Airship

Airship
Information
Name	Airship
Location	Skies above Vigoor
Affiliation	Holy Vigoor Empire
Debut	Ninja Gaiden

The Vigoorian Airship is the only way foreigners are able to access the secret and mysterious Vigoor Empire. It is a Zeppelin-class dirigible which works with some sort of helium-like gas that allows it to float, It´s also moved by propellers set by the sides of the balloon. It runs on it´s own electrical power. By the time of the Dark Dragon Blade Incident, the crew was apparently absent (probably evacuated by the SAT forces, looking to keep the crewmen safe from the siege and hunt of Ryu Hayabusa) and it´s unknown how many men were necessary to pilot.

Inside, the airship has a wide habitable space. The cockpit is a high-tech room with several radar screens, complex controls and state-of-the-art holographic maps, this cockpit is accessible by an elevator situated in the Captain´s office. We can also find inside a Cargo room, luxurious passenger bedrooms, a kitchen and a file room, that can only be opened with a Crew card found on a SAT operative. The upper areas are manteniance rooms, where the balloon can be easily reached in order to fix it. The backside of the airship has a room where the electrical plant is located, said room can only be reached using the cables that connect it to the main area.

Apparently, the airship is constantly scorted by a SAT task force, in order to prevent intruders (like Ryu) access the Empire without proper authorisation, or avoid "undesirables" reaching their soil. The airship apparently never lifts up to 5000 feet, since there seems to be no "suck" present with the broken windows or outside, meaning that there´s a stable (and livable) pressure inside and outside.

Story

The airship is only seen in one chapter, that being Chapter 3: Skies of Vengeance

After the attack on the Hayabusa Village Ryu puts on the iconic Legendary Black Falcon outfit. As he is preparing he is told by Murai that the man who attacked the village was the lord of greater fiends Doku, who is affiliated with the Vigoor Empire. The only way to enter it is via the airship which Ryu boards.

In his room Ryu is relaxing on a bed but the thoughts of revenge combined with the storm outside are making it hard to sleep. Suddenly a voice comes on the airships speaker informing the passengers that an intruder has entered the country and that SAT forces will be sent out shortly.

The soldiers themselves are led by General Dynamo and Agent Gamov who most likely got the information that Ryu is there in the first place. Ryu exits his cabin and after some searching is ambushed by the forces but they're no match for the Dragon Ninja. Ryu makes his way down an elevator and finds a key card necessary to open a door as well as the dual katanas, Dragons Claw and Tigers Fang (Sigma only)

Ryu makes his way up the airship, getting from one side to another above the dangerous skies before reaching the top where he finds Dynamo whom he fights. As the fight rages on Dynamo's cybernetics are damaged and he explodes, bringing down the airship with him. Ryu uses this as an opportunity to escape and make his way to the capital city of Tairon

Gallery

Crews Quarters

Ryu in his room on the airship

Crew's quarters, outer corridor

Corridor

Trivia

• The airship is probably lifted by a lighter-than-air gas, as it is expected with this kind of aircrafts. However, it doesn´t reveal exactly what kind of gas they use. Hydrogen seems to be the closest choice, since the whole airship catches fire when Dynamo sparks, but this gas burns in an invisible flame. It´s not wrong to think that Hydrogen was used, and that the highly visible flames are just for show.