Faster Than Angels

[Snakenator1]

Snap guys, I just bought Wipeout Fusion today

[Ace3000]

Awesome, I bought mine on the 3rd of this month, should be delivered on the 13th or 14th! ^_^

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Here we go, I've decided to edit the currently released part to close the loopholes discovered by Jonny... I hope.

Text in blue is additions to the part, otherwise, it is the same old Part 12.3

[s2_4.3.1: Part 12.X] <EVERYTHING//CHANGES>

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Friday, March 2nd, 2210

Orcus, Alaska, USA

<20:14:10_>
<orcus: black run_>
<prototype class_>
<lap 67 of 70_>
<afterlife | desimal_>

Brandon decided to give Tarah an endgame pep-talk, "Hey 'Hatsune Miku'! Hahaha, we're nearly home free, just 3 more laps, I know you can do it, stay safe... win for us once more!"

"Will do, I love you."

The following two laps were the hardest for Tarah, as the Crinale ship pushed harder and harder, until the final lap, where everything fell apart.

"YES! Come on, Tarah, you're nearly there... Let's do th-[static]"

Someone took over Angelus' comms... "Rrrrrggggghhhhh.... Get out of my WAY!"

Suddenly, the tailing Crinale ship grew a light blue ring around it.

It was a Repulsor*... and it was charging... then it released.

Boom...

<contender eliminated_>

The Xygen sideshifted to the left, then got caught by the Repulsor's wave, which caused the ship to continue moving left and crash into the wall, where it fell to the ground.

"Tarah? Tarah?! TARAAAHHH, PLEEEAAASSSE!" Brandon yelled.

"...

"...Ow. I'm... I'm sorry, Brandon. It... It's over. We lost." Tarah spoke weakly.

The race was over, everyone had finished racing, then an announcement blared over the speakers: "Would everyone please evacuate the area except for Team Angelus, Team Crinale, Chris Scarbrough and Natasha Belmondo. I repeat, Everyone except for Angelus, Crinale, Chris Scarbrough and Natasha Belmondo, please evacuate the area. This is not a drill."

While everyone did as instructed, Brandon gave David Mendel, team leader of Wyvern, a radio.

"Something tells me you may need it, I don't know what, though" He said

"Ok, thanks" Mendel replied, taking the radio. Brandon then turned around, and walked over to the eliminated Angelus craft.

Then a different announcement came through the speakers, sounding like the standard computerised announcer.

<//telecasters: disabled_>
<//ecs_cage: disabled_>

Suddenly, the Crinale Apollyon flew back to the start/finish line... then rose above the ground, turning to face the spectator box. The cockpit flew open and Viktor Antonov took off the helmet he always wore, his identity revealed, he began to speak...

"I told you. I told you that Angelus would fall by my hands. First Gareth, now Tarah. And now... it is time to fulfil the rest of my prophecy!"

"Oh... my... god, CHRIS SCARBROUGH?!" Brandon, nor anyone else could believe their eyes. Viktor Antonov was an alias, a pseudonym, for the one who did what Alexandra Gelorum failed to do: Eliminate Angelus.

"Indeed! I... am Chris Scarbrough... the TRUE spy for Crinale... and double spy for you, Angelus! Does the name alpha.0 mean anything to you, Smith? How about the name CX1, Gelorum?"

Alpha.0 was the screen name given to the double spy that worked for Angelus and Crinale. CX1 was the name they used with Crinale. No-one knew who they were, until now.

"Wait, 'first Gareth'?" After a moment, the realisation hit him like a bus to a deer. "It was YOU! You poisoned Gareth, OF COURSE! You were there when Gareth was Zoning, then you visited him in hospital."

"Of course, it is as you say! That feculent sh*t stain avoided my wrath once, he never stood a chance the second time around!"

"So what exactly in the hell are you doing siding with Crinale? You know what they're up to!"

