Alan Hutchinson
Names: Alan HutchinsonAlanHutchinson
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 25 (TWENTY-FOUR)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
Connections
- leadsWessex
- ally ofNigel Sheldonfellow Dynasty leaders
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 25Prime invasion begins
Forty-eight wormholes open in each of 23 Commonwealth systems, and the Primes bombard planets with nukes and projectiles. Wilson, Rafael and Nigel raise force fields and launch defenses.
- Book 2 · Ch 3First War Cabinet meeting
Meeting in Washington's Senate Hall, the War Cabinet hears Kime's assessment of the Prime assault and unanimously approves his three-stage strategy, with the Seattle Project noted as stage four.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Dynasty leaders confer at Narrabri
Nigel, Alan and Heather watch Doi tour refugees, argue over refugee distribution, genocide of the Primes via the Seattle Project, and escape ships; Nigel agrees to sell wormhole generators.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Cabinet infighting over Wilson
Heather, Nigel and Alan discuss presenting a united front and whether to replace Wilson after the Prime invasion, with Heather threatening to shift the navy to her control.
- Book 2 · Ch 11War Cabinet debates striking the Primes
The War Cabinet discusses carrying the fight to the Primes with quantumbusters; Justine backs genocide, Kime opposes, and Doi institutes an ongoing review.
- Book 2 · Ch 13War Cabinet votes to exterminate Primes
The War Cabinet unanimously approves using every means, up to extermination, against the Primes, and debates evacuating the New48 worlds.