Faster Than Angels

[Jonny]

But how...the season is over
Snake will tell us, he said Falon has "advanced technology"

[Snakenator1]

But it´s still in the same Universe? I´m so confused

The next part will clear it up hopefully

[Ace3000]

And it's done! Part 2 of the point of view of Angelus!

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Thursday, November 30th, 2209

Omega Harbour, Perth, Australia

12:18:38

Brandon had to think quick, he needed Tarah back in the garage, but...

"THIS IS THE END FOR YOU ALL!! HAHA, YOU CANNOT STOP ME!"

He could not communicate via the race comms, due to Falon hacking it. He went to call Tarah, but then he saw a sleek white ship fly into the garage.

"Brandon, what the hell do we do?! I-I'm scared." she spoke without giving Brandon a chance to.

"Just hang around, relax. I hope David has things covered, if so, he should tell me what to do."

The next few minutes seemed like forever, though that feeling was broken by Falon. He flew low down, firing missiles and machine guns at the remaining and fleeing people in the stadium. Many people are killed, wounded, or are otherwise shocked. Suddenly, even though it was a late November day, and thus at the end of spring, it had started to rain.

"What!? Rain? At this time of year? What the hell's going on?" Brandon thought out loud.

"Must be a bad omen." Tarah replied.

At that point, Brandon's phone rang. Finally, David had come up with something.

"Brandon! I need Tarah to help Razgriz take out Falon! He's gonna use the weapon pads to destroy the enemy XAF, but the other craft will need a distraction so Razgriz can get a clear shot!"

"Indeed, that does make sense. I'll send Tarah out right away. Take care."

>>call_terminated_

"Ok, Tarah, we finally have a plan. You need to help Razgriz take out Falon."

"Awesome!" She said excitedly

"You also need to distract the other Crinale ships so Razgriz can safely get at him."

"Right, I'm off, then. Please take care of yourself."

"I know, but at this moment it's you I care about, now go! And come back alive!"

Tarah flew out of the garage, along with Razgriz. The craft zoom over a weapon pad each, however...

"Tarah! Watch out!!" Razgriz yelled

"Say goodnight!" came Falon's voice over the communications system.

The air was filled with bullets and missiles, Falon had opened fire on the two remaining racers. However, said racers were the top 2 racers in the 2209 FX400 season and thus, they were able to avoid the weapon fire. Falon then flew at great speed over the two, gaining a massive lead.

The communication system came back to life, this time it was Sarah, David Mendel's assistant and girlfriend, "Razgriz, Tarah! we've analysed the enemy craft and they are UAVs controlled by Falon! The transmitter is also exposed on the underbelly of the XAF-72! Try and damage it to take out the enemy formation!"

"YYEEESS!" Tarah gleefully yelled. "I'm on it! Hey, Razgriz, I have an idea! The weapon pads still drop turbos. Since Angelus' weapon system has a high chance of picking up a turbo, I'll turbo into your ship over the small ramp in the track and propel you to Falon, then you take a shot!"

"Great idea! Let's do it!" Razgriz replied

"_/TURBO."

Tarah had picked up a turbo, moving closer and closer to the track's small undulation. As Falon attempted to make a move on the both of them, Razgriz yelled "NOW!". Tarah immediately responded, moving behind Razgriz and firing the turbo, hitting him and suffering minor shield damage. Razgriz, who was flying high in the air, fired his rockets, directly hitting Falon.

BOOM.

Every single Crinale drone in the area of Omega Harbour was destroyed, blowing up quite spectacularly. The remaining survivors there gave screams of joy and relief. However, the battle was not over yet.

"Nice teamwork you two! The drones are down, its just Falon left! Let's take him down!" David said.

"Guys we aren't done yet! Scans show the XAF-72 has a ECM defence system. It'll render all attacks useless once activated!" Sarah piped up.

"Sh[static], is there a way to stop it?" Razgriz asked

"I'll keep running the scan and check for you" Sarah replied.

In the conversation, however, Tarah saw some movement in the smoke clouds created by the destroyed drone transmitter. It looked like it was heading for...

"Razgriz! Look out!" She yelled in panic.

True enough, there was movement, Falon plunged steeply out of the storm clouds and opened fire at Razgriz. Thinking quickly, Tarah shunted Razgriz out of the way. However, that caused her to sustain a hit. The Angelus craft swerved out of control and slammed into the wall. Brandon saw what happened, and reached out to her.

"TARAH! Are you alright?! Please be alright."

"Yeah, I'm fine...Ow. Well, I say fine, I mean, 'Not dead', hahahahaAAAAOOOOOWWW! I, umm... I may have whiplash. Great."

"[sigh], well at least you're not dead, or seriously injured."

"Yeah."

