Sep/Oct
2063
Joels Bastards Win Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally II League

The Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally II League finished, with Joels Bastards taking the overall victory and a prize of $600000. The runners-up were Renshai, and finishing in third place overall were Blood and Iron.

-^-HellRazors-^- Win Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally I League

The Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally I League finished, with -^-HellRazors-^- taking the overall victory and a prize of $400000. The runners-up were Joels Bastards, and finishing in third place overall were Renshai.

-^-HellRazors-^- Win Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally II League

The Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally II League finished, with -^-HellRazors-^- taking the overall victory and a prize of $250000. The runners-up were Blood Roses, and finishing in third place overall were Coolerheads.
Tim 'The Wheelman' Willis is a The Man

Morgan Sacked!

Reports indicate that the isolated town of Morgan has been sacked by local pirates. Numerous resources, weapons and vehicles were lost to the raiders.

Brooke's Tale

*PART 9*



"Good gods," Mellie said for the fourth time as Task Force One - Recon raced east along the well-worn highway between sand dunes the size of SUVs. Here and there, pre-Storm ruins thrust their way clear of the dunes, blackened roofless walls rounded into odd shapes by the constant winds. "I'm going to kill Orth. Seriously, I'm going to kill her."



"I don't think she meant to hurt," Brooke said, sensing that Mellie's venting was nearing an end. "I think she wanted you to tell everyone on your own time. And then..."



"I didn't know she was gonna do that." Mellie shook her head. "I thought I'd kept Lorna a secret from all of you."



"They were trying to be nice. I think." Brooke peered toward the horizon, looking for the columns of dust that might indicate a sizable force. Unfortunately, the horizon was studded with such dust-columns, most of them small windstorms and dust-devils.


Kestrel ran a hundred meters in front and to the right of the Recon Force, with Hawk just behind, and the two Gray Riders Phoenixes in the same position on the other side of the dirt road. As Brooke scanned the horizon, Mellie had one hand on the steering wheel and the other on the radio, scanning the frequencies for any sign of their quarry. Brooke's headset hissed and popped with static from the aurora, whining faintly as Mellie changed frequencies. "Yeah, but I wish you hadn't. Lorna wants to transfer into the Legion, but I didn't know how to bring it up with Orth."



"It wasn't my choice," Brooke pointed out. "I only just got here. Roger and Devil told me my second day."



Mellie started to reply, but a blatter of noise interrupted from both their headsets. Mellie worked the radio controls and a panicked male voice came into their ears. "-ention, attention, this is Convoy Supply-Six, on Route Seven, under attack from Slavers, calling for assistance. Please, for the love of God, help us!" In the background, Brooke could hear gunshots, the throaty rattle of a large-caliber machine gun, and the high pings of bullets ricocheting off armor. A surge of adrenaline set fire to Brooke's veins, making her pulse hammer in her ears and the edges of Kestrel's firing slit seem intense and sharp-edged.



Mellie clicked over to the Task Force One - Recon frequency, then pressed a button on her steering wheel. "Four to all, got Slavers hitting a convoy on Route Seven. The convoy's broadcasting on frequency seven-twenty, scramble two. Estimate they're about ten miles from us. I vote to speed and sting."



Orth's voice came back immediately, with more than a trace of a smile in her voice. "Agreed, Four. Let the convoy know we're on our way, but don't give numbers. Other ears may be listening. All units, go to eighty and form up on Three and Four. Let's collect some heads, people."



Kestrel's engine growled louder as Mellie accelerated and turned slightly to follow a bend in the road. A chorus of acknowledgments filled the radio, cut off as Mellie switched back to the convoy's frequency, where the same panicked voice was repeating the call for assistance. Mellie hit the transmit button and said clearly, "Convoy Supply-Six, this is Task Force One - Recon, about ten miles from you. What kind of numbers are you up against?"



"Task Force? Thank God, we're saved! There's a lot of them -"



The panicked voice cut off, replaced with a deeper, calmer male voice. "Recon, we count twelve hostiles, but we've heard there's a lot more out there. No cargo carriers with this group, for what it's worth. We just passed mile-marker eight-seven. What's your ETA?"



Mellie paused, and Brooke glanced aside at her. Twelve vehicles was much smaller than the force they were looking for, and Brooke hoped Orth wouldn't order them to break off and search for the larger Slaver force, leaving the convoy to its doom. "What does 'no cargo carriers' mean?" Brooke shouted over the roar of the engine.



