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==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Connadine's appearance is extremely nondescript: "If you were to see him, you wouldn't think anything strange about it, but you wouldn't be able to accurately describe his features an hour later."<ref>[[Jack]], [[PALISADE 03: Today Is a Monday]]</ref> He is a white man who appears to be somewhere in his late 40s to mid-50s, and resembles the midpoint between Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance, and Gary Oldman.<ref name="PAL03">[[PALISADE 03: Today Is a Monday]]</ref> | Connadine's appearance is extremely nondescript: "If you were to see him, you wouldn't think anything strange about it, but you wouldn't be able to accurately describe his features an hour later."<ref>[[Jack]], [[PALISADE 03: Today Is a Monday]]</ref> He is a white man who appears to be somewhere in his late 40s to mid-50s, and [[List of authors referenced on Friends at the Table#John le Carré|resembles]] the midpoint between Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance, and Gary Oldman.<ref name="PAL03">[[PALISADE 03: Today Is a Monday]]</ref> | ||
==History and Involvement== | ==History and Involvement== | ||
Revision as of 19:36, 26 January 2024
Riah Connadine[note 1] is the head of the BIS on Palisade. He is a super-spy of "the George Smiley, Tinker Tailor model of super-spy."[1]
Appearance
Connadine's appearance is extremely nondescript: "If you were to see him, you wouldn't think anything strange about it, but you wouldn't be able to accurately describe his features an hour later."[2] He is a white man who appears to be somewhere in his late 40s to mid-50s, and resembles the midpoint between Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance, and Gary Oldman.[3]
History and Involvement
Connadine graduated from Willinoor Square in 1395, where he majored in psychological operations and minored in folklore. He has subsequently spent most of his career in the BIS, first as a frontline operative and then as a professor back at Willinoor Square. On the orders of the Princept, Connadine was called back into active duty with the BIS on Palisade.
He had a predecessor who was removed unceremoniously from the position. At the Paint Shop, he announces a grand plan to bring Palisade on Cycle.[3]
When Stargrave Elcessor, in a fit of paranoia, arms her stellar combustor, Connadine leaves his post to pay her a visit and attempt to talk her down. He's unsuccessful.[4]
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE's An Impossible Ideal and Seize the Chance arcs.
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After the Blue Channel permanently disables all stellar combustors in the galaxy and the BIS loses much of its power on Palisade, Connadine leaves the Paint Shop and strategically "loses" key intel on it to Eclectic Opposition. When Eclectic sees what he's doing and demands to know why, Connadine says that he's done with the Paint Shop and that Eclectic should get off of Palisade, which is about to (metaphorically) explode.[1]
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE's Weapons Ready arc.
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Prior to meeting with Eclectic, Connadine already chose to give up the Paint Shop as part of his dinner date negotiations with the Divine, Arbitrage. After it explained its plan to impose the Principality's ideology as universal law (which brought a tear to his eye), he also agreed to give it access to the Paint Shop's brainwashing room. In exchange, he would be brought off planet to speak with it "face-to-face" as its new partner.[5]
Quotes
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We understand, as an old friend of mine once said, that the easiest way to ensure that any tomorrow is a Tuesday is to make sure people believe that today is a Monday.”