Robert Fannec

Species: Human | Role: Protagonist

A former drone maintenance technician from Mool, Robert never planned to become a revolutionary. He just couldn’t look away when people started disappearing.

Background

Robert grew up in poverty in Bethada City’s undercity on the mining colony of Mool. Both parents died young—his father from Bethada Fever, his mother from cardiac failure after years of grueling work. He was three weeks from eviction when a shooting competition changed everything.

Working as a drone maintenance technician, Robert discovered something that would alter the course of his life: people were disappearing from Mool’s poorest districts. Not running away. Not dying in accidents. Disappearing. And nobody in power seemed to care.

Skills & Abilities

Exceptional marksman - Trained from age 14, competition-level accuracy
Resourceful problem-solver - Years of making broken equipment work
Natural leader - Despite his constant protests otherwise
Technical knowledge - Drone systems, basic hacking, ship maintenance

Personality

Sardonic, self-deprecating, fiercely protective. Robert uses dark humor to deflect from the weight he carries. He calls himself “just the idiot who couldn’t look away” but has become something far more significant to the resistance movement.

He struggles with the violence required by his path, carrying guilt over every life taken—even those who deserved it. His moral compass remains stubbornly intact despite everything he’s witnessed.

Known Identities

GreenNet - The hacker vigilante identity Robert uses to expose Confederation corruption. The name became synonymous with resistance after Robert broadcast evidence of the trafficking conspiracy to billions across the galaxy.

Quotes

“They don’t get to just take people. They don’t get to make them disappear.”

“I’m not a hero. I’m just the guy who couldn’t pretend he didn’t see.”

Connections

Ace - AI partner, found Robert near Mool’s shipyards
The Acus’Rube - Robert’s salvaged ship, home base for the crew
Mool - Homeworld, site of his discovery of the trafficking conspiracy
Commander Kane - SLPS officer hunting him (complicated history)

Robert Fannec appears in all nine books of the Fannec Records series.