"Slavers always have some cargo vehicles," Mellie shouted back. "Usually Pickups or Box Vans. To carry away their loot and captives. The only ones who don't are scouting parties, and split-off groups. This is too large for a scouting party, so it's like us - a group split off to stop this little convoy until the cargoes can get there to loot it." Mellie pressed the transmit stud again and said to the air, "Convoy Supply, ETA is six minutes and closing. I think I see you now." She angled Kestrel to the left, off the road, to point at a distant vertical line of dust and smoke. Kestrel's tires changed their tone as they went from hard asphalt to loose sand. "Stay alive, Convoy Supply, we're on the way."



"Roger that, Recon," Convoy Supply-Six said. There was an odd crump in the background of the transmission, like a tin can crumpling inward. "We'll do our best."



Kestrel raced across the desert toward her prey, as the desert turned from soft sandy dunes to a dusty waste where sharp brown rocks jutted upward from red-orange dust. Brooke restlessly switched her gun's safety off and on, off and on. Mellie switched the radio back to the Recon frequency and relayed the information.



"Good job, Four. Three, Four, lead us in. Delay, go wide north and call in if you see anything."



Brooke glanced back to see the other cars of Recon forming up into a loose column behind Kestrel. The Gray Rider Phoenixes, Recon Seven and Eight, took the position just behind Kestrel's consort Hawk.



Kestrel crested a high ridge, and Brooke gasped as she saw the convoy of four red Carrier Vans struggling along a highway along the bottom of a valley. The vans were trailed protectively by half a dozen Phoenixes and boxy Chevalier sedans, most with boots enlarged to fit rocket launcher and machine gun emplacements. The escorts' rear-mounted guns were spitting fire at a rough line of dark green vehicles, bearing the blood-red chain logo of the Wave of Mutilation Slaver gang, swarming along the road behind the convoy. As Kestrel picked up speed down the dune, a pair of Slaver Phoenixes darted forward, rockets streaking outward in red traceries of fire. The rearmost escort, a yellow Symphony, caught most of the rockets and blew out in an orange fireball, pieces of its chassis spraying all over the road. The Phoenixes slowed and fell back to their own line, swerving from side to side to evade retaliatory rocket fire from the escorts. Brooke was reminded of the way mantises in the Haven Valley would skirmish with shepherds and sheepdogs - a few darting in to swarm one enemy, then retreating before their foes could concentrate on them in return.



Brooke made sure her gun's safety switch was off as the pursuing Slavers noticed the Recon column cresting the ridge into the valley. In ones and twos, they peeled off the road and started heading toward their new foes. The two columns of cars raced toward each other at frightening speed. "All, veer right, let's pull them off the convoy," Orth said over the radio.



Mellie steered Kestrel down the dune, away from the Slavers and convoy alike. The Slavers fired a few long-range shots that kicked up sand in narrow little plumes, and increased their speed toward the Recon column. The Slaver formation began to separate into clumps as faster muscle cars passed their slower sedan consorts.



"Three to Lead, it's time to pounce," Tran rasped over the radio.



"Agreed, Three. Lead to all, hit them!" Before Orth's transmission was over, Mellie was snapping Kestrel hard to the left. Brooke was jerked hard against her restraints, but kept hold of her gun. Mellie put the accelerator to the floor, and Kestrel's engine roared, sending the Vampire out on a broad arc toward the rearmost clump of Slavers. Brooke glanced to the left, and saw that the entire Recon force had turned toward the Slavers, catching them in the middle of a contracting arc.



"Three to Seven, Eight, you've got our backs?" Tran rasped.



"Roger that, Three," a woman's voice replied, and Brooke realized with a start that the voice had to belong to Lorna.



"Good, let's get some kills." Mellie straightened out Kestrel, with Hawk and the two Gray Riders Phoenixes close behind, and pointed the Vampire at the rear group of Slavers. Brooke felt her stomach drop into her knees as crisp combat chatter filled her headset. She exhaled softly, the way the Training Center instructors had taught her, and focused on her task. The distance between Kestrel and the Slavers dropped rapidly as Recon came off the slope and onto the flat bottom of the valley. Brooke fixed her sights on a Voyager painted with screaming faces across its rounded hood and squeezed her trigger. The Five-Five bucked in her hands, and sparks flew off the Voyager's front armor. Bullets whizzed past Kestrel, and then Mellie was steering Kestrel past the Slavers. The Voyager rocketed past on the left, close enough that Brooke could have reached out and brushed her fingertips on its paint. A whoop of triumph in Brooke's ears marked the end of the Voyager at the guns of the Gray Riders.



Brooke locked onto the next target she saw, a green-and-white Symphony with a jagged hole in its right side from some previous battle, fleeing across the highway into the desert. Mellie brought Kestrel screaming in on the Symphony's right flank, and Brooke poured fire into the Slaver, aiming for its breach.



