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The Carrier sketch by Andy LanningFirst Appearance: The Authority Vol 1 #1


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The Carrier is a shiftship, a ship capable of moving through the Bleed, the notional stream which flows between parallel universes in the Wildstorm multiverse (which includes, among others, the DC Comics Universe). It is 50 miles long, 35 miles high and two miles wide. It is powered by a caged baby universe.

It is known that the Carrier was originally a trading ship, used to travel and trade between alternate dimensions, but its black box was found all but wiped and so its true origins a mystery, until the return of the long thought dead Henry Bendix, who revealed the Carriers origins. Carriers are built at the Originating Reaility, the place where the multiverse emerges from.

The Carrier was parked in Earth orbit some time in the past and remained dormant, waiting for a the Henry Bendix from and an alternet reality, but was killed Jenny Sparks, while it continued to lay dormant it was discovered by Jenny Sparks of The Authority and used as their base of operations from 1999 onwards. The Carrier exists in orbit around the Earth but at the same time continuously sails through the higher dimensions of the Wildstorm multiverse. It is capable of opening doors between any two points in space, allowing quick access from the Carrier to anywhere on Earth, as well as to the past, future and to alternate universes.

While it is also itself capable of travelling almost literally anywhere, the Carrier stays tied to Earth orbit so that whoever left it there can come back to collect it. It is reluctant to leave although will do so if given some convincing.

Sentience
The Carrier has always been shown to have some degree of intelligence. In The Authority: Kev (October 2002) it was explicitly revealed that it is, in fact, sentient.

World's End
After the catastrophic battle during the events of the Number of the Beast, the Carrier is damaged by a cadre of cloned superheroes, formed by the remains of The High, and the miniature 'baby' universe powering it is ripped out of its damaged containment field and shunted into Jenny Quantum's body for safekeeping. As a result the Carrier "dies", crashing into the ruins of London, called Unlondon. Due to its universe-hopping nature, the Carrier shuts down while out-of-sync with reality. As a result its ruins are now "transcendentally fused" with the surroundings, becoming part of the Unlondon landscape and still housing a huge amount of space. While Angela Spica, now powerless, searches daily for a way to revive at least partly the Carrier, or for still usable technology to scavenge, the remaining members of the Authority now use the marooned Carrier as a fortress and a shelter for the surviving humans.

The Authority was later visited by Stormwatch Prime who helps in powering up the Carrier as a functioning city by having one of the Carrier's spire as a power conduit in receiving Skywatch III's energy reservoirs.


 Locations on the Carrier
  • Junction Room (The Authority Vol 1 #1): Teleportation room on the Carrier. The Carrier exists outside space and time, but is technically also in the same place as Earth, because of the reality anchor that was dropped there. The "Door" works, when it is requested a destination and walk through, the Authority can get where they want because the Carrier is everywhere on Earth at the same time.
  • Recreation Deck (Authority Vol 2 #3):

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