Space Exploration and Mining Corps

I'm just a meepmorp w/ ADHD that likes Steven Universe, Legend of Zelda, Transformers, Hollow Knight, and Undertale. I ruminate and worldbuild. My current fixation is: Legend of Zelda. Will change accordingly. Feel free to ask me any questions about LOZ and its citizens! I will answer them to the best of my knowledge.

[pessimisticshape]

The Vosian Palate

Fliers require incredibly potent and large amounts of energon to function. More so than any cybertronians save triple changers and metrotitans. Because of this Seekers, and most fliers, developed a taste for sour, almost acrid flavored energon. The organic equivalent would be spicy and overpowering. Or imagine curry with a side of wasabi washed down with fireball whiskey. Most grounders could severly injure themselves if they don't take special precautions when consuming vosian made energon.

I've based Vosian grade energon off literally aviation fuel as jets and airplanes have different fuel requires than automobiles and other ground based Altmodes:

"Aviation fuel is a specialized type of petroleum-based fuel used to power aircraft. It is generally of a higher quality than fuels used in less critical applications, such as heating or road transport, and often contains additives to reduce the risk of icing or explosion due to high temperature, among other properties."- Wikipedia, Aviation fuel.

Energon is volatile by nature and much has to be done to it to make it safe for transport and consumption. Fliers deal will different environmental hazards and stressors than ground based mechanisms. They must account for freezing temperatures at high altitudes and high temperatures from wind friction on their frames and sudden directional changes.

Vosian grade energon is made to effectively and efficiently get you drunk off your aft. It would not be wise for a small grounder or a flier with a weak constitution to indulge in too much sweet, sweet jet-grade energon.

"Most current commercial airlines  and military aircraft use jet fuel for maximum fuel efficiency and lowest cost. These aircraft account for the vast majority of aviation fuel refined today, which is also used in diesel aircraft engines. Other aviation fuels available for aircraft are kinds of petroleum spirit used in engines with spark plugs"

I've been looking at high-octane and jet fuel to determine what exactly would make Energon flight-frame consumable. Here are some of the things added to it. From wikipedia: "The specifications allow for certain additives to be added to jet fuel, including:

Antioxidants to prevent gumming, usually based on alkylated phenols. ((Its interesting that even machines need antioxidants.))

Antistatic agents, to dissipate static electricity and prevent sparking. ((Can't have your fuel igniting before you can use it))

Corrosion inhibitors, e.g., DCI-4A used for civilian and military fuels, and DCI-6A used for military fuels.((Its easier to take preventive steps than to treat a corroded fuel tank))

Fuel system icing inhibitor (FSII) agents, e.g., FSII is often mixed at the point-of-sale so that users with heated fuel lines do not have to pay the extra expense. ((Its self-explanatory))

Biocides are to remediate microbial (i.e., bacterial and fungal) growth present in aircraft fuel systems. Currently, two biocides are approved for use by most aircraft and turbine engine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). ((Organics, the gifts that keeps on giving...))

Metal deactivator can be added to remediate the deleterious effects of trace metals on the thermal stability of the fuel. ((Metals can change the chemistry of energon, which can cause problems if not detected in time.))

Energon Patisserie

Fliers are always eating, always. 'Street' vendors and energon vending machines are commonplace to keep these flying bottomless pits properly fueled. Because of this flier lives center around refueling. Celebrations, holidays, creation days, even peace offerings. Vos has numerous little boutiques where you can purchase these little snacks and bite-sized goodies. They are given as gifts. Or used to sate late night cravings.

These delectable gourmet Energon cakes are from an Energon Patisserie prepared by En-Specialist. They are more expensive than the previous energon confections. This is because the require more ingredients, presentation and preparation time. And the process of making them is way more dangerous.

