Del Tarrant

Del Tarrant is one of the tritagonists of the third and fourth seasons of Blake's 7.
He was portrayed by Steven Pacey, who has reprised the role for the Big Finish audios.
==Biography==
Del Tarrant was once a Federation captain, but deserted after using his ship for smuggling and became a mercenary. However, he joined in the battle against the Andromedans when they invaded Federation space. His ship was destroyed and he ended up on board the abandoned Liberator, now in the possession of Federation Section Leader Klegg and his men. Tarrant posed as a Federation captain and, when Kerr Avon and Dayna Mellanby teleported aboard, realised Avon was a member of the ship's old crew but kept it from Klegg. He killed one trooper and caused Klegg to kill another, then killed a third, Harmon, in front of Avon and explained his true allegiance. Avon appeared to betray him, but together they overpowered the remaining troopers. Avon then inducted Tarrant and Dayna as part of his new crew alongside old hands Vila Restal and Cally.
In one early mission, Tarrant was given the job, alongside Dayna, of investigating Obsidian as a potential base, which failed thanks to the efforts of Federation President Servalan. He often clashed with Avon, stopping him from putting on the only available spacesuit when the Liberator fell into a black hole. During an attempt to hijack the kairopan shipment, Tarrant encountered his old captain Ven Jarvik, now working for Servalan. Despite them being on opposite sides, he expressed regret at Jarvik's death. He was also present for the mission to Auron and Avon's revenge on Anna Grant.
He and Avon had their biggest clash yet during their investigation of an alien sarcophagus, but when its undead occupant possessed Cally, it was Avon who provided the solution. Tarrant returned the favour during the mission on Ultraworld, restoring Avon and Cally's minds after they had been drained.
When the Liberator crew went to witness the conflict between the champions of Teal and Vandor, Tarrant was shocked to learn his older brother Deeta was the champion of Teal. He tried to see him before the conflict, but in the end could only watch via neural link as Deeta was killed by his opponent, Vinni. Avon realised Vinni was a robot created by Servalan to provoke open warfare between the two power blocs, which Tarrant prevented by killing Vinni in a blood feud and destroying the evidence.
Avon took the Liberator to the artificial planet Terminal, insisting he'd kill anyone who followed him. Tarrant and Cally followed anyway and were captured by Servalan, as Avon had been. Aware that the Liberator was on the verge of collapse after a journey through a particle cloud, Tarrant readily surrendered the ship to Servalan, with the former crew being stranded on Terminal as the Liberator exploded in orbit.
Tarrant, together with Avon, Vila and Dayna, left the planet aboard the freighter Scorpio and set up base on Xenon after defeating Dorian, the long-lived controller of the ship and base who had planned to use them to form a gestalt to extend his own life. With the Federation gathering power, thanks to the efforts of Servalan in her new guise of Commissioner Sleer, the crew had to investigate further. Tarrant and Dayna manage to aid rebels on Helotrix and get samples of the pacification drug pylene-50. Tarrant and Avon clashed less now but still disagreed: Tarrant made the decision to destroy Muller's android, which had attempted to dominate humanity, without Avon's approval. During their tussle with the assassin Cancer, Tarrant was taken in by the apparently innocent entertainer Piri, unaware she was actually Cancer, with it taking new recruit Soolin to work out the truth.
During Avon's attempt to form an alliance against the Federation among the non-aligned worlds, Tarrant began a relationship with Zeeona, daughter of the warlord Zukan. However, Zukan betrayed the alliance and set the Scorpio crew up by releasing a radioactive airborne virus in their base. The crew survived but Zeeona died after removing the glove of her protective suit and exposing herself to the virus.
Abandoning the base, the crew set off for Gauda Prime to try and enlist Roj Blake as a unifying force. When Scorpio was badly damaged in an attack by Gaudan ships, Tarrant remained to hold the ship steady as the rest of the crew teleported to safety. He survived the crash and was found by Blake, who had apparently turned his back on his ideals and was working as a bounty hunter, threatening to turn the crew in for the reward. Not realising this was a charade, Tarrant escaped and told Avon, who killed Blake. Moments later, Federation troopers attacked Blake’s base, prompting a shoot-out in which most of the rebels were gunned down. Tarrant was the last of the crew who was seen to fall, leaving only Avon still standing as the troopers moved in.
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