Voyage of Vehicular Waste (RP Challenge)

What is it about:

A challenge based on the German “Carbage Run” which I like and already competed in, but extended to Europe. The teams start in Faro, Portugal and need to get to Oulu, Finland.

What is RP?

So that means roleplay, we had two recurring challenges, the Shitbox Rallye and the Trafikjournalen 24h race, and they were quite popular. You make a team with characters that can tell their stories and interact with others. Or even should, since that is the fun. Since the SR2025 was cancelled and the 24 might appear a bit later this time, I thought I step in and try such an event myself, since many missed them.

So, are there rules for RP?

yes, please read this.

In addition: Purposedly drunk driving of a team will be black flagged, I do not want a p0rn, neither a gore chainsaw massacre. Accidents can happen, characters get injured, fistfights happen, but do not turn it into something that could be a Serbian Film. We have not had trouble with the community manager yet with RP events as far as I know and I think we should not change that.

Who can be a team?

I am not willing to regulate your creativity. Cyborgs, furries, centaurs, pets like a cat or a trained monkey… all fine for me.

The team and all characters need a name (and description, visualisation can be drawings, image generators… or you just describe them in written). Driving of underagers is maybe questionnable… and I politely ask you to be careful and sensitive if you have children in your team.

Driver aggression

This works as multiplicator for reliability and speed. You can choose between 1 (safe granny driving) and 5 (maniac). It would be of course better if you tell me which driver does which stage to allow for individual ratings. If only a general rating is provided, I can calculate all stages with a team value. If none at all is provided, I use the golden center of 3.

And the Cars?

This should have some low budget fun feel to it. Which means, the cars should have a value of approx. 5000 Euro/Dollar today. This can be a worn-out 2009 Touareg V10 TDI, a barely used 2012 Fiesta or a Maserati Biturbo with 17 previous owners and no service record, or a nice pensioner pre-owned Toyota Camry.

The vehicle also needs a presenation and descriptions, why it was realistically available for that price, so that I can do realistic breakdowns when knowing likely causes.

Engineering Rules

Al Rilma game version

For balancing, not more than 350 horsepower.

Premium gasoline is standard in Europe, so this is the type to use.

default techpool (+5)

maximum vehicle length: 6,0 meter (some narrow roads would be otherwise impossible)

Car and trailer (if such is used) must not exceed a maximum length of 18 meter.

Trailers are allowed, but would reduce the allowed highway speeds.

Cars must fulfill the strictest emission standard of their trim year.

Cars must be visually “complete”, like all lights, wipers, fuel cap, etc. unless its specified as hidden. At least one head and taillight and the indicators must remain functional at the start, for safety. You need two head and taillights, but one of them can be defective, for storytelling or just because your car is trash. Cars can be visually damaged.

How long does it take?

The challenge needs 14 days in theory, and of course I need a lot of time to calculate everything and write reports. And you might also need some time to do your postings. I try to publish one stage per week, but I can´t promise. But that´s the plan I will try my best to fulfil. I have the support of @Madrias, @Elizipeazie and @Knugcab who are experienced with hosting this kind of challenge and willing to give me advice in order to make this work successfully.

Where is the Discord?

Here.

@Elizipeazie was thankfully creating this, and it will be updated soon, after the first discussions started.

When do submissions open?

They are open now, and remain so until December 5, 2025.

How to join?

Send me the .car file, and present the car and the team as asked above in this thread after the submissions open. For the rule discussion, I think a week is alright.

VOVW-username for model and family, trim and variant free.

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Gentlemen, a short view back to the past…

Since the beta doesn’t have custom tracks how will the stages work?

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I believe stages will be done similarly to how I do Shitbox Rally stages - Known speeds and distances give a base time, our modifier adjusts our pace faster or slower per stage.

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Exactly. Since we have to wait for further updates to do “real” racing in Al Rilma, as it seems.

If you want the EXACT formula, I must openly admit: I still sit on it, as SR also had fuel stops and Tank sizes, which is too complicated for me.

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Trust me, as someone who did all of that bullshit for SR a few times - simpler is better. The more stuff you have to calculate, the longer the challenge takes to update between rounds, the less time you’ll have for RP, and the more complaints you’ll get about why fuel stops take so long or why a tire change takes half an hour.