Further reading:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_fuel

Picture sources

toraya confectionery

Mirror finish cakes

[r--g--b]

transformers is funny because it seems to be a simple niche interest but in reality its like if your hot wheels came with greek mythology

[shockwavve]

Shockwave and Body Language

During my TF:P re-watch I kept taking note of various Shockwave movements because I noticed they tend to really exaggerate his movements when he does things - like speaking - to, presumably, make up for the lack of facial expressions. While he is Still very often, when he does move, he tends to move a LOT and with great exaggerated motions to sort of emphasize how he operates or what he’s feeling (comes up most often when he’s annoyed or angry; almost always at Starscream) and I wonder if, more than just animator’s intent, it’s something he himself doesn’t do unconsciously to make up for the lack of expression elsewhere. He doesn’t exactly have a face to express himself with, so the next best thing is body language.

(PLS excuse the LQ gifs I have to compress them or else tumblr gets mad </3)

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[abandonedsuperb]

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((This is how I think fliers percieve their surroundings when in their altmode. Here their HUD is disabled, which is NOT SAFE, but they seem familiar and comfortable with flying this way. It's understandable as the HUD can sometimes distract from the sheer beauty of being airborne.

Here are some examples of what and ON HUD would look like. Minus the cockpit view.

The only discrepancies in this example is that fliers have a wider visual range than what's portrayed as well as augmented sensors that allow them to sense what around them. Similar to Ampullae of Lorenzini organ in shark and rays.

Imagine this but on an aircraft, they're almost shaped the same....

These sensors can also be found on the face plates of fliers in Root Mode but have little use besides letting a bot know that there is something near their faceplate which they can use their optics for. Depending on the configuration of a bots Alt mode the sensors can be located on any part of a mechs Frame. Most contemporary Alt modes put them on the back, lower back, abdominal and chest plates as standard.

In conjunction with these biomechanical sensors fliers also have the standard aircraft sensors:

https://electronicsforu.com/market-verticals/sensors-strength-aviation-aerospace

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_management_system

Flight management system - Wikipedia

Because of the processing power needed for feedback analysis Fliers are prone to becoming over stimulated or under stimulated at times and needing to have some form of stimuli to function day-to-day. When idle you find Fliers engaging in behaviors called stimming to self-regulate.

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IKD who or what this is but it's tue most Vosian thing I've ever seen. The detail! The Drama! The HEELS!

[transformersmr-hq]

TFMR asdf - More Demonyms

For TFMR universe only. I don't care if all of this sounds completely wrong and not like canon or any othe AUs, because demonyms are hard and I am not going to rake my brains over wether someone from Vos is a Vosian or a Vosnian.

Here are the ones that are simple:

Iacon -> Iaconian

Polyhex -> Polyhexian

Altihex -> Altihexian

Protihex -> Protihexan

Praxus -> Praxian

Vos -> Vosian

Tesarus -> Tesarian

Uraya -> Urayan

Velocitron -> Velocitronian

Navitas -> Navitan

Caminus -> Camien

Eukaris -> Eukarian

Here are the ones that are not so simple:

Ibex -> Ibexan, Ibexite

I speak Ibexan: O

I speak Ibexite: X

I am an Ibexite: O

I am an Ibexan: O

Ibexan people: O

Ibexan engex: O

Ibexan style garments: O

Ibexite style garments: X

Ibexite people: X

Ibexite engex: X

Ibexites: O

Tarn -> Tarnese, Tarnish, Tarnian

I speak Tarnese: O

I speak Tarnish: X

I speak Tarnian: X

I am a Tarnish: X

I am a Tarnese: O

I am a Tarnian: O

Tarnish people: O

Tarnese people: O

Tarnian people: X

Tarnish engex: X

Tarnese engex: X

Tarnian engex: O

Tarnish style garments: X

Tarnese style garments: O

Tarnian style garments: X

Tarnians: O

Kaon -> Kaonese, Kaonite Kaonian

I speak Kaonese: O

I speak Kaonite: X

I speak Kaonian: O

I am a Kaonese: O

I am a Kaonite: O

I am a Kaonian: O

Kaonese people: O

Kaonite people: X

Kaonian people: O

Kaonese engex: X

Kaonite engex: X

Kaonian engex: O

Kaonese style garments: X

Kaonite style garments: X

Kaonian style garments: O

Kaonites: O

Kaonians: O

Helex -> Helexan, Helexi, Helexite

I speak Helexan: O

I speak Helexi: O

I speak Helexite: X

I am a Helexan: O

I am a Helexi: O

I am a Helexite: O

Helexan people: X

Helexi people: O

Helexite people: O

Helexan engex: O

Helexi engex: O

Helexite engex: X

Helexan sttle garment: O

Helexi style garment: O

Helexite style garment: X

Helexans: O

Helexis: X

Helexites: O

And lastly, here are the ones that I don't even know what to do with:

Rust Sea -> Seafarer

They literally navigate through the Sea of Rust so why the heck not? Unless they are Aquatronians, they wouldn't even know what 'Seafarer' originally means.

Crystal City -> ?????

I sincerely have no idea

Pit Stop -> ????????

Pit Stop is the biggest land-based city on Velocitron. If Navitas is the capital city of all mobile cities, Pit Stop is the capital city of all stationary cities.

And I have no idea how to call people from this place.

Delphi -> ???????

Does anyone even live here? Besides all those patients Pharma killed, of course.

[featheredcritter]

i think something that freaks people out about birds might be their movements: like unlike mammals (derogatory) birds (but also like reptiles and bugs) don’t have many facial expressions, and they move in quick sharp snaps of their necks\bodies, almost like machines if you really really wish to describe it as such?? but personally i’m in love with it, it’s just almost mesmerizing, so fascinating, their ways of moving and interacting with the world really gets me, they’re listening!!! they’re paying attention!!! i can’t get enough of dinosaurs and their quirkiness, in this house we love and appreciate birds traits

meet me in the club and see me looking around like a songbird or really focused crow

[the-ugliest-bird]

People are just jealous that these birds move funky and they don’t.

[pessimisticshape]

((Lol, I like to imagine flyers and seekers are the say way. When you have two giant, wind catching apparatuses on you back, sudden changes of direction can through you off balance.

Their sensitive wings mean they are constantly processing information, causing them to stand very still as they go through it all.

Most flyers are farsighted and will notice movement from long distances away so sometimes they might hold a thosand yard stare then suddenly refocus on something closer by.

Unlike other Cybertronians, flyer helms are gyroscopic wired, meaning their fixed on a spot, regardless of their orientation.

And finally, some Flyers have a condition known as Flat Affect, meaning they don't always physically express their emotions.

On a personal note, articles on this condition are written as if this is some sort of disorder, and not just a behavior. That is weird to me, as sometimes you can just feel emotions and not need to physically express them. Why do you have to show people your emotions? Neurotypicals sound puppies...))

[pessimisticshape]

Rock, papers, scissors, Triforce!

I was staring at this picture when I noticed the place of each goddess symbol within each Triforce piece. They correspond to each of the Golden Goddesses but their placement is off. Power is where Wisdom should be, Wisdom is where Courage should be, and Courage is where Power should be. I was like 'Huh, they're usually pretty good about keeping lore accurate...?' Then I thought about it. In the LOZ games the dynamic is almost always the same, Zelda guides/assists Link on his quest,  Ganondorf always captures Zelda, Link always defeats Ganondorf (until he doesn't...) It's like rock, paper, scissors (sometimes...)

[plague-medic]

Chapter one #3 How do optics work?

OPTION TWO: FLUORESCENCE

An incredibly short description:

Fluorescence and phosphorescence are physical phenomenons, happening in various materials. They depend on the atomic structure of the material. Phosphorescence takes more time than fluorescence and they are both types of one phenomenon- luminescence.

So how do they work?

Particles and atoms always have some electrons in them. Because of the atomic forces, the electrons are not just flying around, but stay on one path- they have one certain Energy level. (So they stay in an area where they can have the amount of Energy that suits them).

When a photon hits an atom(or a particle) it’s Energy is transferred to the electron on one Energy level, which jumps from its place to a higher Energy level.

It does not stay there but it falls back down to its original level and while doing it, the falling electron sends the Energy out of the atom; in the form of a light wave or more often; a heat wave.

