Yava Script Pods

The Yava Script Pods are automated, convertible and partially scheduled vehicle that offer guided tours on Heterocera, Sansara, Satori, Nautilus, Corsica, Gaeta 1, Gaeta 5, Sharp Continent and partially in Zindra. Compared to other automated vehicles, historical and present, they are much more safe and by far more precise, while still allowing passengers some degree of control.

**NOTE: Some pods move extremely fast, too fast for many people to survive sim crossings. By pressing the UP and DOWN buttons in WALK-RUN-FLY menu, you can increase or decrease speed.**

## Design and features

A standard pod is made of 7 prims, which is a very low number compared to other vehicles. Also, the component prims are not complicated (in standard pod design they are classical prims), but can transform into various types of vehicles. They can become submarines, boats, skilift chairs or trains if needed.

The technology behind them is different from other vehicles. They are physical and use one or more notecards for memory, to store navpoints of their journey. They are the only vehicles ever created that can pass through land that restrict scripts. They do so by moving in a straight line through inertia and resume operation once they have passed the parcel with restrictions. Lag measurements have shown that the Yava Script pods are low-lag and that even if 100 pods are running through the same sim, they will not affect performances.

Vehicles have themed designs related to the place they are going to visit.

Each pod is released by an individual rezzer located in one of the bases. The same rezzer cannot deploy two different types of vehicles, however, there are different rezzers (licated in different bases) that deploy the same type of vehicle.

The entire system is monitored with the help of an external server. Each vehicle communicates its position, rotation, shape and number of passengers to the external server every 60 seconds. The server then communicates this to online maps available at each base.

## Schedule

These vehicles are released after a schedule (usually at every 30 minutes), but this is not a rule. Some of the pods (like the GSLR Cecropia - Calleta) are released at other schedules. From any pod base, if an avatar wishes, a vehicle can be rezzed anytime. Position of some pods can be noticed with some interactive maps (found usually in Heterocera along the railway, but also in majority of pod bases). There still are pods that are not rezzed by touch. From time to time, some pod rezzers might not be functional, for technical problems.

Schedule might be affected by sim logout processes or by avatars crashing at a sim cross Still, speed is too high for some people with bad conenctions. Majority of pods have long lives. After they finish their tours, they return home and go again on another tour. So, if no sim restart process happens, no griefer attack is on the way and no sim crash occurs, a pod can theoretically live forever.

Pods are instructed to stop at various stations and wait to fit within their schedules. In case something happens (like a sim restart process or a griefer attack), since there can be more than one base on the way, a new pod is released to maintain the schedule. The Yava Script Pods don't have a timetable for each station, but they are expected to come roughly every 30 minutes.

## Bases

The Yava Script Pods are operated through a vast network of bases that work interconnected. Many vehicles can be deployed at various points along the route, so that, if one vehicle crashes along the way, another one can be released to replace it. This is specially true for intercontinental vehicles.

### Corsica

* **Y Maes Bach Gyda'r Wal Mawr** *Corfeld (249,61,70)* is the main station on the continent, serving the Circuit Road and many others. It also serves the transcontinental pods. Vehicles: **C1, C2/N2, C3, Transcontinental**.
* **Deilen O De** *Tealeaf (232,106,33)* is the second base, designed for the Western part of the continent. Vehicles: **C2, C4, N3**.
* **Plage Saint Amour** *Dungarvan ((123,35,21)* is a base in the far West, Corsica North Archipelago.

### Gaeta 1

* **Yr Hen Dafarn** *Elten (12,153,28)* is the main and only base on the continent. Vehicles: **G1, G2**.

### Gaeta 5

* **Yava Script Pod tours** *Demorgan (185,189,47)* is the main base on the continent, serving vehicles **G5, G6**.

Alternatively:

* **The Moon Rabbit Cafe** *Alturing (5,39,55)* is a station with no rezzer on route of **G5**.