All Team Angelus could do now was watch as the two Wyvern pilots fought. Falon engaged a Crinale Energy Blaster. As he fired the unavoidable attack, Razgriz activated something Brandon had only ever heard about.

"Wait... that's a reflector! That's an F7200 weapon! Neat!"

As soon as the shield was used, reflecting the locked-on shot back at Falon, dealing mass amounts of damage, it stopped. Falon then activated an ECM, an advanced shield system. He lined up another shot, and fired...

Fortunately, he did not use full power, as Razgriz survived an unshielded attack. Razgriz then shot a plasma at Falon, however, instead of the ECM blocking it, the plasma flew into the air intake...

BOOM.

The XAF-72 blew up. The shield energy was not enough, and the ship was left a smoking husk. Razgriz jumped out and walked over to his teammates. Brandon could not make out what they were saying, but suddenly, all three turn toward the blown up prototype ship, then he heard a gunshot. Sarah fell down and David moved quickly towards her, yelling "NOOO!". Brandon started to run towards them, and//._>

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[Snakenator1]

Love it Ace it was ehhhhhhkcellent

I decided to release the next part today at some point since my last one was so late, just gonna check over it for quality

[Ace3000]

Hey, Snake, you alright? Just you said that you'd upload the next part that same day, then you just disappeared. I don't mean to rush you, take all the time you need. I'm just curious as to why you just suddenly disappeared.

Would I be right in assuming complications with school?

[Snakenator1]

No it boils down to my laptop had to be fixed because it wouldn't save my documents so it had to be reset to factory settings, I'm re-writing a load of stuff right now
Plus my girlfriend is going on holiday soon so I'm spending lots of time with her before she goes :3

I'll get it out soon, may take some time

EDIT- Whoa, whoa I'm being an idiot I could release it now so why don't I?
I can be a idiot

PART 6.4 Pieces

As the storm intensifies with thunder and lightening thrashing the grey sky, David is full of tears and anger but cannot approach Falon due to the handgun pointing at his face. Sarah lies on the floor motionless and fears for her well-being grow stronger in everyone.

David: Falon? why are you doing this?
Falon: For my family!
Razgriz: What are you talking about? are your family involved with Crinale?
Falon: Its none of your business plank, what is your business now is your deaths!
David: We can't improve if you don't tell us the problem! why are you involved with Crinale?!! TELL ME!!

Falon: BECAUSE MY FAMILY WERE MEMBERS OF OVERTEL AND THEY WERE EXECUTED FOR BEING INVOLVED IN THE CORRUPTION! DO YOU KNOW HOW F***ING ANNOYED THAT MAKES ME?!!! HUMANITY IS CORRUPT FOR STILL HAVING THIS SYSTEM THEY RUN EVERYDAY! ITS TIME I CHANGED IT AND BRING JUSTICE TO MY FAMILY NAME!! YEARS OF SLANDERING HAVE DEPRESSED ME LONG ENOUGH!!! ALL YOU BELMENDO DECIPLES DESERVE TO DIE AS YOUR WORTHLESS S**T KISSING THE DEAD F***ER'S EVERY STEP LIKE ITS LIFE SUPPORT!! THERE IS NO PEACE IN THIS WORLD WHILE YOU EXIST!! WHY? BECAUSE YOU DON'T TAKE ACTION!! CRINALE WILL TAKE ACTION AND EXTERMINATE THE VERMIN LIKE YOU THAT PREVENT PROGRESSION OF HUMANITY!! I... WILL... END THE SUFFERING!! NOW SAY GOODBYE!!!!

Falon pulls down the hammer of his handgun and takes aim at David, in a last moment of desperation...

David: You don't have to kill us though! we can work on the issues we have that are invisible to us but not your eyes. Let us coincide peacefully and we can clear your family name! killing us will only make it worse

Falon: I F**KING KNOW THAT, I WILL MAKE PEOPLE FEAR ME TO KEEP THEM IN LINE. AS LONG AS YOU BREATH I CANNOT HAVE THIS POWER!! ENOUGH TALK!! GOODBYE YOU SON OF A ...............

Suddenly Falon is struck down by a pipe to the back of his head knocking him out stone cold, Tarah is right there with obvious signs of anger coursing through her blood. Razgriz snatches Falon's handgun, disarms it and throws it as far away as possible.

Razgriz: Its okay Tarah you did it, lets get you back to Brandon.

Razgriz slowly escorts the shaken Tarah to Angelus's garage, as he does David turns rapidly and runs to Sarah. Clinging on to life she gasps for breath, David breaks into tears.

