Barely Street Legal League [SURVEY ON PAGE 70]

Well, that race went exactly how Aaron had expected it, he had predicted he’d be near the back, but not right at the back, as the great Testis had that spot sealed… :stuck_out_tongue:

After the warning from McHorseguy, Aaron strangely felt more excited for the race at the Nordschleife. He liked the drama, the excitement. And the impending presence of the Hasira made things more interesting. At this point, all common sense and instinct to live had rushed out of his head like they were late for work, and that left Aaron eager to get to Germany.

Germany was another place that Aaron had wanted to go to, but this was for reasons even Aaron himself didn’t know. He just fancied going there, for no apparent reason. He drove straight from Belgium to Dortmund. For the only reason he could think of for really wanting to go to Germany, that wasn’t just to be there, was to see a Borussia Dortmund match. Obviously Aaron loves his football as you all know, and the Signal Iduna Park was, to a lot of people, the mecca of football, just as the Green Hell is the mecca of racing. So the first thing he did when he arrived in Dortmund was book into a hotel near the stadium, and go to a match the next day, in the same manner as he did in Leicester.

He left the Signal Iduna Park absolutely buzzing. The atmosphere in the stadium was like nothing he’d ever experienced, he could almost compare it to the kind of noise on the starting grid of the BSLL races. Speaking of the BSLL, it was time to prepare his car for the race at the Nurburgring. He called in to one of Cottam Auto Group’s specialist engineers from a CAG headquarters in the nearby town of Paderborn. First the car was just given a once-over in the entrance of the complex - bolts tightened, and a general service. it was only when the engineer (named Joel) popped the bonnet, that something wasn’t right.

“That’s not supposed to be in there…” Joel said, puzzled.

Aaron had an idea who it was. “Oh God…”

Joel’s expression transitioned from puzzled to surprised. “Oh! It seems that this isn’t a tracking device, but it looks like something was placed in the engine bay for some reason or other.”

Now Aaron was certain what had happened. “That damn supercop, look what he’s started! I have no idea how they got to my car, let alone the engine bay, but I don’t like this one bit.”

Aaron wondered if there was a strange black device in everyone’s cars somewhere, but he doubted it, the cops surely can’t have got to every car and fitted something in every engine bay. But the more Aaron thought about it, the more worried he felt, but in a way he was relieved that he’d actually had the sense to have a proper look around his car before the race. If that thing had been left in there, who knows what it would do.
[OOC: I don’t even know what it would do, I guess I’ll let someone else run with this story and see where it goes… :stuck_out_tongue:]

[IC] With the servicing done, and the mysterious black device hurled out into the shrubs, the Elegance was taken into one of the workshops at CAG headquarters for some real preparation. The body panels were reinforced with a protective resin that will help a bit with collisions and stop the car’s roof from caving in should the worst happen. Along with adjustments to the seat and harness to keep his body planted if he hit anything, or anything hit him These small adjustments only added a small bit of weight, so Aaron was confident that his performance in the race won’t be affected much, but after finding the device in his engine bay, Aaron was much more caring of his own safety than he was before, so he wanted to take some measures to ensure he was at least slightly more protected.

And with that, he left Paderborn and drove on towards the Hell that awaited him. He was part excited, part fearful of his own life.

[OOC] I don’t know if the black device thing would work, or is even possible with this story, but feel free to take it and run with it, if not, disregard it and I’ll edit my post. :stuck_out_tongue:

Pulling up at last niall got on the phone with his home office and found a garage frequented by german vintage racecar enthusiasts near the 'ring and got a photocopy of the original blueprints to his engine sent out to them. A flatbed pulled up and niall quickly got the vindicatior strapped down and hurried off to the shop there was going to be a lot of work to do and not many hours to do it. The mechanical injection system needed tuning, the ignition needed new points and a timing adjustment, the intakes needed cleaning and polishing, and the chassis mounts needed seeing to. If the league was going through with this insanity he needed to make sure his car could be counted on. Ordering high performance runflats to be dropped off at the garage he took a moment to be grateful that his tire size wasn’t too uncommon. Once the maintenance was finished niall felt confident that his combination of antiquated technology would resist the emp device, his new tires would make the track racing a little harder but would save him from immediate immobilization from a spike strip, and his car’s raw power would keep all but this one manic cop off his tail.

Halfway through his flight to Germany, Vos took the time to tinker with his Kodiak. A quick pop of the hood to check the oil and the air filter and he spotted something strange. Under the hood was something that looked far too advanced to be comfortable in the engine bay of a 50 Year old Muscle Car.

