The Droplet
Item from The Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
Strong Interaction Probe — a three-meter mirror-bright teardrop that ate two thousand warships in fifteen minutes and now hangs in geosynchronous orbit over Earth.
Also known as: Strong Interaction Probe, Shuǐ dī, 水滴
What They Know
- Surface bonded by strong-force material — withstands any energy weapon humanity has fielded.
- Top observed velocity inside the Combined Fleet was sufficient to ram a warship per few seconds.
- Does not respond to communication attempts; does not refuel; does not appear to be controlled in real time by human-detectable signal.
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