#ground vehicles

[swtechspecs]

SoroSuub X-34 Landspeeder

Source: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Del Rey, 1996)

[epropelledsystems]

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[hinamie]

cat nap :3

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

[ghostwarriorrrr]

Full load of six AIM-54 Phoenix Missiles on an F-14A in flight

[singingcicadas]

The way it's depicted, Cybertron's pre-war societal issues had a lot less to do with Functionism and more to do with unchecked government corruption, massive wealth disparity, high layoff/unemployment rates, and disenfranchisement.

People were starving, they needed work, they weren’t getting any. Those that were fortunate enough to have work didn’t get paid living wages, much less have anything to spare for health contingencies. Even then stability’s still the luxury of the top few tiers; they live one cut away from layoff. The government cared only enough to exacerbate these issues by coming up with new ways for exploitation. Any attempts to protest or lobby were shut down through political persecution. As a result the masses turned increasingly to crime, drug abuse, thuggery, and violence. Extreme acts of terrorism gets lauded as long as the collateral damage's suffered by someone else. Morality and caution are eroded in the face of desperation.

Meanwhile the many alleged restrictions of Functionism are just lip service complaints made by the characters which doesn’t match up to most of the stuff we’re shown. Like if Rung could become a psychologist, a specialized job that requires higher education, despite having zero background on top of such a weird alt that he had to be classified as an ornament, then wow the functionists must be open-minded. If Dominus Ambus could be a scientist/doctor/explorer/author/successful social rights advocator during the height of functionist control with a minesweeper military-use alt (assuming that his secondary alt's the same as Minimus'), then wow the functionists must be accommodating. If Tyrest could become chief engineer under Nova and later go into law, a complete change of profession, while being a jet, then wow functionism's flexible. If Ratbat and Momus could become senators in a society that discriminates heavily against beastformers and labor frames, then wow that’s progressive. If every Prime from Nova to Zeta (with the exception of Sentinel, his alt’s a tank, he only has wings in Megatron Origin as part of his Apex armour upgrade), every single named pre-war senator other than Proteus and Momus, and four out of five of Nova Prime’s buddy club (only Galvatron's a grounder) were wingframes in a society that supposedly discriminates against wingframes, then wow that’s… inconsistent worldbuilding.

Megatron didn’t get into bloodsports or start a war because he didn’t get to pursue his dream job. He got driven into the pits and down the slippery slope of moral degeneration because his only source of income was cut off by the mine closure incident. People wanted livelihoods above anything else, it's the failure to provide that that made the miners go off the deep end and resulted in the death of a guard. If Functionism actually ensured that everyone could be guaranteed a job or at least minimized the unemployment rates, then stratified castes or not, there would have been no war. People, or societies, are generally capable of tolerating an incredible amount of injustice as long as the majority still have a chance at scraping by at the end of the day. But the government, and later Megatron, kept yanking the rug out from under everyone over and over until they no longer even had a chance at that; there's no other choice left but fight or die.

[jonsnowunemploymentera]

Everyone arguing about Stannis, JonCon, Jaime, god forbid Jorah being the 1000th commander of the NW….when it will be Jon again 🌚

[bogkeep]

it's been over a whole month since i had a stupid argument with my parents about driving, a skill that i legally possess but hate doing because i have a special brain illness that makes me fear death and injury, but i'm still chewing over an absurd claim that it's "equally dangerous to go on a 14 hour train ride like you just did". literally how is that more dangerous. in what way. in what world. public transport is nice and good and i like it and i don't have to enter my personal torment nexus

[zealfruity]

Trying to figure out what your favourite characters would be as vehicles & aircraft is really humbling when you know maybe 3 things about vehicles & aircraft

[jerreeeeeee]

they call the sizzle it up vehicle a stagecoach presumably because it has “stage” in the name, but a coach is a passenger vehicle and not large enough for a kitchen/living space. it’s probably more similar to a chuckwagon

[swtechspecs]

Baktoid Armor Workshop Multi-Troop Transport (MTT)

Source: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Del Rey, 2003)

[daincrediblegg]

Can I be honest. I’m sick of companies of all sorts designing things that basically only benefit/work for people living in california and nowhere else? It’s getting tiring for the rest of us

[kirmizisinaps]

ekranoplans look very distopic and futuristic

[saggitary]

Plo Koon and by extension Ahsoka Tano Headcanon

Plo Koon has been around for a long time and he has undoubtedly obtained many skills throughout his long life. We know that he is one of the best pilots in canon and my personal belief is that he taught Ahsoka how to fly before she became Anakin's padawan (that's why she doesn't crash as much as her master ;))

I'd like to raise this idea of him being an amazing pilot... to an amazing driver. Like when he was a padawan, he was on an extended mission with his master on a planet that had mainly ground vehicles, not the hovercraft we are used to. He not only learned how to drive... he learned how to drag race and even rally race.

His master was very amused and when they got back to the temple, he showed Plo the race tracks in the lower levels of the temple. Later on Plo began to make it a habit to travel to the lower levels of Coruscant where ground vehicles were much more prominent and participated in more than a few illegal races... he was only caught by his master twice.

Then along comes Ahsoka.

It soon becomes clear to him that the little togruta had a fearless streak a mile long. He began to take her down to the race tracks and take her for rides. As soon as she could she began to learn how to drive. It scared Plo a little how quickly she picked up on rally racing, but also made him very proud.

After she becomes Anakin's padawan they go a long time before they find themselves on a planet for a mission with ground vehicles. Ahsoka volunteers to be the getaway driver for the mission much to Anakin's dismay.

"I'll drive." Anakin argued.

"Pod racing is not the same as driving an actual vehicle on the ground, believe me master, I know what I'm doing." She argued back..

She wins the argument when Obi-Wan points out that the last time Anakin tried to drive a ground vehicle he crashed it. Rex does not want to be in another crash, his back can't handle it so he also votes for Ahsoka.

An hour later the mission predictable goes downhill and Anakin and Obi-Wan call for Ahsoka and Rex. Rex is very grateful Ahsoka reminded him to put his seat belt on for the ensuing car chase. In between fearing for their lives, the three men in the car are in awe.

Once back on the ship everyone asks her where the kriff she learned to drive like that.

She just winks.

Bonus!

Plo teaches some of his pilots how to drive ground vehicles and takes them down to watch drag races in the lower levels. Wolffe learned that when his general is at the wheel, to pray to whatever gods would listen and hang on.

[yodawgiheardyoulikemecha]

[acornminiatureslog]

Vondar Cragpike, youngest brother, never been much of a talker, mostly gets along by the odd grunt or chuckle alongside some hand signs. Lost his arm when the nids started running through the mines, Inquisitor managed to get him a new one that just about fits. Fights quicker than you'd expect given the size of the hammer, bashing soft spots with the pommel to distract foes before going in with the heavy bit. Likes to relax by just sitting out of the way near a machine shrine and listening to the hum.

[termagax]

sorry tibs i couldnt bribg myself to talk about him on that post but junkrat would not fucking drive a car i know this. he is a beautiful passenger princess he has never had the opportunity to learn because the only fucker in australia with a vehicle is roadhog and he is NOT !!!! letting that gay little freak touch his bike. i think at MOST junkrat could be a guy with a shitty bike that he stuck an engine on and it was very clearly cobbled together in a garage and is only dubiously street legal but it can go fuckyournutsoff speed but i dont think he would ever have a car or know what to do with one if he did.