Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)

[gamma_quadrant]

*A small spaceship that appears to be made out of cardboard flies into the room. It lands upright on a chair, and the front opens to allow what appears to be a foot-high astronaut out.* I told them I could get that hovercraft motor to work.

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[battlefranky36]

"Oi, you're a Space Ranger? As in, from space? With space ships?" Franky said, grinning. This is perfect! "Y'know, I'm building a space ship right now..."

[gamma_quadrant]

Yes, I'm a Space Ranger. *This is getting rather repetitive.*

You're building a space ship? Interesting...

[battlefranky36]

"Say, would you be willing to oversee this proect? I mean, you must have all sorts of experience with this kind of stuff," Franky said, kneeling to bring himself level to Buzz.

[gamma_quadrant]

Well, mostly I fly the ships, rather than building them, but I'm fairly familiar with how ships are put together from having to repair them. I could help with the project, yes.

[battlefranky36]

"Super!" Franky shouted. He never expected someone so small to know about space ships, let alone have flown them. "So, what kinds are you familiar with?"

[gamma_quadrant]

... Well, was there any particular kind you were planning on building?

[battlefranky36]

"Well, I'm planning on using a soda drive and the classic cigar shape. No weapons system, though," Franky said, sitting down. Kneeling was starting to hurt his knees.

[gamma_quadrant]

No weapons system makes things easier - apart from anything else, it cuts down on the programming that has to be done to the ship's computers.

Cigar-shape is good - can move through atmospheres more quickly, even if it doesn't really do much in space itself. But... soda drive? I don't think I'm familiar with that one.

[battlefranky36]

Franky chuckled. "I'm not surprised that you've never heard of the soda drive. After all, I invented it. Twice as powerful as any other drive, and at least three times more compact!"

[gamma_quadrant]

Let me guess... you shake up a bunch of soda bottles and take the caps off all at once to take off?

[battlefranky36]

Why did everybody think that? "No, it utilizes the power of nucleation. Why did everybody think that? "No, it utilizes the power of nucleation. I use a super perforated ball to create the bubbles, and the drive harnesses the power of them."

[gamma_quadrant]

Ah. So it's called a soda drive because it uses a liquid that ends up looking like soda, rather than using actual soda. Sorry, the name kind of threw me off.

It sounds very interesting - and also a lot easier to achieve than what Star Command uses.