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Road Wars are vehicular battles that take place on the desolate and dusty post-apocalyptic roads of The Wasteland.

Characteristics[]

Often comprising of two belligerents, with one in pursuit of the other, the causes of road wars are numerous, though often are fought for acquisition of fuel and/or other commodities, vengeance, or supremacy of a region.

Road Wars can be split into several categories: Hunts, Battles, and Flights:

Hunts[]

Hunts are small-scale road wars usually between one individual and several other combatants and are meticulously planned; they take place on and off over a period of time.

Battles[]

1981 MM2 TRW - TANKER 01

The Final Battle of Pappagallo's Tribe.

Battles take place between two groups of combatants who have a mutual desire to achieve a specific item, they are short and usually defuse once the item is acquired.

Flights[]

Finally, Flights are large-scale road wars often between dozens of combatants; the motive of one group is to flee to a safe-haven, whilst the motive of the other is the destruction of the former. Flights can take between several minutes and several hours to reach conclusion.

Notable Road Wars[]

Max Rockatansky, known to some as "The Road Warrior," was a key combatant in a number of road wars that occurred preceding, and following, the Pox-eclipse.

In Mad Max[]

In The Road Warrior[]

In Beyond Thunderdome[]

  • The Flight for Tomorrow-Morrow Land

In Fury Road[]

In Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga[]

  • Dementus Biker Horde captures a tanker from Gastown
  • The War Rig survives an attack from Octoboss' "Mortiflyers"
  • The Forty-Day Wasteland War

Gallery[]

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