David: Hang in there now, the ambulance is on its way.
Sarah: I..... can't..........
David: Don't you dare say that, you're gonna be fine sweetie! You'll be fine
Sarah: David......... its to.......
David: NO! the ambulance will be here just hang on there *rips piece of clothing* here this will stop the bleeding
Sarah: David!....... please....listen................ I ........................... lo....ve .......... you

With one last breath, Sarah lays silently in David's arms. The damage was to great and could not be fixed. The head engineer of Wyvern AR has passed away. David enthrals with anger and shouts to the heavens. Everyone still present then you knew that Falon had ended a life. Just then the rain subsides and a sliver of sunlight shines into the stadium. Silence falls like a curtain.

There we are, my take on the omega harbour race is over. The epic conclusion is now due.

[Jonny]

Faster Than Angels
Jennterista Racing Chronicles

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The Jennter Succession Conflict

Chapter 17/12: Attack Orders

14th November 2209
Old Jennter Enterprises HQ, Düsseldorf, Germany
16:43.54

Preparations ran more high within an excluded group around the Boviers. Not only tactics and plans had to be defined, technological preparations had to be made too.
The remaining team mostly returned to work eight-hour shifts for the company, albeit for many current tasks looked much different from their old work life.

Moving to Düsseldorf was becoming a permanent decision for when business would return to normal. Jonathan had very personal reasons for this, though far from nostalgia.


A notification interrupted Madison’s workflow in tidying up the offices in the Centre Section of the building.

'Call me ASAP -4'

“I’ll bring these to the storage” she excused herself from work while carrying a cardboard box of old promotional articles.
Arriving at the storage she wandered around a bit to check if the surveillance cameras were still inactive and if any other people occupied it at the time. To her luck neither case turned out true.

“16?” Madison asked when calling the number she used to communicate with Henry.
“What are they doing?” Henry only asked, not questioning who called him.
“I don’t know, there is a closer group around the Boviers and I am not in it” she reported.
“Try to get inside” he ordered “I thought you were close to them.”
Madison stayed silent on this remark.
“I’m sure you’ll find a way” he continued upon her silence “Right?”
She sighed “Yes, I can think of something.”
“Oh and you better think of ways how they…” he thought for a moment before continuing with a chuckle “get into an accident.”

Henry ended the call before even getting a sign of a confirmation from Madison.
An accident? The thought felt distant to Madison, until just the time of a blink later, it overwhelmed her.


“M….son?”
“...wak...up”

Once more Madison found herself gathering fragments of sensory input and waning memories while waking up in a hospital bed.

[Ace3000]

No it boils down to my laptop had to be fixed because it wouldn't save my documents so it had to be reset to factory settings, I'm re-writing a load of stuff right now
Plus my girlfriend is going on holiday soon so I'm spending lots of time with her before she goes :3

Ah, ok. I'm really sorry if I kinda rushed you there, I was just curious as to what happened.

However, I'm waiting for Ace to continue with the present, so I write about the past.

Since Snake said that his take on Omega Harbour is done, [DATA EXPUNGED].

EDIT: Just re-read what Snake posted. I think I might integrate this 'conclusion' with FTA Part 5 when he uploads it. If he uploads it before this Friday (the 8th), then I will wait until Friday before uploading it.

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AND EXTERMINATE THE VERMIN LIKE YOU THAT PREVENT PROGRESSION OF HUMANITY!!

I swear I imagined Falon yelling like a Dalek, or maybe even Davros at that point.

[Jonny]

Faster Than Angels
Jennterista Racing Chronicles

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The Jennter Succession Conflict

Chapter 18/-1: White Silence


Pure white surrounded It. A vast infinity, so it would seem.
It was an environment completely different from where It first got a hold of Itself.
It couldn’t reason for Itself what led to the circumstances of Its existence. There has been no trace to any origin.
All It knew up till now was the noisy chaos of the Electrosphere.
But this was different.
It still dwelled within the Electrosphere, didn’t It?

“Hello?” an apparition appeared, perhaps it was imagination, or stray data getting caught in the same bright emptiness.
“I don’t remember having left this here…” the figure appeared blurry, but this wasn’t the own perception being incorrect, it was their own state of being in this place.

“Who are you?” It asked “And where are we?”
If anything this appearance took the shape of a woman, her details and features being undefined as a seemingly endless time for themself washed out the idea of their self-image.

“This is my little retreat” the woman answered “In case you got lost, I will help you return to the outside. However, I am curious.”

“I have seen a lot of stray AI and those who pretended to be during my time here now” she explained her bewilderment “But you seem so rough and undefined, yet clinging to a self-image.”

It stayed silent, though the woman observed that It tried to constitute a humanoid form.
“You obviously are too advanced for a simple processive AI, you are clearly meant to emulate human nature. But you don’t know how it works” she kept unveiling her thoughts.
“I don’t know what I am” It said.
The woman cleared her appearance, unveiling purple eyes and long, wavy brunette hair and appearing not older than in her early twenties.
“Would you mind spending some time with me? I may can help you” she requested “And it may help me.”

