Scifi Orthogonal
character

Yun Tianming

A longtime acquaintance of Cheng Xin whose life becomes entangled with humanity's response to Trisolaris.

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Visual primer · role and meaning

Story function

Staircase subject and encoded messenger

From Part 1 · Crisis Era

Yun Tianming

character

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Role in the story

Death’s End

Encountered by Part 1 · Crisis Era

Staircase subject and encoded messenger

His brain travels toward the Trisolaran fleet, and his later stories transmit knowledge under surveillance.

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