As our racers clear THE IRON HEEL, let's take a look at the ...

STANDINGS:

01. SHADOW BLADE
02. CHAOS MK II
03. SHADOW WING
04. SHADOW CYCLE
05. ARCLIGHT HAMMER
06. SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA
07. FIREBREATHER
08. IRON GRIFFIN
09. DRAGULA

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10. CAPT SPAULDING !! HE MADE IT BACK IN !!

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11. FIRST CLASS ... HEADING DUE EAST, PURSUED BY AI FORCES

Divide Checkpoint #4; The Razor's Edge

The fully-suspended bridge offers smooth wide lanes, so our racers are able to open their machines up. As they reach top speeds and open sky there are several close calls with each racer jockeying for position.

FIRST CLASS, noticing the gleaming structure, makes it back into the fold!

Our leaders are taking on a stacked formation to try and block out the back field.

With teams now playing defense over the span of the bridge, only RamJets with hover technology that is non-terrain dependent are able to push their machines over the wide open valley.

This is what the field of bikes looks like from the camera feed:

01. SHADOW WING
02. SHADOW CYCLE
03. SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA
04. SHADOW BLADE
05. ARCLIGHT HAMMER
06. FIRST CLASS
07. DRAGULA
08. IRON GRIFFIN
09. SUICIDE TANK
10. FIREBREATHER
11. CHAOS MK II

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At the end of the spanse is a tunnel that dissappears into darkness, plunging into the next mountainside. it looks to be an entrance into an AI BASE or underground bunker. With the the possibility of hostiles, the racers are cautious as they enter ...

05 - VULCAN'S HAMMER

Vulcan's Hammer isn't on any maps and appears to be an underground city.

Our racers come upon shattered glass and smoldering pieces of AI.

It seems the revolution arrived just before our leaders.

"HUMANS RISE UP" with arrows spray painted on the walls seem like as good a route as any.

Pockets of cheering revolutionaries dancing around burning piles of their overlords embolden the racers, but they shouldn't get too comfortable!!

There are e-sensors and holo screens everywhere, and as long as the power is on the AI could still be a threat!

STANDINGS:

01. SUICIDE TANK
02. FIRST CLASS
03. DRAGULA
04. SHADOW CYCLE
05. IRON GRIFFIN
06. SHADOW BLADE
07. SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA
08. SHADOW WING
09. ARCLIGHT HAMMER
10. FIREBREATHER
11. CHAOS MK II

Our racers are still pursued by a pack of AI SECURITY BOTS ... LOOKS TO BE 20 OR SO ...

DRONGO VIK : TEAM RED SHADOWS looks to be trying something on the SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA ...

THEY ARE BOXING HIM IN AT OVER 300 MPH ...

THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL END WELL !!

Dodging sliding steel doors and security barriers, the leaders burst out into an open valley.

DRONGO VIK : "My helo is hovering just above the action as the next checkpoint comes through on the omni-net. a wide open dash through a concrete aquaduct leads us to..."

06 - BORDER WALL

As our racers cross the border into the FEDERATED STATES OF AMERICA, still being pursued by numbers of AI SECURITY BOTS and KANADIAN AI CITIZENS they see an impressive structure of angular columns topped with gleaming steel spires.

Our riders can see the human sentries watching from above.

As our lead rider blows through the open steel gates a revolutionary raises his liberated rifle and screams "WOLVERINES!".

just inside the gates, as riders cross the border into the "AMERICAS COLONY" they find an impromptu city full of pit crews, support rigs, reporters, and cheering fans!

What they don't find is a finish line!



// outside, a lone figure stands ... waiting ...

as the AI FORCES and CITIZENS arrive he lifts his arm, pointing something into the dark night ...

he presses a button ...

A WALL OF FIRE EXPLODES FROM THE GROUND 100 METERS FROM THE BORDER WALL

AI SECURITY FORCES AND CITIZENS GO UP IN A BLAZE OF GLORY, CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER AND THE GROUND AT FULL SPEED.

IT'S SHEER METAL CARNAGE.

THERE'S NOT A SINGLE AI CONSTRUCT LEFT INTACT

The Dark-Cloaked figure makes his way among the wreckage ... the SCAVENGER begins his work...

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A lone RAMJET racer pushes through the wreckage ... his cybernetic eye glowing blue ..

STANDINGS:

01. SHOWSTOPPACHOPPA
02. SHADOW BLADE
03. DRAGULA
04. SHADOW WING
05. SHADOW CYCLE
06. ARCLIGHT HAMMER
07. SUICIDE TANK
08. FIRST CLASS
09. CHAOS MK II
10. IRON GRIFFIN
11. FIREBREATHER



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12. BLACK NOVA

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