### Heterocera

* **Ar bwys y Rheilffordd** *Oculea (219, 54, 34)* is the main base on Heterocera. It hosts a house and a railway station. Vehicles: **H4, H5, H7**.
* **Thinkerer Studios** *Calleta (122,149,41)* is the oldest base on the continent. Located in Calleta Plain, Calleta City, close to roads and railways, it is placed in the oldest parts of the continent. The base has a more industrial aspect. It deploys the following pods: **H1, H2, H3, H4**.
* **Yr Orsaf: YavaScript Railcar Station** *Lutra (50, 151, 65)* is also designed as a railway station, close to the Maritime Railway. Vehicles: **H2, H4, H5, H6, H7**.
* **Welcome To Hooktip** *Hooktip (139,55,135)* is located inside Bembecia - Hooktip Railway Complex, Bembecia City. It is just a stop with a map. Vehicles: **H6, H7**.
* **Euthrix Pod Station** *Euthrix (199,3,32)* is a small coastal base.
* **Friendship Forest** *Menophra (138,44,44)* is located along route 1 on the inner coast.
* **Cornel Beach** *Sedge (215,216,44)*, in the North, is, by the amount of traffic, the second base on the continent. Vehicles: **H3, H4, H6, H7, H8**.

### Jeogeot

* **Castle Yavanna** *Monowai (7,140,72)* is the main base and the first Yava Script base of all, built in 2010. It serves the whole continent.

Additional:

* **Mogwa Map** *Mogwa (230,145,59)* (just an online map).

### Nautilus

There is no main station in Nautilus. Because of the continent's split waterways and roads, most service was provided by pods coming from other continents. Still, there are 3 small bases:

* **Cyffordd Dreyfus** *Dreyfus (23,184,50)* serves North Nautilus Road Network.
* **Explorers Info Centre** *Tryanus (142,12,59)* is a small stop on the way, also in the North.
* **Gormthoog Station** *Gormthoog (81,125,38)* serves South Nautilus Road Network.

### Sansara

* **Dan Yr Eira** *Durango (153,188,117)*, located in East Snowlands Subcontinent, is the busiest station of all. It handles almost all traffic on Sansara. It deploys the following pods: **H1, S0, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, S7**.
* **Y Lanfa** *Aluluei (141,221,22)* is the second base of the continent, located in West Volcano Subcontinent. It is a two level base. It can deploy the following vehicles: **F1, F2, F3, F4, H1, S1, S5, H8**.
* **Da Boom Infohub** *Da Boom (72,22,71)* is used as a station for ferries and one pod line. The base can rezz additional vehicles if needed. Vehicles: **F3, F5, H1**.
* **Ivory Tower** *Natoma (157,219,20)* serves the Ivory Tower, the place where one can learn about prims and how to handle them. Vehicles: **F3, H1**.
* **Sanchon Marina** *Alcona (213,163,106)* is located in the Sansara Highlands, close to Elements Mountains which are the gateway to Bellisseria. The base is elevated. Vehicles: **S3**.

In addition, the pods use two stops in Bay City, both along the Bay City Railway, which are not stations with rezzers:

* *Grub Beach (44,127,22)*
* *Inner Harbor (16,38,25)*.

### Satori

* **Ger Y Lli Ballroom** *Basilisk (8,158,22)*, located on the West coast, is the main station and also hosts an old classical ballroom.
* **Central Maebaleia** *Nijole (231,65,103)* is the second base as importance, located in the center or the continent. Vehicles: **M1, M3, M4, N3**.
* **Flights O'Fancy** *Oglivie (109,9,65)* serves the pod route **M2**.
* **YavaScript Pod Tours Route 8B** *Camazotz (47,124,91)* is one of the smallest bases, serving vehicle **M1**.

Additional:

* **Tin Teddy Pod Station** *Trabushkja (163,175,31)* is not a convensitonal station but a place where **M3** pod can be released on demand.

