Trope-a-Day: Cool Airship

Alistair Young

Aug 13, 2012

Cool Airship: Yes, of course. All the best universes have airships. For cargo transport that’s cheaper albeit slower than vector-control vehicles, and – for early colonies – not nearly so infrastructure-dependent, but more importantly, for passenger transport that while it may not be as fast as a sub-ballistic dart or a flitter routing, is substantially more civilized for a gentleman or lady of leisure; basically, a flying ocean liner held up by a big bag of vacuum.

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