Pandora's Star: 1 (Commonwealth Saga)

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As the war rages, the human forces begin to build much faster, better armed ships and fitting them with new "quantumbuster" weapons that can destroy an entire planet. Later on, a more advanced quantumbuster is deployed, which is capable of inducing a main-sequence star to go nova. Despite the original plan to use it on the Dyson Alpha star and thus kill the entire prime race, a modified field version of a normal quantumbuster is eventually deployed on the Dyson Alpha forcefield generator, destroying the mechanism that was interfering with the generator's systems. This allows the mechanism to reactivate, trapping the Prime aliens inside and avoiding genocide. On a distant planet, astronomer Dudley Bose performs the first detailed observations of a mysterious astronomical event known as the Dyson Pair Enclosure. Two stars, located roughly 1,000 light years from Earth (750 light years from the edge of Commonwealth space), disappeared some time in the past. The theory is that they have been enclosed inside Dyson spheres. Campbell Sheldon [CS] Direct great-grandson of Nigel Sheldon with a high position in the Family Dynasty For all the changes and undeniable improvements automation and consumerism had brought to the proletariat’s standard of living, it hadn’t changed the financial power structure that ruled the human race. A tiny minority controlled the wealth of hundreds of worlds, bypassing, buying, or corrupting governments to maintain their dominance. (795-6) This is a list of characters that appear in the Commonwealth Universe. All characters are listed alphabetically and each will have an indication of where they most prominently feature, [PS] for Pandora's Star, [JU] for Judas Unchained and [CS] for those characters that feature in both books of the Commonwealth Saga; Similarly [DV], [TV], [EV] and [VT] for the Void Trilogy and [AB], [NW] and [CF] for the Chronicle of the Fallers.

Morton[CS] Tara Jennifer Shaheef’s husband and murderer. Later a Navy Trooper and member of the Cat’s Claws Catherine Stewart (The Cat) [JU] Convict Navy Trooper, wetwired armament and member of the Cat’s Claws

The Commonwealth Saga is a series of science fiction novels by British science fiction writer Peter F. Hamilton. This saga consists of the novels Pandora's Star (2004) and Judas Unchained (2005). Hamilton has also written several books set in the same literary universe. Misspent Youth (2002) takes place 340 years before the events of Pandora's Star. The Void Trilogy, consisting of The Dreaming Void (2008), The Temporal Void (2009), and The Evolutionary Void (2010), takes place 1,200 years after the events of Judas Unchained; several of the main characters from Judas Unchained and Pandora's Star also appear in the Void trilogy. Crispin Goldreich [CS] Senator, Chair of the Budget Commission and member of the Exo-Protectorate Council After capturing two crew members of the Second Chance (one of them Bose), MorningLightMountain discovers the location of the Commonwealth. Upon learning of the Commonwealth's existence, MorningLightMountain makes it its primary objective to destroy it. Having been in almost continual combat for its entire evolution, MorningLightMountain believes that it is necessary to eliminate all other life in the Universe to secure its survival into the distant future; it views all life that is not under its control as a potential threat. Tarlo [CS] Investigator at the Intersolar Serious Crimes Directorate and later a Lieutenant in Navy Intelligence Primes had previously colonised the solar system referred to as Dyson Beta using slower-than-light starships and had committed genocide against its native inhabitants in the process. Disconnected from their originating immotile groupings, and provided with novel biological forms, Beta's Primes started to routinely alter themselves through genetic manipulation and mechanical augmentation. This was an anathema to the Alpha Primes, who referred to them as AlienPrimes. With Beta's Primes no longer under the control of Alpha's Primes, a war began between the two systems. The war appears to have continued until forces unknown erected the barrier around the stars.

Orion [CS] Parentless teenage boy from Silvergalde and Ozzie’s companion during his search to find the adult Silfen Dimitri Leopoldovich [JU] An academician specialising in tactical analysis at the StPetersburg Institute of Strategic Studies Two additional novels, set in the time 263 years before (A.B.D.) and five years after (N.W.S.) "The Void Trilogy", were released in 2014 ( The Abyss Beyond Dreams) [1] and 2016 ( Night Without Stars). [2] Unlike simple strobes, the PandoraStar is equipped with a variety of light sequences that facilitate and maintain coherent brain wave states. These in turn quite effectively harmonize the emotional state. The PandoraStar-Session “Happy Protocol” is a perfect example for this: It is frequently used to alleviate depression and causes euphoria and happiness. Anna Kime (before marriage with Wilson, Anna Hober) [CS] Wilson's wife and his Chief of Staff (former Sensor officer, Second Chance). Starflyer Agent on board the Second Chance.Some PandoraStar programs last a few minutes, others several hours. We know that brainwave activity is influenced by a synchronized activity of neurons firing in the brain. This allows the user of the PandoraStar to effortlessly dive into various states of consciousness, and to explore them to his heart’s content. Holistic healing with PandoraStar light sequences PandoraStar Light Machine For Naturopaths, Meditators and Yogis

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Rafael Columbia [CS] Chief of the Intersolar Series Crimes Directorate, member of the Exo-Protectorate Council and a Halgarth family member. Becomes the Vice Admiral in charge of planetary defense when the Navy is formed and later the Admiral of the Navy Using LED lights arranged in a sacred geometrical pattern, PandoraStar can be programmed to produce high frequency light for the brain to decode in unique ways. The light is often used for entering meditation, hypnosis, and trance states for personal and spiritual development. It can help users achieve deep states of relaxation, enhance creativity, improve focus, and facilitate personal transformation. The other two elements of Pandora’s Star that stand out are Hamilton’s descriptions of exploratory space travel and his weird-yet-accessible depiction of a hostile alien power. I’ll say no more about the latter since that would get us into spoiler territory, but I will share my favorite passage highlighting the ingenuity of human engineering and the bravery of astronauts in the face of the unknown: