WipEout: Ignition IC

[OrangeInk]

06/05/2206: It is the day before the first AG-350 Race event.

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The AG-350 Tier 1 Anti-gravity racing league Intro plays on worldwide Telecom systems.
(Note that the parts in the intro would say AG-350 racing league instead of WipEout or FX300 like it does in the video.)

After the intro, the official AG-350 League presenters Kyle Reid and Natasha Xavier appeared once again in front of millions of watching eyes after a period of almost 1 year, they were both dressed in white futuristic formal wear and were seated in a white room with a large window overlooking the race event bellow.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen! And welcome back once again to the exhilarating return of the AG-350 Racing league! Boy have we got a race event for you this weekend!" Said Kyle as he moved his hands around astatically as he talked.

"That’s Right Kyle!" Said Natasha as she gave a warming smile to the cameras. "Today we are coming to all of you at home from the fabulous city of Kyoto Japan for this amazing race event at the famous Metropia race circuit! This circuit features amazing Glass-bottomed track surfaces and a stunning vertical drop into the depths of this beautiful city."

"It’s going to be non-stop adrenaline filled action!" Said Kyle as he pointed his finger at the camera in a somewhat excited manner. "Also, this year we are proud to announce that 12 professional racing teams including big names such as Feisar, Icaras and Piranha, will be taking part in the tournament for the chance to win fame, glory and riches!"

"Make sure you tune in Tomorrow for the first race event of the week! There will be blood, sweat and oil as the racers battle it out on the track to be the crowning victors of Metropia."

"See you there!" said Natasha as the screen dimmed off and changed to an ignition energy drink advertisement.

"The AG-350 Racing league is brought to you by: Ignition energy drink, Feel the speed!

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Zoe Snow, or as her fans grew to call her. "Eden" lay comfortably across the nose section of her racer as it floated motionlessly within the Piranha docking area in rather relaxed and "I don’t give a shit" fashion with a bottle of beer in her hand. She was dressed in her flight gear but with the top half rolled down to her waist revealing a red tank top which was plastered with piranha stickers and sponsorship decals, her flight helmet sat on her lap as she stroked it slightly with her free hand while taking a swig from the bottle at the same time. It was obvious she was rather pissed off due to finding out that her lap times were lacking for the first time in 3 years. "What bullshit!" She screamed within the empty hangar bay as she threw the empty bottle to the ground next to her, it smashed into many pieces as a result.

"Ah shit..I'm gonna have to clean that up now." she said to herself, remembering that her manager would be passing by soon to oversee the race that would take place the following day. She then tossed her helmet into the open cockpit of her racer and hopped off the side of the low floating ship to clean up the mess of glass.

[The Charmer]

"Okay Andae... That's good, "Eden" will be really pissed now that you've thrashed yet another of her lap times" A voice came over the headset of Andae Marshall's helmet, the comment was met with a grin "Fuck yeah" came the smooth, yet cold voice of the race craft's pilot. "Heading back now... Give Zoe my regards" he finished with a smile as the craft in question turned to the Icaras Garage.

Andae Marshall or "Flashbomb" as he was known by his fans, had been racing for six years, running a constant Rivalry with the aforementioned Zoe "Eden" Snow.

Pulling up in the garage he climbed out of the vehicle, removing his helmet quickly and stripping his flight suit down to his waist, revealing a simple black shirt with the Icaras logo on the right pectoral. He walked to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of beer, popping the cap and taking a swig before sliding himself under his craft, he'd had a minor impact as he'd dropped the Vert, leaving a small dent in the underside of the nose "Great" he muttered with a frown.

[OrangeInk]

After gathering each individual piece of glass from the hangar floor and disposing of them, Zoe simply sighed as she turned and eyed her ship that floated peacefully in a single spot, to her it was a magnificent and beautiful sight, she thought of her ship as a part of her flesh a blood, she felt a deep connection to it as if herself and the ship were one entity when out on the race course. she skimmed her hand gently down the side of its nose, brushing her fingers against the 7 painted marks that indicated her Pilot kill count, her anger from before had quickly changed into a slight feeling of happiness, She grinned as she then moved her fingers over a empty spot next to the rest. "Your Next Andae." She said in a somewhat intimidating tone.

