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[marmoron]

[The video feed opens on a black and red motorcycle that's looking a little roughed up, but in decent condition.]

Got this from one of the folks in town.

[Keith turns the phone in his hand to show his face.]

Anyone know a spell to make it fly or anything else interesting?

Comments

[marmoron]

as long as i could still use it to get to places
wouldn't be of much use if all it could do was hover

[heromedal]

Well you could replace the front wheel with a levitation system and the back with a propulsion system would be my first thoughts for conversion but if you want to get to places where magic is not common knowledge it wouldn't do you much good. Unless we added a stealth component, but I've been able to get that to work at low speeds only so far. At that stage, it'd probably be easier if I made something from scratch.

[ Watch how he transitions from 'you' to 'we' to 'I' in two sentences. He just likes helping and building stuff. ]

If retaining the same appearance is a consideration and having some subtlety, I'd likely design some sort of forcefield projector into the wheels so it drives on what appears to be thin air. Wouldn't impact its conventional utility in the slightest and would at least look like flying.

[marmoron]

[Woah that's more involved than Keith was expecting. There's a short delay as he considers this before responding.]

so i take it you're an engineer or something
have you ever worked on something like this before?
what would you be asking for in return?

[heromedal]

I dabble, no and that depends on if it is for personal use or to assist the academy's goals.

[ He dabbles, he says, as he sends over a quick sketch of concept 1 and concept 2. Concept 1 looks a little like something from Star Wars (though he's never seen Star Wars, it's coincidence) and concept 2 is mostly math and arrows. ]

If it's for personal use, I'd think of something. If it's for work, I don't see the point in depriving people of resources of their own to increase our own capabilities.