Ionadyne

**Electroaerodynamic vehicles** (**EAV**s), or more commonly **ionadynes**, are vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles that use ionized air molecules to provide lift via articulating **solid-state thrusters** (**SST**s). These atmospheric ion thrusters, usually designed as rings or rounded-corner rectangles, produce an ionic wind by passing an incredibly amount of electricity (measured in the tens of thousands of megawatts; MW) between a thick and a thin electrode. These machines are equipped with some of the best batteries in the Sphere to keep them aloft, allowing these "flying cars" to operate as a common sight over cities on every surface-inhabited world with an atmosphere.

Ionadynes have largely replaced fixed and tilt-rotor craft in all their capacities while often copying their designs, becoming the go-to aerial vehicle for military, public, and private service, or those entities that can afford the astounding price tag.

## Types of Ionadynes

### Urban-Purpose

The design of **urban-purpose ionadynes** often create a cylindrical or rectangular bodies with SSTs worked close against the fuselage to fit narrow avenues and allies where they're expected to operate. Though the base shapes are present throughout different fleets of ionadynes for purchase, these requirements do not stifle the creativity of designers. These urban ionadynes offer a wide range of uses from ranging from law enforcement to military combat and logistics, from ambulatory service to luxury private transport, and more.

In some nations, where law enforcement and military equipment begin to blur the lines between either, combat ionadynes provide heavy weapons to problem areas where terrestrial assets find movement restricted.

### Vetol

**Vetol ionadynes** (/vɛ.tol/; "to hover as if a bird, to stay aloft") bridge the gap between urban and fixwing by offering a more aerodynamic design than the urban-purpose while maintaining the precise vertical handling of the first. Vetols are commonly used for medium-distance travel in the civilian sector, often servicing the populations of more isolated townships with mail and cargo, domestic travel, and emergency medical conveyance, while acting as a aerial weapons platform and/or troop transports.

### Fixwing

Made with flying specifically in mind, **fixwing ionadynes** are designed for speed and aerodynamic maneuverability and powerful SSTs to push it forward. Wings and a given gentler curves are common throughout international design and aesthetic which work hard to benefit fixwings rather than hinder their operation. Truthfully, there is little difference between the concept of a gas-powered turbine jet aircraft and fixwing EAVs outside of their propulsion systems, so the term 'plane' and 'jet' have become synonymous with these swift ionadynes.

Civilians use fixwing ionadynes for cargo transportation and global travel both public and private. Military applications, however, have seen its use as aerospace dominance assets to strategic ordnance saturation to rapid cargo and personnel transportation, and much more.

## Trivia

Micro-SST engines are commonly used in luxury items to allow for floating objects, with little disturbances in terms of sounds or flowing air currents. Floating lamps, furniture or spiritual objects like incense burners are a common sight.