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Airship designed and built by YPA, a shipwright's guild of Archades. Officially named the YPA-GB47 Test Combat Fighter, production was halted after the completion of a single test model due to dissatisfaction on the part of the Imperial customer with the costly dual-movable-wing design. Scheduled for scrapping, Balthier liberated the ship at the last moment. Balthier has since modified the Strahl to his tastes with a new engine and numerous other augmentations, making it a very different ship from the one envisaged by its YPA inventors.
Strahl, Sage Knowledge

Strahl is an airship in Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. In Final Fantasy XII, the Strahl is the player party's main airship, and is owned by the party members Balthier and Fran. Nono works as its mechanic.

Story

Final Fantasy XII

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The Strahl is a new prototype ship for the Archadian Empire, but its unique folding-wing design proved too expensive and the ship was going to be scrapped. When Balthier escaped Archades to become a sky pirate, he stole the Strahl. The airship has since been upgraded so much it no longer resembles its original design.

Ashe escape attempt — Ashe attempts to steal the *Strahl*.

Balthier and Fran lend Strahl to Vaan's party until they decide to head to the Tomb of Raithwall. Since the tomb is located in a jagd, the airship is unable to fly there. Balthier renders the airship invisible and leaves it hovering over the Dalmasca Westersand with the moogle mechanic Nono looking after it. The Strahl is damaged when the 8th Archadian Fleet explodes nearby, and it's up to Nono and his moogle mechanics to repair it.

Later, Reddas gives the party a new skystone that allows airships to fly over jagd. Balthier teaches Vaan how to fly the Strahl in the event the former has to "do something heroic." After the installation of the new skystone, the Strahl can reach anywhere in Ivalice.

As the Sky Fortress Bahamut is about to engage with the Resistance above Rabanastre, the party flies the Strahl to it to stop Vayne. After defeating Vayne, Balthier and Fran stay behind to restore the Bahamut's power by fixing the ship's glossair rings. Vaan takes control of the Strahl and flies the rest of the party to safety.

Believing Balthier and Fran to have perished in the Bahamut's crash, Vaan and his friend Penelo look after the Strahl until, one day, they enter the hangar and find the ship stolen. The pair finds a note from Balthier declaring that the Strahl is back in the hands of its rightful owner, and he and Fran are on their way to new adventures, having found an entirely unexplored continent.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings

Balthier and Fran fly the Strahl to the Cache of Glabados where Vaan and Penelo join them on Vaan's new airship. As the floating island begins to crumble Vaan loses his airship, and the party uses the Strahl to return to Rabanastre.

Balthier and Fran go on their separate way and only meet up with Vaan's party much later when Balthier attempts to destroy the second Auralith. In the event's aftermath, an earthquake shakes the island and the Strahl is damaged. Balthier and Fran board the Galbana, the airship used by Vaan's party, while Nono is tasked with repairing the Strahl.

Later, Nono relates a message that the Strahl is in danger and the party hurries to the airship to find it guarded by their aegyl friends. The party wipes out the enemy sky pirates and their Yarhi and save the Strahl.

After Feolthanos has been felled the sky continent of Lemurés begins crumbling. The party boards the Strahl and watches the Galbana fly away, guided by what is left of Feolthanos's anima.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

The player cannot move around the inside of the Strahl. Instead, boarding the Strahl in Final Fantasy XII will bring up the map of the world and a list of destinations the party can fast-travel to, similar to Final Fantasy X.

Board-Strahl-FFXII-TZA — Option to board the *Strahl*.

The Strahl becomes available after visiting Balfonheim Port after the events in Giruvegan. The player can board the Strahl at an aerodrome, as well as certain locations on the field. In an aerodrome the player must speak to the woman in the counter marked Private Airships. If the player looks out the window in an aerodrome, they can see the Strahl outside. On the field, there is anchor on the ground where the Strahl can be boarded. These spots are marked on the player's field map and on the world map are denoted by the area having a yellow zigzag.

