Emsavion Airship

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Surveillance Airship
Sabotage Destructible Object in Just Cause 4
Total amount	24
Armament needed	Any, though missiles, grenades and railguns work best
Value in Chaos points	4000
Approximate safe distance during destruction	Unknown

Emsavion Airship
Vehicle in Just Cause 4
Type	Rigid airship
Weapons	None (although armed drones can sometimes spawn around it)
Rarity	Common
List of owners	Black Hand Civilians
Top speed (km/h)	107
Top speed (mph)	66.5

The Emsavion Airship, also known as Surveillance Airship, is a sabotage destructible object and vehicle in Just Cause 4.

Appearance

The Emsavion/Surveillance Airship is a rigid airship, made by the company Emsavion. The rear of the airship has three thrust engines while two additional ducted fan engines are on the sides to aid with steering. It comes in bright blue and white civilian colors, or Black Hand faction colors and symbols - entirely black, with a few thin red stripes - depending on the vehicle's ownership.

Sargento mentions that they're rigid airships at the beginning of the "Meteolab Grab" mission. There are two locations in the desert biome that have odd metal structures on the ground which look a lot like the support frames of these airships. In addition, blowing up the airship will reveal the support frames. It's also possible to see the frames by glitching into the airship under game-breaking circumstances. Therefore, these are rigid airships (internal supporting frame) and not blimps (held in shape by gas pressure).

The cabin has 8 seats, but strangely the front 2 seats are facing backward and the pilot has to stand up.

Performance

Slow and slow to react to controls. It is not possible to fly it sideways. It is safe to land it on water because it cannot be forced into the water. It will just hover very close to the water.

They are actually surprisingly durable, despite them being an airship. While airships are very fragile in real life, Emsavion Airships can survive a direct hit from an explosive weapon, before being blown up by the second.

The "Surveillance Airships" are easiest to destroy with the missiles from the Skystriker Wingsuit, if available. It takes about 6 missiles to destroy it, meaning at least two passes with the wingsuit.

Versions and locations

Black Hand

Some of these are used as "Surveillance Airships". Most are above major bases, but some are above towns. Hijacking one for use will show its name as "Emsavion Airship". If the hijacked vehicle is destroyed close to its spawn point, then it will count as a destroyed Surveillance Airship and it will no longer spawn there. If it is flown away and destroyed far enough, it will not count and another one will spawn.

• Academia Qacha.
• Aeropuerto General Benitez.
• Aeropuerto Nueva Voz.
• Base Aérea Yanacagua.
• Brezos - Confusingly this airship is actually above Mina Vendaval.
• Campo Infierno.
• Casquillos Vacíos.
• Gran Central.
• La Mazmorra.
• Nueva Vida.
• 2x at Nueva Voz.
• Puerto Tullu.
• Zona Tres.
• ?

Some of these spawn during some missions:

• Vendaval Lockout has 2.
• Meteolab Grab has 1.
• Rocanegra Shutdown has 2.
• Jungla Scatter has at least 1.

Civilian

This version is a bright blue on the top and white on the bottom.

• Appears at random locations throughout Solís.
  • Spotted in a game trailer at a seemingly random place above the jungle.
  • Spotted about 1 km up above the balloon factory/base Meteolab.
  • Above Aeropuerto General Benitez in Islas Intichayes.
  • Above Joya Del Sol.
• Above Cáceres. This is the only location with an empty civilian version and the only place with a stunt for this version.
• Unlocked in the supply drop after destroying all Surveillance Airships.

Wrecks

There are at least four static wrecks. These consist of the metal frame.

• At that valley in the desert that has turrets shooting at anyone who drives there.
• At the western end of the debris field south of Zona Uno.
• In Lago Bajo Qacha. It seems to be higher out of water during the Infestation in the Lake.
• Outside of Ojo de la Jungla.

Trivia

• As a vehicle that also acts as a sabotage object, it is a successor to the Stria Switzo Propaganda van from Just Cause 3.
• The first airship in the Just Cause game series was the Mile High Club, but that ship is a stationary vehicle.
• Initially (at least on PC) it was very hard and awkward to control, but some patch fixed it.

Gallery

In front of an Emsavion Cropduster.

Underside of the airship.

Airship approaching a tornado.

Notification that shows up when you destroy a Surveillance Airship.

First time the civilian version has been seen.

2 civilian ones randomly above grassland hills.

This frame in the sand seems like the frame of a rigid airship.

Another frame in the debris field south of Zona Uno.

Airship winched by a Próspero Sky Crane.

A rare sight of both versions having naturally spawned near eachother.

The inside of the Emsavion Airship. It's strange that it's even modeled because there's no way inside without glitching in.

A wreck, as seen during the Infestation in the Lake.

Powered by Agency submarine missiles. See also: Improvised stunts and how to do them.

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