Bose motile
Names: Bose motileDudleyBosethe motileDudley twoMorningLightMountain motile containing the memories of Dudley Bose
First appears in Book 2: Judas Unchained, chapter 5 (Chapter 5)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 5Dudley Bose's mind escaped MorningLightMountain by copying himself from an isolated immotile into a motile through joined nerve receptor stalks.
- Ch 5Dudley, now in a motile body, ignores MorningLightMountain's orders; he has lost some memories but considers himself still existing.
- Ch 5Dudley lives inside a stolen Prime motile body, uses a communications device to listen to MorningLightMountain's main thought routines, and feels few emotions in this brain.
- Ch 5Dudley traveled for weeks through Dyson Alpha settlements and the staging post to reach the wormhole to Randtown, wanting to meet the human saboteurs there.
- Ch 5Dudley noticed small glitches on Elan and concluded the SI had some obscure interest there.
- Ch 7Dudley Bose, with his memories downloaded into an alien immotile unit, surrenders to Morton's team and asks to return to the Commonwealth with them.
- Ch 7Bose says he was captured with Verbeke in the Watchtower, imprisoned and killed, then had his personal store downloaded into an immotile unit.
- Ch 7Bose chose Randtown as his return point because the SI had some presence there.
- Ch 12The Bose motile is kept isolated from Prime communications because no one is sure MorningLightMountain couldn't control it like its other puppets.
- Ch 12The Bose motile's story about MorningLightMountain cannot be confirmed, though Morton suspects it is true.
- Ch 13The motile holds Dudley's downloaded memories, warned the Conway, escaped and made its way to Elan; Mellanie's friends were guarding it.
- Ch 13The motile says it is one with Dudley and agrees to transfer his memories; its body is built around memory transfer.
- Ch 14The alien Bose motile now speaks via a handheld array in Dudley's voice and admits it dumped Mellanie because it is a complete asshole.
- Ch 14The Bose motile says it should be able to translate the Far Away flare signal for the Commonwealth.
- Ch 14Deciphered the Far Away flare signal as MorningLightMountain17,735 identifying itself and calling surviving Primes to contact or fly to it.
- Ch 20The Bose motile is a MorningLightMountain motile with Dudley Bose's memories, speaking through a bioneural array and needing little sleep, accompanying Ozzie.
Connections
- enemy ofMorningLightMountainsecretly defies it
- copy ofDudley Bosea Prime motile carrying the memories of the original Dudley, killed at Dyson Alpha
- related toDudley Bosemotile holds Dudley's memories; his original body died at Dyson Alpha
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 5Dudley Bose hijacks a motile
Dudley copied his mind into a motile by linking nerve stalks, escaping MorningLightMountain's control, and now walks through Randtown.
- Book 2 · Ch 5Dudley reaches Randtown
After months among the Primes, Dudley travels to Randtown, watches the poisoned water pumped into the Trine'ba, and hopes to meet the human saboteurs.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Bose surrenders
An alien in the ruined house contacts Morton's team electronically, surrenders and identifies itself as Dudley Bose in a Prime motile body, offering information against MorningLightMountain.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Debate over informing the navy
On the mountain saddle, Morton persuades the group to delay telling the navy about Bose. Mellanie's message confirms the secrecy and promises extraction from Elan.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Nova of the staging post star
A Commonwealth ship triggers a nova in MorningLightMountain's staging post star, destroying its wormhole generators, halting the invasion and freezing local Prime motiles temporarily.
- Book 2 · Ch 12Aftermath debate over the Bose motile
Rob expects rescue and release, but the Cat points out they still hold the Bose motile; Rob pressures Morton to hide it from the navy.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Wormhole rescue from the Trine'ba mountains
Morton's team receives Mellanie's message, verifies her, and passes through a wormhole to Augusta with survivors and the Bose motile.
- Book 2 · Ch 13Dudley meets his motile
Dudley demands his memories from the Bose motile, learns he was killed at Dyson Alpha, and rebuffs Mellanie before both go to a treatment room for the transfer.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Dudley dumps Mellanie
Dudley Bose coolly ends his relationship with Mellanie, with the Bose motile agreeing it is because he is an asshole; she leaves and later bargains with Hoshe.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Oscar and Dudley clash
Dudley confronts Oscar over being abandoned; the argument turns into a shoving match before Wilson, Anna and the Bose motile separate them.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Ozzie parts from Orion, Mellanie and Tochee
Ozzie says goodbye to his friends, who go on to Tochee's world. Ozzie and the Bose motile take a Silfen path to MorningLightMountain's home.