Originally Posted by
Silvernale
Ok lets try this then =D
In the Shannara novel series, they have airships that range from 2-man speeders to 200 man transport warships. They are explained this way: The sails are made of a magi-tech material that absorbs and directs solar energy through filaments called radian draws that go into diapson crystals that store the energy. This energy can be used to make the ships fly via contragravity and are directionally controlled by altering the amount of thrust from one direction or another. The diapson crystals can also be linked to weapons, creating magi-tech flamethrowers, impact cannons and flechette railguns. If a charged diapson crystal gets cracked it goes boom.