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Microbiologist Landing Fort Hold

Bay Harkenon was a colonist on Pern.

Biography[]

Bay was the Pern expedition's head microbiologist. She and Pol Nietro recognized and studied the unique capabilities of the little dragonets, which were also referred to as fire lizards.

While on an expedition to study the dragonets/fire lizards, Sorka Hanrahan brought Bay a queen egg that was about to hatch. When the egg hatched, Bay impressed gold Mariah.

Bay and Pol worked alongside Kitti Ping Yung as she applied genetic engineering techniques to the dragonets/fire lizards in order to create the dragons.

Both Pol and Bay died in the sixteenth year of the First Pass, also known as the Fever Year.

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Dr. Harkenon was a large woman in her late forties when the settlers arrived on Pern. She was a kind and understanding lady.

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