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3-->''A bird in hand make it hard to blow nose.''
4-->?''Confused philosopher, Jade harbour''
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6A flash-based online game, with the concept of the player as an airship captain out to make their way in the world. Despite having functional airships, most settings and items in the game are portrayed as being low-tech. Offers multiple styles of gameplay, five classes, and a wealth of equipment.
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8The game was designed as a social networking application. Started out on Facebook, but has since been added to [=MySpace=] and Friendster. Notable in having deeper gameplay than most social networking games. Facebook version is the best supported, with the developers being active in the Facebook community.
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10The Facebook version can be played [[http://apps.facebook.com/battlestations/fbml.php?fb_force_mode=fbml here]].
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13!!This game contains examples of:
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15%%* {{Anti Poop Socking}}
16%%* {{Bribing Your Way To Victory}}
17%%* {{Character Customization}}
18%%* {{Character Level}}
19* {{Cool Airship}}: Yours. At least after you build up some gear.
20%%* {{Cosmetic Award}}
21* {{Cozy Catastrophe}}: In the background of the story, and implied to be the reason why airships were necessary in the first place.
22* FamilyFriendlyFireArms: In the later levels.
23%%* {{Fan Service}} - Lots.
24* {{Floating Continent}}: The neutral city of Aeros.
25%%* {{Gaming Clan}}
26* {{Grim Up North}}: Land of Frost is currently the highest level area.
27* {{High Altitude Battle}}: All of them are.
28* {{Hyperspace Arsenal}}: Sometimes players manage to mount up to 7 rams on the same bow.
29* {{Instant Win Condition}}: Clan war objectives.
30%%* {{Item Crafting}}
31* {{Joke Item}}: Pie launchers, pew pew guns - generally given as gifts on holidays.
32* {{Meido}}: With some of the outfits and the stock store owners.
33* {{Melee A Trois}}: Frequent and hectic.
34* {{Mighty Glacier}}: Most clan war defenders.
35%%* {{Schizo Tech}}
36* {{Shout Out}}: The [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Giga Drill Breaker]] and [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Gun Buster]] in the [[{{Bribing Your Way To Victory}} store]].
37%%* {{Sky Pirates}}
38%%* {{Steampunk}}
39%%* {{Tactical Rock Paper Scissors}}
40* {{The Siege}}: The game's clan war system, which incidentally is the most popular element of the game.

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