Teefer

## Overview

Teefer is introduced as a member of the Kratch mercenary group. He is considered defective because he cannot connect to the group mind of the Kratch. As such he is assigned menial tasks instead of combat roles.

A first Teefer could hear the commands via his cranial implement but wasn't as directed as his brethren. He had stopped asking questions when he realized they’d come close to having their entire batch euthanized, or “recycled,” as the overseers called it.

Teefer tenuous connection was lost in an implied incident in a battle with the squadron.

## Activities

### Lone Wolf Squadron

#### Attack Wing

Teefer is assigned as Katy's prison guard. She slowly gets him to treat her as a friend. He is lonely and she gets him to see her as his new "group". When the other Katch guards Teefer realizes he will miss Katy and for the first time in his life his organic eye sheds a tear.

Teefer helps when Charli breaks into the facility to break Katy out. After a chase through the facility and a high-speed vehicle chase through the city they reach the shuttle and escape. Based on Teefer's help during the escape Charli welcomes Teefer the Squadron.

#### Sector Force

Teefer has been accepted by the Squadron and Station personnel, but he is struggling to find a niche. He works at tasks as assigned but does not have any self-initiative.

While inspecting a recent shipment he finds the containers are 40 percent filler and at least one has an incendiary device. With his cybernetic enhancements he can see the device is set to go off in about 48 hours. Teefer explains that after he damaged in a fight with the Squadron he couldn't connect to the collective but he could "hear" any device with advanced electronics.,

Charli warms up to Teefer and allows him to become more engaged in repairing the fighters. She had disconnected the part of his enhancements that linked his mind to the other Kratch via a comm chip. That had been important since otherwise, he’d have succumbed to the hive mind of the other clones telling him to kill himself.  She realizes his engineering approach is different from hers because he converses with the components he is working on and gets a deeper insight than her external view of them.

Teefer also finds a friend in June, He can hear her when the rest of the station crew cannot. This is essential when the station is hacked and an enemy EI/AI takes control. He brings it to Charli and Katy's attention and they get June back online

#### Interstellar Justice

Teefer is having nightmares of his early life. He had to hide his loose connection to the hive mind to avoid not only being terminated himself, but all of his clone batch being terminated. **Teefer** is an example of a defective Kratch. Normally the Kratch need the collective mind connection to remain functional. Without it, they’re being told to die by their implant. His defect allows him to continue to live. **Teefer** and Amina realize the Kratch captives are beginning to die because they are not connected to the Collective. They hope to free the captives from the Collective and theorize June could be used as an alternative hive/connected mind.

Amina is successful in separating the prisoners from the Collective. Unfortunately they do not have individualist experience **Teefer** and find it difficult to function beyond rudimentary tasks with direct supervision. While it creates an immediate challenge, it also shows them the opportunity to end the Kratch threat/slavery if they can find a means to neutralize the signal from the collective. Teefer is assigned to supervise the Emmer and Gander but finds himself drained by their constant need for attention. The leadership team suggests they be assigned to support the Marines power armor which seems to always be in need of attention.

For the final assault in the Zubic Four, Remi takes Teefer, Emmer and Gander to assault one of the Spindle ships. The goal is to tap into the collective's communication node and disrupt the signal so the Kratch stop following the orders to assault the Squadron. When Teefer, Emmer and Gander get to the communications node they find it is not conventional Kratch technology. Teefer enters the communications stream and confronts the call to conform. Other Kratch would not be able to resist, but Teefer has always been one step away from the collective. He always could hear it but was able to decide for himself what to do. He finally breaks through the collective voice's defenses and convinces the Kratch to lay down their arms and surrender.

## References

1. ↑ Davis, Jamie; Anderle, Michael. Interstellar Justice (Lone Wolf Squadron Book 6) (p. 17). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Davis, Jamie; Anderle, Michael. Attack Wing (Lone Wolf Squadron Book 3) (p. 41). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Davis, Jamie; Anderle, Michael. Sector Force (Lone Wolf Squadron Book 4) (p. 80). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Davis, Jamie; Anderle, Michael. Sector Force (Lone Wolf Squadron Book 4) (p. 71). LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.