Image of the airship Icarus from the game Flight of Icarus.
The Icarus is a Gabriel's ship from the single player only game 'Flight of the Icarus' (formally known as 'Guns of Icarus Classic'). It is a heavy cargo airship capable of medium-range transitions between cities and has solid weapons to protect against groups of small pirate aircraft.
History
Pre-Fall
During WWI, the Airship was used extensively, and the airplane never really caught on. Airships that dwarf anything currently seen in Guns of Icarus were constructed, such as the massive wreck found on Battle on the Dunes, whose engine dwarfs a galleon. These advances, like most technology, was lost during the decline back into the dark ages.
Age of Dust
The secrets of airship technology mostly forgotten, the only airships are small craft, and the skies are full of pirates. Trade declined and many thought that the world was doomed.
Trade routes of flights of Icarus.
Gabriel and the Icarus
Somehow, either from scratch or with salvaged materials, a man known as Gabriel managed to create an airship. The game Flight of the Icarus, which Guns of Icarus Online is a sequel to, is the story of his journey. He flies to various towns, selling cargo and trading, inspiring others to do the same. Then, at the end of the game, he decides to go on a last, final charge into the depths of the most pirate infested skies and never returns.
The Age of Air
As Gabriel's legend spread, so did airship technology. Though nothing comparable to the behemoths of old, or even the Icarus, new classes of airships have taken to the skies and have brought forth a new era of rebirth for trade. Now, the airship, the fighting force of this new age, has truly taken off, and the possibilities are just beginning to unfold.