Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-111.68.32.71-20131007122233/@comment-24901923-20140507162415

Pyrrhomaniac wrote: I agree. I think airships of this type will only be truly useful in massive operations that span long periods of time and are very far from main base. However, I feel that it may be possible that the airship may be some sort of airborne battleship (bristling with hidden weapons), and thus be used primarily in large scale flagship battles, relying on massive firepower to make up for its slow speed and low maneuverability. (We are talking about RWBY, after all.) Come to think of it, having big guns aboard could be useful in anti-Grimm operations. The Hunters carried aboard could take smaller monsters on their own, and call in artillery or missile strikes for bigger ones or large swarms. It might even have the option of using missile tubes to launch auto-turrets or ordinance pods like the rocket-lockers at Beacon. The crew could also use the auto-turrets to defend the ship when landed, freeing some Hunters from guard duty. The artillery could also make clearings in wilderness areas for LZs on demand, like what the Americans did in Vietnam. I also wouldn't be surprised if it carried a compliment of recon drones too.