Captain Lawrence Tanner

Captain Lawrence Tanner is a character coming from Ad Astra. He is the captain of the Cepheus. He and his crew were going to Mars.

Captain Lawrence Tanner and his crew get a signal from a Norwegian Biomedical Station. Roy McBride follows him into the station. The captain is mauled and destroyed by a baboon who escaped testing. The baboon feasts upon his grim meal, but Roy manages to destroy the baboon and escape the station. The crew leaves the body in space after their service.