Odin

"What is that monstrosity?"

―Charles Kingston upon seeing the Odin over Suya Desh

VEHICLE
Odin
Terrain	Air
Owner(s)	Magnus Völler
Affiliation	Nazis

The Odin (Registration: D-L276) was a immensely large, double hulled, Nazi, military, zeppelin. It was the personal airship of Magnus Völler which he used for the pursuit of artifacts he would use to fund the up coming war. It travelled to many locations around the world and held many of the artifacts it claimed on board as trophies. It was used as luxury transport with many facilities to cater to its prestigious passengers such as a restaurant, gym and piano. It was however a working military zeppelin and had many soldiers weapons and vehicles on board along with facilities to cater to them such as a mess hall, hanger and storage facilities and was also armed with cannons. It also had a prison to hold people of interest. The vessel was named after the Norse / North Germanic chief god, Odin.

Indiana Jones had an adventure on board the Odin over Nepal, rescuing Maggie O'Malley and the Staff of Kings.

Layout

Its twin parallel hulls supported a single large gondola underneath. Mooring lines lead up to the top of the hulls. Near the front of the hulls was a hatch that lead to a ladder leading down to the catwalks and scaffolding inside. Walkways could be raised or lowered via a switch. One such walkway lead to a door leading into a store room in the gondola. Inside the store room was another ladder leading to the lower level of the ship and the vehicle bay.

A deck was located on the roof the gondola near propellers and surrounded by railing for the crew's protection. Some of the ship's cargo was stowed there. The deck's floor contained four hatches that could be opened to lower things into gondola. On the opposite end of the deck from the propeller was a bulkhead door that served as the main entrance into the ship from the deck. The outside of the gondola also had several hatches connected by catwalks. One such hatch lead from the hanger bay. One of the catwalks lay above a smaller mess hall that contained a small cell.

The waters of the Bay of Bengal closing on the Odin.

Inside of the gondola was a vehicle bay and cargo hold, which held the ship's trucks, half-tracks, half-track motorcycles and side-car motorbikes. The cargo bay was scattered with many crates, with some hung from the ceiling. A large cannon was held suspended above the ground via cables. There was even a grand piano suspended from a crane. Passages lead to the the hanger bay which held several planes. Another passage from the cargo bay lead to the ship's training room. Walkways from the hanger and vehicle bays lead to the ship's kitchen. The kitchen had two levels that could be accessed via a dumbwaiter. The upper level kitchen opened up to the Odin's opulent Mess Hall. One of the Mess Hall's entrances lead to hallways between the ship's offices, training room, and bridge. Like many sections of the ship the Odin's bridge was opulent, containing a library, a bar, a piano, Magnus Völler's desk, statues and many treasures he had collected during his journeys. Ladders and an elevator lead up to a catwalk where the ship's controls were kept.

Passengers and Crew

Magnus Völler's personal quarters

The Odin was a military vessel and so mostly had German soldiers and officers on board. It also had various engineers, pilots, technicians, guards, secret agents and some of the best soldiers in the Wehrmacht, German Marines. It also can hold a few prisoners and the ships owner, Magnus Völler.

Cargo

The engine of the zeppelin

The Odin held many vehicles on board such as trucks, Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks, Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrads and BMW R75 motorcycles. In the hangers it held at least three biplanes and many Messerschmitt Bf-109s. As for artifacts it held many such as the Germanic Shield, Germanic Cup, Orichalcum, pieces of the Mirror of Dreams, and some of Solomon's Jewels. It also held supplies for war such as anti tank guns, explosives, diving suits and many others.

Adventures on board the Odin

Indy fighting the crew of the zeppelin

In 1939, after the Odin attacked Suya Desh and Magnus Völler took the Staff of Kings from the Temple, Indiana Jones boarded the zeppelin in search of the Staff, Professor Charles Kingston and Maggie O'Malley who were all being held prisoner on the airship. Indy battled soldiers and Marines all over, including the hangers, mess hall, gym and even on top of the airship and on the gondola. He was eventually able to reach Magnus in the front of the gondola and, after a confrontation, Indy and Maggie jumped out of the zeppelin with Kingston sacrificing himself to save Indy from Magnus. A chase then took place on the seabed as the Bay of Bengal was opened by the Staff. The Odin chased Indy and Maggie, trying desperately to shoot at the pair but to no avail. Indy and Maggie reached dry land with Indy using the Staff to destroy the Odin and close the waters.

Behind the scenes

Concept art for the Odin

How Indy accesses the Odin, and the rooms he visits there vary between each version of the game. Though there are similarities between the portrayal of some of the rooms that appear in multiple versions, there are often differences tailored to puzzles or battle system in each version of the game. For example the mess hall/kitchen appears practically the same in both the DS and PSP versions except for the placement of the entrances and a few banners. However, for another example, the hangar bay is portrayed fairly differently in all three versions. The Wii/PS2 version having the largest divergence, appearing as a series of catwalks suspended over open air, with planes hanging from the ceiling. The Odin's Mess Hall in the Wii/PS2 version is very different, appearing as a fairly small room, and utilitarian, with a brig along one wall. It contained a few plane tables, and some diving suits along the wall.

• In the Wii/PS2 version Indy makes it on board the ship, and sneaks into the cargo hold. After being shot at he gets up onto a catwalk where some crane controls are located. Connected to the crane is a piano, which he uses to bash the Nazis preventing them from reaching his platform and shooting him. After defeating the Nazis he makes it in the hangar bay. Making his way across catwalks he gets into a gunfight with more Germans. Near the end of the gunfight Indy jumps to a plane suspended over the ocean, nearly falling off, but makes it back to the catwalks. Soon after he reaches a hatch leading to the maintenance catwalks on the side of the Gondola. Moving across them he finally reaches a catwalk lying above a window leading to the small mess hall where Maggie is being held. After a short brawl Indy freed Maggie and took a passage leading to the catwalk in the bridge room, where they find Magnus discussing the staff with Kingston.
• In the PSP version Indy used his whip to swing to the ship. Using a ladder he climbed the cabin's roof near the propellers looking for a hatch into the ship. At the top he found a deck where supplies had been tied down. After clearing some of the cargo he was able to reach a hatch into the ship. From there he made his way into the mess hall where Maggie had been imprisoned after saving her, they split up briefly. Indy heads to the hanger bay to destroy two planes but leave himself one as an escape measure. Maggie shows up and wonders why Indy is waiting around. Indy then heads to the cargo bay where he finds Magnus. Magnus orders his troops to kill Indy, and locks the door as he heads to the bridge. Indy cuts the wires holding up a cannon releasing cannon which crashes into the door allowing him to chase after Magnus. He follows Magnus to the ship's training room, but Magnus leaves him with three big soldiers and runs away again locking the door behind him. Indy takes out the guards, and uses a crowbar to break a pipe holding some lockers. He breaks a rack holding weights which causes the weights to roll into and break a foot locker in his way. With the foot locker out of the way he is able to push over the lockers breaking a window into another room, allowing him to follow after Magnus into the bridge.
• In the DS version Indy gets on board the Odin by grabbing a hold of a mooring line and climbing to top of the ship. Working his way across the hulls he is able to reach a hatch at the front of the ship and work his way through the catwalks inside to reach the Lower Level, where he passes through the vehicle bay, hanger bay, and kitchen to reach the bridge.
• In Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Scavenger Hunt, Indy reached the Odin after having traveled the world to recover the Mayan Statue, Nubian Plate, Golden Bowl, and the Sultan's Bottle.

Appearances

• Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
• Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings Scavenger Hunt