History Main / GlobalAirship

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' actually goes through several models, ending up with a veritable behemoth of an airship complete with shop and inn, but which ''still'' can't fly over most mountains. Another type doubles as submarine and is faster, but can't pass over mountains. It's one of the few games in the series where random encounters can happen while flying the airship. The dock serves as the battleground. The largest of the airships helps you out in those random encounters via cannon fire. Unusually, however, the player gets their first airship only a few hours in, rather than late-game.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' has the Epoch ([[HelloInsertNameHere which may be called something else]]), which not only can fly you to any part of the map, but can allow you to travel to any of the game's preset time periods. It doesn't start out as an airship until Dalton puts wings on it. Before that, it's a time machine that's rooted in place; it's still known as the "Wings of Time" because it can fly across time but not space.

-->-- '''Nyarko''', ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove''

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* ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'''s King of Cards campaign grants King Knight a lovely portable headquarters for himself, his armory, his ''[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas mom]]'', and the many, many lackeys he bumbles his way into during the campaign. And if you come across and beat [[BonusBoss Mr. Hat]], he'll set up shop (by [[RuleOfFunny physically dragging the building on board]]), and among other things upgrade your ship with a regal golden sheen for a paltry 20,000 gold! Wait, what do you mean you have better uses for your money? [[AwesomeButImpractical It's so pretty...]]

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* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey IV'', by default, requires you to discover new locations (including the game's signature strata) by traveling manually across the overworld with the skyship. However, once the Geomagnetic Pole of a specifc region or stratum has been found for the first time, you can warp there instantly from the HubCity. And in the case of the strata, even if you return to one via a Geomagnetic Pole, the skyship will await you at the entrance as if you had once again reached there manually!

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* The car from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' allows you to cross the map quickly, but it still leaves you vulnerable to RandomEncounters and terrain.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', if allied with the Brotherhood of Steel, you can signal for Vertibird transport, which is particularly useful in the overhauled v1.5 Survival Mode, where normal fast-travel is disabled.

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