Helmut Piermont

Professor Piermont was the designer of LINC and husband of Daniele.

He frequented in the St. James Club where he met Daniele as a graduate. They married and he ran the Piermont Foundation.

He designed LINC as project leader with Richard Overmann. Working for Union Labs, he designed the system commands Open and Disconnect, as well as the Oscillator program.

Despite excellent health, Professor Piermont suffered a chronic coronary while attending a Union Security Council meeting. Official cause of his death was high stress levels experienced as head of the Foundation. Security Service investigations however suggest that external forces may have been responsible.

His funeral was held at the Cathedral, during which his wife left because her dog Spunky was feeling uneasy; when she returned the funeral was over. He died before seeing LINC completed. Overmann replaced him as project leader.