"Exactly, that's why I raced for them. The F9000 was a grand time for the Anti-Gravity Racing League. I had the pleasure of knowing it first hand. My parents were a part of the Overtel Corporation, and it was beautiful. Too bad the damned so-called 'Anti-Gravity Purity Coalition' had to step in and ruin everything! After your band of misfits barged in and ransacked the place absolutely f**king everything up, I swore revenge! I changed my name, climbed the AGRC ranks and... well, here I am now, here to destroy the one thing that will prevent me my destiny: You, THE FINAL HEIR TO THE BELMONDO NAME!"

BOOM!

Chris had fired the CZf_12 Energy Blaster that he also had the Crinale engineers install. Natasha Belmondo never stood a chance, as the weapon was designed to instantly eliminate FX400 crafts. She was instantly vaporized, her blackened, charred ashes anticlimactically falling to the ground.

"FINALLY! I am the leader of the AGRC! I am the new leader of the FX400 and I... am the new leader of Crinale Technologies, Incorporated!" There was, however, one fatal flaw in his boast...

"Wrong, I am the leader of Crinale!" Gelorum yelled, running out onto the track.

"HAH! Not for long, Kotova!" He spat. "You see, old Tyler was right, you were too soft. Did you even see how easy it was to destroy Angelus? It's like you weren't even trying! You need to play outside the rules! However, I am much more fit for leader. So, you know what? You, Alexandra Kotova, you are fired... PERMANENTLY!" He sat in the craft, and swooped down, aiming at her. But she was quicker, and jumped sideways into the pits, where Chris could not get her.

"FINE! It matters not whether you live or die! We will take over anyway! The FX400 is dead, time to bring in a new era of Anti-Gravity racing. The F12000 will be a glorious achievement, indeed! But it is goodbye from me today. We will meet again VERY soon! HAHAHAHAHA!"

What happened next surprised everyone. The Apollyon's appearance changed. First, from underneath the craft, two wings flipped out, then at the top of the craft, two more panels flipped up, forming a V-tail. Finally, the circular AG mechanism slid shut, and the ship lurched forward at an amazing rate, firing an energy blast through the ceiling of the Orcus Centre For Catastrophe Prevention, flying out into the night. No-one outside the deserted racetrack, except for Wyvern knew of any of the events that occurred after the evacuation, as communication to the outside world was disabled.

"It... it's over... everything we stood for... is gone." Brandon said, as he fell to his knees by the eliminated Angelus craft. He then quickly spun around and walked over to where Gelorum was.

"Tell me, NOW! You have no choice, you're not part of Crinale anymore! TELL ME THE LOCATION!" He suddenly exploded with rage.

Gelorum just sat there, not even reacting when Brandon yelled at her. "It is underneath a building in England, an old video-game development studio that was closed in the early 21st century, then re-opened from the mid 21st to the 22nd century. You might know the building as the one used by the legendary video game developer...




"Studio Liverpool."

*The Repulsor was a weapon only available in the eliminator mode of Pulse.

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Please let me know what you think of the revision, if it is better than the previous revision.

I have edited the old 12.3 down to just a link pointing to this revision. Ergo, I shall re-attach the F12000 logo here.

[Jonny]

Now I need to change some things as well. At least I have something to do ^^

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I also changed my part.
@Ace: Jep, I like it

[Snakenator1]

Ace, when you get fusion the shield is your best friend. The AI wants your head on a stick.
I've died a few times so far, but its great fun having two quakes chase after me

[Ace3000]

>Noted: Fusion AI more aggressive than any other WipEout game.

Also, I'm glad you liked the revision to Part 12.3, Jonny! ^_^

[Jonny]

[part removed]

[Snakenator1]

Finally up to date with my parts

FWD S2 Part 4: The trials

Sunday March 4th 2210

11:24:26

Wyvern AR HQ

Today was the day where David wanted to see the racing capability of Zoe, he planned for several events to be undertaken on the testing tracks located at HQ.
David steps outside and walks over to the hanger that use to house the XAF-72 that was destroyed in the last omega harbour race, Zoe was now living their under constant security camera monitoring. This was to make sure that no one tried to tamper with him under David's nose. The hangar doors slowly open and let light shine in on the XAF-10 chassis.

