Who is Emerson D'Anite from Startide Rising and what is their importance? Startide_Rising English & Literature Emerson D'Anite | Startide Rising

A stocky, black, male human engineer assigned to the exploration vessel Streaker, Emerson effects a Scottish accent, declaring that "all Scots are engineers and all engineers are Scots" (pg. 76). He mischievously makes it impossible for Dennie Sudman to back out of exploring the newly-found island alongside Sah'ot, a neo-dolphin who is anxious to seduce her.