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How do GOIO ships land?!
Mepic Von Shreck:
So, I was walking along my merry way, when I almost fell over from the realisation that GOI ships would be next-to-impossible to land/dock.
Like, if they came down as hot air balloons would, the bottom structures would be damaged. For ships such as Spires, how would they land at all in that sense? Is there some kind of huge landing structure that would fit every single ship?
Are all ships in the GOI setting all of the same class? Surely there would be a lot of difference, especially with Junker-like ships, so how could these ships dock without breaking bits off?
I need to know this, else I will never be able to sleep again.
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Captain Smollett:
Past airships didn't land to off board passengers and goods, they landed at preconstructed airship docks such as this.
http://www.blogto.com/upload/2013/05/20130504-R100-Montreal.jpg
Originally the large spire on the empire state building was intended for this function. The planners unfortunately forgot to account for wind, oh and then that hindenburg thing happened.
Mepic Von Shreck:
--- Quote from: Captain Smollett on October 23, 2013, 11:20:50 am ---Past airships didn't land to off board passengers and goods, they landed at preconstructed airship docks such as this.
http://www.blogto.com/upload/2013/05/20130504-R100-Montreal.jpg
Originally the large spire on the empire state building was intended for this function. The planners unfortunately forgot to account for wind, oh and then that hindenburg thing happened.
--- End quote ---
Right, thanks. But then, how would they get repairs done? The same dock?
Captain Smollett:
Everything is repaired by the crew mid flight through concussive maintenance withe hammers and wrenches.
It's like your new to airships or something.
Yiski:
I would assume docks are extremely large (mostly to accommodate for galleons). Of course, large docks would only be possible in large cities with heavy trade or military installations. For small towns and cities, Smollet's pic would probably be the best thing they have.
As far as 'landing', I'd have to guess the balloons on all ships would still be active to prevent any touching (which then means the docks are positioned probably a couple hundred feet higher than the ground level of a city).
Of course, keeping the balloon active would require the crew to throw down a lot of lines to keep the ship from drifting either naturally or when a heavy storm comes rolling through. Even then, dock workers would have to regularly check all the docked ships' balloons to ensure there are no leaks causing the ships to 'sink'.
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