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Pyroraptor

***Pyroraptor*** (meaning "fire thief") is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now southern France and northern Spain, it lived during the late Campanian and early Maastrichtian stages, approximately 70.6 million years ago. It is known from a single partial specimen that was found in Provence in 1992. The animal was named *Pyroraptor olympius* by Allain and Taquet in 200

## Description[edit]

Estimated size compared to human
*Pyroraptor* was a dromaeosaurid, a small, bird-like predatory theropod that possessed enlarged curved claws on the second toe of each foot. In *Pyroraptor*, these claws were 6.5 centimeters (2.5 in) long. As in other dromaeosaurids, these claws might have been used as weapons or as climbing aids. Its two known teeth are flattened and curved backwards, with their rear margins having finer serrations than at the front.

As a dromaeosaurid, *Pyroraptor* likely had well-developed forelimbs with curved claws, and probably balanced the body with a long, thin tail. *Pyroraptor* was also likely covered in feathers, as many of its relatives, like *Microraptor* and *Sinornithosaurus*, also had plumage.
Chaos

Chaos is a concept in mathematics, physics, and dynamic systems characterized by the inability or difficulty to predict the future from current info.

One example of a chaotic system is the Three Body Problem (celestial mechanics). According to classical Newtonian physics, it is possible to predict the future trajectories of two bodies under the influence of Newtonian gravity entirely. However, for three bodies, there is no known analytic solution except for only very special cases. Such a three body system is said to exhibit chaotic behavior.

Another simple example of a chaotic dynamical system is given by the logistic map.

Chaos is also related to the butterfly effect, the theory of fractals, bifurcation, automata and Turing machines. Modern ideas from quantum field theory and statistical physics such as renormalization have also been used to study chaotic systems.
Green Saviors

Green Saviors is an organization appeared durimg the Broadcast Era. It had several million members and advocated humanity’s return to an agrarian existence, thereby proclaiming their safety to the universe.

About twenty thousand of their members moved to Australia and planned to create a model society. The agrarian lives of these Green Saviors were continuously broadcast to the rest of the world. In this age, it was no longer possible to find traditional farming implements, and so the tools they used are custom-made with funds from their sponsors. There wasn’t much arable land in Australia, and all of it was devoted to high-end, expensive foods, and so the settlers had to open up new land in desolate areas designated by the government.

However, although they have strong passion, it took only one week before the Green Saviors stopped collective farming. After the leaders of the Green Saviors suitably expressed their respect for their farming ancestors, the movement dissolved, and the idea of a model agrarian society was abandoned.
Wagon Customization

Wagon Customization is a DLC that you can get to customize your playing experience. Not to mention, it allows you to create your own potable hangout, and personalize the very thing you travel in.

## Customization

In order to customize, you first need to download the DLC. Afterwards, load the game, and go to Lynus. There, you will meet a
Last Unknown Standing Wiki

A wiki based around Raiisuu's WIP Novel "Last Unknown Standing".

**Welcome to the Last Unknown Standing Wiki!**
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## Important articles

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Chen Ning Yang

**Chen Ning Yang** is a Chinese-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner. He studied at Tsinghua University and at the University of Chicago with Professor Fermi (费米). He then went to the Institute of Advanced Study and met Albert Einstein.

Chen Ning Yang is known for helping create the Yang-Mills theory, used in the Standard Model of physics.
Gravity (spaceship)

**Gravity** is a Stellar-class Warship. It was the first warpship that was built after the Doomsday Battle. It was dispatched from Earth to meet the Bronze Age upon its return. Gravity pursued the ship Blue Space.

By the Galaxy Era, Year 409, Gravity was stored in a museum on World IV.

## References

1. ↑ Liu, Cixin. “Galaxy Era, Year 409 / Our Star.” *Death’s End*, translated by Ken Liu, Tor Books, 2016.
Coming Soon!

## For the game

### - Locations -

#### Dungeons -

- The unending forge of Grinding Stones

- The ruined lair of the Abyss

- The Warlock's Shrine

- The Crappy Stockroom

#### Buildings -

- The Nine Cloaks

- The Open Hollow

- The Discrete Hawk

- The Distorted Queen

- The Lusty Court(Eh)

- The Pleasant Clockmaker

- The Dull Sword

- The Brisk Dwelling

- The Fine Treasurer

## More

- Website(Game)

- Website(Wiki)

- Website(For Downloads)

- Book series(Maybe)
Pan Han

Pan Han, one of the most prominent members of the Frontiers of Science. A biologist, he had successfully predicted the birth defects associated with long-term consumption of genetically modified foods. He had also predicted the ecological disasters that would come with cultivation of genetically modified crops. Unlike the prophets of doom who regularly warned of catastrophes without any particulars, Pan made predictions that always gave many specific details that later turned out to be correct. His accuracy was such that there were rumors that he came from the future.

The other cause for his fame was that he had created China’s first experimental community. Unlike the “return to nature” utopian groups in the West, his “Pastoral China” wasn’t located in the wilderness, but in the midst of one of its largest cities. The community had no property of its own. Everything needed for daily life, including food, came from urban trash. Contrary to the predictions of many, Pastoral China not only survived, but thrived. Currently, it had more than three thousand permanent members, and countless others had joined for short stints to experience the lifestyle.

