Space Exploration and Mining Corps

During my TF:P re-watch I kept taking note of various Shockwave movements because I noticed they tend to really exaggerate his movements when he does things - like speaking - to, presumably, make up for the lack of facial expressions. While he is Still very often, when he does move, he tends to move a LOT and with great exaggerated motions to sort of emphasize how he operates or what he’s feeling (comes up most often when he’s annoyed or angry; almost always at Starscream) and I wonder if, more than just animator’s intent, it’s something he himself doesn’t do unconsciously to make up for the lack of expression elsewhere. He doesn’t exactly have a face to express himself with, so the next best thing is body language.

(PLS excuse the LQ gifs I have to compress them or else tumblr gets mad </3)

Here are some examples of what and ON HUD would look like. Minus the cockpit view.

The only discrepancies in this example is that fliers have a wider visual range than what's portrayed as well as augmented sensors that allow them to sense what around them. Similar to Ampullae of Lorenzini organ in shark and rays.

Imagine this but on an aircraft, they're almost shaped the same....

These sensors can also be found on the face plates of fliers in Root Mode but have little use besides letting a bot know that there is something near their faceplate which they can use their optics for. Depending on the configuration of a bots Alt mode the sensors can be located on any part of a mechs Frame. Most contemporary Alt modes put them on the back, lower back, abdominal and chest plates as standard.

In conjunction with these biomechanical sensors fliers also have the standard aircraft sensors:

https://electronicsforu.com/market-verticals/sensors-strength-aviation-aerospace

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_management_system

For TFMR universe only. I don't care if all of this sounds completely wrong and not like canon or any othe AUs, because demonyms are hard and I am not going to rake my brains over wether someone from Vos is a Vosian or a Vosnian.

Here are the ones that are simple:

Iacon -> Iaconian

Polyhex -> Polyhexian

Altihex -> Altihexian

Protihex -> Protihexan

Praxus -> Praxian

Vos -> Vosian

Tesarus -> Tesarian

Uraya -> Urayan

Velocitron -> Velocitronian

Navitas -> Navitan

Caminus -> Camien

Eukaris -> Eukarian

Here are the ones that are not so simple:

Their sensitive wings mean they are constantly processing information, causing them to stand very still as they go through it all.

Most flyers are farsighted and will notice movement from long distances away so sometimes they might hold a thosand yard stare then suddenly refocus on something closer by.

Unlike other Cybertronians, flyer helms are gyroscopic wired, meaning their fixed on a spot, regardless of their orientation.

And finally, some Flyers have a condition known as Flat Affect, meaning they don't always physically express their emotions.

OPTION TWO: FLUORESCENCE

An incredibly short description:

Fluorescence and phosphorescence are physical phenomenons, happening in various materials. They depend on the atomic structure of the material. Phosphorescence takes more time than fluorescence and they are both types of one phenomenon- luminescence.

So how do they work?

Particles and atoms always have some electrons in them. Because of the atomic forces, the electrons are not just flying around, but stay on one path- they have one certain Energy level. (So they stay in an area where they can have the amount of Energy that suits them).

When a photon hits an atom(or a particle) it’s Energy is transferred to the electron on one Energy level, which jumps from its place to a higher Energy level.

It does not stay there but it falls back down to its original level and while doing it, the falling electron sends the Energy out of the atom; in the form of a light wave or more often; a heat wave.

Whats interesting The parameters of the emitted wave are not dependent on the parameters of the wave causing the effect.

But to cause this effect the incoming light wave has to have just the right amount of Energy to move electron to its next Energy level.

How much Energy is needed? It depends on the atomic structure of the material. Some electrons will need more Energy and some less, making them responsive to different light waves…or, in other words, colours!

Sadly this option excludes IR vision.

Why?

According to the law of Energy Conservation, the light hitting the particle will always have higher frequency(more Energy) than one escaping the particle afterwards. It is like this because the incoming wave gives its Energy to an electron, but then the electron uses some of this Energy to go up and drop back, so there is only a small part of initial Energy left to emanate/escape as a light wave.

So this is a theoretical scheme of photoreceptor in an optic, which can recognize energy of visible or UV light by which electrons “jump”, or which particle reacts to it.

And when they die light goes out because…maybe energon is luminescent-I mean WE KNOW IT IS. THAT’S WHY IT GLOWS. But I mean, maybe it makes the luminescent layer itself or fills the photoreceptors.

So maybe

Then we would have a model where different photoreceptors in retina have different amount of Energy in electron levels so they sense different waves.

But as I mentioned earlier far more often the Energy of an electron is radiated through heat.

Not to worry, there actually is another effect called THERMOLUMINESCENCE.

<bear with me>

Photo of thermoluminescent Fluorite

So technically we could have a scenario where:

Photon comes in, gets to photoluminescent retina where photoreceptors recognize the amount of energy and create photopigment. Then electrons drop back to their basic state and radiate heat which upon touching the front of the optic-lights it up.

This way the heat would be conducted out of the system and we would get all the glowing parts, which stop glowing after death as the energon stops flowing through, so there is less heat.

We can assume that those could work, as their bodies are literally made of some alien, unknown living metal and also we have NO IDEA what ENERGON IS.

This idea is a big stretch and would need a lot more in-depth analysis of how sensors and laboratories measure luminescent reactions.

Technically this could work a bit like photoresisthors do(changing resistance depending on how strong the light is) , just their material being luminescent.

Can track prey for hours without losing focus

Special interest: basket weaving

Always fidgeting - banging rocks together and discovers flint-knabbing

Distracted by berries

Stimming by making noises, discovers the sksksk that lures out squirrels

Can't sleep at night, great at guarding the cave while family sleeps

Sensitive senses means discovering and refusing to eat rotten/poisonous food

Sees bird eat nut - impulsively tries it too and discovers that nuts taste good

Cons of having ADHD:

Can't do homework

Impulse buys

Can't use a calendar

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