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Momoko Murasama

Another New Beginning, Part 1
Google Docs link for easier reading: docs.google.com/document/d/1jPskn55UqbRisFWITsxbzNrhAxBteXDNpOyaiIIuMDc/edit?usp=sharing

Project Vermillion HQ, Japan

Akiha Nakai was not having a good day. Two mountains of paperwork sat on her desk: invoices, contracts, and all sorts of other unpleasant forms just waiting to terrorize her. She stared glumly at the enormous pile marked ‘To do’ and then at the much, much smaller pile marked ‘Complete’ and slammed her head down on her desk in frustration. She knew it was her own fault for putting everything off until the last minute, but she could have sworn she’d made more progress than this yesterday…

“Hey, uh, Akiha?” A voice echoed in through her office door. “Can you come out to the shop floor for a sec?”

“Damn it, can’t you last 5 minutes without interrupting me!?” Akiha snarled back, giving the owner of the voice the full brunt of her wrath. Sadly for Akiha her outburst failed to have the desired effect, and Aaron Van der Linden poked his head through the door with a cheeky grin on his face.

“My apologies for disturbing your terribly important work, but I really think you should take a look at this.”

“This had better be good.” Akiha grumbled as she followed him out of the office. “Well, what am I supposed to be looking at?”

Aaron shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. “Well, I was underneath the Maserati getting ready to replace the transmission and nothing was making any sense. I’ve not spent too much time under the car but I know my way around it alright, ya know? So I rolled out from underneath and well… see for yourself.” He gestured out to the center of the shop floor.

It didn’t take long for Akiha to find the anomaly. The team’s raceworn MC GTE should have been the center of attention, in process of a much deserved rebuild after it’s Sundown 6 hours triumph. Instead in its place sat an immaculately prepared McLaren 720s, looking as though it had just arrived fresh from Woking. Akiha took a sharp intake of breath. She begrudgingly had to admit that Aaron was right, this was probably more important than the paperwork. “I see. This is a new worldline.”

“Indeed. It seems we got so tired of McLarens running into us that we gave up and joined them. Looks like you finally landed us that booze sponsor, too.”

“Perfect timing, I could go for a drink or two right about now…” A dull pulsing had started behind Akiha’s eyes as she held a hand to her forehead. “Any other noticeable changes?”

Aaron frowned. “I came to find you as soon as possible, but just going by our headquarters it seems to be dramatically different than the last worldline.”

“Hmmm.” Akiha’s gaze drifted across the garage. “Actually, this doesn’t look too bad. The place is much cleaner than usual, the equipment looks brand new and state of the art, and the car seems to have a full suite of sponsors. It looks like we’ve got quite a professional outfit this time.”

Aaron shook his head. “I thought so at first as well, but take a closer look. The mechanics are just making busywork, I haven’t seen one touch the car yet. There’s no CAD documents on the computers, the machines look like they’ve never been used, and I’ve yet to find a part that doesn’t look straight from the factory.”

Akiha’s brow narrowed. “Are you saying…”

Aaron nodded back to her, a grave look on his face. “Yep. I don’t know what the hell it is, but this certainly isn’t our team.”

“No. No it isn’t.” Akiha paused thoughtfully. “Not yet at least. Gather the crew, I think it’s time I had a word with them.”

---

Akiha stood upon a crate in front of the assembled crew, arms clasped behind her back. From his viewpoint on her right Aaron could see that they were slightly confused as to why their team boss had called this meeting, and he felt guilty to admit that he was quite looking forward to their reactions. This was certainly going to be a day that they wouldn’t soon forget.

Akiha cleared her throat. “Hello, my name is Akiha Nakai, and I am the owner of this team. You may refer to me as Nakai-san. She bowed her head. “But you already knew that of course, so consider this a one-sided introduction if you will. And why am I reintroducing myself, I hear you ask?” Akiha allowed herself a slight smile. “Because today marks a new beginning for this team.”
The smile disappeared, replaced with a disapproving stare. “Would you like to know what Project Vermillion means to me?” She hopped down from her crate and began to pace back and forth in front of the crew. “Once, not so long ago, I had a dream. A dream of building the greatest street racing machine Japan had ever seen.” Akiha paused. She noted with some satisfaction that the crew appeared to be hanging on her every word. “And in creating my magnum opus, Project Vermillion, I succeeded. But before I could take it to competition my shop suffered a fire and burned down, and my dream died with it. Despite my best efforts I was never able to replicate that perfect formula, and I grew disillusioned and moved on with my life.” She paused and glanced at Aaron. “My journey led me into the world of professional motorsport, which helped me realize that I had not lost my fire, I simply needed a new project to direct it towards. Rather than a street racing machine, a race team. Rather than Japan, the world. And so, as a Phoenix from the ashes, Project Vermillion would rise again.”
Stepping back up on the crate, Akiha once again clasped her arms behind her back. “My vision is a team that relentlessly innovates, a team that pushes the boundaries and beyond, a team that will become the greatest in the world or burn down in flames trying.” She crossed her arms and raised her chin to look down her nose at the assembled crewmembers. “I must be in the wrong place, because I see none of that here.”
Akiha was in a groove now. She pointed at a newspaper article proudly framed on the wall: 'Popular backmarkers Project Vermillion finally break through for first top 10 finish'. “Is this what we celebrate here? A top 10 finish?” She ripped the article off the wall and ground it beneath the heel of her boot, to the horror of the assembled crew. “Hmph. Popular backmarkers is just another way to say hopeless losers. You’re content to run around at the back of the field in a bone stock car and you call yourselves a racing team? Have you no ambition?” Her lips curled into a snarl. “Have you no pride?” She turned to Aaron. “Whip these deadbeats into shape or get them out of my sight, I don’t care which. Freight leaves for Sebring in 2 weeks and I’ll be damned if we’re going to show up and embarrass ourselves.”

