[Freeciv] Re: Dirigible

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 10:11:27AM +1000, 
> nicholas.g.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>>Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
>>by Frederick A. Talbot
>>
>>The first use of Dirigibles (actually balloons) was for observation.
>>The balloon in this case was tethered and could not move at all
>>(The tether was essential because it was also a communication
>>link so the observer could relay information to the commander
>>on the ground).
>>
>>So the first balloon unit was vision 2 movement 0
> 
> Actually, not necessarily true. They were tethered, but they could still
> be moved by bringing them back down and carting them off somewhere else.
> It's not like they were all stuck at the factory ;P.

According to the description they were basically ground units.  Any 
ground unit could destroy them just by taking the tether.

However they'd be extremely vulnerable to fighters as well.

jason