Bike Racing Scene/3.0/Timeline

===Background===
On the 17th of August during a race, Matt Rhodes and Adrian Pearce formed a funnel/block a corner of the track, in the middle of a bike race, attempting to tase bike racers that went through. Some that went through did so safely, however, Cob4lt was tased off his bike potentially endangering his life and putting him into cuffs. Cob4lt told Ph0enix of this, with her being outraged that it had happened. This action contributed to the scene wanting to send a message.
During an S+ Boost, Ph0enix is running on foot around the scene of their car going out. Boden is within the area on Ph0enix’s Double T, attempting to pick her up. Ph0enix gets cuffed up and Boden briefly leaves the area, coming back while Suarez is moving Ph0enix to a different location, with Suarez separated from the others, he approaches Boden, telling her to leave then tases her off the bike. This provokes Boden as she was going to likely leave before he tased, and she shoots him down causing him to 13a.
===September 2, 2022===
Ambush
On the 2nd of September, a bike race on the track Jetsam was being hosted, during which the Police Department and Street Racing Unit were overly aggressive with the bike racers, with callouts on the radio of high-speed pits from cars to the bikes, alongside claims of the PD attempting to tase at high speeds. Ph0enix — who had missed the start of the race — stayed on the radio while staying around the track area so that she could give comms on police positions.
Psych0 was caught during the race, while others were being chased. Ph0enix called out that she was getting her Class 2 weapon and returned back to the race, intending to shoot to 'send a message' however, multiple other racers didn't want to shoot at the time, fearing that the PD would shoot everyone involved in the race.
After checking the docks for Psych0 and finding no police presence, Ph0enix, Boden, and Cob4lt met up and decided to kidnap Rhodes to express their grievances with what SRU is doing to bike racers, and said they would likely end up shooting him. Racers spread out across the city calling out where they saw Air-1, white interceptors, and other interceptors. Unable to find Rhodes or someone similar to kidnap, Chungus started being chased by two white interceptors, 2 regular interceptors, and Air 1.
With the changing situation, Ph0enix and Python mentioned setting up an ambush on the Cerberus building Bridge on Elgin Ave; after Chungus did a few passes to decide upon an angle, Ph0enix, alongside 3 other bikers shot at the interceptors as they passed. Chungus was knocked off her bike and shot down Lily Pond at Construction, with the group at the bridge taking down Angel and 4 other officers. Ph0enix attempting to shoot down Air 1 before going down herself
Scaring Rhodes
After the ambush, Boden passes the scene of the ambush and sees the downed officers and racers at the triage point. Seeing this she calls on the radio for Cob4lt to pick him up from the apartments, they then decide on finding Rhodes to make sure he gets the message that the ambush was specifically for him.
Coming to the conclusion that the downed individuals would be taken to Viceroy, the two of them sat across from the hospital in an alleyway to keep an eye on the police. Once the police moved out with there being no white interceptor, they went on the hunt for Rhodes. After looking around the scene of the shooting, they find Rhodes in the Cerberus parking garage, asking him a question causing him to call for backup and pull out his Class 2.
With Boden unsure if she was ready to shoot and back up on the way, they decide to leave and change the car livery. Although they could not kidnap him, they were happy that they had scared him and perhaps made him paranoid which may stop him from interfering with the races in the ways he had done before.
Talk with Earl
Once Boden and Cob4lt read the newspaper and saw that the racers were being sent up, they made their way to Bolingbroke Penitentiary. Outside, a man with a voice changer, driving a Koenigsegg Jesko asks who they are and for what reason they’re visiting the prison. Boden responds that cops fucked with a bike race and she’s waiting for her girlfriend. He tells her that he has an opportunity for her. She goes alone, leaving Cob4lt at the prison.
Boden follows him to Sioner Cement Works (SCW) in Sandy Shores, where he asks for her alias and introduces himself as Earl. He asks what has happened with the bike races to cause the chaos at the Cerberus Center, she explains in the past what the police have done with blockading and tasing off bikes during the race and that the racers have done nothing to warrant the escalation.
Earl explains that the bike races are causing chaos, which is exactly what the Puppet Master wants and the police don’t have the tools, know-how, or bother to stop it while they create the chaos. Until now, where car races have been shooting and getting under the skin of the police, upping the escalation on the bikers as well.
Boden brings up that earlier two other racers used Coaches to block off a bike race, one of them being a member of Mayhem and the other Johnny Sinner. Earl mentions that there’s trouble between biker clubs and PDM. He tells Boden to go to Mayhem, and tell them that the PM wants the prospect dealt with. In return, they get an audience with a Puppet. Boden is to be a witness to what happens with the prospect, then report back to Earl.
It’s mentioned the police are picking on them because they can and it’s time that the bikers show what a menace they can really be. Earl mentions that it’s time some M boosts come back to show what chaos they can really cause. He asks for a chat with Boden and some other racers, of which she names Ph0enix, Cob4lt, Psych0, and potentially CodeRed. He instructs her to gather them and then call him and that he likes that the bikers aren’t bowing down to the police.
Boden uses a voice changer and calls Jake Stevens from Mayhem about the prospect that blocked a race, informing him that the PM has sent her to witness how they deal with him, that the message has been sent that you don’t fuck with bike racers. Boden mentions to Cob4lt that she was talked to by one of the puppets, exciting things coming such as M contracts and that she’s dealing with the Mayhem.
Talk with Earl #2
Upon returning to the prison, members of the bike scene were in visitation talking with one another and ph0enix informs the group what she talked about in the cells with Captain Angel and the racers are thankful for her speaking up. Boden tells Scarlett what she heard from Earl.
Upon serving their time, they’re greeted by the bikers clapping. Boden, Ph0enix, and Cob4lt leave to get changed and drive to meet Earl back at SCW.
The three meet with Earl and mention that Psych0 would be a 4th. Earl mentions he talks with a racer that is also causing chaos and that the state is not quite ready for it. While chaos is good, he mentions that there is a bigger game at play, it has to be controlled chaos, and that the police aren’t dictating how it all goes. He states that they must find a balance, if the police push it too far, then the Puppets will step in. He brings up M Boosts coming back, as well as new bikes, including superbikes from shipments. 
Earl asks if they have had any interaction with the police before today, Ph0enix explains what she said to Angel while in the cells and what she got in return. She goes on to explain that she talked to others and was told that the police do this because they don’t fight back, that the race was a tipping point causing the racers to take a stand, and that the racers should not back down.
It’s mentioned for now that chaos should reign, and send the message they need to. In return, Earl/The Puppets will give them some new contracts, a few interesting tools to use. Sprints are recommended, as it would make it harder for them to follow. Earl asks if any of the bikers have a Race Creating Dongle, when asked who hosts the most, all 3 agree that it’s Psych0, the topic of a bike crew is also bought up and Ph0enix mentions it’s something she’s thought about, that’s missing in the city.
Ph0enix brings up that the racers learned of a PD informant snitching on the races. Earl mentions when he turned up to a race in Grapeseed, the police showed up right after him and that they should work with the car scene to weed them out, he recommends talking to Richard.
After the talk with Earl, Ph0enix calls Richard to talk about a snitch in the car racing scene, Richard references the race in Grapeseed with the fast cop response and the people he can trust. The 3 he can’t trust were NotEugene who didn’t show, TicTac and NewGuy. Angel was on their radio and had information from their race chat. They narrow it down to be between NotEugene and TicTac. Ph0enix says that they will keep an eye out and inform him if they come up with any information.
===September 3, 2022 ===
Bike Racer Talk
On the 3rd of September, the bike racing scene called for a meeting at the Observatory. The meeting consisted of most of the bike racers awake at the time, with Goofy and Mermaid also attending.
Psych0 mentions that there’s potentially been a snitch leaking the race start, what track is being run and when it starts and while he was in the cells waiting for a lawyer, they brought in someone from a car race who mentioned the police had the chat log and radio from the race. Kitty mentions a Midnight Rivals race with police presence at the start ready to spike. Psych0 informs the group of Operation: Archangel with pit, spike, and box all authorized during and from the start of the race. This coming after the previous race and ambush, they believed they went from 0-100 on bikers.
They planned for radios to be randomized for each race and not put in the chat log as mentioned by Psych0, along with plans for fake-out races, where a race is put up for one, but the racers are pinged to the start of a different race which is then set up when they’re all ready.
An interceptor showed up to either Dizzy Docks or Cargo Vroom, chased Psych0 down but didn’t arrest him, instead asked to talk and wanted to offer him $500 to snitch on the bike scene. The officer was Marshal Mills, this let them know that the police are actively recruiting snitches on the scene. The same officer also had a picture on Twatter posted by Miguel Almerion of him taking pictures of a race.
The racers were suspicious of Sidwig Crawshank tweeting out “Another one” around the same time bike races ran, it was clarified by Kitty that this is a group that’s being aggressive tweeting out each time they shoot cops. With the setting up of another race later they were going to check if they happened to ‘get another one'’ at the same time.
The bike scene has had an attitude of don’t shoot at races if you can avoid it. If you have to shoot; pull away and don’t bring other people in that don’t want to shoot as don’t want them getting fucked over. However with the recent happenings such as the shootout, it was mentioned it’s possible there’s more bloodshed to come - but give them the option to back out.
A suggestion from Kitty was that if the police are going to such lengths to spy on the bike scene with snitches, the bike and car scene should use their own scouting to figure out their favorite spots, and the location of police vehicles. She also mentioned the possibility of scouts with no dongle to keep an eye out at checkpoints for cops spiking or setting up blockades
At some point during or after the meeting, Cob4lt informed Psych0 about the talk with Earl privately, including everything they talked about as well as the Race Creating Dongle that could be coming in the future.
Ph0enix and Psych0 talk with Snow
Ph0enix calls up Trooper Snow to arrange a meeting with him, herself, and Psych0. The meeting location bisTrooper PD on Popular street, both Psych0 and Ph0enix show up in their racing outfits. Max Muller is also present at the meeting.
Snow asks what he can do for the both of them, Ph0enix explains she wanted to meet him, not to ask anything of him but to just give an update on the bike scene from their POV so that the PD has their perspective. Snow mentions he keeps an open mind to make more informed decisions, Ph0enix and Psych0 agree with that. Snow has come to Ph0enix with issues in the past such as the Air-X race which Psych0 was a part of, which Snow appreciated.
Snow mentions the first thing that he got told when he came on duty was that the previous day an ambush was set up by the bikers. Ph0enix explains from the start, how there were only 3 people but now with fewer bike cops, there are more racers, and the scene is growing and becoming a community. Over the past 5 months, nothing violent has been done by the bikers, they’re really nice people who Ph0enix would vouch for any of them. However recently on at least 3 separate occasions, there were interesting responses to the bike races. One of them was the Rhodes Block where they used the cars to block the road, make it a funnel and tase the bikers off and another occasion being pitted at high speed off a bike, during races.
Ph0enix mentions she spoke to a few people, including car racers, and asked what they think, with them telling her that the reason it’s happening is that they can, as the bike scene has been completely passive until yesterday, and that they should take a stand. She mentions how she’s been attempting to call him prior about this, but he’s understandably a busy man. She was unable to contact people, worried about the bikers and the risk of injury, that yesterday it came to a boiling point. The bike scene isn’t shooters, but a lot of them are fed up with it and became angry with it, feeling the same respect to the car racers wasn’t given to the bike racers.
All the racers wanted was not outrageous things before the race ends, they don’t want to be injured or possibly die from the actions of PD, they understand it’s risky racing but that’s their choice. They want the PD to use their tools such as the EMP, and the baton from bike cops at low speeds.
She mentions yesterday it got too much for them and they set up the ambush to try and make their voices heard, she isn’t expecting the PD to listen or change what they’re doing, especially after yesterday. The shootings in the car racing scene brought the same response to the biking scene, until later they didn’t realize they were being lumped together.
Ph0enix doesn’t expect masses to change at the current point, that it needs some time to go through the phases of whatever happens now but she wanted to give Snow their perspective so he knows why they’re responding how they have been. Psych0 chimes in that it feels like the intensity of the response has been in response to the aggression the car racers have been showing, then justifying the ambush to increase it even further against the bikers.
Snow mentions they picked a bad day for their ambush, due to another scene with the cars. Angel and Snow had a discussion and came to the same conclusion that the original agreement with the racers a long time ago is no longer relevant, applying it to both aspects, the bikes, and cars. They will be attempting to spike during the race, not waiting until it’s over. He understands where they’re coming from, the ambush did send a message, but the wrong message. An ambush doesn’t command respect, especially from himself. He feels there were other paths they could have taken instead of the ambush, however, he understands they were frustrated and it was a last-ditch effort, they don’t want to be walked all over.
Snow goes on to say with the current week it will be taken pretty seriously, whether it will be forever he doesn’t know however personally he would rather not deal with violent street racers every day. Ph0enix agrees, they don’t want that on their side too. Snow mentions it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Ph0enix mentions from their perspective, they didn’t feel listened to. After the Rhodes block, the person who was caught attempted to talk with him, but activated ‘petty Rhodes’. Snow mentions the annoying part of this is, that they had a lady within the PD Motor unit putting together a special unit to deal with street racing that got ripped away. Now if he asks for a motor unit, no one responds.
Snow says he obviously can’t do anything for the situation now, however, he hears and understands what they’re getting at, it’s not like he disagrees but they’re from two different walks of life, the opposite even. Personally, Ph0enix doesn’t mind being cracked down but doesn’t want their lives put at risk, Psych0 mentions times they dealt with being rammed. Snow mentions EMP, which Ph0enix is perfectly fine with, it’s one of their tools that she would love for them to use, Muller asks what if they were upgraded for a larger area of effect, Ph0enix is again fine with that, she just needs to avoid it better. 
Snow appreciates them coming in, being open and honest about what’s going on. He thinks there’s a lot more focus on cars right now, they’re the more violent racing scene and he’s never viewed the bikers as a nonviolent scene. He doesn’t agree with them being tasered or pitted at triple-digit speed, while he’s not HC he can talk with them to attempt to prevent it. Snow appreciates the open line of communication that they’ve offered.
=== September 4, 2022===
Race with Snitches
Before the Lightwork race, Psych0 calls up Ph0enix to ask for information as she is a former Hydra member. A new racer is described as wearing a Chang Gang chain, a red outfit, and an old guy that matches the description of Eugene. She relays the information from Richard that he could be a possible snitch as he was in the race when the cops showed up. As Eugene leaves Psych0, they decide to run the race to test if he’s a snitch and they’re both willing to go ahead, however, they want to check with the other racers if they’re fine with the test too. Psych0 calling Python and Ph0enix calling Bongo.
Ph0enix calls up Bongo, telling him that the alias ‘XXXF8SuarezKillerXXX’ is Eugene and he could be a possible snitch, that they were willing to risk it to confirm but wanted to ask his thoughts. Bongo is also down but asks about Richard and if he had any more information on Eugene. Ph0enix proceeds to call him up to ask, which is then confirmed that Eugene was the snitch for the car races. Richard mentions they had a meeting with Vinny, and they pressed Eugene who admitted to snitching. However, Richard asks that they go ahead, and if cops show up, that they will deal with it. Additionally, he tells her that the police are pushing to seize his vehicle and they may do the same to the bikers.
As they arrive at the start of Lightwork, Kazu asks if it’s known who the new dongle is, Ph0enix fills her in on the information that it’s Eugene, a known snitch and they’re seeing if the cops will show. Once Eugene arrives, Ph0enix engages Eugene in conversation, the bikers, including Eugene then talk amongst themselves. Eugene mentions hearing that M Boosts might be coming back from ‘someone reliable’. 
It’s brought up that since Eugene has a Class 2 on his back, there’s a chance he may get shot at given what Angel had told them before. Surprised at this, he asks the reasoning, he’s told about the ambush that happened as well as the police being overly aggressive with the scene recently, that tensions are running high. A few other new racers are debriefed on Project: Archangel as well.
Eugene notices a police bike down the road and asks “Is there a cop down the road?” The bikers proceed to roll up and say hello. The officer in question is Gable, a member of the Motor Unit. At this point, there is no race setup for Lightwork, the decoy race is still active, so the snitch was likely someone pinged to the race. Gable makes a funny comment that he's part of the Bundy Crime Family, given their home is nearby by the Lighthouse.
As the bikers go back to where they were meeting up, Ph0enix comments that it’s odd he would be out here where they’re all meeting. She mentions to “hide better next time”, Gable replies 'it’s almost like someone told me you would be here and I wasn’t trying to hide.' When asked, he confirms it was like that, that there was a snitch but he has no idea who it is. When pressed about his favorite color, he says he would tell them, but he genuinely doesn’t know who it was, that it was an anonymous 911. 
When the rest of the bikers return to the meeting spot, they ponder running the race or switching to another race, but that the police would likely follow them to the new race. They decide upon just running the race despite knowing the police are there, as a way to show that they’re not scared of their presence. Blob decides to dip when asked why Psych0 mentions that he has an expungement.
===September 5, 2022===
Big Spike Race
On the 5th of September, a race was set up for the Outbreak track starting outside Humane Labs. Early on, Air-1 was spotted overhead, and Boden had scouted a White Interceptor around the first turn, suggesting that the race might have been snitched out. Most of the racers decided to stay to show they weren't scared of DNF week or the police presence, with one racer — Blob — currently undergoing an expungement, so decided to dip before the race started.
The race started, and at Checkpoint 4 a spike strip was deployed by Brittany Angel, getting a majority of the racers' tires spiked, and the comms descended into chaos. Racers who were not spiked such as Ph0enix, Boden, and Chungus decided to forfeit the race to pick up other members to save them from getting caught. Ph0enix, named the 'Primary Target' by Captain Angel in a previous meeting picked up CodeRed, distracting most of the police response, and headed into the city in an attempt to lose them, allowing the other racers to repair tires and re-group.