“What about a driver?”

“Leave that to me, you’re going to have your hands full with this lot.” Akiha stormed into her office and slammed the door shut.

“Oh sure boss, I’ll just work a miracle or two, no problem...” Aaron frowned at the closed door as he muttered under his breath. Sighing, he crossed his arms and turned to the shell-shocked crew. “Right, you heard the boss. I’ve got 2 weeks to drill you into a well oiled machine, and I don’t intend to waste a moment of it. You might think I’m putting you through hell but I promise you it’ll be nothing compared to the boss’s wrath if you make fools of us come race day.” He smacked his fist into his palm. “Right, let’s get to work.”


Project Vermillion's previous exploits can be founds here: docs.google.com/document/d/1SnctIP0oHdGe1ZapEwOvDRPzF8A0ot4M56W8hTBEqXQ/edit?usp=sharing
Livery: drive.google.com/file/d/1pUTZXKQbJDaWIDfWc44t6F7U3Nobj3IC/view?usp=sharing

Another New Beginning, Part 2

2 weeks later…

The garage was a hive of activity as the team rushed to pack and prepare to get the freight ready to ship to Sebring. Akiha and Aaron surveyed the chaos with not a small amount of pride, the team had come a long way in just a couple short weeks.

“They almost look like a real race team now.” Akiha begrudgingly admitted.

“They’ve made excellent progress if I do say so myself.” Aaron responded with a playful grin. “Pit stop times have been halved, we’ve drilled quick changes on bodywork…” They paused as a pair of mechanics moved past pushing a toolbox. “There was no way I was going to fix the engineering side in 2 weeks, so I gave a call to a few names you might recognize from back home. Heading our new design group will be Ginette Martel, our lead aerodynamicist will be Markus Björnsson, and our former colleague Claudia van Daalen will lead the engine team.”

Akiha raised an eyebrow. “I’m impressed, you’ve done good work.”

“Why thank you.” Aaron grinned. “So, how goes the driver search?”

Akiha gestured to her office. “Take a seat, I’ll fill you in.” She sat comfortably at her desk, and Aaron took a chair across from her and signalled for her to begin.

Akiha leaned forwards and clasped her hands together. “If I’m honest, choosing a driver wasn’t particularly difficult. Tohru has been excellent for us across all worldlines, she was the obvious choice.”

“Can’t argue there, she’s a team mainstay at this point. So she’ll be joining us at Sebring then?”

Akiha sighed heavily. “I’m afraid she won’t.” She paused for a moment and looked Aaron in the eyes. “I don’t know how to put this Aaron, but I don’t think Tohru exists in this worldline.”

“Oh. She didn’t exist in ours so I suppose it was only a matter of time, huh?” He gave a mirthless laugh. “I guess that throws a bit of a wrench in your plans.”

“You took that news well.” Akiha blinked in surprise. “This struck me as a significant change from the past few worldlines, so out of curiosity I looked up some of our competitors from the Sundown 6 hours.” She frowned. “It isn’t just Tohru. I found traces of a few of them, but it seems that none of them are racing drivers in this worldline.”

Aaron shrugged. “Not all that surprising really, given all the changes we’ve found so far.

“I suppose not.” Akiha absentmindedly admired her fingernails. “Speaking of which, have you ever wondered why the team was so different this time?”

“Of course I have, but why the sudden change of subject?”

“I was wondering myself, so I took the liberty of doing some investigating.” Akiha paused and reached down to open a drawer of her desk, pulling out a bottle and a pair of crystal drinking glasses. “Champagne?”

“Really Akiha, at 10am? What’s gotten into you today?”

Akiha poured herself a generous glass and lounged theatrically in her chair. “Well my dear Aaron, the results of my investigation were truly remarkable.” She downed the glass, placed it daintily on the table, and leaned forward. “It turns out that the Akiha Nakai of this worldline is terribly, fabulously rich.” She leaned back and sighed heavily. “Unfortunately it seems she was also terribly, fabulously unambitious, as the state of this team poignantly demonstrates.”

“That… explains a lot, actually.” Aaron tilted his head slightly. “What does this have to do with our new driver though?”

