curvature propulsion trail
Names: curvature propulsion trailsoap bubbletrails
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 60 (Broadcast Era, Year 8 Fate’s Choice)
Appearances
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B3
What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 60Ships entering lightspeed leave persistent spherical bubbles in space, transparent with faint borders, possibly lasting forever; one ten AU across lies in the Trisolaran system.
Connections
- created bySecond Trisolaran Fleetleft trails entering and exiting lightspeed
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 60Discovery of curvature propulsion trails
Observing the ruined Trisolaran system, Widnall and Vasilenko find transparent bubbles, realize they are lightspeed trails, and send an alarm-level report to Fleet Command and the PDC, which leaks and sparks panic.