James Hunter
Names: James HunterOld HunterHunter
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 36 (The Final Ten Minutes of the Deterrence Era, Year 62 November 28, 4:17:34 P.M. to 4:27:58 P.M.: Gravity and Blue Space, Deep Space)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 36Hunter, 78, is officially Gravity's culinary controller but secretly holds captain's rank, assigned to destroy the gravitational wave transmitter controller if the ship's officers lose control.
- Ch 36Hunter survived the Doomsday Battle by jettisoning his life pod from Newton alone and still feels survivor's guilt over crewmates who died.
- Ch 36Hunter's cerebrovascular coagulation disorder prevented hibernation, so he stayed awake the whole voyage and became its beloved symbol; he took blue pills to hide his condition.
- Ch 36Hunter secretly watched sophon feeds of Blue Space and fell in love with Reiko Akihara, intending to confess his love before she was tried.
- Ch 36When the alarm ended with the transmitter intact, Hunter pressed his watch button, but it reported the self-destruct module had been dismantled.
- Ch 36Hunter, Gravity's old cook, tried to disable the gravitational wave transmission controller and shot Park Ui-gun twice in the chest when he found him there.
- Ch 36His heart was somehow plucked out of his intact chest, leaving his skin unscratched; Park says he can be saved by immediate surgery.
Connections
- partner ofReiko AkiharaUnrequited; he loves her from afar through the video feed
- member ofGravity
- enemy ofPark Ui-gun
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 36Hunter's self-destruct fails
As the droplet attack alarm sounds then stops with the transmitter intact, Hunter presses his watch button to destroy the controller, but the self-destruct module has been dismantled.
- Book 3 · Ch 36Blue Space marines capture Gravity
Hunter shoots infiltrator Park Ui-gun at the transmission control room; Blue Space marines then storm in, Hunter's heart is extracted, and Morovich's officers surrender.