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-Frame Runnng is an international vehicular racing/combat sport enjoying moderate public attention at this time. It involves the use of modified repurposed military surplus frames (3-5 meter tall mecha with fighter-like plasma engines) which are then raced along the ground and through the air over bizzare three dimensional courses many kilometers long while battling for physical supremacy in a mixture with the gladiatorial aggression of stock racing, the technical finesse and sophistication of high-class auto-racing, the texture in maneuvering of boat-racing, the sheer speed of fighter-jets, the sheer violence of ice-hockey, the grappling and striking of mixed martial arts and the larger than life personalities of pro-wrestling.
+Frame Running is an international vehicular racing/combat sport enjoying moderate public attention at this time. It involves the use of modified repurposed military surplus frames (3-5 meter tall mecha with fighter-like plasma engines) which are then raced along the ground and through the air over bizzare three dimensional courses many kilometers long while battling for physical supremacy in a mixture with the gladiatorial aggression of stock racing, the technical finesse and sophistication of high-class auto-racing, the texture in maneuvering of boat-racing, the sheer speed of fighter-jets, the sheer violence of ice-hockey, the grappling and striking of mixed martial arts and the larger than life personalities of pro-wrestling.
 Frame-Racing hit the international mainstream in early [[calendar/pa_250]].
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 ==== Monthly Tours ====
-Monthly Tours serve as the bread and butter, leaning toward the more entertainment-like aspects as a sort of touring theatre troupe of Frame-Racing Combat (or Running) and are usually where pilots will learn their trade. Moving around the world, or even across planets and systems, renting tracks produced by the AGP, building their own makeshift tracks or re-purposing existing equipment and locations rented legally from city states. Here, most of the "larger than life" personalities take form and the majority of teams perform on this level.
+Monthly Tours serve as the bread and butter, leaning toward the more entertainment-like aspects as a sort of touring theatre troupe of Frame-Racing Combat (or Running) and are usually where pilots will learn their trade. Moving around the world, or even across planets and systems, renting tracks produced by the AGP, building their own makeshift tracks or re-purposing existing equipment and locations rented legally from city states. Here, most of the "larger than life" personalities take form and the majority of teams perform on this level. There are four types of races in the monthly tours.
+  * **Showdown** - 2 teams, 3 frames per team.
+  * **Fullrun** - Up to 6 4 man teams
+  * **Baton Pass** - Races with obstacles graded into different types so each member engages their strength individually.
+  * **Ace league** - races involving single team members, up to 20.
 ==== Formula Zero ====
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-Formula-Zero Intergalactic Championship (known as Formula Zero or F0) is the highest class of frame-running sanctioned by the Ka'thana Uneua ne Aurobannatos (KUA). The "formula", designated in the name, refers to a set of strict operating rules in which all participants must comply -- banning many fieldic technologies and systems but most of all creating a minimum spec that all machines must meet ([*] Signifies rules common accepted convention in Monthly Tour and is stated here explicitly):
+Formula-Zero Intergalactic Championship (known as Formula Zero or F0) is the highest class of frame-running. The "formula", designated in the name, refers to a set of strict operating rules in which all participants must comply -- banning many fieldic technologies and systems but most of all creating a minimum spec that all machines must meet ([*] Signifies rules common accepted convention in Monthly Tour and is stated here explicitly):
   - All frames must use three aggressive powerplants and two passive powerplants (making them larger and heavier)
-  - All frames must use sanctioned powerplants, with approved after-market modifications by the KUA
+  - All frames must use sanctioned powerplants, with approved after-market modifications by the governing fed.
   - All frames are expected to reach a minimum speed of mach 7.3 and ideally around 10 to be competitive.
   - All frames must use a quicksave-device
   - All frames must fit a catch-receiver system for use with the pits-system
-  - Hand-held weapons are allowed only for specific events and are issued by the KUA.
+  - Hand-held weapons are allowed only for specific events and are issued by the governing fed.
-  - All frames must fit sensors and computers specifically provided by the KUA: Programming is the teams prerogative.
+  - All frames must fit sensors and computers specifically provided by the governing fed: Programming is the teams prerogative.
   - Weapons are authorized through the pad-collection system and expected to fit a pad-receiver.
   - Aerodynamic surfaces can be sharpened as shunts
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     - Skills must be naturally cultivated in experience and cannot be copied, cloned or downloaded.
