Brazilian probe
Names: Brazilian probeBrazilian shipBrazilian craftthe BrazilianSerra do Marthe Serra
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 13 (Bob – August 17, 2133 – En Route)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 13A missile-armed Brazilian probe is following Bob's course to Epsilon Eridani at about 1.25 g, giving Bob roughly 145 days' lead.
- Ch 15The Serra do Mar arrives months early and can accelerate at 2.5 g or more, faster than advertised.
- Ch 15The Serra do Mar is destroyed, its replicant core in the path of a plasma plume; its fabrication systems were sacrificed for weaponry.
Connections
- created byBrazilian Empire
- enemy ofBob
- related toMajor Ernesto Medeirosreplicant controlling the ship
Key moments
- 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.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Preparing for the Brazilian
Bob begins mining and manufacturing for a trap to meet the armed Brazilian probe, delaying his own reproduction.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Battle of Epsilon Eridani
Medeiros fires missiles at Bob; Bob's hidden ship-busters intercept them and smash the Serra do Mar, destroying it, though Heaven-1 is damaged by shrapnel.