Based on these two successes, Pan’s opinions on social issues had grown more and more influential. He believed that technological progress was a disease in human society. The explosive development of technology was analogous to the growth of cancer cells, and the results would be identical: the exhaustion of all sources of nourishment, the destruction of organs, and the final death of the host body. He advocated abolishing crude technologies such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy and keeping gentler technologies such as solar power and small-scale hydroelectric power. He believed in the gradual deurbanization of modern metropolises by distributing the population more evenly in self-sufficient small towns and villages. Relying on the gentler technologies, he would build a new agricultural society.
Mc three body

Mc three body is a series of Chinese animation created by the fans of Three Body Problem (trilogy). The first season is released in 2015. The second and third season are released in 2016 and 2020. The animation does not have an English version. The director of this series predicted that the fourth season will be released in 2022.
Isaac Asimov

**Isaac Asimov** (Исаак Азимов, 艾萨克·阿西莫夫) was a Russian-American scifi writer. He was born in Russia and studied at Columbia University. He is considered one of the most famous scifi writers of all time.

Like Liu Cixin, Asimov won the Nebula Award. Isaac Asimov's writings have influenced Liu Cixin's own scifi novels.

Asimov is most known for writing the Foundation series.

Asimov's doctoral advisor was Charles Reginald Dawson.

## References

1. ↑ 'Three-Body Problem' Asks A Classic Sci-Fi Question, In Chinese November 13, 20147:03 AM ET
By Jason Heller (杰森·海勒)
Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution (文化大革命), full name Proletariat Cultural Revolution, was an event in Chinese history initiated by Mao Zedong lasting from 1966-1976. It is illustrated in Three Body Problem Chapter 1.

It led to the mass persecution of intellectuals and loss of lives. During this time, family members would turn against each other, youths would turn against elderly.

In Three Body Problem Chapter 1, a 15 year old girl is shot dead and her corpse used as target practice. The novel says that she died fighting for some ideal cause.

Intellectuals such as Lao She, Wu Han, Jian Bozan, Fu Lei, Zhao Jiuzhang, Yi Qun, Wen Jie, Hai Mo chose to end their lives to escape the madness.
Judgment Day

The **Judgment Day** was a ship operated by the Earth-Trisolaris Organization and the site of the Second Red Coast Base. It was rebuilt by the ETO from an old tanker and had been extensively renovated. There were servers onboard the ship which contained the only copies of the response messages received from Trisolaris at the Red Coast Base. It was destroyed in the Panama Canal as part of Operation Guzheng.
Status Effects

There are several Status Effects, some help the receiver, some don't. They will either make it harder for the receiver to win, or make it easier. There are some characters that naturally have a status effect active, depending on the character's personality. Here is a list of status effects:

## List

* Heal - Heals a certain amount of the target's health in one turn(Amount of health depends on the move/item used)
* HP Regen - Target's health regenerates a little bit every turn until it runs out(Health amount and duration depends on the move/item used)
* Shield - The target's defense is raised for a certain amount of turns.
 Affects Both Parties
* Confused - The target has a 50% chance of attacking their own team each turn until the effect runs out.
* Leech - Takes life from a target on the opposite team, and gives it to the caster.(Amount of health depends on the move)
 Neutral(Doesn't affect a team positively or negatively)
 Harmful/Inconvenient
* Bleed(Harmful) - The target's health lowers in time intervals determined by the move used.
* Blind(Inconvenient) - The target's attacks have a 75% chance of missing
* Paralyze(Inconvenient) - The target isn't able to do anything for a few turns.
* Poison(Harmful) - The target's health depletes a little every turn.
* Sleep(Inconvenient) - Target is asleep, and can't make a move until awaken by being attacked, woken up by another teammate, or after it wears off.
* Stun(Inconvenient) - Target isn't able to do anything for a few turns.

ICONS(Stat Buff/De-buffs)
(or Regen)
(or Regen)
(or Draining)
(or Draining)

Other(Helpful)
 Content cell | Content cell

Other(Harmful)
Poison
Bleed

*Credits - This page was inspired by the Final Fantasy Status Effects page.*
Ball Lightning

**Ball Lightning** (球状闪电 qiuzhuang shandian) is a hard science fiction novel written by Liu Cixin in 2004.

## Trivia

* Hard scifi is a subgenre of scifi that cares more about scientific accuracy and logic. Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the pioneers of hard scifi in English. He is known for writing the screenplay for *2001: A Space Odyssey*.
Three Body Problem Chapter 6

## Syopsis

Wang develops a roll of film and discovers a countdown. He makes a call to Shen Yufei.

He heads to Shen's place. Shen was playing a game in a V-suit at the url www.3body.net.

Later Wang goes to the Tongren Hospital.

Shen then tells Wang to go to the site: http://www.qsl.net/bg3tt/zl/mesdm.htm.

