Hanrai

**Hanrai Innovations** is a research firm that hails from the Metro Meridian region in the US. Close and tight to the air and spacecraft markets, **Hanrai** specializes in everything from aerodynamics to fuel, entering the Super Modified League as a way to experiment with their technology on land in order to test its viability.

## Basic Information

### Rivals

Orca AdvancementsReflex Heavy Industries
Scale-Up Moving Co.

## Important People

### Key Figures

Kara Rai-Jin (Co-Founder)
Kenta Han-Ji (Co-Founder)
Zeroki Matsuoka (Mechanic)
Yan-Fei Yuko (Tuner)

### Known Drivers

Kara Rai-Jin (Former #1 Driver)
Celise Asakura (#1 Driver)
Fei Sarino (#2 Driver, 2052)

## History

Hanrai Innovations is a small company hailing from the Metro Meridian Province, in the small Japanese-esque seaside town of Isezai in the USA. Emerging in 2036, Hanrai strives to innovate on aircraft design and development through thorough examination and experimentation. Their shared aerodynamic testing has drastically decreased fuel consumption in aircraft, alongside their secondary division, Hexa Fuels, creating high end renewable biofuels for all sorts of uses. Hanrai has been a force of nature in the aeronautics sector, a small research firm managing to completely uproot aircraft design, shaking the business to its core while also becoming somewhat well known outside of the sector. Hanrai, as their full name suggests, has innovated beyond most means.

... So how did this translate to them getting into a land racing series? Kara Rai-Jin, one of the two co-founders, was formally invited to a Super Modified event by a soon-to-be team owner... who just happens to like a certain type of orange honey candy. While watching the event, Kara ended up realizing that land vehicle aerodynamics could help benefit their research with aircraft by studying the vehicles' airflow, and seeing what they can take from that research. As such, they created a team over a year for Super Modified, alongside putting their Fuel products on offer for a discounted rate in order to gain favor with the League. While Hexa and Hanrai Racing Fuel hasn't completely replaced 1081 for a few teams (as 1081 does provide more power due to its leaner, higher octane nature), they have caused a significant change to the league, making vehicles safer as their Fuel doesn't combust as quickly or as dangerously when hit. Hanrai's tuning takes on their philosophy with aircraft as well: efficiency and performance at any cost. As such, their vehicles are unequivocally some of the fastest and most agile in the league, sporting an incredible top end balance of speed, acceleration, and handling.

However, due to the fact that their vehicle weight is reduced so much, this included having only a bare bones shield unit (that doesn't take even 1/4th of the power a standard one does) alongside bad weaponry systems in Eliminator events due to their nature as a fast, pacifist team. Hanrai have gone from nothing to legendary in the span of 10 years, and them joining the 2058 season signals the return of a team hell bent on the pursuit of pure, raw victory.

## Super Modified Info

*"Hanrai's heavy bias towards their extreme racing abilities is in protest to combat racing and aggression. While they do carry incredibly weak and light weapon systems and notoriously low shields, Hanrai vehicles can certainly brag about their combination of speed, acceleration, AND handling due to their dropped weapon power, making this team a standout for anyone looking to avoid a fight and win with as little resistance as possible."*

- Super Modified Game Guide

Hanrai has poured their all into maximizing their capabilites on the track with extremely high Top Speed, Acceleration, and incredible maneuverability, in exchange for having next to no combat and defense systems, being the bare minimum to qualify for use in the League. As such, their cars are as fragile as you'd expect: a railcannon can completely eliminate a Hanrai in one shot if the weapon stat is as high as Markza's. Precision driving is needed to make the most of this team, as mistakes can, and will hurt the shielding greatly, and a single autocannon round from an Afterimage vehicle can shred through 5% of the shield's energy storage, causing quick eliminations if you're too careless with the car. Dominant on the circuit, lacking in combat, Hanrai is the team that you race if you're on your own or if you're feeling incredibly risky.

