Space Needle

HyperSilence: we need a word for them<BR>HyperSilence: or else we just call em towers<BR>Tox: space needles :O<BR>HyperSilence: perfect..?<BR>HyperSilence: lmfao	”
	—Name is coined 	—Name is coined
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A space needle was a type of transportation used by Hyperion.
=Description=
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A space needle was a elytra launch platform that reached 256 meters into the sky.
Aviators would climb a ladder mounted on the side of the needle and climb to the top of the flight ceiling and then leap off. Sustained unpowered flight would normally yield a distance between 1500-2000 meters depending on local terrain and the aviator's skill.
The needles used a numbering system visible at their base that told aviators how close they were to their destination without being readily understood by outsiders.
Later designs occasionally used various elevator mechanisms to more quickly get aviators to their desired altitude.
=History=
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On 5E:43, after HyperSilence and Tox obtained elytra wings, they began to discuss ways in which they might be used to spread Hyperion's mobility and sphere of influence. While they had chosen Clay Canyon for its remoteness, its distance from Sanctuary and the Dragon Gates was inconvenient. 
To solve this problem, they constructed the first space needle in Kindred to cut down the travel time to Merica. In the days following, the duo crafted a network of needles centered at Clay Canyon that covered a total distance of more than 40 kilometers in every direction. 
Tox later experimented with a piston translocation elevator based upon Lord of War's design at the Ouroboros stronghold in Ouroborea. When the design became permanently broken due to an alteration in the laws of the universe, he settled for an unautomated elevator using minecarts that took just six seconds or less to reach launch height. The first working model was constructed at Hyperion Heights.
Ky independently developed a smaller space needle for public use at the third FFA Dragon Gate in Outer Pandora.
The advent of elytra-boosting rockets on 5E:258 made space needles somewhat obsolete, as aviators could now attain altitude from a resting stop on the ground. However, they were still useful when gunpowder supplies were scarce.
In the Seventh Era, a space needle of the elevator variant served as the core of Hammerhome, Tox's base of operations in the Hammerlands, allowing him to both quickly navigate the various levels of his dwelling and reach Hammerlea without the use of rockets.
=Gallery=
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File:2017-02-01 03.42.10.png|Ky's space needle
File:2017-02-07 05.33.25.png|Hyperion used elytra art to mark needles on maps
File:2016-12-21_02.22.24.png|Retro atop the Hyperion Heights elevator needle
File:2016-12-22_01.58.38.png|Hyper at the top
File:2017-02-07_05.28.40.png|From the ground up
File:2017-02-15_01.26.11.png|Needle at a distance
File:2016-05-14_07.02.46.png|Climbing needle with Hyper silhouetted by Cabbage
=Behind the Scenes=
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The following is out-of-universe information about the real world Dragonhollow.
Tox named the design after the Space Needle in Seattle. He wanted a unique name that would be immediately understood by his fellow Hyperion adventurers but would otherwise mean nothing to the rest of Dragonhollow.
Category:Transportation
Category:Hyperion