Xizi
First appears in Book 2: The Dark Forest, chapter 8 (“Yet its engine lights up. We’ve observed that. When it went out for a second time, Blue Shadow wasn’t close enough to capture an image in time, so we don’t know where the light came from.”)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 8Quantum's science officer, born in the Asian Fleet; she will accompany Ding Yi on his examination of the droplet.
- Ch 8Xizi, a major, calls the droplet the tear of the blessed mother and weeps at seeing it, feeling kinship with it.
Connections
- member ofQuantumscience officer
- member ofAsian Fleet
- ally ofDing Yimembers of the expedition team
- ally ofThe lieutenant colonelexpedition team members
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 8Ding Yi requests a deep-sea state
Ding Yi, uneasy, asks that Quantum enter a deep-sea state during his visit. The fleet approves, and Quantum and Bronze Age will do so once the examination team departs.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Expedition shuttle departs
Ding Yi, Xizi and two officers from the European and North American Fleets leave Quantum by shuttle toward the droplet.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Expedition examines the droplet aboard Mantis
The team boards Mantis and tests the droplet, finding its surface perfectly smooth at ten million times magnification and unmarked by a claw or pick. Ding Yi concludes it is held by strong interaction and is a threat.