the Spike
First appears in Book 2: The Temporal Void, chapter 11 (FIVE)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 10The Spike is an alien artifact in the Hot Ring, 11,000 km long, with its base buried in a dimensional twist; it has a topping spire.
- Ch 10Fourteen alien species live in the Spike's chambers, which have been altered over millennia; it has no government and is run by a patchwork AI.
- Ch 10Its star has no planets but a ring system, including the Hot Ring, Dark Ring, Smog, Band Ring and Ice Bracelet.
- Ch 10The Spike is a long tube structure with gravity about two-thirds standard, fast aircraft transport and wormholes and T-spheres installed by various species.
- Ch 12The Spike is Ozzie's refuge from Commonwealth life; the Chikoya claim it as theirs.
- Ch 14The Spike is seven thousand light-years from Viotia, about five days away by Elvin's Payback.
- Ch 16The Spike has 382 alien starships docked; the fastest, Ilodi ships, reach twenty-two light-years per hour, too slow to help.
- Ch 16The Spike is a huge alien habitat of silver chambers and dark tubes, anchored to warp quantum fields and orbiting near the Hot Ring.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 11Aaron chooses the Spike
Aaron decides the Lindau cannot risk Pulap and reveals that his implanted options point to the Spike, where Ozzie lives.
- Book 3 · Ch 10Arrival at the Spike
The Lindau arrives, receives docking permission from the Spike's AI, and lands on a tube pad. Aaron decides to seek Isaacs in the largest human settlement.
- Book 3 · Ch 14Aaron delivers Inigo to Ozzie
Aaron brings sedated Inigo and Corrie-Lyn to Ozzie's island house, where Ozzie is rude. Inigo wakes, and Aaron says he will give his plan when Ozzie comes down.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Troblum reaches the Spike
Troblum, in his new armor, flies Mellanie's Redemption to the Spike, lands near Oscar's ship and contacts Oscar, offering his Swarm knowledge.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Aaron recognized as the Mutineer
When Oscar's party arrives at Ozzie's house, Tomansio recognizes Aaron as Lennox McFoster, the Mutineer who defied the Cat, shocking Aaron.
- Book 3 · Ch 16Myraian slaughters the Chikoya
Myraian dances untouched through Chikoya fire and kills one with a kiss. The Knights' combatbots arrive and the Chikoya flee or teleport out.