Interstellar Space
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 58 (58. News)
Appearances
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 58News of the Brodeurs' son
Dexter's email tells Howard of colony progress, Cranston's fall in New Jerusalem, and that the Brodeurs have named their new son Howard.
- Book 5 · Ch 1Voyage to the galactic core
Fifty-two years into their near-light-speed journey toward Sagittarius A*, Icarus and Daedalus discuss the chance that FTL will be invented behind them and the growing lag in news from home.
- Book 5 · Ch 1Daedalus's SURGE-lens telescope
Daedalus reveals he has made the SURGE drive field into a refracting lens and has begun surveying passing star systems for planets, signals and anomalies to report home.
- Book 5 · Ch 3Anomaly detected; deceleration begins
Daedalus shows Icarus microwave emissions from a passing system that appear artificial. Icarus has Guppy begin decelerating and coordinate with Dae's Guppy so they can stop and investigate.
- Book 5 · Ch 35Will sends a seed back to BSC-804
Inspired by Bill's wormhole news, Will sets up a Bob seed to return to BSC-804 and start a wormhole chain linking him to WormNet.