What’s a navigon?

Several students have asked me this during readings. On the planet, Iperia, there are navigons and then there are navigons. Ordinary navigons are both the “brains” and the “muscle” of complex flying vehicles such as space stations, space ships, and sky taxis. Today on an aircraft, for instance, we have engines that interface with computer hardware and software in order to fly. On Iperia, the navigons are all these things combined, only they’re much smaller and faster and smarter.

The second navigon is an Iperian government “test” prototype, made specifically for a project to research the origins of the planet. The first navigon is the “design” prototype.

Jules, one of Mr. Waldermulder’s three indents, needs a navigon to finish restoring Mr. Waldermulder’s hobby ship.