Starl Stanmore

 was the pilot who took Bernice Summerfield, Shell, Forno and Arko to Vendel. When he was investigating the temple, he was worried of waking the gods. He was separated from Benny and wanted to escape the planet. He later revealed that he was a deep cover agent for the Special Internal Investigation for the Earthlink Federation, trying to find out about the Shadow Federation and the corruption. He managed to find out about the criminals that were stored inside the temple and reproted back to command and managed to stop the Earthlink blockade ships from destroying the evidence. (PROSE: The Gods of the Underworld)