It was filled with Morse code. Shen tells Wang to observe the cosmic microwave background. She says:

“Three days from now—that’s the fourteenth—between one and five in the morning, the entire universe will flicker for you.”

## Characters

* Wang Miao
* Wang's wife
* Dou Dou
* Professor Zhang (张教授), Wang's neighbor
* Shen Yufei
* Wei Cheng
* Pan Han
Fusion drive

Fusion drives were a conventional scientific research that was led by Chinese scientist, Ding Yi. It is believed that fusion drives would ultimately be capable of 5% the speed of light. Zhang Beihai is worried that this form of space drive will not lead to the necessary speed of travel to achieve interstellar vessels. Zhang Beihai comes to the conclusion to assassinate these researchers, which he does. Thus, he achieves the desired result of humanity taking a different direction in space travel research. The fleets ultimately build a different form of propulsion that achieves 15% the speed of light.
Chinese history

The Three Body (game) makes several allusions to Chinese history. The game has a simulated civilization that has to survive through the chaotic era caused by a three body system. It appears the further one makes it through Chinese history, the more successful the civilization. Civilization Number 137 progressed to the Warring States Period before being destroyed by the cold.

China, one of the oldest continuous civilizations on Earth, has a very long written history of 2000-3000+ years. Periods of history are typically divided into major dynasties and periods of warring states in between.

## Chronological Timeline

* Xia dynasty
* Shang dynasty
	+ King Zhou of Shang
* Zhou dynasty
	+ King Wen of Zhou
* Warring States Period
* Qin dynasty
* Han dynasty
* Han-Tang interregnum: Three Kingdoms, Jin dynasty (晋), Chen dynasty, Sui dynasty, northern ethnic minority dynasties, etc.
* Tang dynasty
* Song dynasty, Liao dynasty, Jin dynasty (金), Western Liao, Western Xia
* Yuan dynasty / Mongol empire
* Ming dynasty, Northern Yuan
* Qing dynasty
* People's Republic of China

## Ruling houses

Most Chinese dynasties between the Han and Qing were ruled by a main house / clan (氏) as emperors:

* Han dynasty: Liu (刘)
* Chen dynasty: Chen (陈)
* Sui dynasty: Yang (杨)
* Tang dynasty: Li (李)
* Song dynasty: Zhao (赵)
* Liao / Western Liao dynasty: Yelü (耶律)
* Jin dynasty: Wanyan (完颜)
* Yuan dynasty / Mongol empire: Borjigin (孛儿只斤)
* Ming dynasty: Zhu (朱)
* Qing dynasty: Aisin Gioro (爱新觉罗)

## Surname culture

China developed surnames at least 1000-2000 years before many other places in the world. For example, much of Europe only started using surnames during the medieval period, around the time of the Yuan dynasty in China. Even 2000+ years ago, in ancient Greek times, Alexander the Great was known by his mononym Alexander (having no surname). Meanwhile, around a similar time in the east, the Han dynasty already had several surnames passed down by heredity such as Liu.

Over time, due to vast assimilation programs or war, Chinese surnames grew in size and population, to the point that in the modern era, several of the top surnames have more than millions of people, with some clans reaching 60-100 million people in population. So some surnames have population sizes comparable to (or even surpassing) those of European countries.

While many people in China share surnames, that does not necessarily mean they are related by family. In Chinese history, many ethnic minorities (non-Han people), including the Mongol and Man people, have assimilated into the Han Chinese population by adopting existing surnames.

Some have attributed the development of a handful of megafamilies (surnames with tens of millions of members) to China's writing system combined with China's long history.

## References

1. ↑ Why 1.2 billion people share the same 100 surnames in China. By Jessie Yeung, CNN. Published 7:02 PM EST, Sat January 16, 2021
The Game Master's Pack

The Game Master's Pack is a DLC that gives you weapons for the game masters. It also gives you an extra side-story for you to play through, following the three game masters after they joined together...

## Features

TWENTY NEW WEAPONS!- consists of five new die, six new decks(XYLO EXCLUSIVE!!), and a legendary variant of every chess piece(six).

NEW OUTFITS!- each game master gets a new outfit which, while they look the same, they give them bonuses in the stats that they need.

A WHOLE NEW STORY!- a chapter driven story, consists of nine chapters in total. Here's the list of chapters.
Gravity (physics)

Isaac Newton first proposed a classical theory gravity following an inverse-square law. Albert Einstein later generalized Newton's theory of gravity to handle relativity, massive bodies, and objects traveling near the speed of light.

## Newtonian gravity

Newton postulated that the gravitational interaction between two objects follows an inverse square law

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m
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 is the 'universal gravitation constant'.

This is used in the classical n-body problem.

## General relativity

The main equation is the Einstein equation.

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G

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 is the stress-energy tensor,

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 is the cosmological constant (a kind of hyperparameter related to vacuum energy / dark energy), and

κ

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 is related to Newton's gravitational constant.

