Airships
Airships come in a myriad of shapes and sizes, and are primarily named after traditional Final Fantasy summons.
Owned by Balthier and Fran, the Strahl becomes the main method of transportation for reaching many important locations in Ivalice; in fact, some areas can be accessed no other way.
Aside from travel, airships are used as dungeons, in fierce battles, and as a vital part of the events that unfold.
Airborne craft, developed by Moogles centuries ago. They float by the power of skystone, and are given direction and speed by means of propeller or glossair ring.
Currently, they are one of the most popular forms of transport in Ivalice, and the skyroutes are comfortably the busiest of the highways linking the major cities.
Airships range in size from private yachts to giant military warcraft.
Unable to fly in jagd, where skystone is ineffective.
—Sage Knowledge
Alexander
No. 1 Heavy Carrier Class Airship, the flagship of the 12th Fleet of the Archadian Imperial Army. The 12th Fleet, commanded by Judge Zargabaath, operates under the Galtea Tactical Force of the Western Armada, led by Lord Vayne.
Atomos
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Carbuncle
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Catoblepas
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Ifrit
No. 1 Cruiser Class Airship, belonging to the 8th Fleet of the Archadian Imperial Army. Led the Imperial response to the Resistance attack on the Royal Palace in Rabanastre.
Leviathan
No. 1 Dreadnought Class Airship, the flagship of the 8th Fleet of the Archadian Imperial Army. The 8th Fleet was assigned to the Galtea Tactical Force of the Western Armada, under the command of Judge Ghis. Fitted with a skystone made to resist the effects of jagd, the Leviathan was a linchpin of the Imperial Army’s main force. Sunk in an explosion caused by the uncontainable reaction of the Nethicite fragment known as the “Dawn Shard.”
Remora
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Shiva
No. 1 Light Cruiser Class Airship belonging to the 8th Fleet of the Archadian Imperial Army. Ordered to return to Rabanastre after the Nethicite fragment known as the “Dawn Shard” was recovered, but sank in an explosion thought to have been caused by the relic before she could make port.
Strahl
Airship designed and built by YPA, a shipwright’s guild of Archades. Officially named the “YPA-G847 Test Combat Fighter,” production was halted after the completion of a single test model due to dissatisfaction on the part of the Imperial customer with the costly dual-movable-wing design. Scheduled for scrapping, Balthier liberated the ship at the last moment and has since modified the Strahl to his tastes with a new engine and numerous other augmentations, making it a very different ship from the one envisioned by its YPA inventors.
Valefor
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Bahamut
No. 1 Sky Fortress Class Airship, belonging to the Western divisions of the Archadian Imperial Army, a mobile fortress and tactical base, under the control of the commandant of the Archadian forces, Lord Vayne. This was the last sky fortress designed by Dr. Cid, powered both by ordinary skystone and manufacted Nethicite, the latter absorbing Mist from its surroundings to generate the massive amounts of energy the fortress requires to function.
Garland
No. 1 Heavy Carrier Class Airship, the flagship of the anti-Imperial coalition forces led by Marquis Ondore. Built in secret by the Marquis to prepare for war against the Archadian Empire, the Garland is believed to have much the same capabilities as the Imperial heavy carrier Alexander.
