About
Tarvan Bilateral-Exchange Observer aboard NV Karl Vidar Pedersen –. Counterpart to Velek's institutional posting in Bright Horizon but completely different environment — must learn the Pedersen's warmth (banter, physical contact, galley culture, irreverence).
Across the stories
The Outer Run
"Your vessel speaks to you. I will learn what it says, with your permission." Formal Tarvan-framework statement of observational intent; in Tarvan social terms it is also a compliment (acknowledging vessel-captain relational bond as worthy of study).
Career
First bilateral rotation ~2040 Tarvan reckoning (~2097 human calendar) — terminated early after 72-hour communication-failure crisis; spent 65 years developing the missing translation framework that made the current bilateral-rotation programme's methodology Posted to Pedersen 2162 (per CANON-CONSOLIDATION locks deployment timeline); 14–16 month posting