Sentry ships
Names: Sentry shipssentriessentinelssentryfirewall sentries
First appears in Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost, chapter 28 (Chapter Twenty-Eight: Wish Granted)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 5: Not Till We Are Lost
- Ch 28Four sentry ships with extraordinary acceleration intercept Icarus and Daedalus and respond only with repeated scripted packets, suggesting AMI control.
- Ch 37The sentries ignore unrecognised signals but begin responding to pixelated images drawn by a drone's comms laser.
- Ch 37Several sentries gather to watch the lessons, hinting at individuality or curiosity.
- Ch 56The sentries say Roanoke's government has likely already passed through the far gate.
- Ch 56The sentries state that all member civilizations have gone through the gate, but cannot say where it leads or why.
Connections
- inDMZ
- enemy ofIcaruscaptors
- enemy ofDaedaluscaptors
- inSentry System
Key moments
- Book 5 · Ch 28Captured by sentries
Passing through a gate from Hub Zero, Icarus and Daedalus fail to give a valid response to automated sentry ships and are towed by tractor beam to an asteroid station.
- Book 5 · Ch 37First contact with the sentries
Icarus and Daedalus establish communication with the sentries through pixelated images, teaching math and logic and negotiating permission to leave.
- Book 5 · Ch 56Questioning the sentries in Roanokian
Using a drone speaking Roanokian, Icarus learns from the DMZ sentries that all member civilizations went through a gate, and that Security Central has been silent for millennia.