# κ
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### Manifold

General relativity takes place on a 4-dimensional spacetime manifold with Lorentzian metric. It is described using the language of differential geometry. A manifold is a kind of topological space, generalizing the 'flat' Euclidean space. A differential manifold has a tangent space associated with points on the manifold, allowing one to measure distances, compute geodesics, and do geometry. The curvature of a differential manifold can be measured using objects called tensors (linear mappings), which are like generalizations of matrices to more indices.

## Notes

* General relativity has practical applications in GPS.
* Einstein's general relativity simplifies to Newtonian gravity in the case of low masses traveling at speeds far less than that of light.
* The Einstein field equation is distinguished from the other Einstein equation:

# E
m

c
2

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Three Body (2022 TV drama)

Three Body (三体 *santi*) is a 2022 TV drama directed by Yang Lei (杨磊) and starring Zhang Luyi (张鲁一), Yu Hewei (于和伟), and others.

Chen Jin (陈瑾) plays the older Ye Wenjie. Wang Ziwen (王子文) plays the younger Ye Wenjie.

It is set to release in 2022 in China and 2023 globally.

## Trailer

* https://www.bilibili.com/s/video/BV1ny4y1D73u

## Cast and credits

Original author is Liu Cixin. Director is Yang Lei. Producers are Bai Yicong (白一骢) and Dong Jiaqi (董嘉琦).

* Wang Miao: Zhang Luyi
* Ye Wenjie (older 老年): Chen Jin
* Ye Wenjie (younger 青年): Wang Ziwen
* Shi Qiang: Yu Hewei
* Shen Yufei: Li Xiaoran
* Chang Weisi: Lin Yongjian
* Mike Evans: Kenan Heppe
* Ding Yi: Wang Chuanjun
* Yang Dong: He Dujuan
* Wei Cheng: Zhao Jian
* Pan Han: Zhang Junning

## References

1. ↑ https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202111/04/WS61834f01a310cdd39bc734fd.html
2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20242042/
The Great Resettlement

The Great Resettlement took place immediately after the end of the Deterrence Era. The Trisolarans forced humanity onto reservations, which on Earth consisted of all of humanity moving to Australia. In space both the Moon and Mars were also allowed small reservations of humans. Sophon directed Trisolaran activities on Earth during this time. The Great Resettlement ended once the Broadcast Era began some short time after, preventing the slaughter of humanity.
Swordholder

A Swordholder is the dictatorial role that controls the mutually assured self-destruction of Trisolaris and Earth through the use of the gravitational-wave broadcasters burried below the surface of Earth. Luo Ji is the first Swordholder and serves in this role until he is a centenarian and replaced by Cheng Xin. Cheng Xin only served in the role for a matter of minutes before the Trisolarans execute a plan to destroy the broadcasters, ending the Deterrence Era.
Manuel Rey Diaz

Manuel Rey Diaz is the former President of Venezuela and he is one of the four Wallfacers. His primary plan was to develop more powerful hydrogen bombs to be used to combat the Trisolaran fleet. His plan focuses at first on how to build a bigger bomb. He also develops an irrational fear of the sun. Setting about the research to work on bigger bombs he goes into hibernation. In Crisis Year 20 he wakes up to find that humanity has now developed a stellar hydrogen bomb. The next part of his plan is to build a large cave on Mercury to detonate the bombs and the cave will also serve as a defensive location for Earth to fall back to in event of victory by the Trisolaran fleet.

Diaz is then confronted by his Wallbreaker after the Mercury detonation event. The Wallbreaker then reveals that Diaz's plan is actually a diabolical one in which he wants to detonate 1,000 stellar hydrogen bombs on Mercury, forcing it to degrade its orbit and fall into the sun. This would then result in a chain reaction with the sun exploding and sending out larger solar flares, pulling in the other inner planets of the solar system, including the massive planet of Jupiter. This would eliminate all habitable planets in the solar system, while also ending all life on Earth with its destruction.

The UN Planetary Defence Council is horrified and declares that Diaz is a threat against humanity, wanting to charge him with the Extinction of Life on Earth law. Diaz then tells them that he has rigged a dead man's switch that will detonate a bomb in nearby New York. He negotiates an exit plan in order to reach his home city in Venezuela after many years locked in his lab. Upon returning home, the residents of his native city are outraged with his plan to kill off all life. They then stone him to death, killing him on sight.
Ultimate Law

Ultimate Law is a warship of the European Fleet that is sent in pursuit of Natural Selection after Zhang Beihai takes control of the vessel and flees the solar system, believing appropriately that Earth cannot win in a direct fight against the Trisolarans. After Earth loses the Doomsday Battle, Ultimate Law joins Zhang Beihai, as well as the Enterprise, Deep Space, as a group of five stellar-class warships fleeing Earth to build life in a new system.

It quickly becomes apparent to the commanding captain that there are not enough supplies to make it to their new destination and he kills himself with the weight of what must come next. The vice-captain takes over the makes the difficult decision to attack the other ships to take their supplies, thus starting the Battle of Darkness The use an infrasonic H-bomb for each vessel but Blue Space was operating in a vacuum, expecting this form of attack. Blue Space counterattacked and destroyed Ultimate Law along with everyone on board. Ultimate Law was destroyed by laser beams and had five large holes burned into it by Blue Space.
Ye Wenjie

**Ye Wenjie** (叶文洁) is the spiritual leader of the ETO. She is the daughter of Ye Zhetai and studied Astrophysics at Tsinghua University.

