Q 01/05

In Aurora Rising, roughly how long was Aurora O'Malley frozen in cryo-sleep before Tyler Jones found her?

A) Two decades

B) Two centuries

C) Two millennia

D) Two million years

Answer · why

B) Two centuries

Two centuries pass while she lies frozen in a wreck adrift in the Fold. She wakes to learn that her family and every friend she had are long gone.

Q 02/05

In Aurora Rising, what does Aurora O'Malley name the chatty old uniglass that Tyler Jones gives her?

A) Columbus

B) Shackleton

C) Magellan

D) Marco Polo

Answer · why

C) Magellan

Magellan is an outdated model with a built-in persona so relentlessly chirpy that later units dropped the feature. The squad spends much of the story ...

Q 03/05

In Aurora Rising, which Academy event does top cadet Tyler Jones miss while rescuing Aurora O'Malley?

A) The Draft

B) The Muster

C) The Trials

D) The Commissioning

Answer · why

A) The Draft

The Draft is where graduating squad leaders choose their crews, and the best cadet of the year should have picked first. Missing it leaves him with th...

Q 04/05

In Aurora Rising, which Squad 312 diplomat is the twin sister of squad leader Tyler Jones?

A) Callie

B) Patrice

C) Cordelia

D) Scarlett

Answer · why

D) Scarlett

Scarlett is the elder twin by a few minutes and never wanted a military life. She enlisted at thirteen only because she would not let her brother go a...

Q 05/05

In Aurora Rising, what is the proper name of the pirate-run trading hub that everyone calls the World Ship?

A) Emerald City

B) Sempiternity

C) New Gettysburg

D) Sagan Station

Answer · why

B) Sempiternity

Sempiternity began as a single pirate starport and grew as ship after ship bolted itself on. After fifty years the tangle of hulls is as big as a smal...