Gliese 877
Names: Gliese 877GL-877
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 30 (30. Found Something)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 30Gliese 877 has a huge, diffuse, artificial mass ring inside the inner planet's orbit, the source of most of the system's electromagnetic activity.
- Ch 38Gliese 877 is the Others' system, with a metal-encased planet and the beginnings of a Dyson Sphere around its star.
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 11GL 877 is the Others' home system; there is no metal to be had anywhere around it.
- Ch 69The twin impacts trigger runaway fusion; GL 877 explodes, sterilizing its system, including the Others' Dyson sphere under construction.
- Ch 70Nothing is left in the GL 877 system out to its Oort cloud, as confirmed by monitor drones before they expired.
Connections
- containsDeath Star ship
- containsThe Othersexpedition launched from there
- containsDyson Sphere
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 30Bashful finds an alien system
Bashful's stealth probes reveal Gliese 877 has a vast artificial structure ring and heavy radio traffic, possibly the Others.
- Book 2 · Ch 30Bashful destroyed
Six ships detect Bashful by SUDDAR and intercept him; a giant sphere fires a grid weapon, his replicant goes offline and he self-destructs.
- Book 2 · Ch 38Hal scouts Gliese 877
Using cautious probes, Hal observes the Others' home system, including a metal-encased planet and the start of a Dyson Sphere.
- Book 2 · Ch 38Hal evades the Others
Chased by faster Others ships, Hal trains them to expect his manoeuvres, then goes dark and slips out of their SUDDAR range.
- Book 2 · Ch 38Hal tests his theory and is caught
Suspecting the Others detect radio traffic, Hal backs himself up and transmits deliberately; the Others close in and his self-destruct engages.
- Book 2 · Ch 53Shielding test at Gliese 877
Hal sends a shielded decoy into the Others' system; it survives a death-asteroid zap long enough to send a scan before self-destructing.
- Book 3 · Ch 33Others attack surveillance drones
Bill tells the moot that drones monitoring GL 877 have been attacked or chased, suggesting the Others know they are watched.
- Book 3 · Ch 69GL 877 destroyed
Icarus and Daedalus release two relativistic planetary masses into GL 877 from opposite poles, causing the star to explode and sterilize the Others' system.