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
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
- Flight of The Nightrider
- The Hunt for Toecutter
In The Road Warrior
- First Battle for the Tanker
- The Flight of Nathan
- Second Battle for the Tanker
- The Flight of Max
- The Final Flight of Pappagallo's Tribe
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
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