A Moray. A subaqua vessel, designed for both space and undersea voyaging. The Moray was a rare ship indeed to see in space, especially about to undertake a hyperspace transit. On worlds like Regiti and Aona, where the only land was the tips of volcanoes, rising above the oceans, the Moray was both freighter and public transport, a vital ship-link between the undersea cities that were developing in such hostile environments.
The Dark Wheel Chapter §1
Regiti does not exist. We have
Rigeti (Galaxy 1): "Rigeti is a revolting dump" - Feudal, Poor Agricultural, TL3, 1.7 Billion (Human Colonials), Productivity: 2040 MCr
& Rigete (Galaxy 7): "This planet is fabled for its ancient Rigetese On banana plantations" - Multi-Government, Mainly Industrial, TL 7, 3.0 Billion (Red Horned Birds), Productivity: 10080 MCr
A ghastly typo? One that as a writer would have me tearing my hair out! Or is TDW simply an unreliable source?
Might it be that The Dark Wheel was being written as Elite was being put to bed. And who would have given Robert Holdstock a finalised copy of all the planets with their descriptions? And how readable would it have been?
It seems that the best bet is just to ignore Goldstock's reference.. A human TL3 world would not have underwater cities, and an avian underwater world also seems decidedly odd.
