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'''Seamships''' are vessels built to travel through the [[The Multiverse#The Drift|Drift]], named for their ability to open and transit seams into and between realities.

While [[Seam-walker|seam-walkers]] are able to manipulate seams and move between realities on their own, the seamship is the primary means of inter-reality travel for beings without the ability to seam-walk, as well as large cargo loads. The key technology behind these massive vehicles is the '''Narrative Drive''', a form of engine which converts the Drift’s narrative potential into a stable bubble, maintaining the physical and semantic integrity of the vessel and its contents against Drift pressure.

While [[Seam-walker|seam-walkers]] are able to manipulate seams and move between realities on their own, the seamship is the primary means of inter-reality travel for beings without the ability to seam-walk, as well as large cargo loads. The key technology behind these massive vehicles is the '''Narrative Drive''', a form of engine which converts the Drift’s narrative potential into a stable bubble, maintaining the physical and semantic integrity of the vessel and its contents against Drift pressure. The Narrative Drive is protected from the Drift by [[anchorite]] plating on the ship's hull, which allows it to establish and maintain the reality bubble from a cold start and gives the ship a degree of passive protection even when the Drive is disabled.

Seamships are typically operated by a bonded pair of seam-walkers; one takes command responsibility while the other directly interfaces with the ship's systems to act as the helm. Combined with a skilled Drift navigator, this allows the ship to move fluidly through the Drift and open seams safely.

== List of Seamships ==

[[Stationary Traveller]]