Our cargo fleet has the Speed Force *woosh*, The Movement Spirit Power in everyday usage? |
Our cargo fleet has the Speed Force *woosh*, The Movement Spirit Power in everyday usage? |
Mar 9 2008, 02:34 AM
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One of the mightiest and very useful powers that (especially) spirits can grant is the Movement power, with which the subject can move as many times as fast as the magic attribut of the critter, which in the case of spirits is equal to the Force rating.
Well, we all know the discussions about the movement power, how we somehow have to accept that you don't accelerate and so aren't subject to friction (appearently). However, can one really use that power on a non-living object? Like for example, a plane? Which would then suddenly be superfast? Really really really superfast? Imagine fighter/bomber arriving to the aid of your troops who need air-support. They'll fly and be there in seconds, instead of minutes, and thanks to the rules to not having to be near anymore once you use and sustain the power, those fighter/bombers could even start from the other end of the continent and still arrive timely. Heck, firing rockets and missiles with the Movement Power, what fricking changes would that bring to the world in terms of warfare? Or for a less gruesome usage, what about all those ships on sea? If you normally needed some days to arrive with your giant cargo freighters which transport goods and food and all those stuff, you'll only need a fraction of the time now. Or trains, who can deliver tons of cargo and passengers on the land. Inland-transports will speed away. Heck, space shuttles or whatever sort of transports they use to go from Earth to those nifty space stations up there will also need less fuel. Everything will need less fuel, while arriving even faster than we can. Heck, what about fuel consumption? If you travel so fast with your vehicle, you'll waste less fuel, and so can do those routes again and again and spend less money and time for refueling. After all, time is money. And the less time you waste, the more money you can make. There might be perhaps limitation for the usage of the Movement power in urban areas, but outside there, on the ocean, the air, or on tracks, perhaps even in space, transportation would tremendously change. Or is there some kind of limitation which I've overlooked? I sure hope there is one. |
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