Cordelia Naismith

Cordelia Naismith is a fictional character from the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. Naismith, who first appears in the novel Shards of Honor, is a citizen of Beta Colony, and was a member of the Betan Astronomical Survey, which was later converted into the Betan Expeditionary Force during wartime. She was the commander of a vessel in the Betan Astronomical Survey, exploring jump-points and newly discovered planets in the Nexus, requiring... more

Cordelia Naismith is a fictional character from the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. Naismith, who first appears in the novel Shards of Honor, is a citizen of Beta Colony, and was a member of the Betan Astronomical Survey, which was later converted into the Betan Expeditionary Force during wartime. She was the commander of a vessel in the Betan Astronomical Survey, exploring jump-points and newly discovered planets in the Nexus, requiring advanced mathematical and scientific knowledge and no small degree of daring, as well as interpersonal skills, as her crew was comprised of non-military civilian scientists that Cordelia often considered 'a group of prima-donnas and cry-babies.' Brought up with Beta Colony's liberal and anti-militarist values, she despised the military mindset. On a survey mission on the newly discovered world that would later be named Sergyar, she was captured by the controversial Admiral Aral Vorkosigan of the Barrayaran Imperial Military Service, scorned... less