Name: Beatrix Viola Kendal Ward
Alias: Bea (to most people), MadBea (social media tag)
Team: Carrera Condor
Driver Number: 18
Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Age: 20
SPACER
Backstory:
A child of Frederick Henry Ward, an industrial mogul and owner of Pridwen Solutions, formerly of aerospace and defense fame currently dealing in agricultural machinery and civilian aerospace, and his corporate lawyer Akela Hawthorne-Ward. Beatrix has been racing since she was six, starting with sailing hydrofoils, graduating to hoverkarts at 10, various British regional Rallye Championships at 14, the European Rallye Championship at 16 and finally the Junior Formula Anti-Gravity series at 17. Despite a double win and regular top five finishes in the regionals and finishing P3 overall in the European Rallye and good results in Junior Formula Anti-Gravity, she didn’t make the cut for any of the Formula AG teams that had seats open for the 2093 season while also out of a drive in the Junior series.
Bea instead spent the year racing limited schedule in the European Rallye Championship with the intent to try for Formula AG again next year while her father greased some wheels behind the scenes. Her signing now granting access to select Pridwen Solutions patented technology for the team, Carrera Condor unceremoniously threw one of their current drivers under the proverbial bus mid-season and announced Beatrix would take his seat next year, after which simulators and advertising for the new team as well as getting used to working with her future race engineer, a former Formula AG multiple race winner whose career had been cut short by an injury ensued.
Personality:
Never one for the ‘proper lady’ thing her dear father hoped for, although obliging him on important occasions to make him happy, Bea is an unfiltered adrenaline junkie, having been interested in racing things on land, sea and air since she was five. Racing isn’t just a hobby for her despite what some detractors claim, having poured her heart and soul into it since her Rallye days. Being very passionate about racing, sometimes she can get a little... overenthusiastic in the cockpit, with some choice words she's had for other drivers or the team's own vehicle over the team radio having secured places in the fans' memories and one or two even ascended to memehood. Bea also has an artistic side, doing her own helmet designs among other things.
Bea sees people who aren’t smiling as a problem that needs to be fixed immediately. An outgoing social creature, she’s made use of her personality and interests to promote civilian and agricultural products of Pridwen Solutions in the past and has been using social media for the past few months to give her audience an entertaining and informative look under the team’s hood, though carefully scrubbed of anything they want to keep under wraps. An excitable ball of inexhaustible energy, getting her to sit still for a 10 minute interview is a feat worthy of legends and no one has yet managed to get her to take one completely seriously.
Racing DNA
Controversy : Despite some success in the Junior Formula AG series as well as other racing ventures, many see her as a nepo baby corpo princess whose daddy bought her "a pony" in the form of a race seat and expensive augs and gear.
Some people also take issue with the fact that her family's fortune came from the defense sector, Pridwen Solutions only having pivoted to agricultural machinery and renewable energy when the defense market was about to stall.
But the number one group of people cursing Bea's name and lineage are the fans of Joaquin Ibanez, the driver she replaced at Carrera Condor for the 2094 season, essentially pissing off a sizable chunk of Argentinian racing fans simply by existing.
MISC
Theme Song
Likes: Adrenaline highs, large dogs, singing, sweets.
Dislikes: Dirty racing, two-facedness, liquid breathing.
Other Information:
Alias: Bea (to most people), MadBea (social media tag)
Team: Carrera Condor
Driver Number: 18
Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Age: 20
SPACER
SPACER
Beatrix stands at 162 cm (5’4”) and weighs 52 kg (119 lb) with a lean athletic build, frequently making up a few extra centimeters with short-heeled shoes and rarely seen without a smile.
She speaks a mile a minute with an animated, mellifluous voice, talks with her hands almost as much as her mouth and has accidentally hit people standing next to her when gesticulating in the past.
Par for the course, Beatrix has a neural port at the back of her head, allowing her to link directly to the racing craft’s flight computer. She also has a synthetic heart, reinforced spine and had her legs and arms amputated at the hips and shoulders, replacing them with prosthetics to further increase her G-tolerance and movement precision.
Although she doesn’t have any tattoos, she saw her prosthetics as another canvas, with both of her legs covered in artwork of vines with colorful blossoms. Serving as a sort of “wall of fame”, her arms still have a lot of empty space, the right bearing a record of her racing achievements and the left depicting her biggest crashes, DNFs and other hiccups.
Beatrix stands at 162 cm (5’4”) and weighs 52 kg (119 lb) with a lean athletic build, frequently making up a few extra centimeters with short-heeled shoes and rarely seen without a smile.
