Camille
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 7 (Crisis Era, Years 1–4 Cheng Xin)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 7Camille, an older French consultant from the European Space Agency, mocked Cheng Xin's idea at first, then acknowledged the route-distributed fuel was a genuine invention.
- Ch 9Camille, enraged at the interim report, slammed it down and cursed humanity's inability to change anything despite having walked on the moon.
Connections
- member ofPDC Strategic Intelligence Agency
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 7Wade proposes a spy probe
At the first all-hands meeting, Wade announces the PIA must launch a probe at the Trisolaran Fleet reaching one percent of lightspeed, and experts doubt it is possible.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Cheng Xin presents en-route propulsion
Mocked at first, Cheng Xin explains distributing nuclear bombs along the route to push a light sail probe; the experts take it seriously and Vadimov names it the Staircase Program.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Wade proposes sending only a brain
Facing the half-kilogram payload limit, Wade rallies his despairing team and announces a new plan: send only a brain to the Trisolarans.