Typical Astrospheres used by Interplanetary Ether Flyer's

The original image used for this adaptation was found in : Introduction_to_Space_1889"

Ether Flyers are designed for higher altitudes. Flyers operating in the lower astrospheres cannot attack those in higher astrospheres. The only means an Interplanetary Ether Flyer can be attacked are by Flyers in the same or higher astrospheres. Ether Flyers are designed to operate optimality in the following five astrospheres:

• Orbit
• Upper Stratosphere
• Lower Stratosphere
• Upper Troposphere
• Lower Troposphere

A Source of Ether Ship Miniatures

When looking for Ether ship miniatures to play the “Ironclads and Ether Flyers” RPG I came upon a designer on Shapeway’s that is offering Ether ship miniatures that could be used for this game. Objects May Appear is offering a large collection of Ether flyers and other vessels that are reasonable priced. Most are in 1/1200 scale, but OMA does offer a few vessels in 1/600, and in other scales. They are molded in, what looks like a white hard plastic. These miniatures are created using a 3-D printer, and from what I can gather, they will need some cleaning up and paint.

See you all next week, I am taking off for the weekend...

Ironclads and Ether Flyers-Exotic Weaponry

A variety of exotic weapons can be installed on a “Flyer” however these weapons are limited to the space that is available either on the deck or below decks. The list below indicates the current technology trends and the exotic weapons that are available:

Weapon Types

1. Hale Rockets
2. Tether Mine
3. Drogue Torp.
4. Smutts Dschgr
5. Smutts Dschgr+
6. Smutts Torpedo
7. Power Grapnel
8. Bomb Rack
9. Bomb
10. Spike Dropper
11. Liquid Fire
12. Deck Tube
13. Fixed Tube
14. Torpedo Reload
15. Depth Bomb

Adaptations from materials found on paged 63 and 68 in the Ironclads and Ether Flyers, Frank Chadwick.

Ironclads and Ether Flyers-Glossary

Aerial Flyers

Aerial flyers, sometimes referred to as flyers, are aerial gunboats that are held aloft by liftwood panels.

Liftwood

Liftwood has unique anti-gravity qualities and is native to the Martian highlands.

Cables

A cable is a unit of measurement equal to 200 yards or 100 fathoms. A cables length is the basic unit of measurement used in this game. 

Ether Flyers

Ether Flyers are large interplanetary vessels that use propellers for propulsion and liftwood for atmospheric lift. 

Ironclads

Ironclads are armored sea going vessels and are the back-bone of any nations’ terrestrial naval forces. 

Naval Vessels

These are steam powered sea going vessels. 

Zeppelin
Zeppelins are used by nations that do not have the benefit of liftwood.  Zeppelins are held aloft by using large rigid lifting bags filled with hydrogen gas.

Ironclads and Ether Flyers -What is an Ether Flyer?

Image adaptation from Introduction to Space 1889.

Ether Flyer’s are large spacecraft that are used for interplanetary space travel. They use propellers for propulsion, but rely on “liftwood” for atmospheric flight.

Ironclads and Ether Flyers

My copy of Ironclads and Ether Flyers arrived in the mail the other day. Ironclads and Ether Flyers, Aeronaval Warfare in the 19th Century, is a turn based Role Playing Game (RPG) written by Frank Chadwick. Ironclads and Ether Flyers is part of the Space 1889 series and can make use of miniatures found at Game Tech (If they are still in existence?). Ironclads and Ether Flyers defines the technologies used, provides scenarios, and campaign rules (a campaign lasts ten turns).

I look forward to reading this book and learning more about “Space 1889”.