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Character

Norvell Ransome

Named in 2 guided books, from #80 Death Sentence

Also known as 2 names
  • Mr. Ransome
  • Ransome

In the books

  1. #80 Death Sentence

    NSA cryptanalyst appointed temporary Folcroft director who discovers CURE, attempts to consolidate power, and dies through Smith’s armed telephone contingency.

  2. #81 Hostile Takeover

    Deceased temporary CURE director recalled by Remo as having erased his memory and sent him back to death row. Remo distinguishes Ransome’s implementation from his own original superior’s contingency scheme.

Source notesIdentity and text locators

Contextual source review of the recurring Norvell Ransome subject; book-specific observations and uncertainty remain separate.

destroyer-081:norvell-ransome: Explicit retrospective reference to the named temporary CURE director and death-row plot from Book 80. The present reference does not imply he is still alive. Lead inspected these bounded primary contexts; this is an identity decision, not a third full reading. (witness:00000237:ch02:p0082; witness:00000237:ch02:p0087; witness:00000237:ch02:p0094; witness:00000234:ch19:p0086; witness:00000234:ch19:p0088; witness:00000234:ch19:p0095).

Death Sentence

narrative

Sources 6 references
  • witness:00000234:ch17:p0020
  • witness:00000234:ch19:p0033
  • witness:00000234:ch19:p0088
  • witness:00000234:ch19:p0095
  • witness:00000234:ch23:p0055
  • witness:00000234:ch24:p0120

Hostile Takeover

narrative

Sources 4 references
  • witness:00000237:ch02:p0082
  • witness:00000237:ch02:p0087
  • witness:00000237:ch02:p0094
  • witness:00000237:ch02:p0096

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