[
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "reading%20trader%27s%20tales%20of%20the%20golden%20solar%20clipper%20but%20can%27t%20remember%20whois%20the%20main%20guy%20in%20it%20ishmal"
    },
    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "The main guy you're thinking of in *Trader\u2019s Tales: From the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper* is **Ishmael Horatio Wang** (pronounced \u201cWong\u201d). ([freelancetraveller.com](https://freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/offtable/tradertales.html?utm_source=openai))\n\nHere\u2019s a quick rundown of him and his story to help jog your memory:\n\n---\n\n### Who is Ishmael Wang?\n\n- Full name: Ishmael Horatio Wang. ([golden-age-of-the-solar-clipper.fandom.com](https://golden-age-of-the-solar-clipper.fandom.com/wiki/Ishmael_Wang?utm_source=openai))  \n- He starts off as a young orphan\u2014his mother died in a crash\u2014and he\u2019s forced to leave his home planet unless he can find work. ([golden-age-of-the-solar-clipper.fandom.com](https://golden-age-of-the-solar-clipper.fandom.com/wiki/Ishmael_Wang?utm_source=openai))  \n- With no prospects and very little experience, he takes a job as a \u201cquarter-share\u201d kitchen helper on the freighter **Lois McKendrick**. ([freelancetraveller.com](https://freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/offtable/tradertales.html?utm_source=openai))  \n\n---\n\n### What\u2019s his journey?\n\n- He begins at the bottom (kitchen helper, low share) but gradually moves up through the ranks: crewman \u2192 officer \u2192 captain \u2192 ship owner. ([freelancetraveller.com](https://freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/offtable/tradertales.html?utm_source=openai))  \n- Each book in the series corresponds to a share level he achieves: *Quarter Share*, *Half Share*, *Full Share*, *Double Share*, *Captain\u2019s Share*, and *Owner\u2019s Share*. ([solarclipper.fandom.com](https://solarclipper.fandom.com/wiki/Books?utm_source=openai))  \n\n---\n\nIf you want, I can pull up a list of characters who show up with him (crew, friends, etc.), in case one of them is also what you were trying to remember."
    }
]