❖ ''ZF 16 Ariomma to unknown vessel. Please identify yourself. Over.'' ❖
Farah and Kazem are twins working aboard the Ariomma, a trading airship that sails the edges of a flat world. Out here is a frontier far from civilization: a place known as the...
Airship: An aircraft that flies using lighter-than-air gas held in a balloon-like structure. Blimps and zeppelins are common examples
Axial Catwalk [see "Catwalk"]: An important catwalk on a zeppelin. It runs straight through the center of the ship's envelope (nose to tail), passing through the gasbags, which are donut-shaped
Bow: The front of a ship. In an airship, this is synonymous with the ship's "nose"
Bulkhead: Typically refers to an upright wall that separates compartments within the hull of a ship. In a zeppelin, the structural rings (and associated suspension cables) that support the airship's body act as bulkheads between gas cells
Cabin: An enclosed room on a ship. Most house some kind of living space, like bedrooms
Catwalk: A narrow walkway, usually suspended. Zeppelins have many
Deck: The flat "floor" or "ceiling" of a ship. In a zeppelin, the main decks are housed inside the body of the airship, along the bottom of the envelope.
Envelope: An airship's "balloon" or body
Galley: A ship's kitchen
Gasbag: Huge sacks that hold the lifting gas inside a zeppelin's envelope
Goldbeater's Skin: A thin, strong, gas-tight material made from the outer membrane of cow intestines. Used extensively in the late 1800s and early 1900s for making airship gasbags
Gondola: The passenger compartment suspended underneath an airship
Hatch: An opening in a wall or deck, usually to allow access to parts of a ship
Heading: The direction a ship is pointed in
Keel: A rigid structure running along the bottom of an airship's envelope to help provide structural support and distribute the weight of the gondola
Mooring Mast: A tall pole that a docked airship gets tied to to keep it in place
To Moor (a ship): To secure a ship to land or an anchor
Port: A designated, usually coastal hub for ships (or airships) to come and dock, pick up or offload cargo, etc. Also a word for the left side of a ship
Rudder: The steering apparatus of a ship. It is able to swing back and forth to catch the wind and turn the vessel
Starboard: The right side of a ship
Stern: The back of a ship
Talwar: A type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian subcontinent
Zeppelin: A type of airship with a long, slender envelope made of fabric over a metal frame, inside of which the airship's gasbags exist as separate compartments. Diagrams below. The airships in this book are all zeppelins
Airship Diagram:
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