At some point I wanted to give my heroes something "cooler" than that old van. Pretty much the equivalent of the X-jet. That's what the Star-Bird is more or less. Eventually I'll come up with a more in depth analysis of where the ship came from and the relevence it holds for the O'Sheely family but I'll have to brain-storm on that a bit. The "blue giant robot" is one of "The Woke",a global robotic police force made by Daedalus to patrol everything from body language to the use of certain words. Obviously their inspiration are "The Sentinels" from X-men and the Star-Bird kinda looks like Laser-Beak of Transformers fame! I really love how they drew technology in the 80's and 90's.