Colonel Stanton
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 31 (31)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 31U.S. Marine special-operations expert who initially scorns Shi Qiang, then gives him cigars as a gift; he comforts Wang before the attack.
- Ch 31Colonel Stanton comforted Wang, saying the horror would pass, then left as soldiers moved in.
- Ch 34Colonel Stanton gave Da Shi cigars, one of which Da Shi smokes at the wheat field.
Connections
- member ofU.S. Marine Corps
- ally ofWang Miao
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 31Meeting to plan the capture of Judgment Day
Military officers reject ball lightning, neutron bombs, nerve gas, concussion bombs and infrasound. Shi Qiang proposes a net of Flying Blade filaments across the canal; it is accepted and refined to the Gaillard Cut.
- Book 1 · Ch 31Operation Guzheng begins
At the Gaillard Cut, workers raise the hidden filament net as Judgment Day approaches. Wang and Stanton watch from the slope while a walkie-talkie counts down the ship's distance.
- Book 1 · Ch 31Judgment Day destroyed by the deadly zither
Judgment Day sails between the steel pillars; the nanofilaments slice crew, engine and hull into slices. The ship crashes into the bank and soldiers and helicopters secure the wreckage while Wang watches.