Hesitantly It agreed to whatever her plans may be.
“Beautiful” she said “Oh and, please call me Rebekka.”

[Ace3000]

Ok, I've completed the 3rd part of Angelus' point of view of Snake's race. I assure you that Faster Than Angels will return very soon.

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Thursday, November 30th, 2209

Omega Harbour, Perth, Australia

12:43:11

Razgriz jumped out and walked over to his teammates. Brandon could not make out what they were saying, but suddenly, all three turn toward the blown up prototype ship, then he heard a gunshot. Sarah fell down and David moved quickly towards her, yelling "NOOO!". Brandon started to run towards them, and...

... well... nothing. He was pulled back by Gareth.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" He yelled. "Angelus doesn't deserve to lose you. You are a good man. Let's just watch what happens, alright?"

"Well, ok. It's not as if you're gonna let me go there, aren't you?" Brandon replied.

"Nope, not at all."

They watched as Falon walked towards them, still very much alive. David and Razgriz quarrelled with him, then Falon just started yelling, giving a long rant about Overtel and the progression of humanity. He got so angry, that at one point, he almost sounded like a Dalek from that old 20-21st century program, "Doctor Who".

"Brandon, there was one more reason as to why I had to hold you back." Gareth suddenly spoke

"Oh? What's that?"

"Notice anything different? Any people that should be here but aren't?"

Brandon looked around, then he realised

"YOU SH*T! Where's Tarah?!" He yelled

"Look near Falon" Gareth replied calmly.

True enough, he saw Tarah behind Falon.

"That's Tarah, what the hell's she doing there?!" As soon as he asked that, Tarah smashed Falon in the back of the head with a steel pipe, with a look of sheer anger on her face.

"Oof, don't remind me to piss her off!" Gareth said.

"Yeah, Tarah's got a bit of a high temper. She easily gets angry. However, when she's racing, in an AG craft, she's quiet, determined. It's like, to her, racing is second nature. She just enters this Zen-like mode. it would take a lot to disrupt her. Oh, hold on, here they come."

As they were talking, Tarah disarmed Falon's gun and threw it away. Razgriz then escorted her back to the garage.

"Tarah, what gives? You could have been killed!" Brandon told her.

"I had to, I'm sorry. Please don't be mad."

"It's fine. the main thing is that you aren't dead, however..." He looked over at David, still holding Sarah. "How's she coping, mate?" he asked Razgriz

"It's, umm... It's not looking good. I called an ambulance, don't worry. They're on their way." Razgriz replied

"Right. I just... I don't like seeing people die. Especially nice people, people who did nothing wrong to deserve that. Sarah is one of those people. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?" Came a scream from somewhere outside the garage, which dissolved into crying.

"Oh no. I fear the worst." Brandon said quietly. "Damnit, she didn't deserve that." he whispered. He sat down, then out loud, to Razgriz and Team Angelus, he said, "For the sake of Sarah, and all the other lives lost, we need to defeat Crinale, once and for all!"

"I know Wyvern and Jennter will help, as we always have!" Razgriz said. "It's all for one..."

"...AND ONE RIGHT IN THE F**KING GROIN!" Tarah angrily yelled.

That made Brandon yell "F**K!" in shock, then he lost balance and fell off his chair with an "OH, SH*T! *thud*"

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Well that's the end of Angelus' point of view. Friday may mark the return of Faster Than Angels, we'll see.

[Jonny]

I have extanded my previous part (the 2022 story), featuring music

[Snakenator1]

I'm on Holiday tomorrow too my home country's next door neighbour Wales so I've hastily re-wrote and quality checked the last part to FWD, I may get some Wifi to keep active on the forum but that's a big unknown right now so I'll get this out now while I have the chance. (lol Iceland and Wales in one summer break?! I'm going places )

PART 7: End to a old legacy and birth of a new one

7th December local time 1:04pm
One week after the events of the last Omega Harbour race. Location: Wyvern AR HQ (Outskirts of Reykjavik, Iceland)

Today is the funeral of Sarah Fillick head engineer of Wyvern, her passing away caused David to personally organise a funeral with Sarah's family, He also personally invited Brandon and Tarah of Angelus along with Jonny and Nico of Jenneter and their families to join them. For the fortunate people this day was a bright sunny day and decently warm despite the cold weather of Iceland, it raised the hearts of many Wyvern employee's to see nature was on their side. This also meant the memorial could be held outside close to the racing track of Wyvern HQ. The seats were filled with Wyvern Personnel, Sarah's family and representatives of Angelus and Jenneter. A great turn-out was seen in the eyes of David, who then began with a short speech:

"Ladies and Gentleman, today marks the day we say farewell to a marvellous person from our team who was taken by the acts of evil from Crinale. But this does not mean she will never leave our side for her legacy will continue in our daily lives. A genius who helped us create a marvellous step forward in technology will never be forgotten. I will personally see that justice is brought to her name. For now I will hand over the podium to our Father"

The funeral proceeds without trouble and the after-party brings everyone closer than ever before, but the future of Wyvern AR now remains a mystery. Without a head engineer there is little that Wyvern can do in terms of developing new AG technology and with the XAF-54 racer damaged beyond repair from the omega harbour race there is no longer a machine that the team can use to compete in the next FX League. All David can do is see how the future unravels the answers to these questions.