In the city, Ph0enix still being chased, crashed into a local at Spanish Ave and San-Vitus Blvd, and is unable to get back on the bike without being tased, both Ph0enix and CodeRed started running on foot, with the both of them calling on the radio for help. Ph0enix was pursued by Monroe outside the gallery, where she was shot a further 2 times by a taser, causing her to become unconscious with an erratic pulse and signs of a seizure. CodeRed was also caught, but other racers had eyes on Ph0enix and Monroe, with Boden calling on the radio "If you don't want to be involved I suggest you leave" due to her intending to shoot.
Ph0enix was moved to a triage point and attended to by EMS, who gave her Anti-Seizure medication. Once transferred to Viceroy Hospital she was seen by Nancy, then by Doctor Alexander Blake. With her seizures slightly continuing, the local doctors deemed that Ph0enix should be in the ICU to rest. As she was in police custody, no visitors were allowed, however Clarke Bishop, Sai Carter, and Patar Bellosh were given as emergency contacts.
Scene Meeting
A while later, CodeRed mentioned to Kazu that someone had snitched on the race, and the last time he saw Ph0enix she was face down, causing Psych0 and Kazu to head to Viceroy Medical looking for information. With no response from the Doctors or EMS, they were leaving when an officer ran to them, saying he heard something about ICU and to ask the doctors about it. Believing that it could be Ph0enix, Kazu called up Chungus to let her know; once she had arrived at Viceroy, the three talked to Blake to see if they could get any information or confirmation she was there, however, given the nature of the situation and none of them being on the contact list, they could not learn anything for sure but came to the conclusion that she was in ICU.
Kazu and Chungus talked about snitches, with both of them being upset about the snitch and how it brought one of them to the ICU. The three decided upon an impromptu meeting at the Tuner Shop to discuss the scene, the ICU, and the possibility of a snitch within the scene. Psych0 bought up that he was suspicious of Blob for dipping from Light Work the previous day, which had a confirmed snitch, and on the Outbreak earlier in the day, alongside Ph0enix mentioning being suspicious of him sometime before. Along the way, Psych0 — believing he could trust the others — mentioned his intention to cuff the racers and read their texts/phone calls to weed out a snitch within the scene. Both of them happily agreed to the phone check.
The meeting outside the tuner shop consisted of Psych0, Kazu, Chungus, C4nn0li, CodeRed, Iron, Cob4lt, Trigger, and Bongo. Ph0enix being in ICU was bought up, as well as the fact that someone had snitched. They discussed the previous race, realizing the only person who had dipped was Blob; Iron claimed to have read his phone and was vouching that Blob wasn't the snitch, however it was bought up that it was possible for the snitch to 911 and only the police could see.
The racers went through each race, determining which had a police response and which hadn't, correlating them with the racers that had attended each. CodeRed stated that his arresting officer told them that they were tipped off, that they watched the racers the whole time that they set up, and that they knew it took them a long time. With how they set up the races, using a decoy and pinging to the actual race, they came to the conclusion that it had to have been someone who was pinged that snitched.
When the time came for going through the texts and call logs of each racer, no one gave an objection, and everyone was cleared through their call logs and texts, with none of the group having any evidence of being a snitch through their phone - for the time being, this would lead to a dead end. Bongo joined the meeting and was debriefed on the situation by CodeRed, who claimed he could identify the officer if he saw him.
The group came to the conclusion that in the previous races the cop response had been not too aggressive — almost passive even — but when Captain Angel was on duty and showed up to a race, the response had changed with them being spiked on the first corner, leading them to believe that the cops follow her lead, and when she is not around they are very chill. The group came to the possible conclusion that they were targeting Ph0enix given the response that followed her into the city.
Many ideas were thrown out for ways to combat and weed out the snitch, with pings, fake races, decoys, and fake 911a pings, amongst other ideas. In the end, the group self-delegated different tasks amongst themselves - Cob4lt to keep trying to contact Boden to learn what happened, as they were worried, given she told him she was going to try to do something, then wasn't heard from again. CodeRed was tasked to figure out who the cop was so that they could gain more information on the whole situation.
=== September 6, 2022===
Snitch Tension
Python sets up a race, Eugene, Boden, Pogo, and Chungus join initially. Chungus recognizes the weird name in the race as Eugene, a known snitch. Python, on the radio with Chungus and Pogo, asks for them to put their ping numbers into the race app, to see if the others understand how the scene has been doing it. 
Pogo and Chungus are near the start of the race and talk about Eugene, pondering if Python will send him a ping because “he’s a snitch, why would we invite him?”. They both ask on the radio if they’re sending it to him, Python responds “We need to know, we have only one confirmation” with both Pogo and Chungus replying one confirmation is enough. Pogo and Python argue a little, then Pogo decides he’s not joining the race.
Chungus moves to the race ping to talk with Python, mentioning she might dip out too. Python is on the phone or radio with Cob4lt who has the same idea that there’s only one way to find out if Eugene is the snitch. They have an idea and they're close to it, but they need the proof and there’s only one way to get that proof. Chungus mentions there might be multiple snitches, he retorts that there might be, but there’s only Eugene in this race.
However Chungus agrees they need the confirmation, but after what happened with Ph0enix yesterday, ending up in the ICU, it's a risk. While Eugene wasn’t at the race, the cops showed up, everything went sideways and it was chaos. She goes away to take a call, and notices a biker show up, wondering who it is she drives down to find out it’s Eugene. Python is talking to Cob4lt and mentions it might be a 3 person race. Eugene asks why he responds that he thinks “everybody is just blaming everybody”. Chungus responds with “It’s the fact that one of us ended up in the ICU and people seem to not remember that”, drives off, and leaves the race.
As she drives off Chungus calls up Pogo, saying that Python is being an asshole and pissing her off, saying that people aren’t racing because they’re scared and that Eugene mentioned it’s just 10 months and one strike for Street Racing. Chungus believes the reason is rather that Ph0enix ended up in the ICU because of the snitch. Pogo agreed that Python was being dumb and mentioned that Spider was talking to Python on the phone. Chungus drives up to Chumash to meet Pogo, Barclay Castro, and Spider.
Chungus explains to Barclay that there are a few snitches, one being Eugene who was invited to the race. While he could just want to race, he could also want to snitch, she then explains the previous day when police spiked the majority of the race, it descended into chaos and Ph0enix ended up in the ICU. She’s upset that they’re willing to put lives at risk to find out if he’s the snitch, despite the confirmation from the car scene. Barclay mentions that if no cops show, Python would use this to confirm he’s not a snitch, but a smart snitch would do 1 in 5 races, not all.
During the talk between Chungus, Barclay, Pogo, and Spider, the other racers, Eugene, Boden, Kazu, and Python are doing the race with Cob4lt scouting ahead being overwatch and looking out for any cops. The race is finished with no cop response, after the race Eugene leaves and Python asks if the remaining 4 could talk.
Snitch Discussions
Python thinks that the race sort of proved nothing, however, Boden doesn’t think that Eugene is the snitch, that if anything he may feel like an outcast from the car racing scene and wants to race bikes. Python feels that the car scene pressured CG into dealing with Eugene, he brings up that Johnny Sinner is part of SN and they dealt with him, so why wouldn’t CG deal with Eugene too?
It’s brought up that two other members of his group, Chungus, and Pogo, left the race because of Eugene. Boden mentions that some people feel that once a snitch, always a snitch. What Chungus said before leaving is brought up about ‘some people forgetting it put one of us in ICU’. Boden brings up that yes, while Ph0enix is in ICU, she would want the group to keep racing and causing chaos.
Boden feels that Eugene is not that stupid to snitch on another scene after being an outcast from another. There was no police presence for their previous race and the day before, at Humane Labs, Air-1 was already there before the race and Eugene wasn’t there that day, but “we all know who was there”, being directed at Blob. They discuss how Eugene could be just filling the void of his car racing with bikes, how he asked about good bikes down at the tuner shop, he genuinely wants to improve, however, Blob dipped out, wanting his money back because cops showed up to them doing something illegal.
The discussion turns to Blob, the question is brought up if Blob was there on the same day Eugene attended a race and the cops showed for Lightwork, which is confirmed. Python adds additionally that Blob stood alone by himself away from the other races. They talk about his expungement, how if he didn’t want to get caught, he shouldn’t race. Boden wants to test the waters with Blob. If in the next couple of races he joins or dips from there’s a cop response it’s obviously him. Cob4lt brings up the point, that if he is the snitch it won't be every race as that would make him super sussy so it could take a while.
They bring up that Ph0enix won't always be around, and that she would want them to figure this out. It’s also mentioned that Chungus and Pogo have done multiple races with suspected snitches before and not had a problem, although those were suspected, Eugene is a confirmed snitch. Boden mentions that snitches for bike races get people hurt, so the two don’t want to race in case they get hurt. Python found it disrespectful what Chungus said about ‘somebody forgot one of us is in the ICU’ as he believes that Ph0enix would want them to continue racing. Bike racing is supposed to be fun, they’re meant to have fun.
Boden personally does not care so much about snitches, while yes it’s a priority, she mentioned first you get rid of the cops then you get rid of the snitches. She further brings up that she noticed Monroe over Ph0enix when she was down, later on, she picked him up from Viceroy, then shot him in the head at the beach. Mentioning it’s not something she usually does, but is prepared to deal with, Cob4lt agrees he would also be prepared to deal with it.
Cob4lt brings up that there was no way Air-1 randomly found the start location. They flew right there and landed on a mountain, they believe that they got a ping and the only person he could think of is Blob, but that they just have to keep racing and find out.
The internal conflict is brought up and Python, unsure how to deal with it, feels that there’s going to be a split within the group because of Eugene. The lightwork race is brought up and Boden mentions it’s common for the races to happen in Grapeseed, as they’ve done Final Destination a lot, it was in between races so Gable might just have been in the area. The question of who owns the Lighthouse is brought up, seeing a lot of cops in that area they wonder if there was a snitch there.
It is mentioned that because of what Ph0enix said to Angel in the cells, no matter who sets up and runs the race, she will be the primary target and Bodens' primary responsibility, no matter who sets up or dips from the races. The group also brings up Psych0 being another target.
The topic of the ambush is brought up, that Ph0enix and Boden both know spots to ambush from their time in Hydra. Rat strats are also mentioned as a way to escape if they’re going hard, they’re not endangering anyone's lives. Showing each other rat strats is discussed, such as the Movie Studio Squeeze. 
Python feels they’re all on the same page, but unsure how to break it down to Chungus and Psycho. Boden suggests having a meeting with them as she was one of Ph0enixs' emergency contacts, she knows what happened and what she’s going through. Further goes on to mention that to Ph0enix, the scene has always been family, top priority, have fun and share the love of enjoying the scene.
After some more discussion, Python mentions that he will set up a meeting with Chungus and Pogo. He feels that they would take the information better from the others, as he is already in another family with them, SN. Python informs them that the meeting spot would be Chumash that they will be talking to all of them; Spider, Chungus and, Pogo.
Snitch Discussions #2
Boden, Python, Cob4lt, and Kazu arrive at Chumash to meet the group. Boden mentions she got the report of what happened to ph0enix, that she’s in police custody and can have no visitors. Spider asked about what happened the previous day as he was not there, Boden gives him the rundown of what happened and how Ph0enix ended up in ICU. She mentions that she was intending to shoot cops but didn’t think it appropriate to do it with all of them there and only a few bikers. She didn’t know Ph0enix was in ICU at the time, but picked up Monroe outside Viceroy, took him to the beach, told him to stop fucking with everything, and shot him in the head.
The topic of conversation turns to the main point at hand which is Eugene and that Pogo, Chungus didn’t like him being there at the race. Boden mentions she knows Eugene from the Hydra days and that he’s a little shit. She believes he’s an outcast from the car racing community. She brings up that there will always be snitches and it’s something you have to push through, that street racing is $1900 and 15 months and it’s a pain if the bike goes into impound, however, everyone is there to pick each other up.
She goes on to say that if there is a snitch and if the cops do get called, the racers can call out for help, an example is made of the previous race where Boden called an interceptor on the first corner, then everyone got spiked anyway. At that point, you’re focusing on getting out, away from the cops before they can deal with a snitch.
She tells them about the discussion they had before rolling up, where they have their own suspicions and that personally, she doesn’t believe Eugene is a snitch as the Bike racing community is the last salvageable thing he has. Pogo respects her decision but mentions if he sees him at a race, he doesn’t want to race, Boden understands that and it’s his decision. She brings up the point he’s not confirmed to snitch for bikers and by missing races he’s in they could be missing fun ones. It’s mentioned it sucks that snitching resulted in Ph0enix in ICU however that will happen, and she will want them to continue to race and the scene to not dwindle because of one person.
Python asks Chungus, and Pogo to not take it out on him personally. Pogo mentions he was explicitly told Eugene is a snitch. It’s brought up he wasn’t there yesterday but neither was Pogo, Boden explains the Air-1 before the race and what happened, ending with that she believes the snitch is Blob, however, if it is, it will get dealt with afterwards and her priority is having a good fun race.
It’s asked what about racing with Eugene pushes them away, Pogo explains Boden personally knows him, however, he doesn’t, he has no personal reason to find out if he’s a snitch. Boden mentions being told Samuel Smalls and Jim Watson are a snitch, but she raced with him - it went fine. An argument is brought up that if she told him Cob4lt was a snitch, would he still race with him? Pogo mentions he knows Cob4lt way better than he knows Boden and would make his own analysis. People Pogo trusts have told him that Eugene snitched on cars and he doesn’t want to indulge him to give him a chance to snitch on the bikers.
Cob4lt brings up what happened with him being outed, and what Chang Gang may have done to him he could have learned and not be a snitch anymore. Python mentions that even before Eugene started racing bikes, there were snitches. Boden bought up it’s not just the racing community, anyone with a Dongle could snitch on races as they have access to seeing the GPS or location of the race. Cob4lt brings up that on the day of Lightwork, there were other people that they’d never seen before either.
Spider asks about why there’s a DNF week, Boden explains the previous happens of blocking and pitting which resulted in the Ambush. It’s brought up the same day, car racers did something similar and that they feel the PD took out their aggression on the bike racers as they’re almost passive. Cob4lt said that the ambush was a way to show the scene will not be walked all over like the PD wants.
===September 7, 2022===
Ph0enix and Eugene Phonecall
After Ph0enix wakes up from ICU and is sent to Bolingbroke Penitentiary she finds the family waiting outside and they have a talk about things that have happened while she was gone. One of the main things that came up was the snitches and how the previous day, some of the racers such as Pogo and Chungus did not want to race with Eugene, but others such as Python, Kazu, and Cob4lt did. Ph0enix, having boosted and done jobs with Eugene in the past said she would call him.
Later in the day, Bongo sets up a bike race which Eugene joins, prompting Bongo to call Ph0enix to see if she had spoken with him yet. As she hadn't, she said she would speak with him before the race starts to put everyone's minds at ease. Being pulled over by the police, she is unable to call him before the race starts, from which he is then kicked.
Ph0enix calls up Eugene, mentioning that they have had trouble with snitches in the scene and he mentions that he got kicked from a race earlier. She mentions she knows that he has been known to snitch, and he mentions Richard has a big mouth and has been exaggerating the story. 
Eugene mentions that it was more he self-snitched on races for spice like other racers have done and that Richard is the one causing the chaos and increased aggression from cops. The stuff he embellished was Eugene leaking a chat log, the radio.
Ph0enix goes on to mention that the other bike racers are worried since they don’t know Eugene but as she does, she wanted to talk to him personally because of the game of telephone, she wanted his perspective directly. If he gave her his word she’s not snitching on the bike racers, she would vouch for him to the other racers. 
Eugene mentions that Trooper Snow trusts him a lot and that this could be used to their advantage to send the police to a fake race or even an ambush. He further goes on to share information he learned, that Mayor Mickey had approved asset forfeiture for vehicles used in violent races. Something that Angel had threatened down in the cells after the ambush plan.
He admits he earned this trust by snitching on himself in races, but that he would ask them first if it was okay for him to snitch and only do it if they were fine. Ph0enix mentioned if he wanted to do the same in the bike scene to also ask, however, he says he isn’t comfortable with how the police chase the bikes and doesn’t want to snitch on the bike races anyways. He wants to help grow the scene, that he actually likes the bikers and that in the NA tsunami the scene is completely different with little to no bike races.
Ph0enix mentions not wanting to alienate people such as him, as the scene is so small, and brings up the topic of the SBA (Street Bike Association), prompting Eugene to mention he could put money forward for a tournament as well. The conversation ends, Eugene understands why people are wary of him given his past, but has made the point it’s not something he would do to the bike scene. Boden who was with Ph0enix mentions "He can be a little shit sometimes, but he was serious about this".
Ph0enix proceeds to call Bongo to tell him about the talk with Eugene, that he didn't seem to mind getting kicked and understood the reasons why. She trusts him not to snitch on the bike racing scene, then goes on to mention parts of the conversation, that he would put money forward for a tournament, and didn't like how police chased the bikes. Bongo was relieved to hear Eugene was okay with being kicked and that if Ph0enix was down to trust Eugene, he was as well. He said he would let the others know as well.
===September 8, 2022===
Ph0enix and Nomad talk and Race
After doing the track Apex Predator, Ph0enix and Nomad had a talk at the Vinewood Radio Tower in which they discussed the bike scene, and plans for a bike crew, with Nomad talking about old stories of the bike scene as well as giving some advice.
