Underspace

In contrast, the journey through what the S'van captain referred to as Underspace was actually boring.

A Call to Arms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

It hovered safely in Underspace, in orbit around Koba's single moon.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

As they prepared for emergence from Underspace and the subsequent rapid drop to Koba's contested surface, Ranji found he was surprisingly calm.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

It wasn't until the day before the fleet was to phase out of Underspace that he remembered the kindly Lepar, Itepu.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

Ranji tried to prepare himself mentally as the transport sped through Underspace toward Cossuut.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

But by the time the sur­viving starships retired to the protective astrophysical anonymity of Underspace, the greater portion of the battlegroup had successfully disembarked and dispersed.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

He was the only passenger on the shuttle which transferred him from the Underspace transport to the surface of Yula.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

Attempts by the enemy to reinforce their situation met with intermittent success, as ships at­tempted to phase out of Underspace, disgorge their heavily laden shuttles, and vanish into the safety of distorted phys­ics before increasingly effective Weave orbital defenses blasted them out of reality.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

The grim expression Ranji wore whenever he was com­pelled to leave his cabin discouraged even close friends from trying to talk to him, and helped to preserve his solitude during the long Underspace journey out from Cossuut.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992

Ranji wasn't thinking of that as the Underspace emergence warning sounded.

The False Mirror Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1992