Three days later...

The advertisement for a open position for Wyvern has been posted throughout Iceland but the roster looks fairly bleak with many people offering to fill the role cannot perform as well as Sarah did. David in his office reviews the eager applicants CV's but cannot bring himself to finding a replacement, Wyvern is taking a plunge as no new technology is being developed and no machines can be entered for the next league. Falon also received his sentence to life imprisonment for his actions, never again will he cause problems. Razgriz enters the office...

Razgriz: Hey David, can you spare a moment?
David: Sure... what's up?
Razgriz: This came in the post today, its from the Fillick family.
David: Please bring it here and help yourself to a drink.

Razgriz hands over the parcel and makes a cup of tea for himself. Upon opening the package a glimmer of light shines in David's eyes, inside was a letter from Sarah which he opens without hesitation. It reads:

"To David

You have brought happiness to my life recently but I have a feeling that this may be taken away, I wish you read this upon my death whether it be in the far distant future or just in a couple of weeks. Enclosed in this box are blueprints to a Wyvern Craft I wish you make when I pass away for I believe it will carry on the legacy of our work even when I am no more. I guarantee it will bring you happiness. Also I have a friend who's contact details are enclosed in this letter. A person who wishes to join the Wyvern team and undoubtedly has the skills needed to fill in my role.

Never in my life did I feel happier, I wish to return that moment to you by ensuring you have a prosperous future for yourself and that of Wyvern AR. I seal this letter with my ever-lasting love for you.

Sarah

David instantly opens the box to see the blueprints to the before-mentioned Wyvern Craft.

David: Razgriz!! check this out!!

They both stare with awe at the new craft. As it reads:

CODENAME PROJECT: Infinity

XAF-10 FX League Wyvern

Speed: 100
Handling: 90
Thrust: 85
Shield: 35

Razgriz: That's incredible, the stats fit our dream of fulfilling a race cleanly! I cannot believe she made this
David: I need to contact this person ASAP and inform the employees of our new ship, Wyvern will compete in the next league and carry on its dream. Our new approach will fulfil our motto, for we are Flying with Dragons!!!!!



There you have it, the conclusion, hope you like it and enjoyed this series. I may now do some background history to the team as a bit of trivia to my Fan fic, but unless you guys want to start a new season I'm leaving it there. This project did take longer to complete than I thought it would but I feel like it was time well spent. Until next time then this story is over

[Ace3000]

Dawww, that's pretty sad. Though it could be due to me also listening to Sigur Rós... wait. THEY'RE A BAND FROM REYKJAVIK! Oooh, they're definitely going to be in the song list for part 5. Speaking of which, Part 5 will be uploaded very soon, which will follow with the usual every Friday week upload of Faster Than Angels.

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...and by "very soon", I mean SURPRISE, WE'RE DOING IT NOW!

FTA Returns!: [Part 5.0] The Funeral Headphase

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[[The Aftermath of the 2209 FX400 Season]]

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Saturday, December 2nd, 2209

Angelus R&D HQ, Perth, Australia

21:51:34

<human after all_together_one more time_music sounds better with you | daft punk_>

The music was blaring at the Angelus headquarters, the end of season party was especially important to the team, as they had just completed their first AG racing championship season ever, and had even managed to place 2nd in the overall standings.

An investigation was carried out regarding Angelus' use of Wyvern's Complete External Force Nullification Device. However, the investigation ended following the discovery that Angel had only used it as a form of defence against Crinale, who had the ability to use their unapproved superweapon, the CZf_12 Energy Blaster. The CEFND had not been used to further aid Angelus in their win, so their victory had not been stripped from them.

Further attempts to locate Crinale's base of operations were met with failure, as each lead the Anti-Gravity Racing Commission obtained were bogus, or had false locations. The investigation for Crinale's use of the Energy Blaster, and Wyvern's claim that they had used KX-SI, a modification allowing virus-based weaponry to affect a ships computer system and shields via one Plasma shot, had all relied on the AGRC locating Crinale's headquarters. Wyvern, however, had presented irrefutable evidence of the KX-SI incident, that of the data of the Wyvern ship during the Fort Gale race.

