more Aventuri mecha! it's actually been insanely fun reaching back five years to resurrect the shapeless abandoned OCs and give them form for this colony
Skamma is a bold, enterprising bot with a lot of big ideas! ideas that will capture the minds and the wallets of many a client, enriching their imaginations while she enriches herself, before she scampers away as the market bubble pops, the investments fail, and the business pursuit grinds to a halt. somehow, none of the hundreds of bad reviews manage to prevent Skamma from shilling her latest scam to eager new buyers, of which there are plenty in industrial Temperon. if business gets real bad, well, good thing she got her hands on that universal travel pass a few years ago, she'll simply find better customers in other city-states! although she has no outlier ability other than typical Aventuri extremophilic adaptations, her compact all-terrain trike mode serves her equally well on snow and stone, and her radium inclusions light the way in shadelocked Temperon. Primus help us if Skamma and Swindle ever meet
Sledge is a simple mech, with a simple alt mode, simple jasper inclusions, and a simple life. he enjoys his job as a courier, battling hurricane winds to transport cargo from one Nova Spectra city to another. it's a daily test of strength he is more than capable of winning as a sturdy jet, and though he may be on the lower end of the social scale, he sticks with the contractors who treat him fairly. a lot of his work is schlepping archives, artifacts, and ritual objects between Tributic shrines throughout Spectral's pilgrimage territory. many shamans have noticed he's sharp as a tack, genial, and dutifully patient, and lately Sledge has been offered a place as shrine staff in Central Sola. that's more than he ever expected to be offered as someone with no abilities beyond Aventuri durability, considering the majority of shrine staff are high-level outliers, but still he struggles to make a decision. that's not really the kind of lifestyle he pictures himself pursuing. what's a simple mech to do?
Glitterswarm is nice! she's nice, and she tries very hard to be nice, and it's very important to her to be nice. she doesn't want to hurt anybody, and the nicer she is to people, the more likely they are to help her! and she certainly needs a lot of help, considering she was recovered out in the ice floes of the Bitter Sea, half-dead, stuck in her amphibious alt mode, and totally amnesiac. the records of the Ulyssean capital Albedo City have her written down as a casualty of an alien raid several centuries ago, so the fact that she's turned up again on Aventuras, traumatized but alive, is a miraculous mystery. she used to be a caretaker for newly forged mecha, particularly adept considering her outlier ability: she's a nanohive, a frame with a swarm of nanobots that act as an extension of herself. before, she was steady and skilled enough to heal wounds, reprogram circuitry, support a slippery grip, display holograms, and more, using the nanobots streaming from her vents without a second thought. now, though, she's nervous and uncertain, with a shaky grasp of her own abilities. it takes a lot of effort just to polish her ametrine inclusions, much less look after anyone else. maybe someday she'll regain her memories, but for now she's trying to find her feet again, mothering anyone who will let her in an effort to cover her own anxiety
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The Prime of His Youth: Book III: Prometheus' Gift: Ch09: Robotic Movement
The motortrike with small cargo section in the back stood in front of June, and she scanned it. She tranformed beside it. "I like it!" she exclaimed.
"You?.." Miko asked, "You know what?, it suits you."
"Thank you." June happily said.
"Who wants to go for a drive?" Japheth asked.
"What about Vera?" June asked.
Japheth transformed, and opened his right side pannel and door towards the central garage door. Vera, in wolf form nervously looked inside.
Arcee walked over to the bike, "Thanks." she said to him.
"What?" a guy asked from inside, "I got paid just to let you scan it. Enjoy." he added, and closed the window and drove off.
"You coming?" Japheth asked.
"Don't be shy." June stated, "He is my son."
"He is also a Prime..." Vera grumbled.
"Even more reason you should listen to him." Arcee said with sardonic glee, and then transformed.
Vera quickly jumped into Japheth. "Just stay behind the seat." Japheth said to her. She looked through the window. Japheth pulled out, and drove slowly down the road. June drove out beside him. Arcee, Arcelia, and Roxana followed behind. Sirenia and Miko jumped into the air and transformed, flying over top of them. Bulkhead took up the rear. Japheth sped up a bit, and June matched his speed. "I know you're not a speed demon, but we'll get you used to it."
"I think I have more experience than you do driving." June replied.
"Hm?" Japheth asked.
"Hm, what?" June replied.
"You have more experience driving cars." Jack said.
