Velocitron

Brief History
Like Aquatron, Velocitron is one of a few original colonies set up before the Great War. Luckily, the mostly desert world doesn't have much in the way of valuable resources so the War left it essentially untouched. In consequence, not much on Velocitron has changed. It's a wild, devil-may-care world of rule benders, rule-breakers, with a cultural emphasis on speed that determines much of day to day life, from governing to jobs to the colonists' very appearance.

Culture
Speed is everything on Velocitron. The planet's mostly flat, desert environment practically encouraged this trend from the colony's inception. Modifications to enhance speed are a common practice. Home-worlders are wont to describe them as "hyper-impatient" and "speed obsessed" compared to your average individual. That's just the Velocitronian way: keep your speed up, or get left behind in the dust. Leaders are determined by this mindset via an extreme marathon-like race, the Speedia, with the simple idea that the fastest are best fit to lead. If a leader isn't liked, there is no intense bureaucracy to slow removing them. They may be openly challenged at any time by anyone. However, it usually takes more effort for a femme to sign up for this race than a mech.

Those with a love of strict rules and order may not find Velocitron a particularly welcoming place. Their hands-off style of governance means there's a somewhat disturbing amount of freedom in what goes and what doesn't on the planet. Drug smugglers, pirates, and fugitives find the place a haven, but then so do many who are disillusioned with too much control.

Notable Figures
Override: current leader in charge of Velocitron

Notable Places
Stop-Me Mountains: a huge mountain range that stretches over most of the southern hemisphere that effectively blocks easy access to the southern pole.

The Empty Plains: the vast desert plains that stretch out beyond the superhighways that crisscross the planet.

Neon: the largest city on Velocitron

Titorn: Override's home city, located far to the south of the Neon highway interchange.

Trivia

 * The obsession with speed and the infrastructure to support it means the roads are the main focus of Velocitronian life.
 * In consequence, only roads are ever mapped. The vast expanses beyond them are un-mapped and essentially unexplored.


 * The concoction known as taoth has its roots on Velocitron, and is used by home-world Cybertronians much the same way humans use coffee or caffeinated green tea. On Velocitron though, it has much more of a kick.
 * Override is the first femme leader of Velocitron
 * Typically, only mechs are allowed to race.
 * To get into the Speedia, she modified herself to look male and then revealed the truth after she had been named ruler. As such, some feel she should not be in charge, but no rules explicitly say that what she did was illegal.
 * Others have challenged her. No one has defeated her.