Arada

''I trusted Arada’s judgment to a certain extent. She and Overse had always been firmly in the “least likely to abandon a SecUnit to a lonely horrible fate” category, which was always the category I was most interested in.'' (Network Effect Chapter 3)

Arada is a biology specialist on the PreservationAux survey team. She and Overse are a couples, and they are both best friends with Ratthi.

Arada is the survey team leader in Network Effect.

''Her expression had turned all melty and sentimental. “No hugging,” I warned her. It was in our contract.'' (Network Effect Chapter 2)