"Zoe, activate"

A humming noise is then heard as Zoe boots up ready to take on his challenges.

"Good morning David, how may I be of service?"
"Zoe today is the day, are you ready?"
"I am more than ready to start, let us begin my trials"
"Excellent, follow me to the testing tracks"

David escorts Zoe to the tracks and begins explaining the numerous trials he had planned.
"I have four tests for you to complete Zoe: a race, eliminator, zone, zone battle. These are the major events used in racing leagues and will determine all of your capabilities for the AGRC. You have a target to meet in each one and if you meet those targets then I will know you're ready"

"Understood David, let us begin"

The race set a target of 4th place or higher for Zoe, 6 laps of phantom class. the competitors were simulator bots designed to behave like a real pilot set to their hardest difficulty. Only Razgriz ever beat such bots and even former Falon didn't finish above 2nd. The race began with Zoe in 12th position. David shouts into the megaphone "3...2...1... GO!"
The race begins and Zoe instantly pulled to 9th place, his use of weapons were very strategic and very pacifistic. Despite never racing the track before Zoe was capable of analysing the track and exploiting barrel rolls that even Razgriz could not accomplish 100% of the time. by the end of the 3rd lap Zoe secured 1st position and just made the time gap between the Bots greater and greater. David was stunned and Zoe finished with a -4.6 second lead which was unheard of.

Eliminator saw Zoe have to destroy 8 of the same bots within 15 laps on Phantom, Razgriz holds record at 9 kills but even David knew that Zoe may be able to do better. The eliminator simulator does not cause physical damage to ships but the weapons are virtual digital constructions so every hit would digitally drain shield energy. Hitting 0% caused the engine to cut out temporarily. The event began and Zoe turned into a more aggressive pilot causing insane damage to the bots even despite Wyvern's poor weapon technology, and even with paper thin shields Zoe was capable of absorbing weapons to activate a shield mere milliseconds before a weapon hit him. Lap after lap Zoe scored eliminations and scored 12 kills at the end.

Next up was the Zone Battle and like the race Zoe was against 11 high difficulty bots, the target was set to 55. And to no surprise Zoe made quick waste of the bots, David just kept becoming more gob-smacked with every event.

The final event was Zone. A special simulator was designed for Zoe since he was a craft rather than a person. Instead of being a booth it was an entire facility that digitally constructed the track for the craft and pilot in a stationary position. It was as close as one could get to a real life Zone event. David stated just last as long as possible but at least reach Subsonic. Since Zoe was an AI core himself David knew that he could calculate an effective racing line easily no matter the speed. So he made a proposition

"Hey Zoe, little challenge for you. Can you beat the WR for Zone on Moa Therma?"
"The record currently held by Jennter? Most likely with ease"
"Then lets give it a try"

The Simulator was set, Zone mode on Moa Therma forwards. Soon after The event began and Zoe navigated each lap easily, perfect laps were constant and not long Zoe surpassed his target of Subsonic easily. He continued as the speed increased, but what was most notable was Zoe's score.

Zone 80 clear

David watches closely and thinks to himself
*Zoe hasn't even taken a scratch yet, he could have the potential to beat the world record. This could be big for us*

Zoe just completes laps like they were nothing and David becomes increasingly relaxed with every Zone. He felt irony in such a calm mood for Zone is suppose to keep getting more intense.

Zone 200 clear

It was unreal, Zoe had scored a perfect 200 zone run, not even a scratch yet. David sits up and watches Zoe flawlessly race around a track, the temptation of letting him Zone forever was great. But then....

*bang*
"DAVID!!!"
"Razgriz??"
"WE HAVE AN INTRUDER!!"

