character

Yalda

A physicist whose study of light and the Hurtlers helps turn a planetary threat into the multigenerational Peerless mission.

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Visual primer · role and meaning

Story function

Physicist, organizer, and first-generation traveler

From Chapter 1

Yalda

character

Ideas illuminated

Further conceptual links remain sealed.

Role in the story

The Clockwork Rocket

Encountered by Chapter 1

Her curiosity about light grows into responsibility for a rescue mission designed to outlive her.

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