05/14/2026
This is Yuri.
Long before Zrack understood what he truly was, he subconsciously saw fragments of the Great Rings… impossible structures hidden deep within the cosmos. As a child, he would sketch strange symbols, engines, star maps, and impossible ideas he couldn’t explain.
Most people saw random drawings.
His Earth father saw a blueprint.
Using Zrack’s designs, he secretly developed Yuri — the first human ship capable of ‘jumping’ across the universe.
In Chainman, space travel doesn’t rely on traditional speed. Yuri uses cosmic energy to briefly tear through folded points between the Great Rings, allowing the ship to bypass massive distances without centuries of time dilation. Instead of outrunning space… it slips between connected points in it.
But Yuri became far more than a ship.
An advanced AI system was later integrated aboard, giving Yuri a personality and awareness similar to Bowen. He helps guide the team, monitor threats, calculate jumps, repair systems, and assist the boys whenever they need him.
Yuri also contains advanced fabrication systems capable of creating, modifying, and adapting technology far beyond what the ship was originally built for.
There’s a reason Yuri appears in Panel 1.
He isn’t transportation.
He’s home.