Omega Harbour had its computer system modified, to comply with FX400 regulations. This meant that Crinale, or any other team, could no longer use any weapon that was not approved of by the AGRC. Also regarding Omega Harbour, yet another Crinale based investigation had come to light, that of their use of what seemed to be a modified quake, fired during the final lap of the second final race of the season at Omega Harbour, eliminating one half of all the contenders racing. Data analysed of all affected teams, and eye-witness descriptions of the quake revealed that the weapon used was a QUACCE, Quantum Unified Automatic Cyber-Controlled Eliminator, a highly dangerous weapon designed to act like a quake, but produce mass amounts of damage, as well as shorting out crucial ship systems, such as the shields. It was not as dangerous as Crinale's Energy Blaster, but was still very dangerous nonetheless, and was a weapon that had been banned by the AGRC.

Despite being eliminated, Wyvern obtained sufficient points to end the season in first place, winning the 2209 season. Due to the re-acquirement of Jennter Enterprises by the resistance led by Jonny Bovier, and the elimination of Hans Neumann, no points were awarded for them at the Omega Harbour race. This did have some effect on their final position, finishing 5th, behind AG Systems in 3rd and FEISAR in 4th. Crinale ended up in 6th place. Due to the attack led by Falon in the second Omega Harbour race, the race was cancelled before it ended, and thus, no-one obtained any points for that race. Angelus, Wyvern and Jennter were commended for their efforts in bringing Falon down. However, they could not party all the time...

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Thursday, December 7th, 2209

Wyvern AR HQ, Reykjavik, Iceland

13:04:47

<ekki múkk | sigur rós_>

Brandon and Tarah were personally invited by David to attend Sarah's funeral. How could they refuse? They were his friends, they cared for him and he needed them more than ever. He had lost his girlfriend and long time partner, who was killed in cold blood. At the service, many people attended, Wyvern personnel, family and friends of both Sarah and David, and representatives of Jennter. Since Brandon considered Angelus his family, many more Angelus personnel attended than just Brandon and Tarah.

David then took the stand, and began his speech.

"Ladies and Gentleman, today marks the day we say farewell to a marvellous person from our team who was taken by the acts of evil from Crinale. But this does not mean she will never leave our side for her legacy will continue in our daily lives. A genius who helped us create a marvellous step forward in technology will never be forgotten. I will personally see that justice is brought to her name. For now I will hand over the podium to our Father"

After that, the funeral proceeded as usual and without a hitch. The after-party gave Brandon and Tarah a chance to become closer to everyone else, as well as each other.

"Brandon... I..... oh. Never mind." She stuttered, looking quite sad.

"What's up? Tell me." Brandon asked.

"Don't worry, it... it's nothing. Trust me."

"Ok. If you need anything, even if it's just someone to talk to, let me know, I'll be there for you.... a-uhhh... I mean... y'know. You're family! You're my friend!"

"I know." She said, trying to break the awkwardness, "I know exactly how you feel."

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On the 15th of December, Angelus gave the following press statement:

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A Review of Events, by Angelus

Friday, December 15th, 2209, 10:26:52

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"Hello, I am Brandon Smith, Team Leader of Angelus Research and Development.

"This press statement is directed at everyone. AG league fans, Angelus fans, you name it. This... is for YOU.

"Since 2198, when we started the Angelus project, this had always been that: a project, a little experiment, something that wasn't meant to be taken seriously. That, unfortunately, changed on our first ever year competing, this year, 2209.

"The conception and rise of Crinale Technologies ensured that we would not have an easy time racing alongside the legends. Fortunately for us, we made some great allies along the way. Wyvern, Jennter, I'm looking at you. You guys helped us, and in return, we helped you. We had some great adventures, on and off the track.

"However, we cannot overlook the fact that Crinale has grown over the past 12 months, and is now a threat to this great sport. We believe that they may attempt to recreate something similar to the F9000. Because of this, and many more reasons, Angelus is here to stay. We will become a serious team in the AG League, but we'll have fun doing it, as we have many supporters, you guys! You're awesome!

"As of 2210, our current FX400 craft, the KA-AGR1, will be modified ever so slightly, as our research takes us to greater speeds and handling capabilities. Cosmetically, the craft will largely remain the same, except for the aforementioned handling upgrades, however, we will also be using a second skin. Don't worry, though, this one is created and approved by Angelus. This second skin will still be white, but everything that was azure blue on the first craft will be neon green on the second craft. Our new craft will also be given a new name, as of now, our racing craft will have a new chassis name, KA-AX, the AGR1 will be modified and known as the AX1.1. But these racing craft will also have a model name.

"So now, I present to you, for the 2210 FX400 season, our improved craft, the KA-AX1.1, also known as... the Xygen4!

"The Xygen will have the same performance stats as what is now known as the AX1.0, but the body will be slightly modified, proving to be more aerodynamic than the 1.0, and therefore, faster. These changes, along with slight changes behind the scenes, in our research, in our company, will cement our claim to be more serious in this championship.

