Ventomology

An alien in the ladies' room recovers from motion sickness.

Wheelchairs do not get along well with the Fold Terminal staff elevators (which aren't even real elevators).

Taken from Chapter 5 of "A Life Unfolded: the story of Tejal Sethi"

Time to get the heck out of Dodge.

Finally, the eponymous ship we've all been waiting for.

Ellipse sucks at being a polite passenger/crew mate/whatever

Teeny-boppers are not the best people to have working as your primary tech crew.

Eating was supposed to be an adventure, but the girl scouts ruined that.

A Rough Translation of Focci's Ballad: Movement 13. Or, disaster strikes at the Intergalactic Sci-Tech Summit.

A pit-stop-slash-shopping-trip

This time the food is actually a bit of an adventure.

Why Captain Maj is a kind of terrible (in)human being.

Ellipse could have prevented a lot of trouble back at the earthling fold terminal.

You get arrested! And you get arrested! Everybody gets arrested!

The atmosphere of the War of Titan Independence, as told by Tejal Sethi.

Tejal is a pain in the behind, as he was before.

Ellipse stumbles upon her crewmates' nerdfest.

Techno ghost story campfire time (Focci sings a ballad about people dying in explosions)

Tejal the stick meets sugars, amino acids, and lipids.

The Bei family is not bae.

There is a story behind the English name of the lizard system.

Ellipse helps out with the fold generator, for once in her life.

Ellipse spends still more time in bathrooms.

The aftermath of the shooting at the ISTS part one.

The RV Impending's destruction, take two.

Andra's new albums drops in more ways than one.

The boys print out miniature fold generator 2.0

Ellipse is a speed demon.

Focci messes with the ship

Tejal hits his growth spurt, and Ellipse acts like a decent captain for once in her life.

Tejal explains even more history

Customs is less of a hassle than expected.

Time to finally meet the most popular person in the universe

Ellipse learns tips for convincing people she is not, in fact, Elliott Bei.

Psych! The hydrogen floaters don't have bathrooms.

Fifty shades of green. Or, Ellipse uses UV photography.

Ellipse almost crushes a dream

Ellipse meets more bounty hunters

A Rough Translation of Focci's Ballad (or, plans for the future)

Ellipse runs away from a fight and manages to keep her trumpet in tact.

The really vague back story of Ellie Tibot part one

Ellipse explains her greatest fear.

Tejal knows what's up

The hunt for the final Impending crew member begins

Focci meets an attractive siren for the first time since Ellipse joined the crew. It's only been 44 chapters.

And you thought car chases were fun.

Tejal is a clueless but well-loved child.

The fact that bathrooms are good hiding places works to Ellipse's disadvantage this time.

Ellipse finally comes up with the best method of foiling bounty hunters.

How to Fite a Bounty Hunter, said by Tejal, executed by Ellipse

Captain Maj has friends who are not bounty hunters.

A Rough Translation of Focci's Ballad: investor negotiations

Ellipse is proactive finally.

Ellipse runs while doing the fireman carry, which is probably impossible, even if Tejal is light.

Meet Focci's fam.

Focci's mothers impart their infinite motherly wisdom at a Japanese-Siren restaurant.

The boys actually explain some science.

Ellipse gets a bunch of messages from Earth

This is not the ISS you know and love, sorry.

Who pays attention to wild yelling in the subway?

"Family" dinner time.

From: A Life Unfolded by Tejal Sethi - why chase after a justified runaway?

The cutest chapter of this entire story. Or, Ellipse spills the beans and the kids have a group hug.

The last action scene begins. It's all law and psychological torture from here for Ellipse and co.

Ellipse flies in a pseudo-dogfight.

A Translation of Focci's Ballad - the boys ruminate on their meetings in Earth's great tech hubs.

Ellipse returns to Andra-Media and confronts her sibling.

Ellipse's life on the satellite continues, almost as though she never left.

Andra and Ellipse have a second heart-to-heart

We recall a ship that was mentioned only once before in this entire ginormous book.

Ellipse gets picked up by a big ship.

From "A Life Unfolded: the story of Tejal Sethi," or when Tejal met Ellipse.

One of many court cases ends satisfactorily.

Reunion + Finale