Eta Leporis
Names: Eta LeporisBoojum system
First appears in Book 4: Heaven’s River, chapter 2 (2. Working the Options)
Appearances
What you know
Book 4: Heaven’s River
- Ch 2Eta Leporis shows an unusual infrared signature and periodic dimming, suggesting a megastructure built by a spacefaring civilization.
- Ch 3Eta Leporis has six planets; an infrared-emitting ring, possibly an early Dyson Swarm, lies between the second and third planets.
- Ch 3Short encrypted-looking radio chirps from Eta Leporis indicate something alive there, though Planet 2 shows no radio signature.
- Ch 6Eta Leporis has six planets and no moons or small bodies; the system has been swept clean.
Connections
- containsPlanet 2
- containsBoojums
- containsPlanet Boojum
- containstopopolis
- related toHughtransferring his backup there
Key moments
- Book 4 · Ch 2Anomaly detected at Eta Leporis
During a Bobmoot baseball game, Guppy reports an infrared anomaly at Eta Leporis; Bob, Luke and Marvin suspect a megastructure, and Bob changes course to investigate.
- Book 4 · Ch 3Scouts destroyed at Eta Leporis
While Bob visits Will on Valhalla, automated laser-armed craft ambush and destroy all his in-system scouts following Bender's trail.
- Book 4 · Ch 3Stealth scouts launched
With Bill's suggestion of archived radar-evasion designs, Bob builds stealthy scouts and fires them ballistically through the Eta Leporis system.
- Book 4 · Ch 3Bender's wreckage found
Scouts searching Bender's expected location find a shredded section of his Version 2 Heaven vessel.
- Book 4 · Ch 5Bender's matrix found missing
Bob's roamers open the intact matrix containment in Bender's wreck and find the replicant matrix and interface hardware deliberately removed.
- Book 4 · Ch 6Topopolis revealed
Ballistic scout data shows Eta Leporis swept clean, a lifeless second planet, and a topopolis wound three times around the star.
- Book 4 · Ch 6Spy drones launched
Using Bill's fractal camouflage and Bob's heat sinks, Garfield designs and Bob launches stealth drones to probe the planet and the topopolis; Will seeks a human megastructure expert.