Illuminae

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

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Part 1, Pages 1-41

Part 2, Pages 42-133

Part 3, Pages 134-178

Part 4, Pages 179-295

Part 5, Pages 296-459

Part 6, Pages 460-599

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Part 4, Pages 179-295Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 4: “Lincoln’s Approach and Interception”

Part 4, Page 179 Summary: “Alexander Statistics”

The Alexander’s dashboard displays a countdown to the Lincoln reaching the Alexander Fleet in 70 hours and 24 minutes with a small globe map showing their relative positions.

Part 4, Pages 180-181 Summary: “Hypatia Chat Between Kady and Zhang”

Kady chats with Zhang’s official chat, rather than his usual username, CitB, by piggybacking off Corporal Boklov’s ID to reach him while he works on restoring AIDAN, which is turning out to be a very complex problem. Zhang mentions that Dorian and a few others are on their side. Kady wants to help.

Part 4, Pages 182-183 Summary: “Hypatia Personal Message From Captain Ann Chau to Syra Boll, Chief of Navigation and Kate Irving, Maintenance”

Captain Ann Chau asks Syra Boll and Kate Irving to compile a report of the Hypatia’s chance of survival possibilities if they lost the Alexander in 12 hours and to keep their research confidential.