Aethercraft

Aethercraft is a branch of planar magic that involves the ability to merge with an algontherine entity and manipulate an aethership. In order to learn the Aethercraft skill, you must either own a ship, or a ship owner (captain) must give you permission to use their ship's modules. There are three basic aethercraft functions which relate to the basic modules: 
Command Chair: Piloting the aethercraft, including joining armadas, transversing to other planes, and ramming other ships. The "pilot" branch of aethercraft.
Empathic Grid: Healing hull damage as well as module damage. Also communicating and scans are done through the empathic grid. The "empath" branch of aethercraft.
Battle Turret: The ability to use a battle turret to fight aethermonsters as well as other ships. The "combateer" branch of aethercraft.
Aethercraft uses a type of learning called 'proficiencies' in relation to the three main branches of aethercraft skills (commander, empath, combateer) corresponding to the above modules. The more you use the skills corresponding with a branch of aethercraft, the more your proficiency in that branch rises. However, the more you focus on one proficiency, there is a chance that you will lose proficiency in the other branches. Thus, it is not feasible to have 100% proficiency in all three branches. SHIP PROFICIENCIES will show you where your proficiencies stand. 
Ability Name	Short Desc.
Channel 	Access a ship's crew communication channel.
Aethercraft 	Basic use of a command chair.
Empathy 	Basic use of the empathic grid.
Battle 	Basic use of a battle turret.
Offerings 	Give offerings of aetheric essence to the gods.
Armada 	Join into an armada of ships.
Interlink 	Include non-crew on the ship channel.
Targeting 	Attack specific modules.
Ram 	Ram and board enemy ships.
Siphon 	Gather power from aether vortices.
Modules 	Directly heal damaged modules.
Scoop 	Gather glaetherial dust.
Trade 	Exchange goods with gnome trading ships.
Worldscan 	Scan the worlds for signs of constructs.
Forcefield 	Enhanced protection while exploring.
Transverse 	Travel through dimensional fissures.
EnergyLink 	Extract energy from collectors.
Gliding 	Glide carefree through the aethers.
Trail 	Follow a ship without its permission.
Analyze 	Examine other ships or aetherbeasts.
Distribution	Distribute power to and from modules.
Bombard 	Destroy constructs.
Cadet 	Midlevel piloting maneuvers.
Rupture 	Create ruptures in aetherspace.
Steward 	Midlevel communication skills.
Tunnel 	Enter a vortex and jump at will.
Bosun 	Midlevel turret attacks.
Astralsight 	Sense other algontherine ships.
Purser 	Midlevel empathic grid functions.
TurretSiphon	Siphon energy from a shieldless enemy.
ThirdMate 	Intermediate pilot maneuvers.
Scan 	Find all non-cloaked ships in same environment.
SecondMate 	Advanced turret attacks.
Flashpoint 	Create flashpoints to aid in navigation.
FirstMate 	Advanced empathic grid functions.
Shock 	Briefly paralyze ship or aetherbeast.
Captain 	Advanced piloting maneuvers.
Spiral 	Dodge all hits for a limited time.
Resonance 	Create an aura to hide the ship from aetherbeasts.
Clarionblast	Blow up modules on enemy ship.
Category:Skills
Category:Common Skills