She speaks a mile a minute with an animated, mellifluous voice, talks with her hands almost as much as her mouth and has accidentally hit people standing next to her when gesticulating in the past.
Par for the course, Beatrix has a neural port at the back of her head, allowing her to link directly to the racing craft’s flight computer. She also has a synthetic heart, reinforced spine and had her legs and arms amputated at the hips and shoulders, replacing them with prosthetics to further increase her G-tolerance and movement precision.
Although she doesn’t have any tattoos, she saw her prosthetics as another canvas, with both of her legs covered in artwork of vines with colorful blossoms. Serving as a sort of “wall of fame”, her arms still have a lot of empty space, the right bearing a record of her racing achievements and the left depicting her biggest crashes, DNFs and other hiccups.
Backstory:
A child of Frederick Henry Ward, an industrial mogul and owner of Pridwen Solutions, formerly of aerospace and defense fame currently dealing in agricultural machinery and civilian aerospace, and his corporate lawyer Akela Hawthorne-Ward. Beatrix has been racing since she was six, starting with sailing hydrofoils, graduating to hoverkarts at 10, various British regional Rallye Championships at 14, the European Rallye Championship at 16 and finally the Junior Formula Anti-Gravity series at 17. Despite a double win and regular top five finishes in the regionals and finishing P3 overall in the European Rallye and good results in Junior Formula Anti-Gravity, she didn’t make the cut for any of the Formula AG teams that had seats open for the 2093 season while also out of a drive in the Junior series.
Bea instead spent the year racing limited schedule in the European Rallye Championship with the intent to try for Formula AG again next year while her father greased some wheels behind the scenes. Her signing now granting access to select Pridwen Solutions patented technology for the team, Carrera Condor unceremoniously threw one of their current drivers under the proverbial bus mid-season and announced Beatrix would take his seat next year, after which simulators and advertising for the new team as well as getting used to working with her future race engineer, a former Formula AG multiple race winner whose career had been cut short by an injury ensued.
Personality:
Never one for the ‘proper lady’ thing her dear father hoped for, although obliging him on important occasions to make him happy, Bea is an unfiltered adrenaline junkie, having been interested in racing things on land, sea and air since she was five. Racing isn’t just a hobby for her despite what some detractors claim, having poured her heart and soul into it since her Rallye days. Being very passionate about racing, sometimes she can get a little... overenthusiastic in the cockpit, with some choice words she's had for other drivers or the team's own vehicle over the team radio having secured places in the fans' memories and one or two even ascended to memehood. Bea also has an artistic side, doing her own helmet designs among other things.
Bea sees people who aren’t smiling as a problem that needs to be fixed immediately. An outgoing social creature, she’s made use of her personality and interests to promote civilian and agricultural products of Pridwen Solutions in the past and has been using social media for the past few months to give her audience an entertaining and informative look under the team’s hood, though carefully scrubbed of anything they want to keep under wraps. An excitable ball of inexhaustible energy, getting her to sit still for a 10 minute interview is a feat worthy of legends and no one has yet managed to get her to take one completely seriously.
Racing DNA
Overview: Beatrix likes to take risks, standing out among the competition in Junior Formula AG with deep lunges, late braking and general “full send” racing style even by anti-gravity racing standards. It has led to crashes earlier in her career, but she’s since figured out how most racers react to her suddenly appearing on the inside of a corner and how to take it into account. Coming from a rallying background, she thrives in the low and mid speed corners and is not afraid to get her elbows out and trade paint.
However, she relies heavily on her team for strategy and energy management, something she'll need to learn going forward in the big leagues.
Skills: Bea has a fairly big following for a young racer, owing it mostly to her frequent fan interactions, both in person and online, and her social media presence under the nickname “MadBea” showcasing a bit of the behind the scenes stuff of her racing life, full helmet cam onboards and technical breakdowns. She also has a side channel under the somewhat uninspired name "Bea Draws Stuff" where she showcases her art and does drawing tutorials.
Special Trait: While not an implant or augment per se, Beatrix utilizes a Pridwen Solutions patented liquid breathing and immersion suit. Originally developed for aerospace fighter pilots, Bea's lungs, body cavities and entire hardshell racing suit reminiscent of spacesuits are filled with an oxygen-rich breathing fluid before getting in the cockpit which allows her to withstand sustained G loads in the mid hundreds with little effort.
However, she relies heavily on her team for strategy and energy management, something she'll need to learn going forward in the big leagues.