Nomad asked about the return of M boosts which he had previously learned from Psych0. As Psych0 had Ph0enix's trust and himself trusted Nomad, she told him all she knew, which was that M boosts are coming as a reward for causing chaos for the Puppets and the Puppet Master. Nomad had heard that Earl told them about the possibility of the scene getting a Race Creating Dongle, Ph0enix mentioned the group decided on Psych0 because of his contributions. Nomad let on that he was sure "they would speak to him (Earl) soon" but would not give any more information. 
Nomad heard a rumor that Ph0enix wanted to start up a bike racing crew, she stated that since coming to the city she had been thinking of starting one. She had one in the UK and missed that dynamic, with the bike scene being a family her idea was that the crew would be a select few who are ride or die, ready and willing to help out that raced on the regular, bringing them together even more. The main point she made was that they were all there for each other. Nomad mentioned that was something he had always pushed for in the bike scene; out of everything, you were there to have fun. That you want to race, you want to win, but you should be mindful of your friendly opponent when they go down or crash. He mentioned a story of the old bike scene, where there was no phasing technology and the bike would magnet to each other causing crashes.
Ph0enix inquired why Nomad had stepped away from the bike scene. He mentioned that he had been back a week or two under an alternate alias of Recon. He mentioned he never really wanted to step away; it came to a point where he felt like he didn't have any competition and wanted to focus on how to drive and race a car instead. He said that it's not that he lost interest, he wanted to learn something else, and unfortunately, the only way he could was if he got rid of his R1, something he regrets.
Ph0enix asked if he would be willing to join a biker crew, as he is already part of Redline and crews don't have to be exclusive like a gang. Nomad mentioned if it was a division of Redline, as Goofy is also into bike racing. Although Ph0enix's idea was more of a separate bike crew, Nomad mentioned talking to Tony Corleone to see if he would be okay, as it would be bike only. Nomad gave some advice that communication is critical when it comes to crews, Ph0enix mentioned it's something she has been working on, that it's everything and to talk about it else becomes a game of telephone. This led to her mentioning Eugene Zuckerburg, how they talked, and that he was willing to put money forward for a tournament, like a bike version of MRL. 
With the talk of money potentially being put forward for a tournament, Ph0enix mentioned being in contact with the person who originally did the tournament, the SBA (Street Bike Association), and the possibility of it coming back at some point in the future. They discussed how some bikes suit different tracks, like Cargo Vroom suiting the Double-T. Ph0enix mentioned she was asked to help with the SDA and if she accepted she wanted to make sure that complaints, being 'too good' didn't kill the scene as Nomad mentioned being essentially banned from the previous. 
Nomad mentioned he told Psych0 and is now telling her, that his coming back is not him trying to take over the scene again. He left and handed it off back then for a reason, but he still sees the scene as his baby and wants to see what people like Ph0enix and Psych0 do with it. He'll attend races, but not interfere in how they handle them. However, if they ever need advice or someone needs to be stabbed, he will do it. The point is that he will be there to back them up if they ever need it. Ph0enix mentioned his advice would be crucial and important to her and likely Psych0 as well.
After their talk, Nomad asked if Ph0enix would like to do a 1v1 race with an S+, Psych0 was waiting nearby and when asked offered his Ninja for Ph0enix to use. The track that they ran was Vinewood Touge, with Nomad being the winner. In the end, they discussed their favorite bikes, with both preferring the Double-T and Nomad offered some tips on lines should she ever want them.
===September 10, 2022===
A Puppets Punishment
On the 10th of September, Boden received a video from Mayhem via dead drop. Jake Stevens left the video in a trash container, as he was in contact with Boden (using a voice changer). The video in question was of Mayhem dealing with the prospect Kevin Pitts who along with Johnny Sinner blocked a bike race using 2 coaches. The punishment was done at the behest of Earl and indirectly the Puppet Master. Boden later showed the video to Ph0enix.
September 12, 2022
Eurydice
Boden, on a phone call with Cob4lt, discusses how she wants to use her FCR for racing, not as herself. Mentioned one time she was this other person, Ph0enix had low blood sugar, she had to jet back to the city, change and call her up quickly. She goes on to say the next racing night this other person might appear, has a special wrap at the Vinewood Benny's. Cobalt mentions if she’s ever in trouble as ‘not her’, he has her back and will help her out as he knows she’s doing it to lookout for Ph0enix.
She explains to him that before she did it out of love, as they couldn’t be together. At the time Hydra didn’t want them to spend too much time together and to not make it awkward. She explains that the reason her and Ph0enix aren’t in Hydra anymore is because you can’t date in the gang, even though she was dating someone else, so that and another member stirring drama got her kicked. At that time Ph0enix confessed her feelings, but Boden mentioned she’s dating someone else but she also had feelings.
Boden wanted to distance herself to make it easier for Ph0enix but also look out for her. Boden isn’t a big fan of politics or crews, she just wants to race, and be able to watch and make sure everything is okay. She mentions the last time she raced as someone else, Ph0enix didn’t really know Boden knew how to ride a bike and when they got together, she decided to ‘try it’ and acted worse than she is. She mentions she sweated out on a race and got 3rd.
After doing a practice of Hangover Hills, Boden turns up to the night of races as Eurydice, using a voice changer and different livery on her bike so no one knows her actual identity. She’s treated as a new race by Psych0 who tells her how they’re running the races and explains the track. Remains quiet, speaking only when spoken to. She finishes the race 7/15.
Between races, Cobalt calls to check up on her, seeing that 3 people DNF’d. Eurydice does a few more races before hanging up the clothes and changing her livery back to normal on the bike, during which Kazu texts Boden “I think I'm smoking too much weed”. Intrigued Boden calls her, Kazu explains she was doing a race and heard Boden’s voice out of nowhere, however Boden wasn’t there, Eurydice was. Boden asks if it threw Kazu off and she claims she nearly fell off her bike, but Boden reassures her she wasn’t racing. 
Kazu mentions a new person they’ve been seeing coming to races, Bongo was mentioning them coming to the races, ‘Eurydick’ which Boden corrects to Eurydice. Kazu thinks they’re a robot or something. Kazu mentions she’s only seen two people with this bike, her and one other person. Boden lists the people she’s seen which is a few, but Boden herself is taking a step back from racing.
===September 13, 2022===
An Unknown Caller
While fishing with friends, Chungus receives a call from an unknown number. The person calling is using a voice changer and the only thing that they say is “You should come to the next race”. 
A little later, Kazu calls up asking if Chungus had received an unknown call. Kazu received one as well, however saying something different. They mentioned the ‘house cleaning’ that Kazu and Chungus did with deputy Candice DeFitt and told Kazu that they would tell people that Kazu is the bike racing snitch. That if they mess up on the races, they will be outed because they’re sleeping with a cop. When Kazu mentioned she was confused about what they were talking about, she was told that it’s pretty much a ‘death race’.
Chungus is worried about being kicked out of SN if the information gets out, as her family goes hard on cops. While everyone knows that Kazu sleeps with Candice, she’s not part of anything but the bike scene. They decide on denying that Candice is part of the story and keep it on the down low.
Not long after their phone call, the unknown number calls Chungus again. The person says some things are meant to be kept private, others not so much. Chungus says she’s going to the race and keeping everything private, to which the unknown caller replies “Family is family. But sometimes they don’t have your interests at heart” but Chungus can’t lose her SN family. The caller goes on to say “you’d be surprised how much you can do on your own Cassie”, although she had tried that and it wasn’t for her, the caller ends with “sometimes you just need a push” and hangs up the phone.
Chungus, worried, wants to tell someone but is unsure how they would react, and talks to Pogo. She had already told him about Suki, but not that Candice was there. The unknown caller threatened to leak the information. Pogo jokes about it being a senator, but she blurts out “I fucked a cop, I fucked Candice DeFitt”. Pogo doesn’t seem bothered about the information, however, she’s worried about what the rest of the group may think. She mentions the threat of being outed as a snitch, which she claims she isn’t, however, since Blob had left the scene, there had been no cop response except for one time that she thinks is coincidental.
Pogo asks given that’s the case, why would anyone think they’re the snitches? The main reason she believes it is because they slept with a cop, however, Suki had been sleeping with Candice for a while and the majority of the scene knows. Pogo jokes that if they’re letting Eugene race, she has no worries at all. However, Chungus is more worried about SN and what they would think about it.
Both Suki and Chungus turn up at the race and finish, however, there is no phone to call either of them from the Unknown Number before, or during the race. After the race Pogo calls Chungus to check up on her, she’s still freaked out but has no updates on the situation. Cops did show and Chungus felt like there was a snitch, however the one person who DNF’d is from Hydra, who came with Phantom a well-known car racer. In the discussion of the caller, she lists the people who knew she was on the bike with Candice, Fury, Cameron Caine, Perez, MacGregor, Royce, Kate, and Leo.
===September 14, 2022===
A meeting between SRU and the Bikers is set up
Underwood called Copper asking if they had spoken to any of the bike crews or racers. Copper, not knowing the scene mentioned she would ask around as someone was focusing on it. She went on to tell him that the bike racers were the biggest offenders, that they shot cops then told them they wanted a conversation about their aggression. Underwood brought up that the aggression to bike racers was justified because of the actions of the car scene.
Copper wants to set up a negotiation with the bikers, but one person (ph0enix) demanded they have the same respect as the street racers, who had a year of back and forth. She feels it’s a bit of miscommunication and a sit down is needed, she suggests calling Flop for his insight as she had no connections.
Flop calls up Underwood, mentions he’s only just recently got back due to the uptick of bike races, and was asked by Fury. Flop mentions they’re working on IDing each bike, and different masks, and that the name Scarlett Skye has been told to him by 3-4 different cops. Underwood brings up the previous meeting with the street racers, how the SRU is no longer going hard on races and wanted the racers to cast out problematic ones so that SRU goes harder on the outcast ones. Underwood wants to have this same conversation with the bike racers.
Flop goes on to tell Underwood what he’s heard through word of mouth, that the biking scene has gone to the extent of checking people's phones to check that they’re not snitching. Flop believes this may mean they’re a separate entity from the other racers, but has no concrete evidence. He wants to target a specific person and question them, try to befriend them to get their trust and information. Underwood mentions that the bikers wanted to talk from the shooting, although Flop is unaware of the day.
They move on to Scarlett Skye, while he’s been out of the loop multiple people brought up her name. He gives Underwood a report investigating the scene, mentioning linking bikes to racers and that Fury has taken photos of racers earlier. Underwood mentions talking to Monroe, as well as going to Iron Hog as he believes they would have a lot of racer traffic. Flop brings up that Harmony has a lot of bikes repaired too.
Underwood goes to Iron Hog and talks with Brock Thompson, a mechanic at the shop. Underwood inquires if Brock services any street racers that use bikes, letting him know it isn’t illegal to service their bikes. He continues to say he’s looking to get in contact with them, as he doesn’t cross paths with them that often, but that the SRU changed how they deal with regular racers and wants to have a similar talk with the bikers. He asks Brock to reach out to people he may know in the scene, the heads preferably so they can have a meeting face to face or over the phone. Underwood gives Brock his number to pass on.
Brock calls Kazu, telling her of Underwood coming to the shop and asking for her to pass on the message and his number. Boden and Ph0enix were not around and Psych0 was presumed to not be either, so Kazu called up Bongo, filling him in on the details of Underwood wanting to set up a meeting, and passed on his number.
Bongo calls Underwood from a pay phone, telling him he hosts most of the 2nd half of tsunami races. Underwood explains he wanted to reach out because of the meeting with the street racers, but that they’re unfamiliar with bikes and want to have a chat with Bongo and other individuals in the scene who have some sway and come to a mutual understanding between each other to minimize bloodshed and things that shouldn’t be going on. He asks Bongo to spread the word and bring people for a meeting at the Observatory, 2 hours before the NA Storm.
After their call, Bongo reaches out to Nomad to inform him of the meeting. Bongo explains that the cops are unfamiliar with the bike scene, want to know what should and shouldn’t be done and that they finally recognize them as separate from the bike scene. Bongo has a list of most likely people to go to the meeting, which is: Nomad, Bongo, Ph0enix, Boden, Psych0, and possibly Cob4lt as he’s been involved since the puppet came around. Nomad mentions making sure it’s just them and that they go without class 2’s, Bongo agrees and suggests they possibly even go unarmed. A meeting one hour before between the group is suggested to get everyone on the same page.
Bongo informs Psych0 about the meeting, as well as sending messages to Boden and Ph0enix about something big for the scene happening and to give him a call, just in case Psych0 doesn’t get to them first.
===September 15, 2022 ===
Eurydice and Orestes
Cob4lt calls up Boden, they briefly talk and Boden asks if he would like to meet up somewhere and asks for his ping. Boden changes into her Eurydice outfit and heads to a location to meet him. Cob4lt already knew of her alter alias. She asks him if he enjoys racing, likes scaring people, and goes on to tell him that she races under the name Eurydice as well. She asks him about joining her in causing mischief in the bike racing scene. Cob4lt is asked which bikes he’s into and the FCR is the one he’s most interested in with how it can look, as well as seeing Boden zoom away during races. She tells Cob4lt the story of Eurydice and why she chose the name. 
It’s a story of two lovers, Eurydice goes to hell after she gets bit by a snake. At the time Boden was in Hydra with Ph0enix, and confessed feelings for each other but couldn’t date as they were in the gang. She tried to distance herself from Ph0enix but still wanted to be with her, and support her racing. Eurydice was fitting because it’s a tale of getting bit by a snake (or a hydra) and going to hell. Orpheus goes down to lead her out, but the rule is if he turns around to see if she’s there she goes back. He's doubting that she's following, he turns around at the last minute, as they’re about to leave and she goes back forever. 
They discuss dongle names for Cob4lt and Icarus comes up, the boy who flew too close to the sun. They attempt to get the names Icarus, and Midas but are already taken. Cob4lt mentions that he doesn’t know much about greek mythology. They settle on the name Orestes. Boden trusts Cob4lt because he mentioned he wants to help her when she’s down or in need. He knows she's doing it for a good reason, as well as the mischief. 
They both head to the Great Ocean Highway clothing store where Cob4lt designs a new outfit for his Orestes alias that resembles Eurydice. They swap bikes so that Orestes can show up to the races the next night.
Talks with Psycho
Psych0 calls up Boden to inform her that the troopers have reached out to the bike scene through people at Iron Hog, trying to set up a meeting between the Troopers and the Bike Scene. The people that Psych0 wants to go to it are himself, Boden, Ph0enix, TLA, C4nn0li, Nomad, Python, Cob4lt, and CodeRed. Boden brings up they were going to arrange a meeting with Snow and Fury. Psych0 mentions that he was given the number of Underwood to call, Psych0 thinks Boden is an important part of the scene and wants her to be there if she would. The time of the meeting is 12 pm EST on Friday the 16th.
Ph0enix receives a call from Psych0, who heard from Boden that she was trying to contact Snow and Fury. He tells her the same information he mentioned to Boden. Ph0enix is worried about PD comms and wants Fury as well as Snow there, which is fine with Psych0. She would like all the bikers - who want to be there - at the meeting to show what the scene is, she believes they have a bad impression of their previous ambush. Psych0 mentions he’s been getting mixed opinions, as some want it smaller with little miscommunication. She believes that they had that already with Psych0, Herself, and Snow. However, Psych0 upon hearing her reasoning is fine with them bringing everyone, suggesting to call Snow and ask how many they are expecting the bikers to bring.
To get everyone on the same page she suggests a meeting on the current day (15th), although Psych0 wouldn’t be able to make it. Things she wanted to discuss at the meeting, were whether should they go with some identifiable universal thing for them, like all having the same headlight color to show that they’re united, a family. Psych0 mentions that TLA wanted a meeting beforehand on the day, as well as talk of a nominated spokesperson. Ph0enix mentions she likes speaking up and doesn’t mind being a spokesperson but knows her speech is not always the best. She mentions there could be people to speak on different things, such as Psych0, with him setting up races. Cob4lt could talk about the Rhodes Block and what happened, Nomad could talk about the scene, how it used to be as he’s an old frog. Would prevent people from being spoken over and the meeting from becoming chaotic.
They both want everyone on the same page, so they all know what they’re talking about, what’s decided and there’s no miscommunication or a game of telephone. This is the first proper meeting as a scene, they don’t want it to be a clusterfuck, they want to be recognized as a separate entity to the car scene.
Ph0enix mentions her ideas on crew names, the one she likes the most being Firefly, with an orange theme - as looked down upon from Air 1 they would look like a bunch of fireflies. She asks him for any ideas of names he may have, to which he responds she will likely receive one over the weekend.
Phoenix and Bongo call #1
Bongo is contacted by Ph0enix, she mentions PD comms again and that she wants Fury and Snow there. Bongo mentions that given it’s dealing with racers, SRU should be there, however, ph0enix mentions she will call Fury and Snow to make sure they will be there. 
Ph0enix feels that all of the bike scene should be there, however, Bongo feels that there would be a shout fest of people speaking over each other, as well as Underwood requested speaking with the leaders, he wants people to be there however feels that if all or most of them turn up, it may seem like it’s aggressive but agrees with calling snow. While he agrees his tone does seem off at the time.
Ph0enix mentions them going with a single color headlight to show that they're unified as a family, Bongo is hesitant as they’re not a crew yet and doesn’t want to give the PD that idea. Ph0enix mentions having a meeting later in the day and Bongo mentions how Nomad wanted a meeting an hour before they met the PD as well to get on the same page. Ph0enix goes over her idea for multiple people speaking.
Crews are mentioned and how Ph0enix wanted to set up one for a while and now wants to get one made ASAP, how when they have a way to be identified they’ll be noticed as the bikers they can trust and have good communication with. This way when other racers do something dumb such as shoot or bring class 2’s, they won't be associated with them. Bongo brings up things after because a race is out of their control, it shouldn’t fall down on them, such as a racer taking cops to their gang and getting shot up, Ph0enix mentions this is why she wants all the racers at the meeting, so they know who to trust.