Whats interesting The parameters of the emitted wave are not dependent on the parameters of the wave causing the effect.

But to cause this effect the incoming light wave has to have just the right amount of Energy to move electron to its next Energy level.

How much Energy is needed? It depends on the atomic structure of the material. Some electrons will need more Energy and some less, making them responsive to different light waves…or, in other words, colours!

Sadly this option excludes IR vision.

Why?

According to the law of Energy Conservation, the light hitting the particle will always have higher frequency(more Energy) than one escaping the particle afterwards. It is like this because the incoming wave gives its Energy to an electron, but then the electron uses some of this Energy to go up and drop back, so there is only a small part of initial Energy left to emanate/escape as a light wave.

So this is a theoretical scheme of photoreceptor in an optic, which can recognize energy of visible or UV light by which electrons “jump”, or which particle reacts to it.

And when they die light goes out because…maybe energon is luminescent-I mean WE KNOW IT IS. THAT’S WHY IT GLOWS. But I mean, maybe it makes the luminescent layer itself or fills the photoreceptors.

So maybe

Then we would have a model where different photoreceptors in retina have different amount of Energy in electron levels so they sense different waves.

But as I mentioned earlier far more often the Energy of an electron is radiated through heat.

Not to worry, there actually is another effect called THERMOLUMINESCENCE.

<bear with me>

Photo of thermoluminescent Fluorite

So technically we could have a scenario where:

Photon comes in, gets to photoluminescent retina where photoreceptors recognize the amount of energy and create photopigment. Then electrons drop back to their basic state and radiate heat which upon touching the front of the optic-lights it up.

This way the heat would be conducted out of the system and we would get all the glowing parts, which stop glowing after death as the energon stops flowing through, so there is less heat.

We can assume that those could work, as their bodies are literally made of some alien, unknown living metal and also we have NO IDEA what ENERGON IS.

This idea is a big stretch and would need a lot more in-depth analysis of how sensors and laboratories measure luminescent reactions.

Technically this could work a bit like photoresisthors do(changing resistance depending on how strong the light is) , just their material being luminescent.

That would give Cybertronians vision constructed of pixels!

[hapalopus]

Pros of having ADHD:

Can track prey for hours without losing focus

Special interest: basket weaving

Always fidgeting - banging rocks together and discovers flint-knabbing

Distracted by berries

Stimming by making noises, discovers the sksksk that lures out squirrels

Can't sleep at night, great at guarding the cave while family sleeps

Sensitive senses means discovering and refusing to eat rotten/poisonous food

Sees bird eat nut - impulsively tries it too and discovers that nuts taste good

Cons of having ADHD:

Can't do homework

Impulse buys

Can't use a calendar

Can't sit still in classroom

[smute]

born in the wrong generation

[specificfuckery]

[lyrapuppy]

Well fuck

[paganinpurple]

Disability exists in the context of the environment

[modernsuperhero]

...dude i’m going to be using that^^ quote in the future

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Neat!

[mister-scream]

Starscream seems like the kind of guy who hasn't cleaned his damn room in 2,000 years and has to step carefully to get around because he's accidebtally created an obstacle course

[mister-scream]

@lsdxiii correct!!!!

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((Lol me a few days ago...))

[lil-tachyon]

Slag wraiths pop up in the waste heaps of old industrial planets when an incorporeal AI brain puts together enough nanites and willpower to assemble a new body for itself out of metallic garbage

[chandelyer-deactivated20241003]

Sevon Dejana spring 2019 couture 

[hd-screamer-pics-and-gifs]

a collection of Screamers launching his missile for @howtozuzu!

most of the time, he moves his index digit. But sometimes, he moves BOTH his index digit and his pinky (second last gif) or both his index and middle digit (last gif)

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((I might be pulling this out of my aft but hear me out. While leaving your index finger out curl your hand into a tight fist. Do you feel that tension on your index finger? That's the trigger on Starscream's rockets. Now, close all you fingers at once, notice there's no tension? I assume it only activates from specific tension on his finger joints. ))

[sushi-stims]

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((Starscreammmmm!))

[narcym-noesis]

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