## Team Stats

### Strategy

* Don't, and I mean DON'T use this team in Eliminator/Team Combat events. Kara would be VERY disappointed that you wrecked her racecraft.
* Try and get as far away from the other drivers as possible, and ALWAYS bring a shield. Do NOT let them catch up, because they'll usually be packing weapons to try and stop you, which, most of the time, can and WILL get you eliminated.
* Don't even bother with weapons, they're really not going to do much against other vehicles. It's like shooting them with salt, it doesn't work unless they're a snail.

## 2058 Background

*Though the name of this company is just the founders' names, Han-Ji and Rai-Jin, put together, they've become an icon ever since they joined the league in 2048, 10 years ago. Their fragile yet incredibly quick cars have reignited the spirit of old school racing with clean turns and clear cut racing lines, relying not on weapons but on raw, pure skill... and a shield pickup once in a while.*

*This season has revealed that their layout seems to be the same: a low weight, low shield racecraft... but it seems they've been experimenting a bit with a new craft behind the scenes, made up of shaped carbon fiber, with some new strange technology...*

## 2058 Message

**Announcement through the Hanrai YouTube Channel on Febuary 28th 2058, Ketano City, Metro Meridian Province**

Aye, guys, what's up! Kara, Founder and NOW the retired #1 Driver for Hanrai here, and I sorta have something to show but I think I should save it until the end. Anyways, yeah, we're going with the same layout, and this time around, we have a new driver with us to replace 'ol me! Say hi, Fei!

(Fei says hi quietly from inside the paddocks lounge, the obvious sounds of a video game sounding through the video as Kara walks inside)

So, uh... Fei? How do you feel about being part of the team?

"Great- I feel... great- yeah, just... just let me focus on this real quick, I'm busy-"

Guess that's all for Fei, I'll leave her alone. Celise?

(Celise is sleeping on the couch in the lounge, gripping tightly onto a plushie)

"Mmmmughhh... no- nooooo~ Allieeeeee..."

Great. Well, might as well show you guys now! THIS... is our prototype, the Hanrai... Prototype. Yeah, I can't come up with many ideas for good titles. Anyways, this thing is a MONSTER! It's a normal Hanrai on the surface, but if you activate the Afterburner... it generates a forward facing vortex! We can just keep going faster with this, but it doesn't impact the normal car other than losing said afterburner, so... yeah. Hopefully this piece of work gets approved before we race! Ahehaha- that's all for now, we'll see you guys on the track in March when we test it!

## Gallery

Hanrai's Honda NSX adorned with the Astral livery, used in the Array 7 Championship.Hanrai's Honda NSX wrapped with it's Urban design, used in the Metro Meridian Super Modified Championship.Hanrai's former Super Modified class car, the Ferrari 488 Challenge. Now used in promotional material for the team.Hanrai's Tuner Class Datsun 510Hanrai's Super Modified Brabham BT62Hanrai's 488 being given its' sendoff in Tropical fashion, used in the "Super Modified Sunset Island Cup".Hanrai's Standard Super Tuner Mazda RX-7who gave kara a peel p50Hanrai Prototype#2 Driver Fei Sarino's Custom Mazda RX-7, used in Super Tuner Class.Hanrai's prototype drift car, using the Nissan 240SX as a platform.IRL Hanrai's MG Xpower, used in Hoki's Touring Car Championship in FH5.
## Trivia

* Hanrai takes a heavy basis upon Tenrai from BallisticNG by concept, with a much different stylistic flair to give the designs some differentiation.
* Hanrai's design was created upon a whim around 4/10/2022 and has since become one of AG-S' favorite teams to design, to date.
* The Kanji within Hanrai's logo translates to water, meant to represent how their cars "flow like water" through the track. (is... is that what AG-S' design brief said for this team? he totally came up with that on the spot.)
	+ It's actually meant to represent the fuel part of the team, dumb fuck, their biofuel is blue because there's some blueberries in there. (love, AG-S)
		- oh
			* well shit i look stupid now