She later has a daughter, Yang Dong.

## Appearance

### Older

A graying, thin woman, about sixty years old. She wore glasses and was struggling to go up the stairs with a basket of groceries.

The long years had ground away all the hardness and fierceness in their personalities, until all that was left was a gentleness like that of water.

## Story

Ye worked at the Red Coast Base from 1969 until 1982. She taught physics at Tsinghua University from 1982 until her retirement in 2004.

She wrote a paper on 'The Possible Existence of Phase Boundaries Within the Solar Radiation Zone and Their Reflective Characteristics', published in the 1966 *Journal of Astrophysics*.

At the end of the Three Body Problem she suggests Luo Ji to study Cosmic Sociology, the study super-society that makes up all of the civilizations of the universe.[*Citation needed*]

## Trivia

* Name could be reference to Ye Wen or Ip Man (叶问), the martial artist

## References

1. ↑ Three Body Problem Chapter 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Three Body Problem Chapter 8
3. ↑ Three Body Problem Chapter 3
Mental Seal

The Mental Seal was developed by Bill Hines and his wife Keiko Yamasuki as part of Bill Hines' plan for his part of the Wallfacer Project. The Mental Seal was supposed to overcome defeatism in the military and give military members an assurance of the military's ability to win in the Doomsday Battle. It was later revealed that Keiko Yamasuki is Bill Hines' Wallbreaker and reveals the true meaning of the plan which instead of imprinting recipients with confidence in victory it imprinted them with Defeatism instead.[*Citation needed*]
King Wen of Zhou (Three Body)

King Wen of Zhou, given name Ji Chang, is tasked with predicting the timings of the stable and chaotic eras

## Story

“The sun is not a god. The sun is yang, and the night is yin. The world proceeds on the balance between yin and yang. Though we cannot control the process, we can predict it.” King Wen took out his bronze sword and drew a yin-yang symbol on the floor, dimly lit by the fire. Then, he carved the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching around the symbol, the whole composition resembling a calendar wheel. “My king, this is the code of the universe. With it, I can present your dynasty with an accurate calendar.”

“Next will be a Chaotic Era lasting forty-one days. Then comes a five-day Stable Era. Thereafter, there will be a twenty-three-day Chaotic Era followed by an eighteen-day Stable Era. Then we’ll have an eightday Chaotic Era. But when this Chaotic Era is over, my king, the long Stable Era you’ve been waiting for will begin. That Stable Era will last three years and nine months. The climate will be so mild that it will be a golden age.”

Game time sped up. Every few seconds in real time, two soldiers flipped over the sandglass brought by King Wen, indicating the passing of eight hours in game time. The opening through the ceiling flickered with random lights, and once in a while a ray of sunlight from the Chaotic Era shot into the Great Hall. Sometimes the light was weak, like moonlight. Sometimes the light was very strong, and the incandescent white square cast against the ground glowed so brightly that the torches in the Great Hall paled in comparison.

Wang continued to count the flipping of the sandglass. By the time it had been flipped 120 times or so, the appearance of the sunlight through the square opening became regular. The first of the predicted Stable Eras had arrived.

After fifteen more flips of the sandglass, the flickering light through the opening became patternless again, the start of another Chaotic Era. Another Stable Era followed, and another Chaotic Era. The starting times and durations of the various eras were not exactly as King Wen had predicted, but they were close. After the conclusion of yet another eight-day Chaotic Era, the long Stable Era he predicted began.

Wang kept counting the flips of the sandglass. Twenty days passed, and the sunlight falling into the Great Hall maintained the precise rhythm. Game time slowed down to normal.

King Zhou nodded at King Wen. “I shall erect a monument for you, one even greater than this palace.”

## Trivia

* Name is based on the historical King Wen of Zhou

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Three Body Problem Chapter 7
Stellar-class Warships

**Stellar-class Warships** are a type of large, fusion powered combat spacecraft utilized by the humans. They were utilized by Fleet International during the Doomsday Battle.

## Weapons

Most stellar-class warships are equipped with gamma-ray laser and EM kinetic railgun weapons systems.

## Speed

Stellar-class ships have four common acceleration states. Ahead Four is the maximum possible acceleration, capable of traveling at 1/100th the speed of light (2997924.58 m/s).

 Ahead Three

## Deep-sea State

Stellar-class Warships can enter *deep-sea state,* which fills the ship cabins with a breathable oxygen-rich deep-sea acceleration fluid. The liquid protects the humans against the high forces, allowing them to tolerate the extremely high acceleration. Ships must be in a deep-sea state prior to Ahead Four acceleration in order to ensure crew safety.

## Other attributes

Stellar-class warships have super-antiradiation shielding which gives them some degree of protection from radiation, as noted by the 1,000 km distance that the Combined Fleet maintained from the Trisolaran Droplet prior to the Doomsday Battle.

