diverse hull forms populate the pancosmos (multiverse), from the more "practical" torchships of near-mundane space to baroque vehicles special-tooled to traverse various flavors of weirdspace, where wildly alternate physics abound and magic bears a much tighter grip on the everyday rules of reality.

near-mundane ships aren't without their share of interesting developments and aesthetic flair, like the "lopsided sailboat" configuration of modern battlestars like the Type 230-A that presents a full broadside to the enemy while protecting the ship's squishy parts.

straightforwardly aesthetic commuter boats and jump-yachts like Divine hallmark an economy of cheap starfaring.

Escher Ships meanwhile form part of a pantheon of mysterious sightings and sensor signatures nourishing a burgeoning modern UFO culture. appearing relatively normal from afar, up close they resolve into nonsense geometry and impossible angles - fueling speculation that they are operated by beings from radically different forms of spacetime, ranging from alternate types of manifold where distances work differently to entirely topological forms of space where the concept of distance as we know it is altogether invalid.