"Don't worry, though. Just because we're being more serious, doesn't mean our views, our ideals, have changed. This isn't just a little experiment anymore, we're an actual racing team, and we need to perform like one. We'll give it our all, 110%!

"We are Angelus. We're Faster Than Angels! See you in 2210!"

>>TRANSMISSION END_

This is the end of the 2209 season, but not the end of the adventure...

3veryth1ng_ch4nge5_in_2210//w4tch_0ut//_err0-//
//FATAL ERROR: Hacking Attempt: cti://dedsec.666_crinale//ctO5__AlLeKo13//fffffffffffff~

"Do not think you will be able to get away now. You have started something, and I. Will. Finish it!"

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So yeah, I've started to write out a new season. I've got quite a few parts written out already.

[Snakenator1]

Hello from a local wifi spot in Wales, so I take it the new season has started then, well I'll get the new FWD series going when I get back. Great part Ace seems like this story is still not over

[Ace3000]

Technically, as of Part 5, I'm not completely done with 2209, the year. Just the FX400 season, that's over. There will be several more FTA parts before the new year starts. More races, more behind the scenes stuff, into the personal lives of our heroes, and our villains. They will be uploaded every Friday, as usual.


EDIT: That sounds like an ad, what gives?!

[Jonny]

Faster Than Angels
Jennterista Racing Chronicles

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The Jennter Succession Conflict

Chapter 19/13: Technology Transfer

30th November 2209
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
6:42.34

The circle around Jonathan Bovier arrived only a day before the first practice sessions would go underway at the Omega Harbour circuit. But late arrival was preferred in order to minimise any reaction time Henry could have needed.

One final step before the plan could have been put in action demanded a small meeting at the Angelus headquarters.
Jonathan, Jana and Nico were sent straight into the office of Brandon Smith, the leader of Angelus Research and Development.

“Thank you for helping us out at this time” Jonathan showed an unusual kind of gratitude.
“Well, I’d rather not have another Crinale to work against” Brandon almost refuted this spirit “But apart of that, it’s only natural.”
Jonathan smiled at this statement, then frowned “So you too think that Crinale is behind it?”
“I think” the leader of Angelus said “The way this Henry guy immediately began working with Crinale. That’s not normal.”

Jonathan nodded understandingly. “Anyway, we need to hijack their communications. I’ve sent you the blueprints and codes of the Jennter systems earlier.”
“Yes you did” Brandon confirmed and opened one of his desk drawers “We have a good bit of technology prepared since we obviously aren’t on best terms with Crinale.”
He lifted out a small chip device “This needs to make physical contact with the comms system at use, but it should be perfectly compatible with the systems you use.”

“Thanks a bunch, mate” Jonathan thanked Brandon upon storing the chip in his pocket.
“Kick their ass, man” Brandon returned.

[Jonny]

Faster Than Angels
Jennterista Racing Chronicles

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The Jennter Succession Conflict

Chapter 20/14: Counterrevolution I

1st December 2209
Omega Harbour, Perth, Australia
11:32.31

The final race was set to go underway at 2 PM on this Friday afternoon.
“I’ll go with Nico and Dave to manipulate the comms of...for the sake of clarity we’ll just call them AJ - Anti-Jennter.”
David Arem was a member of the former JSD*, Jennter’s private security service, from a time where AG racing teams were still living their hostilities more openly. He was a fit man around his 50s, but unlike Jonathan and especially Nico, experienced in direct combat.

“From our observations yesterday, their main communication relay within the paddock isn’t particularly well secured” Dave explained the situation “But we don’t know how the remaining personnel will act.”
“I’m certain Henry won’t go into this race unprepared” Jonathan deed his thoughts.

“Will we be able to get any evidence against their actions?” Nico asked.
Jonathan shook his head “Unfortunately not. However, we will have the legal high ground if successful.”


The few involved Jennter employees remaining at their makeshift base in a nearby hotel were led by Jana Bovier. Once getting the confirmation of the tapping being successful, Jennter’s head programmers were supposed to start purging the personnel database of the company of any person who did not transfer to the Düsseldorf team and revert the most recent change in leadership. To avoid interference through AJ, several other JSD members were assembled for this operation.


13:56.43
Jonathan, Nico and David arrived at the paddock, tickets to the more exclusive area of the race track have been acquired beforehand and - through some letter boxes - some tickets to the hospitality of AJ, should it become necessary to get in there through subtle means.

“There’s only one guard walking in circles in the Jennter section of the paddock” Dave commented while the three hid behind a trailer “I’ll take him out and assume his role to avoid suspicion.”
“The communication relay is this boxy thing over there” Jonathan explained “It’s usually locked, but not heavily secured.”
“Where do we get a key?” Nico asked the old man.
“Dave, you’ll check the equipment of the guard once you are ready to do so” Jonathan ordered as an answer “In doubt, we won’t need one though.”

