Vasilenko
Names: VasilenkoSublieutenant VasilenkoGeneralAlexei Vasilenko
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 60 (Broadcast Era, Year 8 Fate’s Choice)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 60Vasilenko is the sublieutenant at Observation Unit #1; he insists they are sentries, and formerly observed the space where the Second Trisolaran Fleet entered lightspeed.
- Ch 68Once a sublieutenant scapegoated for the first false alarm, he hibernated, awoke in Bunker Era Year 9, and is now a vice admiral commanding the expedition.
- Ch 68He commands Revelation, initially considers the slip harmless, then heeds Bai Ice and pulls the ship two thousand kilometers away.
Connections
- member ofRingier-Fitzroy Station
- ally ofWidnalldiscovered Trisolaran lightspeed ship trails together
- leadsRevelation
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 60Discovery of curvature propulsion trails
Observing the ruined Trisolaran system, Widnall and Vasilenko find transparent bubbles, realize they are lightspeed trails, and send an alarm-level report to Fleet Command and the PDC, which leaks and sparks panic.
- Book 3 · Ch 68Examination of the paper slip
Drones, then Vasilenko and 白 Ice, found the slip intangible and unmovable; Revelation took it into its lab, but analysis revealed almost nothing.
- Book 3 · Ch 68The slip collapses space
After the slip vanishes, the pinnace melts into a two-dimensional plane. Bai Ice explains that space is collapsing toward two dimensions and escape needs lightspeed.
- Book 3 · Ch 68Revelation is flattened
Resigned, Revelation's crew shuts off the engine and falls into the plane, where they are flattened into two dimensions, seen by Alaska.