Imagine a new WipEout team....

[Lance]

I might very well do a back story, but no promises. Doing the graphics might be beyond me. So dEFinitely no promises there. [not to mention there is always my sheer laziness to consider. ]

I suspect that my team's racecraft would look suspiciously like the one in my avatar, slim, sleek, light, and with a honkin huge thruster!

[djKyoto]

Oh hey going on in here guyz.

Crappy BAI renders

[ACE-FLO]

djKyoto - the BAI ship is looking ready to go on track mate Totally love the colours you used (I'm an AG-SYS monkey) and you can't call it crappy rendering dude, it looks pretty cool imo!

Lance, awaiting the team backstory

[Lance]

Don't get your knickers in a twist, coz it could take months before I get round to it if ever. I am totally undisciplined as a writer [and as a lot of other things], very impulsive.

[Mu5]

I tried to add some elements into Haywires Dark Triakis story last night, and it wasn't easy This is definately work in progress - I could not help myself from changing it around..... constantly.

It rains a lot in Australia in 2425

[Lance]

The story has some logic breaks, so introducing new material needs to address that to produce a continuous integrated sequence of "fact".

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Won't the aboriginals and other interested beings be concerned that the all that rain may wash away some of the relics of their history and dreamtime?

[abukii]

@Mu5: Those pictures are excellent. I especially like the second one.

[Mu5]

Thanks mate, I appreciate it You can get full-size images here

@Lance : Your right - you really need to sort a sequential set of events.

As for the Moari people - they are ok There are some parts of New Zealand above the sea level in 2425, where as Australia is competely engulfed under water. I just checked and there is around a thousand metre difference in highest points

[KIGO1987]

Moari people??? WTF

Who the **** are Moari people?

Im going to have to call up the Noongar patrol and ask them who are these people?

[Dark_Phantom_89]

If there were a points scale that had to be matched, then I would up the shield to the required level

I think the points value is 32 as far as I can remember

[Kyonshi]

(Excerpt from the Tribune de la République Québécoise, 24 septembre 2202. English version will follow.)

Nouvelle identité et nouvelle équipe chez Harfang Technologies

Dans un impressionnant remaniement de son personnel de la Section Recherche et Développement d'Harfang Technologies, le PDG Daniel Rondeau a voulu rassurer ses investisseurs et justifier le long hiatus de la corporation au niveau du développement du Rapace 1.

"Kyon Chi Seung est désormais Ã* la tête de la Section Recherche et Développement. Il remplace donc l'ancien directeur Sam Tantpa conséquemment Ã* son organisation contre-productive quant Ã* la mise en chantier du Rapace 1. Afin de promouvoir l'intention d'Harfang Technologies d'atteindre les objectifs visés et de devenir la prochaine écurie championne du monde de la série FX-500, une nouvelle identité visuelle et un tout nouveau design officiel et approuvé, la Tempête Blanche ou White Storm, seront dévoilés devant vous. Il a été redessiné pour pouvoir se conformer aux nouveaux standards de courses AG de classe Fury. Nous avons aussi fusionné les traditionnels châssis en pointe de flèche et double-coque pour obtenir le meilleur de la performance aérodynamique de ces deux habitacles. Les traits et courbes de la Tempête Blanche diffère du design aggressif des autres vaisseaux de classe Fury par leur conception affinée pour un rendement phénoménal au niveau de la poussée et du contrôle.

De plus, une approche de partenariat de recherche avec les dirigeants d'A.L.T.E.R.N. a été mise sur table. Nous espérons donc les accueillir dans notre progression vers un brillant futur comme ils le feront pour nous avec les meilleures intentions."

New identity and new team at Harfang Technologies

In an impressive reworking of his staff of the Research and Development Section of Harfang Technologies, CEO Daniel Rondeau wanted to reassure his investors and justify the long hiatus of the corporation in the development of Rapace 1.

