Far Away
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 2 (ONE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 3Destination to which Adam's ordered goods are being shipped by circuitous routes, arriving over the following months.
- Ch 4The only planet with serious unrest; it is 550 light-years from the Dyson Pair and observes the barrier still intact.
- Ch 4Far Away was the last alien contact; a station on Half Way was subsidized, and Senator Goldreich calls it a waste.
- Ch 5Far Away is the Commonwealth's only true wild world, hard and expensive to reach, with forty percent standard gravity and no cybersphere outside major towns.
- Ch 5The alien ship Marie Celeste remains on Far Away, still puzzling researchers.
- Ch 5Far Away has low gravity and a land surface still largely desert, ruined by a lethal solar flare about two centuries ago that drove humans to settle there.
- Ch 5Settlers from Armstrong City spread soil bacteria, and the Commonwealth Council's revitalization project introduced alien-origin plants, pines and animals across the planet.
- Ch 7Marty and Kyle refer to Far Away as a violent anarchist world that broke from the Commonwealth.
- Ch 11Most life on the planet was eliminated by a mega-flare, which the High Angel says could be seen as belligerence.
- Ch 13Senator Burnelli cites Far Away as a costly government venture with little return; Wilson notes its knowledge gave the Halgarths force field technology.
- Ch 24Arms shipments reach the Guardians there; Nigel Sheldon allegedly blocked inspections, keeping the route open to both the Guardians and Starflyer.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 4Far Away has only a few civic power stations, micropiles, solar and wind power, far too little to run the force field devices.
- Ch 4Far Away is a low-gravity world reached by a wormhole from Half Way; a flare detected on Damaran suggested aliens there might be hostile.
- Ch 12A flare bomb was previously used at Far Away, where the flare lasted over a week.
- Ch 13Far Away has become completely isolated, with communications mostly encrypted, while only Institute staff travel there.
- Ch 16Jamas recognizes the constellations and confirms the wormhole led to Far Away, his home world.
- Ch 20The storm stripped the eastern Dessault Mountains of snow and rock features, leaving a raw reddish-brown desert and conical stone mounds.
Connections
- containsStakeout Canyon
- containsMarie Celeste
- containsMount Herculaneum
- containsArmstrong City
- containsMount Idle
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 6Paula's data hunt
In Paris, Paula searches cargo data for Elvin's arms smuggling to Far Away and clashes with Mel Rees over budget.
- Book 1 · Ch 22Thompson reveals blocked inspections
Thompson tells Paula his request to inspect all Far Away cargo has stalled in the executive office, suggesting someone is lobbying against it.
- Book 2 · Ch 6Link between Isabella and Far Away discovered
Justine finds that Isabella's father directed a research institute on Far Away fifteen years ago, suggesting how the child Isabella was reached by the Starflyer. Gore agrees to investigate the law firm's finances.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Zone killer strike on escort vehicles
Paula warns Alic to take cover, and the train fires zone killers that destroy the Starflyer's escort vehicles outside the force field.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Edmund Li killed, force field falls
Edmund reaches the generator but has lost his pistol. Tarlo shoots the generator, dropping the force field, then kills Edmund.
- Book 2 · Ch 16Stig meets the allies
Stig reunites with Adam and Bradley, is stunned to find Paula Myo and others allied with them, and nearly shoots her. Teams are divided for the Starflyer chase and the revenge project delivery.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Equipment handover and unloading
Adam's team meets Samantha's Guardians on the mountain road, hands over the Martian data, and the equipment is unloaded for distribution to the manipulator stations.
- Book 2 · Ch 19Adam found murdered
Oscar wakes from a memory implant to find Adam dead in the hangar. The Guardians accuse the others, but Paula's questioning establishes no clear culprit; Wilson insists the mission continue.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Morton and Alic dig out
Buried in a crater to survive the storm, Morton and Alic dig through soil for seven hours and emerge into a transformed desert landscape.
- Book 2 · Ch 20Wilson awaits death
Wilson refuses rescue after the storm, stays on the cold lava, and drifts into visions as he dies.