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Role in the story
Project Hail Mary
Encountered by Chapter 1Interstellar laboratory and one-way rescue mission
Its rotating design, automated systems, and modular equipment turn experimental science into the crew's only path forward.
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Hail Mary
A one-way research vessel built to carry a small crew and a laboratory to the Tau Ceti system.
This public dossier identifies the entity without exposing its outcome. Story-specific roles and relationships unlock from your reading progress.
Story function
Interstellar laboratory and one-way rescue mission
From Chapter 1
Hail Mary
starship
Ideas illuminated
Interstellar travel