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=== Mechanics ===
The airship doesn't so much fly as it is held in the air by [[fabrial]]s. There are hundreds of gemstones forming a lattice of
The conjoiner fabrials are isolated using [[aluminum]] so that only certain planes of movement are transferred between the paired gem halves. The Urithiru structure can only convey vertical motion; the Shattered Plains lattice can only transfer horizontal motion. The former is lowered to raise the airship, while the latter is moved around to make it fly and turn in any direction.{{book ref|sa4|19}}{{book ref|sa4|3}} To allow the ship to continue moving when the space for the lattices runs out, an additional aluminum mechanism is used to reverse the motion while the gemstones are temporarily unhooked.{{book ref|sa4|3}}
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