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|name = Stedmar Osborne
|book = [[The Rookie]]
|intro = Episode One
|gender = Male
|age = unknown
|ocuptn = Team Owner, Gangster
|species = Human
|fan = No
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'''''Stedmar Osborne ''''' is the minor but important character in [[Scott Sigler|Scott Sigler’s]] novel ''[[The Rookie]]'' and the [[Wikipedia:Podcast|podcast]] short story ''[[Title Fight]]''. Stedmar owns the [[Mining Colony VI Raiders]], the [[Purist Nation]] [[Galactic_Football_League#TIER_3|Tier 3]] team which was the franchise which spawned the career of [[Quentin Barnes]] now the starting quarterback for the [[Ionath Krakens]].
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== Attributes ==
=== Personality ===
Stedmar is a man of contradiction. He is a confirmed member of the [[Purist Nation|Purist Church]] and a caring family man, yet he is affiliated with [[Gredok the Splithead]], a ruthless gangster. Stedmar can be seen as a man who does what he needs to do to accomplish his ends. He is a man who would have no compunctions about killing an enmey but also a man who takes in an orphan child, an act unheard of in the [[Purist Nation]], and turn him into one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the [[Galactic Football League|GFL]]. It is this dichotomy which makes Stedmar an interesting and pivotal character in the life of [[Quentin Barnes]] and thus the story of ''[[The Rookie]]''.

=== Affiliation with the Purist Church ===
While Stedmar is a confirmed church member, quite a feat even in the modern day [[Purist Nation|Purist Church]], he does not believe in the tenets of [[Purist_Nation#Ideology|Purism]]. To Stedmar, being a member of the church is merely a means to an end as only confirmed church members have access to the business contacts necessary to succeed in the [[Purist Nation]]. This disregard for religion is shown throughout the opening pages of the [[The Rookie|novel]] and is typified by Stedmar being a member of [[Gredok the Splithead|Gredok the Splithead's]] organization (i.e. association with alien species is a sin).

=== Family ===
Stedmar has a wife, Michele Osborne, and at least one child. He appears to care for them very much, agreeing to trade his star player [[Quentin Barnes]] to [[Gredok the Splithead|Gredok]] after the [[Quyth#Leaders|Quyth Leader]] threatens their lives with a [[Wikipedia:sniper|sniper]] using a pulse cannon from one of the atmosphere processors flowing above the stadium. With no recourse except to see those he loves die, Stedmar agrees to the deal.

== Gangster ==
=== Working with the Splithead ===
Stedmar a member of the underworld organization controlled by the [[Quyth#Leaders|Quyth Leader]] [[Gredok the Splithead]]. He is a successful lieutenant to [[Gredok the Splithead|Gredok]] and currently in control of the crime syndicate on planet [[Mining Colony VI (Micovi)|Micovi]].

As a member of [[Gredok the Splithead|Gredok's]] organization, Stedmar is familiar with [[Quyth]] customs. Shown several times during opening scenes of the book, Stedmar is able to ease tensions with the [[Quyth#Leaders|Quyth Leader]] through simple human equivalencies of [[Quyth]] fealty movements. While he is eventually unsuccessful in keeping [[Quentin Barnes|Quentin]] or bettering [[Gredok the Splithead|Gredok's]] deal, [[Gredok the Splithead|Gredok]] is impressed with his Lieutenant and leaves the meeting promising to never underestimate him.

=== Micovi Raiders ===
Stedmar is the owner of two-time [[Galactic_Football_League#TIER_3|PNFL]] Champions the [[Mining Colony VI Raiders|Micovi Raiders]]. The main reason for the [[Mining Colony VI Raiders|Raiders']] success is the four-year quarterback [[Quentin Barnes]]. It is widely speculated that after [[Quentin Barnes|Quentin]] was acquired by the [[Ionath Krakens]] that the [[Mining Colony VI Raiders|Micovi Raiders]] will need years to rebuild into an effective team once again.

== Also See ==
*[[Quentin Barnes]]
*[[Mining Colony VI Raiders|Micovi Raiders]]
*[[Micovi]]
*[[Title Fight]]
*[[The Rookie]]

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