Dave ran off to knock the AJ guard out from behind, the race being about to start shifted the attention of most people at the track to the starting grid.
Jonathan and Nico ran towards the box. Dave whistled and tossed a keychain into the Bovier’s path, luckily it included a key for the comms relay container.
“Quick, we’ll squeeze inside” Jonathan whispered while dragging Nico within him into the tightly packaged box. Just around that time a group of people passed through the corridor.

“Light” the old man ordered quietly once the noise died down. Someone knocked at the door, it was the signal they agreed with Dave to clarify that he took over the position as intended.
“You’ll have to force a quick delay timed with me tapping the transmission” he briefed Nico “Found it, get ready.”
“Ready? Now!”

All lights flickered for the fraction of a second and continued glowing in green. Jonathan immediately sent a message to Jana.

‘Set - JB’

As the two Boviers exited the comms station they tripped over. But instead of being greeted by Dave, the first and last thing Jonathan saw was the shoe of Madison Larough.


“Tab’s set!” Jana announced into her group and three people immediately began typing their way into the system.
It didn’t take long for the purges to be done, Jana wrote Jonathan and Nico a confirmation of the successful action. After a while she began phoning both of them, but neither answered the call.

[Ace3000]

Nice! Excellent part, as always.

It seems Nico broke the trend of Jennter team leaders names beginning with J.

[Jonny]

Thank you!
Your parts are also awesome and clear structured. Also you use the text formations. ^^
But it felt like the quality of my parts just suffered under my confusion :-/

I still play with the idea of a FTA-Wiki at Wikia...

[Jonny]

Faster Than Angels
Jennterista Racing Chronicles

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The Jennter Succession Conflict

Chapter 21/15: Counterrevolution II

1st December 2209
Omega Harbour, Perth, Australia
13:05.33

Slowly there was light again. He felt his body being moved, then another hit as he dropped to the floor again.
Madison ignored Jonathan waking up and carried on with her instructions as she loaded them into the backseats of a car. She got into the driver’s seat and started the engine.
As they departed, Jonathan cleared his mind “M-adison? What’s going on?”
She remained silent to his agitation “Why are you even here? Don’t tell me...oh well, what else.”
“Jonathan Bovier” she merely said “You and Nico will die in a car crash. Jennter will be absorbed by Crinale and we will go our ways again.”
Bovier remained unshaken by her words “Who is ‘we’?”
“You tried your best to get this driven out of me, but all these years I merely played the same part that Henry did” her words remained clear and emotionless, at least that was the impression she was trying to give.
“Who is ‘we’?” Jonathan repeated more forcefully.
“You don’t lead this dialogue, Jonathan” Madison coldly returned.

“I think I have found my identity. For what purpose I was set into this world” she explained with a slight tremble “To serve this group.”

“You are a free person” Jonathan shouted from the backseat “That’s what I always tried to tell you!”
She chuckled “Yes, you tried. Yet you restrained me for all these years.”

The car stopped at the outskirts of the city, unnoticed by her, Nico woke up too.
“You knew how much it messed with me” Madison said with a jittering voice “The confusions, the pain, the restraints!”

“Madison, I only-”
“Cut it out!” she screamed at him “I am tired of all this. I am sick of being your labrat! And I am not a substitute for her!”
“Her?” Nico jumped into the conversation.
“Rebekka” Madison and Jonathan said in unison.
“But for her, I also can’t do this” Madison said, smiling and with tears forming in her eyes “Even though I hate you, I also love you. And you too, Nico. Jana too…”

Two black cars began to pull up their side, the reserve JSD members beginning to circle the vehicle. Madison wiped the tears away “I think I stalled enough time. Good luck oh and, don’t worry about Henry.”

Madison slowly exited the car, with the JSD pointing their weapons at her. She calmly set course back towards the city.
“Let her go” Jonathan ordered them “Nico, get up, there’s work to do.”


14:58.21

“My name is Jonathan Bovier, President of Jennter Enterprises since 2085. A recent dispute within the company led to some complications among the company leadership. But the relentless support of my loyal coworkers resolve these issues as both bases in Düsseldorf and Copenhagen are currently reviewing their structures. I can also announce already that the company will return home to our old headquarters in Düsseldorf.
Unfortunately we missed out the final race of the FX400 season, but we will give it our best to make 2210 worth it!”

The announcement was occupying every advertisement block during the transmission of the season finale in Omega Harbour. It sparked confusion about who exactly this Jennter team on the track was.
The Australian police were seizing the property of the ‘imposter team’, as it just has been reported as stolen minutes after the announcement was made, forcing the craft to retire midrace.
However, Henry was nowhere to be found.