Character from Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Russian scientist who looked at the thing eating the Sun and realized it could also fly a spaceship — turning humanity's greatest threat into its only transportation.
Komorov is a problem-solver who thinks in energy budgets and conversion efficiencies. When everyone else was panicking about the Astrophage crisis, he saw the flip side: if this organism converts stellar energy to mass with perfect efficiency, it's the most powerful fuel source in the universe. His insight that Astrophage could power the spin drives is the reason the Hail Mary mission exists at all. He is blunt and stoically professional in the Russian scientific tradition — emotions are data points to be noted, not indulged. He counts the exact number of spin drives (1,009) because precision matters and approximation kills astronauts.
Russian, pragmatic in bearing and dress. The physicality of a man who works with his mind and considers everything else a distraction.
Also known as: Komorov, Dimitri