Kenneth Argon was a scientist and the head of the Exploratory Service on the planet Catalunya.[1] He was first mentioned in "Renegat".
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Renegat[]
Ken Argon was in charge of the Exploratory Service on Catalunya, and thus the colony itself. He took extensive interest in the native Llop. He spent weeks at a time in the woodlands with them, studying. He investigated the letters left by the pirates who originally founded the colony of Fancy on Catalunya, then known as Whydah. Their mentions of seemingly-sentient actions by the Llop fascinated Ken, and he continually investigated their level of intelligence.[1]
His eccentricities were noticed by his superiors in the Exploratory Service, and they sent Dabeet Ochoa to be the Proconsul of the planet, with the ability to countermand any action by Ken. Ken frequently insisted that Dabeet interact with the Llop.[1]
While Ken was working on a cure for feline toxoplasmosis that killed the parasites that gave the Llop speech (before the introduction of Toxoplasma gondii to the Catalan ecosystem), the parasite he was working on thought that Ken was poisoning it, and thus poisoned Ken in return. This caused excruciating pain. Before he died, however, he erased the security footage of the time and place of his death to hide the secret of the Llop.[1]
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Trivia[]
- As the investigation of his murder is the central plot point of the short story, and the fact that he was described in an abstract manner as a "renegat" (traitor) by Dabeet, he is the namesake of "Renegat".[1]