“Steve. Chet. Get your asses over here.” He commanded. “What the hell does this look like to you?”
“That’s a…” Chet trailed off. “I actually have no idea.” He admitted.
“You’re useless!” Decreed Steve. “lemme look.”

After some brief poking about with an Alan wrench he was thrown back in surprise.
“Uh boss. You wanna tell me how, in Cthulhu’s name, you got an encrypted transmitter in your air filter?”
“What do you mean how I got it? It was your job to watch the car!” Vos yelled.

After a bit of tinkering with said transmitter, Steve discovered all the hallmarks of a well funded organization. After some deft handiwork he managed to track the IP to an office in FT. Lauderdale Florida. He then figured this was the base of operations for Agents Black and Decker. “I’ve got an idea…” He whispered with a sly look on his face. With that, he connected a webcam and queued Vos.

“Good afternoon.” Vos began, his low Scotish accent oozing darkly from his lips. “I’m certain you thought putting this device in my car was a brilliant little scheme. I’m also sure there’s one aboard every vehicle in this race, but what you don’t know, is the tech man behind me managed to break into your network through this device.” He said, smugly patting the transmitter. “And in your network we found a torrent of information. We know who and where you are. But, long before we sent you this message we sent everything on your servers to both the New York Times and Moscow. You may be asking ‘why Moscow?’ Simple. Because after I’m finished recording this, I’ll be loading this transmitter into that thirty foot ballistic missile you see behind me, American flag and all.” He crossed his arms defensively. “You want to wage a campaign against me? Congratulations gentlemen. You’ll have your war.”

Minutes later, the transmitter was loaded into the missile, the info sent and Fiona was ascending as high as she could go. When she reached her limit, she launched her payload towards Moscow. Vos knew for damn sure the weapon wouldn’t get there, but it would scare the shit out of a lot of people.

Jack began reinforcing his car. He put a nice steel-ceramic composite armor plate (insulated from the main electrical system) behind his rear bumper and the trunk lid , which should offer adequate protection against low-hitting fire. I mean, this shit is used in the tanks. He then checked the fuses were in perfect condition, in case the EMP thing would actually pierce through this thing. He also equipped his car with some armored wheel covers, which combined with Skoda’s rather low ride, should make it somewhat difficult to aim for the tires. Last, but not least, he reinforced his front quarterpanels and his front bumper, just to make performing the PIT manuevers on cops (or just outright ramming them) easier. Oh, and there was no device under Jack’s hood. He sort of…slept in his car ya know, and when was not in his car, he was never away for long enough for anybody to pull off something like this. Especially considering the engine bay usually fitting a 1.9 diesel AT MOST got a 6 point something liter V8 stuck into it - I mean, there would be no place for such a device. To be on the safe side, he checked anyway though, and confirmed his logic.

OK, it was time to care about the others. He studied the data of the contestants, or more accurately, the records from the pre-race inspection. GG had to check if the cars have 1000 horses or the 1hp per kg ratio, but more importantly, they had to check if the cars were actually street legal, and this involved checking the electrical system. Jack found out which fuses were used in the horribly-named-car with 2-speed gearbox driven by that hobo, stocked up on them, and somehow found out where 8bs is. He approached him.

“Hey! Will you be in the race? See, I’ve prepared something for the hell that will probably break out there.” and he pulled out a box of fuses for Testis. “Have you ever changed fuses in your car while driving at the same time? I guess n-” And then two other people joined the meeting. A van with “SIEMENS” written on it could be seen in the back. Both of the guys had the hammers strapped to their backs, just like Jack. One of them was wearing light blue jeans, a Rammstein shirt, and a SEIMENS cap, while the other was wearing a jumper and a bandana, both displaying the Bavarian lozenge flag pattern, and also some black trousers. “These are my friend, Roland, and Mar-”

“It’s Der Bayer.” - and Mar- pulled out his Mod Squad id and shown it to Jack. Apparently, Martin’s new identity was “Der Bayer von Awesome”. Really.

“ANYWAY, these two are my friends, and will aid us in the potential battle with the police”

“Isn’t it a bit too cramped in this van?” Jack asked

“What do you mean?” - Roland replied

“What do you mean, “what do you mean?”? Where are the other mods?”

“Oh…” Der Bayer said and then frowned.

