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| style="background:lightyellow"|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:  
| style="background:lightyellow"|[[Aethercraft]] is a branch of [[planar]] magic that involves the ability to merge with an [[algontherine|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, transverseing to other planes, and ramming other ships. The "pilot" branch of aethercraft.
'''Command Chair''': Piloting the aethercraft, including joining armadas, transversing to other [[planescape|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.
'''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.
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{{SkillTableRow|Channel|Inept|0|Access a ship's crew communication channel.}}
|[[#Channel|Channel]]||Inept||Access a ship's crew communication channel.
{{SkillTableRow|Aethercraft|Inept|25|Basic use of a command chair.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Empathy|Inept|50|Basic use of the empathic grid.}}
|[[#Aethercraft|Aethercraft]]||Inept +33%||Basic use of a command chair.
{{SkillTableRow|Battle|Inept|75|Basic use of a battle turret.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Offerings|Novice|0|Give offerings of aetheric essence to the gods.}}
|[[#Empathy|Empathy]]||Inept +66%||Basic use of the empathic grid.
{{SkillTableRow|Armada|Novice|33|Join into an armada of ships.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Interlink|Novice|66|Include non-crew on the ship channel.}}
|[[#Battle|Battle]]||Novice||Basic use of a battle turret.
{{SkillTableRow|Targeting|Apprentice|0|Attack specific modules.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Ram|Apprentice|25|Ram and board enemy ships.}}
|[[#Offerings|Offerings]]||Novice +25%||Give offerings of aetheric essence to the gods.
{{SkillTableRow|Siphon|Apprentice|50|Gather power from aether vortices.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Modules|Apprentice|75|Directly heal damaged modules.}}
|[[#Armada|Armada]]||Novice +50%||Join into an armada of ships.
{{SkillTableRow|Scoop|Capable|0|Gather glaetherial dust.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Trade|Capable|33|Exchange goods with gnome trading ships.}}
|[[#Interlink|Interlink]]||Novice +75%||Include non-crew on the ship channel.
{{SkillTableRow|Worldscan|Capable|66|Scan the worlds for signs of constructs.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Forcefield|Adept|0|Enhanced protection while exploring.}}
|[[#Targeting|Targeting]]||Apprentice||Attack specific modules.
{{SkillTableRow|Transverse|Adept|25|Travel through dimensional fissures.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|EnergyLink|Adept|50|Extract energy from collectors.}}
|[[#Ram|Ram]]||Apprentice +33%||Ram and board enemy ships.
{{SkillTableRow|Gliding|Adept|75|Glide carefree through the aethers.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Trail|Master|0|Follow a ship without its permission.}}
|[[#Siphon|Siphon]]||Apprentice +66%||Gather power from aether vortices.
{{SkillTableRow|Analyze|Master|33|Examine other ships or aetherbeasts.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Distribution|Master|66|Distribute power to and from modules.}}
|[[#Modules|Modules]]||Capable||Directly heal damaged modules.
{{SkillTableRow|Bombard|Gifted|0|Destroy constructs.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Cadet|Gifted|25|Midlevel piloting maneuvers.}}
|[[#Scoop|Scoop]]||Capable +25%||Gather glaetherial dust.
{{SkillTableRow|Rupture|Gifted|50|Create ruptures in aetherspace.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Steward|Gifted|75|Midlevel communication skills.}}
|[[#Trade|Trade]]||Capable +50%||Exchange goods with gnome trading ships.
{{SkillTableRow|Tunnel|Expert|0|Enter a vortex and jump at will.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Bosun|Expert|33|Midlevel turret attacks.}}
|[[#Worldscan|Worldscan]]||Capable +75%||Scan the worlds for signs of constructs.
{{SkillTableRow|Astralsight|Expert|66|Sense other algontherine ships.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Purser|Virtuoso|0|Midlevel empathic grid functions.}}
|[[#Forcefield|Forcefield]]||Adept||Enhanced protection while exploring.
{{SkillTableRow|TurretSiphon|Virtuoso|25|Siphon energy from a shieldless enemy.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|ThirdMate|Virtuoso|50|Intermediate pilot maneuvers.}}
|[[#Transverse|Transverse]]||Adept +25%||Travel through dimensional fissures.
{{SkillTableRow|Scan|Virtuoso|75|Find all non-cloaked ships in same environment.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|SecondMate|Fabled|0|Advanced turret attacks.}}
|[[#EnergyLink|EnergyLink]]||Adept +50%||Extract energy from collectors.
{{SkillTableRow|Flashpoint|Fabled|33|Create flashpoints to aid in navigation.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|FirstMate|Fabled|66|Advanced empathic grid functions.}}
|[[#Gliding|Gliding]]||Adept +75%||Glide carefree through the aethers.
{{SkillTableRow|Shock|Mythical|0|Briefly paralyze ship or aetherbeast.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Captain|Mythical|25|Advanced piloting maneuvers.}}
|[[#Trail|Trail]]||Master||Follow a ship without its permission.
{{SkillTableRow|Spiral|Mythical|50|Dodge all hits for a limited time.}}
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{{SkillTableRow|Resonance|Mythical|75|Create an aura to hide the ship from aetherbeasts.}}
|[[#Analyze|Analyze]]||Master +33%||Examine other ships or aetherbeasts.
{{SkillTableRow|Clarionblast|Transcendent|0|Blow up modules on enemy ship.}}
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|[[#Distribution|Distribution]]||Master +66%||Distribute power to and from modules.
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|[[#Bombard|Bombard]]||Gifted||Destroy constructs.
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|[[#Cadet|Cadet]]||Gifted +25%||Midlevel piloting maneuvers.
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|[[#Rupture|Rupture]]||Gifted +50%||Create ruptures in aetherspace.
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|[[#Steward|Steward]]||Gifted +75%||Midlevel communication skills.
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|[[#Tunnel|Tunnel]]||Expert||Enter a vortex and jump at will.
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|[[#Bosun|Bosun]]||Expert +33%||Midlevel turret attacks.
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|[[#Astralsight|Astralsight]]||Expert +66%||Sense other algontherine ships.
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|[[#Purser|Purser]]||Virtuoso||Midlevel empathic grid functions.
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|[[#TurretSiphon|TurretSiphon]]||Virtuoso +25%||Siphon energy from a shieldless enemy.
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|[[#ThirdMate|ThirdMate]]||Virtuoso +50%||Intermediate pilot maneuvers.
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|[[#Scan|Scan]]||Virtuoso +75%||Find all non-cloaked ships in same environment.
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|[[#SecondMate|SecondMate]]||Fabled||Advanced turret attacks.
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|[[#Flashpoint|Flashpoint]]||Fabled +33%||Create flashpoints to aid in navigation.
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|[[#FirstMate|FirstMate]]||Fabled +66%||Advanced empathic grid functions.
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|[[#Shock|Shock]]||Mythical||Briefly paralyze ship or aetherbeast.
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|[[#Captain|Captain]]||Mythical +33%||Advanced piloting maneuvers.
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|[[#Spiral|Spiral]]||Mythical +50%||Dodge all hits for a limited time.
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|[[#Resonance|Resonance]]||Mythical +75%||Create an aura to hide the ship from aetherbeasts.
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|[[#Clarionblast|Clarionblast]]||Transcendent||Blow up modules on enemy ship.
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For more information, see <tt>HELP AETHERSPACE COMMERCE</tt>.
For more information, see <tt>HELP AETHERSPACE COMMERCE</tt>.