Would it be possible to raise the max horsepower to 350? Since the Touareg V10 TDI has a little more than the 300 max you’ve marked

That might necessitate a maximum width limit - 2.0m would be an ideal value if it were to be implemented.

I would say length plays a bigger role than width when it comes to maneuvering vehicles through tight spaces, in general, though….

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You could squeeze a 2.5m wide cube-van through places you couldn’t drive a 7m long limousine through, just because the cube-van is shorter.

especially considering a large margin of mundane EU-spec cars from the early 2000s being wider than that already

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Update

The following rule changes have been suggested:

  1. Increase length limit to 6 meter to allow for landyachts, and a total length of maximum 18 meters for car and trailer.
  2. Allow up to 350 hp.

If nobody raises concern, this will be the new ruleset then, and the OP will be updated as soon as submissions open, which will be the case on Friday the 14th.

How I calculate

Of course possible entrants want to know how this is calculated. I take the time it needs to travel the stage with following the rules. The modifiers are

  • driver aggression
  • reliability for the chance of a breakdown
  • vehicle performance, but only to a small part
  • very small cars will have an advantage in Spain where I include an abbreviation on a narrow road
  • Offroad cars will have an advantage to Matterhorn
  • Fast cars will speed on the Autobahn on the Germany stage.

The reliability has a small modifier (up to 10 percent) on what condition your car is in. A granny Camry with low miles for 5k will most likely be in better shape compared to when it was new than a Touareg V10 TDI with 400.000 on the clock for the same budget. This is also depending on your car description in the presentation post, since when I know the weaknesses, I can make up better descriptions for breakdowns.

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Submissions are open now. I also managed to finally do my team presentation as an inspiration and how the event was created.

THE RHINO SQUAD

The Rhinos name is a bit of a confusion, since Thomas and Chantal have the last name Nilfert, which sounds like Nilpferd (German for Hippopotamus), but Chantal always mixes up hippo and rhino, naming them wrong. But since this is a running gag by now, the name remained.

The Characters

Thomas Nilfert (61) is a grumpy old mechanic who loves beer, cigarettes and cursing. He likes being a loner but thaws up when among a nice crowd.

Victor von Parchim (62) is Thomas best friend for 40 years. He is rich, VERY rich. Still he didnt forget about the time when he was young, and his nature is also quite reserved, but together with Thomas they are like 25 years old again, and when alcohol is involved, they will behave like stereotypical teenagers and cause a mess.

Chantal Nilfert (23) is propably a very weird human being, and that not just because of her appearance. She is… very slow, both physically and mentally, and her history of mental health issues is long enough to write a toilet paper roll full with them. Despite being weird, erratic and clearly not intelligent, Chantal - referred as Chanty by friends - is a person you want to have around you for her honesty and kindness - just not all day long.

Al Katzone (1) - he is a cat. A black cat. No more words needed to describe what a character he is…

Waltraud, Thomas mother (died at 78, but will nevertheless appear later on)

The Car

A 1993 Globus Grand Traveller LT - a questionnable MPV from an even more questionnable brand. For 5000 Euro, it even has low miles and an overall good shape, thanks to the unpopularity of that odd vehicle. The interior is shit from first being sun baked, then moldy after the sunroof seals broke and Thomas didn´t mind fixing it. Rust and electrical issues are known, the engine seems to have full power and the transmission, a weak spot of these models, seems to do what it should, weird enough.

The Prologue to this challenge

Leipzig, a day in autuumn. A short man with an elegant suit appears in Thomas Nilferts garage.

Victor? You are still alive?

Of course!

It took you a long time to show up… I missed you at the funeral of Chantals mother.

Sorry, reallly, the business…

I can´t hear it anymore.

But you can hear the sound of an opened beer, right? I got a trunk full of it. You want some?

Yep, sure. But don´t talk about business.

I see.. not much going on here, except your own…..eeeh, artefacts … rotting here.

Just call my cars junk like anybody else.

A bit later:

So, Chantal is… not that well?

That´s the understatement of the year. First our dog, her childhood dog, then her mother. I mean, she wanted a cat now because just seeing a dog makes her have a depression that is so bad… no, I don´t want to talk in detail about it.

I know her good enough to imagine. Can you leave her unsupervised?

I got her a cat. And I hate cats. She knows that if she does what she wants, I am left with a cat. And a cat with me. This will not work.

