Thor
First appears in Book 2: For We Are Many, chapter 34 (34. Moose)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: For We Are Many
- Ch 39Thor concludes the Others' weapon is a gamma-ray beam and proposes depleted-uranium and electrostatic shielding to survive it.
- Ch 39Thor warns the Bobs will get only one surprise attack and must be sure they can win a war against the Others.
Book 3: All These Worlds
- Ch 56Thor estimates the Others carry twenty to thirty thousand fighters and flying bombs.
- Ch 63Thor suggests acting as though the Bobs still have more surprises, to keep the Others guessing.
- Ch 65Thor tracks the Others' zaps and relays target coordinates to the Bellerophon so it can dodge.
- Ch 67Thor insists on nuking the silent Others fleet anyway, and Bill orders the remaining munitions fired.
- Ch 72Thor speaks for Bobs tired of a century spent shepherding, guarding and transporting humans.
Book 4: Heaven’s River
- Ch 33Thor reports two relay stations recovered, though six were lost to Starfleet's booby traps.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 39Bob-moot on the Others
Forty-three Bobs meet in Bill's VR to analyse the Others' gamma-ray weapon, propose shielding and decoy tactics, and debate whether they can win a war.
- Book 2 · Ch 44Bob baseball and pub talk
Bobs play Scrub baseball in VR, then debate androids, the word 'ephemerals', asteroid movers and the Others over drinks.
- Book 2 · Ch 66Somber moot
A moot finds no way to move the Pav planet; Bill concludes it will come down to a toe-to-toe fight before the Bobs are ready.
- Book 2 · Ch 74Moot after the defeat
Grieving Bobs agree the Others need to be exterminated; Bill defers a vote and Thor asks how it could be done.
- 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 33Derelicts Project update
Herschel and Neil present the Bellerophon plan to the moot: fly the repaired derelict to Earth with mover plates and build stasis pods on the way.
- Book 3 · Ch 56Others' fleet detected
Riker's drone network detects a huge Others fleet approaching Sol; Bill convenes a council that estimates odds and orders early countermeasures.
- Book 3 · Ch 59Sneak attack on the Others' fleet
Bobs strike the approaching Others' armada with cloaked SCUT-controlled fusion bombs, knocking out ten death asteroids and twenty-two carriers before a super-pulse ends the surprise.
- Book 3 · Ch 63Main battle begins
Bob attack groups and bombs engage the Others' fleet; an unexpected second super-pulse exposes the Jokers, but nukes destroy about a third of the enemy force.
- Book 3 · Ch 65Protecting the Bellerophon
Bill and Will use disguised nuke salvos and concentrated fire to destroy the Death Asteroids zapping at Earth and the Bellerophon, while Thor relays zap coordinates.
- Book 3 · Ch 67Dreadnaught sacrifice
Will sends almost a hundred AMI dreadnaughts in a nuclear charge that clears enemy defenders and leaves just over a third of the Others' fleet.
- Book 3 · Ch 72Moot on the Bobs' future
At a huge moot, Thor and Garfield voice the Bobs' weariness of serving humanity; Bill agrees to tell the colonies the Bobs will no longer be their workhorse.
- Book 4 · Ch 33Relay stations recovered
Thor reports that a workaround found via Marcus has recovered two booby-trapped relay stations after six were lost.
- Book 4 · Ch 65ANEC at the Bobmoot
ANEC presents its agreement with the Bobiverse; Bobs rant at Hugh, Will and ANEC, but mood shifts as Hugh outlines Quinlan technical advantages and ANEC offers human settlement in Heaven's River.
- Book 5 · Ch 61First wormhole transit
Thor pilots the Snark, carrying mannies run by Will, Bob and Garfield, through the wormhole system from Epsilon Eridani to Skippyland in half an hour.