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Michael Norwitz asked this question about Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1):
I love the book but still don't understand the identity rankings. <number> <name> <number> and it can refer both to AI ancillaries and to human non-AI soldiers. Can someone clear this up for me?
Rachel Example: The Justice of Toren is the ship and the AI and its ancillaries. She has 1 Captain. She had 16 decks, 10 of those were decade decks. Each dec…moreExample: The Justice of Toren is the ship and the AI and its ancillaries. She has 1 Captain. She had 16 decks, 10 of those were decade decks. Each decade has a name, ex Var, Esk, Amaat, Toren, Bo, etc. Each decade/ Esk decade has 20 human lieutenants (Awn being the top ranking one). It has 2 Ancillary “units”, One Esk and Two Esk. Each of these “units” is made up of 20 ancillary segments, ex One Esk Nineteen. When Esk lieutenant Awn is on the planet Shis’Urna, she is there with all 20 One Esk ancillaries. So the remaining 19 Esk lieutenants and all Two Esk ancillaries were on the ship taking care of things on esk decade. When they returned from the planet, all Two Esks went back into hybernation and all One Esk took their positions back. The 1/20 segment of One Esk that died on the planet, was replaced with a new body segment from hibernation. So, each decade has 20 humans, and 40 AI ancillaries that use the decade name.(less)
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Ancillary Justice
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