Retropunk Mechanics!

[Sirrocco]

I dunno... Our man Da Vinci and a few of his contemporaries could have done some *really* interesting things with rubber science, depending on how rubber and in what ways. The major trouble would have been a power source, obviously, but that really comes down to exactly how much handwaving we're allowed to *do*. On the other side, it's worth considering the Chinese, who had some interesting things going a *while* back, that could have gotten that much more interesting with stretchy science.