Wade emphasizes that humanity has a bonus over the invaders. We can lie, but San-Ti cannot. Our technological know-how is developing at a much faster pace than theirs; even when sophon disruption prevents further development of existing science, we will think laterally, using the tools we have already got, in a way that San-Ti probably cannot.
So if Team Wade must take down two all-powerful sophon computers, that is what they’ll do. They begin with a right away plan to synchronize all of the particle colliders on this planet in order that one among the sophones continuously spins in circles, spoiling the test results. One down, one out.
If they should launch a probe into the incoming fleet fast enough to get results on time, they are going to must be at the identical speed because the fleet, a seemingly inconceivable 1 percent of the speed of sunshine. But only seemingly inconceivable: the San-Ti broke it and in the event that they can do it, so can we, Wade argues.
Under Wade’s rule, Jin must determine the right way to speed up the probe to that speed using currently available technology. Someone else can find the cash, change the nuclear treaties, get into politics, construct ships that deploy nuclear weapons. The thing is, if she will be able to figure it out, then yes can be to do. This approach is turbocharged.
It’s fascinating to see how the characters fit together. In Paradise, Wade has a ready-made battlefield ensign who impresses his girlfriend, Jin, with his soldierly attitude. Jin, in turn, serves as Wade’s apologist for Auggie, reminding her that the San-Ti cultists she still mourns were liable for their friend’s murder.
Will Saul, one other good scientist, join the nice victory with his buddies Jin and Auggie? What about Will? (*6*), what about humanity? Is the Earth to turn into a fully militarized and mobilized society for 4 centuries if that is the one response proportionate to the threat? Whether the reply is yes or no, the results are uncomfortable to think about.
