Delta Pavonis
Names: Delta PavonisDelta
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 59 (59. Another One)
Appearances
Connections
- includesDelta Pavonis 4
- containsJacques
- containsMheijr
- containsOthers' cargo vessels
- containsHulk-1
- containsHulk-2
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 63Jacques discovers the Pav
Jacques arrives at Delta Pavonis and finds an industrial-age civilization on its fourth planet, likely in the Others' path.
- Book 2 · Ch 63Jacques plans a rescue
Jacques tells Bill he will build dreadnaughts but also colony ships to evacuate some Pav; Bill suggests raising it at a moot.
- Book 2 · Ch 66Claude sends reinforcements
Claude launches all his new dreadnaughts to Delta Pavonis, due to arrive just before the Others, for a combined force of thirty-five.
- Book 2 · Ch 68Jacques records the Pav world
Ahead of the Others' arrival, Jacques records Pav culture and biology, builds a genetic vault, and selects two towns, Mheijrkva and Aizzilkva, for a planned evacuation of twenty thousand Pav.
- Book 2 · Ch 72Battle of Delta Pavonis
Bobs attack the Others' armada in three staggered waves plus stealth nukes; they destroy three death asteroids and several cargo ships but lose many dreadnaughts and fail to stop the fleet.
- Book 2 · Ch 72Others' threat and Pav evacuation
The Others vow to harvest Delta Pavonis, Sol and Epsilon Eridani; learning Jacques was killed, Bill triggers the plan to take twenty thousand Pav off-planet.
- Book 2 · Ch 77Pav choose a new world
Bill and Jacques wake eight Pav and explain the Others; led by Hazjiar, they choose resettlement at HIP 84051 over returning to Aszjan.
- Book 2 · Ch 77Refugee ships depart
REFUGE-1 and REFUGE-2 leave for HIP 84051 while the Bobs regroup at Gamma Pavonis and build fleets to fight the Others.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Exploring the Others' derelicts
Herschel and Neil enter a damaged Others' cargo vessel in the Delta Pavonis Kuiper belt and find an intact, non-fusion power core, a potential new technology.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Exploring Hulk-1's bays
Herschel and Neil number Hulk-1's 864 cargo bays, cut into bay 1, find inert Others' drones, and dismantle one to confirm they are dormant.
- Book 3 · Ch 24Power-up plan
After tracing Hulk-1's wiring, Herschel and Neil's simulation shows the carrier can be powered up in a stable state.
- Book 3 · Ch 27Hulk-1's power core activated
Herschel and Neil successfully activate Hulk-1's alien power core from a safe distance, discovering an enormous power output.
- Book 3 · Ch 52Bill watches Delta Pavonis
Bill checks on scoured DP-4 via a drone, seeing slow recovery and resolving someday to rebuild Pav ecosystems.