Flight

Skybreak

The Lattice never revoked the sky.

What it is

In the dev build The line runs in the development build.

Kind
Weave. The Clinic installs it at the First Splice.
Terrain
Open sky, rooftop to rooftop, across the whole city.
Opens at
Operator 10, at the First Splice.
Cost to master
22 points.

You hold a maintenance permission for altitude, and you intend to use all of it.

The cost

The most punished line in a fight. Engagement clamps your speed and locks boost, hovering in combat bleeds Strain, you are the biggest silhouette in the sky, and Meridian's no-fly domes were built to deny this line.

The tree

In the dev build The Operator 30 node also asks for this line's story, which is designed.

Seven tiers, from Operator 10 to Operator 50. The choices come at Operator 15 (Thermal Read or Dead Lift) and Operator 40 (Sonic Dive or Cargo Writ), and taking one closes the other.

  1. Operator 10

    Wake

    First Lift. Flight exists, under a low ceiling.

  2. Operator 15

    Form fork

    Take one. Thermal Read. Ride the city's updrafts for free lift, and hover in combat for less Strain. Dead Lift. A big charged launch that can carry a consenting ally.

  3. Operator 20

    Reach

    Cruising Altitude. A higher ceiling and a faster cruise. Boost unlocks.

  4. Operator 25

    Cadence

    Full Attitude. Full three-dimensional steering, and a faster boost.

  5. Operator 30

    Questline node

    Ceiling Breaker. The line's top speed, and the sonic boom.

  6. Operator 40

    Apex fork

    Take one. Sonic Dive. A committed dive attack that turns speed into an impact. Cargo Writ. Carry allies the whole way.

  7. Operator 50

    Capstone

    The Sky Was Never Revoked. A faster boost ramp, strain-free hover bursts against the city's enemies, and a takeoff panel of its own.

The permission was always in the alloy. Doc Splice only tells it out loud.

First Lift

The first time the Junction is a shape instead of a street.

Cruising Altitude

You stop steering the sky and start wearing it.

Full Attitude

They wrote you out of the register in 2081. The air never got the memo.

The Sky Was Never Revoked

Where it shines

Culture

Exemplar. The Kindling-era Legend of the Mural Reel.

Skybreak splicers skew showy and social.

See also