Chinese Space Force
Names: Chinese Space Forcespace forcenational space forces
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 2 (Year 3, Crisis Era)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 2The space force is being built on a naval model because space warfare is thought closest to naval warfare.
- Ch 3Space warfare theory research is split into low-tech, mid-tech and high-tech strategies, defined chiefly by the speed and range of a ten-kiloton-class spaceship.
- Ch 6Within a week of the Faith Center opening, over a hundred space force members, up to senior colonel, had gained faith in victory.
Connections
- led byChang Weisi
- has memberZhang Beihai
- has memberWu Yue
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Founding of the Chinese Space Force
Chang Weisi tells thirty officers the space force will be navy-based and academy-like, and that its goals span three centuries beyond their lifetimes.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Zhang Beihai consults his father
Zhang Beihai, newly in the space force, visits his dying father and asks what to do. He receives only the cryptic answer to think long and hard.
- Book 2 · Ch 6First space force volunteers receive faith
Four officers undergo the mental seal and leave serene; within a week over a hundred space force members follow. Hines and Yamasuki then decide to hibernate until the Trisolaran probes arrive.