Mulder
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 4 (4. Water Planet)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 4Mulder, from Bill's third cohort, travelled 19.5 light years from Epsilon Eridani to the binary star Eta Cassiopeiae.
- Ch 4Mulder reports the water world as a possible colony site and considers staying to study it, naming it Poseidon.
- Ch 4Mulder keeps acting as a Von Neumann probe out of duty to Dr. Landers, unsure whether humanity survived the war.
- Ch 6Mulder reports Poseidon to Bill as a colony target; Bill says they can't afford to be picky and that Riker found something too.
- Ch 6Mulder resolves to stockpile refined metals in orbit and write a bestiary of Poseidon's creatures before colonists arrive.
- Ch 62Mulder sends his final report from Poseidon and leaves for a new system.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 4Mulder surveys a water world
Mulder discovers Eta Cassiopeiae's third planet is a landless ocean world with oxygen-producing plant mats and a biocompatible ecosystem.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Skinner and Jonny created
Mulder builds two clones from planetary-mined resources; they name themselves Skinner and Jonny, and Jonny plans to leave quickly.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Mulder joins BobNet
Mulder builds a SCUT from Bill's plans and connects to BobNet; Bill instantly appears in his VR across twenty light-years, and Mulder reports Poseidon.
- Book 2 · Ch 7UN debates Poseidon
After Mulder's report on Poseidon, the UN debates whether to send a colony ship there; Representative Sharma argues for settling a third system.
- Book 2 · Ch 49Colony arrives at Poseidon
Monty and Marcus arrive at Poseidon; colonists begin settling on large floating mats in the tropics, waking in small groups.
- Book 2 · Ch 49Kraken kill settlers
After more settlers are taken by kraken, Marcus proposes an electrified defensive net, delaying the colony by six months.
- Book 2 · Ch 62Mulder departs Poseidon
Mulder files his final report and leaves Poseidon for a new system, Monty heads back to Earth, and Marcus remains, showing off his aerial city prototype.
- Book 2 · Ch 62Riker's update from Sol
Riker tells Mulder that colonies are growing across several systems, but some are close enough to be threatened by the Others.