Also, if you have excess glaetherial dust then you can donate it to another ship equipped with an aetherhold via GRID DONATE <amount> TO <ship>.
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==Forcefield==
==Worldscan==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>PILOT FORCEFIELD</tt>
| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>SHIP WORLDSCAN</tt>
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| style="background:pink"|Module: Command Chair<br/>
Ship Power: 5
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If your ship also has a shield module, you create a forcefield to keep parasites from entering your ship and to completely absorb ranged attacks from the creatures that inhabit aetherspace. This effect will drop whenever the turret is fired.
While aboard any ship, you can scan a world for any constructs or signs of life (though an algontherine can only detect those Lusternians who have passed through the Portal of Fate). This is possible while docked with the world or while launched if your ship is in the same location as the dock portal.


==Worldscan==
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| style="background:darkblue; color:white"|'''Syntax:'''
| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>SHIP WORLDSCAN</tt>
| style="background:lightgreen"|Worldscan will set off aethersight.
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While aboard any ship, you can scan a world for any constructs or signs of life (though an algontherine can only detect those Lusternians who have passed through the Portal of Fate). This is possible while docked with the world or while launched if your ship is in the same location as the dock portal.


==Forcefield==
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| style="background:darkgreen; color:white"|'''Additional Notes:'''
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| style="background:lightblue"|<tt>PILOT FORCEFIELD</tt>
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| style="background:lightgreen"|Worldscan will set off aethersight.
| style="background:pink"|Module: Command Chair<br/>
Ship Power: 5
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If your ship also has a shield module, you create a forcefield to keep parasites from entering your ship and to completely absorb ranged attacks from the creatures that inhabit aetherspace. This effect will drop whenever the turret is fired.


==Transverse==
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