Character Profile: Chris MacDougall

Clarissa MacDougall was part of a small team that had happened to find the Britannia. The crew boarded and were jumped by Kim and Buskirk (who had thought them to be Boskone). She stayed behind while the rest of the crew returned to the ship to try to turn away the Boskone. Though they failed, they DID buy Chris enough time to activate the Britannia's inertialess drive and jump into hyperspace.

Now the last surviving member of her team, Chris has to make sure Kim gets to Admiral Haynes safely. She explains that the Lens is a link to the Aresian consciousness. However, as they stop on Delgon for repairs, she and Buskirk are soon captured, and in the rescue, Kim is seriously injured, and she tries to tend to his wounds even as they (with Worsel's help) make a desparate escape to Radelix.

As a nurse (and as someone who had feelings for him), Chris insists that Kim rest to recover. But Kim won't take her advice. Left alone, Chris is captured by Lord Helmuth, and Kim will have to face him alone to get her back.