The Skidbladnir

Vlcsnap-2012-12-29-20h30m33s128 — Skidbladnir in Code Lyoko Evolution.

The Virtual Ship (commonly known as the Skidbladnir or Skid) is a special vehicle that Jeremie and Aelita have created. It is supposed to be used when our group of heroes travel through the Internet.

Vehicles stats

Rider(s): Aelita (Pilot), Odd, Yumi, Ulrich, William
Based On: Submarine
Mode of Transportation: Hovers; Flies
Life Points: 1,000 Life Points
Status: Fully Operational (Reprogrammed by Jeremie in Code Lyoko: Evolution)

Design of the Skidbladnir

The Skidbladnir is docked in a hold (which was created by Aelita) within the Core Zone of Carthage. It is accessed by the same elevator that carries its riders from the Core Zone to the Celestrial Dome. Whenever the Skidbladnir leaves the dock, it rises through a hole, probably located on the north pole of Carthage.

These pods attach to the main body by braces, and each is equipped with torpedo cannons. Jeremie said that if the pods were hit while they were detached from the main ship, the pod could be "lost at sea" along with its occupant.

Every time in season four, when the docking pods were seen, there was always one left vacant. This pod may have been created for William by Jeremie and Aelita to enable him to gain access to the Skid after they freed him from X.A.N.A. He finally used it in Evolution.

History of the Skidbladnir

In the episode Opening Act we see Jeremie programming the Virtual Ship on his computer in his room.

In the beginning of "Skidbladnir," Odd suggested that the ship should be christened with the name Melanie (his ex girlfriend), Ulrich and Aelita make fun of Odd forwanting to name the ship after his latest girlfriend. In Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity, during a cutscene, Odd instead suggests naming it the USS Meatball (an incorrect statement since the show is set in France). During the construction period, in the episode "Skidbladnir", X.A.N.A. attacked the Skidbladnir, to prevent the group from completing the ship and from getting into the Internet. After the battle with William in the hanger bay, Jeremie managed to complete the core programs of the Skidbladnir, which completed the ships construction and made it functional. Aelita retrieved the name Skidbladnir from a book about Viking Gods and Myths that was found in the Hermitage, where it was said to be a boat that could sail on land and always reached its destination no matter what. To make things easier, the Skidbladnir is often called "Skid" for short.

The skid was first used in the episode Maiden_Voyage, the episode begins with jerimie explaining the concept of the Digital Sea to Odd, YUmi, Ulrich and Aelita. Jerimie explains how he is going to send then to Sector 5, where they will go to the hanger bay so they can go on to the Skid. after the Gang is Virtualized into Lyoko, they go to the Hanger bay. where they stand on their respective positions on a docking platform, where they are teleported on to the Skid through Energising, which is a teleportation process that transports the Lyoko Warriors into their respective Nav Skids and in the case of Aelita, the Skidbladnir cockpit. Once they are in the skid, Jerimie has them leave the doc and dive into the digital sea. Aelita pilots the Skid into the the Digital sea. Unforudently during the test run, the Navigation system fails causing the Jerimie to lose the Skid on the Radar. while Jerimie leaves the factory to get the repair disc so that way he can repair the Skid's navigation system. X.A.N.A. then releases his new monsters that is specially designed for the Digital Sea to combat the Lyoko Warriors. Jeremie then makes it back to the Lab with the debugging program and tells the group that they are burning too much power. Then he tells Aelita to release the Nav Skids to make Yumi, Odd, and Ulrich combat the monsters. At the end of the epsiode the Warrior's learn that thier is a secound virtual world.

The next epsiode the Skidbladnir appears next in the epsiode Replika, the Lyoko Warriors travel to the mysterious secound virtual world Mysterious secound virtual world that they saw last they were in the digital sea. in the replika, they explore the area, and find out that X.A.N.A. has created Replikas of Lyoko so he can continue to effect the world.

in the episode http://codelyoko.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_At_Sea Yumi's nav Skid, become seperated from the skid, and Jerimie believes that she has fallen victem to the digital sea, like Franz Hopper. it is only when X.A.N.A. attacks Yumi that Jerimie realizes that Yumi is still alive, and send the gang back on to the skid to find her and bring her home.

