The Darker Wings/Last Exile
Prologue
"Enemy ships on port and starboard. Cannons loaded with armor piercing shell. Well captain what now?"
"Fire at will!" the captain bellowed.
"Rodger, all cannons fire!" An explosion ruptured the air as the main and rear cannons fired rapid explosive rounds into the opposing ships.
"Three ships reported sunk captain."
"Bring us down."
"Aye." The ship quickly ducked into the clouds below them and out of sight of the remaining ships. The cannons still smoking from the previously fired rounds made the ship even eerier that it appeared to be at first sight. The spike like masts which held the stone Claudia, which enabled these monstrous ships the ability of flight with their magnetic field they radiate. Claudia is also used as currency as well as a flying tool, that is, after the stones had been converted into coins that is. The name of this particular ship is the Cairo and she's never lost a battle ever.
Other ships empowered with this power are Vanships. The second in command on the legendary ship the Silvanna once said, "there will come a time when the power of all Vanship pilots will be needed to restore true freedom to these skies.", she was right. They are small, agile, powerful, but require two people to pilot safely. A pilot and a navigator; the pilot drives the ship and the navigator informs the driver of where he or she is going, turns, paths, and short-cuts. The Vanship used to be a scout, messenger or transport, but then they tested it for combat use and it worked. It allowed for a powerful, quick, combat machine. Now Vanship pilots fight in the military while less experienced pilots deliver and receive messages given to them rated on a scale of one to ten stars depending on the difficulty level, one being the lowest. Ships technology was increased with the discovery and examination of the Exile, a large ship discovered years ago by a group of people, two of which were Vanship pilots, Claus and Lavie who escorted the key to Exile who is actually a little girl named Arvis, or Aru for short. The ships used to follow the old code of chivalry and honor, but with the discovery of Exile came the fall of honor.
Also after the discovery of Exile and the destruction of the guild a new breed of beasts spawned they where known as the Blacks. There are six different types of Blacks to date: Pawn, Knight, Rook, Bishop, King, and Queen, each have their own form and traits. Pawns are like foot soldiers, Knights are their small ships, they greatly resemble a type of hook or claw, the Bishops are their large battleships that resemble the natural battleship, but the King and Queen models have never been seen before so they were never recorded. These monsters refer to humans as Whites and attack them for unknown reasons. Even after more than ten years little is know about these strange beasts and how they survive. Because the Knights can control themselves without a pilot or a navigator, not to mention the fact that they could only be driven by Pawns makes it very hard to capture one. Soon after Exile's discovery, tensions began to grow between the two sides as a mutual agreement couldn't be established.