Skyship

Skyships, also known as SkyBoats or simply Ships, Boats or Vessels, are the most common form of transportation following the Great Rise. Skyships are vertical take off and landing aircraft which replaced conventional aircraft. Skyships can come in a huge array of types, ranging from huge freighter vessels, to small Skycars.

Skyships are usually powered by High-Power Jet Engines or Nuclear Fusion Engines, and are kept up in the air by Anti-Gravity Technology, using Gravitoelectric Coupling, commonly known as a Grav Damper which utilises fast spinning Superconductors to create low gravitational effect. This technology allows the craft to hover.

Skyships are constantly seen in the clogged skies above cities. Docks are often hives of activity and trading, usually with ad-hoc landing regulations causing chaos between landing ships and masses of people.

Many freelance traders will live on their ship, carrying out upkeep from random salvage or parts purchased in Bazaars, and as a result many ships outlive them safely, however, some can become quite unsafe.

Skyship Types

 * Yachts - Luxury Private Vessels owned by politicians, diplomats, and rich people.
 * Frigate - Naval Vessels used by the Commonwealth Navy to protect major shipping lanes from smugglers or bandits.
 * Transport - Small to Medium craft used for low density cargo transportation, often used by Freelance Outlaws, or Smugglers.
 * Freighter - Large craft used for bulk transportation, often of container vessels, used by FreighterLines.
 * Shuttle - Small craft used for short to medium range flights between cities or within cities. Often used by Skylines.
 * AirTaxi - Small Craft used for very short flying Taxi Services across parts of cities.
 * City Patrol Craft - Small Craft used by CityPol to patrol areas of the humongous cities.
 * Skiff - Very small craft, often used for very short private flights or training