Sebastian Schneider
Names: Sebastian SchneiderSchneider
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 16 (Deterrence Era, Year 13 Trial)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 16Lieutenant commander in charge of Bronze Age's targeting; one of two officers able to stop an attack, he did not stop it.
- Ch 16Said the crew became a totalitarian collective within five minutes of learning they would never return home, comparing it to Ron Jones's Third Wave experiment.
- Ch 16Seized the communications system and broadcast a warning to Blue Space not to return; he was shot dead by a military policeman.
- Ch 61A Bronze Age defendant whose line 'When humans are lost in space, it takes only five minutes to reach totalitarianism' became the slogan of lightspeed opponents.
Connections
- member ofBronze AgeWas one of the Bronze Age defendants
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 16Court-martial of Bronze Age crew
At the fleet base in geosynchronous orbit, Scott, Schneider and Rovinski are questioned. Scott admits 94% of the crew voted to attack Quantum, and Rovinski reveals the crew ate Quantum's dead. Scott and six officers get life sentences, and most of the crew get long terms.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Schneider's warning to Blue Space
During the ship handover, Schneider traps his guards, activates Bronze Age's interstellar antenna, warns Blue Space not to return, and is killed by laser fire.
- Book 3 · Ch 61Abandonment of lightspeed spaceflight research
Lightspeed ship research ended for reasons of concealment and safety, and also because humanity's painful history in space left it fearful. Elites split into supporters wanting galactic expansion and opponents fearing spread of totalitarianism.