The bridge of the Dreadnought class airships were absolutely massive. This was because airships like the Firestorm (ND-3), Conflagration (NDX-4), the Preen Era Narcissus II (ND-2), and the very first Dreadnought in Empyrea, Earl Bigot's Narcissus (ND-1)
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Stratocrat Pic De Mine adored airships of any type, size, class, and function. His area of expertise was airship aided mining and processing; he had grown up in Dig-under-Montyne watching the ore crushers, haulers, beam drillers, and the occasional military airship through binoculars to try to guess their classes.
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Any so-called airship spotter would know that all aeronautical craft powered by æther were subject to the Airship Class System and Ceali Law. All craft, military and civillan, must have an alphanumerical designation comprised of the airship class – Dreadnought (D), Carrier (CV), Escort Carrier (CVE), Heavy Cruiser (CH), Battlecruiser (BC), Light Cruiser (CL), Wraith or Corsair depending on region (WR / CS), Vanguard Striker (VA), Strikers (S, F, or none), Utility airship (U), personal craft (P), Miners (M / XM) and so on – and a number. Variant letters were allowed – Most commonly Experimental (X) or Fleet (F) for test subclasses and larger versions than the norm of that class – but were not often used.
Caeli Law was obeyed in every region except Umbracrest. Operating a craft without a name or regional identification tag for combat vessels would be presumed as a stealth threat, a stolen craft (piracy), and reported / fired upon depending on weapons. The military tags are, from Northeast to Northwest, GNA (Grand Narcissian Airship), ERCA (Eastern Republic Combat Craft), ÆSF / ÆRB (Æther Strike Force / Æther Recon Branch as Aquiloria was an Æther Defence Pact region, it used Southeastern Aeronautical Military before the ÆDP signing in 3 YBP), Same as before (Vorantis was the other ÆDP region but used VAC / Vorantine Aerial Combatant), CRDC (Cerulean Regional Defence Craft because the Southwest believes in non-aggression), Umbracrest never signed Caeli Law and so had no tag even before it fractured into squabbling groups, and the Estrin Dominion uses both EDA (Estrin Dominion Airship) and EDS (Estrin Dominion Ship) for air and water respectively.
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Stratocract Pic De Mine stood next to a women that looked far too young to be wearing the braided robes and purple crystal pendant of a High-Priest / Priestess of the Void, and yet she did, and was flanked by two menacing looking masked Covenant Inquisitors to prove it. On the other side of him stood the Grand-Commodore in command of the airship – Dreadnoughts, Carriers, and Escort Carriers were classed by the Airship Classification System as Capital airships and therefore had to be commanded by a senior naval officer)
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The commander of the entire Grand Narcissian Fleet, Lord Admiral Blackwing, was on the gleaming bridge as well. It was Blackwing that had invited both Xyrolithian Stratocrats (one secretly a rebel and the other a fanatical cultist)
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The GNA Firestorm was flying at high altitude above the region capital, Worcester. The rebels had decided to pose as munitions and ætherical Aerospecialists to be able to position themselves near the Thermobaric ammo store, the Dreadnoughts huge Æther core, and the unstable Ætherical Storm Generator (Which would likely activate inside the airship when the bombs went off)
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“Commodore...” began Blackwing.
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“Yes Lord Admiral, sir?” The man replied respectfully. The Grand Commodore of the Firestorm clearly lacked imagination and / or creativity as every about him meticulously adhered to regulations.
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The expertly hidden earpiece crackled into life.
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“Sir, we art in position, when thou art ready, just press the remote detonator. For a new Narciss, we will make the ultimate sacrifice.”
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The High-Priestess had heard it a little, and her eyes narrowed at the Stratocrat in suspicion.
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“Lord Admiral!” De Mine shouted at Blackwing.
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“Hm? Yes?” He said.
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“The Countess Valerie sends her regards!”
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The Lord Admiral's composure broke, and he squeaked at the Skögul Marines in utter horror to stop him.
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Stratocrat Pic De Mine of Dig-under-Montyne, in the sub region of Xyrolith, in the Earldom of Narciss, closed his eyes and thought of his one and only. He had failed to save her in time, and now he would atone for it by dying in a glorious burning electrical storm as a flagship that had reportedly cost ₠1,980,000,000 (One billion, nine hundred and eighty million Egoni) was destroyed because of his thumb.
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His thumb pressed down.
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And all hell broke loose on the bridge of the doomed GNA Firestorm.
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