Another plate for Spacecraft of the First World War. This is a fighter and attack design from late in the conflict, featuring all metal construction and a miniaturized gravity drive. Here we see it being used in a trans-atmospheric role on Mars, a role for which it was ill suited, owing to an atmosphere thin enough to be an impedance, but too thin to offer much lift. The drive impeller is distinctive to late war French design, having blades much like a conventional propeller, while retracting automatically when aerodynamic drag becomes too great.

"Vive l’Empereur!" Manchu, Fred Blanchard 2011

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