Observation: "You'd think this would
be scarier on the small critters and don't get
me wrong, a Lerk with celerity is like trying
to whack a hummingbird with a baseball bat. But
it's a little scarier when one of those three-ton
freaks is pounding along behind you, and it's
comin' on like a freight train. I've never been
so happy to see a ventilation shaft in my whole
life."
Thesis: the tensile strength of all muscles
and tendons in the "running" group is
increased, cores of flexible and strong material
form in the bones. This is probably a relatively
simple change, but the results are dramatic. At
their peak, our simulations cannot even speculate
how they can maintain such speeds the stress
and impact alone should shatter their bones and
snap their muscles, no matter how strong.
Celerity
(% speed increase) |
Level 1
|
~10%
|
Level 2
|
~20%
|
Level 3
|
~30%
|
|