First Flight [video]

[hot4engines]

[The young woman on the video seems very friendly- and to some, she may look a touch familiar. She smiles at the camera and gives a wave.]

Hiya, everyone. I'm Kaylee, and I just got here yesterday, and I got a question. So, I've had the powers thing explained to me and all, and I know we all come from different places. But I'm curious... I hope you don't mind me askin', but what was the year when you all were brought here? 'cause, uh, it was 2517 for me, and Earth don't even have any life on it by that point. So it's kinda weird living here.

Oh, and I been given a job as a handywoman, but my real passion is machines, engines, and ships of all sorts. Be nice to have my own shop some day, but for now, if you need your nice hoverboards or vespas repaired, I'm open to doin' work for you! Believe me, it'd make me real happy.

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[standardization]

From what I can tell, my world is entirely different. They just look ... kind of similar on a map? But I guess that'd make the years different, too.

[She lets that sit for a moment.]

And does that mean you're familiar with this world's engines and ships? I did some work on that myself back home, but everything was ... different, you could say.

[hot4engines]

My homeworld don't look anythin' like this... but then again, I came from another planet, too! Like I said, Earth's been dead 'n gone for a while... hundreds of years. So seems like we're apart by a pretty big gap if'n you're still from Earth.

[She brightens up.]

My speciality was spaceships, but we had hovercars and stuff back home too!

[standardization]

Ah ... well, if this isn't too forward of a request, would you be willing to bring me up to speed? I'm a fast learner, but I've been mostly working on guesses right now. And someone who does know these things already would help a lot.

[Even if she weirdly looks like Asami's roommate but has a different ... name. But she'll get to that later. How strange.]

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[hands4healing]

[Have the sight of a workbench, covered with tools and mechanical bits and pieces. And a bright-eyed young woman.]

Hi, Kaylee! I'm Winry. I'm an engineer, too. I'm from 1915, but I reallly want to know what kind of things you worked on in your time!

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[hot4engines]

Spaceships! I love ships and engines off all sorts... nothin' like getting an old engine purrin' again and getting a ship up into the sky.

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[equinamity]

Twenty-five seventeen?

[What.

Look. Hawkeye's already baffled by much of the technology--it's about 1915]

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[hot4engines]

Yup. Believe me, sounds just as weird from my end to find out I'm in the early 2000's here...

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[you_tried]

No way. 2517? For real?

[ FUTURE BUDDY. He looks excited for a minute, before the rest sinks in. ]

—wait. No life on Earth at all? Like not metaphorically?

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[hot4engines]

Yup, for real.

's what the history books say, anyway. Earth couldn't hold us no more- she didn't have the resources.

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[agog]

I am from 2014.

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[hot4engines]

Hmmm, so I'm a long ways off...

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[bratziska]

It was 2012 where I'm from.

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[hot4engines]

Seems to be the norm. Wow.

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[grimreaping]

Earth has no life?

[ THAT IS ALARMING OKAY. ]

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[hot4engines]

's what the official story is, yeah. Who knows if it's 100% true, though?

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[aggressiveapathy]

5,000 RIP. It's more, like, an undead age.

[hot4engines]

5,000?! Seriously?

i'm estimating based on release dates lol... they've never really established a date

[resipiscent]

Do you know about the hoverboards, then? I'm supposed to sell them, according to this stuff, but... I don't really know anything about them.

And it was um... 2004... maybe?

[He was kinda off the grid for a while.]

Estimation is a-ok :|b

[hot4engines]

Early 2000's seems to be the norm here... nobody anywhere near my time.

I'm going to be learning about 'em! Couldn't afford no vehicles of my own back home, but I'm sure I can find someone who'll let me take a crack at all these fancy hovering things.

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[chiroptophobic]

Do you think you could build a ship from scratch, if you were provided with the parts and tools?

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[hot4engines]

totally froms cratch? it's hard to say one way or the other- depends on how big it is, to begin with, and what kinds of parts i'd be working with.

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[functionoverfeels]

I am from roughly 500 years before you, but hopefully that will not invalidate the question I need to ask. Have you worked on complex robotics before? I may need a skilled mechanic at some point in case something goes wrong on the field, as it were.

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[hot4engines]

Not really- that was much fancier'n what I had access to. I could try, though!

[bumblebeeb]

[And there's a beam]

How do you feel about flying cars? --And maybe computers. But right now, flying cars! 'Cause I've got something that might interest you.

--I'm Ted, by the way, hi!

[hot4engines]

Hey there, Ted! You the same Ted I'm livin' with?

Oh, I love flyin' cars. Was too poor to afford one back home, but I'd love to try saving up for one here... I can dream, anyway.