LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO RAMJET SUPERMOTOENDURO 3

!! Coming to you live from The Tundra Drome in Northern Kanadia Territory !!

We are about to experience the OVERDRIVE 500, a 10km round track with horizontal *and* vertical flight lanes.

This extreme Northern Hemisphere track is in Artificial Intelligence-controlled Kanadia Territory.

Our racers will fly over a mammoth course inside of the frigid Tundra Dome.

Seriously, the Tundra Dome is so big, it makes its own weather (and AI enjoy the cold.)

500 laps on a 10 kilometer track with vertical climbs and breath taking drops.

Red arrows mark the course and security drones strictly enforce the out of bounds lines.

A 5,000 km race will take its toll on machine and rider, so there will be ample need for pit stops, refuel, and repairs.

The stands are full of Aristocrat AI and their human servants.

Across the Public Announcement system, "HUMANS BOW DOWN" is repeated as the AI anthem is digitized to a laser light show...

The stadium lights burst on revealing jetbikes and riders all lined up in poll position. Several riders have their fist raised and a couple "free bird" salutes, none are bowing down.

A call to start your engines and the track roars to life.

Out front is First Class with Tomax & Xamot - clearly the human favorite in the race!

In second position is Ion Pulse, with a strange blue glow emanating from his cybernetic eye ...

Then our first pack with GyreJet, Firebreather, Dragula and Silver Streak all blasting jets into our next pack, including :

Police Ramjet, Arclight Hammer, Jackknife, ShowStoppaChoppa, Thunderkiss, SwampJetter, Hellracer and SAS Hornet.

The ShowStoppaChoppa is popping the accelerator, almost nudging Silver Streak in front of him before backing off!

Our final pack consists of Iron Griffen, Stingray, ChaosMKII, Shadow Wing, Suicide Tank, Shadow Blade and Shadow Cycle.

Viewers at home know what it means when Team Red Shadows are grouped so closely ...

Our pace vehicle is carrying one of the very first AI ever created: ENIAC, riding classic Detroit Steel.

Straight from the acquired warehouse and labs of OCP!

"DEAD OR ALIVE YOU ARE COMING WITH ME" as he spins his sidearm.

The atmosphere is absolutely electric as the stadium "stomps" in respect for this ancient AI hero!

The green flag is up on all the digiscreens and as the first racers cross the starting line THE RACE IS ON !

"M-M-M-MAX HEADROOM here rep-porting live from the T-t-tundra Dome alongside fl-fle_e_shbag: Drongo Vik.”

“Thanks Max! Glad to have you along for the ride.”

Lap 1:

DRONGO VIK:

The racers are in an all-out dash through the first straightaway. Coming out of the turn one our riders face the first vertical climb- hold on to your handle bars!

It is a 90 degree climb all the way to the top of the dome.

THE SILVER STREAK MAKES IT TO THE TOP FIRST

WE HAVE A STALLED RAMJET AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB !! IT'S THUNDERKISS !!

SHE HAS OVERTURNED AND IS FREE FALLING BACK THROUGH THE PACK

WILL SHE BE ABLE TO PULL IT OUT ??

THUNDERKISS GLANCES OFF OF ARCLIGHT HAMMER - ZEPHORA EASILY RECOVERS AND RACES ON !!

THUNDERKISS SMACKS INTO FIREBREATHER -- LUGG THE OBLITERATOR BARELY EVEN FELT THAT !!

BABY GAINS CONTROL OVER THUNDERKISS JUST SECONDS BEFORE HITTING THE LOWER TRACK !! WAY TO GO, BABY !! SHE'S A DRIVER FOR SURE !!

wait ... what's this?

THE STINGRAY FULL-ON IMPACTS THE TRACK WALL -

IT WAS LIKE HE DIDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO PULL UP?

WHAT WAS HE THINKING?

THAT BIKE IS SMASHED AND THAT RIDER IS NOT MOVING !!


MAX HEADROOM:

"Th..th... the quarterback is ttttTOAST!"

DRONGO VIK:

"THE STINGRAY IS OUT OF THE RACE"

After our first lap, seeing our near - misses and clear hit, the drivers have settled in, with bikes and riders showing their skills and experience!

