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Why airships?
Gato Blanco:
I'm probably going to get banned for this...
So, why did Gabriel choose to make airships? Going by developments since WWII, we’ve got bombers, VTOL jets, GOI has planes after all. Even aircraft carriers. With treads. Why not tanks? It could have been “Guns of Leonidas.” I know, I know, the he dug through Patrius for 20 years, learning and scavenging things to make the Icarus, but where did the ancients get their inspiration?
Many inventions have been inspired by nature. Stinging creatures gave people the inspiration for hypodermic needles. Birds’ wings are the basis of every airplane’s lift. Who’s to say that the ancients didn’t look to the Skywhales and think “Damn, I’d like to try that.”
In all seriousness, this thread is dedicated to the speculation of Skywhales, and their impact on world. How do they fly? What did they use for lift? For thrust? What do they eat? What caused them to evolve (Potentially) lighter than air flight? Are there multiple species? What is their niche? Are they extinct?
PS; don’t think we didn’t see that whale in your videos, devs.
Svonn:
I'm going to go ahead and use Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan series as a base here and say that they naturally produce Hydrogen to fly. Everything else is beyond me.
The Churrosaur:
TIM, GET IN HERE!
generations of bloated sea-whales with digestion problems evolved to rise through the water faster and eventually took their bulk to the skies?
also, isn't there that post in the gallery with sky shrimp and sky plankton?
BdrLineAzn:
I remember when I was a lurker on the old forums about sky whales.
http://gunsoficarus.com/community/forumarchive/discussion/772/sea-monsters
Mill Wilkinson:
Perhaps the skywhale is not an animal that was originally so huge even a powder-monkey could hit it, but a small fish that evolved huge airbags? after the wrecking that made the Wastes the to-be skywhales noticed that "hey, air is nice" and conquered new ground because there were no seas left for them. The ones that could fly higher got bragging- and mating rights, which in turn made bigger skywhales.
On the question what they eat I think they absorb moisture from the clouds, random birds and occasionally land on unsuspecting people and animals from the sky. Because they are mostly air and lighter gases they do not need that much for nutrition. But, the skywhale skin was the best for boots, air-balloons and other need-to-be-reliable surfaces. Plus, it has the underlayer that is tastier than revenge.
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