Brooke's bullets found the Symphony's vitals, and gouts of red fire gushed from its windows. Kestrel roared past the burning wreck and pulled a hairpin turn, throwing Brooke against her restraints again.



"Seven needs some help!" Lorna's voice called, and Brooke saw Mellie's hands tighten on the wheel. A moment later, Recon Seven crossed Kestrel's path, jinking from side to side in a futile effort to evade a yellow Slaver Phoenix. The Phoenix, splashed with red paint along its quarterpanel and door, clung doggedly to the Gray Rider's tail, spewing salvos of pink-glowing microrockets at Recon Seven's rear. The missiles tore pieces of armor off Lorna's tail, and Brooke fired a long burst, trying to distract the Slaver.



Mellie, snarling, fired a rocket that hit the ground along the Slaver's path, throwing up a cloud of sand, and bouncing the Phoenix into the air. Brooke sent a stream of bullets into its underside, tearing apart the muscle's tires and undercarriage. Hawk, speeding in Kestrel's wake, finished tearing apart the Slaver.



Brooke glanced around, searching for Recon Seven, and hit her own radio button. "Four to Seven, are you alright?"



The Phoenix appeared around the other side of the burning Symphony, its tail armor torn and scorched, but not breached, Brooke thought. Lorna steered into formation with Kestrel and Hawk. The few remaining Slavers had broken, and were fleeing into the desert with the Recon squadron in hot pursuit. Mellie brought Kestrel's speed down and pointed the Vampire toward the rest of Recon as Lorna's voice replied over the radio, "Seven to Four, I'm alive and unbreached, I think. Thanks for the assist. Eight, where the hell are you?"



"Right here, Seven. Behind-left of you. Sorry, ma'am." The other Gray Riders Phoenix emerged from between two dead Slaver sedans and took up position just behind and right of Lorna. "Won't happen again, ma'am."



Lorna began a blistering tirade, but Strang's voice broke through the profanity. "Delay to Recon, forty-plus units coming down the road toward you. I see Slaver colors and some captured Lorries. They're moving - " Strang paused, and there was a faint metallic ping in the background of the transmission. "Moving about forty, just passing mile marker seventy-one."



Brooke's heart climbed into her throat. She glanced over and saw that Mellie's face had turned to stone, like a statue of a saint from a chapel wall. She swallowed, took a deep breath, and started reloading her gun.





Blue Giants Win Gateway Autumn Extravaganza League

The Gateway Autumn Extravaganza League finished, with Blue Giants taking the overall victory and a prize of $60000. The runners-up were PA Racers, and finishing in third place overall were Caesars Ghosts.

Darwin `The Doctor` Bones of Ragnarok Racing died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop.


Max `Von` Maag of Ragnarok Racing died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop.


Brian `Sloppy` Slocum of Traction Action died at Gates of Somerset.


Robert `Patch Up` Price of Blood and Iron died at Elmsfield Southern Speed Circuit.


Bessie Allen of The Deadly Lampshades died at Ring of Death Arena.


Christoper Banks of The Deadly Lampshades died at Ring of Death Arena.


Everett Sheridan of Bloodguard died at Outback of Nowhere.


Earlie McKernan of The Autumn Wind died at Somerset Arena.


Norma Silver of Caesars Ghosts died at Gates of Somerset.


Brain Bjork of Ragnarok Racing died at Never Plains: Sand Storm.


Geneva Starr of Golden Warriors died at Road to Somerset.


Guy `Baron Blood` Polanco of Golden Warriors died at Gates of Elmsfield.


Rusty Nutter of Ragnaks Reavers died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop.


Logan `Toe Jammer` Collins of The F-Bombs died at Burning Skies.


James `One Eye Dick` Richardson of The F-Bombs died at Smokey Hills.


Gary `Pimp` Slape of The F-Bombs died at Smokey Hills.


Normand Talley of The F-Bombs died at Smokey Hills.


Troy Sanders of Golden Warriors died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop.


Melissa `Jolly` Tavares of Sentinel died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 3.


`Desert Ghost` Giuseppe Davis of Caesars Ghosts died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Tina Brown of SwordStroke Enterprises died at Via Rupta.


Julio Lyons of The Pikers died at Blown With the Wind.


Neil `Some1 Wake Up` Hicks of Blood and Iron died at Gates of Somerset.


Alexander `Mac` McFarland of Scarzams Dragoons died at Gates of Somerset.


Terrance `Myles` Kennedy of Blood Roses died at Interstate Mythos.


Douglas `Red Asphalt` Mills of Iron Wraiths died at Northern Farm Land.


