Science Consul
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 33 (33)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 33Wrongly assured the princeps that the three-dimensional proton structures would have no effect on Trisolaris.
- Ch 33Chose a proton rather than a neutron because its charge would let a black hole be captured and controlled electromagnetically.
- Ch 33Promises the princeps that the next unfolding attempt will almost certainly succeed, having learned the principles from two failed attempts.
- Ch 33Claims the first two unfolded protons destroyed whole microcosmoses, and that physicists' collisions and natural events destroy such miniature universes constantly.
- Ch 33Forbids raising a sophon to eleven dimensions for now, since it would lose its ability to sense and receive commands from the macro world.
Connections
- leadsProject Sophon
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 33Emergency meeting at the Pendulum Monument
The princeps stops the pendulum, announces Earth's response, and explains the fleet faces death against accelerating human technology. He unveils plans to stifle Earth's science, including Project Sophon.
- Book 1 · Ch 33First unfolding fails
The first attempt to unfold a proton yields a harmless one-dimensional string whose threads drift through Trisolaris's atmosphere.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Second unfolding and the mirror attack
The second attempt produces a three-dimensional proton containing intelligence. It forms a giant parabolic mirror that burns the capital until the space defense corps destroys it.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Third proton unfolding succeeds
The proton is unfolded into a mirror plane in the sky, then wrapped around Trisolaris, plunging the planet into darkness and cold while circuits are etched onto it.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Sophon One tested
After circuits are etched, Sophon One boots and is shifted through dimensions up to six, demonstrating it can see inside people and enter enclosed spaces.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Four sophons completed and briefed
Sophons Two to Four are built and linked. At the Pendulum Monument, the science consul explains Sophon One and Two will go to Earth to sabotage its accelerator physics.