The Island Ship is Shiki's flying pirate ship.
Appearance[]
A bird's eye view of the ship.
The Island Ship is a floating island with high trees as masts; its base is purely solid earth floating in mid-air with the ship's deck mounted on the top. The sails are all rectangular-shaped and Oriental looking, and the biggest one has Shiki's Jolly Roger on it. Long oars can be seen moving on both of the ship's sides. The figurehead is a massive golden Shishi lion.
The ship seems to incorporate aspects of Shiki's previous ship, most notably the figurehead. Whether this means his old ship was used in the construction of the Island Ship is unclear.
Abilities[]
The ship is levitated by Shiki's Fuwa Fuwa no Mi powers. Because of this, apart from serving as the crew's captain, Shiki also acts as their helmsman and as such, any change in course that must occur first has to be relayed by the crew to Shiki to conduct the change of trajectory. With his power, the ship has also shown considerable maneuverability, as seen when she evaded an approaching weather hazard in time.
On the deck, the vessel carries a sophisticated system of navigation that includes skilled navigators and meteorologists, and is well-equipped for their expertise, having a working barometer on-board as well as a large Log Pose located at the command center. However, even the crew seems to have their limits at navigating through the Grand Line, having failed to detect the approach the incoming cyclone that Nami foresaw when they first encountered the Straw Hat Pirates.
What happened to the ship after the cyclone is unknown, as Shiki is seen using the floating island fortress Merveille as his base of operation for the rest of his conquest.
History[]
Past[]
At some point over the last 20 years, the Island Ship was constructed out of an island.[2]
Film: Strong World[]
The Island Ship was used to attack Marine Headquarters, as Shiki dropped a collection of Marine Ships onto the base.
While returning to Merveille from his warning of war, Shiki ran into the Straw Hat Pirates, who warned him about an oncoming cyclone. He was able to steer the Island Ship to safety due their warning and invited them to Merveille, floating the Thousand Sunny alongside the Island Ship.
Upon reaching Merveille, the ship was docked. It is unknown what happened to it after the island's collapse.[1]
Trivia[]
- This is the second pirate ship to be a modified island, after Gecko Moria's Thriller Bark.
- This is the second ship to utilize Devil Fruit powers to fly, after Enel's Ark Maxim.
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