Dirigible

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

• It is a vehicle and an airship.

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.

Image Repository

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	The first balloons arise which are used for observation and are often tethered. They are most often true floaters with no ability to maneuver or direct their flight.
Division of Labor Epoch	TL:4-6	Early aviation sees multi-wings and dirigibles occupy the same skies. As airplanes further develop, they eventually outpace the dirigible in most roles.
Processor Epoch	TL:7-9	Dirigibles start to see more technical innovations making them more competitive in many flyer roles.

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	Grav assisted dirigibles can do amazing things and are a viable mass transit platform in many markets.
Biologicals Epoch	TL:13-15	Most dirigibles have been edged out by cheaper gravcraft, but they still have advantage in some niche markets.
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.

See also

Vehicles

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• Vehicle
  • Primitive Craft - Craft of all types TL–1 to TL–3 powered by Wind or Animal power
  • Aerospace Vessel
    • Aircraft
    • Airship
    • Gravcraft
    • Spaceplane
  • Watercraft
    • Surface Vessel
    • Submarine
      • Submersible
  • Land Vehicle
    • Ground Vehicle
      • Rail Vehicle
        • Railroad Carriage
        • Railroad Locomotive
          • Cog Locomotive
          • Diesel Locomotive
          • Electric Locomotive
          • High Speed Locomotive
          • Light Rail Locomotive - n.b. May be a Railcar
          • Steam Locomotive
        • Railroad Wagon
        • Maglev Carriage
        • Maglev Locomotive
        • Maglev Wagon
        • Hyperloop Vehicle
    • Tunnelling Vehicle
  • Exotic Craft
  • Multi-Environment Vehicle
• Vehicle Usage
  • Civilian Vehicles
  • Paramilitary Vehicles
  • Military Vehicles
• Vehicle Roles
  • Personal Vehicle
    • Bicycle
    • Motorcycle
    • Grav Bike
    • Speeder
  • Consumer Vehicle
    • Ground Car
    • Air/Raft (Passenger, Small)
    • G-Carrier (Small)
  • Mass Transit Vehicle
    • Rail Vehicle (Passenger)
    • Bus
    • G-Carrier
  • Industrial Vehicle
    • Tunnelling Vehicle
    • Construction Vehicle
    • Mobile Crane
  • Commercial Vehicle
    • Air/Raft (Freight)
    • Cargo Vehicle
    • Mobile Repair Shop
    • Mobile Bars and Restaurants
    • Passenger Vehicle
    • Rail Vehicle (Freight)
    • Service Vehicle
    • Survey Vehicle
    • Tractor Unit
    • Utility Vehicle
  • Combat Vehicle
    • Armored Fighting Vehicle
    • Main Battle Tank
    • Armored Personnel Carrier
    • Light Tank
    • Reconnaissance Vehicle
    • Artillery Vehicle
    • Assault Gun
    • Tank Destroyer
    • Aerospace Defence Vehicle
    • Air Superiority Craft
    • Ground Attack Craft
  • Combat Support Vehicle
    • Armoured Recovery Vehicle
    • Armoured Engineering Vehicle
    • Nuclear Damper Vehicle
    • Sensor Vehicle
    • Electronic Warfare Vehicle
  • Security Vehicle

Related:

• Personal Mobility Gear
• Spaceship (NAFAL)
• Starship (FTL)
• Robot

The line between Spaceplane and Spaceship is blurred.
If the design is described as a Vehicle then its a Spaceplane;
if it is described as a Ship its a Spaceship.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Airship. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The text of Wikipedia is available under the Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1994), 27-28.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science