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an alien creature resembling a Tardigrade that lived in some kind of symbiosis with the spores and was capable of communicating with them, as well as utilizing the mycelial network. These abilities resulting in its function as a sort of "navigator" for the Glenn.

A demonstration of what was possible with the technology at this point in the war included putting someone in a test chamber with spores, and allowing them to see where the spores had been and were going to. The subject quickly cycled through a number of planetary destinations. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Navigator

Ok fuck dude. I cannot fathom who thought this up. The Spore Drive. Because in quantum physics, biology becomes physics, we can use the biology equations (????) to cheat our way through the math. Boom.

I thought it was super dumb at first too. But it's more about the cost of using a living thing as a tool. As for the explanation, I'm not a scientist so it never bothered me LUL

there is no such thing as the biology equations

Yeah but there are equations in physics and biology is physics now.

o fuk, I didn't think about it that way