Unlike the save and gate crystals, inspecting or traveling through Strahl doesn't break a battle chain. Thus one can chain weaker enemies and then travel through the Strahl to stronger enemies of the same kind in another area.

List of locations where Strahl can be boarded:

Rabanastre (aerodrome)
Bhujerba (aerodrome)
Nalbina Fortress (aerodrome)
Archades (aerodrome)
Balfonheim Port (aerodrome)
Dalmasca Estersand (Passage Entrance)
Dalmasca Westersand (The Western Divide)
Giza Plains (Crystal Glade)
Ogir-Yensa Sandsea (Yensa Border Tunnel)
Nam-Yensa Sandsea (The Sandscale Bank)
Ozmone Plain (Sunlit Path)
Paramina Rift (Path of the Firstfall)
Mosphoran Highwaste (Babbling Vale)
Phon Coast (Kaukula Pass)
Tchita Uplands (The Chosen Path)
Cerobi Steppe (Journeys Rest)
Ridorana Cataract (Footfalls of the Past)

Other appearances

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call

The Strahl appears in an Airship Field Music Sequence for the theme, "Heart of a Child".

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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Mobius Final Fantasy

Mobius Strahl Collaboration — The *Strahl*.

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Itadaki Street Portable

Itadaki Street - Bhujerba — *Strahl* on the background.

Bhujerba appears as an area and Strahl can be seen on the background.

Musical themes

"Phon Coast" in Final Fantasy XII

The music that plays when Balthier first shows Vaan the Strahl in Final Fantasy XII is the theme of Phon Coast. Unlike previous Final Fantasy games, Final Fantasy XII doesn't have an airship theme.

Gallery

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Strahl is German for a ray or beam of light (or an arrow in older texts). It is also the first part of the German word for the Jetstream Winds - "Strahlstrom", as befitting for a fast, agile airship.

Trivia

When being chased by Archadians, Balthier doesn't use any weapons on the Strahl, even though it was a prototype fighter airship, and as such, should be equipped with something, and has various cannon-like structures on it.

