Marie Celeste Research Institute
Names: Marie Celeste Research InstituteMarie CelesteResearch Institute on Far Awaythe InstituteFar Away's Research InstituteResearch InstituteInstitute troops
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 5 (FOUR)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 7The Halgarth dynasty is its main backer, which the Guardians regard as a crime.
- Ch 13Studies the crashed alien arkship Marie Celeste; supplied by convoys every couple of weeks, protected by hired soldiers licensed by the planetary governor.
- Ch 23Paula believes that if Johansson is right, the institute on Far Away will hold abundant evidence of the Starflyer.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 4The Institute has grown bolder in Armstrong City since the Prime attack, with troops in dark armor accompanying police patrols.
- Ch 4The Institute has a growing presence in Armstrong City, with troopers in dark tunics and Land Rover Cruisers, and is being attacked by paid local punks.
- Ch 10According to Johansson, Institute mercenaries are raiding undefended Guardian clan villages on Far Away and offering the Governor aid, which would give them control of the gateway.
- Ch 11The Institute is raiding clan villages, consolidating troops between 3F Plaza and Highway One, and censoring Half Way channels.
- Ch 11Institute troops have seized complete control of the Armstrong City gateway area, deploying armored Cruisers and clearing the Plaza and market stallholders.
- Ch 14Institute troops in Armstrong City have low morale, are hated, and never expected urban paramilitary duty; Guardian sympathizers gather rumors from them.
- Ch 15The Institute has been blocking all communications for days.
- Ch 15The Institute has cleared a route from 3F Plaza to Highway One over the Tangeat bridge, guarded by Range Rover Cruisers, and cracks down on protesters.
- Ch 15Institute Cruisers and bulldozers cleared a path through the rubble of Market Wall at 3F Plaza, shooting indiscriminately at civilians.
- Ch 15The Institute left two trucks and seven Cruisers aimed at the gateway to ambush Adam's party coming through.
Connections
- led byBradley Johanssonfirst director
- related toHalgarth familymain backer
- led byJames Timothy Halgarth
- enemy ofGuardians of Selfhood
- related toMarie Celestestudied by
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 13Ambush of the Institute supply convoy
Clan McSobels fire plasma at the convoy on Highway One, then mounted Charlemagne raiders charge down the ridge and use dump-webs to collapse force fields so missiles destroy trucks, against Institute soldiers and Land Rover Cruisers.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Cheyne Street car attack
Institute troopers threaten Mellanie; the SIsubroutine hijacks cars, killing both troopers and blocking the Cruisers. Mellanie and Dudley escape in a taken-over car.
- Book 2 · Ch 10Johansson convinces Adam to continue
Adam, shaken, nearly refuses to go on. Johansson says Institute mercenaries are raiding Guardian villages and the Starflyer is returning to Far Away. Adam agrees to prepare the train to break the blockade, then leaves for the CST station.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Institute takes 3F Plaza
Stig learns the Governor signed 3F Plaza to the Institute; he and Olwen scout it, and he orders Keely to prepare a crash evacuation after suspicious watchers appear.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Institute seizes Armstrong City gateway
Stig and Olwen see Institute troops and Cruisers take control of the gateway and Plaza; Keely reports communications cut, so Stig orders his team to fall back.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Blimpbot attack on 3F Plaza
As the Institute escorts a capsule truck toward the gateway, Stig launches the blimpbot attack in the rain; the first blimpbot is shredded by Institute fire while releasing chaff and drones.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Blimpbot fuel-air bomb destroys 3F Plaza
Stig's blimpbots draw fire with flares; a bomb from blimpbot five detonates below Market Wall, annihilating the Institute force and vehicles at the Plaza while the wall channels the blast upward.
- Book 2 · Ch 15Institute breaks through 3F Plaza
Institute Cruisers and bulldozers cross the rubble of Market Wall, drive trucks through the gateway, and bring the Starflyer out and away. Guardians cannot stop them, leaving an ambush at the gateway to trap Adam.
- Book 2 · Ch 18Chase along Highway One
Adam's party follows radio news of Bradley's pursuit of the Starflyer; Guardians destroyed the bridges, ambushes occur, and Institute reinforcements slow Bradley.