Desperado
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 25 (TWENTY-FOUR)
Appearances
B1
B2
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 25The Desperado was the last human warship left after four others, including the Dauntless, were destroyed over Anshun.
- Ch 25Breaking out of hyperspace at one-fifth light speed, the Desperado struck a Prime wormhole's force field and detonated, converting its mass into radiation.
- Ch 26The Desperado's final suicide flight destroyed alien wormholes and has made its crew near-legendary heroes.
Connections
- led byJean Douvoir
- has memberDon Lantra
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 25Humans use electronic warfare at Scraptoft and Anshun
Wilson's EW aerobots jam Prime communications at Scraptoft, disabling armored soldiers and flyers. Navy warships arrive at Anshun and fight an hour-long battle with the Primes.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Desperado's suicide strike
Jean Douvoir flies the Desperado back at 0.2c into a Prime wormhole, detonating and opening it to a temporary sun. The blast rips through the wormhole to the Prime staging post.