You should go on vacation. Something like those rallies you used to do. Maybe with Jan?

Eeeeeh, they are in crisis. It´s all gone down the drain here lately. As well as my bank account. I am happy that I can still the salary of my mechanics, to be honest.

Tom, you need some cash?

I would never accept gifted money, and I will not ask any friend for it, you know me since…. eh?

  1. So, but you would accept winning a prize of 50.000 Euro, right? How about setting up something like the Cannonbal run, but across Europe?

Sounds fun, Victor. But, that´s still expensive.

I have an idea. You provide the car, I provide the expenses, that´s a fair friendship deal. And we try our best to win.

And if we lose?

Then, eh, I guess I spent some money to make another person happy, but Chantal and you had a great adventure.

Deal. I call us a taxi back to the garage, I guess we are both drunk now.

Back at the garage

BAAH! IT IS GROSS!

It has a leaking sunroof. Both of them. The leather and carpet were totally ruined from the Californian sun already before, now its cracked AND stinky.

I will definitely not drive in this.

Victor, I WILL NOT SLEEP IN TENTS! I am not that young anymore, you are neither, and Chantal can barely get up with that messed up body. And the Globus has an auxilary heater that works instead of setting the car on fire.

So, you think you can… fix this soon? It needs a completely new interior.

Maybe Chantal can help me, she is excellent at using a sewing machine and such, unlike me.

Meanwhile, in the house

Katzo! I do not want to watch Garfield. I prefer Sailor Moon.

FCCCHHHHHHH!!!

Ok, ok… as you wish.

purr purr purr purr purr

You know, I love you so much, even if you are weird.

meow.

And you eat even more than me. And you are sooooo soft. You know what I like about you even more? That you listen to me. That you don´t tell me how bad I am, even if I know that I am.

FCCCCCCCHHHHHHH!

I know that I am a terrible person. Why does everyone leave me if I wasn´t? I guess you are just here because you get food from me. ARGH! DON´T BITE ME!

Meow!

Maybe you and me… we should make something exciting together. I have not left the house for weeks, and … well, this bed only if it was really neccecary. I guess we should go to the garage tomorrow, and I show you my dad´s junk?

purr purr purr purr purr

to be continued

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Highway Hooligans

While time and circumstances have changed the overall team composition slightly, and scattered the team a bit, the Hooligans decided to come back together after realizing Shitbox Rally 2025 had been caught up in too much red tape to proceed this year.


The Characters

Trevor Wright (52, 6’0", Male, Human) - A junkyard owner from Chicago, Illinois, Trevor likes to participate in all sorts of weird chaos involving cars, beer, and driving across weird places. While he’s sure this year won’t be quite as dramatic or exciting as the average Shitbox Rally (after all - there’s a greatly-reduced but still non-zero chance of getting eaten by giant, hungry werewolves), he’s certain it’ll still be great fun.

Image (Sims 4)

Cody Acorne (41, 5’9", Male, Human) - Also from Chicago, Cody is living his best life right now, or at least trying to. His brother is in prison somewhere out in Oregon, his best friend moved to Nevada to get away from the cold and the snow, and he’s starting to realize how very, very lonely it can be when you live somewhere that doesn’t really have good dating options. When Trevor contacted him about the run, he agreed, mostly because he wanted a change of scenery.

Image (Sims 4)

Jake Storm (36 (37 on 12/15), 5’7", Male, Wolf-Shifter) - Jake is Cody’s best friend - the one who moved out to Pahrump, Nevada. He wasn’t always a wolf-shifter, he used to be human, but certain life circumstances involving his boyfriend meant that he had to make a choice. Ultimately, he chose to embrace his wild side as a wolf - though for the most part, he stays in his human form so he doesn’t scare people. (Trevor would joke, of course, that Jake’s the reason there’s a non-zero chance of someone getting eaten by a giant, hungry werewolf - even though Jake wouldn’t do so, and both Jake and his partner Rowan argue heavily that there’s a difference between wolf-shifters and werewolves.) He agreed to join back up because things have been slow, remote work is good but isolating, and he wants to drive some junk.

