Airship Components: R&D Contest (NA) - Entry Thread

[Flairice]

Character name: Flairice Riloa
World name: Excalibur
In-game Item: Scarf of Wondrous Wit

Component name: The Crystal Hull

So I was laying around star gazing in Mor Dhona recently, soaking in the aether and debating the merits of specing VIT instead of STR on dragoon, when an airship flew overhead. It's metal hull glowed blue in the bright light of the crystals, and the idea hit me. Crystals are flowing with magic and stuff right? Imagine the flying power you could get out of a ship made entirely of solid glowing aether! It could also double as a floating disco party if I played my cards right.



So I set out to gather materials to make my own. Lots of crystals. So many crystals. Unaspected ones, deaspected ones, over-aspected ones, plain old elemental ones. I was going to blow my FC away with this beast of a ship.



With the materials all gathered, I swapped to Goldsmith and began to work.... until I realized that I had no idea what I was doing. I'm really just a rookie Goldsmith. Do you melt the crystals and mold them into a hull? Do crystals even melt? Would it be able to float on it's own? What kind of sail would I need to keep this thing in the air? What if it accidentally summons a primal?! Which primal would it even be?

Devastated and too proud to ask for advice, I sold all my gathered crystals at the markets and went back to dreaming on dragoon.



Maybe Eorzea just isn't ready for this kind of technology yet..

[AnemosUX]

Majestic Mog Forecastle

Character Name: Ernest Leuchte
World: Tonberry
Component Name: Majestic Mog Forecastle
In-game item: Mandragora Choker

Mix business with pleasure! Pamper yourselves with the luxurious and stylish Majestic Mog Forecastle fit for royals! This forecastle has a Pom-pom that serves as a weather detector, making it easy for adventurers to navigate through the harshest weather, making exploration an ease!

I first travelled to the deepest parts of the Twelveswood in order to obtain the first components.



After a gruelling battle, I snipped the Pom-pom off of Great King Moggle Mog XII.

And then, together with my bestie adventurer, we sneaked into the Sultana's treasuries to “borrow” an ample supply of Platinum, Gold, Rose Gold Ingots of the highest qualities, along with Garnets to complement the component. I’m sure Nanamo and Raubahn wouldn’t mind….. it is for Eorzea after all!



Finally, after obtaining all the necessary materials, I journeyed far to the Dravanian Hinterlands in order to enlist the help of prominent sage Matoya. With her enchantments, the Majestic Mog Forecastle is finally completed!