Brazilian Empire
Names: Brazilian Empirethe EmpireBrazilBrazil groupBrazilianBrazilian space navyBrazilians
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 7 (Bob – July 25, 2133)
Appearances
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B3
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B5
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 7The Brazilian Empire may be arming its probes to eliminate competitors and is the most likely to attempt sabotage.
- Ch 15At least one more Brazilian Empire probe is believed to exist.
- Ch 26After most of the Brazilian Empire was nuked, its remaining probes bombarded civilians, killing perhaps a couple of billion people.
- Ch 33Brazil is generally considered to have started the war, and other delegates resent the Brazil group's inclusion.
- Ch 45One possibly unfinished Brazilian probe escaped Alpha Centauri.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 18Florianópolis is essentially all that remains of Brazil, and anonymous attackers with no demands keep targeting it.
Connections
- enemy ofFAITHbelligerent rival probe program
- createdBrazilian probe
- has memberMajor Ernesto Medeiros
- has memberCaptain Matias Araújo
- enemy ofChina
- enemy ofCalvin
- enemy ofRiker
- has memberMinister Benedito
- enemy ofMr. Vickers
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 7The probe race explained
Dr. Landers briefs Bob on world politics and the rival probe projects of the USE, China and the Brazilian Empire, a race with a strong military component.
- Book 1 · Ch 13News of war and Landers' death
Messages reveal that a Brazilian gunship fired the missile, an armed Brazilian probe is pursuing Bob, and Dr. Landers died in a Brazilian bombing as war spreads.