As they wrap up the conversation, Bongo mentions that the meeting spot will be at the Observatory, Ph0enix is fine with that and mentions that they probably think they’re aggressive and dangerous due to them shooting once, however, Bongo mentions Underwood seemed pretty chill the previous day and mentioned that they can have lookouts.
Advice from Boden to Ph0enix
At Otto's, Boden and Ph0enix have a talk, Ph0enix mentions how it seemed they were on different wavelengths. Boden mentions how you can’t control what 20 people do and hard to speak on their behalf, but with a crew, would be much easier. She mentions how it could be what Ph0enix perceives, but Bongo sees it a different way, referencing something in her past. Ph0enix mentions how they want the leaders at the meeting, however, right now there aren’t any leaders. They’re all a family, all equals. She believes the only time a leader will emerge is with the crew(s). Boden mentions they’re comparing it to the car scene, which is well established and has leaders, whereas bikes don’t.
The idea of the same headlights is brought up and how she doesn’t feel they should do it now after her talk with Bongo. Boden mentions how perhaps they shouldn’t do that, go as their own individual self, that if they go all with one headlight the PD is going to think they’re more unified than they might already be. Boden thinks Ph0enix is combining both the crew idea into the meeting and Ph0enix decides to give up on it, as both Psych0 and Bongo seemed tentative on it. Before she goes, Boden mentions some people are going to feel left out with things such as the meeting, some respect it and some don't want to show up.
Bongo calls Ph0enix again, mentioning that Nomad wants to have a meeting between her, himself, and Nomad. Ph0enix talks about the points she just discussed with Boden, she mentions how right now she doesn’t feel they have leaders, they’re all individuals. She would like to be a leader of a crew, that’s her passion project, but right now the scene is a family. Bongo mentions they can still have the meeting with everyone afterwards too. They decide on having their meeting of 3 after the night of races. 
After their talk, Boden gives Ph0enix some more advice on how they might damage the race by giving into certain demands of the PD, and how it might damage the scene as currently, they’re better off despite the DNF week.
Advice from Tony for Phe0nix
At the end of a race, Ph0enix gives Tony a call after he called her earlier to make plans. The topic moves onto the bike scene and she inquires about Nomad, and how he’s coming back to the scene. She mentions that they’re having a meeting with the PD similar to the street racer scene. She brings up how Underwood wants leaders, however, they have none as they’re a family and asks for advice.
Tony gives her some advice, how if they have no leaders they should make some leaders - he knows Nomad, and Ph0enix, mentioning they both carry the time zones they’re in. Ph0enix mentions with all the conflicting opinions it’s a bit of a struggle to get everyone together, that they’re not strong enough currently to choose leaders with all the politics. Tony mentions if nobody steps up to the plate, it doesn’t get better. He brings up how back in the day the Midnight Club was formed and the Puppets were around, how some people had to step up for things to get dealt with. While some people didn’t like it, many did as they knew who to go to, Ph0enix mentions how that’s currently happening to her, and Tony suggests it’s better for her to take the role before someone else does who doesn’t deserve it, feels that her and Nomad both deserve it.
Ph0enix mentions that if she’s going to lead it, she wants to lead it right. Tony reassures her it’s okay to want to lead it the correct way, she should continue to keep her presence known in the scene by attending races.
Ph0enix in Custody
On her way to another race, Ph0enix makes a call to Snow to let him know of the meeting happening on the 16th, unsurprised that he didn’t hear about it already. She also wanted to make sure Fury is there. She inquires about the number of racers they would be comfortable with, as Underwood wanted the leaders but Ph0enix wants everyone. Snow thinks with multiple people they would speak over each other, but her suggestion of designated speakers and the others there for the information he is fine with. Snow suggests Angel being there, Ph0enix replies the last conversation they had she was angry, but as long as they can have a conversation without flawed logic it will be fine.
Later on, Ph0enix is running a Final Destination race, at the same time, there is another car race running within the area. Angel attempts to spike both races at an intersection, however, she doesn’t seem to get anyone. On the radio, some racers call out to break off as it’s Angel and their previous run-ins with her and spikes, but Ph0enix and others call out that she might be going for the car race and decide to continue as it’s only one lap around. Later in the race, Ph0enix hits a local right in front of Angel and gets cuffed immediately, put into Angel's interceptor, and moved off the road.
Other bikers on the radio call out to dip as Ph0enix is in cuffs and put in a car, there’s not much that they can do and the track they’re running, Final Destination is very condensed making it easy for the bikers to get spiked again. Boden calls out on the radio that she’s leaving to “get something”. She heads out and grabs 2 grenades but by the time she gets back to Grapeseed, the PD had moved out.
Ph0enix talk in the Cells Part 1
In the cells, Ph0enix talks with Snow and Fury and is informed that Operation: Archangel is still in effect until their talk tomorrow, she mentions how Angel still thinks they’re aggressive despite her crashing out and nothing hostile being done by the bikers. Snow gives her some advice to try and speak to Angel and see if things can be resolved, that there are things to still be discussed from the ambush. He suggests speaking to Angel in  1 on 1. While he respects they wanted to do something to send a message, it was a bad time, it’s best to talk with her and come to an agreement of sorts. Snow mentions the meeting with car racers where they went back to the old agreement.
A small crowd gathers around the cell consisting of Snow, Fury, Copper, Monroe, and Angel. The talk with Angel happens, reiterating their original talk in the cells. Ph0enix feels that Angel thinks the bikers are aggressive and still going to be aggressive, misunderstanding what they were trying to do. She crashed out and none of the bikers showed up being aggressive. She brings up that she had a previous meeting with snow explaining why they resorted to the ambush, that it probably wasn’t the best way to do it, not the best timing but the only way they felt that they could get themselves heard.
She goes on to explain it was simply what they asked for, to have their lives valued, not pitted and spiked mid-race. Angel brings up that she gets it, but then they chose to shoot a bunch of cops with ‘assault rifles’. Ph0enix comes back mentioning that this was the only time the bikers have shot, in retaliation for the aggressiveness that day and that they didn’t have assault rifles, only submachine guns, and pistols, as the bikers don’t usually do ambushes or shoot, they’re not an aggressive scene. Angel makes a good point that bullets don’t discriminate, she goes on that it wasn’t the shoot out, but more that Ph0enix openly ‘declared war’ on the PD.
Following that, Ph0enix mentions that that isn’t what happened, she said they would only escalate if the PD did, Angel mentions using EMP isn’t escalation to which Ph0enix agrees as that’s what the bikers want, them to use their tools. She goes on to mention since then, the bikers haven’t been aggressive once as it’s been better since then. The PD have been EMPing and using their tools, citing Monroe who has responded to many races and witnessed for himself. Later in the conversation, he does mention how he put Ph0enix into ICU by accident, then afterwards was taken by a biker (Boden) and then shot in the head.
It’s mentioned by Angel that it shouldn’t be that way, the current status quo hasn’t changed and they should be getting rammed of their bikes, kicked off their bikes and EMP’d, she goes on that the people responding to the bike racers are uninformed. It’s mentioned by Ph0enix that there’s been peace, she goes on to say they’ve been doing many races each day with responses and none of that has happened, perhaps the entire PD is uninformed.
Talk in the Cells Part 2
From Angel's point of view, she believes the bikers whipped out an ambush because they got EMP’d off a bike, then demanded the PD to back down in the cells. Ph0enix believes she’s twisting the narrative, Angel wants her to convince Angel that it isn’t the narrative. Ph0enix brings up her example of the EMP being mentioned multiple times and goes on to say it’s what she’s talked about with Snow, Angel understands this - but she hasn’t been spoken to about it.
Ph0enix explains to Angel the similar conversation she had with Snow, that the EMP, Bikers, and all the tools they have, been using are fine. The things the bikers were upset about is getting pitted at 100mph, spiked on a corner, spiked during the race, and things that don’t value their lives. Angel mentions she couldn’t care about their lives, due to the nature of their sport of going through the city at over 100mph. Ph0enix mentions that by going on duty every day the PD are risking their lives, and the bikers are doing the same by getting on a bike and racing, they don’t want their choice taken away from them by the PD.
Copper chimes in that the PD swore an oath to protect people who can’t protect themselves and in the line of duty they may get their life ended, but wondering why Ph0enix made the comparison of the Bikers and the PD. Ph0enix mentions it’s not the same, but that they both chose to do a dangerous thing, it’s their choice to get on a bike but not their choice to get pitted. Copper mentions by choosing to get on a bike it’s their choice to get hit at 100mph. Ph0enix is confused, mentioning that the PD wants to arrest them, but in the meantime, they are trying to kill them by doing this.
It’s explained by Copper, that by the PD going on duty, responding to calls it’s their choice, they have to face the consequences of their actions, they can get shot at by responding to a bank if that’s the criminal's plan if they go to a shootout. It’s the biker's choice to accept these consequences such as tasing, getting kicked off, pitted by getting onto a bike, it comes with the territory. Ph0enix brings up that if all the previous things she mentioned like getting spiked and pitted become normal, do they expect the bikers to take it laying down?
Confused by what Ph0enix has been saying, she brings up that no one should be tasing off the bike at high speed, or pits off the bikes at high speed and is unsure why she’s saying it’s happening, that it should be brought to their attention. Ph0enix mentions she has been trying, she brings up the Rhodes Block that happened a few different times, COPAP being there a few times, and mentions she will need to get more information from the others as they happen often before she wakes up, however, these things are what lead to the ambush with the day of being too much.
Talk in the Cells Part 3
Ph0enix brings up that the car and bike scene are two completely different scenes, Angel mentions that yes, they are, but that the bike scene is more unhinged. It’s mentioned they’re the complete opposite, that they just got off on the wrong foot by Ph0enix, that the ambush was the wrong way to start by Angel for which Ph0enix apologizes. Angel says they’re finally getting somewhere, that all she wanted was for Ph0enix to apologize and admit it was the wrong way to do things. She asks if she’s actually apologizing or just self-deprecating, to which Ph0enix responds yes, however, she’s happy it led to these conversations as they were needed, she didn’t want the cops to get shot
Angel mentions that she has been told by multiple people in the bike scene that Ph0enix doesn’t speak for them and they’re irritated with her. She questions if they’re multiple divisions or one unified front, asking who she really speaks to, an organizer or a racer. Ph0enix mentions that they’re more of a family, they’re one altogether. This is the current standing, not to say it won't change soon. It’s questioned if there’s a leader and why all the disagreements, to which she replies that families work things out by talking and there’s no specific leader. Angel mentions this makes coming up with a deal more difficult, any deal they potentially make is only as good as the people involved with it. If she makes the deal and they’re a small part of the scene, it makes it pointless.
After their talk, Angel believes they won't get any further in the cells today and that Ph0enix, Snow, and Underwood can continue tomorrow in the meeting with the talk, feeling that if she and Ph0enix stuck around talking they may end up going back and worsening the situation. Ph0enix questions if she will be there tomorrow, Angel responds with a firm ‘fuck no I won't be there’ because if she gets near them, she will catch their disease and end up riding a motorcycle. She makes it clear that no agreement has been made and the PD will still spike.
Ph0enix is sent up to Bolingbroke and briefly hears Angel mentioning she wishes that conversation wasn’t so productive and that Ph0enix wasn't as reasonable. As Ph0enix enters visitation, she is greeted by Boden, Kazu, Cob4lt, Bongo, CodeRed, and Kiku saluting them. She talks to them about the cell talk as well as the chats on the way to the prison, asking them for examples of things done to the bikers, however happy that Angel finally listened.
Cops Talk
After Ph0enix is sent up, Angel, Fury, Copper, and Monroe continue to talk. Monroe mentions after her conversation with Underwood the day prior, he expected her to go in there and beat Ph0enix down. Angel says she was more frustrated that Underwood didn’t seem to care about Monroe being executed by one of her friends and didn’t understand why they felt the way they felt.
She goes on to mention the reason the car racers were willing to make a deal was they humbled them by shutting down street racing for a week, while the bike racers didn’t get as much pressure, so they were getting the benefits for the other scene getting messed with. Angel wanted to put them in their place so they could understand why the agreements are in place. Monroe feels the bike scene is stung, other bike races swarm around her when the PD get them, but with Angel on scene they didn’t and Monroe believes they’re hurt.
Candice wakes up and is invited to a meeting at Trooper PD with Snow, Copper, Monroe, and Angel. They were hopeful for Mack, Malton, Flop, and Underwood to wake up, but sadly they did not. Copper asks Candice if she had written up any SOPs (Standard Operation Procedure) and about her powerpoint, meaning that the meeting is about SRMU (Street Racing Motor Unit). Candice mentions that she was working on them, but then the changes to motor SOPs happened and she hasn’t completed them.
Copper mentions that Mack and Malton need to be in agreement, Angel is onboard and they want to go forward with Candice's idea of SRMU. Angel mentions that she won't greenlight anything until Malton agrees that the SRMU won't supersede SRU and will be working with them. They will be their own division and up to them if they want to work with SRU. Candice mentions she spoke with Malton and he was fine with it before, but she’s happy to ask him again. It’s mentioned by Copper that they have demands of their own, that Malton acknowledges that SRU runs it and doesn’t supersede their division, they would be umbrella’d underneath the SRU.
Copper and Angel are in agreement they want SRMU to happen ‘now’, Copper mentions when it was brought to them 2 months ago it should have gone ahead so they would have the upper hand against the bike racers and wouldn’t have the same issues that SRU does with car racers. There are a lot of teams, people they don’t know about, the fact that they had the chance before with motor, drives home that fact. Monroe, Flop, Candice, and Max Muller are suggested for SRMU. Candice also suggests that Muller should be an enforcer as well and Snow agrees.
It’s mentioned that SRU took a lot of investigators from SCU who are interested, if there’s anything worth being investigated it’s mentioned to tag the relevant report with SRU. The question of SRMU attaching to car races is brought up, but Angel says it’s a firm no, it’s a line that's her, but a line that comes from higher above. Copper brings up that it’s also too dangerous given the 1-ton cars racing around the fragile bikes. Angel mentions how bikes would blow up every time they were taken to a street race, even when perfectly driven, they would be incredibly useful but also way too dangerous. Motors are able to attend car races to take photos but not chase.
Cops Talk Part 2
The bike racing scene comes up, with how before it would be something that they did for fun, but now the PD is realizing that it’s much more organized, they have their own ambitions. Copper wants to be able to meet them toe to toe if that’s what they want to do. Copper wants to start understanding the tracks of the bikers, Monroe mentions when the heat was high they did sprints, but they’ve recently started doing laps, Angel believes this is because they’re more comfortable. Copper wants the races plotted so they can set up spots to take pictures of the bikers, and document their outfits, helmets, and what type of bikes they’re using. Candice brings up a report that Flop has begun when she originally started, how it has aliases and some pictures already. 
They discuss potentials for the unit, such as a superbike with PD lights or a retune for the current motor. Angel believes that the mechanics will find it easier to retune their current bike, than import/manufacture a brand new bike. Copper however mentions with the demand of SRU, they got many retunes and even a fleet of chargers plus some widebody variants. She’s hopeful with the return of bike racing, that the SRMU will get the same treatment to deal with the bike racers. Candice suggests a Motor/Motor+ mode with a retune if that’s possible and a superbike is unlikely, Snow agrees. With the new modes, Snow believes they would need to be restricted in what they can respond to.
The first steps mentioned are Malton, Mack, and Muller. Some suggested SOPs be written up for Malton/Mack so they can retrofit as well as the conversation with Malton. When asked who would talk to mechanics/manufacturers about a retune or a new bike, Candice mentions she has been in contact for a while and can stay in contact.
Candice has a talk with Monroe to get updated, learning a shootout happened, Monroe feels the PD was overzealous and that’s why they shot. He mentions him getting taken by a woman in a white RS6. He goes over the details of bike races increasing and them now needing the SRMU to deal with them. PD Doesn’t know anything about the bike racing scene and wants to get more reports about how they operate which leads to SRMU being kick-started.
Ph0enix and Cob4lt Call
A while after leaving prison, Ph0enix calls up Cobalt and mentions something Angel said, “it’s hard to come to an agreement when you don’t have a leader”. She thinks she was fishing for information, as they’re a family right now, although they might have a crew and leader in the future. Cob4lt agrees, mentioning he talked with Bongo previously who seemed to want him to agree that only the 'leaders' should go. However, Cob4lt wants everyone at the meeting 16th as they’re different from the car scene, more collaborative, and a family. They talk more about preparations for the meeting tomorrow, Cob4lt feels Ph0enix elevated to spokesperson because of her contacts with people inside the PD. 
Ph0enix brings up the crew, wanting to get it done ASAP and know who’s under their group. Cob4lt agrees, it’s great saying ‘we’re a family, we’re all in on it” but there are a lot of people joining and you can’t control everyone. Ph0enix agrees, that the PD want them to have a group with a leader so they can make better deals with. Cob4lt mentions it would also be a point of contact. Ph0enix suggests they could wear a certain color, headlight the same color such as Orange, she had a name of Firefly. Cob4lt is uncertain of the color as the HOA are Orange, but she brings up Yokai, and Redline are red the same as BSK and Rust. She does ask him for other crew name ideas, however, he mentions Firefly is the one that sounds the best so far. Not menacing, but cool.
He mentions she originally wanted the SBA stuff done first, but Ph0enix now wants it done ASAP because of too many cooks in the kitchen, they can have whoever they want in the crew and can make a certain ruleset for them to follow. That way if people see the orange headlights, they know what to expect. Cob4lt brings up then they can go into SDA representing the crew as well. Ph0enix mentions she wants it to be small with her, Cob4lt, and Psych0, those being the main ones she trusts right now. Cob4lt suggests others like Kazu and Chungus who are both in the back of her mind, and Cob4lt mentions they’re both on the same wavelength as them with the family. Ph0enix had reservations about Chungus due to the situation with Eugene previously.
