Henry Roberts
Names: Henry RobertsHenryEmperor Mung
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 40 (Linus – April 2165 – Epsilon Indi)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 40Henry Roberts is Australia's replicant probe, a former solo sailor, found alone and psychotic at Epsilon Indi.
- Ch 40Without VR, years of sensory deprivation drove Henry to build a chaotic, lifeless 'palace' and imagine torturers.
- Ch 40Australian probe hardware closely resembles FAITH's, implying espionage.
- Ch 40In a VR recreation of his boat Contessa, Henry is now lucid but believes he is on Earth and has nightmares of being a probe.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 32Henry Roberts is the replicant from an officially nonexistent Australian probe, encountered by Linus at Epsilon Indi.
- Ch 32Without a VR, Henry went psychotic and followed a warped version of his directives; Linus extracted his matrix and has been giving him therapy.
- Ch 32Henry is still fragile, agoraphobic and prone to panic attacks, retreating to his virtual sailboat; he dislikes Guppy because fish tormented him.
- Ch 34Henry Roberts attends a Bob-moot with Linus, the first non-Bob face most Bobs have seen in VR.
- Ch 42Henry Roberts, the Australian probe replicant, is the only non-Bob replicant; rumour says he is unstable.
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 43Henry Roberts is from the Australian probe Linus found in Epsilon Indi; Linus rebuilt his matrix and he refuses to replicate.
- Ch 43Henry plans to get an android body and sail every ocean of every planet in the human sphere.
Book 4: Heaven’s River
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 30Henry Roberts lives full-time on a boat in VR.
Connections
- member ofAustralian Federationreplicant from the Australian probe
- related toLinusrescued and rehabilitates him
- friend ofLinus
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 40Encounter with the Australian probe
At Epsilon Indi, Linus finds the Australian replicant Henry Roberts, alone and psychotic in a ramshackle structure, and disables his reactor to put him to sleep.
- Book 1 · Ch 40Henry's rehabilitation
Linus extracts Henry's core and gives him a VR of his boat Contessa sailing the South Pacific, where Henry slowly recovers.
- Book 2 · Ch 32Linus returns with Henry
Linus, out of contact for decades, reaches Epsilon Eridani and introduces Bill to Henry Roberts, the rehabilitated Australian replicant, who is welcomed to the Bobiverse.
- Book 2 · Ch 34Henry meets the Bob-moot
Linus brings Henry Roberts to a Bob-moot; the stunned Bobs warm to him when he jokes about the awkwardness.
- Book 3 · Ch 43Bridget's moot debut
Bridget attends her first moot with Howard, meets Henry Roberts, and hears Bill report that the Others' harvesting of Delta Pavonis continues unchecked.