Pirate Prince
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: A fancy shuttle for the people of Lao-mon.
- Image Source: Sedeptra
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: Cognition throne | Neural interface device
- Manufacturer: Shi'ido
- Affiliation: Shi'ido | Anyone who can reasonably acquire it.
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: N/A
- Modularity: No
- Production: Minor
- Material: Nenuphar, specialized components
- Classification: Airspeeder/Submersible
- Role: Personal Transport
- Size: Average
- Weight: Light
- Armaments: None
- Defenses: High
- Maneuverability Rating: High
- Speed Rating: High
- Propulsion: Repulsorlift/Wings
- Minimum Crew: 1
- Optimal Crew: 4
- Passenger Capacity: 4-10 depending on size
- Cargo Capacity: Average
- Nenuphar bioship
- Self-repairing
- Neural interface gel
- Kinetic Biotech: Nenuphar is a living organism prized for its ability to rapidly self-repair and for its flexibility. It can repair minor damage within thirty minutes, while more extensive damage may take hours or days to repair - but unless it is completely destroyed, deprived of fuel, or otherwise compromised, it can bounce back no matter how serious the damage is. When used as a building material for vehicles, the rate of injury or death in a collision is lowered substantially.
- Neural Interface: Though it can usually only be used by Shi'ido or by specially trained telepaths, the shuttle features a unique neural interface which can be used to directly operate the vehicle. This greatly improves reaction times. More high-end versions of the shuttle may be operated by AI instead, and of course you can simply manually pilot it with a traditional control system.
- Underwater? No Problem: Nenuphar can be piloted underwater as a submersible, though it is recommended one retracts the wings and fuel tubes to prevent damage or leakage if you hit something.
- No Armaments: Unless custom added (requiring a unique submission), this shuttle does not come with any armaments.
- Special Fuel: Nenuphar must be maintained with a special "fuel", which is basically a type of synthetic fertilizer, as well as provided with water on a regular basis in order to function optimally.
- Drying: Anything which removes moisture, such as being left in the desert on a hot day, exposure to extreme cold, or "vacuum drying", can seriously weaken the structural integrity of nenuphar, the material this shuttle is made of.
- Winter's Bane: Exposure to extreme cold can cause nenuphar to go dormant, hardening and no longer responding to stimuli. Freezing it solid will cause it to become brittle and shatter easily.
Perhaps the most common type of vehicle found on Lao-mon, nenuphar shuttles are distinguished by their unique design reminiscent of an insect crossed with a plant. It boasts gossamer dragonfly-esque wings and exterior tubes of fuel or water storage which can be retracted into the vessel, preventing damage or leakage.
Somewhat similar to Vong biotechnology, nenuphar is by nature a living organism, though non-sentient and easy to influence. A typical shuttle is operated by the pilot placing their hands (or similar limbs) in a transparent neural interface gel, which tracks the electrical impulses in the hands as they move, thus manipulating the vessel. Other versions may be more complex, requiring the pilot to be partially or fully immersed in the gel, or they may do away with the neural interface altogether in favor of artificial intelligence (though these are generally only found in the most expensive models).
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