Chronology of Skycraft

The technology of skycraft is critical to understanding the history of the Greater Pallathantic Region and the modern world.

Chronology of Skycraft

AS

• 500 AS: Invention of Skycraft, using cembar wood and gontha wool; perhaps related to kites of the Jaffgorn Giants. Used to hunt and herd the gontha of the Jaggudorns and for mobility for semi-nomadic tribes of the High Shadevan Plateau, especially the Gwenyans.

• 400 AS: Neighboring tribes of humans and humanlikes, such as goblins, of the Jaggudorns adopt skycraft for raiding, hunting, and skirmishing.

• 300 AS : increase in size and quantity, Kiallions and allies voyage in late spring westwards over Jaggudorns to Colnoria

• 150 AS : Early Medibgösk discover glanffwood on the skynesses. Glanffwood with a little enchantment magically floats and produces strong skycraft with great lift. Due to the very small supply and the fact that it only grows on skynesses, very little is produced and reserved for the princes of Medibgö.

AI

500

• 550: Fleeglesilk discovered to produce skysails of the highest strength, durability, and lift. Fleeglesilk production spreads from Siul throughout the Pallathantic Region. Fleeglesilk skysails create skycraft with increased range and durability.

700

• 700s: improved skycraft, range of skycraft increased; wide use of square-rigged sail skycraft, called banfrial

800

• 850: increase in number of skycraft in Jaggudorns and thus the demand for skycraft

900

• 986: Coalition of Sky Tribes fire-bombs Trevirs and Yophénthë from skycraft with Whetcoal (Third Sack of Yophénthë), precipitating the Fall of the Yophenthean Empire.

1200

• 1250-1400: skycraft speed and battle-worthiness increases, First Kalikán Empire

1300

• 1300's: Talimbanfrial, aka talimfrial skycraft become widely used. The Talimbanfrial was a great skyship with multiple square sails on the same mast.
• ca 1390 Dz̧ahwatşabu, the first Galebelly developed in Gdelisica, Pytharnia, by the dwarves.

2300

• late 2300's development of great multi-masted skycraft, used to colonize various parts of the world. These ships were able to stay aloft in all but the worst storms and many were outfitted with dwarvenfire cannons.

2400

• Thracian captain Midiankumir Gandas led an expedition of nine skycraft over the years 2451 to 2479 which discovered Skaligdæ in 2468

2500

• 2500: Geddamin introduce titancraft vessels of sky
• 2510: Kharrhu-Visha, metal-framed skycraft: increased cargo capacity, improved speed, navigability, and range, New Kalikán Empire
• 2590: Adaptation and development of the Zerruka, a metal-framed skycraft with titancraft engines for thrust. Zerrukas continue to be used into the 28th century, fitted with second-hand titancraft engines.

2600

• 2600's: Humans develop titancraft sky vessels make traditional skycraft obsolescent for warfare and eventually commerce. Heritage Skycraft reserved for those too poor to make use of titancraft skyships and for wealthy enthusiasts.

See Also

• Great Sky War
• Skycraft