`Gentleman` Johnny Rogers of Bloodguard died at Scattered Grounds.


Michael `Fat Ass` Moore of Wasters died at Gates of Texan.


Marty `Panther` Woods of Wasters died at Gates of Texan.


`Big` Bertha Steinberger of Scarzams Dragoons died at Great Southern Desert.


Cory `Barfly` Barlow of Scarzams Dragoons died at Great Southern Desert.


Timothy `Sus` Spence of Scarzams Dragoons died at Great Southern Desert.


Mike Tabor of Dripping Blood died at Somerset`s Junkyard, Race Track 2.


`Big Man` Ross Berry of Blood Roses died at Telegraph Road.


John Jackson of Rabid died at Northern Farm Land.


John Kirby of Rabid died at Northern Farm Land.


Anthony `Psycho` Hitchcock of Ragnarok Racing died at Road to Elmsfield.


Gus `The Plug` Sparks of Ragnarok Racing died at Road to Elmsfield.


`Lightning` Lee London of Ragnarok Racing died at Road to Somerset.


Violet Mace of Ragnarok Racing died at Road to Somerset.


Andrew `Drew` Romero of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Jeff `Fixit` Irvine of Caesars Ghosts died at Northern Farm Land.


Larry `Magic Bird` Johnson of Caesars Ghosts died at Northern Farm Land.


Bruce Bolden of Ragnarok Racing died at The Pit.


Kitty Hawk of Steel Panther died at Somerset Rally Circuit.


Rosemarie MacKenzie of SwordStroke Enterprises died at Gates of Firelight.


Reginald `Reggie` Doyle of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Francis Pesce of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Stephen Grimes of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Kristin `DR.` Finklea of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


William `Roto` Reuter of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Richard `Tricky Dick` Allen of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Karin `The Doc` Maurer of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Anita `The Baker` Farmer of Justifiable died at Forever Yellow Skies.


Peggy `Bone` Morrow of Justifiable died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop.


April `The Fool` Perry of Justifiable died at Gates of Badlands Truckstop.


Ricardo Helms of Brassicas died at Once Upon a Town.


`Comrade` Sherlyn Varner of Bad Baby Bunnies died at Sandy.


`Uncle` Charlie Magee of Ragnarok Racing died at Road to Somerset.


Richard Ryan of Cranberries died at Double Down Arena.


Joann `Hokey` Hoke of Traction Action died at The Pit.


Ben `Farry` Neary of Fifth Legion died at Sandy.


Kirk Fuller of finger3 died at Via Rupta.


Barrett Remington of The Flying Circus died at Northern Foothills Racetrack (at night).


`Long` Harry Dick of finger3 died at Gates of Somerset.


`Dangerous` Daphine Diaz of Blood Roses died at Smokey Hills.


Catherine Taff of Steel Panther died at Lost Oasis.


Henry Kissinger of Lake Runners died at Double Down Arena.


Alonzo McIntyre of Lake Runners died at Double Down Arena.


`Holeshot` Cora Lamb of Blue Giants died at The Dunes Race Course.


Kristin Holt of Garage Boyz died at Lonesome Highway.


Chantel Suggs of Garage Boyz died at Lonesome Highway.


James Watkins of Iron Wraiths died at Gateway Interstate Arena.


Curtis `Randy` Rhodes of Blood Roses died at Somerset Dirt Racing Track.


James Speight of Brassicas died at Under a Bloody Red Sky.


Linda `Book of` Janes of WarGasM died at Gates of Somerset.


Joseph Saunders of SwordStroke Enterprises died at Gateway Interstate Arena.


Trey Balls of KRU died at Once Upon a Town.


Larry Gerard of Road Rifters died at Serpentine Road.


Robert Martinez of The F-Bombs died at The Dunes Race Course.


Gary Young of BlueMagic died at Double Down Arena.


Joel Webster of BlueMagic died at Gates of Somerset.


Evelyn Drummond of Lake Runners died at The Dunes Race Course.


George Bush of Lake Runners died at The Dunes Race Course.


Lisa `Speed Puppy` Walther of SwordStroke Enterprises died at Highway to Hell.


Randi `Juicey` Bever of finger3 died at Highway to Hell.


Lorraine `the hound` Kingsley of The Pikers died at Gates of Elmsfield.


Greg Walters of Loose Cannons died at Northern Foothills Racetrack (at night).


`MINNIE ` Martha Cruz of 69th Battalion died at Gates of Somerset.


Gregory Dean of BlueMagic died at Once Upon a Town.


Brian Lemon of The Autumn Wind died at Once Upon a Town.


Olga Azure of The Autumn Wind died at Once Upon a Town.