### Sharp Continent

* **Cefn Bryn** *Cascade (135,144,114)* is located in the Sharp Snowlands and is the oldest base on the continent. Vehicles: **T1**.
* **Ger Y Bont** *Nailsworth (168,75,28)* is the newer base and serves vehicles **T1, T2**.

### Zindra

* **Oedolion Yn Unig** *Bronlen (36,23,35)* serves as the main base and is located in Kama City. Vehicles: **Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4**.
* **Lierminster** *Lierminster (97,225,39)* works as a remote base for the Southern part of route **Z2**.

## Routes

### Corsica

* **C1** is a pod running a short route. It runs along two shortcuts inside the Circuit Road.
* **C2/N2** serves both Corsica and Nautilus. It explores the Western part of Circuit Road, Southern waterways of Corsica like Degrand Channel and ventures a bit through Moles Island North. Then it heads through Castle Valeria transcontinental channel towards Nautilus.
* **C3** is designed to run on the entire length of the Circuit Road, forming a long loop and basically exploring the whole of East Corsica.
* **C4** operates on the Moles Island, exploring its road network, the Temple Of The Prim and the less visited waters of Gulf Of Moles.
* **G7** is a pod designed to cross East to Gaeta 5 and is (as for 2023) the newest of all pods.
* **Transcontinental**. This pod has the longest route of all and links 3 continents: Corsica, Nautilus and Satori. In Corsica, it reaches the Corfield base.

### Gaeta 1

* **G1** operates along the Northern coastline and part of Gaeta 1 Road Network including the unpaved Wedge-Morgan Road.
* **G2** explores the Southern part of the continent, where it also finds an unpaved road.

### Gaeta 5

* **G5** forms an inner circle around the continent.
* **G6** runs along the coastal road, forming a large loop.
* **G7** is a transcontinental pod, linking Gaeta 5 and Corsica.

### Heterocera

* **H1** *Northern Continent* is a transcontinental pod and links Heterocera with Sansara.
* **H2** *South East Heterocera* is designed to offer great tours of the Inner Delta and Outer Delta, crossing from one side of the atoll to the other twice.
* **H3** *Outer Coastline* moves counterclockwise along the coast.
* **H4** *Route 4 + railway* It makes a huge loop along the continent, following the middle route of the outer part of the atoll, also reaching the railway on the way. While returning, this pod travels along the main line of Second Life Railroad.
* **H5** *Cecropia Express* operated Calleta and Cecropia railway stations along the Great Second Life Railway. It was later extended to cover most of the main railway line.
* **H6** *The Great Wall* is designed to visit The Great Wall and a few surrounding roads.
* **H7** runs along the Northern coastline, sometimes venturing as a boat and sometimes running very close to the coast. In South, it runs on the railway or moves far South through the Outer Delta.

### Jeogeot

* **J1** goes to the North-East parts of the continent, making one large loop and riding along the NE roads.
* **J2** forms a large oval through central and Southern part of the continent, a long and narrow circuit.
* **J3** reaches the South-West part of the continent. It also describes a large loop. This pod reaches the dead-end roads in SW.
* **J4** describes on the map an *8* shaped figure, that it, two large loops. It advances far to the North-Western islands. Its route is almost identical with J4.
* **J5** forms also an *8* on the map. Its route is almost identical with J4, with the main difference that J5 crosses through one of the rivers in North-West.
* **J6** is the shortest route and describes the shortest loop inside the continent.
* **J7** travels to the North-East.

### Nautilus

* **N1** operates both in Nautilus and Satori. Released from Basilisk (Satori), it explores the waterways in South-East, runs along the channel of Nautilus City and reaches Ahab's Haunt, an island where a huge dinosaur skeleton can be seen. This pod also explores South Nautilus Road Network.
* **C2/N2** comes from Corsica and ventures into North-West Nautilus, exploring North Nautilus Road Network.
* **Transcontinental (N3)**. This pod has the longest route of all and links 3 continents: Corsica, Nautilus and Satori. In Nautilus, it runs along Dire Strait and other major waterways.
* **N4** explores the waterways in North-west Nautilus. It is the only pod that runs only inside Nautilus and does not rely on bases from other continents to operate.