“You see,” Roland started “Some mörön launched a BALLISTIC MISSILE towards Moscow. Other mods are busy trying to avert the World War III, you see…”

“You’ve got to be kidding me… OK, let’s change the plans. Roland, you’ll be with 8bs…” Jack said, and upon seeing puzzled expression of fellow mods, added “That hobo we’ve met. You and me will be covering the back of the pack. M…Bayer,”

“DER Bayer”

“Der Bayer, you’ll be in front of the race. Go ask the Gryphon Gear guys, either Sam or Kai, whether you can go with one of them. I’ll be driving my car, so I won’t be able to shoot people, but I’ll ram the shit of that supercop fella. And other cops too, perhaps. Roland, you’ll need to take care of 8bs’ fuses in case the Hasira targets him. Oh, by the way,” he turned to the hobo “8bs, do you agree to Roland sitting in your car?” and Jack turned back to his comrades. “Tell me you’ve at least got that tanker full of alcohol”

“Well, some means of negotiation with Russians were needed” Der Bayer said, and Jack groaned.

“BUT, we’ve got an EUR-pallet stacked with Jack Daniel’s bottles.” Roland added

“That will do too. 8bs, treat is as a gift, ok?”

I am just going to apologise for my recent lack of creative story telling. My college work is mounting up before christmas so im wading through that. I still do however get a chance to some stuff and it is bloody brilliant.

[OOC]OH YES. Looks like we found a driver for the new GG Transit Van!

Also, my god, looks like Vos has a few different agencies after him now :laughing: It’s going to be a real Charlie Foxtrot at Nordschleife at this rate!

Kristina knew exactly where she was going next. On her way to Spa-Francorchamps, she had made a reservation for a Junior Suite River View at Hotel de L’Europe in the Red Light District of Amsterdam, as it was less than 3 hours away and it was on her bucket list. She headed north. Even at night, the drive was absolutely breathtaking. She was really liking Europe. Small towns lined the roads along the way, and ahead she could see the lights of Amsterdam, arguably the most interesting city on the planet.

As she drove through the night streets of Amsterdam, she saw old world vs new in the buildings. It really was an amazing city to view firsthand. She pulled into the parking garage of de L’Europe and paid, then went to check in. It was a busy day, and she *needed *a night of luxurious sleep and a long hot soak. She needed to mentally prepare for the race at Nordeschliefe. It was a fast track, but also had many curves, some with really odd banking, and she had only driven it in simulators. It wasn’t going to be easy, especially in *her *car, which wasn’t even especially suited for straight line racing.

When she got to the desk, the concierge handed her a message and a package. The bellhop came over, looked at the box, and rolled his eyes. Finally, he carted the large package to her room and she handed him 500 euro as a tip. The message was from Lori Dark, and inside the package were several small boxes. Apparently, instead of seeing Amsterdam tomorrow, she would be EMP hardening the M3. Lori would be here in 4 hours. “Fuck!”

She quickly looked over the blueprints. It included a small generator, shielding boxes, and what appeared to be miles of fiber cable. Luckily, her car didn’t have electronic suspension and minimal interior electronics. The main thing to protect was the ECU and engine electrics. It would take about 10 hours to implement Lori’s blueprints, which should give them time to at least catch a few sights in after dinner. She went to bed and skipped her long soak.

Like a clock, at 10am, Lori knocked on the door of her Suite. They skipped breakfast, and moved on to the conversion. In the garage, Lori told her she had secured a local shop 6 blocks away, so they drover over and met the owner, Kunigonde, who was dressed much like Kristina. She wore camouflage fatigues, combat boots, and an eerie smile which would set most people on the defensive. She had served in the Royal Netherlands Army as a tactical vehicle specialist. This was a good person and met Kristina’s enthusiastic approval.

Kunigonde pulled out the air filter and found a black transmitter device, which Lori immediately inspected and deduced it was tracking her moves. Rather than destroy it, she loaded a virus onto it from her laptop. Whoever was tracking her was about to get a wild ride. The virus would substitute public server coordinates for location coordinates and extrapolate routes between them, making the trackers think she was on the move still. It would keep them less suspicious about their device being compromised, and would still end up at Nordschleife tomorrow at 7am. What it wouldn’t reveal is her still being in Amsterdam. Problem (hopefully) resolved.

Everything went smoothly, but there was no way to test how well it would protect the car. They were riding completely on “hope”. The hardest part was isolating ground from the frame so the bumpers could not be exploitable. A small generator sat in the trunk with an isolation switch on the dash to control power. The ECU was now sitting in a anti-magnetic shielding box in the passenger side dash, with fiber-optic pulse cabling to all components running in thin metal sheaths. As an extra measure, the front and rear bumpers were completely isolated from the car’s frame with shielding and non-conductive polymer bolts separated by rubber bushings. An additional 90kg had been added to the car after all was said and done.