Another reason ph0enix had to keep the crew small is more chance for Crew vs Crew in the future. Cob4lt mentions while before the scene was small enough for one medium crew, now it’s way too large. Ph0enix brings up it’s good for PD and communication as well, that way they know which crew to go to if they have issues with someone. It's mentioned by Cob4lt that some people who want to be invited will be upset if they aren’t, it’s not going to be easy. It’s mentioned the politics will be easy having leaders between each crew, and each group as currently they’re all solo people who just ride a bike together.
The two talk about plans for the meeting tomorrow, which cops they expect, and who they trust. They’re in agreement that they’ve heard good things about Snow and Fury, Angel won't be there, and that they’re uncertain about Underwood as he has arrested Ph0enix a few times. They talk about Psych0, Cob4lt, and herself using the same colored headlights. Leads to talk of the crew again, talking about possible future clothing, such as special helmets, and then they can personalize their outfits.
Ph0enix and Bongo call #2
Bongo calls up Ph0enix after the storm for another talk, he mentions he was in a small meeting with Monroe, questioning what happened at the Final Destination race. He believed they were in a ceasefire from the talk with Underwood, but not according to Angel. Ph0enix tells him parts of her conversation with Angel in the cells. Bongo mentions how Monroe wanted to know more about the scene, Ph0enix wary of what he mentioned asks which. He reveals he told them they currently don't have crews, not like the car scene. Ph0enix mentions she told them they're a family, and don't have leaders - for now.
Ph0enix is worried that with too many talking amongst themselves, meeting across other areas that the information won't get across although Bongo believes everyone is on the same page. She brings up that she talked with Snow, and that he was fine with everyone turning up and only a few speaking. The talk with Nomad is brought up, however, she couldn’t reach him and will try again before she sleeps. Bongo mentions he and Nomad are on the same page about keeping it small, however, if they’re fine with more people then they could. He’s worried that while to the bikers it’s showing the family, to the PD it could be a show of force, intimidation with them all thereafter they asked for the leaders.
She mentions, asking him not to take it the wrong way, that they shouldn’t have small meetings with cops by themselves. It’s a game of telephone and it would end badly, she references playing the game before while in Hydra and how that got her kicked from the gang. She’s had the experience and wants them to be careful. Bongo wanted to get their side of the story he explains. Ph0enix brings up a good side of it, which is that the bikers are being treated differently to the car scene, which is what they wanted. They continue to discuss more interactions with PD that have happened before, such as Angel twisting the words they use to her advantage.
===September 16, 2022===
Nomad and Psych0 talk - Intro/General Chat
Psych0 and Nomad meet at a diner off the Great Ocean Highway. Nomad asks how the races have been, Psych0 mentions how the previous night Angel showed up and spiked mid-race. He brings up how the bikers have seen 2 responses, the police response themselves and the police response with Angel, two different animals.
Some time ago, Psych0 stayed up later than planned, went to Iron Hog, and heard about Underwood wanting contact with people in the scene, for the meeting today with the leaders of the scene as he put it. Implied heavily by the Iron Hog employee to use a pay phone to contact him. Psych0 is very excited about it, as he feels it’s the first time the scene is being recognized as separate from the car scene, although Nomad believes it’s more that the scenes are mixed together. Nomad continues that a few months ago, PD didn’t have any idea what to do with bikers, he believes he met with Mack at this time.
Nomad and Psych0 talk - Bongo
Nomad asks if Psych0 trusts him, which he does as he’s done nothing but kindness for him and started the scene before he was around. Nomad then asks him about Bongo, Psych0 likes him but doesn’t know him nearly as well, although he’s one of the more combative, when he doesn’t agree with something he has a tone. Psych0 mentions in general he likes everyone and was frustrated with the snitch, although he doesn’t hang out with many outside the scene except the SN racers.
Nomad mentions one of the topics specifically was Bongo, wanted to know if Psych0 trusted him, and how he felt about him. He goes on to mention Bongo feels like Ph0enix doesn’t trust him, as they have private meetings then he doesn’t find out anything from Psych0. Psych0 mentions that the only meeting he was supposed to have that he didn’t get to, was the one after the Ambush as he was waiting for a lawyer. The only other time was a meeting after, where he was told of the dongle, superbikes, and M boosts and passed on that information. He goes on to say he occasionally calls people, but they’re not meetings, just one on one chats.
Bringing the topic back to Bongo, Psych0 is asked how he views him, as one of the leaders or just another racer. Psych0 mentions he doesn’t think we really have a full leader, by virtue of him setting things up he feels he defaults to that position a little himself but wouldn’t call himself a leader. Bongo sets them up when he’s not running and Psych0 lets him know when he won't be around. None of them set any standards for the races. Nomad goes on to say, just because you host the race, doesn’t mean you’re a leader. Not saying Psych0 isn’t a leader, but other people have the idea that by hosting races they’re a leader. Mentions Inigami/Jackal in the 2nd storm who hosts races but the scene is dead during that time, that wouldn’t make him a leader.
They talk about the meeting Nomad wanted to have with Ph0enix the day prior, due to circumstances that didn't happen, however, brings up that he wanted a 1 on 1, but Bongo wanted to be included. Psych0 feels he wants his hand in all the pies, which Nomad doesn’t quite understand why.
Psych0 believes most people would be understanding about not being invited, but Bongo would be offended, and Nomad agrees. Nomad continues that a few see Bongo the same way they see Ph0enix, someone new coming in, taking over, etc. Although Bongo is one of the OG’s, there at the start. Psych0 mentions there are also a few people who don’t have fond opinions of people leaving then coming back and trying to run things too. Nomad had been around and kept his eye on the scene but Bongo was out of the city. Nomad thinks that Bongo already talks and acts like a leader, and brings up that Bongo doesn’t think Ph0enix trusts him because of the phone calls.
Nomad brings up that when Superbikes were banned from the scene, Bongo left, and gave up. Nomad himself bought a Double T to continue racing because he loved the scene. Psych0 believes protesting is fine to show your dissatisfaction is fine, but abandoning the scene at the drop of a hat because something didn’t go your way is not a good look. Nomad personally doesn’t want to call out everyone's pros and cons, he likes Bongo, but even back in the day, he didn’t see Bongo as a leader but maybe a 2nd in command type role. Nomad sees him as more than someone who goes to races, but not a leader. Psych0 mentions on the other hand if they don’t bring Bongo they have to consider what happens. Psych0 is happy to talk to him about it, ease his concerns and explain.
Nomad and Psych0 talk - Leaders
The reason he brought up Bongo when the “leaders” meet PD, is Nomad wants to know who’s going. Psych0 explains there are a lot of different opinions, some want to show they’re a large group and others small. If it was up to Psych0 and he just picked, it would be Him, Ph0enix, Nomad, TLA, C4nn0li, and Python. He questions if he would bring Bongo, he’s been helpful and brought people in then decides that he would. He has good input and brought people into the scene, he has a good head on his shoulder and the heart in the right place but is a little combative. He’s thinking of people who helped build the scene, and help direct it, he doesn’t think any of them have what’s needed to be a leader, besides Ph0enix. The number one thing is when she talks to people, they do listen. Psych0 believes a lot of it is an attitude, she’s got a good one and what people want to believe in, she was one of the two to organize the ambush and people clearly want to follow her on that.
When asked if Psych0 follows her, he mentions he’s always done his own thing. He likes her, she’s got a good head on her shoulders but he runs things how he’s wanted to run them. If she has good ideas he implements them if she doesn’t, he doesn’t necessarily. If she was to call for an ambush he would say no, he doesn’t think it’s the right way to send that message and Nomad agrees, it’s a street race, not a gang, not an S+ boost, not a bank. He mentions that’s the issue with the car scene, a racer and his gang started shooting during a street race. Nomad believes shooting is not the answer at any time during a street race, with other crimes it’s understandable. Psych0 mentions shooting just ropes in a bunch of people who don’t want to be involved. They agree that doing it that one time, as they’ve seen recently causes the cops to lose their shit.
Nomads issue with Ph0enix is if her solution is to ambush or shoot, that’s not the right way to go about it. This was his issue with the scene back in the day, they would shoot if cops were chasing them even though the PD were not going hard, unsure how to chase. The PD bikes were a response to the bike scene, around the same time they added M boosts.
Nomad mentions how the scene is currently, he considers Psych0 one of the leaders, although there are people who don’t agree with Ph0enix being a leader. Psych0 believes the friction is from people who wanted to grow the scene who were in an early wave, then people who are in the late wave. Ph0enix is a late wave person but the others are early wave so they don’t see the actions either do for the scene. Nomad brings up that people in the scene for a while don't agree with Ph0enix being a leader because she’s newer in the scene compared to other people. Psych0 mentions they’re mostly early wave people, they never saw Ph0enix and it feels like they came in and took the reins, Psych0 can see that from his POV because they’re a strong personality.
Currently, Nomad doesn’t think the scene has a leader, at least not like it used to. Back then if people had issues or things needed to be done they would go to him. Mentions there were people who thought they could control races which wasn’t good for the scene. Goes on to mention one person, who would kick people if Nomad wasn’t in the race, but if he was there he wouldn’t kick people. Nomad made a fake dongle to show up and realized the person was completely different, Nomad just observed, to begin with, then confronted him at the end. They said, “Who do you think you are, Nomad?” Then Nomad shot him in the head, with the doctor unable to revive him. Things were different back then and Nomad wanted to keep the scene comfortable and clean, if he has to, he’ll do it again.
Psych0 believes leadership is something you earn, mentioning a few people in the scene still believe that it's a skill that correlates to leadership, which he doesn’t believe is factual. Nomad asks how Psych0 views Ph0enix. Psych0 thinks regardless of his opinions, Ph0enix will get a lot of people to follow her, she has the charm to get people to listen which is a big part of being a leader. However he does think she spent a lot of time in Hydra, which colors her opinions, she’s willing to show force in a way a lot of them shouldn’t be because she was able to do that. In general, he believes she has a good head on her shoulders and cares for everyone, but the shooting mentality should be lowered. Nomad agrees with his statement.
Nomad asks what Psych0 means when he talks about leadership qualities he mentioned earlier, Psych0 goes on to say people with good heads on their shoulders with direction and planning, people motivated to grow the scene, people who can get others to follow, listen to them, and lastly delegation. Psych0 thinks he’s bad at delegation, mid at planning, decent at growing, and thinks people like listening to him. When asked if he sees himself as a leader, he feels it’s arrogant to say yes but at the very least he has some of those qualities to take up the position a little bit. When asked if he sees Ph0enix as the leader, he mentions even if he doesn’t right now she will be as people follow her real fast. When asked about Bongo, he feels he has good ideas, and direction on where to take things and is willing to pick up the slack, but unsure if he can get people to follow him or grow the scene.
Nomad thinks leaders come into play when the crews are formed, then you have the leaders of each crew but there’s no leader of the scene itself, same as the car scene. For them, the cops saw the crews as the leaders, the way the car scene is if Redline hosts a race you follow their rules, same with Yokai, etc. If someone out of a crew hosts a race you follow the rules they set.
The reason Nomad brought up the leaders, what he used to do for the scene is that people keep telling him that they want him back, want him to take the scene back over. He mentions he didn’t plan on it, only wanted to join a few bike races, have some fun and chill out with everybody. If he has to be, he will be, but he doesn’t want to. He wants Psych0 and Ph0enix to be the leaders, he could offer advice and be a leader himself but he doesn’t want to be the top dog because it’s not his scene anymore. From his experience and he’s sure Psych0 will already know, there will always be drama, Psych0 feels there’s already some bubbling. Nomad mentions it can be small and blow over or start small and become a wildfire.
Nomad and Psych0 talk - Crews
They talk of Ph0enix wanting to start a crew. Psych0 thinks it’s a good direction to go for the scene eventually, though she wants it soon he’s unsure about it being so soon, Nomad thinks it’s a good idea, that he talked to the leader of Redline about a bike division, and he was fine with it. Nomad is effectively the leader of the bike division, they mention Goofy also doing bike races too, that he would likely want to join that redline bike division as well.
Nomad and Psych0 talk - The Big Meeting
The topic comes back to the meeting, Nomad believes it should just be 3 of them, 6 max. He doesn’t think showing numbers or force, anything like that is the right move, Underwood reached out to them for a reason. It sounded like he said specifically he wanted to talk to the “leader” and if they show up with 10-20 it will feel like they broke trust. Psych0 asks about the car meeting as Nomad is in Redline, while Nomad didn’t attend, his crew spread the information. At the car scene, they only wanted to meet with crews, the ones they see as leaders of the racing scene. There are 5 or 6 crews total, but they only wanted to speak to the top 4, Yokai, Vendetta, Redline, and Prism. No one outside of the crews went.
Psych0 mentioned he invited 2 already so it’s a little awkward, the reason Nomad wants 6, not 10, 15, or even 20 is too many people, too many voices, too many opinions, and ideas, and lastly not a good look. Nomad mentions how the car crews had different ideas, and opinions however they all came to a peaceful resolution because the cops were going to go back to how they used to. No pitting, spiking, or EMPing during a race, only after the race when they’ve figured out who the target is. Not that the racers didn’t want cops at all, they just didn’t want the spikes mid-race. Another reason Nomad doesn’t want a large group is he heard someone mouthing off already to Snow. They agree if there’s someone that wants to shoot cops, they know shoot cops, they’re not going. Nomad's short-list is Psych0, Ph0enix, Himself, and TLA. Psych0 likes the list, wants C4nn0li, and mentions how C4nn0li ran the scene in his absence and was a big part of getting the races off the ground.
Psych0 brings up wanting Inigami at the meeting, as they host the NA races, although the scene is small, maybe non-existent over there, Inugami is the main contact for those races. Nomad mentions a meeting before the big one, which Psych0 believes everyone agrees with. Nomad truly believes in not having everyone at the big meeting, but at the pre-meeting, so they can share their opinions, and ideas so that the ones who do go can relay the information. However, another idea Nomad has is for the 3-6 to go to the meeting, with the rest nearby. The others roll in at the end or if the meeting goes south as a show of force, but just no class 2’s.
Track Choices Drama
The Redline Rush group chat with Bongo, Jinn, psych0, and others. Other perspectives from Chungus or Psych0? Any time that it was discussed afterward, I think there was a phone call or two. -> response: I would also add the conversations between Clarke and Ph0enix in regards to the situation
Before a race, there is talk within a group chat of the race, Redline Rush. Jinn asking for tracks that aren’t superbike favored, CodeRed replies they’ve been racing everything and to skip the track if you don’t like it. Jinn lists the tracks they’ve run back to back, Redline Roulette, Urban Antics, and Redline Rush mentioning they’re superbike favored. Bongo asks how the track UA is Superbike favored, with Jinn replying it’s pretty much all straights.
Bongo continues, saying that Python got the best lap time in the race and ended first with an Akuma, which isn’t a superbike, Jinn replies that’s because he’s just better. Psych0 takes the diplomatic approach in his reply, stating that the turning bike courses are limited due to them avoiding the docks, the courses Dizzy and Cargo Vroom are out of their rotation until tomorrow, and, due to the meeting later in the day they won't be able to get the races in, he mostly wanted RLR because it’s his favorite track. Bongo's reply was more aggressive by just saying “so get better” in response to Jinn's comment that Python is 'just better'. 
The aggressive reply started an argument with Jinn, “I know ur not talking bongo”, with Jinn claiming he would smoke Bongo if they had even bikes, on any track. Bongo mentions that many regular bikes compete with the superbikes just fine and that Jinn should get an M+ then. He continues that he’s tired of people complaining about track choices when the reason they’re staying away from lap tracks is because of the aggressive cops. He goes on to say once things are set straight at the meeting, things will go back to normal. Until then either skip the track or stop complaining.
It’s mentioned by Jinn, that it’s not the track choices it’s that the races are all ‘b2b2b2b’, they want it switched up every now and then. He’s not racing, he just wanted to make a point. Bongo, replying to an earlier message mentions that you don’t see any of the superbikes complaining when bbc, cv, fd, and nw are posted. Jinn ends with “the fact that you got all defensive tells me all I need to know, have fun”
Ph0enix and Psych0 Pre-Meetings talk
On a call with Psych0, they discuss the meeting and Psych0 mentions Nomad still wants to meet with her. For the meeting with PD, Psych0 believes a smaller group is the best but when informed that Snow is fine with a larger group and designated speakers, he’s down for it. Although he does feel that some people need to know not to talk such as Python and any others who are down to shoot cops if they brought that up the meeting could go away.
Psych0 raises a valid point that potentially changes Ph0enix's view on how many people they take. He mentions that Nomad talked with Bongo and that he won't be a scene leader. Ph0enix wants a proper meeting with everyone and see how they all react, see if they take all or just a few, the trouble is they have no designated ‘leaders’ so they can’t just bring them.
Psych0 mentions when he talked with Nomad, that Nomad just wanted himself, Psych0, and Ph0enix but Psych0 thought that was too small, he wants to bring C4nn0li and TLA, and Ph0enix wants Cob4lt. Ph0enix mentions that after the night of races she will speak to Nomad, then go back to Psych0 for another talk, and then they meet with everyone to get their views, she wants them all at the PD meeting personally, so that they can see the current iteration of the scene.
Psych0 doesn’t want to take volatile people at the meeting, as they don’t want to misrepresent the scene if they speak out. While it would be nice to have everyone, he’s concerned about what if someone speaks up when not asked to and they’re aggressive, however, he also doesn’t want people to feel like their voice doesn’t matter, that they’re not allowed in a special meeting. He tells Ph0enix what Nomad told him happened at the car scene, how it was just the major crews in the scene.