Image (Sims 4)

Rowan Shadowthorne (74, 6’9", Male, Panthirian Jagrilan) - Rowan is Jake’s boyfriend/partner. Unlike Jake, Rowan was born as a feline and does not have a human form. He’s tall, polite, and slightly militaristic, but still makes jokes, carries a nerf gun, and is always down to have a drink or two - provided it’s not carbonated. He’s also extremely comfortable with Jake’s lupine side, much to the annoyance of the two humans in their group. He’s comfortable with driving just about anything, though the vehicle they’ve gotten is, well… certainly something new for him.

Image (Hero Forge, Jake’s the wolf, Rowan’s the cat.)

(Probably best not to anger Jake. You don’t want a 12’6” wolf mad at you.)

Lyrran Rhoulan (40, 7’6", Male, Leoshai) - Lyrran is a four armed, horned, three-tailed lion-like being from the planet Narquintal. He agreed to provide the car for the challenge… as long as he was allowed to come with. The Hooligans immediately made him an Honorary Hooligan, and so he’s providing a “2033” Daxton Trailmaster for the run. For him, the excitement is in racing across countries on another planet, and proving the durability of one of the Sorensiedian Empire’s domestic car brands.

Image (Hero Forge)

Shirtless, strong, and proud.

The Car

This is a 2032 Daxton Trailmaster.

But considering the current year on Narquintal is 2052… That makes it equivalent to a 2005 on Earth. Specifically, this is the Centaur package with the 1.7L Altitude engine option - a fancy way to say “You get AWD and an angry 1.7 liter I4 pumped full of boost to make a shade over 300 horsepower using a turbo and a supercharger together to do it.” Everything in the driveline is purely mechanical - coil-and-points ignition system, mechanical fuel injection, wastegates, engine vacuum driven variable valve timing, engine oil pressure driven variable valve lift, a 6 speed manual gearbox, viscous differentials… It seems weird to us, but where it’s from, it’s impervious to magical disruption - the engine keeps running without any issues, even if a mage is throwing a magical tantrum in the passenger seat.

However, the thing you probably noticed first was the set of Duratrax Explorras replacing the tires. Lyrran used this small SUV for snow driving, and the rubber-belted tracks allow it to travel on snow, asphalt, concrete, dirt, sand, slush, and gravel all about equally well. Of course… they’re also a maintenance pit.

Likewise, a quick inspection suggests there’s plenty of rust. And it’s showing every bit of the 300,000 miles it has traveled, even if there is a decent service history. Sure, it won’t be the fastest vehicle here… But it will be the one that refuses to get stuck as long as the team has “at least one more” track replacement belt in the back.

The trailer is a classic Hooligan Special - a truck bed and in-bed camper for Trevor, plus three tents for the other crew members - all of them specially soundproofed by a magically-inclined friend in Nevada so that no horizontal activities disturb others in camp.

More Images

Pre Race RP Coming Soon.

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do we have an idea of how small?

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also are we expected to be camping with the suggestions of campers and such?

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Someting like a Micra K10 or a Kei Car.

Well, we are discussing in the discord at what time it would take place. @Elizipeazie suggested to make it happen after christmas and new years eve since the characters would prefer to be at home for these events (Thomas not, he is a grinch, and Chantal neither, since she hates things that are supposed to be happy but are not for her), still all other entrants might prefer not being en route at that time. Which means, it´s f***ing cold. You could use tents and blankets like I did in military service, use a van with an auxilary heater like Thomas or…. a trailer. It is totally up to you.

The multi-millionaire Victor von Parchim will provide his mountain mansion at the Matterhorn stage and his huge penthouse in Berlin for accomodation, other than that, you are free to decide how you spend your nights.

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is it the SR discord? or a different one. the link in the top post is broken.

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The Team

Team description

A two person team going by the title of The Derg Duo.

Butter (Beatrix Sanderg)

On the left is Beatrix Sanderg who goes by the nickname of Butter, She's a 25 year old furred dragon and is 7'1" tall (for comparison older furred dragons of her type can grow to 20' tall and 300 years old on average). She's very energetic and enjoys joking around. She doesn't shut up easily if she start's talking about something she really likes.

When it comes to cars she doesn’t know much about making them, but she knows how to do basic maintenance on cars she owns, however when it comes to driving she can either be described as absolutely insane or extremely skilled depending on who you ask. If ask her yourself she’ll come across as confident, charming, and on the odd occasion if she takes a liking to you you’ll feel like your spine is breaking as she grabs you and pulls you into a hug while having a grin brighter than the sun.

