Talk:No-ship

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"Specifically, a No-ship's computer is capable of enough limited prescience that it can successfully navigate its way through a fold in the fabric of the space-time continuum."

Um, I'm a little rusty on the Dune series, but doesn't the Butlerian Jihad forbid that?

RESPONSE: Indeed, the Butlerian Jihad did forbid the making of computers, however, the Ixians have, since the beginning of the series, produced technology that flaunts these restrictions, and by the time No-ships and No-chambers are being created, the strength (and IIRC scope) of the Butlerian Jihad's restrictions have been severely weakened.

A quote or reference needs to be made that demonstrates that a no-ship is visibile to the naked eye on "stand-by" mode. It is not clear in the books, and most evidence seems to point towards no-ships always being visible to the naked eye. The appear on "invisible" to prescience and long range scanners..unless it can be demonstrated otherwise....TMB

I think it is mentioned in Chapterhouse: Dune that a ship in standby mode is visible. I think it was in relation to a comment about energy usage of the ship used to store Duncan and Murbella. --ArneHD 11:04, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible illustration for article:

It might be worthwhile to add the cover illustration from the U.S. editions of Chapterhouse: Dune to this No-ship article, as the image might be a representation of the particular no-ship which serves as an important setting in the plot, and on which several important characters escape at the climax. And then the illustration might also be included with the Ithaca (Dune) article. Machine Patience (talk) 06:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Is that what that is on the cover?? Never thought about it. ;) — TAnthony^Talk 17:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)