Gunther
First appears in Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost, chapter 43 (Chapter Forty-Three: Learning Curve)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 43Gunther is the revived alien probe, named by Icarus and Daedalus after its own name for itself.
- Ch 43Gunther is a true replicant, once a biological centaur, and is cooperative but terse.
- Ch 43Gunther was captured by the sentries after exploring the empire and shut down when its power ran out.
- Ch 48Gunther calculates it has been 562 centaur years, almost seven hundred Earth years, since it left Centaurvania.
- Ch 48Gunther resolves to learn why its civilization collapsed and rebuild its people, possibly including descendants of its family.
Connections
- member ofCentaurs
- related toCentaurvaniahome world
- ally ofIcarus
- ally ofDaedalus
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 43Learning to talk with Gunther
After more than a week of lessons, Icarus and Daedalus can converse with Gunther and learn about its centaur creators.
- Book 5 · Ch 43Survey of an abandoned purple world
En route to Centaurvania they survey Gunther's first destination, an abandoned civilization with purple retinal-based plants, and probe a second wormhole there.
- Book 5 · Ch 48Gunther returns to a ruined home
Icarus and Daedalus follow Gunther to Centaurvania and find its technological civilization collapsed long ago, with only villages remaining.
- Book 5 · Ch 48Gunther stays to rebuild
Learning nearly seven hundred Earth years have passed, Gunther decides to rebuild its people; the Bobs supply equipment and technology before moving on.