Toast (Terrance Sanderg)

On the right is Toast (Legal name Terrance Sanderg). He's also 25 years old and is just an inch taller than Butter at 7'2". He's quite a bit more reserved and doesn't speak much in general, but is still prone to long rants if you get him talking about his interests. He always has a warm smile on his face and is generally happy to go along with Butter's mischief.

Toast is a lot more well versed in mechanics than Butter, he often buys old broken boat motors and restores them to working order before selling them again. He’s a good driver but no where near as confident or reckless as Butter. If you ask him yourself he’ll just shrug and say “ah I’m alright at it”.

General info

Both Butter and Toast are New Zealanders, but are currently on holiday in France. Only Butter knows about the Voyage of Vehicular waste and is planning on surprising Toast with their entry. This also means she will have to buy a car for the event while they are in France. Both Butter and Toast are capable of flying on their own, but not particular fast or particularly far. (enough to make it over the shortest point of the English channel in good weather in an hour comfortably)
Image of the Team. Warning: Furry :3

The Car

pre modification images





History of the Whirlwind

The Whirlwind was built in 1993 by West Isle motors as a cheap, light sports car that could be produced in large numbers in order to save the company from going bankrupt. It was produced from 1993 until 1999. It did succeed in saving West Isle from going broke, but the Whirlwind was never very popular or much better than it’s competition in any way. despite it costing 24 thousand pounds on average when it released, a pristine example will still only sell for around 9 thousand pounds in the current day at the absolute most. But you can still find a decent number of them roaming around the UK as they were solidly build and tended to last a long time if maintained correctly, although they significantly less common in other countries. A convertible version was never made.

The Whirlwind's Stats

Weight: 876kg.
Body: Fibre Glass.
Chassis: Steel Monocoque.
Suspension: F double wishbone, R Multilink.
Engine: cast iron 2100cc I5, single overhead cam, 4 valves per cylinder, naturally aspirated.
Power: 137hp, 181nm.
Fuel: Multi-point EFI, unleaded 95, 9.3L/100km.
Max RPM: 7500.
Gearbox: 5 speed manual.
Tyres: Medium compound P215/50R15 94V.
0-100km time: 6.8 seconds.
top speed: 232km/h.
Seats: Two.
Wheelbase: 2.2 metres.
length: 3.88 metres.
Width: 1.69 metres.

Butter obtains a Whirlwind

After a week in France on holiday Butter finds out about the voyage of vehicular waste and immediately wants to enter, she decides to surprise Toast and enter them both as a team without telling him. although with the event coming up quickly she hops on her phone and scours second hand cars for one within budget. One catches her eye, a Whirlwind listed for 5,700 pounds. She messages the seller and offers 5000, and to pay 1500 of that in cash. The seller agrees and arranges for Butter to pick up the Whirlwind later that day. Problem, Butter is in France (specifically on the west Coast near the beach) and the car is in London. Second problem, Butter currently only has euros, not pounds. Butter spends the entire first half of the day getting the right money sorted and the right paperwork ready to bring the car over. She heads to the nearest beach and flys to the closest beach in the UK, she walks to the nearest train station and takes a train to london. She eventually gets to the sellers house and buys the car on the spot. She drives away this time to a ferry to bring the Whirlwind back to France, while driving she’s cramped an uncomfortable, the car is just too small. While filling out paperwork on the ferry it’s here she gets the idea to chop the roof off. When she gets her new car back to their rented home she parks it in the garage and quickly goes back out to rent a big saw and comes back to chop the roof off the Whirlwind with absolutely no idea how it will affect the car. “Toast will fix up the rough bits” she says to herself as she puts down the saw, her work complete.

After modification Whirlwind







Next part coming soon

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Whatever power that be within Angelustyle, he wants to make a new team… But SR got cancelled this year ! And the 24HC is long coming… But then, this event came.

This time however, the team selected is another batch of Yumeisotitanian Craze… Even when, it isn’t Y.E.A.R… kinda.

DYCT

Doah Yjumeiysothyitanyia Cer Tosora

(From Yumeisotitania with Love)

The Team Members

Mimi Kyozokalejena

(Translates as: Mimi, Daughter of Kyozo)

Image (or drawing) !

