Earth-Trisolaris Organization
Names: Earth-Trisolaris OrganizationETOEarth-Trisolaris Movementthe OrganizationEarth-Trisolaris rebelsthe rebelsAdventiststhe org
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 20 (20)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 20The game invites Wang to attend the organization's meet-up, with the address to be sent by follow-up e-mail.
- Ch 21Governments in Europe and North America are cracking down on the ETO as the world prepares for war.
- Ch 24ETO members hid three small nuclear bombs, each about 1.5 kilotons, inside the spheres of the three-body sculpture.
- Ch 27The words 'let us be comrades' later became what every new ETO member must say upon joining.
- Ch 28Its ideal is to invite Trisolaran civilization to reform human civilization and curb human madness and evil; it has members worldwide and is growing rapidly.
- Ch 29The ETO is made up mostly of highly educated elites with high social status, including political and financial figures, giving it power beyond its numbers.
- Ch 29Attempts to recruit common people failed, because they instinctively identify with their own species and cannot imagine betraying humanity.
- Ch 29The ETO operated semi-openly and was long ignored by governments, which only began attacking it effectively within the last two years.
- Ch 33The sophon formation allows Trisolaris to communicate in real time with the alienated forces within Earth civilization.
- Ch 33After the first message to humanity outside the ETO, Trisolaris ended all communication with the Adventists.
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 2ETO is near collapse after two fatal strikes: the Redemptionists have disintegrated, and only the Adventists remain organized; members' devotion is being tested.
- Ch 2ETO must carry out a critical order from Evans, hidden in an encrypted letter, without revealing that ETO did it; the target's importance is not explained.
- Ch 2The ETO's next mission, requested through the sophon, is to halt or delay humanity's escape plans.
- Ch 2The ETO is believed to want to kill the Wallfacers; one of its militia attacked Luo Ji.
- Ch 7The ETO was completely wiped out a century ago; remaining sympathizers cannot organize.
- Ch 7Luo Ji asks whether the ETO has been destroyed; Shi Qiang says perhaps, but trusts his intuition that danger remains.
- Ch 9Trisolaris admits abandoning the ETO was a mistake, since its physicists would have seen through Luo Ji.
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 26The ETO gradually disappeared during the Deterrence Era, replaced by human-supremacist extremist groups.
Connections
- led byYe Wenjieappointed commander in chief
- includesAdventists
- includesRedemptionists
- related tothree-body sculptureconcealed the ETO's nuclear bombs
- has memberMike Evansfirst recruit shown joining via the comrades phrase
- includesSurvivors
- has memberAdventists
- has memberRedemptionists
- has memberSurvivors
- has memberSecond Wallbreaker
- has memberthe assailant
- ally ofFrederick Tyleraccording to the Wallbreaker's claim
- led byMike Evans
- has memberKeiko Yamasuki
- created byKiller 5.2
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 20Invitation to the meet-up
Three Body ends and invites Wang to attend an Earth-Trisolaris Organization meet-up in the real world, with the address to follow by e-mail.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Army raid on the ETO cafeteria
Soldiers led by Shi Qiang storm the cafeteria and surround the ETO. Three ETO members grab nuclear bomb spheres from the sculpture and demand Ye's release.
- Book 1 · Ch 24Bomb defused by deception
Da Shi claims her mother has been found, distracting the young woman. A shooter shoots near her, triggering only the conventional explosive. She dies, and over two hundred ETO members are arrested.
- Book 1 · Ch 28Ye becomes ETO commander in chief
Ye accepts leadership of the Earth-Trisolaris Movement, and the ETO fighters shout their slogan, formally beginning the movement.
- Book 1 · Ch 29ETO factions described
The ETO divides into Adventists, Redemptionists and a rising Survivors faction, each with different motives, and the Adventists and Redemptionists nearly fight a civil war.
- Book 1 · Ch 29Three Body game used for recruitment
The ETO develops the Three Body game to spread Trisolaran religion and recruit members, making it the cradle of the Redemptionists.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Trisolaris tells humanity "You're bugs!"
At the Battle Command Center, after General Chang warns of sophon surveillance, everyone sees a two-second message in their eyes reading 'You're bugs!' Trisolaris then cuts off the Adventists.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Second Wallbreaker contacted by Trisolaris
Trisolaris proves its identity with the dead goldfish and the Evans letter password. It explains its fear of humans and asks ETO to carry out Evans's secret order without revealing ETO's role.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Wallbreaker and the sophon
The sophon tells the Wallbreaker the Trisolarans will stop humanity's flight and asks for ETO help; he insists human disputes over who goes will prevent escape.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Luo Ji shot outside the UN
Wandering out unprotected, Luo Ji is shot in the chest by an ETO assassin near the swords-to-plowshares statue. Shi Qiang's security team saves him and takes him to hospital.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Say reveals Trisolaris wants Luo Ji dead
Say tells Luo Ji the car crash was an ETO assassination ordered by Trisolaris, concluding that Trisolaris fears him, and urges him to uncover why. Luo Ji resolves to wait for his family at doomsday.