Airship

Galen's plan to launch an airborne mother ship had been in the works for many years. Since the War Research Institute was unlocked, he had ordered engineers to begin developing this air supremacy weapon. To this end, Galen even enthusiastically provided the exterior design himself... ... Of course, plagiarized from his past life memories.

On the vast plains south of Thornsridge and north of Galenport, centered around the War Research Institute and the Air Harbor, goblins and gnomes had built a massive airfield. Besides the steam tanks and combat aircraft serving as defense forces, four enormous airships were docked at the Air Harbor! Giant flying ships! Two goblin-style airships and two gnome-style aerial gunships.

The aerial gunships were shaped like giant battleships. Their hulls had several massive propellers, along with enormous vertical turbines providing lift. Inside, Aegwynn's miniature anti-gravity system reduced the pressure on the turbines while also preventing the gunships from crashing if the turbines stopped working! The two systems worked together, making the aerial gunships much larger than Galen had seen. With the increase in size, the entire ship's load capacity increased significantly. The gnomes built fighter bays inside the ship, capable of launching gnome-made biplanes from the stern as aerial combat squadrons. Battleships transformed into aircraft carriers. Their main weapons were heavy bombs that could be dropped. Ten fixed cannons were installed on each side, along with six large-caliber automatic cannons. Finally, four twin-barreled automatic anti-aircraft guns that could fire in all directions were mounted on the front of the deck.

In Galen's memory, the Alliance had possessed a total of six aerial gunships. The Skybreaker was the first aerial gunship, participating in the Northrend campaign against the Lich King and the assault on Icecrown Citadel. The Skyfire besieged Deathwing, served as a mainstay in Pandaria to seize Krasarang Wilds, and attacked Horde outposts. Later, it pursued the Forsaken's naval fleet in the Broken Isles and crashed in western Stormheim. The Lion's Pride appeared during the Cataclysm, supporting the Earthen Ring in their mission to repair the World Pillar in Deepholm but was later captured by Twilight's Hammer cultists. The Windseeker crashed on the Wandering Isle, impaling the great turtle Shen-zin Su like a nail.

The Lionheart was Varian's flagship. When the Horde and Alliance forces approached the Broken Shore, it was attacked by felbats, and simultaneously, a fel reaver falling from the sky accurately struck the Lionheart, damaging one of its vertical turbines and directly causing it to crash. The last one, the Mirkfallon, was High Tinker Mekkatorque's flagship. While on a patrol mission to Tiragarde Sound, the High Tinker and Trade Prince Gallywix engaged in a mech battle, causing the Mirkfallon to catch fire and explode. Galen thought for a moment and named these two aerial mother ships the Skyfire and the Skybreaker.

After reviewing the gnomes' research results, Galen went to the goblins... Goblin technology was not as aesthetically pleasing as the gnomes'. To save costs, they had improved upon the traditional goblin zeppelin. The two zeppelins at the Air Harbor were equipped with two gasbags connected by a steel bridge. The propulsion system was an internal combustion engine, fueled by petroleum. The boiler room was located at the rear of the lower level, and the combat command center was located at the rear of the upper level. In terms of weaponry, the airships possessed two ultra-large-caliber main guns.

Eight automatic secondary guns were mounted on the sides, four on each side, two in the front and two in the rear. The shape of the gunship's gondola severely limited the firing range of the secondary guns, preventing them from effectively engaging enemies perpendicular to the ship's hull. Therefore, three anti-aircraft guns were installed on each side of the lower level of the gondola, also serving as landing platforms for aerial cavalry. Typical goblin style... Exactly like Galen remembered. Galen was a little worried that their internal combustion engines would catch fire. Despite this, Galen was very satisfied with their progress. The completion of these two aerial combat weapons was already more than a decade ahead of the original Azeroth technology.

Originally, Galen wanted to continue to look at the finished mechs, but Hidden Blade's scouts reported that Thranduil had returned to Crusader Fortress. Galen could only assign the Grand Tinker to the mech group so that he could create his exclusive mech as soon as possible. Galen returned to the fortress to wait for Illidan and Thranduil. However, when the two returned to Crusader Fortress together, Galen noticed that both of them had signs of fighting.

"What? Did you encounter troublesome demons on the road?" Galen looked puzzled. He had inspected the units in the Heart of Creation when Thranduil went to meet Illidan, so he had not paid attention to Thranduil's side. After all, Thranduil had gained so much experience that he was a demigod, and his strength was even greater than Dath'Remar at his peak. It would be more accurate to say that he was the one looking for trouble with demons. And Illidan was now a demigod demon hunter. Would any demons dare to actively cause trouble?

"Hmph!" Thranduil glared at Illidan dissatisfied, while Illidan raised his chin, looking arrogant. Galen suddenly remembered that ten thousand years ago, Illidan had poured the water from his privately stored Well of Eternity into a lake on Mount Hyjal, creating a second Well of Eternity. The process was stopped by Jarod Shadowsong, the commander of the allied forces at the time. After the battle, only Jarod and Dath'Remar were seriously injured and rescued. The rest of the patrol and high elf mages were all killed. A miscalculation. He shouldn't have let Thranduil meet Illidan!

"Illidan, I can be considered to have fought alongside you. Is this how you treat a friend?" Thranduil questioned.

"Friend? You are allies of Malfurion, not mine!" Illidan retorted. With Illidan's movements, the hundreds of night elves behind him also stirred, seemingly ready to start a war at any time.

Galen narrowed his eyes. This Illidan really hadn't changed. He would speak nicely to the "Galen Dath'Remar" who was stronger than him, but now that his human body had restrained most of his pressure, Illidan was starting to become unruly?

Galen's face was calm, and his eyes locked onto Illidan Stormrage, who weighed three hundred pounds, two hundred and ninety pounds of which was rebellious bones. And the group of followers he had found from who knows where! He needed a beating... Galen instantly unfolded his three pairs of holy light wings, no longer restraining his pressure! In an instant, he transformed into a golden, holy angel! Illidan only felt as if a thousand pounds of pressure had been applied to his body. Although heavy, it was not without resistance! He glanced back at his followers.

They had all accepted his teachings and had channeled fel energy into their bodies through special rituals, already considered demon hunters! At this time, under the suppression of Galen's holy light, although they had not been crushed, they had lost most of their combat power! Illidan was shocked: This human is no less than Galen'Remar!