Age: 15

Height: 152cm

Weight: 65kg

Role: Moral Support, Driver, Mechanic Assistant

Aggression Level: 3 out of 5

In case you ever wanted a small Ligonesian Girl, here you have her. The main motivator of the trip, and (arguably) the team leader, also the Daughter of Mia, and one of Shiki’s students. Young, energetic, enthusiastic and athletic, but not too smart and rather naive, being more of a “Happy-go-lucky”. Back at Yumeisotitania, she’d be 21 (as years in that planet are shorter), and technically allowed to drive. But here, she perhaps is better not being behind the wheel because… Well, age. While some may judge her as fat just because of her weight, it’s worth mentioning her right leg is a metal ROBOTIC prothesis, and since Yumeisotitania has developed advanced robotic prothesis (but hasn’t quite developed lightweight prothesis yet - things don’t seem to add up, but in Yumeisotitania things are that way), so, blame that, because her actual weight is closer to 45 or 50kg. Yes, she’s a strong girl ! Currently an Uni student at Ligonesia (albeit she’s stayed a few semesters off Uni by this point !).

She likes to sing, dance, take photos, play videogames, watch movies, play soccer, and surf. She has Telepathy, Mind Reading, Pyrokinesis (the ability to generate and control fire), Increased Speed, and Extrasensorial Perception. She’s a lactose intolerant too.

Mia Socodorinkalejena doah Alex

(Translates as Mia, Elder Daughter of Alex)

Image (or drawing) !

Age: 34

Height: 166cm

Weight: 88kg

Role: Driver, Mechanic, Cook

Aggression Level: 2 out of 5

Mia’s youth may have not been the best or the smoothest, but it certainly was beautiful… And then she lost her sterility with Mimi. Despite that sounding harsh, between Mother and Daughter, they go along like bread and butter, although maybe with the occasional squabble. Mia is a widow, or, so she thinks, just because she’s “divorced”, and she tends to use food to comfort herself. She has a specially protective personality over her daughter, but, in the end she always allows her to do what she wants, as long as she doesn’t drag her into trouble or gets into trouble herself. A bit apathetic, and a bit depressive, yet relatively easy to lift up, smart, careful, and with a motherly sense even for the people who ain’t her children. She currently works as a test subject for some company in other country back at Yumeisotitania. She’s also friends with Shiki and Saki.

Likes to sing, dance, take photos, sometimes do sports, sleep, and eat frequently. She also likes to drink. She has the same powers as her daughter, but also has Increased Strength, Increased Resistance, and the ability to Hypnotize. Also same as Mimi, she’s a lactose intolerance. She’s also a bit of a Nymphomaniac, but, those days have long passed, and she has learned how to control herself.

Saki Socodorinkalejena doah Atari

(Translates as Saki, Elder Daughter of Atari)

Image (or Drawing) !

Age: 29

Height: 150cm

Weight: 74kg

Role: Driver, Mechanic, Navigator

Aggression: 4 out of 5

Saki isn’t the most social individual once you think about it. Though she is good friends with Mia. She’s not Ligonesian, but Tanatahuan (from the Tanatahu Islands, a relatively small nation [imagine French Polynesia] not far from Ligonesia [imagine the Solomon Islands]), but moved to Ligonesia because Mia convinced her and Shiki (Saki’s younger sister) to do so. Saki works as a computer developer (mind you, Yumeisotitania seems that it is, and will continue to be stuck in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s) and an indie game developer. So she’s the tech-specialist of the group. She’s also an outrageous glutton, a yappy-happy nerd, and a bit of a perv (you know, the sort of perv who, on her teenage days, would sneak into the men’s bathroom, or fantasize about… Things). No wonder why she’s also the weirdo of the group. A bit pessimistic, serious, and sometimes easy to get mad, but, also easy to soothe down, and eager to learn. She’s been trying to develop (unsuccessfully) a program to stablish communications between Yumeisotitania and Earth.

She likes to be on her Laptop, her phone, likes to yap, draw, write, read, and toil around mechanical or electronical things. She has Telekinesis, Extrasensorial Perception, Geokinesis (the ability to control terrain, earth, rocks, etc), Increased Resistance, The ability to turn into a Statue (just like Kanna!) and the ability to induce sleep.

Shiki Penyatsudorinkalejena doah Atari

(Translates as Shiki, Younger Daughter of Atari)

Image (or drawing) !

