[001 ¤ Video] Flight Hazards & Preparations

[winged_knight]

[Hello citizens and guests of Saeng Seong, one of your resident giant robots is addressing you today from the terminal on the bottom floor of Building One. He has no problem getting the terminal on even if the buttons are a little undersized for his fingers, but the feed opens to a shot of sleek gray thighs and hip skirting panels before he squats down to smile into the camera.]

Greetings, to those of you whom I haven't met, my name is Wing. I have a message--a warning really--and a question for you all.

Firstly, to those of you capable of flight, please do be careful. The power drain that effects the closed off sections of the city does not dissipate with altitude. And well, withdrawals while flying is...not pleasant nor conducive to staying airborne. [He makes a very not-so-happy face; clearly he found this out the hard way.]

[And yes that means he's been flying around the city a bit the past two weeks or so. Jets aren't exactly the quietest of vehicles, even energon efficient ones, so you may have even spotted the white and red alien jet exploring the airspace over the city at some point.]

Lastly, is there anyone here who has experience or information regarding the needs of humanoids for safe flight in a vehicle? Such as oxygen mix, tolerance for g-forces and the like? I need data for...a project I'm working on.

[America's already given him some information, but the more he has the better, given the health and wellness of any potential passengers is at risk.]

Comments

[agelostdoll]

If you're worried about self control; panic switch and a remote. Remote only works if you trigger the panic switch. Remote means your backup doesn't need to be physically present. We'd need to bolt cameras on somewhere to see where we're flying but frankly, if you're flying, I'd want to do that anyway. [never underestimate aerial photography for espionage purposes]

Of course, you could just dodge the issue and keep up with the hug quota.

[winged_knight]

[He puts a thoughtful finger to his helm.] That could work, assuming I have a skilled backup I can trust. The cameras are trickier. If we want something permanent, it needs to be fully integrated or I'll just sheer them off during transformation. It'd also be good have flight controls in the cockpit if the passenger is skilled enough to take over, which I could lock out if we, uh, had a disagreement over control.

[He chuckles a bit, since Diarmuid is currently offering to help with that very thing. ] In a perfect world I could, flawlessly. But beyond that issue, if I'm considering trying to breach the closed districts...things get more complicated.

[agelostdoll]

Trying to fly into the restricted districts would be a bad idea in any case. You lose control and crash in there we can't exactly come and pick you up. Would having a physical pilot or two help bypass the physical contact rule?

Cameras are an interesting point too... how would that would for you? Would any systems added or modified still be affected or become affected by the drain? A remote failsafe is pointless if the drain will interfere with the connection.

[winged_knight]

I only consider it in an effort to explore outside the city. But I am hesitant to experiment for that reason, I wouldn't want to endanger others. [He doesn't know anyone who could carry him out anyway, save perhaps Deadlock, and he wants to endanger him even less.] That is one of my considerations though, that having a passenger might help. It's part of the reason for the reconfiguration, and well, [His serious tone lightens with the appearance of a little smirk.] I may have promised a few people joyrides.

If the cameras are integrated then they'd feed off my internal power. If not, it's hard to say. Do we know if the power drain affects only things with a lifeforce or does it affect inanimate power sources as well? If the latter, I'd guess they'd be drained even faster.