Arthur
Names: ArthurEeyore
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 31 (Riker – January 2158 – Sol)
Appearances
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B2
B3
B4
B5
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 31Arthur is a gloomy but highly disciplined Bob; Riker nicknames him Eeyore.
- Ch 31Arthur's communicator deliveries to enclaves meet hostility, with drones shot down and communicators smashed.
- Ch 33Arthur gets enclaves to accept communicators using giant holographic presentations that can't be smashed.
- Ch 47Arthur is killed by a nuclear booby trap while working wreckage near Saturn, with no off-board backup.
Connections
- member ofFederation of Planets Council
- ally ofRiker
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 31Survey of Earth's survivors
Riker and Arthur survey Earth from polar orbit and find about forty enclaves with fifteen million surviving people.
- Book 1 · Ch 31Transport vessels prioritised
Realising the scale of evacuation, Riker prioritises transport vessels, angering Colonel Butterworth, who agrees refugees can use the USE compound later.
- Book 1 · Ch 31Hostile first contact with enclaves
Arthur's attempts to deliver communicators to the enclaves meet with shot-down drones, smashed devices and verbal abuse.
- Book 1 · Ch 43All-Bobs meeting on Earth's future
Riker, Homer, Charles and Arthur conclude they cannot evacuate fifteen million people and find no plan to keep them alive without delaying the ships.
- Book 1 · Ch 47Death of Arthur
Arthur dies in a nuclear booby trap near Saturn; with no backup, the Bobs mourn him and plan a replacement Bob.