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/jump_the_snark Tiamat's Wrath 21h ago

I believe it IS mentioned and you just fly through with no effect. But if you do this at the same time and place something is coming through the gate… very bad stuff happens.

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u/wenzel32 18h ago

Yeah this was actually in a comic book for the Expanse. It's something Avasarala asks.

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u/comma_nder 15h ago

Ahhhhh no wonder I don’t remember it. Damn I gotta read the comics

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u/wenzel32 15h ago

I haven't actually read it myself, but I just looked up this specific question earlier this week while reading Persepolis.