STANDINGS

01 - Silver Streak
02 - SwampJetter
03 - Arclight Hammer
04 - ShowStoppaChoppa
05 - First Class
06 - Black Nova
07 - Suicide Tank
08 - Shadow Cycle
09 - Shadow Wing
10 - Firebreather
11 - JackKnife
12 - Chaos MkII
13 - Iron Griffin
14 - Dragula
15 - Police Ramjet
16 - Shadow Blade
17 - Gyre Jet
18 - Hellracer
19 - SAS Hornet
20 - Thunderkiss

// we will be back after this short announcement :

Lap 50:

DRONGO VIK : "Here at the top of the dome the track corkscrews and a few erratic riders kiss wings. It has to be a heart wrenching feeling at these speeds. A straightaway across the ceiling, then the dive headlong back to the floor." 

MAX HEADROOM : “I-I-I can't watch-ch!"

DRONGO VIK : "We have a red flag up on all the digiscreens.

A disabled ramjet halfway through the tunnel between turn 7 and 8!

!! IT'S GYRE JET ... THE GYRE JET IS DOWN !!

Security bots are in route and a towbot is already on the track.

BABY is ignoring the flags and the crowd is stunned!

She's made it to the top of the dome, right in front of the AI Supreme Commander’s box!

A double "FREE BIRD" salute as she is overtaken by Security Bots!" 

!! THE THUNDERKISS IS OUT OF THE RACE !! I GUESS SOMEONE CAN PUT BABY IN A CORNER !!

MAX HEADROOM : “W-w-we ar-re #1!" 

DRONGO VIK : “That’s not what that means Max!”

THE FIREBREATHER HAS MOVED INTO FIRST PLACE

STANDINGS:

01. FIREBREATHER
02 - 03. JACKKNIFE & SILVER STREAK
04. SHADOW WING
05. BLACK NOVA
06. SHADOW CYCLE
07. FIRST CLASS
08. SWAMP JETTER
09. DRAGULA
10. HELL RACER
11-12. ARCLIGHT HAMMER & CHAOS MKII
13. SUICIDE TANK
14-15. SHADOW BLADE - SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA
16-17-18. IRON GRIFFIN - POLICE RAMJET - SAS HORNET

OUT:
STINGRAY
GYRE JET
THUNDERKISS

Race Radio Channel BR-549:

---Son, you need to know what you've got out there in this race. She's got an engine low to the ground... extra thick oil pan to cut the wind from underneath you. I gave her thirty or forty more horsepower. I gave her a fuel line that'll hold an extra gallon of gas. I shaved a half an inch off of her and shaped her like a bullet. We got her primed, painted and weighed, and she's ready to go out and win. Hear me? She's perfect.

---Whoa, Daddy. Her rear is all over the place.

---When the rear end's loose son, the car's fast. Loose is fast, and on the edge of out of control.

---Don't forget brother, you live your life one race at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not the team and all their bull hockey. For those ten kilometers, you're free.

---Hayseed, just focus on watching that live feed camera, leave the motivationals to me. Now just stick with it Havok and remember one thing.

---What's that?

---If you ain't first, you're last. You know, you know what I'm talking about?

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Lap 100:

DRONGO VIK : “Back in the swing of things after that strange display of defiance, all our racers are doing what they do best!

Lots of action out on the course.

There is a defined pack forming of leaders, but this is a long race." 

MAX HEADROOM : "Hum-m-mans b-b-b-owww down!" 

DRONGO VIK : “Jeez max tell us how you really feel!”

!! TEAM SUPERBEASTO IS MOVING FORWARD !!

JACKKNIFE HAS CLIPPED THE SHADOW CYCLE

ALL THE RED SHADOWS HAVE DROPPED SPEED TO SURROUND JACKKNIFE

THEY ARE RIGHT UP IN HIS BUSINESS

STANDINGS:

01. SILVER STREAK
02. DRAGULA
03. HELLRACER
04. FIREBREATHER
05. SUICIDE TANK
06. SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA
07. FIRST CLASS
08. SWAMPJETTER
09. ARCLIGHT HAMMER
10. BLACK NOVA
11. POLICE RAMJET
12. SAS HORNET
13. CHAOS MK II
14-15-16. SHADOW CYCLE, SHADOW WING, SHADOW BLADE
17. JACKKNIFE
18. IRON GRIFFIN