82 Eridani
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 23 (Milo – February 2153 – Omicron2 Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 4682 Eridani, a G5V star, has two planets in its comfort zone; the outer one has large bodies of water and a possibly watery moon.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 34Milo found two habitable planets at 82 Eridani before being torpedoed; the first attack killed all Medeiri there but could not hold the system.
- Ch 5082 Eridani has two habitable planets plus a barely habitable moon, potentially worth redirecting colony ships bound for Vulcan.
- Ch 52The 82 Eridani expedition reports three likely new colony targets, recovered wreckage and unexploded fission bombs.
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 1882 Eridani has a jungle inner planet, a steppe outer planet with about seven percent heavier gravity, and a marginally habitable moon.
Connections
- containsMajor Ernesto Medeiros
- related toLokileads the second expedition to retake it
- related toMilofound two habitable planets there before being torpedoed
- includesAsgard
- includesTakama-ga-hara
- containsValhalla
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 46Milo ambushed at 82 Eridani
After finding two comfort-zone planets, Milo is outflanked by Medeiros's missiles; out of busters, he transmits a partial backup as the last missiles close in.
- Book 1 · Ch 60Ambush at 82 Eridani
Eight version-3 Bobs approach 82 Eridani to attack Medeiros; Hannibal is destroyed by a cloaked nuke, and the Bobs destroy three more with Bill's new plasma spikes.
- Book 1 · Ch 60Battle of 82 Eridani
The Bobs dive into the system; Khan pinpoints Medeiros and a buster swarm destroys three Brazilian probes, but Medeiros's units kill every Bob except Khan.
- Book 2 · Ch 50Battle of 82 Eridani
Loki's force fights waves of Medeiros drones, losing Jeffrey, Milton and Zeke, then overwhelms the AMIs and destroys both Medeiros vessels.
- Book 2 · Ch 5082 Eridani secured and surveyed
The Bobs clear all Brazilian equipment, learn there are more Medeiros variants than thought, and confirm Milo's habitable planets.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Colonists arrive at 82 Eridani
Mack and the colony-ship Bobs Isaac, Jack and Owen reach 82 Eridani, find Verne's caches intact, and name the planets Asgard, Jotunheim and Valhalla.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Colony leaders choose their worlds
Christie Campbell's Canadians choose Asgard, and Katsu Ito's Japanese choose the jungle planet, renaming it Takama-ga-hara.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Settlers' complaints
The settlers complain about Takama's stench, Asgard's gravity and biting insects; Mack adapts Howard's Cupid bug killers and considers making the colonies independent early.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Medeiros attacks Mack
While Bill visits, Mack's vessel is crippled by a Medeiros missile; Bobs piggyback on roamers to save Mack's cube, destroy sensitive tech and fight Medeiros' boarding roamers before the hulk is destroyed.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Emergency moot on 82 Eridani
Bill, Oliver, Loki, Isaac and Will deduce the attacker is the Alpha Centauri Medeiros seeking autofactories, and scatter the printers out of his reach.
- Book 3 · Ch 25Medeiros takes the high ground
Medeiros finds the 82 Eridani autofactories stripped, then uses newly built busters to intercept a printer convoy bound for Asgard.
- Book 3 · Ch 30Strike on Medeiros
Colony busters destroy Medeiros' busters while mosquito killers from Takama rip open his ship, leaving him adrift with the ingot threat stalled.
- Book 3 · Ch 30Medeiros self-destructs
As Asgard's roamers board to capture his matrix, Medeiros blows up his own ship.
- Book 3 · Ch 42Search for Medeiros fails
Mack reports to Bill that scans of 82 Eridani found no sign of Medeiros; they suspect a cloaked autofactory and plan more surveillance drones.