The hover was a black behemoth and shiny, so shiny she could see the Lamb reflected in its sides, staring after her, arms akimbo, her face still caught in frustration. Inside were leather seats, facing each other over an ocean of carpet. Above, the roof, opaque on the outside, was a transparent dome.

A short-distance vehicle that uses plasma propellers to fly. Although most commonly used as a passenger vehicle, this highly versatile craft has been adapted to other uses, resulting in specialised versions of the vehicle such as:

• hover-barges
• hover-sleds
• mini-hovers.

Hovers are ill-suited to long-distance travel.

For long-distance vehicles, see airships. For long-distance haulage, see sky-train.