Delta Eridani 4
Names: Delta Eridani 4DE-4Eden
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 27 (Bob – April 2165 – Delta Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 27Delta Eridani 4 is slightly larger than Earth with lower gravity and denser air, covered in huge trees and abundant life.
- Ch 27The discovery of intelligent natives rules Delta Eridani 4 out as a colonization target.
Connections
- part ofDelta Eridani
- containsDelta Eridani 4 natives
- containsHippogriff
- includesflint site
- containsCamelot
- containsHippogriff island
- inDelta Eridani
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 27Discovery of intelligent life
Investigating unexplained fires on Delta Eridani 4, Bob's drones find groups of fire-using intelligent beings, the first non-human intelligence found.
- Book 1 · Ch 30Bob discovers Archimedes
Studying the Deltans, Bob notices a hafted stone tool and traces it to an inventive young Deltan he names Archimedes, then watches him around the clock.
- Book 1 · Ch 30Planet named Eden
Bender suggests naming the Deltans' planet Eden, and the other Bobs agree.
- Book 1 · Ch 35Gorilloid attack
Gorilloids attack a Deltan hearth, killing six Deltans and dragging them off to eat; the Bobs realise the Deltans are being hunted to extinction.
- Book 1 · Ch 35Flint gift to Archimedes
The Bobs drop flint near Archimedes; he trades it, learns knapping from Moses, and builds a hafted axe to produce better pointed sticks.
- Book 1 · Ch 35Deltans rout the gorilloids
Armed with Archimedes' sticks, Deltans impale charging gorilloids and drive them off; a lucky throw kills one, introducing spear-throwing.
- Book 1 · Ch 35Invention of the flint-tipped spear
Archimedes ties a flint flake to a spear, making it throwable; after a tense tribal meeting backed by Arnold, he trades spear points for a share of every kill.
- Book 1 · Ch 48Deltan migration begins
After preparing preserved food, the tribe sets out for the old flint village, watched by gorilloids and guarded by Bob's drones.
- Book 1 · Ch 48Daytime gorilloid raid
Gorilloids snatch two juveniles; drones distract them and Deltans kill half, but one juvenile dies.
- Book 1 · Ch 48Crossing the mountain pass
Swelled by other groups to over five hundred, the migration crosses the pass ahead of schedule, but disaster looms two days later.
- Book 2 · Ch 1Pigoid hunt
Deltan hunters kill a pigoid with flint-tipped spears while Bob watches via drone; Fred is injured when his spear snaps.
- Book 2 · Ch 17Drone downed by flying predator
A survey drone over Eden is snatched from the air and bitten nearly in half; Marvin recovers the wreck and matches its bite marks to old Deltan remains.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Hippogriff identified
A Deltan forager is carried off by a near-invisible flyer; Bob and Marvin identify it as a giant color-changing hippogriff and trace them to an island rookery.
- Book 2 · Ch 71Charlie's first test
Bob activates his Deltan android Charlie and meets Archimedes, who points out the odour and symmetrical fur; Bob fixes both.
- Book 3 · Ch 40Archimedes prepares a peace offering
After a storm, Archimedes roughs out flint blanks for spear-heads and knives to offer Caerleon as a way into teaching them; Bob promises to talk to Donald.
- Book 3 · Ch 68Death of Archimedes
Bob finds Archimedes dead; after the funeral he secretly leaves a guardian drone in the grave, admits to Buster he is the Bawbe, and departs the village.