Colonel McAllister

Species: Human | Role: Confederation Military / Prisoner

Captured Confederation officer who knows too much about Project Renewal. A prisoner who might be more dangerous as a source than as an enemy.

Background

Colonel McAllister served the Confederation faithfully for twenty years. He followed orders. He didn’t ask questions. He rose through the ranks by being reliable, competent, and incurious.

Then he was assigned to a Project Renewal facility. What he saw there changed everything—but by then, he knew too much to leave. When Robert’s crew captured him, McAllister faced a choice: die with his secrets or live by sharing them.

Appearance

• Military bearing - Even in captivity
• Disheveled uniform - Prisoner conditions visible
• Haunted eyes - Has seen things he can’t forget
• Controlled tension - Always calculating
• Signs of strain - Captivity wears on him

Personality

McAllister is a man caught between worlds. He served a system he now knows to be monstrous, but he’s not sure the alternative is better. He cooperates with his captors—but is he a convert, a survivor, or something else entirely?

He knows the value of what he carries. That knowledge is his only currency, and he spends it carefully.

Threat Level

McAllister’s threat isn’t violence—it’s information. He knows details about Project Renewal that the resistance needs. But every piece of intelligence comes with questions: Is it accurate? Is it complete? Is he leading them into a trap?

A prisoner who wants to talk is sometimes more dangerous than one who stays silent.

Connections

• Project Renewal - What he knows, what he saw
• The Confederation - Former loyalty, complicated now
• Robert Fannec - Captor, interrogator, maybe something else
• Dr. Werner Holt - Fellow insider, different path

Colonel McAllister appears in Books 2-9 of the Fannec Records series.