Characters

Player characters

Eve Adams (played by Tim)
Science: 1
Area of expertise: Mechanical stuff
Wonders/beholden:
Sneaker Juice
- penalty to notice checks against user
- multipliers: none
- flaws: limited uses
- rank:  1
Positive quality: sneaky like ninja


George Warren (played by James 1) 
Science: 2
Area of expertise: Wireless communications and autonomous vehicles
Wonders/beholden:
Municipal Monitor
- hacking suite
- multipliers: Extended range
- flaws: Difficult to control
- rank: 2
Positive quality: giant nerd


Edith (played by James 2)
Science: 2
Area of expertise: Aerodynamics
Wonders/beholden:
Go Faster Paint
- increases speed
- multipliers: none
- flaws: obvious
- rank: 1
Positive quality: subject matter expert


Chad Thyler (played by Mila)
Science: 1
Area of expertise: Personal trainer
Wonders/beholden:
Ragin' 'Roids
- increases size/strength
- multipliers: none
- flaws: limited duration
- rank: 1
Special Brownies
- increased duration
- multipliers: none
- flaw: obvious (bloodshot eyes)
- rank: 1
Positive quality: smokin' hot


Dmitri Kalashnikov (played by Gary)
Science: 2
Area of expertise: Thermodynamics PhD student
Wonders/beholden:
Fuzzy Voodoo Dice
- reflects energy weapons at 4x power
- multipliers: Powerful x 2, Extra durability
- flaws: Power Drain, Narrow application, Harms user
- rank 2
Positive quality: "Vodka?  It's like water to me."

Ziggy (played by Wong)
Science: 1
Area of expertise: Chemistry
Wonders/beholden:
Super Fuel
- increases speed of any engine 
- multipliers: none
- flaws: unpredictable (interpreted to mean you don't know how fast your vehicle will go) 
- rank 1
Positive quality: walking away from explosions

Rival teams

Team Rocket 
Northern Chinese exchange students.  Co-leaders are Howard Long and Samantha Long.  Driver is Arthur Huang (who is a member at Chad's gym) and navigator is Junior Lee.

Their team Wonder is the Wolf in sheepskin.  It hollows out an ordinary car and wears it like camouflage.  It has a high-performance engine, radar detector and police scanner.  It's stretching the rules of the race, but the officials have allowed it.


Team Alabammy
Rednecks and proud of it.  Leader is a skinny guy, Jimmy Dean.  Driver and navigator are a pair of big twins, Tommy-Ray and Billy-Lee.  They wear a lot of camo and confederate flags.

They enjoy their beer and weed.

Their Wonder is the Big Big Rig.  It adds a set of smokestacks to increase the power of any vehicle.


Team Faster Pussycats
An all-women team that dress like they're from the 1960s.  The leader/driver is Maggie.  Rumour says her grandmother was one of the '76 pilots.  They defended Earth from the Imperial Mars invasion fleet at the cost of their own lives.  Navigator is Leonie, who carries a butterfly knife.  Rounding out the team are Betty and Missy.

Leonie is a Rosie the Riveter cosplayer.  She may be bisexual.

Their Wonder is the Cannonball.  It's a transparent pink globe that encases a car like a hamster in a wheel and rolls.  It can drive on water as well as land.


Team Human
Three thin, bald guys wearing identical jumpsuits.  They look human.  They sound human.  They like to eat bread and drink electrolytes just like you do.  There's just something off-putting about them...  Leader and navigator are both named John Human, Driver is David David.

Team Human have no tolerance for weed.

Their Wonder is the Spider Insider.  It replaces a car's wheels with dozens of insect-like legs.  It handles difficult terrain with ease.

Other NPCs

Fred Yang, race officiator.  Hoffnung Navigator.  Fire warden.  Jetpack and shock ray.  Busy and impatient.

Judith Lau, race officiator.  Staunen Navigator.  Inventory manager.  Short range teleporter.  Mild-mannered, but will fight you.

Magilla, race observer.  Smartified gorilla.  Currently in low Earth orbit.  He's floating in a space station built from a refitted walk-in freezer.  A little nervous about it.