"And?.." she asked.
"I have more experience riding motorcycles." Japheth stated.
June paused for a moment, "I hate that that's true."
"Neither of you have experience riding trikes." Arcee neutrally added.
"Uhh?.." Arcelia asked.
"Scrap." Arcee replied.
"I should admonish you for swearing." June stated.
"Sorry, mom." Arcee stated.
"You almost sound like you mean it." June voiced.
"I love you June, but I've been saying Scrap since before Humans have existed." Arcee replied.
"Then I will have to use my mom powers to stop you."
"How?" Arcee asked.
"By using it wrong, so it becomes uncool." June added.
A pregant pause happened as Sirenia and Roxana did their best not to laugh.
"That's one thing that June has the power to do..." Miko uttered.
"Thank you." June happily said to her.
"You wouldn't?" Arcee asked.
"Oh, wouldn't I?" June delightfully asked.
"I'm sorry, mom." Arcee earnestly said.
"Was that so hard?" June asked.
"Going to say anything, Japheth?" Arcee asked.
"Nope." he simply, strongly replied.
"The one force strong enough to stop a Prime." Sirenia gleefully said.
* * *
Windblade landed outside of Acorde Principal, and walked inside.
* * *
Windblade walked up to the secretary, "Ms. Windblade?"
"Oh?" Windblade asked, "You have me at a disadvantage?"
"Penelope Sigurdssen." she replied, "And how can I help you?"
"Knockout works here, yes?" she asked.
"If you have a seat, I'll call him." Penelope stated.
"Thank you." Windblade replied.
* * *
Knockout walked out, "And what did I ever do you to?" he asked.
Windblade stood up from the massive Cybertronian seating, "I find myself, for the first time I can remember, idling, and not wishing I was doing otherwise."
"So, how can I help you?" Knockout asked.
"I am curious as to your current research?"
Knockout thought for a moment, "Sure, why not?"
* * *
Knockout walked into the lab with Windblade right behind him. The doors closing behind. He walked up to a computer, and brought up an image of Human DNA on the screen "This is Human DNA."
"Is it Jack's?" Windblade asked.
"It so happens to be." Knockout stated, "Anyways," he said, and pressed a button, and the last two and two segements of the DNA jumped off, "Human's can't copy their entire DNA. It seems like a fundamental limitation of organic biology."
"How do Humans survive?" she asked.
"I asked that same question." Knockout stated, "The end of the DNA is basically junk DNA called telomeres. While they hold the DNA strands together, they also have several copies right next to each other. DNA replication loses these strands, one at a time. As Humans get older, their telomeres get smaller, and they risk more and more damage. This is called Cellular Aging, and is believed to be one of the main reasons that Humans age."
"You would grant them immortality?" Windblade asked.
"Well, they do die of a lot of other things, as well." Knockout stated, "There is a substance called telomerase, which can stop this."
"And you have solved it?" Windblade asked.
"The problem is that excess telomerase causes unchecked growth by cancerous cells." Knockout stated, "But, I can use the Energon tolerance injection to control this, to prevent unbounded cancerous growth, but still maintain telomere length to prevent Cellular Aging. It will also stop the vast majority of cancer."
"You have completed it?" Windblade asked.
"Enough to try it on rats." Knockout stated, "Following Human ethical standards, trying it on rats first is necessary to make sure it's safe to try on Humans. These ethics certainly slow you down, but it also dramatically reduces the chance of your producing a Terrorcon outbreak. I might sound like an hypothesizing, or exagerating, but it happened." he said, and shook.
"So, your plan is to make Humans longer-lived, and allow them to use Energon?" Windblade asked.
"And give them weapons that can protect them from Cybertronians." Knockout proudly stated. "Hopefully, nothing like Megatron will ever be possible, again."
"I knew there was far more to you than you pretended." Windblade stated.
"You can call it pretending, or you can call it my having trouble with Human ethics." Knockout longinly said, "But," he said much quicker, "the answer is just to hire expensive Humans to tell me what's ethical."
* * *
Japheth lead a convoy, with a plethora of femmes driving behind. First was Arcee, then June, then Arcelia, and Roxana. Bulkhead took up the rear as Miko, Windblade, and Sirenia flew above them.
Bulkhead pulled to the side as Renée drove up to join the rest. He then fell back to give them space.
"Glad you could join us." Arcee stated, as warmly as she could.
