In a world were cars and other vehicles are living beings and the dominant lifeform on the planet; civilization has developed quite differently than the human world we know.
Setting:
Welcome to New Transit City, the most populated city of the United Streets of Americorp! This city is a bustling metropolis with multiple levels of transit that connect its towering skyscrapers at multiple levels, including a subterranean Level -1 which is like a vast city unto itself.
Roads - The first difference you’d notice, aside from the cars which populate this world, is the more advanced, complex system of roads and elevated highways that allow vehicles of all kinds access towering skyscrapers at multiple levels.
Vehicles Biology:
Cabin Area- The cabin area of most vehicles is empty and does not have seats, instead serving as a storage space. For larger vehicles like buses, trains, boats, or planes their insides can sometimes be used as transportation for smaller cars, with airbags deploying throughout the vehicle in the event of a crash.
Engine - The engines are similar to those of our world but more complex. They are mechanical and made of metal, requiring gasoline to continue running and liquid coolant to prevent from overheating. When not in drive, vehicles can power down their engines and continue to roll slowly or “walk” on their tires, relying solely on stored energy. Vehicles do this within buildings for safety reasons and also to avoid excessive carbon monoxide build.
Wheels- Tires can be changed and swapped, as they are the equivalent of shoes and must be replaced regularly, but they do have some ability to feel the environment. Most importantly, vehicles are able to stick objects to their tires using electrostatic adhesion to grip them.
Forklifts- While tires allow vehicles to grip objects, most cars are unable to manipulate them or use specialized tools in the same way forklifts can. Though they are smaller and slower than most vehicles, their specialized appendages grant them more control over their environment. For this reason, forklifts have been historically oppressed within the cars universe and used for forced labor, though much has changed in modern times, as it has been over one century since the Great Forklift Revolution.
Growth - Vehicles grow throughout their lifetime up into young adulthood, starting off as tiny vehicles which spawn from the trunk or other similar compartment of a vehicle. Most vehicles start of as 4-wheel, 2 door cars, only later developing additional features that begin to resemble other types of vehicles as they age.
Vehicles grow by shedding individual sections of the outermost layer at a time, allowing that part to grow and change before generating a new outer shell. Vehicles can also choose to have a mechanic install modifications which can be used to guide further developments in the cars growth as they age. Using such modification techniques, a small car could grow into a monster truck or construction vehicle.
Modification - Once a vehicle has reached adulthood, it becomes more difficult to alter their body to become a different type of car, as their internal structure adapts to fit their exterior shell. However, modification technology continues to develop, and some vehicles across the planet have begun to worry about the potential misuse of these emerging technologies, were they to fall into the wrong hands.
Already, some wealthy vehicles have begun to install modifications that grant them powers inaccessible to the everyday car, and this is an ongoing struggle in this world run by vehicles.
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Dystopia Scholastic (DystopiaScholastic)
Started 09/28/26.
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License: Community License
