Random Idea #68: Superhuman-powered transport · 5:50am Sep 28th, 2019
I was being distracted and reading manga, and I was musing on the feats of superhuman strength and speed and how, well, its always a human(oid) of some sort using those abilities. That specific type of super speed and reaction time is rarely seen in mecha, which while sometimes fast, is generally more involved with either giant swords or giant explosions. There's Hulk playing whack-a-mole with physics, the Flash being a dude who runs fast, Sanji of One Piece being able to kick the air hard enough to fly somehow, etc. Always superhuman abilities with humans (well, duh).
Meanwhile, mecha traditionally brings to mind stuff like Pacific Rim with giant, lumbering machines that can deliver the world's biggest haymaker, but doesn't exactly have the capability to do iaijutsu (superfast quickdraw strike).
Made me wonder, like, outside of maybe supernatural consciousness or whatever, they're still made of items you supposedly can pick up out of a periodic table in-universe. Humans aren't made of Element imaginary-6 or whatever, something beyond the mortal realm that can only be summoned through birth. (RIP Elric's mom)
Assuming no completely magical atom or molecule in humans, one could theoretically try to produce it via technology and then infuse physics warping shit into machines. At even the most basic level, you can use efficiency tools/machines with more power/speed than you can get with like, a 50 horsepower engine. Imagine Naruto-ninjas having their speed multiplied (for travel, anyways) with bicycles, because its cheaper than training a ninja-horse or being lucky to get rideable summons.
If its something that only works when attached to biological life for whatever reason .... (looks at piles of zombies)
This is basically an expansion of idea 64 with the zombie legs powering a crankshaft. If you can output enough power to blow up mountains, you can fly a pedal-prop plane, probably.
You will now imagine 12 bunch of muscles and tendons inside a V12 kicking really fast on the piston heads.
on a side note, I got this other non-pone fic I've been sometimes plugging away yet, and I'm constantly amused by this (unwritten) scene where he makes an entrance riding in on a bicycle while the tiny rotary engine in his chest is BRRAPBRAPBRAPing away. Yes, he is also undead, this should not be surprising.
