Space Whale

Basic Information

This speculative fiction trope describes a large whale-like creature. In space!

Really only works if space is an ocean, or if the whale has some sort of built-in genetic stardrive. Here in reality, the interstellar medium isn't dense enough to just paddle-and-flipper through it.

Related Tropes:

• Dolphins Dolphins Everywhere
• Giant Flyer
• Living Ship
• Space Is An Ocean
• You Fail Biology Forever

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki

Game and Story Use

• Space Whaling by evil Space Whalers.
  • Call me Ishmael Beta. Moby Dick references - IN SPACE!!!
  • As mentioned in the article, a Space Whale probably has some kind of built-in stardrive. Maybe they're more efficient than built ones, or maybe they're the only form of stardrive anyone knows about.
• A space whale becomes tangled in a Dyson Net.
• The PC's spaceship is damaged and stranded far out of normal space-shipping lanes with no chance of rescue. But then a friendly pod of space whales comes along and pushes them back to civilization. (Which takes a really long time unless they're FTL space whales.)
• An enraged bull space whale attacks the ship!
  • Perhaps he mistakes it for a romantic rival.
  • Or a potential mate. Squickiness ensues. Full power to the shields!
• One of the PC's is swallowed by a Space Whale and develops Ultra-powers.
  • Hey, it worked for Ultra Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  • But seriously; if you have a Space Whale, you got a chance somebody's gonna get swallowed by it.
    • As in Pinocchio in Outer Space.