Skills: Bea has a fairly big following for a young racer, owing it mostly to her frequent fan interactions, both in person and online, and her social media presence under the nickname “MadBea” showcasing a bit of the behind the scenes stuff of her racing life, full helmet cam onboards and technical breakdowns. She also has a side channel under the somewhat uninspired name "Bea Draws Stuff" where she showcases her art and does drawing tutorials.
Special Trait: While not an implant or augment per se, Beatrix utilizes a Pridwen Solutions patented liquid breathing and immersion suit. Originally developed for aerospace fighter pilots, Bea's lungs, body cavities and entire hardshell racing suit reminiscent of spacesuits are filled with an oxygen-rich breathing fluid before getting in the cockpit which allows her to withstand sustained G loads in the mid hundreds with little effort.
Controversy : Despite some success in the Junior Formula AG series as well as other racing ventures, many see her as a nepo baby corpo princess whose daddy bought her "a pony" in the form of a race seat and expensive augs and gear.
Some people also take issue with the fact that her family's fortune came from the defense sector, Pridwen Solutions only having pivoted to agricultural machinery and renewable energy when the defense market was about to stall.
But the number one group of people cursing Bea's name and lineage are the fans of Joaquin Ibanez, the driver she replaced at Carrera Condor for the 2094 season, essentially pissing off a sizable chunk of Argentinian racing fans simply by existing.
MISC
Theme Song
Likes: Adrenaline highs, large dogs, singing, sweets.
Dislikes: Dirty racing, two-facedness, liquid breathing.
Other Information:
- Her father is and always will be her number one fan, although her mother is not at all pleased by her choice of career or Frederick's support of such a dangerous endeavor. Bea’s older sister, Evangeline, considers her to be mind-numbingly irresponsible and utterly insane, but that doesn’t get in the way of a good sibling relationship.
- She’s fairly outspoken about her support of employee protections and anti-trust laws, though she can’t resist pointing out Pridwen Solutions workplace safety measures and employee benefits as positive examples which sometimes gets her written off as dressing up advertising for her father’s company as activism.
Race: Auckland, New Zealand
Qualified: 15th
Finished: 15th
Qualifying was about what was expected, just one place behind her teammate. Before the race, Amy Stirling approahced Bea at the grid photo with a vague offer of collaboration and offer of a ride home after the race. Her race was not stellar either, losing positions and mostly keeping her place due to large number of DNFs among the field.
Bea took Stirling up on her offer, who explained her idea of using Bea's art for a Highland nature restoration charity/publicity event. In between the races, Bea followed through on the deal with Stirling after consulting with her team’s leadership, opening the door for tech transfer between Silver Apex and Carrera Condor. Other upgrades from the team’s own workshop include a Control Moment Gyroscope, a modified Pridwen Solutions design for agricultural use, set to be deployed in Round Four in Italy. The second upgrade, a new engine has suffered setbacks due to the ship’s insufficient cooling system.
Qualified: 15th
Finished: 15th
Qualifying was about what was expected, just one place behind her teammate. Before the race, Amy Stirling approahced Bea at the grid photo with a vague offer of collaboration and offer of a ride home after the race. Her race was not stellar either, losing positions and mostly keeping her place due to large number of DNFs among the field.
Bea took Stirling up on her offer, who explained her idea of using Bea's art for a Highland nature restoration charity/publicity event. In between the races, Bea followed through on the deal with Stirling after consulting with her team’s leadership, opening the door for tech transfer between Silver Apex and Carrera Condor. Other upgrades from the team’s own workshop include a Control Moment Gyroscope, a modified Pridwen Solutions design for agricultural use, set to be deployed in Round Four in Italy. The second upgrade, a new engine has suffered setbacks due to the ship’s insufficient cooling system.
Race: Cape Town, South Africa
Qualified: 7th
Finished: DNF (crash)
With the ECU upgrade from the Silver Apex deal making the Carrera Condor ship one of the fastest on the grid, both drivers put in a stellar performance on Saturday, Bea actually outqualifying her teammate. She was also doing very well in the race...
...until she got punted by Jamie Hart in lap two. A hard crash led to a hospital visit - although with no injuries - a complete write-off of her ship and a potential loss of six to ten points, the silver lining being the support of her team, majority of the drivers and Ava's recovery drive to finish P8.
Between the races, Bea agreed to help a fellow rookie racer, Paul Mulder, to raise money for his mother’s charitable organization as part of his birthday gift to her.
