Les Trois soleils de Vinéa
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Les Trois soleils de Vinéa (The Three Suns of Vinea) is the sixth book from Yoko Tsuno
comic book
series written by Roger Leloup
and published in 1976. (ISBN 2-8001-0671-9)
vehicle that will bring them to Vinea's solar system
in the M33 galaxy
within two months. To their surprise, Vinea still exists, although it now has a synchronous rotation
around its primaries. More surprises follow in rapid succession as Yoko and Khany find that the planet has acquired an artificial climate
and is governed by a corrupted artificial intelligence
. With the help of the artificial memory of Sadar, Khany's father, Yoko and her friends overthrow the AI's rule. Sadar's memory then guides them to a city on the arctic side of Vinea, a shelter filled with survivors in suspended animation
. One of the first to be awakened is Synda, Khany's mother.
The title refers to the two natural suns (a yellow and a red giant) and the artificial satellite used to redirect light to the dark side of the planet (or artificial sun
). It can be seen just to the right of Yoko's face in the cover image, the other satellite is involved in the faster-than-light
mechanism and is covered with dust.
Yoko Tsuno
Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou since its debut in 1970. Through twenty-five volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic...
comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series written by Roger Leloup
Roger Leloup
Roger Leloup is a Belgian comic strip artist, novelist, and a former collaborator of Hergé. He is most famous for the Yoko Tsuno comic series.- Biography :...
and published in 1976. (ISBN 2-8001-0671-9)
Story
The Vineans prepare to return to their home planet, but first they must investigate whether is it is still habitable. Khany invites Yoko, Vic and Pol to join her and a few other Vineans in a faster-than-lightFaster-than-light
Faster-than-light communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light....
vehicle that will bring them to Vinea's solar system
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
in the M33 galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light years from Earth in the constellation Triangulum. It is catalogued as Messier 33 or NGC 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a nickname it shares with Messier 101...
within two months. To their surprise, Vinea still exists, although it now has a synchronous rotation
Synchronous rotation
In astronomy, synchronous rotation is a planetological term describing a body orbiting another, where the orbiting body takes as long to rotate on its axis as it does to make one orbit; and therefore always keeps the same hemisphere pointed at the body it is orbiting...
around its primaries. More surprises follow in rapid succession as Yoko and Khany find that the planet has acquired an artificial climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
and is governed by a corrupted artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. AI textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents" where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its...
. With the help of the artificial memory of Sadar, Khany's father, Yoko and her friends overthrow the AI's rule. Sadar's memory then guides them to a city on the arctic side of Vinea, a shelter filled with survivors in suspended animation
Suspended animation
Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. Breathing, heartbeat, and other involuntary functions may still occur, but they can only be detected by artificial means. Extreme cold can be used to precipitate the slowing of an individual's functions; use...
. One of the first to be awakened is Synda, Khany's mother.
The title refers to the two natural suns (a yellow and a red giant) and the artificial satellite used to redirect light to the dark side of the planet (or artificial sun
Artificial sun
Artificial sun may refer to:*Laser Mégajoule*National Ignition Facility*Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak*Znamya , an orbital space mirror*Fusion power*Tanning booth...
). It can be seen just to the right of Yoko's face in the cover image, the other satellite is involved in the faster-than-light
Faster-than-light
Faster-than-light communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light....
mechanism and is covered with dust.