Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger (1923-2031) was the American diplomat chosen to head the diplomatic mission of the Admiral Peary as the US ambassador, a man referred to as "The Doctor." He is mentioned as having a deep and distinctive accent, having fled Nazi Germany to the United States, and having attended Harvard in the early 1940s. His biography very closely matches that of Dr Henry Kissinger, and nearly all readers assume that this is his true identity.

The Doctor died of complications when the Admiral Peary's medical staff attempted to revive him from cold sleep. The Race requested that Sam Yeager serve in his place.

Kissinger was born in Fürth in Franconia (Bavaria) as Heinz Alfred Kissinger into a Jewish family. In 1938, fleeing Adolf Hitler's persecution, his family moved to New York City. He was studying at Harvard University when World War II began, and fought the Race's Conquest Fleet as an infantryman in the US Army.