Spit Tubes

In the Red Rising Saga, spit tubes debut as a brutal engineering marvel in Golden Son, massive honeycomb launch tubes embedded in ship hangars that hurl armored troops into the void via magnetic rails at bone-crushing velocities. This high-stakes deployment technology underscores the series' visceral space combat, evolving from mere transport to a symbol of Gold supremacy in zero-gravity assaults. Though their role expands implicitly in later books through escalating fleet battles, spit tubes remain a hallmark of the Society's relentless military innovation.