Age: 27

Height: 165cm

Weight: 59kg

Role: Driver, Assistant Mechanic, Moral Support

Aggression Level: 3 out of 5

Shiki is Saki’s younger sister, and was born in the Fico Islands (also close to Ligonesia, this time a larger nation [imagine the Philippines]). She’s a University Teacher, working at Ligonesia National University, and amongst her students is Mimi. Mimi ultimately told her of SR (which was the event they were planning to enter initially, more on that later), and inevitably, Shiki couldn’t avoid Asking Mia if she could come along. Mia, inevitably, said “Wita!” (“Yes!”, in Yumeisotitanian). Positively-minded, Relaxed, Joyful, but also relatively smart and knowledgeable, Shiki values everyone’s morale, which is one of the reasons people love her as teacher.

She likes to learn, read, write, draw, take photos, watch movies, do sports… Travel… She has Telepathy, Extrasensorial Perception, Hydrokinesis (the ability to control and manipulate water!), Increased Speed, and the ability to Hypnotize.

Kanna Yukobaiyaroslavl (Special Y.E.A.R. Cameo!)

Image (or drawing) !

Yes, this is Kanna’s Old Drawing from 2024. But I could barely improve it (it still looks good today… at least on my eyes!).

Age: 23

Height: 156cm

Weight: 113kg

Role: Driver, Mechanic, Cook, Moral Support, and Navigator (or, rather, Guide)

Aggression Level: 3 out of 5

An special entry from none other than YEAR ! You see, the initial plan for DYCT, was to enter SR and go to Aetherii, where it’d not be a problem if they don’t know English… But, since this event is to take on Earth, they needed some quick lessons… Since Anyel (formerly Ángel, I’ll explain some stuff on SR 2026 if it happens) was their teacher, but their English isn’t as fluent or refined as he’d desire, just for precaution, he’s sending Kanna, who works as a Cook, and takes part in a small garage band. She formerly lived in Tokyo, but has moved to Canada. And yes, she’s still the Happy-go-lucky, funny, cutesy and friendly girl people remember from last year’s 24 Hours of Clunkers. So she’s all kindness and not with a thought behind those eyes.

She ADORES eating, but she also likes to cook, to draw, sing, dance, sometimes do sports, and joke around… And making friends, of course. She also loves to drink. She has Mind Reading, Telepathy, Increased Resistance and Strength, Geokinesis, and the ability to transform into a Statue. You already know.

The Machine

The AktoKarso 4433 1.5C !

Here it is ! An AktoKarso 4433 (4×4, 4-Speed Manual, 3-Cylinder, 3-Door), mistakenly badged as a 1.3 when it’s actually a 1.5 3-Cylinder making a whopping 55hp or so… Made in the Yumeisotitanian Equivalent of 1988.

Where did they get it from ? Unknown… Quite literally ! Same as this team, this car got teleported to Earth by “a beam of light”. With their SR entry suddenly deciding to stop working, they had to hurriedly modify this damaged example to spec. And so, with help from our partners at YEAR, it’s here, and on it’s way to the start line at Faro.

It’s not perfect. Far from. Yumeisotitanian quality has never been known for being… Good. Cars made at Karso (one of the most advanced nations), are no exception…

Even less when the car is in this condition: The Soft-Top has seen better days, as it leaks and has a bit of wear, the Radio doesn’t work, some of the dials stop working all of sudden, it overheats at times due to a fan and radiator on their last legs (albeit with fixes to aid reliability somewhat), the transmission has a hard time getting into 2nd or 3rd, the steering, and the clutch are both vague, one of the headlights doesn’t work, one of the reverse lights doesn’t work, the passenger side door (in this RHD car) doesn’t open, the Windscreen Wipers screech and sometimes fail, glass is cracked, dents and scratches and dirt all over the car, there’s a small hole in the grille… The suspension is bouncy as hell, it’s a bit crammed inside (not least when 3 out of 5 people in this team are overweight!)…

Yet, it’s perfect for this team. It’s not fast, nor spacious, nor very reliable, but, It’s cute, it’s agile, it has 4WD, Diff-Locks, Low-High Range, and is even capable of some things one wouldn’t think. Overall, a solid car for these girls, and certainly something that they consider appropriate.

Pre Rally History Coming up Soon !

If Angelustyle ever actually does his promise of finishing his drawings !

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