It falls upon me to once again thank our founder, the late Delia Flaubert, for her pioneering work in the field of anti-gravity research. We at Auricom are determined to carry on racing in her name, pushing back the boundaries. Gideon Oldfield, Director, Auricom Research Industries, 2150 I do not separate out the parts. I do not believe in craft and pilot, weapons and shields, attack and defence. Everything is part of the whole, and that whole is the pursuit of magnificence. And I admit, I am at the heart of it. It is my vision. My hand that makes the final adjustment. My mind that conceives the plan. My pilots and myself, we are not separate. We work as one. One team. Piranha. Aries Piermont, Director, Piranha Advancements, 2150 A ball bounces. A pin drops. A man falls. Gravity is the glue which binds us to our planet. We are about to apply the solvent which will free our species forever. Pierre Belmondo, Director of European AG research, April 2035 Anti Gravity racing is a sublime and delicious game. Wolfgang Van Uber, Founder of Van Uber Racing Development, 2150 Our aim is to win this thing. We've got money, a lot of money, to spend on our ships and we're going to win it, if not this year then next year, and if not then, we'll do it the year after! Steve Simmit, Director of Operations, G-Tech Systems, 2150 They can try and out-race us but I don't think they'll get very far, do you? Anyone who gets a Tigron ship up the waste pipe won?t be sitting down for about 6 months. Vladimir X, Chief Engineer, Tigron Enterprises, 2150 Let's be friends. AG Systems, 2127 The ultimate question a pilot would need to answer about this sport where people would risk their lives at breakneck speed, making split second choices, would always boil down to this: Are you good enough? Paul Cheung, Lead Pilot, EG-R Technologies, 2150 What's being a pilot like? It's a sensory overload, terrifying, adrenaline pushing, white knuckle experience. Jann Shlaudecker, Second Pilot, Piranha Advancements, 2150 It's like flying a jet powered turbo-hovercraft through a canyon just metres off the ground at supersonic speed, with bullets flying past your ears. The G-forces and speed numb a pilot's mind to anything but the decision at hand, making the ship an extension of the pilot. Songen Grey, Lead Pilot, Van Uber Racing Development, 2150 As the speed levels increase your reactions become razorsharp. You instinctively corner or brake faster than thought. Your conscious mind seems to go to sleep and a much quicker, more primal and instinctive part takes over. Natasha Belmondo, Lead Pilot, Xios International, 2150 The race, the ships pull you into a strange place and do things to your head. It's not enough to win - you must win and be the fastest ever. Pascale Rouser, Lead Pilot, Auricom Research Industries, 2150 WipeoutZone is dedicated to all the Wipeout Pilots and the programming teams who shaped our dream into a fantastic reality. Robert Foxx, WipeoutZone, January 2001 Today a girl was born, Natasha Belmondo, my great, great granddaughter. And she will stand amoung the elite: Chuck Hoffman, Dirk Breakwater, the Tetsuo twins, Amara Beshir, Carlos Beneto - the founders of anti-gravity technology and the pioneers on the anti-grav racetrack. The list is endless, but the connection is unswerving. The Belmondo name will live forever. Safe journey, my sweet Natasha. Pierre Belmondo, CEO of the AG Race Commission, 8th June 2127 123 years ago, when I was born, this world was a very different place. In those days, we obeyed gravity. Now we defy it. Pierre Belmondo, CEO of the AG Race Commission, 8th June 2127 My former name was Al Sartwell. This name comes from that terrible cartoon with the talking Shark called Jabberjaw who sounds like one of the three stooges. He walks on his back fin as well. Funny stuff. Al Sartwell / Jabberjaw, Pilot I think I went over the edge today, locked my keys in the car with it running. Al Sartwell / Jabberjaw, Pilot Easy tiger! Mark Hancock / Thruster2097 I can only say one thing.... AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!! It's like getting blood out of a stone! Yes, that's two things. Mike Sweetman / Satriani Oh poo, POO, POO! Knickers! Smeggy pudding with cherries on top! In a word; GrrrrRRrR! Anna Williams, commenting on the Wipeout Fusion delay. The king's dead. Hail to the king! Carlo Zottmann, Founder of the W3PA, 8th January 2001 I truly believe that in anti-gravity racing, we have created a hymn to the soaring human spirit. Pierre Belmondo, CEO of the AG Race Commission There we were, this dusty band of renegades with our roughly built yet revolutionary machine, and we weren't the enemies of the world any more. Suddenly, we were saviours. The freedom I had dreamt of was ours. Pierre Belmondo, April 14th 2035 Nah, my mixing sounds like a fridge falling down a flight of stairs! ;o) The Wooksta! I bet you think the great potato famine was caused by a lack of potatoes. Anna Williams Right behind me, as I speak, a taskforce of Federal Agents are storming the New York headquarters of the Overtel Media Corporation. We believe this is in direct response to the shocking revelations this afternoon that have thrown the F9000 anti-gravity racing league into chaos. More on this astonishing story as it breaks. GNN reporter, October 27th 2170 The first time they made us hold position for a lap while they broadcast a message from the sponsor - that was the end of it. That was the day it finally lost its soul - the day my great, great grandfathers' dream died. Natasha Belmondo, October 2170 It was my fathers dying wish that a craft bearing the Qirex name should once again compete at the highest level. With the LS-FX300 chassis Qirex will not merely compete. We will dominate for my father. Feliks Levovich, January 2197 I was in the race that day, when it all went down - I felt my blood run cold when it all came out and the league crashed. And now, for Piranha to be back on the global stage of professional Anti-Gravity Racing, I just cannot wait for our team to see some action in the FX300 league. I only wish I was still a pilot. Zack Vilma, February 2197 We couldn't have made it any faster, because your eyes would bleed! Colin Berry, Lead Designer, Wipeout Pure Baby's got an atom bomb. Twenty two megaton Fluke There are another two quotes now... ...I think, dont quote me on that. Mobius My fave has to be the 2097 voice. Kinda 'Speak and Spell's evil twin! Sumimasen Sony shouldn`t forget that Wipeout is a brand for them too, and by whoring it out to other brands like Puma and Coke they are damaging their own. lunar I'm so fucking happy that they're gonna have to surgically remove the smile off my face! Shem on avoiding military service, November 8th 2007 Citta Nuova can be pleasurable to conquer, but it`s really the kind of pleasure you get from wearing shoes a size too small: it`s nice when you take them off. Lunar WipEout is a lifestyle. To quote myself. Mad-Ice ...turning is akin to having a dogsled hitched up to nitrous-oxide-fed dogs, except there is a moose carcass dragging along on either side of the dogsled... Medusa on the original Qirex ...nothing like blowing the shit out of something with some Strapping Young Lad blasting in the background Charlie / Hellfire on Eliminator Mode I have an overdeveloped sense of humour and an underdeveloped sense of restraint. Medusa on overanalyzing things Are you on the Analogy Police Top 10 Most Wanted list? Task on bad analogies