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An '''Airship''' was a class of flying vehicle used in the [[Matoran Universe]].

== History ==
The [[Matoran]] of [[Metru Nui]] used Airships primarily to transport cargo. Like all forms of transport, they were based at the [[Moto-Hub]] in [[Le-Metru]]. Airships were built, maintained, and piloted by the [[Le-Matoran]] of Metru Nui. Until the [[Great Cataclysm]], Airships were one of the primary methods of transportation in Metru Nui, along with the [[Protodermis Canals]] and the [[Chutes|Chute]] network. Cargo usually included [[Rahi]] shipments to [[Onu-Metru]], solid [[Protodermis]] blocks and tools to [[Po-Metru]], and other bulk items to be carried to points around the city. Passenger Airships were never put into use because they are much slower than Chutes and [[Ussal]] carts.

Prior to the Great Cataclysm, travel via airship was strictly prohibited for ordinary Matoran without a supervisor's authorization. Airship pilots were highly respected because it could have taken years for them to master this complicated piloting system.

[[Toa Metru]] [[Vakama]], [[Nokama]] and [[Matau]] once snuck aboard a cargo Airship taking off from Le-Metru during their search for [[Toa Mangai]] [[Lhikan]], but also on board were several [[Vahki]] [[Nuurakh]]. Although the Toa managed to dispatch the Vahki, the [[Dark Hunters]] [[Nidhiki]] and [[Krekka]] soon attacked the vessel. Krekka was ejected mid-flight from the Airship using a teleportation Kanoka. With Nidhiki trapped under debris, the Toa departed from the vessel using Vakama's {{p|Disk Launcher|Vakama}} and Matau's [[Aero Slicers]].

The {{p|Visorak|Rahi}} destroyed all Airships in Le-Metru when they invaded the city. As a result, the [[Toa Hordika]] and the [[Rahaga]] had to find the resources needed to build six Airships to carry all of the sleeping Matoran of Metru Nui through a rift in the [[Great Barrier]] and onward to {{p|Mata Nui|Location}}. The Airships used to transport the [[Matoran Sphere]]s to Mata Nui were melted down and used in the construction of the six Koro.

=== Cargo Hauler ===
A '''Cargo Hauler''' was a miniaturized robotic version of the standard Airship model. Produced in Le-Metru, these transports employed the same Kanoka-based lift technology as their Airship counterparts. They were commonly used in [[Ta-Metru]] and [[Onu-Metru]] to transport materials and Archives artifacts, respectively.

== Features ==
Airships utilized a complicated system of Levitation and Increase Weight [[Kanoka]] Disks.{{BookCitation|MN-CoL|chaptername=Le-Metru|entryname=The Moto-Hub|page=63}} A Matoran pilot controlled pulleys that caused either the levitation or the weight increase Kanoka Disks to strike the Airship's framework, causing the Airship either to rise or to fall.{{GregCitation|OGD|page=56|post=2223|lines=6}} When the need arose to carry more cargo than one airship could manage, multiple airships could be tethered together by an umbilical control system, effectively allowing one pilot to operate as many airships as was needed.

A portion of a transport Chute capped at both ends was built into the back of the Airship. It provided forward thrust when it let a small portion of the [[Protodermis#Liquid Protodermis|Liquid Protodermis]] that was under high pressure jet out from the back.

== References ==
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