Team Chitco
Part 0: The preparations
Forming a team
What was witnessed were these pictures:
2005 VerBanka Cauchy with 2.0 turbocharged economy-oriented engine
However solution was found
Team and car entered
First we start with car.
2005 VerBanka Cauchy with 2.0 turbocharged economy-oriented engine. This engine can develop around 140hp and if we are not mistaken has double that figure in torque. Its efficient and reliable while still delivering solid pace
As for team using the car:
Drivers
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Pedro Broodnik
Probably in his 30s or 40s. Unspecified job, unless you consider fathering many children as job and has experience driving minivan with trailer. He shall be seen as having rather normal build: he has neither muscles or fat in abundance but he DOES have them -
King Edward
Has VERY misleading appearance due to extensive bodylift (i do not dare to say facelift here as it applies to whole body) several years ago: looks like he is as old as Pedro noted above but is actually in his 70s.
Title is not misleading as he is indeed a king of kingdom that is not placed on Earth; this is likely both all info reader may need and all info i may actually have.
Actually…i may be wrong on that, as the fact Edward personally needs to chase down certain duo of car thieves that have habit of stealing his cars likely will explain most of his known driving experience (and likely incompetence of his security).
These chases can be seen as kinda comedic, unless you are unlucky chap whose fruit stand was just run over by either thieves or Edward during said chase.
Unlike his late wife Leopolda (back then common girl that attracted his attention while he was still prince) Edward is not corrupted with titles and power and is likely to bring fact he is King only if someone specifically asks about his job or life.
Below are sole bearers of their roles
Medic (i guess)
- Sora
She is…intended to appear for story development reasons and not for reasons of being helpful.
That being said she is likely to be one of best choices in case someone gets hurt: one could note that Holjes is certainly not hospital by any means, but im sure her vast experience as retired nurse would account for something even in those conditions.
Sora is of weaker build and it probably does not help she is also in her 70s like Edward
Cook (i guess)
- Andrea Chitco / Andrea VerBanka / Andrea Chicota
She is noted for being many things including leading the company that made car entered in competition and was one that actually found the car in question. Also is based on VerBanka that has appeared in SR2022 and Andrea herself had participated in SR2023
She had also worked as cook, so she is likely to be the one to make food for rest of team
Mechanic
- Mihajlina Daniloski / Mihajlina Chitco
She is of similar build as Andrea noted above but is not based on VerBanka. Unlike Andrea, this girl is blessed with head that is tad bit bigger than expected considering rest of body. Having male face completes the look.
She is managing Daniloski company and is somewhat bitter about the fact that car team enters is not Daniloski (disregard the fact both companies are in same corporation; hence this ultimatively does not matter) and, as such, is going to be on lookout for something that may be comparable to Daniloski lineup on grid so she can give Andrea some bath with icy water (bucket of some sort may get involved)
Muscle of the team avaiable in case some heavier stuff would need to be dealt with
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Renata Evo Chitco/ Renata Daniloski
Along with similarly-sized and looking Andrea mentioned above, this girl punches noticeably above her weight class strength-wise: both being stronger than any other member mentioned so far. Unlike Andrea, this one is neither based on VerBanka or being particularly useful for any other reason but dealing with heavy stuff.
Could be good sparing partner if someone decides that brushing off their martial arts skills besides racetrack is great idea: she knows karate decently well -
Smurle Chitco
He is likely going to be man of few words and noticeable size: being 1.9m tall and having 100kg makes that happen. He was intended to match Daniloski (guy who created Renata Evo and Mihajlina) in physical strength and he manages to do so well: easily being in top 3 strongest members of this team. Being such a niche character does mean he isnt noted for anything else
Express travel to Sweden
Both Cauchy and tow vehicle (in this case 2010 Bricksley Highwayman; designed and engineered by Madrias) were filled with food, drinks, tools and some spare parts and with that journey began in earnest, spanning over 2400 km (1491.6 miles) starting from Bosnia to Sweden, spanning likes of Croatia, Slovenia, Austrija, Germany and Denmark along the way.
Some may wonder how Highwayman looks like.
It’s not particularly beautiful vehicle, but seats enough people (and remaining seating place was occupied by snacks) has V6 powering front wheels (as it’s expected of modern-design US vans of this period) and is blessed with automatic transmission.
As it turns out there were more than 6 members of group and vehicle needs to tow, this was rather immideate choice.
Having approximately 1.5 times of both power and torque of towed vehicle, it certainly seemed like good choice.
Bosnia was chosen because it has flat, wide patch of road near village of interest to some members of group (and yours truly): four-lane wide, 2 km long ex-runway (2 kilometers are 1.25 miles). Nowadays it’s used as regular road, meaning only half of it’s width is actually regularly used
Rests during the trip were rather minimal and it’s just unrelentless progress forward to make it on time: trip is noted to take about 30h of just driving, however.