   - Advanced field systems which negate inertia are banned*
-  - Advanced field systems which act as primary control surfaces are banned*
+  - Advanced field systems which act as primary control surfaces are banned
-The F0 season consists of a series or runnings known as Gua-fae (from Lorath meaning 'great prizes'), held throughout all of known space on purpose-built circuits, public roads and designer tracks in the later stages. The results of each race are evaluated using a points system to determine two annual galactic championships: One for pilots, one for the constructors of the frames themselves. The running-pilots, constructor teams, track-officials, organizers and circuits are all required to be holders of valid Supra-Licences, the highest class of frame-running and frame-racing issued by the KUA. It is here that teams and pilots from the Monthly-Tour promotions meet here to butt heads annually at the highest level.
+The F0 season consists of a series of races, held throughout all of known space on purpose-built circuits, public roads and designer tracks in the later stages. The results of each race are evaluated using a points system to determine two annual galactic championships: One for pilots, one for the constructors of the frames themselves. The running-pilots, constructor teams, track-officials, organizers and circuits are all required to be holders of valid Supra-Licences, the highest class of frame-running and frame-racing issued by the governing fed. It is here that teams and pilots from the Monthly-Tour promotions meet here to butt heads annually at the highest level.
 ===== Famous/Noteworthy Teams =====
-==== Jasmei ====
-{{:media:sports:jasmei.png?300x80|}} Non-committal, Jasmei, a Lorath team are big fans of experimenting. Their machine differs from track to track more so than that of their opponents, with the appearances of their machines differing wildly. While their successes aren't always consistent, those that they do have tend to be spectacular. Part of the original generation of the sport. In terms of personality, they are perhaps the least outlandish or cartoonish, consisting mostly of down to earth people.
 ==== Hrul ====
-{{:media:sports:hrul.png?300x80|}} Sporting heavier craft, Hrul a Lorath team are big fans of military doctrine heavy frames, using machines altered almost only in powerplant and software alone. With good top speed and so-so handling, they're known for drifting around corners by the skin of their teeth and trying to get into fisticuffs rather than relying purely on piloting skill. Their heavier craft is very resilient and can often strike track walls at top speed and still remain competitive. Known to play the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WrestlingMonster | monster-heel]], impending and refusing to go down, hunting down those they chase.
+{{:media:sports:hrul.png?300x80|}} Sporting heavier craft, Hrul are big fans of military doctrine heavy frames, using machines altered almost only in powerplant and software alone. With good top speed and so-so handling, they're known for drifting around corners by the skin of their teeth and trying to get into fisticuffs rather than relying purely on piloting skill. Their heavier craft is very resilient and can often strike track walls at top speed and still remain competitive. Known to play the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WrestlingMonster | monster-heel]], impending and refusing to go down, hunting down those they chase.
 ==== Rotherford ====
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 ==== Nepiu ====
 {{:media:sports:nepiu.png?300x108|}} A hybrid team of humans and MI's, Nepiu demonstrate unusual technical excellence and are huge fans of getting up close and personal. Often very aggressive, what their machines lack in physical resilience they make up for with well balanced performance, excellent acceleration and often fighting the war rather than the battle. Their machines emphasize smart computer control, with energy regulation and backup capacitors being a big part of their main strategies: While this makes their frames heavier, their operational envelope is much wider and generalized.
 ==== Fuyu ====
 {{:media:sports:fuyu.png?300x108|}} Fuyu: sourced from the a human word for Winter as well as a big middle-finger ("f**k you"), Fuyu largely play the role of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Heel | heel]] or villains, in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe | kayfabe]] preying on weaker amateur teams and pulling on the strings of Lorath nationalism to turn heads and gain cheap heat. They deliberately exhibit unlikable characteristics like arrogance, cowardice or contempt for the audience themselves and often play up the commonly perceived xenophobia that Maidenhands have. Their team's raison det're is almost entirely speed speed speed competing exclusively with an aggressive powerplant, their machines having re-enforced quicksave escape mechanisms should they hit the edges of the track hard instead of just clipping or scraping (as they often do through most turns). They are also one of the larger sponsors.
-==== Tittenfriek ====
-{{:media:sports:tittenfreik.png?300x160| titenlogo Logo  }}
-An odd mix of Greaseheart grittiness, idol culture and the Lorath matriarchy, Tittenfreik (a portmanteau of ti'tara and enfreik, meaning speed and idiot accordingly with a third obvious combined meaning) are a twin duo of two lmanel star pilots: Biological twins known for their dripping sexuality and harsh attitudes, wrapped in satire and irony. On the track, the two are diametrically opposed on almost every point: each acting together as they move through the ranks as almost a single unit executing coordinated maneuvers and attacks which are conventionally impossible thanks to psionic bonding on their part. The two deploy differing machines to compliment one another. Their large egos, personalities and stylings lend them well to sponsorship, as does their love of substance abuse which in turn re-enforces their brand recognition.
