astercontrol:

The whole reason I was trying to look up how lightcycles work

is because I had decided that my OC has one that runs off her own personal energy, instead of charging somewhere from some other power source in the Grid

And I wanted to see if that is actually unusual, or if that’s how they normally work

I’m especially curious because:

AFAIK we never see them charging anywhere

they never seem to run out of fuel as long as someone is riding

IF lightcycles canonically use the program’s OWN power to travel

then they are analogous to pedal-powered bicycles

if you have a pedal-powered bike you are closer to having a lightcycle than any motorcyclist is

and even closer if it’s a FOLDING bike, because you’re getting it closer to baton size than they ever can

but is this actually the case, who knows. I don’t REMEMBER seeing anything in Legacy or Uprising about what they run on. But there may have been something I may have forgotten.

And I’d be surprised if there isn’t something in one of the games.