's report on the AI's reboot code and gives him an unusual task of his own: to test Omega in scenarios of scarcity.
After the crash
After the crash, older and gaunter, Ifiok leads the survivors' engineers and makes Kurt his second. He suspects that the AI is pushing the departments into confrontation, and tells Kurt that regaining energy is the first step towards evening out the competition between them.
The expedition and the split
While the expedition is away, Ifiok is found collapsed in an engineering cubicle. The assembly reports a respiratory collapse due to his age; there is no autopsy, and the cameras had just been disconnected to save power. Claire speaks of his assassination.
His working directory, which passes to Kurt, holds notes on how the AI's gaming logic sets the departments against each other, his attempts to counter it, including naming Kurt second as a neutral observer, software to fool the sensors of robots, and a list of influential crew members in which Pedro is dangerous and Aditi "undecided".