Okanagon
Names: OkanagonChelan MetroOkyPlanet 2
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 6 (3 OKANAGON/EARTH 24 AUGUST 2051)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 5Nearest human cosmop world to Caledonia at nineteen lightyears; a Milieu Sector Base and home of the Twelfth Fleet.
- Ch 13Okanagon is a Sector Base and home of the Twelfth Fleet, but has an unstable crust that was only discovered in 2058.
- Ch 13Marc promises Okanagon top priority when E15 is tested for geophysical applications.
- Ch 16A cosmop world serving as a Magistratum Sector Base and home of the Twelfth Fleet.
- Ch 18Okanagon has many Rebel sympathizers in high places.
Book 4: Magnificat
- Ch 26Okanagon is a geologically unstable world; a moderate earthquake struck Chelan Metro during the reception for the Rebel leadership.
- Ch 29Okanagon is a lush, seismically active cosmopolitan world whose capital is Chelan; the Twelfth Fleet has its starbase there.
- Ch 30Okanagon is expected to become the command center for the Rebellion, and is prone to minor seismic tremors.
- Ch 32Rebel stronghold, about 3800 lightyears from Orb; its capital is Chelan Metro, where the broadcast originated.
- Ch 34Rebel headquarters world; its crust was ruptured by antimatter devices, killing two billion people and turning it into a cinder.
- Ch 34Okanagon was destroyed; the world remembered the glimpse of Unity seen there, expected to cause a metamorphosis of the human racial Mind.
Connections
- containsTwelfth Fleet
- led byPatricia CastellaneDirigent
- has memberTisha Abaka
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 18Plan to infiltrate Okanagon
Dorothée explains the clue from Gran Masha about a suspicious aide to Castellane, and pressures Rogi into accompanying her to Okanagon in early November to probe him.
- Book 3 · Ch 19Alvarez framed and arrested
The clown has Lek arrange a faked vehicular homicide charge and publicity so Alvarez is jailed on Okanagon, to stop Dorothea's trip and draw out a Hydra member.
- Book 3 · Ch 19Alvarez dies in custody
After saying farewell to Fury, Alvarez dies in his cell. He is later identified as the fugitive Quentin Remillard, and the case is closed.
- Book 4 · Ch 6Hydra sabotages Anne Remillard's courier
From a docked maintenance craft, Hydra coerces the courier's pilot into a suicidal full-power descent onto the Okanagon Sector Base. Anne survives the crash badly burned.
- Book 4 · Ch 6Owen and Patricia rescue Anne
Owen and Patricia fly to the crash site, find Anne alive, sustain her in metaconcert until medics arrive, and hear her send the word Hydra before she loses consciousness.
- Book 4 · Ch 7Jack reports Anne's crash
Jack telepathically tells Dorothea that his Aunt Anne's starship crashed on Okanagon, probably sabotage, during a visit to investigate Rebel influence in the Twelfth Fleet.
- Book 4 · Ch 7Anne's courier ship crash
Anne's express courier was deliberately crashed on Okanagon, possibly by a coerced pilot. She survived and said 'Hydra', raising fears of a hidden Hydra on Okanagon; the case is kept quiet.
- Book 4 · Ch 24Revised Mental Man plan
Marc announces encephalization of the fetuses within two weeks, then transfer to a secret Okanagon facility; Cyndia hides her dismay and agrees to supervise.
- Book 4 · Ch 24Madeleine binds the New Ones
Disguised, Madeleine reinforces the New Ones' loyalty, ensuring they obey only her via the Reward, then puts them to sleep and finds Conlan apparently dead in his capsule.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Earthquake at Castellane's reception
A moderate quake hits Chelan Metro during the Rebel reception. Terekev is injured and acts strangely; fleet officers settle plans for his dreadnoughts.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Terekev's warning and disappearance
Terekev tells Marc that Lyudmila is Madeleine and that Mental Man has been turned into Hydras. Marc refuses to probe the children and vanishes after Terekev escapes.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Death of Mental Man
During an aftershock the Mental Man brains are electrocuted. Trevor dies last. Denis confronts Cyndia and claims to have killed them.
- Book 4 · Ch 26Denis warns Cyndia
Denis reveals the dead children were Hydras, that Cyndia's father is Paul Remillard, and urges her to sterilize Marc and verify through Rogi.
- Book 4 · Ch 28Cyndia calls Rogi
Cyndia secretly phones Rogi on Earth, learns the visitor was really Batège and is now dead, and that only Marc remains of the family's dark secret.
- Book 4 · Ch 28Cyndia plans a device against Marc
Cyndia designs a concealed device, memorizes it, erases it, and orders components, one needing weeks to arrive from Earth.
- Book 4 · Ch 29Cyndia reveals the Mental Man secret
On Okanagon, Cyndia admits Marc kept the Mental Man embryos, that Denis killed the babies, and that Marc will restart the project. She refuses help and makes Rogi promise silence.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Marc and Cyndia discuss Molakar
Back home, Marc explains the exercise's limits and his plan to destroy Molakar; Cyndia begs him to ask Davy MacGregor for a compromise, and he reluctantly appears to agree.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Marc reveals his plan for Mental Man
In bed on New Year 2083, Marc tells Cyndia of his dilemma over Madeleine's ova and that their own children could parent Mental Man, convincing Cyndia she must stop him.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Cyndia's sacrifice
At the climax of lovemaking Cyndia activates the hidden device, killing herself and damaging Marc. He farsees it and, in reflex, strikes back, causing her death.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Rebel expulsion from the Concilium
After the loyalty oath was ratified, the 128 Rebel magnates refused it, were expelled, and sailed to Okanagon on the Tyndareus.
- Book 4 · Ch 32Rebel ultimatum
Anna Gawrys broadcast a demand that the Milieu rescind the Unity Protocol within fifty days, threatening retaliation for any action against Okanagon or Earth.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Destruction of Okanagon
As a bubble of coadunate energy expands from the Carbuncle, Marc fires antimatter bombs; they pass through and strike Okanagon, killing two billion people.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Confrontation ends
Humanity, including many Rebels, joins the Song of Unity. Marc's blast destroys Scurra and Paul, but the Mind of Humanity crystallizes in the Carbuncle.