Psych0 calls Ph0enix again after the Nomad meeting, they discuss that the racers could all be there behind the speakers to listen, and if they have questions they can text or use the group chat. They talk about who they want to speak to, Ph0enix mentions her idea for 3 main people speaking. Psych0 informs her that the pre-meeting meeting is at the Vinewood Bowl.
Ph0enix and Nomad Pre-Meetings talk
After the races, Nomad and Ph0enix meet at Ottos Autos and talk about the upcoming meeting with PD. Nomad was told that she wants to bring a lot of people and asks her for her reasonings, which she explains is to show that they’re a family, and show how the scene has grown. However, she goes on to say she did speak to Psych0 who mentioned how the car scene meeting went and that not every crew was invited, just the top 4.
Ph0enix goes on to say that she spoke to Snow the previous day about how many they should bring, and how she wanted them all there because of the game of telephone. However, with the events of the past couple of days, she’s fine with it just being 6 but wants a meeting with everyone to get their qualms. Nomad agrees that they need to meet to get the opinions and ideas of everyone, so the ones who do go and speak at the PD meet can speak for them.
Nomad was thinking of himself, Psych0, Ph0enix, Cob4lt, and TLA for the meeting. They spoke about Bongo, but they decided he wasn’t going to be one of them, Ph0enix thinks that Bongo means well and has good intentions but is not quite ready for it yet. Nomad agrees that he doesn’t express it correctly and Ph0enix brings up the way he spoke in the earlier group chat. Nomad asks what happened and Ph0enix explains how he argued with Jinn, Nomad agrees a leader wouldn’t speak like that, but the others they came up with for the meeting speak how a leader should.
For the PD talk, Ph0enix suggests they have designated speakers, which would be herself, Psych0, and Cob4lt about their specific topics such as the scene, the Rhodes block, and the ambush. Nomad agrees to let them speak on their own topics and he will only speak when he finds it necessary. He wants to make sure that by the end of the meeting the cops know that they will not shoot, Ph0enix tells him she spoke with Angel in the cells yesterday and felt like she was getting through to her.
Pre Big Meeting Biker Meeting
The pre-meeting meeting takes place at Vinewood Bowl with the majority of bike racers attending, the meeting being led by Psych0, Nomad, and Ph0enix. They mention it’s a meeting with the Troopers, how it was asked that they bring leaders but that they’re more of a family and have no specific leaders. They mention the idea of designated speakers, however, everyone can be there in the back and just ask that they do not speak.
Ph0enix mentions things she wants to bring up at the meeting, how the scene has never been aggressive until the day of the ambush, that they’re separate from the car scene and want to be treated as such. Mentions her thoughts on what they can do to stop the bikers and asks for their input, they talk about EMP’s and the bikers agree they’re okay, she brings up bikes and there is some discussion, some not wanting to be hit with a baton but rather knocked off by a car. They then agree with no hyper aggression until the race is over. Psych0 mentions how he hates the blockades, the triple-digit taser, and spikes he’d like to see addressed as well.
Kazu brings up that she’s confused about why some people are speaking for the scene while others aren’t, curious what the criteria are to speak for the scene. Ph0enix mentions they went with people who were consistent in the scene the past 5 months and have a clear mind. Kazu brings up that C4nn0li is speaking for them, but is someone who complains a lot when people hosted races that he didn’t like, that the races favored superbikes. Psych0 mentions that TLA and C4nn0li are people he trusts a lot, wants them at the meeting. That C4nn0li hosted races while he was gone on
It’s brought up by C4nn0li that he and Psych0 had a particular way to run races, they chose different tracks mixing the turning ones and the sprints that superbikes liked together so that everyone had fun and there was variety. Bongo on the other hand, was hosting sprints with long straights, however, Iron brought up the reason for this is because of the PD aggression that’s been happening since the day of the ambush.
Kazu is annoyed at C4nn0li for disliking the tracks, complaining to Bongo when it was made clear and he should know that as Iron explained, they’re hosting these tracks for a reason. Both Ph0enix and Psych0 appreciate her speaking out on it.
Nomad steps in and mentions he respects what Kazu is saying she had an issue, she brought it up and was honest about it. Communication is needed. He then asks for a show of hands if they believe that C4nn0li shouldn’t be a speaker. Kazu mentions she’s not saying he shouldn’t be one, but rather asks why bongo isn’t chosen and Ph0enix mentions he’s got a good drive, passion, etc. Mentioned people think hosting races means they’re a leader. However she goes on to say there's much more behind the scenes, she brings up how Bongo tried to defuse a situation with Jinn in the race chat, however, he was too argumentative, and this is not something they want to bring forward to the cops, not to say it will always be like that.
Psych0 mentions he’s the one that nominated C4nn0li and TLA  due to their closeness and how they helped the current iteration, goes on to mention he likes Bongo, recognizes them, and mentions it’s relatively recently since Psych0’s time that he’s come back and helped out even though he’s been around before that.
With 10 minutes until the big meeting, Ph0enix quickly goes over everything they want such as 3 of them speaking. Ph0enix would want to speak about what they want going forwards, why the ambush happened, and negotiating. Psych0 can speak on the scene and Cob4lt can speak on the blockade he dealt with. She asks if they’re fine with what they discussed, the EMP’s, no blockades, no taser or spikes at 100, Nomad reiterates to be clear that this is only for after the race. Ph0enix writes some notes and gives them time to speak.
Dingo (?) mentions the PD should be aware of maller tracks such as in Grapeseed, there’s little space, and for them to be more cautious if they’re chasing. If they tap them, they can go into a lamppost or something, wanting them to value their lives. Ph0enix mentions she will attempt to but brings up they mention ‘risk your life by getting on a bike’ and they were not accepting of the same thing said to them. It’s believed the day will be much more.
A racer asks what is considered a low speed for pitting, another racer suggests 50mph, Chungus asks to not be tased at 120, and Iron brings up that their bikes accelerate so quickly that it could be difficult for them to tell, leading to Psych0 and Ph0enix mentioning that anything less than triple-digit speed is okay. The group is asked about EMP, Chungus is fine as long as she’s not standing still, Cob4lt mentions him being fine with it, however, you lose control when EMP’d and don't want to end up in a wall. It’s mentioned that it can knock you off the bike and knock you out, however, it’s one of their tools, the same as a baton. Ph0enix believes they can just be better and avoid the EMP’s.
They move on to what they think of being batoned at low speed by a bike cop, she asks if they would be happy for them to be hit with a baton over getting hit by cars. It’s mixed with some fine with it after the race and at low speed but others think it’s not fair if they put their bike into S+ against say a Double T. Ph0enix mentions this is another issue they can bring up, that they use the correct mode for the car. When asked if they prefer pit or bonk, some prefer getting hit by a car over the baton and others the baton. Ph0enix iterates it will be way more dangerous to get hit by a car over a baton, that they want bikes chasing them and using them to their full effect rather than a car being in primary, hitting and potentially blowing up the bike which is way more dangerous. Psych0 mentions he understands for most of them it’s not ideal, but it’s a compromise and some agree. Ph0enix wants them to all be on the same page when going. Nomad suggests bikes such as Akuma, and double T to avoid straights if what they talked about is what the PD goes with. For the speed to bonk, Psych0 mentions starting with unreasonable first and then moving it up, they decide to go with 50mph.
As they prepare to go to the actual meeting, they mention if you have any questions to mention them after and they can bring them to the PD, as well as Psych0 saying to wear a mask, he won't make anyone change their outfits but a mask to hide their identity, with some joking they should all wear a paper bag, Psych0's old, well-known mask.
====Biker PD Meeting====
Biker PD meeting - Intro
The bikers roll up to the Observatory and are the first to arrive, putting their bikes in a circle around the center pillar. While the racers wait for the PD to arrive, they line up in position and take a few photos. Not long after, the PD arrive with Snow, Max Muller, and Monroe on bikes, Angel, Rhodes, and Underwood in chargers, lined up in front of the racers.
Psych0 speaks up first, mentioning he took up hosting the races about 5 months ago, and that it was a long journey to get to the sort of representation they have at the meeting, with many nights of himself and one to two other people waiting for others to show up. Due to good teachings from other members of the scene from the original incarnation, there are several rules they try to follow. The major one most relevant to the PD is if you shoot cops you don’t do it at the race track, pull away, make sure anyone who doesn’t want to be involved is out and do it on your own time as it’s not what they want the scene to be about. Up until the Ambush, there were no shootings from the bike scene. That time was after a very long time of frustration, since then it’s felt like the response has been more in line with what they wanted.
Angel thinks that’s a whitewashed version of the story because an officer was kidnapped and executed. Ph0enix believes that to have been one person on their own, however, Angel brings up that they all speak for each other, that the person did it on behalf of their group. Psych0 mentions what people do in their own time is their business, however, it’s brought up that if it’s connected to the scene, it is their business. Muller chimes in to say when it stems from the scene itself, it still comes back to them, even if it’s their own time then they’re turning a blind eye. Ph0enix mentions they will deal with that, but she believes it was personal. It was their own thing as far as she knows and not a part of the bike scene as a whole.
Speaking of aggression, they move on to Cob4lt talking as he’s been a target of said aggression. Cob4lt mentions a few weeks before the ambush and DNF thing, Rhodes set up a roadblock mid-race on a fairly high-speed corner, which bikes such as the Akuma, and Double T can take quite fast, with it being on the inside of the corner so you couldn’t quite see the extent. For someone on a quick-turning bike, he believes it could be quite dangerous, possibly even lethal. He got caught, as he was going through slow on a superbike, but he was glad his fellow racers didn’t get hurt as that’s what matters.
He moves on to mention the Jetsam race before the ambush, where officers were seen attempting to tase on a high-speed corner, he personally saw Rhodes ram a racer and then laugh about it afterwords. When Rhodes is thinking about it, Cob4lt mentions 312 in a white interceptor, being Rhodes's call sign he saw doing it. Those were some of the acts of aggression that lead to the ambush, it wasn’t baseless, before that day they were not violent then out of nowhere they were trying to kill the bikers. Angel was in that race, she mentions that no one was told or organized to tase them and has no idea what they’re talking about, she was telling them to EMP and ramming.
It’s brought up by Cob4lt that ramming a bike is dangerous, Angel coming back that it’s dangerous for the bikers given they can be knocked off, however, Cob4lt mentions it’s just as if not more dangerous for cars, bikes have a tendency to explode and all that shrapnel in the radiator and engine bay can’t be good. Underwood chimes in that they are trained professionals, who even when executing a pit maneuver at low speed on a car, end up with both vehicles damaged.
Rhodes being mentioned wants to clarify things, if the roadblock was turning north on power from Clinton, there’s a specific roadblock to cut their speed a specific amount, he claims it was blocked, noticeable and they did the track going past it a few times, that there was no way for them to be tased there at high speed. Ph0enix brings up that blockades are a different issue, that setting up one in the middle of a bike race is dangerous, if the same were done to a car race, none of them would have had that. The bikers felt like they were made a joke of, one thing happening after another. 
Rhodes also asks about the incident where he hit a bike at triple-digit speed, the area being part of Jetsam track, either Orchid Ville Ave or Buccaneer Way. Rhodes doesn’t remember once hitting a motorcycle at that speed, nor would he intentionally do that. Cob4lt was sitting on the corner watching it happen, although Rhodes mentions it depends on his intent, which he would never do purposefully, he doesn’t remember the event so he doesn’t believe it was done on purpose. 
Ph0enix wants to give Rhodes the benefit of the doubt that it wasn’t intentional, claiming that it seems worse because other officers have been hit at high speeds themselves, including the same track by people such as Angel - who says it didn’t happen, Psych0 fell off - Rhodes asks if the person who was knocked off got arrested so he could check their reports, however, they were not in the race, so he has nothing to reference or any idea when it happened, but it wasn’t intentional. 
During this talk, on the hill behind the Observatory there was a charger with Fury watching the meeting, accompanied by Boden tand hen ,later on, Bongo.
Biker PD Meeting - The Ambush
From the bike racers perspective this all felt very intentional, the Rhodes block, the tasing around corners, the pitting off, what felt like crazy responses during the races before DNF week. Then the final Jetsam happened with the full PD force, spikes attempted and people getting frustrated with. After that race, to try to get their voices heard, the ambush was set up, which Ph0enix admits is not the best way to go about it. All the stuff that happened before plus the Jetsam were the reason they set up an ambush.
Muller recalls the Jetsam race, the people caught he personally saw EMP’d or crashed themselves, when they were EMP’d and stationary for upto 15 seconds is when they were rammed to get knocked off, the tension had been building between them for a long time, however, from the perspective of pursuing officers, the ambush felt like more of a last resort then this is how the tensions have risen over an extensive period of time of wrongdoing to the bikers.
Ph0enix understands it may have came across very wrong to them, it was their last resort, the only thing they felt they could do at that time. From everything she heard on the radio, from all the people standing behind her, it felt like a very aggressive response and what lead to the ambush. However since then and prior to that, they haven’t been an aggressive scene and don’t want to be. The only incident being Monroe which Psych0 mentions isn’t connected to them. Angel and Muller disagree, with Muller having information from radio communications prior. While they may have turned a blind eye, they did know of it happening.
Angel asks Snow what the policy is on racing crews that shoot officers, Snow responds with “target the ever living fuck out of them”. So Angel asks why shouldn’t they do the same to them, if they’re all one collective? That they’ve had people in the car scene do less and be dicked into the ground. Ph0enix asks has the car scene not done a lot more with less response before? However Angel interrupts to say that they came crawling on their hands and knees begging for their forgiveness. Muller recognizes that the bike scene is still early stages, don’t have the connectivity or community to have a racing crew to make decisions, that they’re grouping up as a collective scene. Ph0enix mentions that yes that is the case at their current moment, they’re a family however the scene is growing and who knows what might happen next.
Underwood continues to say if one person goes aggressive, causes trouble in their scene they will crack down on all of them and put a stop to their racing altogether. Rhodes piggy backs and says one of the first things said was if anyone was going to shoot, to leave, however he mentions if it stems from a street race it will reflect on everyone around. He mentions that officers can charge them, send them to prison but they will do it again. However if the consequence comes from their peers, they will be far more likely to take that as consequence. That they should self-police, if someone shoots at their race, they need to talk to them, that it shouldn’t happen and potentially stop them from racing. Ph0enix mentions it’s the same thing for them, as one bad cop can lead them to view the PD differently, Angel says that they will deal with them and Ph0enix replies same with them, they’ll deal with problem racers.
Muller agrees with the sentiment a little, he doesn’t think that officers on the scene treating them as a joke, less serious as well as treating their safety less seriously just because it’s potentially easier to catch them, not due to their skill but them being more vulnerable on a bike. That the PD have to hold themselves accountable for what they do to the bikers, as do the bikers have to reprimand the ones who take matters into their own hands. Once they start becoming crews, PD would single out the aggressive and lenient ones. Ph0enix agrees with what Muller is saying. Underwood mentions to be careful of how you interpret some actions of the police, as it could be an accident and you don’t want to blast over that and affect the whole scene. Ph0enix mentions it was because of how things escalated that day of the ambush and it wouldn’t happen again, that they also chose a very bad day because of what happened with the car scene.
Biker PD Meeting - Monroe Kidnapping
Monroe, who was the officer kidnapped states it’s a woman who kidnapped him and said “this is on behalf of the race scene, you fucked with my race friends, this is for them”. Angel goes on that it doesn’t sound separate to her, but Psych0 thinks it sounds more like a cartoonish embellishment. Rhodes asks Monroe what the vehicle was, which he confirms is an white RS6, likely the same that continuously came back until he pointed a gun. Angel mentions it’s the same RS6 that circled a scene where Ph0enix was cuffed after a bike race. Although Ph0enix believes it to be unimportant, Angel does and counts it as another act of aggression.
Biker PD Meeting - Difference in Racing Scenes: Bike vs Car
Ph0enix mentions the two scenes are completely different, that amongst all of them Nomad is the only one that car races. Angel asks how are they different, why do they wanted to be treated differently? Angel says that Ph0enix told her, she wanted to be treated the same as them. Psych0 mentions that they wanted the same respect the car racers were given and that the incidents that occur in the car scene do not reflect upon the bikers. Angel mentions they get the respect they do, as a lot have been racing for 4 years and they have a constant line of communication, however when they step out of line they get treated just the same as the bike scene did, or even worse, with them catching 51 S+ cars in the past week.
Ph0enix mentions that they hope to get that level of respect one day but their main point is they are two very different racing scenes, they don’t talk to each other often which is why they were so confused by the aggression for the race on the day of the ambush. It just ended up happening at the same time as the cars, so everyone got the DNF week. Angel mentions they didn’t get DNF week because of the car racers, but because Rhodes was shot by racers. This confuses the bike racers, given they hadn’t shot Rhodes at either of their two aggressions.
Muller steps in seeing the back and forth, he mentions there was unserious taken by some officers into reacting to the bike scene which had high tensions, not communicated from their side - which they can have in the future with conversations like this - which eventually boiled down the bikers showing increased aggression, the PD unaware of this increased aggression or why it happened, showed further increased aggression in retaliation. Both sides had reached a boiling point but unknown as to why each side happened. He understands their want for respect, but they have to realise it’s a two way street and requires communication. If the bikers don’t raise the issues in the first place, they have no idea who’s fucking up or why they’re angry, by the time it gets to the point of shooting officers unbeknownst to them, the PD are beyond hearing why. Ph0enix mentions her point of contact was Snow, who was very busy at the time, she realizes now she could have looked for more points of contact and prevent it from happening
Biker PD Meeting - Angel still Madge
Ph0enix thinks that she and Angel had a good conversation, which Angel agrees with, however she didn’t have that conversation with the entire group and she doesn’t like their attitude. When asked what she doesn’t like about it, she mentions that they act that the ambush they did was a little ‘oopsie poopsie’, when they shot the police down in cold blood. Ph0enix says they, as a group can speak up if they disagree, that they understand it wasn’t the best way to do it but the only option at the time. Angel says she doesn’t need to hear it from her, they already had that conversation. Muller chimes in to ask, collectively, and if they disagree to speak up, do they feel like communication going forwards is the better way to go forward other than retaliation? He asks them to raise their hand if they would continue to shoot at officers for increased tension or escalation that they don’t agree with. No one raises their hand.
