Wu Yue
Names: Wu YueCaptain WuComrade Wu Yue
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 2 (Year 3, Crisis Era)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 2Captain of the carrier Tang, he cannot read his political commissar Zhang Beihai's inner thoughts, which troubles him.
- Ch 2He and Zhang Beihai were summoned to General Staff by emergency orders, ending their training exercises and implying Tang's place stays empty.
- Ch 2Wu Yue is gloomy in the space force, resenting a hopeless war, and holds strong technofetishist and technological triumphalist views.
- Ch 2Wu Yue and Zhang Beihai no longer belong to the navy, having joined the space force.
- Ch 2Wu Yue is a colonel and former navy captain with a technical, engineer-like mindset who over-relies on technology and lost confidence in the future after learning of the Trisolar Crisis.
- Ch 2Wu Yue calmly accepts Zhang Beihai's assessment, admits he is unfit for the Space Force and says he will abide by the organization's arrangements.
- Ch 3Wu Yue has submitted his discharge application, feeling his life is over now that new warship construction has stopped.
- Ch 6Wu Yue, 51, served one month in the space force sixteen years ago, left as a defeatist, and is an atheist seeking peace of soul through belief in God.
- Ch 6Wu Yue's wife, a fervent Christian he met at Annapolis, faced the future calmly, which made him envious.
- Ch 6Wu Yue lived in depression, worked on the Human Memorial Project, and died at seventy-seven, speaking Zhang Beihai's name.
Connections
- leadsTangcaptain
- ally ofZhang Beihaico-commanders of Tang, previously on Chang'an
- member ofChinese Space Force
- friend ofZhang Beihai
- enemy ofZhang BeihaiDenounces him publicly as a defeatist
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 2Wu Yue and Zhang Beihai recalled
After Tang's fourth offshore training session, the two commanders are ordered by Fleet Command to report immediately to General Staff, cancelling the fifth exercise.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Founding of the Chinese Space Force
Chang Weisi tells thirty officers the space force will be navy-based and academy-like, and that its goals span three centuries beyond their lifetimes.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Wu Yue and Zhang Beihai discuss the war
Overlooking the unfinished Tang, Zhang Beihai tells Wu Yue the war is not hopeless, using the wooden boat and diver bomb analogy.
- Book 2 · Ch 2Zhang Beihai denounces Wu Yue
At a meeting Zhang Beihai names Wu Yue as a typical defeatist and recommends removing him from the space force. Wu Yue accepts it; Chang Weisi defuses the situation by urging proper channels.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Tang removed from dry dock
Zhang Beihai and Wu Yue watch the suspended carrier Tang launched early to be towed away for demolition.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Wu Yue is refused
Wu Yue asks to have a belief in God implanted. Hines refuses because only the victory proposition is allowed, then reveals his own unused 'God is dead' proposition and expresses contempt for Wu Yue.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Passing of the Golden Age generation
Over the following decades, key figures retire, die or enter hibernation, and the Golden Age generation vanishes from living memory.