fleet chief of staff
Names: fleet chief of stafffleet chiefchief of staff for the fleet
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 27 (Deterrence Era, Year 62 November 28, 4:00 P.M. to 4:17 P.M.: Deterrence Center)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Connections
- ally ofPlanetary Defense Council
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 27Handover of the Swordholder switch
Luo Ji hands the gravitational wave broadcast switch to Cheng Xin in the white hall, ending his fifty-four-year tenure; no one thanks him.
- Book 3 · Ch 47Briefing on the Sophon-controlled dinghy
The fleet chief explains the traffic-light warning system and bomb in the dinghy; Cheng Xin accepts the risk and the dinghy departs five hours later for the Lagrangian point.
- Book 3 · Ch 47Cheng Xin's debriefing
In a sophon-free room Cheng Xin recorded her conversation five times over more than six hours, including under psychologists' guidance, then was congratulated by the special team.