In lab rat, the gang goes to the replika of Lyoko, and Jerimie uses the Skid's teleportaion abilty that allows Jerimie to send two of the warriors to the location of the super computer as spectors.

In the Episode Down to Earth, the Skid was destroyed by the Kolossus.

The Skid is reprogrammed and put back into operation by Jeremie in the second episode of Code Lyoko Evolution, Cortex. 'From that point, Team Lyoko uses Skid to travel between Lyoko and Cortex. In Friday the 13th X.A.N.A infected Skid with an virus that couldn't be stopped by deactivating the tower. Since everyone else got rematerialized by Jeremy, Odd was only one who had to pilot the Skid. Odd did not know how to properly control the Skidbladnir which caused him to accidently push the Skid against the support beams in the hanger. Odd quickly learned the controls of the Skidbladnir and flew it away from Sector 5 towards the Digital Sea. Jeremy told Odd to release the Nav-Skids into Digital Sea, which prevented the Skid from falling down into the Digital sea. the virus was stopped and Skidbladnir surived the virus but it lost the Nav-Skids that Jeremy had previously reprogrammed.

Functions of the Skidbladnir

Bio-scan - A special scanner which can track down a person's DNA on the Network within
Energize - A process that allows Team Lyoko to access and leave the Skidbladnir by teleportation. (similar and possibly based on Star Trek)
Rotation - Allows the main body of the Skidbladnir to change position from vertical to horizontal for quicker transport or for accessing a Replika.
Retro Brakes - Causes the Skidbladnir to come to an instant stop.
Turbo Jets - Give the Skidbladnir a boost of speed to escape monsters or to break free of the gravitational pull of Replika's or Lyoko.
The Key - A function used by Aelita to access the locking system on a Replika's network gate, this program is accessed through a hand scanner in the cockpit.
Nav Skid release - Releases the Nav Skids (pods which Odd, Ulrich and Yumi occupy), allowing them to attack monsters while the Skidbladnir move away.
Lights - Turns on lights that are positioned on the wings and above the cockpit windscreen.
Energy Shields - Barriers that protect the Skidbladnir from harm, have limited supply of power but can be supported by transferring large amounts of energy from the supercomputer across the network. the rest of the data in the Digital Sea. This program was created and tested in the episode Hot Shower, and it actually found traces of DNA somewhere on the Network. It has the appearance of a mini Holomap in the Cockpit.
Teleportation: When Team Lyoko discovered a Replika, Jeremy came up with a Teleportation program to send Odd, Yumi, Ulrich, Aelita and possibly William to the location of the Replika's supercomputer as polymorphic specters, giving them more power. In order to use the program, Jeremy activates a tower via Skid and teleports any Lyoko warrior. He usually leaves 2 warriors behind in case William or other mosters attack the Skid. If a Lyoko warrior had a bug, like in Hard Luck, he or she can't be Teleported. If a Lyoko Warrior is devirtualised during Teleportation, he is sent back into the Skid, unconscious. The program is said to not last long, possibly since it drains energy. X.A.N.A may have also stolen or developed the same program since he teleported William in Cold Sweat. The program has a timer, as seen in Bragging Rights.

Functions of the Nav Skids

Jet Boost - Gives the Nav Skids a burst of speed.
Torpedo Launch - Fires torpedo cannons at the base of the Nav Skids.
Torpedo Lock - An aiming screen for locking on to enemy targets.
Reattachment - Reconnects the Nav Skids to the main body of the Skidbladnir.

Trivia

Ironically, the feature of the skid to find William and Franz Hopper, The Bio-Scan, was never used successfully. Franz was lured out by XANA and The XANA destruction programs completion, then terminated. William was brought in by XANA and eventually brought back during the skids destruction.
The tower latching program of the skid, and the animation of Sparks traveling around the skid and tower, is somewhat similar to the animation of an Activated tower of XANADU in Garage Kids.