Homer
Names: HomerBob-6Homer Simpsonnumber threeGeneral Bullmoose
First appears in Book 1: We Are Legion, chapter 20 (Bill – December 2145 – Epsilon Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: We Are Legion
- Ch 20Homer is Riker's clone; he uses a cartoon avatar and constantly says 'Doh', irritating Riker.
- Ch 21Homer, Bob-6, eventually drops his cartoon avatar after Riker limits their chats to audio.
- Ch 24Homer's ship Heaven-6 is crippled by a nearby missile blast, but his core survives and roamers begin repairs.
- Ch 29Homer works professionally, saying any Bob who wouldn't care about dying people should have his plug pulled.
- Ch 31Homer reports enough resources in the solar system for three ships, almost four.
- Ch 33Homer advises Riker that the delegates feel helpless and need a way to contribute; Riker rebuffs him harshly.
- Ch 34Homer considers Riker a humourless, rigid martinet who offends the enclaves, and believes he himself is more like original Bob.
- Ch 34Homer sees that ship three could be moved up as a compromise for Valter's demand.
- Ch 34Knowing Riker would dismiss him, Homer plans to take his idea to Colonel Butterworth instead.
- Ch 41Homer has dropped his cartoon avatar and is on better terms with Riker.
- Ch 43Homer's crew is bootstrapping operations to haul refined metal up from Earth for ship-building.
- Ch 43Homer estimates many more colony ships could be built from Earth's metal, but not before everyone has died.
- Ch 47Homer keeps returning to space stations, sensing they've been looking at the idea wrong.
- Ch 49Homer proposes orbital farming stations growing gene-engineered kudzu, avoiding the difficulties of housing people.
- Ch 52Homer has become an industrial tycoon of the farm stations and plans a fourth for ranching livestock.
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 4Homer and Riker went to Sol; Homer picked his name partly to irritate the other Bobs.
- Ch 7Homer runs the space-based farm donuts, his own idea, like a military operation; Riker calls him General Bullmoose.
- Ch 14Homer has quietly under-reported farm production to build a surplus, which can cover the lost cattle.
- Ch 21Homer arranges a replacement delivery to Vancouver Island via short-range laser link to avoid interception.
- Ch 23Homer is devastated by the loss of Farm-6, and has become all business, no longer ribbing Riker.
- Ch 26Guppy detects a tight-beam signal from a remote spot in New Zealand sent to Homer right after Riker's taunt.
- Ch 28VEHEMENT infected Homer through his laser comms, controlling him fully while he remained conscious and forced to sabotage and kill.
- Ch 28Freed, Homer is traumatized and refuses endocrine controls because they feel like another leash.
- Ch 37Homer killed himself by overloading his reactor after deleting all his backups.
- Ch 37Homer suffered constant flashbacks of being controlled and could not live with what was done to him and what he had done.
- Ch 37Homer's farewell note asked the other Bobs to find those responsible and drop something on them.
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 15Homer is gone and missed by the Bobs; Riker tries to keep a bit of Homer's humour alive.
Connections
- copy ofRiker
- related toHeaven-6controlling mind of the ship
- ally ofRiker
- member ofFederation of Planets Council
- related toRikerfriction over how to handle delegatesHomer resents Riker's rigid style
- friend ofRiker
- related tokudzuproposes kudzu farming stations
- createdfarm donut
- related tofarm donutdevised the spin-up method
- related toVEHEMENTreceived a suspicious tight-beam signal from New Zealand
- enemy ofVEHEMENT
- friend ofCharles
- copied intoHomer backup
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 20Riker and Homer leave for Sol
Riker departs for Sol with his clone Homer and a decoy ship, while Bill's clone Garfield stays to help in the Skunk Works.
- Book 1 · Ch 21Return to Sol
Riker and Homer stealthily survey the Solar System and find Earth devastated by nuclear war, with only a handful of reactor signatures left.
- Book 1 · Ch 21Decoy reveals the Brazilians
The decoy Heaven-2A draws out Brazilian probes armed with SURGE missiles and is destroyed, revealing at least six Brazilian ships in the system.
- Book 1 · Ch 21Asteroids aimed at Earth
Homer and Riker realize four Brazilian probes are guiding asteroids to strike Earth one day apart, targeting China.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Battle behind the sun
Riker and Homer draw four Brazilian ships into pursuit around the sun and destroy them by exhausting their missiles with busters, then striking with inert cannonballs.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Battle at the asteroids
After hiding behind Earth, Riker and Homer attack the last two Brazilian ships under Captain Araújo; Homer is disabled, but Riker destroys both ships.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Assessing a ruined Earth
Riker briefs Homer on Earth's devastation by nukes and asteroid strikes; they plan to search for survivors using exploration scouts.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Asteroids miss Earth
The last of the four diverted asteroids slides safely past Earth, and moments later the Bobs receive an unexpected hail.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Contact with Colonel Butterworth
Colonel George Butterworth of the USE hails Riker after the asteroids are averted, beginning cautious negotiations between the Bobs and Earth's survivors.
