Pentagon II
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 22 (TWENTY-ONE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 22Thirty-story five-sided navy tower at the center of the Babuyan Atoll campus, nicknamed by Alessandra Baron; Wilson's office is on its top floor.
Connections
- inBabuyan Atoll
- part ofHigh Angel
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 22Rules of engagement meeting
Wilson's staff and the oversight committee meet. Dimitri argues for maximum force and destroying any Prime wormhole at once. Patricia is wary, but Wilson agrees to cost out weapons able to break through to the far end.
- Book 2 · Ch 4Oscar copies Second Chance logs
Late at night in Pentagon II, Oscar copies the Second Chance's extensive log recordings onto memory crystals, secretly investigating the voyage.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Navy Strategic Review Council debates the Hell's Gateway assault
Advisors discuss the Hell's Gateway location, Dimitri's call for caution and use of the Seattle weapon, and ship production. They agree to wait a fortnight, keeping reserves for defense and expanding guerrilla warfare.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Oscar reveals the Second Chance traitor evidence
Oscar privately shows Wilson a log of the dish pointed at the Prime homeworld, revealing a traitor aboard Second Chance. Wilson resolves to consult Paula Myo.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Tampered navy records discovered
Wilson and Oscar show Paula Oscar's copy of the shuttle recording, but the official record has been altered to remove the dish deployment. Paula rules the copy inadmissible and says the Starflyer is likely behind it.
- Book 2 · Ch 9Bayfoss link to the barrier's collapse
Paula reveals the Bayfoss connection and warns the Armstrong-class satellites may have been sabotaged to switch off the barrier. She urges Wilson to inspect Bayfoss components supplied to classified projects.
- Book 2 · Ch 14Columbia briefs Oscar
Admiral Columbia tells Oscar he now believes the Starflyer threat and sends him to ask Nigel Sheldon to open the wormhole for an arrest team after Tarlo.