Mellanie's Redemption
Names: Mellanie's Redemptionthe starship
First appears in Book 1: The Dreaming Void, chapter 6 (3)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Dreaming Void
- Ch 6Mellanie's Redemption is a thirty-metre hyperdrive starship with three large cargo holds and a Navy-grade stealth field, bought by Troblum under a false pretext.
- Ch 6Mellanie's Redemption is Troblum's starship, parked in the hangar with a modified forward cargo hold to carry the drive engine; it has a force field.
- Ch 8Mellanie's Redemption is Troblum's starship; it took three days to fly from Arevalo to the red dwarf station.
Book 2: The Temporal Void
Book 3: The Evolutionary Void
- Ch 5Troblum's ship Mellanie's Redemption is a hundred thirty light-years from Viotia and closing fast.
- Ch 14Mellanie's Redemption is Troblum's ultradrive starship.
- Ch 16Troblum's starship, which has only one medical chamber; extra suspension chambers are being fabricated for the Void-time journey.
- Ch 16The Mellanie's Redemption docks with the Elvin's Payback and jumps to hyperspace as the Cat torments Cheriton.
- Ch 18The ship launches the FTL device from 1.25 million km above the star and returns to transdimensional suspension to wait.
- Ch 18The ship emerges nine thousand light-years from the Void boundary and plans FTL travel to the Wall stars, 160 hours away.
- Ch 18Mellanie's Redemption passed through the Void boundary after the Raiel approved, accelerated by the Skylord toward a star system three light-months away.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 8Troblum prepares escape
Troblum removes Emily Alm's glitches, builds a planet-shifting ftl engine, loads it onto his ship and plans to flee to the colonies, adding his own glitches to the blueprint.
- Book 1 · Ch 14Troblum's escape
Marius attacks Troblum's suite but finds only a solido projector decoy; the ship in the airlock is also a decoy. Marius sends the Cat to kill Troblum.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Troblum and Catriona argue
Over Viotia, Troblum lashes out at Catriona, suspecting her of betraying him, then relents when she pleads her love. Sensors then report weapon fire above Colwyn City.
- Book 3 · Ch 14SI alerts Troblum
The SI tells Troblum about the call and invites him to observe the restaurant meeting, though Araminta appears to be aboard the Lady's Light about to launch.
- Book 3 · Ch 18The Cat ambushes Mellanie's Redemption
The Cat catches Mellanie's Redemption as Troblum prepares the FTL device. Paula intervenes, the ship flees, then launches the device into the star while Paula draws the Cat away.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Wormhole crossing
The planetary FTL device opens a wormhole through the star, and the Mellanie's Redemption crosses 28,000 light-years to emerge near the Void.
- Book 3 · Ch 18Passage into the Void
The Raiel let Mellanie's Redemption pass. The Skylord opens the boundary, pulls the ship in, and speeds it toward Querencia, three light-months away.