Changes: Dan Sylveste

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Dan Sylveste -- son of Calvin Sylveste and a member of an enormously wealthy Yellowstone family of scholars and industrialists -- was the driving force behind the Resurgam expedition and the original leader of the colony. He was an archaeologist studying the ruins of the ancient Amarantin, convinced that their history held the key to why no alien species had yet survived long enough for humans to make contact. It eventually became apparent that Dan was a biological clone of his father, an immortality contingency plan that was never enacted.

Dan was a driven man who had come closer to penetrating a Shrouder enclave than anyone else living, but it was only after that experience that he developed an interest in the Delta Pavonis system. After settling Resurgam his investigations eventually revealed that the scouring of the entire planet's surface by a coronal mass ejection -- from its otherwise stable star -- coincided with the period in which the Amarantin were gaining spaceflight.

After a pair of coups oust him and then his replacement from office, Sylveste's ability to research his theories was nonexistent.

The Nostalgia for Infinity arrived in the system eight months after the latter coup in 2566, searching for Dan Sylveste so that he could heal Captain Brannigan, with the help of his father's beta-level simulation. Sylveste was taken aboard the ship, which he had been on board before one-hundred and six years earlier, in the Epsilon Eridani system. Once he was aboard, traces of the Sun Stealer entity that had been aboard since that previous visit were able to gain influence over the ship and Sylveste. Fighting broke out for control of the lighthugger.

Sylveste unwittingly -- under the influence of Sun Stealer -- awoke the Inhibitors to the existence of mankind, by triggering the inhibitor device left near the Hades object. Too late Dan realized he was no longer in control and tried to destroy himself and the Inhibitor artifact with anti-lithium 'hot dust'.

He was eventually inducted into the Hades Matrix, an apparent neutron star that was actually a solid sphere of computronium, where he effectively became an immortal component of the computronium.

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-'''Dan Sylveste''', son of [[Calvin Sylveste]], is from an enormously wealthy family of scholars and industrialists, was driving force behind the [[Resurgam]] expedition and leader of the colony. He is a driven man who had come closer to penetrating a [[Shrouders|Shrouder]] enclave than anyone else living, but it is only after this experience that he develops an interest in the [[Delta Pavonis]] system.
+'''Dan Sylveste --''' son of [[Calvin Sylveste]] and a member of an enormously wealthy [[Yellowstone]] family of scholars and industrialists -- was the driving force behind the [[Resurgam]] expedition and the original leader of the colony. He was an archaeologist studying the ruins of the ancient [[Amarantin]], convinced that their history held the key to why no alien species had yet survived long enough for humans to make contact. It eventually became apparent that Dan was a biological clone of his father, an immortality contingency plan that was never enacted.
-At the beginning of ''[[Revelation Space]]'' he is an archaeologist working on Resurgam and studying the ruins of the ancient Amarantin, convinced that their history holds the key to why no alien species has yet survived long enough for humans to make contact. Resurgam may hold important clues, as it appears the entire planet surface was scoured by a coronal mass ejection from the otherwise stable star, just as the [[Amarantin]] were gaining spaceflight.
+Dan was a driven man who had come closer to penetrating a [[Shrouders|Shrouder]] enclave than anyone else living, but it was only after that experience that he developed an interest in the [[Delta Pavonis]] system. After settling Resurgam his investigations eventually revealed that the scouring of the entire planet's surface by a coronal mass ejection -- from its otherwise stable star -- coincided with the period in which the Amarantin were gaining spaceflight.
+After a pair of coups oust him and then his replacement from office, Sylveste's ability to research his theories was nonexistent.
-The [[Nostalgia for Infinity|''Nostalgia for Infinity'']] arrives in the system searching for Dan Sylveste so that he can heal [[Captain Brannigan]], with the help of his father's Beta level simulation. It becomes apparent that Dan is a biological clone of his father, an immortality contingency plan that was never enacted. Sylveste is taken aboard the ship, which he has been on board before. Once he is aboard, traces of the [[Sun Stealer]] entity that have been aboard since that previous time are able to gain influence over the ship and Sylveste. Fighting breaks out for control of the ship.
+The [[Nostalgia for Infinity|''Nostalgia for Infinity'']] arrived in the system eight months after the latter coup in 2566, searching for Dan Sylveste so that he could heal [[Captain Brannigan]], with the help of his father's [[Beta-level Simulation|beta-level simulation]]. Sylveste was taken aboard the ship, which he had been on board before one-hundred and six years earlier, in the [[Epsilon Eridani]] system. Once he was aboard, traces of the [[Sun Stealer]] entity that had been aboard since that previous visit were able to gain influence over the ship and Sylveste. Fighting broke out for control of the [[lighthugger]].
-Sylveste unwittingly, under the influence of Sun Stealer awakens the Inhibitors to the existence of mankind by triggering the inhibitor device left near the Hades object. Too late Dan realizes he is no longer in control and tries to destroy himself and the Inhibitor artifact with anti-lithium 'hot dust'.
+Sylveste unwittingly -- under the influence of Sun Stealer -- awoke the [[Inhibitors]] to the existence of mankind, by triggering the inhibitor device left near the Hades object. Too late Dan realized he was no longer in control and tried to destroy himself and the Inhibitor artifact with anti-lithium 'hot dust'.
-He is eventually inducted into the Hades Matrix, an apparent [[neutron star]] that is actually a solid sphere of [[computronium]], where he effectively becomes immortal as a component of the computronium.
+He was eventually inducted into the Hades Matrix, an apparent [[neutron star]] that was actually a solid sphere of [[computronium]], where he effectively became an immortal component of the computronium.
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