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-{{Q|Ah, Vaan! Sounds like you made it out okay! The Strahl's a fine airship, eh?|Balthier}}
+{{infobox vehicle
-'''''Strahl''''' is an [[airship]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]''. In ''Final Fantasy XII'' the ''Strahl'' is the player party's main airship, and is owned by the party members [[Balthier]] and [[Fran]]. Unlike previous games, the ''Strahl'' can't be boarded. Instead, boarding the ''Strahl'' will instantly bring up the [[Ivalice (Final Fantasy XII)|world map]] and a list of destinations the party can travel to, similar to ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. [[Nono]] is seen working as the ''Strahl'''s mechanic.
+|name=''Strahl''
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-==Origins==
+|japanese=
-The ''Strahl'' was originally a new prototype ship for the [[Archadian Empire]], but its unique folding-wing design proved too expensive. As such, the ship was going to be scrapped. However, while Balthier was escaping [[Imperial City of Archades|Archades]], he stole the ''Strahl''. The ''Strahl'' has since been upgraded so much, it no longer resembles its original design. New features include invisibility and a [[nethicite|skystone]] that allows it to travel over [[Jagd]].
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+|location=Various (see [[#Gameplay|gameplay]])
+}}
+{{Quote|Airship designed and built by YPA, a shipwright's guild of Archades. Officially named the YPA-GB47 Test Combat Fighter, production was halted after the completion of a single test model due to dissatisfaction on the part of the Imperial customer with the costly dual-movable-wing design. Scheduled for scrapping, Balthier liberated the ship at the last moment. Balthier has since modified the Strahl to his tastes with a new engine and numerous other augmentations, making it a very different ship from the one envisaged by its YPA inventors.|''Strahl'', [[Sage Knowledge]]}}
+'''''Strahl''''' is an [[Airship (term)|airship]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]''. In ''Final Fantasy XII'', the ''Strahl'' is the player party's main airship, and is owned by the party members [[Balthier]] and [[Fran]]. [[Nono]] works as its mechanic.
-==Appearances==
+==Story==
-{{spoilers}}
 ===''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''===
+{{spoiler}}
+The ''Strahl'' is a new prototype ship for the [[Archadia|Archadian Empire]], but its unique folding-wing design proved too expensive and the ship was going to be scrapped. When Balthier escaped [[Archades]] to become a [[Sky pirate (Final Fantasy XII)|sky pirate]], he stole the ''Strahl''. The airship has since been upgraded so much it no longer resembles its original design.
 [[File:Ashe escape attempt.png|thumb|Ashe attempts to steal the ''Strahl''.]]
-The ''Strahl'' has been Balthier's airship ever since he stole it from the Archadian Empire when he decided to abandon his old way of life and become a [[Sky Pirate (Final Fantasy XII)|sky pirate]]. Balthier and Fran lend the use of Strahl to the party until the player party is heading to the [[Tomb of Raithwall]]. Since the tomb is located in a jagd, the ship is unable to fly there, and Balthier leaves the ship hovering over the [[Dalmasca Westersand]] with the [[moogle]] mechanic Nono looking after it. However, the ''Strahl'' is damaged when the entire 8th Archadian Fleet explodes nearby, and it's up to Nono and his moogle mechanics to repair it.
+Balthier and Fran lend ''Strahl'' to [[Vaan]]'s party until they decide to head to the [[Tomb of Raithwall]]. Since the tomb is located in a [[jagd]], the airship is unable to fly there. Balthier renders the airship invisible and leaves it hovering over the [[Dalmasca Westersand]] with the [[Moogle (race)|moogle]] mechanic Nono looking after it. The ''Strahl'' is damaged when the [[Archadian Imperial Fleets|8th Archadian Fleet]] explodes nearby, and it's up to Nono and his moogle mechanics to repair it.
-Later, [[Reddas]] gives the party a new skystone that allows airships to fly over jagd and Balthier teaches [[Vaan]] how to fly the ''Strahl'' in the event that Balthier has to 'do something heroic.' After the installation of the new skystone, ''Strahl'' is capable of flying anywhere in Ivalice. As the ''[[Sky Fortress Bahamut]]'' is about to engage in war with the [[Resistance]] above the [[Royal City of Rabanastre|Rabanastre]], the party flies the ''Strahl'' to it in order to stop [[Vayne Carudas Solidor|Vayne]]. After defeating Vayne, Balthier and Fran stay behind to restore the airship's power by fixing ''Bahamut'''s glossair rings. Vaan takes control of the ''Strahl'' and flies the rest of the party to safety.
