Lester Solmon-Hune

Lester Solmon-Hune is one of the founding researchers of the Coalition for Scholarly Freedom who specializes in the study of interplanetary culture. Lester gave up a prestigious tenured position to help found the Coalition; though he says he was enamoured by the romance of becoming a traveling teacher, he also believed that the other founding members were too vague with their goals, and joined in order to ground the Coalition in political reality. He won't debate people, but when you display problematic political beliefs, he'll wait for you to finish and then ask you pointed questions until your entire worldview is in doubt. Makes puns often, especially with his essay titles. Grew up on Earth. Speaks an absurd number of languages; he's the kind of person who seems to understand every language he comes into contact with, without the aid of a Universal Translator. He's a decent pilot; on slow days he likes to take the Archive out of auto mode and fly it around, terrifying his research associates.

Lester is a rather tall, distinguished-looking man in his late 50s. He is bald, has light brown skin, thick eyebrows and a smattering of stubble that just won't go away. He cycles between three suits and his pajamas, which have little whales on them.