What we have here is a recording of the first-ever living mechanical vehicle to be created: W.D 9481 Willys Jeep, named Herbert. The figure standing next to him is his creator, inventor of the living mechanical vehicle, British engineer and scientist, Harbayn G. Joecup, who was working for the MOD at the time. The location of this recording was taken at a MOD base; the location, however, is unknown. The date of this recording is the 16th June 1942, shortly after Herbert was born in his living state. This document, as well as others based around Harbayn's invention, were kept classified until 1983.

Harbayn's method of creating an animate object from an inanimate object was by taking the DNA of a human and mixing it with oil used in a motor mechanical vehicle. Several attempts were made with this method, and after his twenty-fourth revision, he was successfully able to bring life to the vehicle seen in this document. The MOD were very impressed with his work and asked if they could use his recipe with some of their land vehicle fleet, to which he agreed to. Due to the nature of his invention, the 'living' vehicles in the MOD were kept under the highest of security and secrecy, and Harbayn was placed under an NDA regarding his invention. The reasons were because the MOD assumed that the citizens of the UK, and the world, would not be ready to handle, what was pretty much, a new sentient species on their planet. The other reason was to make sure that those they were fighting against did not find out about the invention, and try to copy it for their uses. The living fleet was mainly used to transport goods at the dead of night to other bases, and some were sent out on solo runs in the countryside to look out for enemy planes, using top-secret routes to avoid being seen by the general public. Most veterans will say that they were vital in pushing back the enemy forces, and without them, things would've been much more difficult in an ever toughening war.

When Germany declared defeat in 1945, most of the living fleet in the MOD carried on in normal use, and the secrecy around them was gradually lifted. It took a while for the humans to accept this new species on their planet, but as time went on, they dropped their guard and welcomed them to their society. In 1946, the U.S became interested in the invention and signed a deal with the MOD to use Harbayn's invention with their military vehicles. Use, and creation of living vehicles, was kept strictly for military use until 1952 when the U.S decided to allow vehicle manufacturers to use the invention for their products. The UK followed this shortly after. It didn't take long for Harbayn's invention to travel the world, and by 1984, nearly every country in the world had living vehicles of all types habituated in them.

Harbayn G. Joecup, unfortunately, would not live to see his invention flourish, as he died of a brain tumour in 1947.

Herbert, the first living vehicle in the world, continued serving the MOD until 1954 when he was retired from service. He was bought by Callum Brackshaw shortly after, and from then on, lived a celebrity lifestyle, appearing on television shows across the world, telling people how it felt being the first of his species, and educating those who did not know about living vehicles. He was also an activist for livers of all kinds, doing his best to make sure that livers had a voice in a world inhabited and controlled by humans. By 1987, Herbert was the last remaining living vehicle from the original MOD living fleet, as due to the early nature of his creator's invention, most livers passed away early in their lives. Herbert's living state would eventually end, and he passed away on the 8th September 2006, aged 64. He was scrapped a month later by request in his will. Callum Brackshaw, his owner for fifty-two years, died on the 10th May 2011, aged 85.

Harbayn and Herbert live on in the living vehicle society as major figures. They look up to them with the utmost respect, for without them, their species would not exist today.