Dirigible

A Dirigible is a lighter than air (LTA) aircraft type, an aerial vehicle.

• It is a vehicle and an aircraft.

Description (Specifications)

An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from large gasbags filled with a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air.

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A dirigible, a large LTA (lighter than air) vehicle.

History & Background (Dossier)

No information yet available.

Expected Airship Development Sequence

MACRO LEVEL: TL:1-9:

• Aerostat (Balloon) → Dirigible → Blimp (aerostat) → Zeppelin → Hybrid Airship

MACRO LEVEL: TL:10-18

• Hybrid Airship → Multi-stage Airship → Aerostat Habitat → Gravitic Airship → G-Carrier

Foundational Age Societies

The first airships are generally unguided floating aircraft.

Technological Period: TL:1-9 and Tech-Name: Ur-Tech
Common Characteristics: TBD, etc.
Tech Epoch	TL-Range	Remarks
Tool Making Epoch	TL:1-3	TBD
Division of Labor Epoch	TL:4-6	TBD
Processor Epoch	TL:7-9	TBD

Interstellar Age Societies

Gravitic trains have little to no need for preprepared infrastructure.

Technological Period: TL:10-18 and Tech-Name: Stell-Tech
Common Characteristics: TBD, etc.
Tech Epoch	TL-Range	Remarks
Gravitics Epoch	TL:10-12	TBD
Biologicals Epoch	TL:13-15	TBD
Artificials Epoch	TL:16-18	No one knows where the future will go with mass transit. Some cities have posited that planetwide gravitic control networks will become possible rather than a combination of continental travel networks supplemented by air/rafts, G-carriers, and Grav Trains.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science