Hartley

Sergeant Hartley is the physical education and combat instructor for the Ghost Academy on Ursa. He seems to enjoy intimidating and humiliating his students. He tells his students to be punctual; "arrive late, and you'll be late". He ordered his trainees to perform twenty pushups in order to toughen up their knuckles so they'd be superior martial artists. When one of his students pointed out that they were strong gloves, so the toughness of their knuckles weren't relevant, said student was ordered to perform an addition 40 pushups.

His best student was Nova. While initially a weakling, she simply wouldn't give up, and because of her horrible experiences with Fagin, he couldn't intimidate her. Within six months she was outperforming yearlings and became the teacher's pet. Some of the other trainees believed she was sleeping with him (which was untrue).

Quotes

 * Complacent people are easier to kill.
 * Arrive late and you'll be late.