No-Ships: To See or Not To See
Posted: 11 May 2010 19:58
So can you see a no-ship with the naked eye or not? I get conflicting implied and explicit information from the book.
See:
Teg says he can see them (pre-"awakening") in the sky over Gammu like moving stars in the skies.
When Teg addresses his men in the bar planning their capture of a no-ship he mentions how they are unable to be seen via priesence and long-range scanners but you can with the the naked eye.
The worm-riding party at the end of Heretics doesn't marvel at a floating door in the sky of Rakis, they seem to just see the flying ship.
In Chapterhouse the No-ship Duncan is on is "powered-up" in order to shield him, Murbella and Scytale in the spaceport on Chapterhouse, however you can see the ship.
Not to see:
When Teg & Co emerge from the no-chamber (built by the rogue Richesan at the Baron's orders) Teg describes a battle in the sky where he basically just sees fire being exchanged, but no participants...as if they were invisible.
When Teg & co are on the No-ship negotiating with a force from the scattering towards the beginning of Heretics he makes mention of the fact that his forces know the coordinates of the ship they're on and will fire unless otherwise instructed. To me this implies that they otherwise wouldn't be able to see them.
What say you?
See:
Teg says he can see them (pre-"awakening") in the sky over Gammu like moving stars in the skies.
When Teg addresses his men in the bar planning their capture of a no-ship he mentions how they are unable to be seen via priesence and long-range scanners but you can with the the naked eye.
The worm-riding party at the end of Heretics doesn't marvel at a floating door in the sky of Rakis, they seem to just see the flying ship.
In Chapterhouse the No-ship Duncan is on is "powered-up" in order to shield him, Murbella and Scytale in the spaceport on Chapterhouse, however you can see the ship.
Not to see:
When Teg & Co emerge from the no-chamber (built by the rogue Richesan at the Baron's orders) Teg describes a battle in the sky where he basically just sees fire being exchanged, but no participants...as if they were invisible.
When Teg & co are on the No-ship negotiating with a force from the scattering towards the beginning of Heretics he makes mention of the fact that his forces know the coordinates of the ship they're on and will fire unless otherwise instructed. To me this implies that they otherwise wouldn't be able to see them.
What say you?