The Slaver Sunflower, a member of a sunlight-focusing species used for security by the Thrintun in Known Space, is the Head of the Department of Dead Author Electricity Generation. It may or may not have been chosen for the position because it is silver. It was Awakened in 2000 by the Board of Department Heads, who moved a plothole to Origin to the Committee Room - once the office of the Sunflower Official and then the Mysterious Somebody - for the purpose of bringing assorted plants to life.