NEW KYUSHU
MOTORCYCLE CLUB
The streets of New Kyushu have been under siege…
Two warring factions - the DEAD GODS and the ELECTROGHOSTS are vying for leadership of the entire NKMC.
The Dead Gods live in the wastelands that surround the city of New Kyushu. The Electroghosts rarely leave the neon-soaked streets of the capital.
The bikes they ride are very special.
They are sentient.
THE BIKES OF THE
DEAD GODS
ERG-1313 Kelak //////////////////////////////// This is the 3Moons Automotive ERG-1313 Kelak. A dependable & affordable bike, tailor-made for the rough terrain of the Waste. As a result it is popular among the wasteland faction, aka the Dead Gods of the Dawn Waste aka Dead Gods. Personality: Gruff but dependable. You won't have deep chats but it won't break down when grit gets in its manifold. Common names are Buck, Ace, Garland and Iris.
Oracle HG 0909 //////////////////////////////// This is the 3Moons Automotive Oracle HG 0909 This one wants to be a road bike, but it’s stuck in the wastes. As a result, it spends much of its time pretty cheesed off with life. But, it also means it’s crazy fast even over rough terrain. It’s pretty damn quick on the city roads too. Personality: Generally p*ssed off, until you let it loose. Then the speed makes it forget it’s not a city slicker. It likes to give itself city names like Holden, Winston, Jocasta & Rosalind.
CBG 1313 Piero //////////////////////////////// The Piero is yet another in a long line of mildly insane bikes created by the 3Moons UltraCorp. However, in this case the insanity is usually accompanied by a positive - sometimes even effervescent - personality. As long, of course, as it is off-road. The Piero gets bored easily, especially on anything as mundane as a flat surface. This bike just wants to go where bikes shouldn't be able to. The steeper the incline & the more obstructed the path the better. There have been many documented cases of riders begging the Piero to choose a safer route, only to be thrown from the bike as an annoyance. There is even a phenomenon known as 'the Piero Scream', which is characterised as being particularly high-pitched and fraught with terror. However, for the rider who enjoys being perilously close to death, the Piero is an excellent companion and strong, life-long bonds have been formed when the rider is particularly careless with their safety. Personality: Fun-loving as long as it's dangerous fun, loyal as long as you're not boring. Or interested in living very long. Common names - Alex, Lynn & Oops.
XM-23 Latifrons //////////////////////////////// The Latifrons was a mistake. The name was a mistake, because no one knew what it meant, it sounded flouncy and did not fit the look, or the personality, of the bike at all. For what it's worth, it was a big f***ing bison that went extinct. But by far the biggest screw-up was pandering to the whims of uneducated riders, and including a pair of handlebars in the design. You see, the Latifrons was designed for heavy work. It had more torque than was healthy for any machine and could carry a tonne weight up a cliff like it was nothing. As a result, it was also a bit.. gruff. It felt most other things, particularly the meat bags that tried to ride it, as.. puny. So imagine what happened when the puny meat bags tried to control it. Never grab a Latifrons by the horns. And so, only the hardiest riders (and the most desperate for a heavy-lifting bike) chose this model. And if they were smart, they held on to something else. Personality: Does not respect other.. anything. It doesn’t respect anything. If you address it, and it remains silently looking at you - run. Common names: Names are for puny meat bags.
THE BIKES OF THE
ELECTROGHOSTS
E0GT-0810 Exile //////////////////////////////// The Exile was an early model from a new wing of 3Moons Automotive that ran early tech experiments on semi-sentience, whereby the connection between rider & bike was an even 50/50. This naturally lead, in many cases, to madness in both parties, whereby the sharing of a human mind with machine, that did not favour either connection over the other, caused mental conflict and eventually - total re-wiring of the consciousness. Later models, of course, allowed the bikes to be fully sentient. Despite this, The Exile remains a popular bike among the street gangs of New Kyushu, it is said, because some folks are already crazy & like the thought of getting even more so with a lunatic motorcycle plugged into their HeadJack. Personality: Changeable. One thing is for sure - never trust the nice ones. Also depends a lot on the rider. Common names tend to be grandiose - Hellsteed, Iplix: God Of The Maelstrom, Behold The Comet Rider.
21-O3 Riastrad //////////////////////////////// Ah, the Riastrad. Many 3Moons bikes are described as ‘fast’ but to label this bike with that seems trite. It is not fast, it is photon-quick. This thing, when allowed to, effects time. Riders have certainly reported ageing ten years on a short ride, when only 8 seconds have passed for onlookers. To even describe them as ‘onlookers’ is a misnomer, as they won’t have seen anything beyond a blur. The only thing to witness when viewing a Riastrad at full pelt is the doppler-effected sound of the rider’s last screams. As a result, most have been fitted with a Limiter, which naturally effects their personalties as well as their speed. So if they appear a bit slow on the uptake, it is only down to the chip ensuring a journey on its back is a survivable experience. Personality: Depends on the presence of the Limiter chip. Has an unfair reputation as being unintelligent but this purely a result of being deliberately inhibited. Many have removed the chips. Few have survived. Common names - The chipped ones can’t remember, the un-chipped ones don’t stop long enough to tell you.
1412-SW Taroon //////////////////////////////// The Taroon didn't know what it was. But that wasn't its fault. During the design process, the boffins at 3Moons couldn't really decide who the bike was for. It was aggressive, muscular, dainty and dexterous. The acceleration was literally lethal, the ride smooth as warm butter. It was an anomaly. So those boffins decided to invent something that took advantage of the multi-faceted riding experience. They fitted something called an 'EPA Unit' - Enhanced Personality Adaptor. The idea being, the bike could be whoever you wanted it to be in the moment. The problem they didn't foresee, but should have, was that it meant the bike could also adapt their personality and be whatever *it* wanted to be in the moment. This obviously resulted in multiple deaths, as riders who were out for a casual Sunday trip suddenly found they were on top of a roaring demon who thought brakes were for children. As is the way of these things, the bike still found its fans, usually among the street gangs of New Kyushu, ie - those that like to roll the dice every time they start the engine. Personality: All of them. Common names: See: Personality.
MORE TO COME
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