[ Balthier watches with interest as the mechanical tentacles flow with Dr. Octavius's movement. How elegant. ]

Strictly speaking, it's quite a lot more technologically advanced than my world, but range of machine wise, I think it's split as more advanced and less.

[ He gestures to his bike. It's the size of a large motorcycle, with large mirrored round hubs where wheels should go in the front and back. Except it's all metal, because it doesn't need wheels to move. It's currently resting on a kickstand, the gentle blue lights extinguished. ]

My partner took to calling the ships 'she' and I suppose I followed the habit.