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|creator(s)= [[Sigma-063]] | |creator(s)= [[Sigma-063]] | ||
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|first_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]''< | |first_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'' | ||
|also_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]''<br><small>(indirectly mentioned)</small> | |||
|copyright= [[Lupan Evezan]] | |copyright= [[Lupan Evezan]] | ||
}}'''Pessimist's Fog Ship''' was | |index= [[:Category:Featuring Pessimist's Fog Ship|'''''See category''''']] | ||
}}'''Pessimist's Fog Ship''' was the [[Fog Ship]] of [[Pessimist-242]]. Uniquely, it was sentient and had a will of its own as well as the power of speech. | |||
== History == | |||
=== Origins === | |||
An experimental sentient [[Fog Ship]] was constructed by [[Sigma-063]] of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') for the [[Department of Technological Advancement]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') working on conjunction with the [[Department of Transportation]]. The intent was that it would be the first of a whole range of intelligent Fog Ships, able to “assist Cupids with their missions” and recommend destinations themselves. However, the prototype was disappointing insofar as it displayed a tendency to wander off to see the sights with little care for its pilot; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') it was genuinely better at navigating the Void than any normal Fog Ship, but it was temperamental, and could only be coaxed into taking its passengers needed to with much persuading and the occasional bribe. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | |||
The prototype Ship was assigned to [[Pessimist-242]] as his personal [[Void Ship]] because it was assumed that any Cupid who received it would be unhappy with it, but as Pessimist could be relied upon to be unhappy ''anyway'', this made no difference in his case. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | |||
=== Abduction of Pessimist === | |||
On one of many routine romanticisation missions to [[Whetstone Park]] in the [[Prime Universe]], the Fog Ship wandered off to check out a “combination greenhouse-theater-diner-aquarium” that had recently opened on the east side of the city. It spent the night there, but did not find it as interesting as it had hoped. When it returned to Whetstone Park, it did not find the real [[Pessimist-242]] but [[Pseudo-Pessimist]], an unconvincing duplicate sent as a decoy by the [[Drove of the Database-Compiling Dromedaries]] after they abducted the real Pessimist. Though much unconvinced, the Fog Ship took Pseudo-Pessimist back to the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. After the [[Blue Feather]] realised he was an impostor, the Fog Ship used the link between its [[positronic brain]] and Pessimist to track down his location, at the Dromedaries' [[Research Laboratory 6]]. There, it was briefly highjacked by [[Darius]], who threatened it with a gun to get it to drive him to the Homeworld. However, it resolved the situation by rematerialising right in front of [[Lord Thymon]], allowing Thymon to handle the business of banishing Darius into [[the Void]]. The Fog Ship then hopped back to the Prime Universe and picked up the Blue Feather, bringing them back to the Homeworld for good. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | |||
=== Christmas escapades === | |||
After being displeased with Pessimist and [[Larrikin-1029]], the Ship once transported them to a random location which turned out to be the [[Workshop of Madame Tarsa]]. There, the Ship became embroiled in Larrikin and Pessimist's subsequent adventures, getting “shrunk down, [losing its] Dimensional Warp Drive, and [having] to fight a sentient lump of clay as well as [[Madame Tarsa|a giant sword-lady]]”. | After being displeased with Pessimist and [[Larrikin-1029]], the Ship once transported them to a random location which turned out to be the [[Workshop of Madame Tarsa]]. There, the Ship became embroiled in Larrikin and Pessimist's subsequent adventures, getting “shrunk down, [losing its] Dimensional Warp Drive, and [having] to fight a sentient lump of clay as well as [[Madame Tarsa|a giant sword-lady]]”. | ||
Nevertheless, when [[Pythagoras-858]] needed to find his way to the Workshop, he managed to persuade the Ship to take him there by convincing it that it would be its direct path to getting a Christmas present of its own. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | Nevertheless, when [[Pythagoras-858]] needed to find his way to the Workshop the next year, he managed to persuade the Ship to take him there by convincing it that it would be its direct path to getting a Christmas present of its own. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | ||
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== External links == | |||
* '''[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/pessimists-fog-ship-2/ Character profile on the official ''Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids'' website]''' | |||
[[Category:Individuals]] | [[Category:Individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Dimensional Travellers]] | [[Category:Dimensional Travellers]] | ||
