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|world=Detritus
|universe=[[Skyward UniverseCytoverse]]
|books=[[Skyward (series)]]
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|It was so big, my mind reeled to comprehend it. It was like the sky itself was falling. A sudden shower of hundreds of pieces of debris rained down, a blazing hail. And behind it, that '''something'''. That enormous, inconceivable '''something'''.
|[[Spensa]]'s reaction to the appearance of the shipyard.{{book ref|sky1|25}}
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The '''C-137-KJM orbital shipyard''' is an old steel ship found in the ring of debris surrounding [[Detritus]]. It orbited the planet for several centuries before falling to the surface when the [[acclivity ringsring]]s that held it afloat ran out of power.{{book ref|sky1|25}}{{book ref|sky1|26}}
 
== Appearance and Function ==
 
ItOne hasof previouslythe beenshipyard's usedprimary purposes is to manufacture [[starfighter|starships]], andhowever, hasits addedother delvermajor trainingfunctions facilitiesare unknown. The shipshipyard is metallicmade of steel,{{book ref|sky1|48}} rectangular,<!-- As Spensa describes half the shipyard as a cube, it seems reasonable to assume that the whole thing would resemble a rectangle--> and incredibly large. [[Spensa]] believes half the shipyard to be the size of a mountain, however, this may be exaggerated. The shipshipyard has, at some point, hasbeen broken into two halves leaving large gaping holes along it'sits side. It is likely that it does not have an AI computer system.{{book ref|sky1|25}}
 
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The bottom of the ship is coated in hundreds of [[starfighter#Acclivity_ring|acclivity rings]] that keep it afloat. These rings begin running out of power in 83 {{Detritus date|63}} causing the shipyard to fall from the atmosphere as it could no longer correct its orbit. The loss of power in the acclivity rings is gradual, allowing the ship to fall at a steady pace instead of hurtling straight towards the ground.{{book ref|sky1|25}} ▼
|Those appear to be replicas made from pictures taken by pilots inside a real delver maze. They have no meaning that we’ve been able to interpret.
| Description of the unknown writing that can be found in the shipyard, [[delver maze]]s, and the caverns of [[Detritus]].{{book ref|sky2|23}}
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The inside of the shipshipyard contains cranes and other construction equipment. Working emergency lights can still be found throughout the vessel, thoughdespite theyloss oftenof flickerpower indicatingto theirother gradual loss ofessential powerfunctions.{{book ref|sky1|26}} A writing[[delver_maze|delver systemtraining unknownfacility]] has been added to the Defiantvessel peopleand canmay bemake foundup throughoutlarge portions of the ship, and be accessible from the manufacturing floors.{{book ref|sky1|25}}{{book ref|sky2|23}} It usesshares similar aspects to delver maze tunnels, such as design and structure,{{book ref|sky2|23}} as well as a writing system made up of circular patterns similarthat is unknown to thosethe that[[Defiant usedLeague|Defiant]] people.{{book ref|sky1|26}}{{book ref|sky2|23}} Similar writings can also be found near the old machinery in the outer [[United_Defiant_Caverns|Defiant Caverns]].{{book ref|sky1|26}}
 
▲The bottom of the shipshipyard is coated in hundreds of [[starfighter#Acclivity_ring|acclivity rings]] that keep it afloat. These rings begin running out of power in 83 {{Detritus date|63}} causing the shipyard to fall from the atmosphere as it could no longer correct its orbit. The loss of power in the acclivity rings is gradual, allowing the shipshipyard to fall at a steady pace instead of hurtling straight towards the ground.{{book ref|sky1|25}}
 
== History ==
The origins of the shipyard are unknown and likely predate the arrival of the Defiants by centuries. At some point it was broken into two halves, though it is unknown when or how this occurred.{{book ref|sky1|25}}
 
The first half of the shipyard fell to the surface partway through Spensa's time as a cadet, when [[Skyward Flight]] was sent on a routine training exercise to tag chunks of debris. The [[Varvax|Krell]] committed almost sixty ships,{{book ref|sky1|i|32}} a large number of their forces, to the attack, to ensure it crashed and to keep the [[DDF]] from being able to harvest it's acclivity rings.{{book ref|sky1|25}}
 
During the battle, [[Nedd]]'s brothers, [[Nightstorm_Flight|Nightstorm]] pilots [[Vent (Skyward)|six]] and [[Nightstorm_pilot_sevenNightstorm pilot seven|seven]], picked up Krell tails and in a desperate attempt to lose them, flew into the shipyard.{{book ref|sky1|25}} Nedd and Spensa followed the Nightstorm pilots into the ship, to try and destroy their Krell tailtails and help them escape.{{book ref|sky1|26}} Unable to catch up to the Nightstorm pilots, Spensa and Nedd fled the ship just before it reached the planet surface. Nedd's brothers tragically died in the crash.{{book ref|sky1|26}}▼
 
As the DDF troops retreated, the Krell began firing on the ship's acclivity rings, as well as setting explosive charges on the top of the vessel in order to increase its descent. The Krell continued to fire upon the ship after it had crashed to ensure that the DDF would be unable to salvage anything useful from the wreckage.{{book ref|sky1|26}} The DDF lost fourteen ships from the encounter at the shipyard and fewer than a dozen acclivity rings were salvageable from the wreckage.{{book ref|sky1|i|2}}
▲During the battle, [[Nedd]]'s brothers, [[Nightstorm_Flight|Nightstorm]] pilots [[Vent|six]] and [[Nightstorm_pilot_seven|seven]], picked up Krell tails and in a desperate attempt to lose them, flew into the shipyard.{{book ref|sky1|25}} Nedd and Spensa followed the Nightstorm pilots into the ship, to try and destroy their Krell tail and help them escape.{{book ref|sky1|26}} Unable to catch up to the Nightstorm pilots, Spensa and Nedd fled the ship just before it reached the planet surface. Nedd's brothers tragically died in the crash.{{book ref|sky1|26}}
 
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