+Later, [[Reddas]] gives the party a new skystone that allows airships to fly over jagd. Balthier teaches Vaan how to fly the ''Strahl'' in the event the former has to "do something heroic." After the installation of the new skystone, the ''Strahl'' can reach anywhere in [[Ivalice (Final Fantasy XII)|Ivalice]].
+As the [[Sky Fortress Bahamut|Sky Fortress ''Bahamut'']] is about to engage with the [[Resistance (Final Fantasy XII)|Resistance]] above [[Rabanastre]], the party flies the ''Strahl'' to it to stop [[Vayne Carudas Solidor|Vayne]]. After defeating Vayne, Balthier and Fran stay behind to restore the ''Bahamut''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s power by fixing the ship's glossair rings. Vaan takes control of the ''Strahl'' and flies the rest of the party to safety.
-Believing Balthier and Fran to have perished in ''Bahamut'''s crash, Vaan and [[Penelo]] look after the ''Strahl'' until, one day, they enter the hangar and find the ship stolen. The pair find a note from Balthier declaring that the ''Strahl'' is back in the hands of its rightful owner, and he and Fran are on their way to new adventures, having found an entirely unexplored continent.
+Believing Balthier and Fran to have perished in the ''Bahamut''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash, Vaan and his friend [[Penelo]] look after the ''Strahl'' until, one day, they enter the hangar and find the ship stolen. The pair finds a note from Balthier declaring that the ''Strahl'' is back in the hands of its rightful owner, and he and Fran are on their way to new adventures, having found an entirely unexplored continent.
 ===''[[Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings]]''===
-The ''Strahl'' remains as Balthier and Fran's airship in ''Revenant Wings''. The pair initially use the ship to enter Cache of Glabados where Vaan and Penelo join them on Vaan's new airship. However, as the floating island begins to crumble Vaan loses his airship and the party uses the ''Strahl'' to return to Rabanastre. Since then Balthier and Fran go on their separate way and only meet up with Vaan's party much later when Balthier is attempting to destroy the second [[Auralith]]. In the event's aftermath a violent earthquake shakes the island and the ''Strahl'' is damaged. Balthier and Fran board the ''[[Galbana]]'', joining the player party permanently, while Nono is tasked with the job of repairing the ''Strahl''.
+Balthier and Fran fly the ''Strahl'' to the Cache of Glabados where Vaan and Penelo join them on Vaan's new airship. As the floating island begins to crumble Vaan loses his airship, and the party uses the ''Strahl'' to return to Rabanastre.
+Balthier and Fran go on their separate way and only meet up with Vaan's party much later when Balthier attempts to destroy the second [[Auralith]]. In the event's aftermath, an earthquake shakes the island and the ''Strahl'' is damaged. Balthier and Fran board the ''[[Galbana]]'', the airship used by Vaan's party, while Nono is tasked with repairing the ''Strahl''.
-Later, Nono relates a message that the ''Strahl'' is in danger. In an optional [[Missions (Revenant Wings)|mission]] the party hurry to the airship to find it guarded by their [[aegyl]] friends. The party wipe out the enemy sky pirates and their [[Esper (Revenant Wings)|Yarhi]] and save the ''Strahl''.
+Later, Nono relates a message that the ''Strahl'' is in danger and the party hurries to the airship to find it guarded by their [[aegyl]] friends. The party wipes out the enemy sky pirates and their [[Esper (Revenant Wings)|Yarhi]] and save the ''Strahl''.
-At the end of the game the entire [[Lemurés]] begins crumbling. The party boards the ''Strahl'' and watches the ''Galbana'' fly away.
+After [[Feolthanos]] has been felled the sky continent of [[Lemurés]] begins crumbling. The party boards the ''Strahl'' and watches the ''Galbana'' fly away, guided by what is left of Feolthanos's [[Anima (Revenant Wings)|anima]].
 {{Endspoiler}}
+==Gameplay==
+The player cannot move around the inside of the ''Strahl''. Instead, boarding the ''Strahl'' in ''Final Fantasy XII'' will bring up the [[Ivalice (Final Fantasy XII)|map of the world]] and a list of destinations the party can [[fast-travel]] to, similar to ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''.