## Notable warships

* Bronze Age
* Blue Space
* Deep Space
* Enterprise
* Natural Selection
* Quantum
* Ultimate Law
Zhaoge (Trisolaris)

## Description

“Predicting the sun’s motion is only possible in Zhao Ge, for that is where yin and yang meet. Only the lots cast there are accurate.”

The two continued on through the harsh conditions of another Chaotic Era, interrupted briefly by a short Stable Era, until they finally arrived in Zhao Ge.

## Pendulums

Wang heard an unceasing roar that sounded like thunder. The sound was generated by the numerous giant pendulums that could be seen all over Zhao Ge, each tens of meters in height. The weight of each pendulum was a giant rock, suspended from a thick rope tied to a bridge that stretched between the tops of two slender stone towers.

All the pendulums were swinging as groups of soldiers in armor kept them in motion. Chanting incomprehensibly, they rhythmically pulled ropes attached to the giant stone weights, adding to the pendulums’ arcs as they slowed. Wang noticed that all the pendulums swung in step. From far away, the sight was awe-inducing: It was as though numerous giant clocks had been erected over the earth, or colossal, abstract symbols had fallen from the sky.

The giant pendulums surrounded an even more enormous pyramid, standing like a tall mountain in the dark night. This was King Zhou’s palace. Wang followed King Wen into a low door at the base of the pyramid, before which a few soldiers patrolled in the darkness, noiseless as ghosts. The door led to a long, narrow, dark tunnel going deep into the pyramid, with a few torches along the way.

As they walked, King Wen spoke to Wang. “During a Chaotic Era, the entire country is dehydrated. But King Zhou remains awake, a companion to the lifeless land. In order to survive during a Chaotic Era, one must live in thick-walled buildings like this one, as though one were living underground. It’s the only way to avoid the extreme heat and cold.”

After a long time in the tunnel, they finally arrived at the Great Hall at the center of the pyramid. Actually, the hall was not that big and reminded Wang of a cave. The man sitting on a dais and draped with a particolored hide was undoubtedly King Zhou. But what drew Wang’s attention was a man dressed all in black. The black robe blended with the thick shadows in the Great Hall, and the pale white face seemed to float in air.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Three Body Problem Chapter 7
Qian Zhongshu

Qian Zhongshu (钱锺书), born in the Qing dynasty, was a legendary writer of 20th century China.

He studied at Qinghua university and Oxford. He translated Mao Zedong's writings.

He married Yang Jiang. Most of Qian's life is known through Yang's writings. In Three Body Problem, Wang Miao quips that perhaps Yang Dong was like Qian Zhongshu, someone famous who did not even appear in the media or TV much.
Dehydratories

King Zhou stood up on the dais and opened his arms, as though he wanted to embrace the whole world. In a strange, otherworldly voice, he began to chant, “Re-hy-drate…”

As soon as the order was given, everyone in the Great Hall rushed to the door. Wang followed King Wen closely, and they exited the pyramid through the long tunnel they’d entered by. When they emerged, Wang saw the noonday sun bathing the land in warmth. In a passing breeze he seemed to smell the fragrances of spring. Together, King Wen and Wang walked to a nearby lake. The ice over the lake had melted, and sunlight danced between the gentle waves.

A column of soldiers shouted, “Rehydrate! Rehydrate!” as they ran toward a large stone building, shaped like a granary, next to the lake. On the road to Zhao Ge, Wang had seen many buildings like it, and King Wen had told him that these buildings were called dehydratories, warehouses where the dehydrated bodies could be stored. The soldiers opened the heavy stone doors of the dehydratory and carried out rolls of dusty skins. Each soldier walked to the lakeshore, and tossed them into the water. As soon as the skins touched the water, they began to unfurl and stretch out. Soon, the lake was covered by a layer of man-shaped floating skins, each rapidly absorbing the water and expanding. Gradually, all the manshaped skin cutouts became fleshy bodies that gradually began to display signs of life. One by one, they struggled up out of the waist-deep water and stood up. Looking around at the sunny world with wide-open eyes, they appeared to have just awoken from a dream.

Wang saw a man who had just been revived standing in the middle of the lake, holding up one hand and crying. The hand was missing its middle finger, and blood flowed from the wound into the water. Others, who had also just been revived, passed by him as they happily waded ashore, ignoring him.

“Count yourself lucky,” one of them said to the man. “Some lost a whole arm or leg. Others had their heads chewed through by rats. If we hadn’t been rehydrated in time, maybe all of us would have been eaten by the Chaotic Era rats.”

“How long have we been dehydrated?” one of the revived asked.

“You can tell by looking at the thickness of the dust covering the palace. I just heard that the king is no longer the king from before. But I don’t know if he’s the old king’s son or grandson.”

It took eight days to complete the work of rehydration. All of the stored dehydrated bodies had been revived, and the world was given a new life. During these eight days, everyone enjoyed regular cycles of sunset and sunrise, each cycle precisely twenty hours long. Enjoying the springlike climate, everyone gave heartfelt praise to the sun and the gods who guided the world.

