Mack
Names: MackMr. Johansson
First appears in Book 3: All These Worlds, chapter 18 (Arrival at 82 Eridani)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 18Mack is the replicant escorting three colony ships, two from Vancouver Island and one from Japan, to 82 Eridani after a twenty-five-year voyage.
- Ch 18Mack uses an android built from Howard's plans and adapts Howard's Cupid bug killers for 82 Eridani's mosquito-like pests.
- Ch 21Mack's replicant cube survives the attack and is carried away by Thor's roamers, though Mack is offline.
- Ch 25Mack's matrix is intact but offline; the Bobs hope to bring it to a colony for safekeeping.
- Ch 30Mack is restored and plans to build defenses first, assuming Medeiros may still be out there.
- Ch 42Mack has scanned all of 82 Eridani out to the Oort cloud twice and found no trace of Medeiros.
- Ch 42Mack speculates Medeiros may have cloaked an entire autofactory, which only a focused scan could detect.
- Ch 42Mack is back up to strength with printers and busters, is building a new cohort, and must mobilize a system-wide defense.
- Ch 74Mack and the local crew at 82 Eridani will build farm donuts and colony sites for the arriving humans.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 18Colonists arrive at 82 Eridani
Mack and the colony-ship Bobs Isaac, Jack and Owen reach 82 Eridani, find Verne's caches intact, and name the planets Asgard, Jotunheim and Valhalla.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Colony leaders choose their worlds
Christie Campbell's Canadians choose Asgard, and Katsu Ito's Japanese choose the jungle planet, renaming it Takama-ga-hara.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Settlers' complaints
The settlers complain about Takama's stench, Asgard's gravity and biting insects; Mack adapts Howard's Cupid bug killers and considers making the colonies independent early.
- Book 3 · Ch 21Medeiros attacks Mack
While Bill visits, Mack's vessel is crippled by a Medeiros missile; Bobs piggyback on roamers to save Mack's cube, destroy sensitive tech and fight Medeiros' boarding roamers before the hulk is destroyed.
- Book 3 · Ch 30Mack restored
Mack is back online in Bill's VR and plans to rebuild defenses before supporting the colonies.
- Book 3 · Ch 42Search for Medeiros fails
Mack reports to Bill that scans of 82 Eridani found no sign of Medeiros; they suspect a cloaked autofactory and plan more surveillance drones.