Fog Ship
Fog Ships were a type of Void Ship used by members of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids to travel the Multiverse.
Nature
Like most Void Ships, Fog Ships worked by phasing out of the universe they started from, traversing the Void, and then phasing through the dimensional divide into the universe of their destination. This stood in contrast to travel through a Rift, which broke directly from one world into the next without passing through the Void or any other “buffer” dimension. (COMIC: The Beginner's Guide to Multiversal Theory)
The modern Fog Ships were “widely acknowledged in the community of interdimensional travellers as some of the best, most comfortable Void Ships in existence”. This was considered a mixed blessing by the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, as attempts by other parties to steal Fog Ships for their own end became a concern for them. (PROSE: The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids)
Essential components of a Fog Ship included the engine, dematerialisation circuit, (PROSE: The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, The Labors of Juliet) and steering wheel. At least some Fog Ships had isomorphic controls. Juliet was once able to extract “a jumble of positronic components and dented wheels” that she could repurpose into a makeshift Clockwork Cherub from a Fog Ship. She notably used the brakes, without which the Ship rumbled and shook as it took off. (PROSE: The Labors of Juliet)
History
The Fog Ships were developed by the Clockwork Cherub scientists of the Celestial Foam Network based on designs for dematerialisation circuits and conceptual engines left to them by the Creator herself. (PROSE: The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids)
When Juliet-178 sent her 1079 duplicates to complete parts of her punitive assignment for her, each of them had a Fog Ship, wired not to return to the Cupid Homeworld until “Juliet” had completed her assignment. Half of the Juliets, including Juliet the 945th, disassembled their Fog Ships to create additional duplicates of themselves. When she learned of this, Juliet-178 reflected that she would have to ask Peter-707 of the Department of Vehicles for a big favour in covering it up. (PROSE: The Labors of Juliet)
Doctor Sigma mentioned Fog Ships as an example of Void Ship during his impromptu lecture on Multiversal theory. (COMIC: The Beginner's Guide to Multiversal Theory)
After they escaped from Morningstar 1, (PROSE: The Grand Multiverse Hotel) the Five Surviving Wellsians stole a Fog Ship from the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, which they later modified to adapt it to their own use. Only Skollops ag-Warka, considered an “ace pilot”, fully mastered the flying of it. (PROSE: The Time of the Toymaker)
During the Rifts Crisis, one version of Jenny Everywhere accidentally shifted into the back seat of Pythagoras-858's Fog Ship as it was traversing the Void. After accidentally causing it to land in an unidentified universe, Jenny talked things out with Pythagoras and the two ended up departing aboard the Ship in search of the Consistency Imperium. (COMIC: Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids)
Behind the scenes
Fog Ships are a recurring element of The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids.
