The Trisolaran invasion has been forestalled by Luo Ji's creation of Dark Forest Deterrence, which threatens Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) by broadcasting Trisolaris's location across the universe to bring it to the attention of hostile alien civilizations doing so would likely allow the hostile civilization to deduce Earth's location as well, due to the proximity of the two systems. After learning that Yun was the source of the star title, Cheng enters hibernation, in order to serve as the Staircase Project's liaison for future generations. A malfunction causes the spacecraft to go off course into deep space and the project is written off as a failure. When Cheng learns of Yun's illness, she persuades him to volunteer for the Staircase Project he is selected as the subject and his brain is extracted and launched. Upon receiving an unexpected sum of money, he buys the title deed to the distant star DX3906 from the United Nations and anonymously gifts it to Cheng. One of Cheng Xin's acquaintances, an engineer named Yun Tianming who has always held a secret affection for her, discovers that he is terminally ill. However, the mass of the vehicle is limited to only a few kilograms, so Wade decides to find a volunteer to be euthanized and send only their brain, on the assumption that the Trisolarans will be willing and able to reconstruct their body. Thomas Wade, the CIA agent leading the project, proposes making the probe desirable to Trisolaris by putting a live human on board, who would then act as a double agent after being integrated into the fleet. The Planetary Defence Council (PDC) at first rejects the plan because of the high intercept speed and the unlikelihood of being able to surveil Trisolaran communications. The seemingly impossible goal of accelerating the probe to 1% of lightspeed is realized through her idea of lining up ICBMs, Topol and Dongfeng missiles to launch the probe using nuclear pulse propulsion. These events are attributed to the passage of a "four-dimensional fragment" through the solar system.Īn aeronautical engineer named Cheng Xin is recruited by the Planetary Intelligence Agency (PIA) to work on the Staircase Project, an attempt to launch a probe toward the Trisolaran fleet to gather intelligence. Constantine XI tasks her with killing Mehmed II, but her powers mysteriously vanish, and she is executed. Common Era ĭuring the Fall of Constantinople in AD 1453, a prostitute gains the ability to retrieve small objects in seemingly impossible ways, up to and including the vital organs of heavily guarded human targets. The Crisis Era includes the events of The Dark Forest. The Common Era includes all of recorded history up until the events of The Three-Body Problem. The story is divided into a number of eras, each corresponding to a different stage in humanity's advancement and evolving relationship to other civilizations.
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