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The entire structure requires significant manpower to function properly. In Urithiru, hundreds of people operate the winches that raise and lower the vertical lattice; on the Plains, squads of [[chull]]s are used to move the ship horizontally. The entire structure requires hundreds of gemstones to be perpetually infused with [[Stormlight]].{{book ref|sa4|3}} Fans have been installed to ease the load on the horizontal fabrials, but as of right now, they are barely functioning. There are also weight concerns, as adding too much mass to the existing structure might cause the gemstones to crack.{{book ref|sa4|6}}
== History ==
{{image|Ship Designs.jpg|side=right|width=200px|Navani's early airship designs}}
=== Development ===
==== Floating Platforms ====
[[Navani Kholin]] began conducting her first tests a few months after arriving at the [[Shattered Plains]], in the last year of the [[War of Reckoning]]. The first conducted experiment was comprised of a tall tower, with its top and the column a separate pieces, and a paired circular platform with crenellations. After infusing the embedded fabrials with Stormlight, when the pillar was rolled away, the top of the tower remained floating. As the top was pulled down, the platform rose into the air, creating an archer parapet unassailable to anyone standing below. It seems that even back then, there were plans to do more with the technology.{{book ref|sa2|35}}
Over time, Navani and her [[ardent]]s improved the platforms even as they began planning for more ambitious projects. Shortly after the [[True Desolation]] began, Navani began planning for proper airships; her initial designs were more ship-like, with massive sails attached to the bottom of the hull.{{book ref|sa3|50}} However, proper construction began only after the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]], as Navani threw herself into work following the death of her son, [[Elhokar]].{{book ref|sa4|3}} A few months after the battle, the Alethi built a pair of massive platforms off the sides of the [[Urithiru]] plateau as their early experiments. By then, rumours of what they were planning began to spread covertly among the high-ranking members of the coalition.{{book ref|sa3.5|2}}
==== Aluminum ====
As the twin platforms were being constructed, the ship ''[[Wandersail (1174 ship)|Wandersail]]'' set out to explore [[Aimia]]. As a favor to the expedition's leader, [[Rysn Ftori]], Navani sent along [[Rushu]], an ardent specializing in new fabrial designs.{{book ref|sa3.5|2}} Rushu attempted to make Rysn's chair float; however, the fact that the cojoiner fabrials had to repeat the exact motion -- or the reverse of the exact motion -- of each other meant that the applications were severely limited.{{book ref|sa3.5|5}}
A breakthrough came from [[Huio]], one of the [[Herdazian]] [[Windrunners]] assigned to assist the expedition. To sate his curiosity, Huio disassembled one of Rushu's spanreeds and began experimenting on the gemstone with [[aluminum]]. After he put the spanreed back together, it began to behave oddly, transferring the movement of its cojoined twin in an odd, jittery way. Realizing this would be a problem that couldn't be hidden, Huio and the other Windrunner on board, [[Lopen]], brought the broken spanreed to Rushu.{{book ref|sa3.5|7}} Upon examining it and experimenting further on Rysn's chair, Rushu realized that Huio managed to use aluminum to isolate the spanreed's planes of motion, so that only movement in specific directions was transferred between the two. This allowed for a creation of a floating chair that could move freely by being pushed around.{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}
Rushu later sent the information about Huio's discovery to Navani, who ordered further experiments. As a result, eventually, [[Falilar]], one of her ardents, made a breakthrough that allowed for an airship to be constructed.{{book ref|sa4|19}} A new design, based off the chasm-spanning bridges from the [[War of Reckoning]], was built and tested on the [[Shattered Plains]]. After months of deliberation, it was named the ''Fourth Bridge'', after the people who, over a year prior, had saved [[House Kholin]] from destruction.{{book ref|sa4|3}}
=== Hearthstone Mission ===
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