What does IFS stand for?

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  1. GuyeNoir

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    I just realized I've played this game a bunch of times and I have no idea. International Flying Ship?
     
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    Well HMS stands for His/Her Majesty's Ship, so IFS would be... hmmm... erm... I have no idea! I would think your guess with International Flight or Flying Ship is pretty spot on, as far as I know there's not any in game information about the ship itself. Who even built it anyway?
     
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    This thread made me realise that I, too, never thought about decoding the abbreviation before.

    According to my knowledge, it was never explained in the game. I found myself unable to find anything sensible outside of it as well. There doesn't seem to be any real life IFS abbreviation related with blimps. I honestly wonder if it's supposed to mean anything at all or is it just a random sequence of letters placed there to make it look fancy.

    International Flying Ship would make sense, though according to a Google search, this thread is the first and only time anyone ever mentioned such a term on the Internet.

    Perhaps it's a minor unrevealed Easter Egg, initials of someone from the staff or his girlfriend, for example.

    Hieronymus Maxim was the blimp's constructor.
     
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    I just thought he built the planes, I guess it's a while since I've had a deep chat with him!
     
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    We learn that from Mr Razzia rather than Maxim himself, though.
     
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    Oh right, yeah I some times miss out talking to him unless I'm a thief. My characters just don't care enough about Stennar Rockcutter to bother!
     
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    I hereby guess: Inflatable Flying Ship.
     
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    My new fav guess.
     
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    If Maxim was feeling a boastful he could have called it the Incredible Flying Ship! However inflatable does seem a bit more appropriately scientific.
     
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    Come now, people who work in IT and games development don't have girlfriends.
     
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    That doesn't leave out the possibility it could be named after someone they started going out with on Second Life, IT guys love that shit.
     
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    Second Life got released two years after Arcanum, though.
     
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    Maybe the guys at Troika were in on the beta?

    IFS - Intercontinental Ferrying Service
     
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    I don't think so.
     
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