Power Generation
Phlogiston is the miracle substance driving most technology in Azeroth. Phlogiston is a gas collected from the air and distilled into vials of liquid phlogiston; Produced by phlogiston collectors, vials of liquid phlogiston contain a precise mixture of oil, water and phlogiston gas. Liquid phlogiston allows smaller boilers to burn at tremendous temperatures and pressures that enable portable tinker technology and gigantic vehicles to operate. Horde demolishers use a phlogiston-powered boiler to fling its projectiles.
Liquid phlogiston — odorless, weightless, and almost undetectable — makes steam technology practical by speeding combustion and increasing the heat produced by steam boilers. In addition to its application in technological devices, phlogiston has found use in elixirs that alter the imbiber’s abilities for a short time. Many technological devices use phlogiston as fuel.
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Propulsion
Weapons & Armament
Ballista and Scorpions
The Skyship lacks any room or true need for cannons. This is a transportation and living vessel rather than a ship of war. Still, it is not without defenses. Large wooden Ballista have been set up around the main deck of the ship. Their swivel design makes them the perfect tools gainst attackers even though they are bolted down to the deck. Smaller Scorpions have been placed on the Stern Deck to provide additional support. Though the Scorpions are smaller their metal construction provides even more powerful bites. Close at hand to all of these siege engines are giant bolts. Some wrapped in pitch soaked cloth, others inscribed with magic runes, and others attached to ropes that hook to the ship and are intended to harpoon enemies.
In all there are five different types of warheads that can be attached to the heads of the bolts.
- Standard: Hard-hitting, designed to hit unarmored targets, and penetrate flesh and kill personnel able to penetrate several bodies at once but lack destructive force.
- Explosive: (proto-type Phase One) Bolts with high explosive warheads attached these can either be set to detonate on impact or have a time delay fuse allowing them to penetrate hulls with low armor for internal damage. It's unsure how effective these are yet.
- Armor Piercing: The warheads are designed to penetrate thick armor but lack destructive power after penetrating the target so must be aimed accurately at sensitive areas for maximum effect.
- Flares: Flare tipped bolts fly for a set distance before exploding into a brilliant explosion of light that lingers in the air and then slowly descends. While good for illuminating enemies, it does little to no damage.
Armor and defense
The ship has a wide array of defenses but nothing terribly extensive. The bow of the ship is completely capped in metal that is designed to take an impact of any kind and distribute the force along the whole side of the ship rather than breaking the structure right away. The wood that was used to build the ship was also blessed and enchanted as it was put into place. A simple blessing that would protect it from harsh weather and give it strength against impacts. The whole ship was also blessed by Venzolo Shadowspark using Voodoo magics. It's unclear what his blessing might have done but there are times when something will happen aboard that one might point towards unseen spirits and ghosts.
Communication Tools & Systems
A complicated system of tube and chutes that goes to many parts of the ship can be used to carry one's voice to different parts of the ship or in some cases also carry written messages through the ship. The only way of communicating at distance with other vessels is flags and shouts.
Sensors
The Windchaser, as with most Horde or Alliance Vessels lacks bleeding edge sensory equipment some more advanced vessels employ. The vessel relies on lookouts, scouting wyverns, and magical sensory abilities of the crew are their best forms of sensing things at a distance.
Hangars & docked vessels
The Windchaser dedicates an entire deck to the maintenance and use of wyverns as beasts of war. The Windchaser has an enormous compliment of wyverns and riders and are the Windchasers primary means of attack and defense. Large hangar doors on either side of the vessel are able to launch all wyverns very quickly and once airborne their strike capability is long and dangerous to any enemies within flying range of the vessel.
Carrier
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