Character · from book 6
Tipid
A Crest and former crawler, author of the Cookbook's fourth-edition notes ('It was me or him, and I chose to save myself'), who pilots the Homecoming Queen — a Long Haul garbage freighter converted to carry fifty thousand former crawlers — into Earth orbit as troopers for the Princess Posse. He knows what the bone key costs, because he once faced a similar choice between saving himself and saving another.
Race and class, since book 6: Crest
First appears: Book 6
Series arc
As of book 6. A Cookbook author — 'I killed my best friend today', 'It was me or him' — who turns out to be in orbit, relieved Carl did not use the key, flying fifty thousand former crawlers in as troopers.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Fifty thousand former crawlers in a garbage freighter | B6 ch. 73 | open — Long Haul Biological Waste Management Solutions was the Crest; Doctor Hu found them; cleared for onboarding as troopers for the Princess Posse; 'I am worried about that tenth team,' |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 6
In the Cookbook
Author of the 4th edition, known from a note at B6 ch. 16. 2 notes in the text so far: B6 ch. 16, 57. The register of every edition is on the Cookbook.
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride | 3/74 | Ch. 16, Ch. 57, Ch. 73 · the book's own page |