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This article is about the hovercraft ships shown in the fictional universe of the Matrix series.

The Animatrix
short film "The Second Renaissance" depicts the war between men and machines which led to the creation of computer-generated world known as the Matrix. Humans are shown using technology enabling personal vehicles and flying warships to hover above surfaces. The "hovercraft" used by the human resistance, years after the end of the war, seem to use similar technology for propulsion.

Hovercraft are designed to patrol the sewers and tunnels left over from the megacities that existed before the Man/Machine war. Their crews attempt to enter the Matrix in order to locate and free the minds of humans who are ready to understand the truth of the artificial reality. A ship's Operator remains as guide, and prepares crews with navigation data and by hacking equipment and information in the form of programs sent directly to them.

Every hovercraft is equipped with a transceiver, used primarily to broadcast a pirate carrier signal into the wireless network that forms the Matrix. This transceiver is also used to communicate with Zion Control, the security staff monitoring access into the city docks. Typically, hovercraft do not attempt to contact Zion or other hovercraft while on patrol as this could give away their position to Sentinels, killing machines that regularly hunt for ships.

Each hovercraft is also equipped with an EMP device which disables any electrical devices in the blast radius. Since this includes the equipment of the hovercraft itself, in order for the EMP to be used the craft must land and its crew cannot be connected to the Matrix. EMP activation switches are placed on the Operator console. Most ships, with the exception of the Nebuchadnezzar, also feature gun turrets.

The hovercrafts of the fleet came in range of sizes. The smallest was the Logos, which had a crew of three, while the Mjolnir was capable of carrying at least eleven. Crewmembers were furnished a basic blue (if crew) or red (if captain) tunic to wear as a uniform while docked at Zion.

Avatar

Captain: Unknown
First mate: Unknown
Operator: Unknown
Other crew: Unknown

The Avatar appears in the Zion Archives. An avatar in Hinduism is the incarnation or physical manifestation of an immortal being. The term is frequently used in computer games, Internet forums and virtual reality as an icon representing a user or player.

The Avatar may be one of the hoverbarges used in The Matrix Online
to transport and jack in large numbers of Zionites to Matrix broadcast points.

Brahma

Captain: Kali
First mate: Unknown
Operator: Unknown
Other crew: Unknown

The captain of the Brahma, Kali, was seen at the captain's meeting in The Matrix Reloaded
, but the ship was never mentioned during Reloaded or Revolutions
. It was part of Commander Lock's defense fleet and in the MMORPG The Matrix Online
it is mentioned that the Brahma was destroyed so utterly in the sentinel attack that nothing salvagable or identifiable remained.

It was named after Brahma, a Hindu god who is the creator in the Hindu trinity, Trimurti. The Captain gets her name from a Hindu goddess Kali.

Caduceus

Captain: Ballard
First mate: Malachi
Operator: Unknown
Other crew: Bane

The name of the Caduceus comes from the Greek word caduceus, which is the symbol of two snakes wrapped around a winged staff, commonly used as a medical symbol. In Reloaded, its captain, Ballard, offers to remain behind and wait for contact from the Oracle. While receiving her message, the crew member Bane was attacked by Smith, who overwrote his mind. During the defense of Zion, Bane/Smith killed the entire crew and used the ship's EMP to disable all of the ships except the Mjolnir. Bane is the only survivor and is saved by the Mjolnir.

Callapidae

Captain: Unknown
First mate: Unknown
Operator: Parr, Red
Other crew: Maggie, Rollins, Lena

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