Mana
07-02-2011, 05:02 PM
League Champion Janna’s record-breaking zeppelin “Tailwind,” unveiled earlier this year, has defeated the Zaunite flagship “Lead Zeppelin” at the annual Techmaturgical Conference in Piltover. Zaunite competitors contested the victory, claiming that the new “chrono-propeller” engine of the Tailwind allowed the craft to navigate through Bluewind Bay’s storms utterly unfettered. Conference officials, however, overruled their protest.
Tensions between Piltover and Zaun have grown heated over the past few months leading up to the Conference. The technology behind Piltover’s chrono-propeller engine has been a source of strain on the Piltovian side, as the design reportedly had not seen thorough testing prior to the race. “We could not have known whether or not the new engine’s time manipulation magic would work at all. In fact, it isn’t even perfected,” said Janna, Tailwind’s pilot. “We will be researching the full capabilities of our chrono-propeller for years to come.”
The highly-anticipated race began in Piltover and turned westward, following a day-long course along the Ironspine Mountains to Zaun. The racing zeppelins then made the treacherous journey across Bluewind Bay, notorious for its early summer storms. “The Bay stretch of the race is always the most dramatic,” said race coordinator Flint Mackay. “I’ve seen airships struck by lightning plenty of times in my day, or blown terribly off course by the wind. Even if someone’s ahead for most of the race, everything comes down to The Bay.”
This year, Zaun’s “Lead Zeppelin” maintained a strong lead from the race’s start in Piltover. The Zaunite flagship, a powerhouse of black metal and Zaunite techmaturgy, has claimed victory at the Conference for the past four years. As the two zeppelins crossed the bay, however, Tailwind’s chrono-propeller engine secured Piltover’s victory.
“The chrono-propeller’s magic worked well enough to project a small temporal zone around the Tailwind,” explained League Champion Zilean, who assisted in the propellor’s design. “While the Zaunites suffered through the whims of the storm, our temporal manipulation allowed for us to pass through the storm as though it didn’t exist around us—we were suspended in another time. A better, less stormy time.”
After Tailwind sailed into Piltover hours before Zaun’s Lead Zeppelin, Zaunite representatives immediately contested the victory, claiming that the chrono-propeller gave Piltover an unfair advantage. Conference officials overruled the protest: “The spirit of the Techmaturgical Conference is innovation,” explained Ezzle Springworthy, one of the race’s judges. “Piltover’s victory demonstrates their superior innovation over Zaun in the field of zeppelin techmaturgy. We will not revoke this victory.”
League Champions Janna and Zilean expressed their excitement to continue their work on the chrono-propeller in preparation for next year’s race while Zaunite competitors noted their intention to “make something better.”
Tensions between Piltover and Zaun have grown heated over the past few months leading up to the Conference. The technology behind Piltover’s chrono-propeller engine has been a source of strain on the Piltovian side, as the design reportedly had not seen thorough testing prior to the race. “We could not have known whether or not the new engine’s time manipulation magic would work at all. In fact, it isn’t even perfected,” said Janna, Tailwind’s pilot. “We will be researching the full capabilities of our chrono-propeller for years to come.”
The highly-anticipated race began in Piltover and turned westward, following a day-long course along the Ironspine Mountains to Zaun. The racing zeppelins then made the treacherous journey across Bluewind Bay, notorious for its early summer storms. “The Bay stretch of the race is always the most dramatic,” said race coordinator Flint Mackay. “I’ve seen airships struck by lightning plenty of times in my day, or blown terribly off course by the wind. Even if someone’s ahead for most of the race, everything comes down to The Bay.”
This year, Zaun’s “Lead Zeppelin” maintained a strong lead from the race’s start in Piltover. The Zaunite flagship, a powerhouse of black metal and Zaunite techmaturgy, has claimed victory at the Conference for the past four years. As the two zeppelins crossed the bay, however, Tailwind’s chrono-propeller engine secured Piltover’s victory.
“The chrono-propeller’s magic worked well enough to project a small temporal zone around the Tailwind,” explained League Champion Zilean, who assisted in the propellor’s design. “While the Zaunites suffered through the whims of the storm, our temporal manipulation allowed for us to pass through the storm as though it didn’t exist around us—we were suspended in another time. A better, less stormy time.”
After Tailwind sailed into Piltover hours before Zaun’s Lead Zeppelin, Zaunite representatives immediately contested the victory, claiming that the chrono-propeller gave Piltover an unfair advantage. Conference officials overruled the protest: “The spirit of the Techmaturgical Conference is innovation,” explained Ezzle Springworthy, one of the race’s judges. “Piltover’s victory demonstrates their superior innovation over Zaun in the field of zeppelin techmaturgy. We will not revoke this victory.”
League Champions Janna and Zilean expressed their excitement to continue their work on the chrono-propeller in preparation for next year’s race while Zaunite competitors noted their intention to “make something better.”