Image from Zatoon | |
Grapeships consist of several spherical subunits (grapes) which can disassemble in order to pass through a wormhole, in order to reduce tidal stress on the contents. After passing through the throat of the wormhole they can then reassemble on the far side, and redeploy the reaction drive and radiator array. |
Image from Adam Getchell | |
The regions of space within a Traversable Wormhole Note this diagram is not to scale; the Transition region extends for a distance of about 3 Astronomical units from the 'hole, while the Throat may be only a few tens of metres in radius. |
Image from Steve Bowers | |
A Grapeship approaches the vortex of the traversable wormhole from Arkab Prior A to Medius |
Size comparison chart of spaceships used at various times in the Terragen Sphere (including a typical grapeship) |