Hogosha Racing Syndicate

[dr lameos]

Hogosha Racing Syndicate

For Wealth, For Honour, For Kusari.

The relatively new Hogosha Racing Syndicate (HRS) is an experiment for the Hogosha, having acquired and reactivated the dangerous racetrack in Tottori. Monthly races are streamed to the Sirius sector - showcasing the skill and abilities of the elite Hogosha pilots, encouraging the wealthy to part with their money in the Golden Dragon Casino as well as in many underground gambling rings.

These races are no holds barred - guns, mines, missiles and cruise disruptors are all freely permitted. They also are not exclusive to Hogosha pilots, but be warned that the Hogosha will stop at nothing to prevent any other faction taking the prize. Hostile factions may also send their pilots, and the HRS promises to not fire upon these pilots in the 30 minutes prior or following a race except in self-defense - however no guarantees can be made for the automated station defense, or other pilots (//NPCs).

There is no entry fee, the prize for winning a race is 50,000,000SC, and the prize for winning the annual championship a massive jackpot of 500,000,000 credits!

In addition to elite racing pilots, the HRS also needs investors, sponsors, teams, engineers and suppliers. The HRS is also open to attending invitational events in other systems by any racers who think they can beat them.

To Hogosha pilots:

• The Tottori course is private property and no other faction is permitted to use it outside the event unless specifically authorised - you may use any reasonable means to enforce this, you don't want to give them an advantage.
  
• Ad-hoc racing, courses and practise sessions are encouraged to hone your skills.
  
• Lane racing is also permitted provided you aren't caught by lawful forces.
  
• As elite pilots you are encouraged, sometimes required, to assist the Hogosha, Samura, Corsairs in activities which are in Kusari's best interests.
  
• You may continue to be involved in general Hogosha activities - artifact trading, preventing gaijin intrusions etc.
  

//oorRP section//
This thread/idea is a work in progress.

Following the start of the F1 season a couple of days ago I started looking at racing in Freelancer and found the following:
1. There are four racing circuits in Sirius: Dublin, 2x Conneticut, Tottori - the Tottori course is pretty unknown?
2. Whilst there have been several one-off events these have largely been outside of roleplay
3. The Hogosha in-RP stream race events from Tottori (Suzuka base infocard)
4. Previous factions and Hogosha factions have not had any racing as a named activity

I thought it'd be cool to bring racing (and gambling) into RP, whilst kicking up some Hogosha and Kusari activity. The Hogosha do have interesting opportunities - Smuggling, legal trading, pirating, lawful enforcement, gambling, racing, as well as anti-Junker, anti-Kishiro and GMG etc. From what I understand, they are hampered only by ZoI (https://i.imgur.com/s9CkqbD.jpg), in that they are limited to the Kusari area - but that's not going to change without any activity.

This faction would be racing focussed but with optional branches out into the other Hogosha activities - you want to spend your winnings playing dice at the casino? Go right ahead. You want to go shoot Liberty Rogues in Kepler? Fine by me. Those of you who follow any racing IRL know there are grudges, rivalries and stories there, which ooRP racing doesn't provide (You turn up, you have a fun race, you go home).

Please let me know if you have any feedback/criticism/suggestions/interest!

---