Tu Lee
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 13 (TWELVE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 13Tu Lee is the hyperspace officer and Nigel Sheldon's great-great-great-granddaughter; she kept this secret to be chosen on merit.
- Ch 15Tu Lee operates the hyperdrive and reported that the barrier blocks wormholes, so the ship could not pass through.
- Ch 25Tu Lee has been captain of Second Chance for one week.
Connections
- family ofNigel Sheldongreat-great-great-granddaughter
- member ofSecond Chancepilots the hyperdrive
- leadsSecond Chance
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 13Farewell gala at the Regency Palace
On the eve of departure, Wilson, Anna and Oscar attend the First Speaker's gala, where Council members debate the mission, weapons, funding and defense, and the Second Chance is saluted with fireworks.
- Book 1 · Ch 13Second Chance departs into the wormhole
Wilson leads the crew aboard, Douvoir disengages the ship from its platform, and Tu Lee opens the wormhole. The ship enters it, cutting its link to the unisphere.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Second Chance emerges near Dyson Alpha
Wilson's ship exits hyperspace in interstellar space, and sensor modules survey Dyson Alpha's barrier at progressively closer stages, finding no threats and little new information.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Hysradar sweep and approach to the barrier
At one light-month the crew uses hysradar, which is reflected like a mirror, then jumps to one million km above the barrier's equator and learns wormholes cannot penetrate it.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Barrier turns transparent
An emergency alarm wakes Wilson as hysradar shows the barrier bowing inward. He takes the ship to one million kilometers, and the barrier begins turning transparent.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Cautious contact plan and approach
Wilson authorizes a minimum-emission investigation of an abandoned wreck or habitat, with the ship on combat alert. The Second Chance crosses the old barrier line and heads for a chosen rock.
- Book 1 · Ch 15Second Chance flees
After recovering Mac and Francis, Wilson abandons the missing pair and orders a hyperspace jump home.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Second Chance fights over Anshun
Tu Lee's Second Chance destroys projectiles and jumps around Anshun launching missiles, until Prime wormholes block its hyperdrive and ninety-six missiles per wormhole fly at it.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Loss of the Second Chance
The Second Chance is destroyed in orbit above Anshun while trying to escape Prime wormholes.