On the night of the eighth day, the bonfires scattered over the ground seemed even more numerous and denser than the stars in the sky. The ruins of cities and towns abandoned during the Chaotic Eras once again filled with noise and light. Like every mass rehydration in the past, the people were going to celebrate all night to welcome their new life after the next sunrise.

But the sun did not rise again.
Lynus

The first settlement you arrive at, located in the middle of the forest. It is home to Gnomes, Dwarves, and fairies. This town is known for it's one-of-a-kind stores, and is the location where you can join the mage's guild.

Though commonly attacked by the evil nymphs of the forest, the town has decent protection, and even an inn for you to reside in. This is also where you can get your first companion.

The houses consist of giant-shroom-like structures. There are also underground tunnels where the Dwarves do their work.
Ken Liu

Ken Liu (刘宇昆 *Liu Yu Kun*) translated the first and third novels of the Three Body Problem series (Three Body Problem, Death's End) into English.

Ken is a writer, lawyer, and computer programmer.

His short story "The Paper Menagerie" (手中纸，心中爱) became the first work of fiction to win the Nebula award, Hugo award, and World Fantasy award.

## Biography

Ken was born in Lanzhou. He studied English literature and Computer Science at Harvard and later earned a JD at Harvard Law School. Ken has worked at Microsoft and as a corporate lawyer.

In 2002, Ken published his first work of fiction: Carthaginian Rose, a story on mind uploading.

Ken has written for the Star Wars universe. Ken has also translated the works of various authors, including Liu Cixin, Chen Qiufan (陈楸帆), Hao Jingfang (郝景芳), and Xia Jia (夏笳).

Ken married Deng Qiyi (邓启怡), also known as Tang Liu.

## Translating Three Body Problem

Ken Liu became a friend of Liu Cixin while translating Three Body Problem (the two are not related).

While translating the first novel Three Body Problem, Ken Liu expressed thanks to Eric Abrahamsen, Anatoly Belilovsky, Aliette de Bodard, Eric Choi, Elias F. Combarro, Hui Geng, Michael Kwan, Derwin Mak, Joel Martinsen, Erica Naone, Alex Saltman, Alex Shvartsman, Igor Teper, Bingen Yang, et al.

Ken said that Three Body Problem contains many allusions to Chinese history and the Cultural Revolution and that he tried to keep footnotes to a minimum (all footnotes approved by Liu Cixin). Ken also stated that Chinese literature is different from American literature in that Chinese literature gives emphasis to different things from what American readers might expect. In some places, Ken adjusted the narrative techniques, while in others he retained the original flavor. Moreover, Ken avoided mixing in 'western interpretations' into passages involving Chinese history and politics.

## Philosophy on translation

Ken says overly literal translations can obscure reading and not be faithful. On the other hand, translations that deviate too much from the source can result in none of the original voice surviving. Ken has sought a middle ground, saying that translation can be harder than writing original fiction as the translator has to retain the same aesthetics and voice under more 'restrictive creative constraints'. Ken has sought to act as a faithful interpreter, capturing as much of the original nuances without 'embellishment or omission'.

Ken has highlighted three criteria for translation: fidelity to source, aptness of expression, beauty of style.

Ken stated that the best translations into English do not read as if they were originally written in English, but rather capture some of the 'patterns of thinking' of the original language, the different 'rhythms and cadences'.

Ken has stated that he wished his translation to serve as a bridge between the two cultures, Chinese and American, east and west.

## References

1. ↑ Carthaginian Rose (2002).
2. ↑ The mind-uploading appears to be referenced in the Sumeru chapter Akasha terminal of the video game Genshin Impact
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Three Body Problem (novel): June 20, 2014
Bai Mulin

A slender man who was reporter for Great Production News (大生产报) of the Inner Mongolia Production and Construction Corps until 1975. He had the idea of sending a letter to Beijing authorities protesting against deforestation. However, since his handwriting was unsteady after using a chainsaw, Ye Wenjie wrote the letter for him (copied what Bai had wrote in neater handwriting). However, the letter was not well-received, so Bai chose to sacrifice Ye Wenjie to save his own skin: Bai said it was Ye's idea to write the letter.

After 1975, when the construction corps were disbanded, he was sent to work in the northeast for the Science Association. He then moved to Ottawa, Canada and died of lung cancer.
Ultimate spaceships

Ultimate spaceships or doomsday ships are lightspeed ships sent by the new world to reach the end of the universe and have no destination at all. They turn their curvature engines to maximum and accelerate, infinitely approaching the speed of light. Their goal is to leap across time using relativity until they reach the heat death of the universe. By their calculations, ten years within their frame of reference would equal fifty billion years in the universe. In this way, the passengers can reach the end of the universe within their lifetime.
Three Body Problem Chapter 1

Setting: China 1967, Cultural Revolution

## Synopsis

A 15 year old girl sacrifices herself and is shot dead.

Physics professor Ye Zhetai is beaten to death by Red Guards for teaching 'reactionary' theories.

