– A Barbadian cultural tradition and event that mimics the British Navy. Fictional examples One of the first examples of the landship concept occurred in "The Land Ironclads." Created by science fiction author H.G. Wells, this was the most prominent and influential fictional landship, as it helped inspired the Landship Committee and, in turn, the tank and other armored fighting vehicles before World War I. In the Mortal Engines series, large landships called "traction cities" hunt smaller vehicles in the practicing of "Municipal Darwinism." In Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, literal land-bound aircraft carriers and land battleships are the primary mode of transporting firepower and air power in the largely desert terrain of the world of Kharak. In Warhammer 40,000, large land battleships, including the Capitol Imperialis and the Colossus, battle giant mechs known as Titans. The Halo franchise used large, terrestrial vehicles, including the Mammoth and the Elephant, as troop transports. The Covenant use even larger vehicles, such as the Harvester, the Kraken and the Draugr. In Haze, the main base of operations for the protagonist is a large, mobile terrestrial aircraft carrier. In Star Wars, the Jawas use the Sandcrawlers as a mobile base of operations. In the Fallout universe, the Enclave faction used a modified crawler-transporter as a mobile base of operations. The Dystopian Wars wargame and miniature series is set in an alternate history where steampunk technology has advanced to the point that almost every major nation has access to functional landships. See also Seaship – Seacraft simply known as a ship, large waterborne vessels used for commerce, maritime trade, and naval expeditions. Airship – Large aircraft that are the airborne equivalent of naval vessels, mostly used for weather and scientific research purposes. Spacecraft – Large vehicles used to transport objects into space, which can be split into expandable rockets or reusable spaceplanes. Landship Committee Road train Armoured train Super-heavy tank Tsar tank List of largest machines References Engineering vehicles Off-road vehicles