Pedro
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Pedro is the second of the Guardians of section 9 when the book opens. He looks somewhat younger than Kurt, of a Mediterranean cultural grade, with ordinary features except for an exotic, wide mustache. His specialty is logistics, but his passion is history.
In Descent (2258)
Aboard the ship
At the assembly Pedro asks for a review of the vote on proposal "GH-1", a guardian's request for more robots and a small number of personal weapons, rejected by 62% to 11%. Ifiok dismisses it in front of everyone, and Han has to step in.
After the crash
With Han dead, Pedro leads the guardians. All of them are ordered to stay awake to keep order, and many arm themselves. At the assembly he tries to add weapons and a guardian leader to Kurt's expedition, and to keep his department out of it; he chooses the extra guardian himself, rejecting any volunteer from Wang's followers. Ifiok's notes call him a dangerous materialist and libertarian who wants to use the situation to gather power.
The expedition and the split
After the attack of the The sunken Pedro fills the assembly with guardians and plays on the crew's fear: "If we anticipate to survive we cannot stay here." With Aditi's vote he wins a mass migration, then declares a state of emergency, takes control of every department, has Omega lock the system to everyone but the leaders and seconds, and has the last energy spent printing weapons and food. He organises the 100,000 survivors into 100 convoys of 1,000, with his loyal guardians at the head.
He confronts Kurt alone in his cubicle and tells him plainly what he wants: a return to a better past where a few had a lot, and those few will be him and his guardians. As he leaves, his bodyguard and two men with clubs close in on Kurt, and only Raina's arrival stops them.