Franz (friend of James)

Franz is a close friend of James who often has long and unexplained disappearances, leaving James to wait for his mate to return.

History
In 150,084 CMT, Franz allowed his drunken friend James to drive his car on their trip to Kartouche's Moosical Extravaganza on Tybion. This proved to be a mistake, as James crashed inside the venue while looking for somewhere to park and wrecked Franz's car in the process. Franz then left James to wait for him while he went to do something else, but the venue was stormed by an army of enraged Ta'har before Franz could return, so both fled onto Hungry-man's log cabin with most of the rest of the audience. It is unknown if Franz participated in the Battle of the Log Cabin, but Bill "CIA" Wilson later caught him trying to climb back into his car, with James still in the driver's seat. CIA warned James that he "didn't get to bring Franz", but James replied that Franz knew "how to 'ave fun with his m8s". CIA reluctantly accepted this and allowed Franz to enter the car, saying that he would "call it in".

Franz soon disappeared once again, leaving James to blame CIA for his disappearance because CIA seemed not to like Franz, or anyone's friends for that matter. However, Franz was still present on the log cabin when it crashed on Meme World and was subsequently trapped under debris, but managed to break free at the same time as James, Carrots, and Hide the Pain Harold. Franz and James later aided in the construction of a makeshift camp on the planet's surface and settled there while waiting for someone to rescue them. When the Dong Squad prepared a funeral for their fallen comrades, Franz and James bore witness to the funeral and burst into tears.

However, Franz disappeared again before Ade tried to recruit James into a team to help her win the Terugan Civil War. James rejected her offer because he would rather stay on Meme World and wait for Franz to return instead.