Zoe heard the slight sound of footsteps slowly approach the large hangar bay doors of the piranha garage; she turned to see an individual wearing the pink and purple tones of the Icaras uniform, her eyes immediately rolled towards the male figure as she clenched her fists. "Eden!" The male said. "Flashbomb has beaten another one of your lap times, he sends his regards!" Zoe immediately changed again to a mood of raging anger as she charged towards the figure with her hands clenched "Fucking Arsehole!" She screamed as the male figure ran off towards the other garages.

Zoe, now clearly enraged by the news ran off towards the side of her ship and kicked the bin she had disposed the glass in earlier, it fell over spraying out the peices of glass as she then sat down on the floor and gripped her head. "I'm going to kill him!" she said, gritting her teeth together gently.

[The Charmer]

Andae slid from beneath his craft as his team manager walked into the garage "Oh... Hey boss, just about to knock out some dings in the craft.... Nice work from the team by the way, she's beautiful" he said with a smile, the manager was one of only people he smiled warmly to, his reply coming back in the form of a curt nod as the manager reached out and handed him the hammer that Andae reached for.

"Hey, Flash', Eden's seriously pissed that you beat her time... I think she's out for..." his race co-ordinator began, trailing off as he spotted their boss "Sorry sir... Andae, she's a little angry that your going faster than her" he said instead, slightly unnerved by the combination of Zoe's outburst, the Manager's appearance and Andae's responding laughter.

"Good, that'll teach her for messing with my last ship" Andae replied before pulling himself back under the craft, it was a new model, and today was his first day out in the 'Dragoon' as it was codenamed, a smile played his lips as he began to heat the metal of the craft, gently tapping the area around the heated section with the panel hammer he'd been handed.

[OrangeInk]

Zoe sat on the cold hangar floor as she held her head in slight disappointment and anger. As she sat there on the floor a thunder of footsteps could be heard as Zoe's team and manager entered via the hangar doors, a few of them immediately run up towards Zoe due to seeing her so angry. "Hey, Eden, you alright girl?" said her manager as he rested his hand on her shoulder. "No, I'm fucking pissed off; Flash went and bet another one of my lap times." Her manager then scratched the back of his head gently before giving a small smirk and gripping Zoe, helping her to her feet. "Well, just make sure that you don’t allow him to eject this time, Hm?" Zoe smiled slightly at his comment. "Oh yeah, I'm gonna make him burn, ha-ha." she remarked as she walked over to her ship.

"Get out there and do a practice run of the track, perhaps you will beat his time again while you’re out there." said her manager. "Alright" she said, "Prepare the area for launch!" She shouted ordering her team to get ready.

She gripped the top folded up half of her flight suit and pulled it up to reach her neck, she then belted and suited it up as she climbed into the cockpit of her ship via the ladder. Zoe then lifted her helmet off the seat and slipped it on and secured it by adjusting the straps, she then clipped on the oxygen mask attachment and pulled down the visor. After getting herself comfortable Zoe strapped herself in. "Clear the launch area!" She said via radio as she twiddled her finger around in a circular motion. The crew then quickly moved off to the side and used there holographic laptops to configure the ships settings.

The canopy of the craft then came down and secured itself as she began the start-up procedure of checking the flaps and stabilizers of the craft.
"Commencing engine start-up." she said while indicating with hand signals. With the touch of a button the extremely powerful jet engine of the ship burst into life causing a bright blue and sometimes red aurora to trail behind it.