### Sansara

Conventional pods:

* **H1** *Transcontinental* is designed to explore Heterocera but it is released from Sansara, linking the two main bases in Sansara and two bases in Heterocera.
* **S0** *Southwestern Mountains* offers a short trip towards the South-West part of Snowlands Subcontinent along the Amundsen road and Chamonix City.
* **S1** *Historical* goes to The Old World, Color Sims and other historical places which are the oldest in Sansara.
* **S2** *Wengen & ONSR* travels through central part of Snowlands Subcontinent, visiting the Okemo Nakiska Southern Railway, Skilifts and surrounding snowy mountains.
* **S3** *Southeastern* reaches the South-East part of the continent, places like Sansara Highlands. Sutherland or Warmouth Subcontinent.
* **S4** *River & Mountain* offers a cruise along the Snowlands River and climbs on the spectacular Mountains Of Sansara, a place where one can find breathtaking landscapes.
* **S5** *Northern* travels to the West Volcano Subcontinent and East Volcano Subcontinent, also venturing into Kami.
* **S6** *Northeastern* reaches Hidden Lakes Subcontinent, also venturing through surrounding areas in North-East.
* **S7** *Seas & Rivers* moves as a boat along most of its journey. It explores the river passing through Moons Subcontinent and reaches the two large seas of Sansara: Sea Of Fables and Mare Secundus. It makes stops at all the islands and gives plenty of Geographic explanations.
* **S8** *Micronesia* is a special vehicle. It is launched from the Northern base of Sansara and goes to Nuba and Kami, advancing into the Northern areas also known as *Micronesia*. Those places lack of roads but have a vast network of waterways.

Ferries:

* **F1** *Cecropia - Bay City* travels through the North Coast Forts and the ANWR Channel, then reaches Bay City.
* **F2** *East River* passes through the Northern waterways of Sansara towards the East River and Hidden Lakes Subcontinent.
* **F3** *Da Boom* travels to Da Boom, the first sim ever created.
* **F4** *Ivory Tower* links the North Sansara base with the Ivory Tower, where one can learn a lot about prims and how to handle them.

### Satori

* **M1** operates on the roads in Northern Satori, through the Slavic Sims in East and reaches the Satori Rift in West.
* **M2** explores the Western coast of the continent and then advances South towards the road South end.
* **M3** is built for the Eastern coast and also reaches a few roads in the center.
* **M4** explores the less known South-East coast as well as a few roads.
* **N1** is released from Basilisk (Satori) but it is designed to explore Nautilus, although it also visits the Northern shores of Satori, reaching close to the shores of Blake Sea.
* **Transcontinental**. This pod has the longest route of all and links 3 continents: Corsica, Nautilus and Satori. In Satori, it reaches the main base of Basilisk.

### Sharp Continent

* **T1** is the main pod running and explores in high detail the Sharp Snowlands and the central part of the continent. It travels along all roads.
* **T2** has a shorter route and is a boat, exploring a few central waterways.

### Zindra

Service in Zindra is limited because land does not allow object entry, which means that automated vehicles cannot run.

* **Z1** is probably the oldest vehicle on the continent and runs a loop along a few roads in Kama City.
* **Z2** can only be released on command. Land does not allow objects entry along the way, which means that the pod cannot run through most of its route. There is a short-run pod in South which covers part of the route that Z2 was supposed to run.
* **Z3** explores the roads and waterways in West, reaching to the shores of Ursula Bay and Zindra River.
* **Z4** goes to the entrance of New Horizons.

## See Also

* Second Life Geography
* Automated Transportation
* Second Life Transport Authority
* SLGI Transportation Systems