There was also now a rack sitting over the passenger seat. It was probably going to be hard to explain at the border crossing into Germany, but it would house an AR-15 and a small ammo box, just in case. She definitely wouldn’t be carrying *those *across the border, however. It would be flown in by private helicopter to a small farm outside of Müllenbach at 5am. Lori really did have some good connections!

After dinner, Lori flew back to the US and Kristina went back to her hotel. No sightseeing got done, but she did take a long soak. It was such a beautiful room, and had been completely wasted thanks to some militant group of assholes calling themselves “police”. She secretly hoped they showed up at the Green Hell, just so she could watch them all die from multiple stab wounds created by her trusty Ka-Bar. Agents Black and Decker would certainly wish they had not crossed paths with this gung-ho Marine. She would make sure of it! Kristina went to bed for an early 2am wakeup call.

(OOC) this is getting quite hard to follow… and your are making Seba Look like a goodie doodie

[size=150]Seishido Europe Private Testing Area, unknown time[/size]

Enry: We are here to do a final setup for the Achernar X90, it’s not in optimal condition for the race in Nordschleife, not to mention the eventual chase by those crazy international cops.

His engineering and mechanic team immediately loaded the Achernar in the Prototype Hangar 01, the one reserved for high-tech concept cars, and started examinating the car. After around 2 hours a well-known voice announced the good news:

Daichi: Ok, the electrical system is fine, no suspect damage or intrusions. The rest of the engineers confirmed that.

EGT’s elite designed the X90 to be protected against any privacy issue, who could stick a transmitter in a cramped 80’s hatchback stuffed with a 8 liter big block? Certainly not those guys. But they probably took down his phone, he still had the charred remains in his pockets, so he handed those over to a professional, who found out Mr. and Mrs. Power Tools just EMP blasted every smartphone in a pretty big radius after they lost us in Salt Lake City, to disorient us, so no tracking, they didn’t know who drove the car and where it was. It’s a good feeling being one of the only guys not affected by all those messes, being a “boy scout”.

His safety specialists, yes, the same guys that engineered the lowly Proxima’s airbag system, reinforced his body panels and chassis, installed heavier glass, and covered the rims with aerodynamic carbon fiber wheel covers (Look at a Mazda 787B’s front rims, something like that), also they upgraded his harness to a heavy-duty model. Then the electrical team shielded more efficiently the main electronics. The finishing touch was an ordinary fixing up, bringing the car back to original spec. (Except for the small increase in weight)

Enry: It’s time to show everybody who’s boss.

So Enry put on his high-resistance helmet and heavy duty racing suit, ready to unleash that crazy spark.

(ooc) Sorry if i haven’t written my RP for all races, but i’ve been busy lately :laughing:

[OOC] OK, what is “Seba”?

Seba Is Sebastian Machado the third, Heir to the FMU throne and the Yacare driver

[OOC] I should have known that… :blush:

and just so you Know YCB is a tuner/ coach builder company that builds sportscars and other exclusive stuff with FMU partsbin

[Ooc] just so everybody knows, in response to a question, roleplaying is always optional! You can just rock up to the next race, but I’ll assume your car is vulnerable to munitions and emps etc. Which matters mainly if your car is slower than Hasira… Which I’ll just say now, half the field is.

I guarantee you however this will NOT change results nor will there be any permanent changes to your character (like being maimed, killed, thrown in prison etc.) Unless you specifically ask me to write such things in.

What with only having one fuse, I just need one back-up and some driving skills to beat Hasira.

Far as I know, the Kodiak is entirely analog. None of the engine or drive systems are electric. So, the Hasira will get my lights and radio, but that’s about it.

With all the extensive WhizzBang aids on all the GG cars (because certain death otherwise), and the fact they’re impossible to shield, one has to hope that we can outrun the cops, else, were going to get taken out!

[OOC] Actually, anything running on copper wire is vulnerable to EMP attacks. This includes analog circuits and also the battery power supply. It’s near impossible to shield everything electrical, but you can do a pretty good job on critical components.

I was worried about the fuel pump but aside from totally insulating the car my best hope is speed and the fiberglass body work catching the prongs.

[ooc]BTW guys, just so you know, the actual date in story for this final round is November 29th. I’m just running heaps behind because lots of story and work and stuff. Sorry!

That being said, the weather at this time of the year is kind of really bad for racing on Nordschleife… I mean, just look at this!

Final update before the crazy last race imminent!