Lunar Chronicles Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Hover

A hover is a transportation vehicle used on Earth. It is designed to elevate itself from the ground through magnetism and fly at a constant altitude of up to a few meters above the ground by utilizing a magbelt in the engine.

History[]

At an unknown time in the history of the Third Era, the use of self-powered motor vehicles, also known as cars, was overtaken by hovers.

Hovers are used for various purposes:

  • Passenger hovers are vehicles used to transport a single or small group of passengers between locations. Consumers can own a hover as a possession, in a similar way to automobiles in the Second Era. They can also hire a hover for a ride, which they have to then pay for in univs, in a similar fashion to taxicabs in the Second Era, albeit a hover doesn't have a driver. The passenger has to swipe their identification chip to the scanner before boarding and exiting.
  • Emergency hovers are white vehicles responding to emergencies. They are equipped with emergency sirens & lights that can be used to alert others of the presence of an emergency hover before being seen.
    • Medical hovers are a type of emergency hover used to transport sick or injured people to places of treatment for an illness or injury. They have a red cross on the side of the vehicle. The function of medical hovers are similar to that of ambulances in the Second Era.
    • Law enforcement hovers are a type of emergency hover manned by law enforcement androids as they assist with patrolling and responding to incidences. Its function is similar to that of a police car in the Second Era.
  • News hovers are vehicles that transport members from the news media to the scene of an event.
  • Delivery hovers are vehicles that transport goods from a source location to a predefined destination.
  • Hover-racers are toy vehicles.

Recent Events[]

Cinder[]

When Sacha shows the first signs of Letumosis, an emergency hover comes to New Beijing Market to take her to the plague quarantines,[1] followed by another hover with emergency crew ordered to burn down Sacha's booth. After the fire, a hoard of news hovers arrive on the scene to report.[2]

In order to fix Adri's malfunctioning hover cheaply, Cinder goes to Taihang District Junkyard where she scavenges a magbelt from a rusted hover. Peony then shows signs of Letumosis and an emergency hover with med-droids arrive to take Peony to the quarantines.[3]

When Cinder visits Peony, she calls for a hover for the first time in her life. It brings her from Adri's home to to the quarantines and afterward to the research wing of New Beijing Palace.[4] The next day she uses a hover again to take her from the palace to the quarantines and sees med-droids loading diseased Letumosis patients in hovers. When she leaves, she is apprehended by androids in a law enforcement hover.[5]

On the day of Emperor Kai's coronation, Cinder washes Adri's hover to prepare it for Adri and Pearl's ride to the palace for the annual ball.[6]

Scarlet[]

After Cinder and Thorne escape New Beijing Prison, Cinder spots several emergency hovers in the warehouse district near the quarantines where the Rampion is stored, but are not seen by them.[7]

Scarlet pays for a hover to bring her and Wolf from her farm to the train station in Toulouse.[8] Her friend, Émilie Monfort, used a hover to reach the farm. When she encounters Cinder and faints, Cinder considers disabling the hover before leaving in order to delay Emilie from reporting about them.[9]

Officers from the Eastern Commonwealth come to Rieux Tavern in a green hover after tracking down Cinder through Peony's ID chip.[10]

Cress[]

Footage from news reports show armed military personnel from the American Republic coaxing Lunar Special Operatives into secured hovers, to then take them to prison.

The order of escort-droids for Kai and Levana's wedding, including Iko, is delivered in a delivery hover to New Beijing Palace.[11] Wolf & Cress board a hover to attend the wedding at the palace.[12]

Trivia[]

  • Official records of Cinder's history state that a hover accident occurred when she was eleven years old in which she lost both her parents and her left hand and leg.[13]
  • Hover accidents are nearly impossible and would only cause a few bumps and bruises.[14]

References[]

  1. Cinder, Chapter 1
  2. Cinder, Chapter 2
  3. Cinder, Chapter 5
  4. Cinder, Chapter 17
  5. Cinder, Chapter 27
  6. Cinder, Chapter 31
  7. Scarlet, Chapter 9
  8. Scarlet, Chapter 16
  9. Scarlet, Chapter 33
  10. Scarlet, Chapter 35
  11. Cinder, Chapter 45
  12. Cinder, Chapter 47
  13. Glitches
  14. Cinder, Chapter 11
Advertisement