[Jonny]

"with ease"
Probably Jonny Bovier hear that and is the intruder
However, I didn't knew that there were Zone Battle events in the FX400, but I could bet that there will be some in the F12000 ^^

[Ace3000]

The F12000 is basically the second coming of the F9000, there will definitely be Zone Battles!

[Ace3000]

So I got Fusion today, and I don't see why most people hate it, it's a really good game!

[Jonny]

I played it yesterday. I was like "Let´s use the Stage 4 van-Über on Cubiss Float Course 2 until I win". Cutting of my hand with a spoon would be more fun.

Anyway, I think that Auricom will leave the League instatly, so there would be 15 teams. If every team COULD choose between one or two ships we would have a varity of 15-30 crafts per race.
I also hope that Fusion-styled tracks will return (pls let me design one )
Also I´m finished with the first craft, the F1.2000_1a (project name), TopSpeed is 1243 (something like in Fusion, however, it´s a Stage 1 craft, so it´s quiet fast), shield only 40 cpu and the weapon multiplyer is also only 0.8.
I just found out that I missed latteral stability...

[Ace3000]

I'm thinking that the top speed for the F12000 be different to Fusion's, as Fusion only had one speed class, which was whatever the max speed of the ship was.

What do you guys think, do you want speed classes (they will be different for the F12000) or no speed classes (ala Fusion)?

Also, if you want to design a course for the F12000, Jonny, go right ahead!

EDIT: In fact, if you want to design a course Snake, you can do that too. Then we'll all have custom courses: My Omega Harbour, Jonny's course and your course.

[Jonny]

The four ship upgrade stages were basically speed classes.

I already set a course how that craft could be upgraded (I mean more speed and stability or more weapon power and shield).

[Snakenator1]

Design a course, gosh ummm I don't know
I don't have any graphics software like photoshop so its a tricky one right now. I'll have to get back to you on it

[Ace3000]

If you really want to, you could download GIMP, it's free and a very nice alternative to Photoshop. It's what I used to make all of my digital imagery, including the Omega Harbour images.

[Jonny]

I´m using paper and pen

[Ace3000]

Nice!

Just checked (via the Unlock Everything cheat [which also gives 50,000,000 credits]), the fastest thing in Fusion, apart from the obvious (Zone ship) is the Stage 4 Piranha at 1750km/h. I'm not sure if I should make the F12000 faster than that, or slower than that, but still faster than the FX400 (max speed: 793km/h)

Don't worry, though, I did not save the game after cheating, I intend to get everything legitimately.

EDIT: By the way, guys, what is your favourite ship in Fusion? I have not unlocked everything yet (through legitamite means), but I seem to be doing quite well with Feisar. Though, I'm slowly switching to EG.r (I'm sure that my all time favourite would be Piranha, but as I have not unlocked it yet, I don't know. I do know, however, it is the very last team to be unlocked.)

EDIT²: Nope, Feisar is still my go-to ship so far.

[Jonny]

I already unlocked all ships. FEISAR is a good choice for the beginning, I think the Xios is good for the letter stage of the game.
I also think we should continue with the current speed (1188kph) and let it become faster with time.

PS: You can't save when using that cheat

[Ace3000]

Ah, well now I know, I just turned off my PS2 after doing it.

Also, I just unlocked Xios, so I'll soon see how well I do with them. Glad you can downgrade ships and use the credits to upgrade other ships! Got up to 100% Zala Wollf instantly, but it's not enough to 100% Natasha Belmondo. Oh well, I can wait.

So wait, you want 1188km/h to be the top speed of the Standard class for now? Should we keep the naming of the speed classes or get rid of the names like Fusion?

[Jonny]

I would prefer one big open field for everyone, the designers and engeneers should see how they catch up with each other
1188kph is the current maximum speed in the prototype class, I would use this as a reference how fast ships are in 2210.