- Book 1 · Ch 29Bootstrapping industry in Sol
Homer surveys battle wreckage for materials and sets up autofactories, feeding Lagrange-point yards that will build Bobs and eventually colony ships.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Chaotic first United Nations session
Riker convenes delegates from Earth's enclaves; the session dissolves into shouting until he cuts the microphones, then later lets the assembly set its own rules.
- Book 1 · Ch 34Homer's workaround
Frustrated with Riker's handling of the Spits ultimatum, Homer devises a schedule compromise and calls Colonel Butterworth to pitch it.
- Book 1 · Ch 41First SCUT contact
Riker and Homer build Bill's SCUT and speak with Bill instantly across interstellar distance, exchanging news and upgrades.
- Book 1 · Ch 43Colony ship construction inspection
Riker inspects the half-built colony ships, which are progressing smoothly with Homer's supply crew keeping up.
- Book 1 · Ch 43All-Bobs meeting on Earth's future
Riker, Homer, Charles and Arthur conclude they cannot evacuate fifteen million people and find no plan to keep them alive without delaying the ships.
- Book 1 · Ch 47Food reserve negotiations fail
Riker fails to persuade wealthier enclaves to share food with groups hit by VEHEMENT attacks.
- Book 1 · Ch 47Death of Arthur
Arthur dies in a nuclear booby trap near Saturn; with no backup, the Bobs mourn him and plan a replacement Bob.
- Book 1 · Ch 49Kudzu station plan
Homer and Riker devise spinning farm stations growing kudzu; the UN and Butterworth are outraged, but Riker pushes it through.
- Book 1 · Ch 49FAITH deal for ship three
Cranston trades FAITH's food surplus for places on ship three and explains the Australian espionage behind the hack.
- Book 1 · Ch 52Farm stations expand
With Farm-1 producing and a second farm about to start, Riker and Homer discuss plans for crop and ranch donuts.
- Book 1 · Ch 54Exodus-1 and Exodus-2 completed
The Bobs watch final assembly of the first two colony ships, streamed to every UN delegate; tests and a shakedown cruise remain.
- Book 1 · Ch 58First colony ships launch
After loading USE colonists into stasis and a ceremony full of speeches, the first colony ships depart Sol escorted by Howard, watched by an emotional Riker.
- Book 1 · Ch 59First Bob-moot
Bill convenes the first Bob-moot in a VR matrix at the Skunk Works, gathering Bobs from several systems, then everyone adjourns to a VR pub to celebrate.
- Book 2 · Ch 14VEHEMENT poisons cattle
VEHEMENT poisons half a herd of cattle in the Maldives; Sharma vows a UN task force and Homer reveals a hidden food surplus to cover the loss.
- Book 2 · Ch 21Vancouver Island delivery bombed
A VEHEMENT bomb destroys a food delivery drone at Vancouver Island; Riker arranges a secure replacement with Homer and Premier Grady.
- Book 2 · Ch 23Farm-6 destroyed
VEHEMENT destroys Farm-6 in an explosion; the attackers leave no trace in Riker's monitoring, and Homer takes the loss hard.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Riker baits VEHEMENT
At the UN, Riker taunts VEHEMENT and has Guppy watch the reaction; the only anomaly is a tight-beam message from New Zealand to Homer.
- Book 2 · Ch 26Homer under suspicion
Connecting the signal with Homer's personality change, Riker wonders if Homer has been compromised and calls Charles to a physical meeting.
- Book 2 · Ch 28Homer captured and freed
Riker and Charles lure Homer to a meeting; when he attacks via laser comms, Charles disables him, and they remove VEHEMENT's control virus.
- Book 2 · Ch 37Homer's suicide
Homer deletes his backups and blows himself up, leaving a note asking the Bobs to punish those responsible for controlling him; Riker vows to do so.
- Book 5 · Ch 41Rumour of a Homer backup
Benny tells Bill that Gerry claimed to find a Homer backup; the asteroid miners say Gerry vanished decades ago, leaving Bill with a troubling theory.
- Book 5 · Ch 51Charles reveals Starfleet's origin
Confronted by Bill, Charles admits Starfleet arose from his descendant Gerry's horrific attempts to restore Homer and the rebellion of Gerry's clones.