About
First Drift Officer NV Erika Magnusdóttir and NV Persistent Error. ISNI Cohort 12. Technically the best in his cohort — prodigy-level. The arc from technical certainty to moral competence: in Running Dark he encodes the artifact coordinates and thermodynamic depletion readings as Category-7 drift anomalies in the navigation log, knowing it is technically defensible and morally compromised.
Family
Parents in Kerry (age 80 and 78 in 2172) Sister Niamh Mac Diarmada (no documented dates) Niece Síle Mac Diarmada (b. 2153 Kerry; age 19 in 2172): drift-physics student at Trinity College Dublin. Dáithí is her professional ancestor; the only family member who understands what she is studying. He has built the cleanest professional-personal bridge in his life with her. He does not tell her about the embed. Visits Kerry once a year for two weeks; stays in his old room; brings a notebook; fills it with calculations he then abandons.
Off the page
Daily texture. Wake 05:30. Breakfast efficient. Pre-shift calculation review. Arrives at console 15 minutes early (habit, not anxiety). Drift calculations / navigation data verification / calibration sequences. Reads mathematics journals. Sometimes plays fiddle (small travel instrument, kept in quarters, played rarely and only when alone). Evening: reviews day's calculations one more time.