floating city theme
A city suspended in air by means of anti-gravitational technology.
Examples
The political elite on Ardana lived in a floating city named Stratos in tos3x19 "The Cloud Minders".
7 total · 3 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Alita: Battle Angel (2019) | major | Zalem, the last of the great sky cities, loomed over Iron City where most of the film took place. |
| movie: Chronopolis (1982) | major | The immortals lived in a gargantuan city lurking in the sky. |
| tos3x19 | major | Stratos Cloud City :: Stratos cloud city |
| movie: Flash Gordon (1980) | minor | The hawk-men lived in a sort of floating castle. |
| movie: Starcrash (1979) | minor | The Emperor of the Galaxy sacrificed his precious floating city in a last ditched attempt to thwart the evil Count Zarth Arn from becoming Emperor of the Universe. |
| movie: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | minor | Lando's cloud city. |
| videogame: Final Fantasy V (1992) | minor | The Ronkans used the Earth Crystal to make their city float aloft in the sky. |