"Kyon Chi Seung is now Head of Research and Development Section. He replaces former director, Sam Tantpa, consequently to his counter-productive management in the construction of the Rapace 1. To promote the intent of Harfang Technologies to achieve its objectives and to become the next world champion team in the FX-500 series, a new visual identity and brand new, officially approved ship design, the White Storm (from french Tempête Blanche), will be unveiled before you. It has been redesigned in order to comply with new AG racing standards of Fury Class.
We also merged the traditional arrowhead and double-hull frames to get the best aerodynamic performance of the two cockpits. The lines and curves of the White Storm differs from the aggressive design of other Fury Class ships by a refined design to yield a phenomenal level of thrust and control.

In addition, a partnership approach with A.L.T.E.R.N. research leaders was put on the table. We therefore hope to welcome them in our progress towards a bright future as they will for us with the best intentions. "

[djKyoto]

Moari people??? WTF

Who the **** are Moari people?

Im going to have to call up the Noongar patrol and ask them who are these people?

They're basically the Aborigines of NZ. Natives. Don't be so quick with your words Kigo.

Unless you're just taking the piss, then I dunno. lol

[ACE-FLO]

Kyonsh, as a valued member of the AirLicker Group Enterprising Research Network, you have our support

The new chassis and hull do indeed look much improved upon; the craft is most definitely stunning by design, I must say!

I'm glad the team at Harfang have managed to work on revolutionising thrust/control combination technology. This will most definitely help the White Storm craft in getting out of corners quite rapidly. Very Useful.

Let's see where this goes, it looks promising!

Very promising

[Mu5]

Kyonshi - that ship rocks mate Great lines

I thought it was so good, I thought I would edit it while my new youtube vid was uploading - I had to see what it looked like with the cockpit slightly modified - hope you dont mind

Thumbnail image removed on request from Kyonshi

[ACE-FLO]

Mu5, cool vid? I haven't seen it yet, but will tomorrow. It's 5am here at AirLicker HQ London, and I need to catch some Zzzz

I think Kyonshi placed the C-pit centrally to enable a better sense of balance/lateral stability, but I could be wrong.

Another thing, my team at A.L.T.E.R.N noticed that your reworking of the White Storm is not equalateral - a simple edit could fix that, I'm sure! Nice attempt at re-modifying though!

[Mu5]

Yeah I know its not perfect it was just a quick edit I done in 8 mins while my vid was processing. Had to see what it looked like with a bit more detail

Hope you like it Kyonshi, and lm looking forward to more pics

[ACE-FLO]

8mins? you work fast, I give you that shouldn't take a minute for you to get it fixed then should it?

[Mu5]

LOL

I seen what it looked like with the cockpit reversed..........Job done! heh

Oh and Kyonshi - I done the edits before reading D79's comments on your page

Anyway - here is the vid incase you missed it .....

Building the Triakis Test Facility - TTF ONE

It shows the process of how I started with a single track, to the finished scene at the end. This is part one in a series

@Kyonshi - Ah, I read that you were going for the look of an Owl? Nice one

[designer_79]

Hehe Mu5 , mate
We definitely think in similar ways , yeah personally I like the c'pit much better this way, though I guess it's a bit against Kyonshi's initial concept to base his ship design upon a bird of prey (the snow owl) so I guess that's why he always placed the c'pit far front, like a bird's head.

Btw real life was a bit harsh on me the last week(s), so there was absolutely no progress on the Tez modelling (guess I am the total opposite of Mu5-on-speed , ah sorry ''speed-modeller Mu5'' ) This will change next week, when I can finally enjoy 10 days of holidays so stay tuned for news from the A.L.T.E.R.N. core team

[KIGO1987]

They're basically the Aborigines of NZ. Natives. Don't be so quick with your words Kigo.

Unless you're just taking the piss, then I dunno. lol

Thank you kyoto for your correction, ill take that in mind when im having a slash