+[[File:Board-Strahl-FFXII-TZA.jpg|thumb|Option to board the ''Strahl''.]]
+The ''Strahl'' becomes available after visiting [[Balfonheim Port]] after the events in [[Giruvegan]]. The player can board the ''Strahl'' at an aerodrome, as well as certain locations on the field. In an aerodrome the player must speak to the woman in the counter marked Private Airships. If the player looks out the window in an aerodrome, they can see the ''Strahl'' outside. On the field, there is anchor on the ground where the ''Strahl'' can be boarded. These spots are marked on the player's field map and on the world map are denoted by the area having a yellow zigzag.
+Unlike the [[Save point#Final Fantasy XII|save and gate crystals]], inspecting or traveling through ''Strahl'' doesn't break a battle [[Chain (term)|chain]]. Thus one can chain weaker enemies and then travel through the ''Strahl'' to stronger enemies of the same kind in another area.
+List of locations where ''Strahl'' can be boarded:
+*[[Rabanastre]] (aerodrome)
+*[[Bhujerba]] (aerodrome)
+*[[Nalbina Fortress]] (aerodrome)
+*[[Archades]] (aerodrome)
+*[[Balfonheim Port]] (aerodrome)
+*[[Dalmasca Estersand]] (Passage Entrance)
+*[[Dalmasca Westersand]] (The Western Divide)
+*[[Giza Plains (Final Fantasy XII)|Giza Plains]] (Crystal Glade)
+*[[Ogir-Yensa Sandsea]] (Yensa Border Tunnel)
+*[[Nam-Yensa Sandsea]] (The Sandscale Bank)
+*[[Ozmone Plain]] (Sunlit Path)
+*[[Paramina Rift]] (Path of the Firstfall)
+*[[Mosphoran Highwaste]] (Babbling Vale)
+*[[Phon Coast]] (Kaukula Pass)
+*[[Tchita Uplands]] (The Chosen Path)
+*[[Cerobi Steppe]] (Journeys Rest)
+*[[Ridorana Cataract]] (Footfalls of the Past)
+==Other appearances==
+===''[[Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call]]''===
+[[File:Strahl.png|right|200px]]
+The ''Strahl'' appears in an Airship [[Field Music Sequence]] for the theme, "Heart of a Child".
+{{clear}}
+===''[[Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade]]''===
+{{Section|Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade}}
+===''[[Mobius Final Fantasy]]''===
+[[File:Mobius Strahl Collaboration.png|right|thumb|The ''Strahl''.]]
+{{Section|Mobius Final Fantasy}}
+{{clear}}
+===''[[Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable|Itadaki Street Portable]]''===
+[[File:Itadaki Street - Bhujerba.jpg|thumb|''Strahl'' on the background.]]
+[[Bhujerba]] appears as an area and ''Strahl'' can be seen on the background.
+{{clear}}
+==Musical themes==
+{{audio|filename=Phon Coast.ogg|title="Phon Coast" in ''Final Fantasy XII''}}
+The music that plays when Balthier first shows Vaan the ''Strahl'' in ''Final Fantasy XII'' is the theme of [[Phon Coast]]. Unlike previous [[Final Fantasy series|''Final Fantasy'' games]], ''Final Fantasy XII'' doesn't have an [[airship theme]].
+{{clear}}
 ==Gallery==
+<gallery>
-{{Gallery
-|File:Strahl concept.jpg|Concept art.
+Strahl concept.jpg|Concept art.
-|File:Strahl concept2.jpg|Concept art.
+Strahl concept2.jpg|Concept art.
-|File:Strahl in hangar.jpg|''Strahl'' in hangar in Rabanastre.
+Strahl in hangar.jpg|''Strahl'' in hangar in Rabanastre.
-|File:Strahl folded.jpg|''Strahl'' in its folded state.
+Strahl-in-Ondores-Airship-Hangar-FFXII-TZA.png|''Strahl'' at Ondore's Estate.
-|File:Strahl invisible.png|''Strahl'' about to turn invisible.
+Strahl invisible.png|''Strahl'' about to turn invisible.
-|File:Strahl cockpit.png|''Strahl'''s cockpit.
+Strahl cockpit.png|Cockpit.
+Strahl's-controls.png|Controls.
-}}
+Strahl folded.jpg|''Strahl'' in its folded state.
+Strahl-FFXII-model.png|In-game model.
+Strahl-FFXII.png|In-game model.
+FF12 Strahl.png|In-game model.
+FF12 Manga Strahl.png|''Strahl'' in the [[Final Fantasy XII (manga)|''Final Fantasy XII'' manga]].
+</gallery>
+==Etymology==
+{{Etym|Strahl}} It is also the first part of the German word for the Jetstream Winds - "''Strahl''strom", as befitting for a fast, agile airship.
 ==Trivia==
-*As shown in the game when being chased by Archadians, Balthier doesn't use any weapons on the ''Strahl'', even though it was a prototype fighter airship and as such, should be equipped with something.
+*When being chased by Archadians, Balthier doesn't use any weapons on the ''Strahl'', even though it was a prototype fighter airship, and as such, should be equipped with something, and has various cannon-like structures on it.
-*Strahl is German for a ray or beam of light.
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+[[Category:Transportation in Final Fantasy XII]]
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