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{{character
|image=Spensa and Chet by Egilde Art.jpeg
|abilities={{tag+|cytonics}}
|species=Delver
|books=[[Skyward (series)]]
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{{update|sky4}}
{{quote
|Just so you all know, I'm secretly a monster from outside space and time.
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'''Chet Starfinder''' is a unique [[delver]]
== Appearance and Personality ==
As a delver, Chet is capable of FTL travel,{{book ref|sky2|42}} detecting cytonics either in the nowhere or in the somewhere,{{book ref|sky2|43}} and projecting illusions.{{book ref|sky2|43}} He can form a body and change his appearance, as evidenced by his making of his new body.{{book ref|sky3|39}} He also has the ability to detect radio signals,{{book ref|sky2|44}} and can shoot embers to defend himself when in the somewhere.{{book ref|sky2|22}}
When journeying through the nowhere with Spensa, Chet tells her that he has the ability to communicate cytonically, expand his lifespan, and visualize the entire belt in his head. These are all abilities that are possessed by delvers.{{book ref|sky3|9}} Chet is physically fit, and has a lot of practical survival knowledge.{{book ref|sky3|14}}
== History ==
=== Meeting Spensa in the Nowhere ===
{{image|Spensa in the Nowhere by Eccos.jpg|side=right|width=300px|In the [[Nowhere]] with [[Spensa]] and [[M-Bot]]}}
{{quote
|Excellent to meet you in person, my cytonic friend! Chet Starfinder! Interdimensional galactic explorer!
|Chet to Spensa, overlooking the Broadsider base{{book ref|sky3|15}}
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They arrived at the pirate base fragment, observing the base from afar. Chet advised Spensa to bury [[Doomslug|her reality icon]],{{book ref|sky3|15}} and she pretended it to bury it, keeping it on her person.{{book ref|sky3|16}} Chet makes a distraction so that Spensa can slip into the pirate hangar to steal a ship, getting shot by a destructor in the process. He fled, hiding on the fragment when Spensa was captured. When Spensa tells him that she switched the plan at the last moment in case he was a traitor, Chet was deeply hurt, and felt betrayed. He talked about his self-doubt to Spensa, and accepted her apology.{{book ref|sky3|18}}
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Chet said he was uncertain, but eagerly presented the idea of Spensa exploring the nowhere with him. He genuinely enjoyed traveling with her, and wanted to do it more.{{book ref|sky3|36}} Spensa decided to reject the deal, and her and Chet unlocked the next portal and its memories. It showed [[Jason Write]] with his AI, modeled after [[Lanna Write|his dead wife]]. Spensa realized that Chet is a delver, and he confessed, telling her about making his new body and explaining what happened. He told her that he genuinely enjoyed their time together, and asked that Spensa not hate him. Chet told Spensa that the last step in the Path of Elders is at [[Solitary Shadow]], a fragment extremely close to the lightburst. Chet, Spensa, [[Hesho]], Doomslug, and M-Bot all flew towards Solitary Shadow to finish the Path and get back to Detritus.{{book ref|sky3|39}}
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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 Jason's AI deleted its memories and personality, then copied itself exponentially and became the delvers. Chet advised Spensa that they needed to make the delvers each feel isolated and alone. The delvers became enraged at the revealing of their secrets, and Chet and the others took off for the lightburst at full speed.{{book ref|sky3|42}}
== Trivia ==
* While writing [[Defiant (book)|Defiant]], getting Chet's character right was annoying for Brandon.{{wob ref|14665}}
== Notes ==
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