High Angel
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 10 (5)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 10High Angel is a 63-kilometre moonlet starship orbiting Icalanise, with domes housing several species; humans found it in 2163 and it became a Commonwealth Navy base.
- Ch 10High Angel speaks with a human male voice, recognises the Artful Dodger as an ANA ultradrive ship, and teleports visitors to the Raiel dome.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
- Ch 5High Angel is a Raiel arkship whose dome shelters Pentagon II and a parkland where trees grow to enormous height; it is the largest navy port.
Connections
- led byQatuxcaptain of the arkship
- containsPentagon II
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 10Aaron seeks the Raiel's help
Aaron and Corrie-Lyn dock the Artful Dodger at High Angel and are teleported to Qatux. Aaron asks him to absorb Inigo's memorycell to find Inigo and stop the Pilgrimage; Qatux agrees.
- Book 1 · Ch 10Qatux's tragic history revealed
Qatux explains he married Tiger Pansy, shared her torture-death at the Cat's hands, and has not known human emotion since.
- 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 12Qatux names Hanko
After reviewing Inigo's memories, Qatux tells Aaron and Corrie-Lyn that Inigo has likely gone to Hanko. Aaron decides to go there.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Paula questions Qatux
Paula Myo visits Qatux, learns Aaron and Corrie-Lyn were there, and that Qatux reviewed Inigo's memories and guessed Hanko.
- Book 1 · Ch 12Paula learns Inigo may be on Hanko
Qatux reveals Inigo was born Higher and likely hides on Hanko. Paula discusses the Pilgrimage with Qatux, then asks Kazimir to observe Hanko; he declines to intervene.
- Book 3 · Ch 18High Angel destroys the Cat
After the Cat's quantumbusters seem to bury Paula, High Angel rises from the hydrocarbon ocean and Qatux destroys the Cat's ship with a spacetime-warping energy pulse.