borderguard
Names: borderguardborderguards
First appears in Book 3: The Evolutionary Void, chapter 10 (SIX)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 10The borderguards are huge Anomine-built stations, left from the last high-technology-era Anomine, that guard the old homeworld against contamination; Gore says there are seventeen thousand to fight.
- Ch 20Borderguards are giant Anomine defence machines that Marius fights near the star; thousands more materialize in orbit as the planet awakens.
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 10Passing the borderguard
The Last Throw drops out of ultradrive beside a borderguard; the smartcore negotiates, claiming humans seek to emulate the Anomine, and receives permission to examine items on the homeworld without removing them.