Angel asks if Bongo is here and if anyone knows who that is. Underwood mentions that he is the one that they set this meeting up with, and one of the racers tells them that he isn’t here. Underwood mentions if they’re classing themselves as a collective and the same group, it will be important for Angel to speak to people like Bongo as he represents them. Angel wanted to bring up one of his statements with him, but instead will ask it the group, the statement he said was “If something happens then it’s by our own actions, our own fault (they crash) but if it’s someone else's actions expect us to come at you (i.e the police hurt them)”. Her question is if that’s a sentiment they echo, if so what qualifies as the PD harming them? 
Ph0enix mentions that they didn’t want to “declare war” as Angel quotes when they talked in the cells, but it was if you escalate - we escalate, at that time it was out of feelings of frustration. Angel mentions many gangs have said the same, that they both mean one and the same, however, Ph0enix disagrees saying that if it was a war, you’d expect us to shoot first but the bikers wouldn’t. Angel brings up that before the conversation they had just ambushed a bunch of police officers and claimed that if they kept responding, they would do it again. Ph0enix responds that yes, because they didn’t want their lives to be put at risk and Angel asked what those things were that would put their lives at risk. Ph0enix lists it would be tasers at high speeds, pitting off bikes, blockades around corners and spikes at high speeds, these were the things they would deem risking their lives.
Rhodes agrees that almost everything she listed would be risking their lives, however, he points out in almost every situation he’s been involved in, they specifically positioned their cars, lights, and sirens on so that they don’t take the corners at high speeds and have to slow down to a point it’s safe to tase. However, he believes it’s continuously rephrased as tased at high speed or a corner taking at high speed, however, most the people he had tased were not going high speeds at all. He’s concerned they’re taking something that didn’t happen to the extreme. Ph0enix believes they can be classed as 2 separate issues, Blockades during races is something they feel shouldn’t happen, car racers would go crazy if it happened, and tasing around corners is something that happens when there’s no blockade too. Angel clarifies that any blockade set up still has a way for them to get through, that it’s illegal for them to block off an entire road and the blockade is for interference.
Ph0enix brings up as she’s aware, that with car racers it’s waited until the race is over before they up the aggression, Angel doesn’t see how that’s related as she mentioned, the blockade still allows them to race. Angel brings up that these blockades are rare. Underwood mentions that yes, the agreement is true until the DNF week recently when they came to a new agreement with the car scene in their meeting. Psych0 asks if there’s an equivalent to the blockade + taser, which they respond to would be the blockade + spike which they’ve only done for HVT. Angel mentions everyone gets a different heat level based on what they’ve done and they won't commit to not using them, depending on if the situation requires it. He goes on to say if they’re a danger to the public, they will break their conditions to stop them.
Phoenix understands that then goes on to mention they would prefer no tasers above 100, spikes at triple digits, they would prefer no blockades but understand how they described it. There are smaller tracks where she’s worried the police will slam into the bikers and they will all blow up, all of those things and not during races is all they want, hopefully, it’s not too much to ask to put their lives at risk. Angel says with what they’re doing, there will always be a risk. Underwood mentions that even after a race they might be pitting or punting to knock them off, however, they will do it at speeds reasonable enough to not kill them, but it’s something they will deploy.
Angel brings up in other counties, and cities that the way bike racers are stopped is by them usually ending up getting themselves killed and they would be better off finding a vehicle with 4 wheels and a harness. Ph0enix brings up that isn’t the point, they’re here because they enjoy bike racing and it’s their decision to get on a bike. Underwood brings up they are driving heavy vehicles and accidents do happen, they might slam into them at high speeds or the bikers come around a corner at high speed. Ph0enix understands accidents may happen but if the precedent is put across that it’s not intentional to ever pit or do any of the things at high speed, the accidents will be fine, as long as they can tell they’re accidents.
Muller comes in to mediate, mentioning the lack of PD motor presence for who knows how long or who’s reasons may have been the reason contextually based ways of stopping bike racers which didn’t involve an EMP or Motor rider knocking them off at a slower speed, is why there was more knock offs with vehicles or tasing around corners. He goes on to say he hopes that more contextually aware motor riders will allow for units of scenes to know when it’s safe to do something and when it’s not, he hopes they don’t have to use more unconventional methods such as barricades with officers at the other side waiting to tase at safe enough speed or knocking people off london style at a slightly higher speed, but the more conventional methods of Air-1, Emp and Motor.
Ph0enix is thankful that Muller seems to get where they’re coming from, as that is exactly what they’re asking for. They want the PD to use the tools they've got such as the motorbikes even at low speeds and EMPs when highway blasting. The troopers interrupt that they wont limit EMP to highway blasting, that the original intention was for the Motorcycle boosts. Muller goes on to say that’s when they first got the EMP, it was used anywhere as the motorcycles found it far easier to be avoidant of conventional car methods of slowing down vehicles. Tthe EMP is added to aid them not just in straights but slowing them on corners.
Angel circles back to another thing they said, about kicking them off bikes at a slow speed. Ph0enix reiterates that it’s not kicking, but use of the baton, Angel questions wouldn’t that be worse, however, Psych0 would 1000x be batoned than rammed by a car. Muller mentions the motor riders are much able to judge speed easier and the baton is a far less lethal damaging method, to a healthy individual won't knock them out. Ph0enix mentions they would prefer the baton over being rammed by cars. Underwood mentions in first gear, punching them off, muller comes back with that being the same as a baton and much safer than being rolled over the bonnet, ran over or the motorcycle is damaged, safer for both sides.
Rhodes mentions certain things may force aggression, that if they use the same strategies such as tunnels or alleyways they will try counter them by blocking. Ph0enix brings up for her personally she doesn’t expect the PD to be dumb if they do the same strats over and over, they will have to find something new, doing the same strat over and over deserves to be blocked off. The PD bring up their blockades, how they’re not to stop a race, and how they did it to the car racers a lot, however, Ph0enix brings up again, that the blockades only happened before the ambush, before any aggression. Underwood mentions that it must have felt like a slap to the face which Psych0 agrees with, they felt like they were punished for the sins of the car racers.
Angel sounds like it worked then, although Muller disagrees with the sentiment, he believes during the DNF week both scenes were expected to get punishment, however, barricading and spiking or tasing outside of a week with intended increased aggression is a little unnecessary. He believes they can continue to slow them down and impede their races at the same time without putting them in danger, causing Angel to ask Muller which side he’s on and if he’d rather stand with the racers. Muller responds with it sounds like Angel doesn’t want to make an actual agreement here. Angel understands he’s trying to play devil's advocate, but the intention was to make them feel hurt and upset. Angel then asks for their actual demands.
Biker PD Meeting - Demands from the Bikers
Ph0enix lists their demands/wants, which is that they're fine being chased during the race, but do not want the heightened aggression to happen until after the race. They’re okay with EMP’s, bonked with batons at low speed. She then goes on to mention that most of the time, the PD aren’t chasing them in the right mode and that they overtake often, initially, Underwood and Angel disagree until she clarifies that she is only asking for it on bikes. Angel questions how they can distinguish each motorcycle as they’re all M+, which Muller mentions Motor can tell them apart pretty well, based on each one, however it’s difficult sometimes as the scene does mixed racing with Superbikes and regular motorcycles, that they may chase an R1 and pass an Akuma, Ph0enix cites an example where she was on the highway on her A+ Double T being chased by a motor who not only caught up but nearly passed because they were in S+.
Muller goes on to mention if a motor unit is after someone on a lower-grade bike and they can’t match the mode to the bike, he doesn’t believe it should instantly be reprimanded, he believes they should be wizened up by looking at a catalog to figure out what they should be in, as well as just judging it. He mentions they may be in the wrong mode as the racers intermingle, but wants to keep on top of them so they’re not fucking around during a race on an intended target. Ph0enix agrees that’s fine, that she can tell so surely that they can tell. Underwood mentions they should catch up, however, Ph0enix mentions they were to the point of passing. The PD bring up different situations they could pass, however Ph0enix mentioned it’s very obvious they could pass.
Both the bikers and the PD inspect the bikes around the monument, Angel questioning how fast some of them can go with replies from as low as 140 for the Double T/Aluma to Psych0 managing 173 with a wheelie on his Ninja, that Snow mention is 20mph faster than their bikes go. As they walk back, Underwood mentions perhaps they should have superbikes to deal with their superbikes. Angel says it would be a great alternative, however unsure how obtainable that is. Snow mentions that their bikes are multipurpose, built to last not to be overexerted. Underwood again mentions deploying new faster bikes to deal with their bikes, which the racers are fine with.
Underwood mentions as the scene grows and more bikes are involved, they will find it difficult to differentiate if they’re doing mixed races, he goes on to say the car scene has different classes for theirs such as A and S. Psych0 mentions that they’re unable to exclude beyond themselves eyeballing the bikes, that they have to self-police. Underwood questions if they have some device that lets them set up these races, to which Psych0 doesn’t think he should talk about. Ph0enix then takes over to say they don’t want to exclude people, with cars it’s very easy to see the changes between A and S, but with bikes, it’s much different with each having its own strength and weaknesses, such as akuma, double t better at handling than the Ninja. The bikes are all competitive depending on the track.
Rhodes doesn’t think what they’re asking for is unreasonable, however, if all these bikes perform differently and a lower-end motorcycle can be competitive with a higher one, that becomes an issue in a police chase where they constantly adjust, where some are S+ on the corner but A+ on a straight, however, Rhodes isn’t opposed to it. Ph0enix agrees and that’s fine, just asks for them to use their common sense and notice when they’re going much faster. One example she gives that she doesn’t want is a bike going S+ to baton and knock them off a corner. In this example of the baton being used Muller mentions that with them attempting to baton, they’re taking into consideration that if they attempt to use that aggression back, that could then escalate to them. Ph0enix understands that and that it makes sense.
Biker PD Meeting - Wrapping Up
Underwood mentions again that since they’re acting as one collective, if one of them fucks up and gets crazy with PD, they will get crazy with the scene. Muller mentions the only reason for that is so that they hold each other accountable or communicate with PD once they’re starting to break off their own crews, that they can’t claim the cops are being dicks when a new group does something if they don’t tell them. With that, Rhodes gives out his phone number incase they would like to reach out in regards to anything as he doesn’t want to go back to how it was. He brings up the hitting motorcycles at high rates, if he had been able to discuss it when it happened, he would have without question however he doesn’t recall it happening. If it’s something bad such as being rammed, they have a valid complaint he asks them to reach out, but not something that they’ve agreed with. Ph0enix mentions even the conversation is worth having, Rhodes agree that the conversation is everything, that they can justify or clarify why something happened. He gives an example of if someone got off their bike and started shooting then other racers got spiked, he could clarify why that’s happening, such as which alias, that he would much prefer who the problem person was.
Nomad and another person say if any of that happens, he wants to know who it is so that he can deal with them himself. Angel questions how they plan on holding them accountable, that they can’t authorize anything such as killing them, that she’s not asking them to kill him on behalf of the PD. It’s mentioned that its up to the racers to decide. Underwood mentions they’re here to make sure the streets don’t run red with blood, that they’re not killing each other, however street racing is still illegal, they’re driving at excessive speeds.
Ph0enix asks what they can expect going forwards? Underwood thinks during races it’s reasonable they wont be super aggressive, if they crash out they will still attempt to cuff. After the race they will have their targets and go for them and do what's reasonable to arrest them as safely as possible, although they may get injured along the way. He goes on to say it doesn’t give them freedom to run a 10 lap race, there will come a point where they feel it’s in the public's best interest to bring a stop to a race, a case by case basis and not to abuse what they agreed upon today. Muller says to expect outlier events where these more aggressive events happen, but before they jump the gun to get in contact, get both sides of the story and learn why it happened. Psych0 mentions up until this point, they didn’t have many ways to contact PD.
Angel mentions due to the growing bike racing scene, they will be building up a corresponding side on the police, that they can expect an equivalent to the SRU for them. Expect your properties to be looked into, expect to be stalked, expect the unexpected. As they’re wrapping up, Ph0enix personally asks for Max Mullers number as well. He mentions with the respect they expect, to expected increase responses as well. Ph0enix asks if they see someone doing something crazy, to let them know as well.
When asked if they, as a collective, go by a name, Inigami/Jackal responds that Shift 2 goes by Apex. With the meeting concluded, the bikers leave the observatory, making their way back to the Vinewood Bowl for a debrief.
Biker Debrief
The bikers meet up at Vinewood Bowl, Psych0 calls up Ph0enix, they briefly discuss that Bongo wasn’t at the meeting but on the hill with Boden and Fury. They don’t think he took a talk with Nomad well, they don’t dislike Bongo but feel he needs some time and lessons learned to dwell on. They wanted to get everyone's thoughts as not everyone could ask questions. Psych0 also mentions that he came up with a list of 20 possible names for a crew. She mentions wanting a chat with him, Nomad, Cob4lt and maybe Suki after the debrief.
While waiting for Nomad to arrive, Ph0enix mentions that she thinks it went okay and asks what the rest of them think about the meeting. It’s brought up they’ll get a lot more heat, which they’re all fine with. Some aren’t super sold on the baton idea, but it was confirmed to knock you out. She gets their qualms, but as you can tell they were not willing to negotiate on everything. One of them didn’t see it as a negotiation, they just asked for demands and were given them, though Ph0enix mentions while they asked for demands, they had to be within reason else asking them to not respond would get laughed at. They had to give them something that makes sense, now they have the line of contact they will see how it goes. If it’s too crazy they will contact them again.
It’s mentioned that the PD didn’t really tell them much, that they were just listening, however others mention this is good because they weren't listening before. Iron mentions it’s just going to be to see how it goes, anything will be better than the previous weeks. He also mentions Blob is in the process of becoming a cop. Although Iron is pretty sure he wasn’t a snitch, the other racers are still unsure. Psych0 thinks either way it doesn’t matter, if he was the problem is resolved and if he wasn’t it doesn’t matter.
While they’re all together, Ph0enix asks if there’s anything people want to air while they’re all together, Psych0 brought up making sure to note deposits with your money, Ph0enix continued by telling them to be smart, use fake plates, don’t go to your homes when you’ve escaped as they can check and the likes. Nomad reiterates if they have anything, to say it now while they’re all together. Suki looks as though she has something to say but withholds it.
Iron asks if they want to start doing races in the next storm as well, Psych0 mentions Inigami has been doing them and a few other racers bring up that it’s slowly picking up in the next storm, but that the majority of them are stuck on the train. Ph0enix mentions now that they have it all established they should resume normal races and also brings up the SBA, the MRL bike version.
Someone asks about Rhodes phone number and it’s brought up for most of the PD, their numbers can be found on the public MDW in the Courthouse, under the staff section, as well as 311 and ask.
With nothing else to talk about, she asks to speak to Nomad, Suki, Psych0 and Cob4lt. Ph0enix thinks it went well and from their meeting it seems very important to get a differentiation between people in the bike scene, due to that, she’s inviting them to form a crew. She has a name she likes which is Firefly but open to suggestions and Psych0 has a list of names they can add and go through.
She goes through the reasons she picked them, Psych0 because he’s been setting everything up previously, Cob4lt as he’s been helping her out a lot during her time and she trusts him a lot, Nomad came from before and in his words, is just amazing. Kazu, because she likes that she speaks out and is good vibes as well as honest. She wants to keep the crew small so that other crews can form and eventually have Crew vs Crew. If they get a creating dongle they could have initiation tracks too. 
She asks first if they’re actually down to join before going further, Nomad mentions that him and Tony talked and Tony is fine with him joining a bike racing crew, as well as given him the option to make a redline bike crew, however Nomad hadn’t decided yet. Ph0enix completely fine with Nomd going to make his own crew under Redline.
Psych0 is also interested, although he brings up that he doesn’t feel like everyone who can man a crew should be in the same one, he thinks that himself and nomad have the ability to run their own crews. Ph0enix wants a crew to show how they can start, one with people that she trusts, which is them. She thinks of orange headlights as a color. She likes Firefly, the idea of clothes with that theme, she wants to get them started ASAP so the police can trust their little group. The others bring up that seems how they want to do it, Nomad mentions the car scene how different groups are responded to differently. Ph0enix knows they can’t police everyone, but can police their own group.
After talking with them, Cob4lt and Ph0enix have a talk while she takes him elsewhere, she mentions another person she thought of was Chungus, however the pointing at people for the Snitch situation. She mentions wanting to have a 1 on 1 talk with her, telling her she’s high on the list and to keep going, she’ll keep an eye on her.
===September 17, 2022===
Ph0enix talks with Chungus about the crew
Chungus and Ph0enix meet at Uwu Cafe to talk about the crew, she mentions yesterday she invited Cob4lt, Psych0, Nomad, and Kazu to a crew. She goes on to say Chungus is on top of the list, explaining her reasoning being that she previously pointed fingers a little too hard over the snitch situation, but that if she’s interested, she would like her in the crew in the future. The reason Ph0enix wants her in the crew is that she’s good vibes, chill, and great on the bike. Chungus replies she would genuinely love to.
