White Flower II

Diagram of Spherical Ship

The White Flower II is a Planetary Acquisitions gateship equipped with a Trinity drive. It is staffed by and houses ten thousand geroo souls. It is overseen by Commissioner Sarsuk, but the day-to-day operations are handled by Captain Ateri.

Every geroo gateship is named based on the location that they took off from on the geroo homeworld, often just a remarkable nearby landmark. This ship is so named for the field of flowers in launched from with its first ten thousand souls.

Circular Ship

The White Flower II is described in stories as being a circular ship with 25 floors to it, while having a circular gate: a giant zero-width gate that allows vessels to travel from two discontinuous points in space. But this simple description has resulted in two different interpretations between Gre7g Luterman and Rick Griffin.

Spherical Ship

In Gre7g's stories, the White Flower II is a spherical ship which has spans that hold a ring for the gate, set up beside the ship. It has a diameter much, much larger than the WFII's to allow for full-size krakun ships to traverse through without difficulty.

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  Sketch of spherical gate ship cross section

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  Spherical Ship with gate shown

Ring Ship

In Rick's stories, the gate is integral to the ships design, and all the living spaces, components, and industry are placed along the circumference of the gate, making a toroid-shaped ship. In this shape, the gate is always rigid. The ship flies with its main tower making up the leading direction forward, with the ring flying level with the plane of travel.

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  Isometric diagram of ring-shaped ship

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  Side-on cross section of ring-shaped