As the craft slowly began to move forward she manoeuvred it out of the piranha hangar and peacefully flew it past the rival garages on the way to the track, the ships design and beauty was a sight to behold as the sun gleamed against the bright red and yellow paint. Zoe quickly turned her head to look towards the Icaras garage and gave the team the middle finger, she then laughed slightly over radio. "Let’s do this." She said with a small smile under her mask.

[The Charmer]

Andae slid from beneath his craft just as Zoe pulled up outside the Icaras garage, a smirk formed on his managers face. "Ready to make things interesting?" he asked Andae as Flashbomb stood up beside him.

Andae smirked and waved tauntingly at her "Patch me in.... I'll give her a challenge she can't refuse, I know her too well" he said as he visibly reached for his helmet, sitting it atop his head and pulling his flight suit back on, he smiled as he received the thumbs up from his team's radio operator, he then dropped his helmet over his face.

"Hey, Zoe.... Fancy a little..... Race?" he asked as he finished sealing his suit off. "No contact, no weapons, all speed, first to complete two laps wins, whoever initiates a contact between ships, forfeits tomorrow's race" he said casually, if she said no, he'd just give her a few minutes to pull ahead before attempting to destroy her lap time... Yet again.

[OrangeInk]

Zoe activated the air break of her ship and hovered calmly outside the Icaras garage as her attention was drawn by Andae's offer over the radio. a smile beamed on her face. "Deal, you’re so going down kid." She then laughed as she glanced down at her operational weapon systems and deactivated them, the miniguns and other weapon systems in the wings of the craft could be seen folding up into an offline state. "Be down at the track start, don’t keep me waiting, ok? I get lonely" She then laughed and taunted Andae by cheekily blowing him a kiss in a feminine manner as if to ridicule him. The engines of the racer then began to scream again as she deactivated the air break and engaged the main thrusters causing her to move off towards the starting area of the track while using the stabilizers and flaps to steer, a fine red trial following behind it.

[Jinxlynx]

Rio parked her bike outside the garage and removed her helmet, she was late for her time trial but the traffic that was flooding the streets because of the race had held her up. She opened the door to the Feisar hanger and unzipped the leather jacket, she was her flight suit, it was still her pilot rig but it had a patch that said Team FEISAR sewn onto the sleeve. Only sparing the other pilots a glance she removed her jacket and took her racing helmet from one of the mechanics before climbing up into the cockpit of her racer and strapping herself in, The lead mechanic gave her a thumbs up and the anchors on the ship lowered, letting it hover freely as she drove it out of the hanger and onto the track to start her time trial.

[The Charmer]

Andae leapt into his craft, only allowing his foot to 'kiss' the central rung of the ladder, he slipped into the cockpit and fired up the engines "Out the way guys, this is gonna be noisy" he said into the radio before coasting the craft forwards "Flashbomb pulling out" he said into the all-band radio system, alerting all the other Pilot's that may be moving onto the track as he slipped past the hangar doors.

He turned the craft slightly as Rio drifted past, he isolated Zoe's frequency "Looks like we have company" he said cheerily, knowing that she'd smile at his comment, a moment later he flashed past Rio's craft towards the start line, pulling in alongside "Eden".

"Okay, weapons offline... No funny business, I know what your like Zoe" he said with a smirk as he engaged his air-brakes, holding himself still beside her "You wanna count us in... Or should I get my mechanics to tap into the lights?" he asked as his crystal bule eyes pierced the gap between the two racers.

[OrangeInk]

Zoe heard Andae’s messaged and noticed Rio flying along past behind her, she tilted her ship to the side and gave Rio a small acknowledging nod before then re-aligning her ship, she then turned her head and glanced at Andae as he sat in the cockpit of his craft, she then activated critical settings of her craft such as auto-balancing and vector-thrusters for tight corners, But Zoe had a trick up her sleeve, because this small race was not under race conditions or rules she activated her ships boosting systems to fire as soon as she fired the throttle at the start. "I hope your ready Hun, haha. Tell your team to get those lights activated, I want this to be legitimate" she then gave a brief nod to Flash as she prepared herself for the race.