Lightning (F-Zero)

Lightning is an area where the climate was once calm, but the air pollution created a perpetual lightning zone. This extreme air pollution continues to destroy the ozone layer. Now the frequent bolts of electricity which hammer down from the sky are harnessed and put to use by innovative power companies. The total power generated in the efficient recycling facilities exceeds 10 million gigawatts. The output is so great, in fact, that Lightning now exports its excess power to neighboring planets.

Ikran's F-Zero timeline
Lightning first appeared during the fic, Falcon's Followers. First when Falcon saved Jody with Yami and Slypher, then when they, Joey, and Tinsel dealt with Black Shadow and Blood Falcon. Joey and his Red-Eyes Black Dragon chased after the Blue Falcon with a bomb attached on its fuselage.

The second time was during the Championship a year later at its Thunder Road circuit as Tinsel, Rick, Falcon, and Gomar & Shioh dealt with Miss Killer, Goroh, Black Shadow, Blood Falcon and Antonio Guster. They won just barely, but Rick was comatose and captured by Black Shadow and taken to Dark Star.