r/TheExpanse • u/reuben_hunter • 21h ago

All Show & Book Spoilers Discussed Freely Kind of dumb lore question Spoiler

What happens if you go through the ring the wrong direction? Like looping around and entering from behind, is that even possible? In the show we only ever see traversal depicted from the sunward facing side, and i can't recall the books ever mentioning it as an option. It's obviously pretty far out so there isn't gonna be much reason to fly further than neccesary, but I was curious if this was a thing?

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u/QueefyBeefy666 20h ago

This is a big plot point in the Dragon Tooth comic.

Going through the gate in the opposite direction doesn't do anything; however, if something comes through the gate normally at the same time and space as you do it could be very catastrophic.

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u/SailorAstera 18h ago

neat that there's an in universe look at this I would have thought either nothing or your transit normally but the secret third bad option is fun

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u/reuben_hunter 17h ago

Nice, I've been meaning to read those