Chungus doesn’t remember pointing fingers at anyone, however, mentions she only accused Eugene as he’s from the car scene. After Ph0enix talked with Eugene, Chungus trusted Ph0enix and went with it. She was pissed off at him because of some comments he made about it only being strikes to the bike and 10 months in prison after Ph0enix went to the ICU. Ph0enix, happy with the explanation mentions it just looked different from an outside perspective and tells her to keep on doing what she’s doing.
September 19, 2022
Iron Hog Call
Psych0 calls Ph0enix, mentioning that Lucy of Iron Hog wants to talk with her about the racing scene, doesn’t go into specifics but asks for her to call Brock from Iron Hog. Psych0 mentions he’s not going to be in the city for long, but at least another night of races. Ph0enix wants to meet with him and the others to decide on a name for their crew. 
Ph0enix calls up Brock, who was talking to Lucy earlier, they know that the bike scene is just getting established and they’re thinking of doing a pit crew, lowering gas pump prices, and providing repair kits on race days. Ph0enix mentions the SBA, and how that would benefit it and she’s down for it. Brock mentions that Lucy is completely down for it too, Ph0enix asks how it would work, and how much money is needed. Brock mentions they can talk about it when it comes to that, that car racers either did a lump sum beforehand or paid as it went on.
Crew Name Suggestion
Ph0enix, Psych0, Kazu, and Cob4lt arranged to meet at ‘undies’, a spot Kazu knows, to discuss the crew. Before getting to the names, Ph0enix asks what they think about Chungus, that she’s top of her list, and didn't invite in the initial group because of the pointing fingers which she explained to her and Chungus said she’d be interested in joining the crew. The group unanimously agreed that she would be a good fit. Ph0enix says she’ll give it a little bit more than likely to invite her too.
They go to the names, Psych0 came up with a lot of ideas for names. Kazu feels like the name Firefly is too cutesy, Psych0 likes the name, and the concept, and it fits the orange lights. Ph0enix mentions it’s very materialistic, Psych0 sees that it’ll be insect-based and unsure. With the crew name Firefly, the riders would be the Fireflies
The names that are on the list are Firefly, Ghostlight, Wisps, Sheol, Misfits, Anarchy, Renegades, Rat Strats, Tunnel Rats, Wildfire, Wildcard, Night Riders, Death Machines, Archangel, Primal, Stormbringers, Mirage, Killswitch, Apex, Hayai, and Venom.
After some discussion and voting on names, they narrow them down to four names, Firefly, Seraphim, Apex, and Wildfire. Firefly is the one leading the vote, however, they’re waiting for Nomad to be around to get his vote before they settle on a name for the crew.
They talk about rules and creating them, some that they already have are banning certain bikes such as the Shotaro which destroyed the bike scene before Psych0’s time. Class 2’s discouraged from any races that their crew would do, they can’t effectively stop it but can discourage. Ph0enix mentions the talk with Brock from Iron Hog which they’re all happy with as well as wanting to organize the SDA.
===September 20, 2022===
Street Bike Association Pre-Season
Boden starts a race named SBA Preseason, a couple of people call her up asking what it’s about, she says that she’s using the race to gauge interest and have a meeting about SBA. She makes her way to the race to find Pasta, Psych0, Cob4lt and C4nn0li already there. She briefly states it’ll be some fun stuff, especially if they’re in or forming crews and those who aren’t in crews can show their stuff.
Boden gives the gist of the SBA idea to them, that she’ll run it in EU, used to be ran by Artorius King in NA but he came to Boden and Ph0enix about setting it up again. Ph0enix is forming her own crew, so Boden is the liaison for SDA in EU. 
With the majority of racers there, Boden tells them about SBA which used to be the MRL version of the bike racing community, usually ran in the NA storm. With the bike scene picking back up they want to bring it back with Boden hosting the ones in the EU. The racers don’t have to race with the intent of competing in the tournaments, there will be a set of races that you join and you get points based on how well you do, like typical tournament brackets.
They’re currently setting up email and web services, hopefully by the weekend for the SBA. The current only rule is no Shotaro. It will work the same as MRL. A minimum for it to count is 5-6 racers, likely not starting legit until the weekend, but to currently gauge interest. They’re looking for another person to host in NA and perhaps EU. She mentions crews are forming and it could be a good way to show off your crew, or show off yourself and find a crew. They don’t have to be in the tournament/bracket, they can just show up to the race if they want.
Dingo/Merc has a question that if 10 racers are consistently, but 1 racer can only come once a week and does 4 races, will that show on the document? Boden is told that it’ll be a seeding system, so if you do well but not there often you can still do well. Primarily the races are to have fun, but with points involved.
Cob4lt and Ph0enix Phone Call
Boden tells Ph0enix there’s tea and to call Cob4lt, that she’ll let him tell it. He mentions SN the gang with Chungus, Pasta, Python, Pogo are making their own crew, both car and bike racers. Cob4lt thinks this means Chungus will join them over Firefly/their crew. Ph0enix thinks of calling up their crew members to finalize the name as Firefly, given Kazu suggested some art.
Cob4lt mentions Redline are racing now too, doing their own races in the bike scene, including day races. Ph0enix is unsure if Nomad will still join their crew, given that Redline are racing. Psych0 told Cob4lt about Chungus, who said he sounded pretty certain she was joining the SN crew, however Ph0enix mentioned calling Chungus again later to talk.
Ph0enix mentions this means crews are coming around a lot more now that the word has spread, Cob4lt mentions Boden talking about crews at an SBA race, but Ph0enix mentioned she told a few people about it. Cob4lt suggests if they can’t get Chungus, that another good name when everything is setup is CodeRed, he mentioned him to Psych0 too and he was 100% down. Ph0enix hasn’t seen him recently, but raced with him months ago early in the scene. Cob4lt mentions he’s more early storm.
They discuss how many they want in the crew, Ph0enix saying it depends on how many in the scene, she wanted to start off small and feel it out. She feels 10 is too many, however 10 max if the scene keeps growing, though for now that’s most the race. They talk about the NA Apex crew lead by Jackal/Inigami, Ph0enix fills in Cob4lt on the talk they had yesterday. That the Apex name is a no-go for their crew name. The current Apex more a gang-thing, like the old Midnight Club.
When the crew idea first came about, Psych0 mentioned it would be bad having leaders all in one crew, however now they’re all forming their own crews without them which makes the stronger. Cob4lt prefers to be a support type role, which is why ph0enix wanted him. He hasn’t talked to Kazu but feels on the same wavelength with her and the crew. Ph0enix feels that Nomad may leave to lead Redline at some point and later down the line Psych0 could form his own group if he wants to. Cob4lt doesn’t see him leaving, but who knows.
Ph0enix is glad there’s more crews popping up to form a rivalry as they’ve been so wholesome before. They’re also glad about the crews so it’s not awkward they have a crew and didn’t invite everyone. Cob4lt mentions something he said to Boden, that even if Ph0enix didn’t intend it, she has become a big figure in the scene and people are drawn to her. Citing how everyone turned up for her at the prison and hospital before.
Chungus talks with Pasta
Chungus meets with Barclay and Pasta to talk about crews, like the SN crew. Barclay there for moral support. Pasta, seemingly knowing what Chungus was going to ask, says it’s not a family thing, he doesn’t really care, tells her she can join whatever group she wants. When he gets a reaction he can gauge how things are. At the end of the day he’s there to have a good time, doesn’t care about the bullshit and doesn't want to do racing crews because of the politics.
Pasta then goes to race, which leaves Chungus slightly confused, maybe worried. Barclay reassures her, tells her to take it. He’s had that reaction many times from Pasta. Chungus just didn’t want it to come off as mean or anything like that. Barclay says it’s done, Pasta doesn’t hold onto things like that and she can stop worrying now.
Ph0enix and Chungus Chat
They meet at the Purple Dinosaur. Ph0enix was informed that SN may make a bike crew and wanted to talk to her. Chungus talked to Pasta about it, who said Chungus can do whatever she wants, however he was in a very weird mood. She mentions that if she were ever given the invite, she would love to join. She feels she will have more opportunities with them over the SN Bike Crew, it’s not like she’s leaving her family of SN and will stay with them, they're her gang and she can be in different crews.
Ph0enix pauses for a moment to think as she’s unsure about inviting her right then and now, decides to ask her what she thinks about the name Firefly. Chungus really likes the name. Ph0enix explains the visual being if Air-1 is looking down on us, the color being orangey they would look like Fireflies, which Chungus thinks is really cool. 
Ph0enix paces a little bit, then invites Chungus to the crew, saying she was going to invite her anyway but why wait, that she was going to make her work for it a little, maybe a trial by fire, but she could do those later. Chungus said she would love to join, Ph0enix tells her of their meeting place ‘undies’ that Kazu could show her, that Firefly is currently the name they’re most likely going with.
===September 21, 2022===
Call with Psych0 - Pasta in ICU, Crews
Ph0enix wakes up to a text message from Boden to call Psych0 when she wakes up. She first calls Boden, who tells her that there’s possible tea within the scene involving Underwood, ICU, people shot?
Ph0enix calls Psych0, they ran the Redline Rush track again. Psych0 piecing together the information from what he saw and heard explains that Pasta crashed into Underwood, who said stop racing and was going to let him go. Pasta said some off-color shit, was cuffed before the other racers could attempt to save him, they were told to leave so they left. Later on, Pasta was admitted to ICU with 2 taser prongs and gunshot wounds, Underwood claims it wasn’t them, they don’t know what it was. Psych0 is inclined to believe them right now but it’s something they have to keep an eye out for, if it keeps happening it becomes a pattern. 
Underwood mentioned that Pasta said something along the lines of “you’re lucky we’ve got this deal else I would have smoked you” that Underwood said might be a thing to cause them to escalate. This happened a day after Jam told cops if he gets kicked off his bike, he’s going to smoke them.
Ph0enix mentions this is why they need their crew, Psych0 agrees they need to expedite it asap, get their colors together. Psych0 mentions 2-3 other groups are getting their crews together, thinking when they pop up more crews will be started. He wants the crew set up then immediately meet with the PD. Ph0enix is unsure if they should show the pd or let them figure it out through races, though Psych0 brings up that’s fine until someone gets shot over dumb shit and they don’t know there’s crews yet.
Ph0enix mentions they’re gathering a codex on the scene, the racers, by just telling them they’re handing the information over. Psych0 brings up that it won't take long for people to get arrested and the PD finds out information on crews. Ph0enix mentions inviting Chungus, wants to do an initiation with her that they can all be involved in and that Cob4lt mentioned CodeRed to her which she thinks is a great idea, Psych0 agrees and that Cob4lt brought it up to him as well.
Firefly is Formed
The crew meet at Undies, Suki, Nomad, Psych0 and Cob4lt, the OG’s of the crew. Nomad mentions he told Redline to join races more often. Ph0enix mentions others starting their crews, such as NA crew named Apex, which is all of NA more of a gang system than a crew, lead by Jackal. SN making a crew as well for both bikes and cars, which she thought Chungus would be a part of, but decided to join Firefly instead. Kazu mentions Ph0enix didn’t give Cassie the talk but gave Suki the talk, Ph0enix mentions she will get her initiated then give her the talk.
She thinks the initiation should be fun and give them something to do. She mentions CodeRed as a possibility, that cob4lt and psych0 like him, Suki agreeing and Nomad jotting down “sure!”. They move onto names and Ph0enix thinks it should be Firefly, but mentions they can go through the list which is down to Firefly, Seraphim and Wildfire. Ph0enix asks what Nomad likes, who asks her the same question. She prefers Firefly as they’re not a cringe bike racer crew full of themselves, that seeing them from Air-1 is like fireflies. She mentions she likes wildfire but it feels too aggressive for what they’re doing. Nomad agrees that he likes Firefly too, and so Firefly is born.
Kazu brings up the concept she talked about, thought about the wings on the concept but burning, Ph0enix brought up wings made of fireflies. Ph0enix suggests to put ideas for clothing into their group chat and Ph0enix will attempt to get some made. They settle on Orange headlights being the one thing they all have, as some bikes have limited customisations, Ph0enix going Orange and White for her bike, but the other racers are free to do whatever looks good with orange headlights. Nomad brings up Bongo, Ph0enix personally doesn’t want to invite Bongo to this crew. Psych0 brings up the talk he had with Nomad, he feels that this could be the chance for Bongo to prove him wrong, show he is a good leader and lead a crew. Nomad is glad more crews are forming, as he tried to do the same thing before but everyone only wanted to join his crew.
Psych0 mentions the Pasta incident which happened earlier to inform the others who didn’t know. Ph0enix thinks they need to wait for him to hopefully get out of ICU, talk with him and figure it out, then if SN decides to do anything they have to make sure it’s very clear it’s an SN thing, not a Firefly or Bike Scene thing. Ph0enix brings up that Psych0 mentioned telling the PD, Kazu mentions she feels it will be obvious when they’re all using orange headlights, orange gear. Ph0enix reiterates it’s not forced, just for races if they want to and to represent Firefly.
Discussing clothing, Psych0’s one request is no bug eyed helmets. Kazu suggests the clothing can be the same but the helmets have their own identity or vice versa, with a helmet the same and the clothing showing their personalities.
Bongo and Ph0enix clear the air
Bongo calls up Ph0enix wanting to meet, they decide on the docks. Bongo wanted to explain why and what happened at the meeting and apologize for the way he acted, he has nothing against her or anyone, he loves the scene, more a him thing. Back when Nomad ran things, Bongo felt like his right hand with leading, handling races. Then when he came back he wanted to try be that for Psych0 and Ph0enix but felt he tried way too hard to be that, to fit in. When he got turned down or brushed off, he felt he felt he wasn’t being welcomed into the family, he wasn’t mad about it, just sad. Nothing to do with her or the scene, he wants to work on himself and be a help to everybody, try to be better for the sake of the whole scene.
Ph0enix thanks him for coming to her with it, explains from her side, she asks if he heard her reasons for him not being a speaker, he mentions he was trying to stop Kazu from speaking up as she was trying to stand up for him and he didn’t want to cause drama, so he left so she wouldn’t think about it. Ph0enix thought he knew she was going to set up a meeting, however he didn't know, only knew she had the idea. He goes on to say Underwood set up the meeting, not him. Ph0enix realizes this was miscommunication on her part . He mentions Underwood went to Iron Hog, talked with Brock and asked him to pass his number to leaders of the scene. Brock called Kazu, Kazu passed it onto him as there was no one else awake and he set up the meeting with Underwood. Ph0enix mentions that he’s really eager which is good, but the scene was on very thin ice at the time and she was nervous of wrong moves, she had seen him but not interacted with him much. She thought he got eager very quickly, setting up races and other things, then when told no, he wasn’t speaking he understandably was sad, but didn’t go to the meeting, which he agrees was a bad move. 
She didn’t ask him to speak as earlier that day there was an argument in a race chat with Jinn and she felt he was too aggressive but Psych0 handled it well, except Jinn only responded to him as people respond to aggression. Bongo feels since he came back and hosted, he got the brunt of peoples complaints regarding track choices, they only ran one of a track per day. He and Psych0 split races, Psych0 ran the usual and Bongo ran new races so they could expand their list, which people were not too fond of. He got complaints from C4nn0li and Jinn, Jinn catching him at a bad time and he lashed out at him, he agrees it wasn’t handled properly. Ph0enix gets it, she didn’t see that side, understands everyone has bad days.
She goes on to say it was a crucial moment of the scene to talk to the cops, with him being unstable at the time as he lashed out, she didn’t want him at the meeting in case he lashes out again, it was the one time they could speak to the cops. She feels he can fit a leader role, mentions she has a crew, Firefly. Partially the reason she didn’t consider him for the crew is that the scene can support multiple crews. If they snatch up every strong personality for their crew it leaves none for other crews.. She and Firefly think he would be a good leader for a crew in the scene, however he hasn’t thought about it or considered it, and doesn't think he’s fit for one. He mentions how Nomad was going to make his own crew back in the day and he was going to join that, didn’t give any thought on his own. He wants to see his options and not make his own, citing Redline, Firefly, SN and Apex. She was talking with Psych0 and everyone and they all agreed he would make a great leader, alongside someone else he could make something really good. 
She’s sorry they’ve had the misunderstandings, he brings up it’s  partly his fault as he couldn’t express himself, shut it all off. He mentions wanting to give Underwood a call to clear the air, he feels that he gave a bad impression of himself and the scene by setting up the meeting and not being there. He asks if they said anything specific about him, but Ph0enix just mentions they wondered why he wasn’t there. If he wants to call him to clear the air he can do so, for him personally. She’s again sorry for the misunderstandings but wants to see where they go from here, starting on a clean slate. He asks for their color, which she mentions is Orange, leaving it a little awkward given his headlight is Orange. However she stresses that he isn’t forced to change his because of their crew.
Bongo calls Ph0enix later, mentions he talked with Underwood, cleared it up with him. Underwood also mentioned that it was Angel who wanted to talk to him and got her number, he knows that she’s very twisty with her words so he will be careful when he speaks with her however.
Pasta Incident
Ph0enix and Boden are riding around the city when they encounter Muller off to the side, one of the PD who was at the meeting and quite advocating their scene and cause. Boden mentions to him about something happening to Pasta (Dub Blunt) who went into ICU because he was shot, that if anything happens because of it, it’s an SN thing, not a bike racer thing. Ph0enix mentioned her running her mouth, as she wanted to wait to talk to Pasta before involving the PD.
Muller, interested reads the report and mentions a few things aloud such as Pasta had gunshot wounds from a low caliber weapon and tasers, however at the scene of his arrest, there was only a taser cartridge found. He quotes something that Dub had said “you’re lucky we’ve got this deal else I would have smoked you” confirmed what Psych0 mentioned earlier. Muller mentions Underwood was the only officer involved, from the looks of it they both got heated but there doesn’t seem to be any foul play involved.
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