-See [[media:sports:frame_running:tittenfriek | tittenfriek]]
 ==== Delta City Mavericks ====
 {{?300x100  }} Born from drag-races beginning as early as cars and airbikes, this team of hardcore engine tweakers do whatever they can to win, bending the rules on every conceivable front and just occasionally breaking them with the hope either nobody notices or the spectacle is so immense that they'll be praised either for their ingenuity or the sheer heft of their balls. The team holds a certain "Hard Knock Brand", with leather jackets, spikes and a punk aesthetic. In essence, they're the asshole who not only goes under ring to get a chair but then goes back for tables, ladders, then tacks and eventually barbed wire. Proud of their home city, they use any excuse to bring attention to "the great DC", whether its through branding or smack-talking literally anyone who doesn't share the same geographical preference. In their own words: "you either come here, you see paradise for what it is or you kindly go fuck yourself with a five iron, something we're more than happy to help you with". There are rumours of pilots eloping 'cultural exchanges' with Tittenfriek though nothing concrete has surfaced.
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 ==== Jula ====
 A primarily [[species/rolaan|Rolaan]] team using magitek frames. They rely on coordinated attacks, often using one member as bait. While strong as a team, they are terrible individually. They have a sportsmanlike, hunting lodge persona.
+==== Jasmei ====
+{{:media:sports:jasmei.png?300x80|}} (Unavailable until Lorath First Contact) Non-committal, Jasmei, a Lorath team are big fans of experimenting. Their machine differs from track to track more so than that of their opponents, with the appearances of their machines differing wildly. While their successes aren't always consistent, those that they do have tend to be spectacular. Part of the original generation of the sport. In terms of personality, they are perhaps the least outlandish or cartoonish, consisting mostly of down to earth people.
+==== Tittenfriek ====
+{{:media:sports:tittenfreik.png?300x160| titenlogo Logo  }}
+(Unavailable until Lorath First Contact) An odd mix of Greaseheart grittiness, idol culture and the Lorath matriarchy, Tittenfreik (a portmanteau of ti'tara and enfreik, meaning speed and idiot accordingly with a third obvious combined meaning) are a twin duo of two lmanel star pilots: Biological twins known for their dripping sexuality and harsh attitudes, wrapped in satire and irony. On the track, the two are diametrically opposed on almost every point: each acting together as they move through the ranks as almost a single unit executing coordinated maneuvers and attacks which are conventionally impossible thanks to psionic bonding on their part. The two deploy differing machines to compliment one another. Their large egos, personalities and stylings lend them well to sponsorship, as does their love of substance abuse which in turn re-enforces their brand recognition.
+See [[media:sports:frame_running:tittenfriek | tittenfriek]]
 ===== Racing Classes =====
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 === Quicksave ===
-A specialized version of the cockpit hive of an AMX 102, the quicksave is designed to wrap the pilot in shock absorbent thermally protective foam. Commonly, the frame either self-destructs, bifurcates or explosively ejects (akin to an ejection seat) the quicksave pod as a bouncing sphere which then rolls to a stop. It is able to withdraw incredibly harsh atmospheres, extended durations without oxygen, intense heat, severe cold and drops at speeds at over 200mph.
+The quicksave is designed to wrap the pilot in shock absorbent thermally protective foam. Commonly, the frame either self-destructs, bifurcates or explosively ejects (akin to an ejection seat) the quicksave pod as a bouncing sphere which then rolls to a stop. It is able to withdraw incredibly harsh atmospheres, extended durations without oxygen, intense heat, severe cold and drops at speeds at over 200mph.
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 Prua has 'dog-balls' corners which shift and pitch forcing pilots to downshift through chains of rolling S-turns with track rising up along the edges: Pilots often slamming into the corners shoulder to shoulder as they try to make it through
+=== Cel Tonna, Rococo "Endless Hallway" ===
+Through a few recursive spell loops and a LOT of mana capacitors, the Endless Hallway takes advantage of Rococo's ample background energies to fuel a hellish straightaway where the only thing between you and the next racer is the next racer.
 ==== Grade 2 ====
 Courses which re-use existing structures, often using natural tunnels, dirt-tracks, abandoned urban spaces and industrial settings. Usually noteworthy for a single great feature. Legally sanctioned.