Earth Security Force
Names: Earth Security ForceESF
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 35 (Post-Deterrence Era, Year 2 Australia)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 35The ESF has five million members in Asian, European and North American corps, recruited by Sophon with promises of freedom; it killed almost a million people enforcing resettlement.
- Ch 35After the deadline passed, Sophon ordered the ESF to exterminate all humans outside the reservations, and it began raiding Australia's power plants, harbors and transport.
- Ch 35A special team commander from the Earth Security Force, with a feminized male voice, was sent to retrieve Cheng Xin and then took AA and Fraisse away by helicopter.
- Ch 39The ESF protected cities and infrastructure and kept order and supplies flowing during the Australia evacuation, yet its members were tried afterwards and half convicted of crimes against humanity.
- Ch 39Many former ESF members were executed, as nations had revived capital punishment during the Great Resettlement.
Connections
- ally ofSophonrecruited by and serves her
- enemy ofEarth Resistance Movement
- related toSophonordered by Sophon to assist evacuation
- related toOur Lordits work benefited Trisolaran civilization
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 35The Great Resettlement completes
With New Zealand as buffer, the last refugees reach Australia three days before the deadline; 4.16 billion are in Australia, and Sophon orders extermination of those outside.
- Book 3 · Ch 35ESF raids; Cheng Xin seeks Sophon
ESF bombers strike Australian power plants and harbors. Cheng Xin bikes to the city government and asks the mayor to contact Sophon or send her to Canberra; he refuses and advises her to stay.
- Book 3 · Ch 35Sophon announces the genocide of Australia
Addressing an emergency UN General Assembly in Canberra, Sophon declares a blockade of Australia and a ban on electricity for three months, dooming most of the 4.2 billion people there to starvation.
- Book 3 · Ch 35Cheng Xin goes blind and rescues her friends
Cheng Xin faints on hearing the announcement and wakes blind. She speaks to Sophon by phone, asking that AA and Fraisse be evacuated, and refuses to leave herself.
- Book 3 · Ch 39Retaliation against the ESF
After the broadcast news, tribunals tried all ESF members, convicting half of crimes against humanity; many were executed despite their contributions to order and recovery.