Ye Wenjie, an astrophysics student, witnesses her father's death and out of remorse goes to her close friend Professor Ruan Wen. But Ruan had also suffered during the Cultural Revolution and appeared lifeless from the torture she received.
T.rex

Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the most well-represented of the large theropods. Tyrannosaurus lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia.

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The Wandering Earth (movie)

The Wandering Earth (流浪地球) is a movie adaptation of Liu Cixin's book by the same name. The movie was released in 2019 and was directed by Frant Gwo. It is one of the highest grossing films of all time (in China and globally).

It had a sequel The Wandering Earth 2.

## Reception

The Wandering Earth has been called China's most successful scifi epic.

## Gallery

### Promotional Videos

The Wandering Earth - Official Trailer -HD- - Netflix
## See More

* Watch The Wandering Earth (movie) on Netflix

## References

1. ↑ Chinadaily: Movie offers glimpse of robotics plans
Austroraptor

The holotype, labeled MML-195, consisted of a fragmentary skeleton including parts of the skull, lower jaw, a few neck and torso vertebrae, some ribs, a humerus, and assorted bones from both legs. It is the largest dromaeosaur to be discovered in the Southern Hemisphere; Novas *et al.* estimated that *Austroraptor* measured 5 m (16 ft) in length from head to tail. Gregory S. Paul later estimated its length at 6 m (20 ft) and weight of 300 kg (660 lb). However, Thomas R. Holtz Jr. has suggested that its weight is comparable to a lion, around 91–227 kg (200.6–500.4 lb). The skull is low and elongated, much more so than that of other dromaeosaurs, and measures 80 cm (31 in). *Austroraptor* has conical, non-serrated teeth, which Novas *et al.* compared to those of spinosaurids, based on how the enamel of the surface of its teeth is fluted. *Austroraptor* shares a trait that is unique to it and to *Adasaurus*: the descending process of the lacrimal bones curves anteriorly to a large degree. *Austroraptor* has a bizarre morphology in its pedal phalanges, which are strangely disproportionate. Phalanx IV-2 is over twice the width of phalanx II-2, and nearly three times the expected width based on similarly sized members of its taxonomic family. This has suggested to some researchers that the holotype specimen is a paleontological chimera; however, there is no uncertainty about the affinity of the taxon, so a chimera hypothesis can not be assured.

Several of *Austroraptor*'s skull bones bear some resemblance to those of the smaller troodontids. The front limbs of *Austroraptor* were short for a dromaeosaur, with its humerus less than half the length of its femur. Among the Dromaeodauridae, only this genus, *Tianyuraptor*, *Zhenyuanlong* and *Mahakala* have similarly reduced forelimbs. The relative length of its arms has caused *Austroraptor* to be compared to another, more famous short-armed dinosaur, *Tyrannosaurus,* though there is no close relationship between the two taxa.
Pacific I

Pacific I was the very first city completed by the Bunker Project, and like North America I, it was a sphere. Unlike all the other Jovian cities, it did orbit Jupiter as a satellite. Cheng Xin visited this space city in the Death's End.

Millions of construction workers had lived in Pacific I during the early years of the Bunker Project. As the project progressed, it was used to warehouse construction materials. Later, as the numerous flaws of this early-phase experimental space city became apparent, it was abandoned. But, after the resettlement to the Bunker World had been completed, people began to live here again, and finally formed a city of their own, with a city government and police force. However, the authorities only maintained the most basic public infrastructure, and society was left basically to run on its own. Pacific I was the only city to which people were free to immigrate without a residential permit. Most of the population consisted of unemployed and homeless wanderers, poor people who had lost social security for various reasons, and bohemian artists. Later, it became the base for extremist political organizations.

Pacific I had no city thrusters, and there was no artificial sun inside. It also didn’t spin, so the interior was completely weightless. There was no notion of land ownership in Pacific I because all the buildings drifted around with no permanent location. In principle, each resident had the right to use any space in the city.
Information theory

Information theory is a field of science developed by Claude Shannon. It has applications to computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), physics, electrical engineering, etc.

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## Information content

Wang Miao remembered taking a class in information theory as a third-year student in college. The professor had put up two pictures: One was the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival, full of fine, rich details; the other was a photograph of the sky on a sunny day, the deep blue expanse broken only by a wisp of cloud that one couldn’t even be sure was there. The professor asked the class which picture contained more information. The answer was that the photograph’s information content: its entropy exceeded the painting’s by one or two orders of magnitude.

Three Body was the same. Its enormous information content was hidden deep. Wang could feel it, but he could not articulate it. He suddenly understood that the makers of Three Body took the exact opposite of the approach taken by designers of other games. Normally, game designers tried to display as much information as possible to increase the sense of realism. But Three Body’s designers worked to compress the information content to disguise a more complex reality, just like that seemingly empty photograph of the sky.

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To apply this to Wang Miao's example: the pixels of the ancient painting perhaps took on way fewer values than a modern high resolution picture. The n for the ancient painting may have been much lower than the n for the modern picture. Thus the modern picture has higher entropy.

## References

1. ↑ Three Body Problem Chapter 8, p. 112
2. ↑ Information Theory, Calculate Entropy of Image