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Imagine how quickly those things would become the modern day Wells Fargo stagecoach to be plundered for our masses of under-employed and well-armed poor! Not to

Imagine how quickly those things would become the modern day Wells Fargo stagecoach to be plundered for our masses of under-employed and well-armed poor! Not to mention the conspiracy theories that would quickly pop up around anything like that; it's spying/vaccinating/etc.

Scapeghost 7y ago
The solution (and obvious next step) is simple: Add some armed drones!
leetcrew 7y ago
I imagine it would be pretty hard to get away with airship plundering. everyone would see it go down and law enforcement would just have to camp at the crash site to catch the perps. plus other plunderers would probably show up to fight for the loot. it would be a lot less risky to just snipe individual drones as they make their deliveries.
daveFNbuck 7y ago
This doesn't seem like an easier target than a delivery truck or a warehouse. Why and how would people attack airships?
- dTal 7y ago
  It seems like a much easier target to me, if the ship passes over a secluded area. I suspect a cargo airship is also more likely to be unmanned. How: drone with a harpoon, or a particularly pointy model rocket. Perhaps you'd attach a tether, so you can bring the ship to a specific spot (and reel it in gently without having to compromize its buoyancy so much it crashes hard).
  - daveFNbuck 7y ago
    Does that really sound easier to you than hopping into a running UPS truck while the driver is delivering a package and driving away? How far do you think you could drag a drone-filled zeppelin before you were detected? How long would it take you to gently reel in a floating warehouse while Amazon alerted authorities and private security about your multimillion-dollar heist?
jwalton 7y ago
This is exactly why I'm waiting for the new airship age, so I can quit my job as a software developer and become an airship pirate, just like in Crimson Skies. "When you hit the ground, tell 'em Nathan Zachary sent you!"

Scapeghost 7y ago

The solution (and obvious next step) is simple: Add some armed drones!

leetcrew 7y ago

I imagine it would be pretty hard to get away with airship plundering. everyone would see it go down and law enforcement would just have to camp at the crash site to catch the perps. plus other plunderers would probably show up to fight for the loot. it would be a lot less risky to just snipe individual drones as they make their deliveries.

daveFNbuck 7y ago

This doesn't seem like an easier target than a delivery truck or a warehouse. Why and how would people attack airships?

dTal 7y ago
It seems like a much easier target to me, if the ship passes over a secluded area. I suspect a cargo airship is also more likely to be unmanned. How: drone with a harpoon, or a particularly pointy model rocket. Perhaps you'd attach a tether, so you can bring the ship to a specific spot (and reel it in gently without having to compromize its buoyancy so much it crashes hard).
- daveFNbuck 7y ago
  Does that really sound easier to you than hopping into a running UPS truck while the driver is delivering a package and driving away? How far do you think you could drag a drone-filled zeppelin before you were detected? How long would it take you to gently reel in a floating warehouse while Amazon alerted authorities and private security about your multimillion-dollar heist?

jwalton 7y ago

This is exactly why I'm waiting for the new airship age, so I can quit my job as a software developer and become an airship pirate, just like in Crimson Skies. "When you hit the ground, tell 'em Nathan Zachary sent you!"