Delta Eridani
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 18 (Bill – September 2145 – Epsilon Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 27Delta Eridani is an orange star with ten planets, five rocky inner worlds, five gas giants, and one planet in the comfort zone.
Connections
- includesDelta Eridani 4
- containsCamelot
- containsCaerleon
- containsDelta Eridani 4
- related toMidway stationbuilt there, flown to midpoint toward Eta Leporis
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 27Arrival at Delta Eridani
Bob arrives at Delta Eridani, finds a habitable fourth planet, and sets up mining, defences and a communications station.
- Book 1 · Ch 30New Bobs at Delta Eridani
Bob builds AI cores ahead of vessels; Marvin, Luke and Bender come online and join the Deltan observation project.
- Book 1 · Ch 37Great gorilloid assault
Thirty-one gorilloids attack; Arnold turns Archimedes' axe on them and Bob's buster drone kills one about to reach Archimedes, routing the rest.
- Book 1 · Ch 37Bobs choose their paths
Bender and Luke decide to leave Delta Eridani to find their own projects, while Marvin chooses to stay with the Deltans.
- Book 1 · Ch 39Luke and Bender depart
Luke leaves for Kappa Ceti and Bender for Gamma Leporis A, while Bob sends a report to Bill.
- Book 1 · Ch 39Bob prepares to speak to Deltans
Having analysed the Deltan language, Bob creates a Deltan voice and orders speaker drones to communicate directly if needed.
- Book 1 · Ch 44First contact with Archimedes
Bob speaks to Archimedes via a drone and persuades him to urge his people to relocate to an old village.
- Book 1 · Ch 44The bawbe appears to the elders
When the elders mock Archimedes, Bob's drone hovers over him, silencing them; a long debate on moving follows, with Moses and Arnold in support.
- Book 1 · Ch 50Dawn gorilloid raid on the migration
Dozens of gorilloids attack; busters and Deltan spears repel them, but almost twenty Deltans die and many abductees are lost.
- Book 1 · Ch 50Migration pauses to rearm
Bob persuades the elders to camp for five days while more busters arrive, and ramps up manufacturing.
- Book 1 · Ch 53Migration resumes
With busters replenished, the Deltans resume their march through jungle, enduring three more attacks before reaching the flint site.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Unknown predator discovered
Marvin reports remains showing a large unknown predator nearly wiped out the Deltans at their original home; Bob orders a kilometer-by-kilometer drone survey.
- Book 2 · Ch 22Marvin decides to leave
Marvin tells Bob he will leave Delta Eridani, noting SCUT will keep them in touch; Bob reluctantly accepts.
- Book 2 · Ch 27Luke reconnects
Luke contacts Bob from Kappa Ceti after joining BobNet, catches up on the Deltans and asks after Marvin and Bender.
- Book 2 · Ch 41Riot in the village
Deltans fight Deltans in a riot sparked by a dispute over food; seventeen die while Archimedes' family stands armed at the edge.
- Book 2 · Ch 41Bob's resettlement plan
Bob coaches Archimedes to talk openly about resettling other village sites so the gangs will want to go first.
- Book 2 · Ch 56Archery contest
Buster outshoots Donald in an archery contest as Bob reflects on the growing Deltan population and his lasting banishment.
- Book 2 · Ch 65Archimedes becomes a grandfather
Belinda gives birth to a pup as Archimedes, Buster and Diana look on, while Bob watches unseen and wishes he could share the moment.
- Book 2 · Ch 76Diana's funeral
Diana dies and is buried by Archimedes, their children and many descendants; Bob attends in the android Charlie and watches Archimedes grieve.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Caerleon gang ambushes Camelot hunters
Fred's Caerleon gang surrounds a Camelot hunting party demanding part of its pigoid kill; Robert insults Fred and knocks him down when he swings, and the gang backs off.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Trap springs on Fred's gang
When Fred's Caerleon gang ambushes Robert's hunting party again, eighteen hidden Camelot hunters surround them; Robert threatens Fred, knocks him down, and the gang is sent off without their spears.
- Book 3 · Ch 34Rescue of Archimedes
After Caerleon raiders kidnap Archimedes, Bob, Buster, Donald and hunters intercept them; Buster kills Fred and the raiders are routed, with eight Caerleons down and three dead.
- Book 3 · Ch 49Monolith plan
Bob tells Marvin his plan to leave a 2001-style monolith on the largest moon for the Deltans to discover someday.
- Book 3 · Ch 71Bob grieves with Marvin
Bob confides his grief to Marvin in a VR café, and concludes it is time to stop trying to be human.
- Book 4 · Ch 2Bob begins the search for Bender
Back at Delta Eridani after visiting Earth, Bob orders a hundred long-range scouts to sweep Bender's path and sets off himself toward Gamma Leporis A.