“Relax, I’m getting there.” Akiha replied with a scowl. “The funds at my disposal meant that even a World Grand Prix driver wouldn’t have been out of reach, but no matter how many drivers I interviewed, none of them felt… right.” She paused for a moment. “But in my search I came across a few who piqued my interest. Reliant Spark, Sister Tenrai, and Satomi Houraisan, artificial Intelligences in physical bodies. And they got me thinking: I’m filthy rich now, so why should I settle for a driver that doesn’t fit my needs? Tohru may not exist in this worldline, but with the power of Artificial Intelligence I could recreate her.” Akiha’s eyes lit up with a burning passion. “And not just recreate her, improve her! Take all of her best qualities and crank them up to 11! Tohru, at her peak form.” Akiha stood up from her desk and walked over to a sheet covering something in the corner of the room. “I reached out to Hourai Automation and it turns out that our interests aligned. I was in the market for an AI, and they just happened to be working on a new AI program that they needed a client to field test. And so, may I introduce…” Akiha whipped away the sheet with a theatrical flourish. “Mecha Tohru Mk.1!”

Aaron’s jaw dropped open. Standing in front of him was, at first glance, Tohru Kobayashi. In fact if the maid outfit hadn’t exposed her robotic elbow and neck joints she could have very easily passed as human.

Akiha grinned at him with her arm around Mecha Tohru Mk.1. “Her programming isn’t quite complete yet but I had her body brought to the shop so we could do a seat fitting. So, what do you think?”

“You never cease to find new ways to surprise me.” Aaron shook his head in disbelief. “It, or uh, she? Certainly looks like Tohru, but can an AI really drive like Tohru?”

“She damn well better for how much she’s costing me.” Akiha muttered under her breath.

“A green crew, an untested AI driver, and a bone stock car, this should be fun.” Aaron laughed. “You’re taking some big risks here, even for you.”

“I work with what I’m given.” Akiha shrugged. “Now we’ll just have to wait and see if it’s enough.” She cracked her knuckles. “Sebring, here we come.”

Free Practice Results
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Session Highlights
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Krieger WRT Presents: Radio Mayhem ft. Lukas Pulkrabek


Free Practice 1

Crew Chief: "Alright Lukas, not a bad first outing. We'll try and put something better together for FP2."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Car feeling good. Just need more time."

Free Practice 2

[Mecha Tohru spins Chiara Venturi in pit lane, nearly colliding with the Krieger WRT BMW in the process]

Crew Chief: "Everything okay Lukas?"
Lukas Pulkrabek: "F*** s***. What in hell are they doing?  Use the eyes dammit."
Crew Chief: "Did they make contact?"
Lukas Pulkrabek: "No, but this prick's still blocking me in."
Crew Chief: "Copy."

Qualifying:

Crew Chief: "Alright Lukas that's pole! Pole position! Well done mate."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Hahaha, excellent! Thank you guys. Now just race to go."

Race:

[At start]

Crew Chief: "We've lost a position, but just keep your head down."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Shut up, I'll get it back."

[lap 50, Lukas is in 2nd, but not for long]

Crew Chief: "Good news Lukas, you'll take 1st position next time around, the #922 car is out of the race."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "You're not f***ing with me are you?"
Crew Chief: "Nope, looks like an engine failure. You've got a good gap on 2nd too, so don't worry about pushing."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Huh... okay."

[race finish]

Crew Chief: "P1, P1! You've won the first race of the season Lukas!"
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Hahaha, no f***ing way! Crazy. Thank you, thank you."
Crew Chief: "Luck was on our side today mate, insane drive today."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "We have no luck without the team. Thank you guys."

[cooldown lap]

Lukas Pulkrabek: "Oh..."
Crew Chief: "Something happen?"
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Engine's gone. It just completely blew."
Crew Chief: "Wow..."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Yeah, I'm speechless."
Crew Chief: "Will call in a tow. Damn, we really squeezed the life of that engine until the end."
Lukas Pulkrabek: "Must have ahaha. Imagine if it happened any earlier."

R1 POST RACE PHASE BEGINS!

All team sheets have been updated. Now that the race is over, you'll need to tell me what changes you want to make to your Team. I'll have this laid out in a questionnaire format to make the flow of decision making easier.

Did you crash out of the race, and if so, did you lose or damage any body panels?
If so, refer to your Team Sheet and tell me if you want to Quick Fix or Standard Fix the Durability lost.

Did you fail to finish because your car's engine blew?
You lose half of the Durability remaining after Engine Mode subtraction. Any fractional DP should be rounded down.

Have you spent 60 Support Points after all repairs and engine replacements?
No? If so...

What Upgrades do you want?
Engine Enhance (+2 DP) costs 15 SP per engine.
Chassis Enhance (+2 DP) costs 30 SP per car.
Each +1 Tuning Point will cost you 20 SP.

Remember that your spending is capped at a maximum 60 SP per Race.

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Momoko Murasama Krieger WRT requests the following:

- Engine Enhance (+2 DP) [-15 SP]
- +2 Tuning Points  [-40 SP]

Total Expenditure: -55 SP

Hornet's Nest

Replacement Engine -25 sp
+1 Tuning Point -20 sp
+1 Engine Enhance -15 sp

Total 60 sp spent

+3 Tuning Points (-20 per, total -60)

Project Vermillion

+3 Tuning Points (-60 SP)