Oscar Saint-Just is a fictional character in David Weber´s Honorverse series of novels. David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author. Note This is the 'Main' article for the Honor Harrington related Book series and Sub-series by David Weber. His name is most likely a reference to Louis de Saint-Just, an important figure in the French Revolution, who sat in the Comité de Salut Public (Committee of Public Safety) with Robespierre. Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just ( August 25, 1767 &ndash July 28, 1794) usually known as Saint-Just, was a French revolutionary The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an The Committee of Public Safety (Comité de salut public le Haut Comité de la santé publique which is an entirely unrelated present-day institution--> set up by the Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (maksimiljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁi izidɔʁ də ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ ( 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794)
As First Undersecretary for Internal Security, Oscar Saint-Just was the second highest-ranking man in the People's Republic of Haven's security apparatus. The Republic of Haven is a fictional political entity (known as a "star nation" in the context of its fictional universe in the Honorverse, a series of Military He managed to bring the support of some Internal Security officers to the plot led by Robert S. Pierre and Cordelia Ransom. Robert Stanton Pierre is a Fictional character in David Weber ´s Honorverse series of novels Cordelia Ransom is a Fictional character in David Weber ´s Honorverse series of novels Following the murder of Secretary Constance Palmer-Levy, he became the last Secretary for Internal Security of the Legislaturalist regime, aiding in the assassination of Hereditary President Harris.
With Pierre and Ransom, Saint-Just became member of the triumvirate which led the People's Republic under the guise of the Committee of Public Safety. He retained his office of Secretary for Security, and amalgamated the many security and intelligence agencies of the People's Republic into a single organization known as the "Office of State Security", "StateSec" or "SS" for short. See also Honorverse The Office of State Security, referred to as StateSec or simply SS, was a fictional executive governmental agency in He was responsible for the many purges in the military and the Legislaturalist families. Despite these violent acts, Saint-Just was not a bloodthirsty person like Cordelia Ransom; he only approved of these actions because he saw no other way.
Saint-Just was the only member of the Committee of Public Safety to survive the attempted coup by Esther McQueen; all the other members (except Rob S. Admiral Esther McQueen is a Fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of Military science fiction novels written by David Weber. Pierre, who was killed by McQueen's troops; Ransom, who had died during Honor Harrington's escape; and others who had been previously purged) died when Saint-Just ordered the detonation of nuclear devices placed under the Octagon, where they had been imprisoned by McQueen. Honor Stephanie Harrington is a Fictional character, the Eponymous heroine of a series of Science fiction books set in the " Honorverse He then became the last Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety, which had become a committee of one.
When news of the death of Manticoran Prime Minister Allen Summervale reached Haven, Saint-Just offered a truce to Manticore's new government, which accepted it. Distrusting the military, he planned to place it under the direct authority of StateSec and begin a new round of purges, but Admiral Thomas Theisman launched a successful coup. Admiral Thomas Edward Theisman is a Fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of Military science fiction Novels written by American Theisman, instead of capturing Saint-Just for public judgment in a show trial, personally executed the Chairman and paved the way for the reconstruction of the Constitutional Republic under President Eloise Pritchart. Eloise Pritchart is a Fictional character in David Weber ´s Honorverse series of novels
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