Guard of Aldera

Guards of Aldera were apparently guardians of the city of Aldera. It was rumored that one of their number stole the Alsakan Tessent and brought it to Ast Kikorie Station. Whether the guard actually had the tessent in his possession is uncertain, but regardless, the guard was killed during a meteorite shower when he was shuttling supplies to the space station. The station was also destroyed during the shower, but the guard's shuttle crashed some distance away from the station, making his body hard to locate.

During a revived search for the tessent, the guard became a major source of speculation, both as to whether he actually had the tessent in his possession and the location of his crashed shuttle.

Behind the scenes
The reason why a Guard of Aldera would have stolen the tessent is never given in the article, Race for the Tessent. However, it seems possible that the author meant to indicate a Guard of Alsakan instead.