Qualified: 7th
Finished: DNF (crash)
With the ECU upgrade from the Silver Apex deal making the Carrera Condor ship one of the fastest on the grid, both drivers put in a stellar performance on Saturday, Bea actually outqualifying her teammate. She was also doing very well in the race...
...until she got punted by Jamie Hart in lap two. A hard crash led to a hospital visit - although with no injuries - a complete write-off of her ship and a potential loss of six to ten points, the silver lining being the support of her team, majority of the drivers and Ava's recovery drive to finish P8.
Between the races, Bea agreed to help a fellow rookie racer, Paul Mulder, to raise money for his mother’s charitable organization as part of his birthday gift to her.
Race: Tokyo, Japan
Qualified: 13th
Finished: 9th (2 points)
Despite Pretty much writing the weekend off from the beginning, Tokyo being an ELS-heavy and stability-favoring track, Bea being bad at the former and the ship being bad at the latter, she qualified just one place behind her teammate who is more skilled in ELS use. Jamie Hart’s continued poor form landing him right behind her on the grid did no favors to her peace of mind.
She went into the race with tempered expectations, not expecting to gain four places and score her first points while keeping Jamie behind her, all the while Ava fell behind to finish in P14.
After the race, team principal León Alonso set in motion an ambitious staffing project, a high risk, high reward endeavor that required a temporary halt of the expansion of the team’s Driver Augment Department with the potential to either slingshot the team lightyears ahead if done right.
Qualified: 13th
Finished: 9th (2 points)
Despite Pretty much writing the weekend off from the beginning, Tokyo being an ELS-heavy and stability-favoring track, Bea being bad at the former and the ship being bad at the latter, she qualified just one place behind her teammate who is more skilled in ELS use. Jamie Hart’s continued poor form landing him right behind her on the grid did no favors to her peace of mind.
She went into the race with tempered expectations, not expecting to gain four places and score her first points while keeping Jamie behind her, all the while Ava fell behind to finish in P14.
After the race, team principal León Alonso set in motion an ambitious staffing project, a high risk, high reward endeavor that required a temporary halt of the expansion of the team’s Driver Augment Department with the potential to either slingshot the team lightyears ahead if done right.
Race: Italy
Qualified: 6th
Finished: 6th (8 points)
For round four, Carrera Condor finally fielded the upgraded Control Moment Gyroscope, bringing their ship up to the top five in terms of handling. Carrera Condor and bea alike had high hopes for the track, Ava dropping the ball a little by qualifying in 13th.
Race pace made up for Saturday’s performance as Ava soared to finish in P8 while Bea held onto 6th, bringing the team into joint 5th and 6th position in the constructors’ championship shared with Nordic Call, helped by Astrid’s crash.
Following the race, the team’s leadership declared a full stop to all operations for a week for personnel to recover from the non-stop work pace. It was also decided to sacrifice the next race in favor of being better prepared for the Lunar AGP.
Qualified: 6th
Finished: 6th (8 points)
For round four, Carrera Condor finally fielded the upgraded Control Moment Gyroscope, bringing their ship up to the top five in terms of handling. Carrera Condor and bea alike had high hopes for the track, Ava dropping the ball a little by qualifying in 13th.
Race pace made up for Saturday’s performance as Ava soared to finish in P8 while Bea held onto 6th, bringing the team into joint 5th and 6th position in the constructors’ championship shared with Nordic Call, helped by Astrid’s crash.
Following the race, the team’s leadership declared a full stop to all operations for a week for personnel to recover from the non-stop work pace. It was also decided to sacrifice the next race in favor of being better prepared for the Lunar AGP.
Race: Portugal
Qualified: 14th
Finished: 12th
Round five was the sacrificial lamb of Carrera Condor, the team at least having a small ray of hope in the fact their drivers were together and could cooperate.
It worked for a little while in the race, before a middling race turned awful with Ava’s engine fire and retirement, meaning the team is now tied for 18 points with Nordic Call and miller Motor Racing, leaving their work cut out for them on Luna.
Post-race saw them busy with further Luna preparation, choosing to prioritize ELS setup for an aggressive, hard-punching approach.
Qualified: 14th
Finished: 12th
Round five was the sacrificial lamb of Carrera Condor, the team at least having a small ray of hope in the fact their drivers were together and could cooperate.
It worked for a little while in the race, before a middling race turned awful with Ava’s engine fire and retirement, meaning the team is now tied for 18 points with Nordic Call and miller Motor Racing, leaving their work cut out for them on Luna.
Post-race saw them busy with further Luna preparation, choosing to prioritize ELS setup for an aggressive, hard-punching approach.
