ANA
Names: ANAAdvanced Neural ActivityANA:GovernanceANA: Security
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 1 (Prologue)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 2ANA is a near-post-physical intelligence made of many Factions that constantly make and break alliances.
- Ch 2ANA is the post-physical collective of downloaded humans, divided into many Factions, and its Governance arm built the Eagles Harbour stations that generate Earth's T-sphere.
- Ch 4ANA is a virtual universe repository where personalities live after downloading; it keeps a body five years in case of rejection, roughly one in eleven million.
- Ch 4ANA:Governance keeps some physical representatives walking the Greater Commonwealth; rumours say it gives special dispensation to some internal personalities.
- Ch 4Has evolved from machinery into a living quantum structure around Earth, hosting post-human minds and rival Factions debating its future.
- Ch 8ANA is the collective Higher entity into which Highers download their thoughts; Paul calls it their metal god. It shut down the Texas hat factory.
- Ch 10ANA:Governance is the collective consciousness of ANA's inhabitants and avoids forbidding Pilgrimage because it fears a split creating a rival ANA.
- Ch 10ANA:Governance admits ultradrive technology is compromised and could be replicated by most Factions.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 1ANA is a faction that Paula serves; it may not survive the Void's devourment phase.
- Ch 8ANA Governance is described by Marius's faction as the most conservative faction, neutral toward their ambitions.
- Ch 11Says it cannot act against the Accelerators on suspicion alone, without sufficient grounds.
- Ch 11ANA built the deterrence fleet weapon; it took its full abilities several years to fabricate, so the Accelerators cannot quickly duplicate it.
- Ch 11ANA says human-driven Primes would suicide on capture, and it would need to be inserted into the Prime communication network to be sure.
- Ch 11ANA: Governance has used the suspension sanction only once, during the Evolutionary Secessionist rebellion five hundred years ago.
- Ch 11ANA sent agents, including Oscar Monroe, to help Araminta escape Living Dream.
- Ch 11Told Ethan that the Ocisen Empire fleet heading to Ellezelin is accompanied by Prime warships.
- Ch 11Asked Ethan to quarantine orbital wreckage above Ellezelin until its forensic team arrives, with its agent ready to fire on intruders.
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 1Refuses to command the deterrence fleet itself on ethical grounds, so the Chief Admiral does; it requires proof rather than circumstantial evidence.
- Ch 1ANA:Governance concludes the Accelerators violated the principles under which it was established and will convene a suspension conclave.
- Ch 3ANA:Governance convenes a judicial conclave and charges the Accelerator Faction with high treason; only one earlier conclave dealt with the Separatist Faction.
- Ch 21ANA suspended the Accelerator Faction and ordered the arrest of remaining Accelerator agents.
Connections
- has memberMarius
- has memberPaula Myoworks for ANA
- ally ofPaula Myo
- has memberJustine Burnellirepresentative
- has memberDelivery Man
- createddeterrent fleet
- has memberOscar Monroe
- related toOscar MonroeAraminta associates him with ANA
- ally ofKazimir Burnelli
- has memberDigby
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 2Marius offers ultradrives
Marius congratulates Ethan and renews ANA's offer of ultradrives for the Pilgrimage ships; Ethan accepts but will also build conventional drives.
- Book 1 · Ch 4Justine revives her body
Justine inspects her preserved body, downloads her consciousness back into it from ANA, and teleports to the Tulip Mansion to prepare for the Ambassador's visit.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Paula consults ANA:Governance
Paula discusses the Pilgrimage dilemma with ANA:Governance, then Kazimir tells her of the Alini docking at the Raiel dome; she sets off for High Angel.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Troblum calls ANA
The Advancers detect Troblum's secure call to ANA:Governance; Troblum demands Paula Myo and she agrees to meet him at Sholapur in five days.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Paula searches Troblum's apartments
Paula finds Troblum's files wiped and a lab apartment emptied, deduces he took Starflyer War items to Florac, and plans a last trip to confirm a suspicion.
- Book 2 · Ch 11DNA reveals Evanston link
ANA links Chatfield's DNA to Captain Evanston of the Elan monitoring station, suggesting the Accelerators placed an agent near the surviving Primes before the Prime-Ocisen alliance.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Paula and Kazimir discuss the Accelerator plot
Paula briefs Kazimir and ANA, and they reason that the Accelerators want the deterrence fleet to be revealed; Kazimir confirms it is real.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Paula's plan to test the Primes
Paula and Kazimir deduce the Accelerators want the deterrence fleet weapons to use against the Raiel, and plan to board a Prime ship with Capital-class ships to see if humans drive them.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Paula examines the Cat's memorycell
Paula descends into Kingsville's vault and opens the Cat's storage box. Forensic analysis confirms the memorycell holds Catherine Stewart's memories, and she then calls ANA.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Paula destroys the Cat's memorycell
After ANA confirms the memorycell was copied, Paula crushes it in the Kingsville vault, then departs to follow Chatfield.
- Book 2 · Ch 11Orbital battle above Ellezelin
Two stealthed ships fought in orbit, destroying over twenty civilian ships. ANA's agent survived; the loser was suspected of high treason.
- Book 2 · Ch 11ANA reveals Primes with the Ocisen fleet
ANA: Governance told Ethan that Prime warships accompany the approaching Ocisen fleet and asked him to quarantine the wreckage.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Kazimir launches the deterrence fleet
After the ExoProtectorate Council decision, Kazimir tells Paula, teleports to Proxima Centauri, becomes an energy signature commanding the deterrence fleet, and heads to the Ocisen fleet.
- Book 3 · Ch 1Kazimir neutralizes the Ocisen fleet
Kazimir disables the Prime ships and ruins all Ocisen weapons in eleven seconds, discovers the Primes host Chatfield-derived minds, and warns them of navy custody.
- Book 3 · Ch 1ANA moves to suspend the Accelerators
With Kazimir's evidence, ANA:Governance will convene a suspension conclave against the Accelerators, and Kazimir returns to Sol.
- Book 3 · Ch 3Judicial conclave suspends the Accelerator Faction
ANA:Governance convenes its second judicial conclave, charges the Accelerator Faction with high treason, exposes its plots, and suspends and freezes all its members. Ilanthe's mentality escapes into the inversion core.