"It's a pleasure." Renée stated. "A much bigger tournament this year!" she exclaimed.
"And more combatants." Arcelia stated.
"Luckily we have a medic." Arcee sardonically stated.
"Unless she's the one to get hurt." a worried Sirenia stated.
"I am a nurse." June stated.
"And how much experience do you have treating Cybertronians?" Windblade asked.
June remained silent for a moment, "She would probably prefer I not bring it up."
A moment of silcnce followed, "All right!" Roxana exclaimed, "I admit it. It was me. Arcee was teaching us combat driving, and I stumbled. June was very helpful in treating me." She paused for moment. "Siren tried. I'm still thankful you tried to help." A moment of silence passed, "You know I love you." she added.
"To be fair, you love everyone." Arcee added.
"Not by a longshot." Roxana stated, "You have just been so accepting of me. Right, Windblade?"
"I do not want to hold anything against her, but she can be... energetic." Windblade replied. "So, tell me, what are the rules for this?"
"No direct blows." Miko stated.
"So, throws and grappling?" Windblade asked.
"You're also not trying to actually hurt anyone." Arcee stated. This caused Sirenia to giggle. "I may have gotten a little heated last time. I swear on... uh... Primus... that I went easy on you."
"I trust you won't give me the same curtesy?" Windblade asked.
"It's going to be EPIC!" Miko shouted.
"Reminder that you can't use your armour." Arcee replied.
"Yeah, yeah." Miko dismissed, "This is all about good, clean fun."
"Good, oily fun." Arcee added.
"Um?.." June asked, "I mean, I hate to... but... could you go easy on me? I'm not used to combat like you are."
Miko laughed quite loud. Windblade added a small chuckle.
"Don't worry, June. None of us would ever dream about hurting you. Jac... Japheth would probably spank us for it. Which?.."
"I am a little bigger than I was last time." Japheth stated.
"I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing." Arcee replied.
"I'm still getting used to my new strength.
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June Darby: Carver Cargo R+
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Choosing a Pedal Assist Cargo Bike
Pedal assist cargo bike come in several different styles, including box bikes, trikes, and tandems. Box bikes are similar to supercharged wheelbarrows, with a large, sturdy box at the front. Their low centre of gravity and low weight distribution help them keep a steady ride and handle loads easily. There are two and three-wheeled versions of box bikes, with the trike version having the highest capacity and nippiness. The two-wheelers, on the other hand, retain nippiness and manoevability while riding a heavy load, as they push the load at the front of the bike.
Longtail Pedal Assist Cargo Bikes
Longtail pedal assist cargo bikes have similar features to standard bikes, but their size and weight are reduced, allowing them to carry less cargo. These bikes also come in different wheel sizes, which can be a game-changer for some users. The downside is that longtail cargo bikes are difficult to transport and store. Depending on your needs, a longtail may not be right for you. But there are plenty of benefits to choosing a longtail cargo bike.
Range
When choosing a pedal assist cargo bike, make sure that it comes with a range of useful accessories. Look for rain tents, mudguards, and chaincases. A cargo bike that is durable and easy to maneuver is essential, so look for one with sturdy parts and good braking systems. While cargo bikes are a good alternative to cars, you will need to know how to balance them to avoid tipping over or crashing.
Mid-tail Pedal Assist Cargo Bikes
Mid-tail pedal assist cargo bikes are another option. These bikes have extra space in the back to store small bags and even a toddler seat. These bikes are great if you have limited space for storage, or if you're new to cargo bikes. If you're unsure about which kind to choose, you can rent one at a local bike shop. Many will waive the rental cost of a cargo bike when you purchase one.
Benefits
If you live in a city that has congestion and pollution, a pedal assist cargo bike can help you solve these problems. Not only can it be an efficient way to get around your city, but cargo bikes can also help the environment as well. You'll be able to save money by riding a cargo bike, and you'll be more aware of your surroundings. When choosing a cargo bike, make sure it is compatible with the climate where you live.
While pedal assist cargo bikes have been around for centuries, they have been a popular mode of transport for people and goods. In fact, bicycle couriers use cargo bikes to get around, and they are environmentally friendly. They also save a lot of fuel and are more efficient than cars. These bikes are becoming increasingly popular in urban areas and are becoming more common in many countries around the world. And with climate change being a major issue now, this bike can help the environment.
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