The Two-Dimensional Collapse

Item from deaths-end by Liu Cixin

The end of the Solar System. The dual-vector foil unfolds and the planets fold flat from the rim inward — a death humanity watches in real time.

What They Know

Initiated by Singer's dual-vector foil somewhere past Neptune
Collapse front propagates at the speed of light through the Solar System
Bunker shielding is useless — the foil collapses dimensionality, not energy
Only the Halo lightspeed ship escapes; everyone else is two-dimensionalized
Luo Ji dies on Pluto in the final hours, curating the museum to the end

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The Two-Dimensional Collapse

Item from deaths-end by Liu Cixin

The end of the Solar System. The dual-vector foil unfolds and the planets fold flat from the rim inward — a death humanity watches in real time.

What They Know

Initiated by Singer's dual-vector foil somewhere past Neptune
Collapse front propagates at the speed of light through the Solar System
Bunker shielding is useless — the foil collapses dimensionality, not energy
Only the Halo lightspeed ship escapes; everyone else is two-dimensionalized
Luo Ji dies on Pluto in the final hours, curating the museum to the end

View full profile at Simulacra.Ink