Reference · Book 1 opening
Ship glossary
Three terms from Thomas’s first look at the ships.
Cascade Reactors · reveal Book 1 opening note
The reactors appear in the bulge amidships. The sample describes them as supplying power through every system. It does not explain their internal workings.
Reading reference: The Exodus Rush, Chapter 1, “Commissioning Day,” the paragraph beginning “Three ships hung in the void.”
Read the commissioning sampleDrive nacelles · reveal Book 1 opening note
Thomas notices the placement of the drive nacelles and their positioning for thrust vectoring. The commissioning passage gives no speed or range specification.
Reading reference: The Exodus Rush, Chapter 1, “Commissioning Day,” the paragraph beginning “Three ships hung in the void.”
Read the commissioning sampleHull plating · reveal Book 1 opening note
Thomas studies the curve of the hull plating, designed to distribute stress across its surface. The scene describes the ships’ gray and silver hulls; it gives no armor rating.
Reading reference: The Exodus Rush, Chapter 1, “Commissioning Day,” the paragraph beginning “Three ships hung in the void.”
Read the commissioning sampleFind the ships and people
These terms describe what Thomas sees at commissioning, not later upgrades or a technical specification.