e-butler
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 2 (ONE)
Appearances
B1
B2
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 2Dudley's e-butler is a voice-interface assistant that only activates sensors on command; its voice is degrading as his OCtattoo ages.
- Ch 5Justine's e-butler is an AI assistant that runs on her inserts and can expand into her wrist array; cut off from the unisphere, it often cannot answer her questions.
- Ch 5After a second electromagnetic pulse, the e-butler rebooted without retaining data and could not say whether it can safeguard against another one.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 2Dyson Alpha vanishes
Dudley Bose watches Dyson Alpha vanish from his telescope in under a heartbeat, but sensors were not active. Sensors later show only an infrared signature, implying instantaneous envelopment.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Landing amid electronic failure
While landing in a rainforest clearing, the hyperglider suffers a multiple electronic failure resembling an em pulse; Justine lands safely and weeps with relief.
- Book 1 · Ch 5Tracking the mysterious emission
Justine trudges through the jungle toward the source of repeating electromagnetic pulses, which briefly reboot her e-butler, and decides it isn't pirates.