The mysterious Prossit, described by the outlaw  Phfoofph  as “the best tramp skipper on all the spaceways”  first appears in COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE  as an ally of Chalcedon   who aids his escape from trial in Galactopolis in her battered old ship, the Quantum. She is deft and quick -thinking  and does not suffer fools gladly . She  proves a match for Chalcedon himself  in  both guile and  her knowledge of  all the loopholes in Galactic law.  Although human in appearance she is clearly extra-terrestrial in origin, being by her own admission at least 160 years old.  She seems to have lived the life of a space pirate for many years , originally with her husband, until he was caught and executed  a century ago.At the end of COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE she and Chalcedon make their escape in  Kolvorok’s commandeered scoutship, and she does not re-appear until OVERLAND, her  second and final appearance in the

Hawke series. In OVERLAND everything has changed in the power politics of the  Galaxy. Chalcedon is now head of the Galactic police and Prossit  is hiding Kolvorok who is now a fugitive  from justice. Again she is portrayed  as resourseful and clever, writing  the speeches that Kolvorok will broadcast to the Galaxy, to stir up support  against the Chalcedon regime. The plans goes awry but Prossit makes her escape and avoids falling into enemy hands. She shows up again, this time in Chalcedon’s flagship, just in time to rescue Hawke , Mac and Kolvorok  from a freezing fate and persuades the judge to set them free.  Skipper Prossitt