An Individual
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7/2/2016
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I suddenly realized, Fallen London establishes right off the bat that Dirigibles are a thing. But for some reason references to them seem completely absent outside of the prison. I think in Sunless Sea there were some monkeys trying to build one, but my memory there is pretty hazy. Does the game ever give a reason that Dirigibles aren't used for inter-island travel (or really, anything other than prison to ground transport)? I wonder if the Presbyterate has air defenses. Could I setup Dirigible tours of the Mountain of Light? Obviously there'd have to be a disclaimer.
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Diptych
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7/2/2016
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If Sunless Sea had reached another stretch goal, dirigibles would be available via DLC - but we were forewarned that they'd be slow and fuel-hungry, so impractical for long trips. I daresay that answers why they're not used more often in general - not many folks can afford the materials, mooring and fuel for such an enormous and impractical way to get about.
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Estelle Knoht
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7/2/2016
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It is mostly London and the Prison that support or need the dirigible. The islands Londoner would go to tend to be too small or too hostile to justify building anything to support dirigibles - say, Mutton Island is too small, Tomb-Colonists aren't in a rush to get to Tomb-Colonies, the Presbyterate isn't going to agree (also the horde of aerial menaces like Blue Prophets that will tear a dirigible apart), the Cat's Isle can't afford the publicity via dirigible. It is not a easy task to land a dirigible; you often need a big crew on ground to help out, and plenty of flat ground.
Other places are too obscure or isolated from London, like the Uttershroom, or Frostfound, or Irem.
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phryne
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7/2/2016
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Mr Fires owns a fleet of dirigibles for transportation of goods and observation of the roof. It probably doesn't want anybody else to have one and get in the way...
edited by phryne on 7/2/2016
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dov
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7/2/2016
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You're right - they're not used much.
However, the dirigibles do make an appearance now and then. They are used during one of the Ambitions (Light Fingers? Can't remember...), and in one or two generic opportunity cards.
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