`Big` Virginia Marion of Iron Wraiths died at Blown With the Wind.


Brenda `Really` Bangs of Cestus Dei died at Pathway to Darkness.


James `Earl` Jones of The F-Bombs died at Pathway to Darkness.


Frank Duncan of Bandicoots died at Serpentine Road.


Candice Reed of Bandicoots died at Serpentine Road.


Jennifer Myers of Bandicoots died at Serpentine Road.


Kevin Bartee of Bandicoots died at Serpentine Road.


Samantha `GOD!` Redfern of Cestus Dei died at Road to Somerset.


Mickey `Mighty` Mounce of SunBurns died at Road to Somerset.


Lacy `Trucker` Carpenter of SunBurns died at Road to Somerset.


Samantha `Dirty` Pitcock of Cestus Dei died at Road to Somerset.


`Iron` Mike Tyson of SunBurns died at Road to Somerset.


`Gunnery Sgt.` Vickie Keefer of BlueMagic died at Road to Somerset.


Jason `Hot Springs` Miranda of Rogue Traders died at Outback of Nowhere.


Robert `Bazooka` Harrington of Hot Trax died at Elmsfield Lake Track.


John `KELLY` Lorenzen of 69th Battalion died at Gates of Somerset.


Christopher Rape of MADHAT died at Road to Somerset.


Emma `Bomber` Bowden of Blue Giants died at Gates of Gateway Truckstop.


Christa Wiggins of No Aiming Just Shooting died at Gates of Somerset.


Daniel `Stroke My` Cortez of WarGasM died at Chaos Canyon.


Jeff `JAFO` Livingston of WarGasM died at Chaos Canyon.


David `Schlitzkenzie` Schmidt of WarGasM died at Chaos Canyon.


Scott Thomas of Lake Runners died at Northern Farm Land.


Walter Reed of Lake Runners died at Northern Farm Land.


Freddy `No Toes` Crooker of finger3 died at Chaos Canyon.


Jonathan `Jay` Vann of King of Clubs died at Bombed Luna Road.


Ginger `Dakka` Day of Iron Wraiths died at Once Upon a Town.



Evan`s Most Wanted

The most wanted gangs in Evan today are listed below. The bounty listed for each gang is a combination of the amount offered by local vigilante groups and by disgrunted individuals, and represents the amount of money you would expect to be paid for each senior member of the gang you kill.

1. Blue Giants (Somerset): $1344.
2. Blood Roses (Gateway Truckstop): $324.
3. WarGasM (Somerset): $321.
4. WarGasM (Gateway Truckstop): $186.
5. Bladerunners (Gateway Truckstop): $127.
6. KRU (Badlands Truckstop): $100.
7. The Flying Circus (Somerset): $96.
8. Blood and Iron (Somerset): $70.
9. Hessians (Somerset): $64.
10. Blood and Iron (Gateway Truckstop): $64.



Most Active Gangs

Our team have been out all month, tirelessly visiting every deathsport event and interviewing incoming caravans to figure out just who are the most busy gangs in Evan right now.

The most active gang on the deathsport circuit has been Blue Giants. Their most favoured type of event has been the deathrace, although they have also competed in numerous race events.

Out of town, the most busy squads have been:
1. SS Rookies, owned by The Mighty People Of Armadillo.
2. Armalite, owned by Road Rifters.
3. Fire Team Bravo, owned by The Light Brigade -CI-.
4. KRU Tours 5, owned by KRU .
5. Double Eagle, owned by The Pikers.



Prizes Leaderboard

This list shows just who has been winning the most lucrative prizes on the circuits and arenas of Evan, during the past month.

1. Hot Trax: $549717.
2. Hessians: $535433.
3. Blood and Iron: $396304.
4. Bandicoots: $383850.
5. TwinScroll: $379929.

Deathsport Leagues

With the major leagues coming towards their conclusion, the current leaders are:

Evan Race Ladder - Dark Guardians
Evan Deathrace Ladder - -^-HellRazors-^-
Evan Arena Combat Ladder - -^-HellRazors-^-
Evan Paintball Combat Ladder - -^-HellRazors-^-

In addition, the leaders of the minor leagues are:

Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally I League - -^-HellRazors-^-
Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally II League - Joels Bastards
Circuit of Evan Wilderness Rally II League - -^-HellRazors-^-



Political Update

Relations between the Slavers and Mutants have deteriorated after a raid on Ernie`s freight, said to contain `Food` for the upcoming Great Shantyville BBQ.

Current DW Gazette Editors: Sam, Hati, Racing Robbie, Bastille, Rezeak, SmokeyKilla, X_Man.