Universe: Beta
Story: Cart Wars
First seen: Flame, Cart Wars strip made in 1994/5
Type: Kid-made Contraption
Year(s): 1994/5
Crew: 1
Passengers: 0
Top Speed: About 500mph
Weapons: Itself
Defence: Nothing that stood up in court
Capacity: None
Length: 1.4m
Width: 1.1m
Height: 0.9m
Fuel Type: Solid Rocket Fuel
General Info:
The product of one of the most infamous scandals in Cart Wars history. A boy nick-named Flame put "fake", "just for show" solid rocket boosters on his cart. Once the race was in progress he revealed these boosters were very real, by igniting them! He soon passed the entire field, rocketing up to uncontrollable speeds. An over-enthusiastic marshall / parent at the bottom of the hill stepped out waving a black flag, and Flame hit him, apparently killing them both. Until I bought him back "many" (about 4, actually) years later.
Out-of-universe, Flame was invented by my friend Robert, who also drew many Cart Wars comic strips (as well as Battles, and later The Gun) of his own. We stopped being friends a few years after leaving primary school, and I just claimed Flame as my own.
Variants:
Only one, Flame did make another cart later.
Origin / Inspiration:
Robert's idea.