The vessel known as Darkfire served as the starship under the command of Flandon Sweeg within the pages of The Slug Named Grendel, a creation of Rogar Farnoster.
There are notable resemblances between Darkfire's work and the 1851 book Moby Dick, written by Herman Melville. These parallels encompass elements like the structure of the opening sentence and the storyline involving the protagonist who enlists as part of a crew embarking on a mission spearheaded by a captain exhibiting dubious ethical standards, all in pursuit of a massive, white colored, limbless creature that destroys ships.