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'''Chet Starfinder''' is a [[delver]], coming up with his own name prior to meeting [[Spensa]]. He assembles a body for himself, modeling it after the body and personality of [[Spears|Commander Spears]], [[M-Bot]]
== Appearance and Personality ==
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|Chet to Spensa{{book ref|sky3|18}}
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Chet was the delver that [[Brade]] summoned outside [[Detritus]].{{book ref|sky3|39}} Spensa sent the delver to [[Starsight (station)|Starsight]] to save Detritus. Afterward, Spensa went to the heart of the delver maze, where she showed Chet that the buzzing noises were in fact people with families, hopes, and dreams. Chet was horrified and returned to the nowhere.{{book ref|sky2|44}}
=== Meeting Spensa in the Nowhere ===
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|Excellent to meet you in person, my cytonic friend! Chet Starfinder! Interdimensional galactic explorer!
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|Two hundred years, and
|Chet to Spensa{{book ref|sky3|9}}
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Chet told Spensa what he remembered about his past, saying that he crashed on a planet around 170 years ago, exactly when Commander Spears did. This made Spensa think that Chet was Commander Spears, M-Bot’s pilot.{{book ref|sky3|8}} Chet and Spensa discussed their cytonic abilities, Chet saying he has the ability to cytonically communicate, extend his lifespan, and visualize the entire belt in his head. They
As they traveled across the fragments in the Belt, Chet told Spensa about the different pirate factions, and taught her how to tie knots, helping her make her club, [[Skullbreaker]].{{book ref|sky3|10}} They reached the first step in the Path of Elders, both Chet and Spensa observing the memories stored inside the portal. They saw a dione cytonic coming into the nowhere and dying on the fragment, trapped forever.{{book ref|sky3|11}} A small, compact fragment, sent by the other delvers, crashed into their fragment, destroying it. Chet and Spensa managed to escape onto a nearby fragment.{{book ref|sky3|12}} Chet plotted a course to the Broadsider base,{{book ref|sky3|13}}, and he and Spensa made [[Not-ilus|a raft]] to cross an
=== The Broadsiders ===
|Chet to Spensa, overlooking the Broadsider base{{book ref|sky3|15}}
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They
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|You feel your self dribbling away each day. Having something to do is important. The sparring, the duels… These invigorating activities give the pirates purpose,
|Chet to [[Peg]]{{book ref|sky3|23}}
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Chet was offered his own ship to fly, but he preferred to fly with Spensa.{{book ref|sky3|23}} They flew to the next portal in the Path of Elders, and accessed the memories therein. They saw humans and [[UrDail]] meeting with each other on fragments, and eventually watched the humans stop coming. A female cytonic communicated with them, saying that it took hundreds of cytonics to fight one delver. She said that if they now faced millions, then they are doomed. She gave them the location of the next portal, which Chet identified as being in [[Surehold]], the Superiority main base in the Belt.{{book ref|sky3|24}} Upon returning to the Broadsider base, they had to fight off a enemy force from the [[Jolly Roger Faction]]. During the fierce dogfighting, Chet lost consciousness from the g-forces, which made him embarrassed after the battle.{{book ref|sky3|26}} Spensa dueled in the arena for the title of Pirate Champion, and Chet watched her fight from the sidelines.{{book ref|sky3|28}} After
=== Assaulting Surehold ===
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|The AI and I have been bonding.
|Chet to Spensa{{book ref|sky3|33}}
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|But… I needed a shape, a personality, someone to ''be''.
|Chet confessing to Spensa
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=== Final Confrontation ===
In the flight to Solitary Shadow, Chet explained more about delvers and AI to Spensa and the others. He also told her that the delvers will do anything to stop them, and will likely form physical bodies.{{book ref|sky3|40}} At Solitary Shadow, they tapped into the final set of memories. The memories showed how
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|Chet to Spensa before sacrificing himself{{book ref|Sky3|42}}
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As they grew closer to the lightburst, it became hard for Chet to hold his shape, and his face began to melt. A hundred of the delvers formed themselves into ships, and Spensa and Hesho engaged them, with Chet in the ship. When the delvers started to overwhelm Spensa, Chet sacrificed himself, leaving the ship and letting the delvers chase him. They caught him and locked him away, allowing the others to escape.{{book ref|sky3|42}} After M-Bot sacrificed himself and Spensa entered the lightburst, Spensa and Chet connected when the delvers began mentally attacking Spensa.
== Relationships ==
=== Spensa ===
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|Truly, Miss Nightshade,
|Chet to Spensa{{book ref|sky3|14}}
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From the start, Chet feels a bond with Spensa, as she was the one to change him for the better at Starsight. Though he had to lie to her about his identity as a delver, he wanted to help her on her journey through the Path of Elders. Exploring with her makes him feel alive, and he enjoys it greatly.{{book ref|sky3|39}} They get along very well, though Spensa initially feels some distrust of Chet. When she switches a plan in case he is going to betray her, Chet is very hurt. Afterward however, Spensa begins to trust him more, and they are able to repair their friendship.{{book ref|sky3|18}} After the events in the lightburst,
=== M-Bot ===
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|M-Bot to Spensa{{book ref|sky3|13}}
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At first, Chet is distrustful of M-Bot, constantly calling him an
== Trivia ==
* While writing [[Defiant (book)|Defiant]], getting Chet's character right was annoying for Brandon{{wob ref|14665}}
== Notes ==
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