Mazer Rackham

Mazer Rackham is a fictional character in the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. He is described in the book as a half-Maori New Zealander. His name comes from Karl G. Maeser, who was the first superintendent of Brigham Young University or possibly Occam's Razor. During the Second Invasion, the Formics attacked the Solar System, and destroyed the humans' main defensive fleet. Commanding a small reserve force, Mazer Rackham fought and won t... more

Mazer Rackham is a fictional character in the novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. He is described in the book as a half-Maori New Zealander. His name comes from Karl G. Maeser, who was the first superintendent of Brigham Young University or possibly Occam's Razor. During the Second Invasion, the Formics attacked the Solar System, and destroyed the humans' main defensive fleet. Commanding a small reserve force, Mazer Rackham fought and won the war against the Buggers. He does so half-accidentally; near Saturn, he destroys the Formic queen. The Formics have a hive mind, and if the queen dies, all of the buggers die as well. Mazer Rackham's decisive and unexpected move allows the planning of the Third Invasion and for Earth to regroup after the long and resource-exhausting battle. After the abrupt end to the Second Invasion, the I.F. sends a fleet to attack the buggers. With the faster-than-light communication called the ansible, Earth has more than half a century to find a... less