Wipeout Central

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"Its slogan may be 'Danger Ahead', but for Triakis, as newcomers to the Anti-Gravity Race League, the FX300 is strewn with danger beyond the comprehension of its board of directors. Triakis should stick to what it knows best - supplying weapons and armor to warmongering nations for its financial greed"

- Kelvin Sheena, Pilot at Triakis Industries, speaking to AG Today Vol 72 before his disappearance in 2195

Since its foundation in 2132 and its establishment in 2187, Triakis Industries has been the newcomer of the FX150 and FX300 Leagues. Originally (and still is) the world-leading weapon manufacturer. However, before Triakis would enjoy success at the start of the 2093 season of the FX400 League, their new pilot, Kelvin Sheena disappeared out of thin air. Nobody knew where Sheena was, and I sent a panic shockwave through Triakis, and to this day nobody knows where Sheena is. The mystery of Sheena got picked up by the popular newspaper AG Today as quickly as possible, since the rivalry between FEISAR's Daniel Johnson and Carlos Beneto in the early days of the F9000 League in 2157.

Kelvin Sheena was born in Sydney, Australia, on March 7th, 2172. He grew up in a small household where he and his father, lived together. Sheena had a mother, but she passed away from lung cancer when he was 2 years old. At the age of 7, Sheena loved to collect special F5000 trading cards, as his father got them from the supermarket, whenever he bought food from there. Sheena fell in love with the trading cards and began collecting them when he got his first pack of cards. He loved to read about Belmondo's foundation of Anti-Gravity Racing, and his favorite team was Qirex, because of his idol Kel Solaar. When Sheena was 14, he begged his father to give him AG Today as he would read all of Solaar's old interviews from 2048-2085 instead of being in his class at school. After he turned 18 in 2190, Sheena graduated from Chatswood High School in Sydney and wanted to chase his dream of becoming an Anti-Gravity Racing pilot. Sheena first signed up for a backup pilot at Qirex, but decided to switch to Triakis Industries, because he wanted to represent his own country.

When Sheena was accepted into Triakis Industries, he was described as positive, bubbly, and easy-going by his colleagues, as he was a social butterfly and wasn't shy to show off his emotions. Sheena was described as "The future of Triakis Industries" when he was in his first flight simulator. After a year Sheena was done with his training, and he got his pilot ID at 20 years old as his first real Season was in 2192. Sheena's impressive piloting skills ended him up in 1st place and was the first-ever win for Triakis. He even got to meet his idol, Solaar at the Season afterparty in Walake in Makana. Although Solaar was already retired from Anti-Gravity Racing in 2120, he happily signed his autograph on Sheenas' own Qirex trading card.

But what everyone at Triakis Industries didn't know, was that their first (and best pilot) would vanish. It was the year 2195, and Sheena had finished up his 2nd place at Citta Nuova, only to be beaten by AG-System's veteran pilot, Rina Kobayashi. AG Today picked up Sheena when he got out of his craft and he happily accepted an interview. Two days later, Sheena didn't return to the Triakis Headquarters in Sydney. The CEO of Triakis, Alberto Neumann tried to get in contact with Sheena, but to no luck. Panic flew through everyone at the Headquarters and Sheena's old colleagues were worried about his whereabouts. It wasn't long before the other teams heard about Sheena's disappearance. Two hours later, a police investigation was quickly started by The Anti-Gravity Race Commission on behalf of canceling the 2195 season.

After January 2nd, 2196, the investigation concluded and the case was shelved to never be opened again. The Anti-Gravity fans flooded Triakis' official website (www.triakis.au) and wrote various conspiracy theories on how why Sheena disappeared, as everything from government assassinations, kidnappings, and even blame on Natasha Belmondo. Meanwhile, Triakis rushed to sign Gavino Cavalcante as their second pilot, as the FX400 Season was on the horizon. A year later, Alberto Neuman held a press conference to remember Sheena's disappearance. He said:

"Fans of Triakis. As you all know, our new pilot Kelvin Sheena disappeared one year ago. Sheena was friendly, kind, and positive to me his colleagues, and the rest of the team here at Triakis. Words cannot describe how great Sheena was as a pilot. He won our first league Season, and I'm grateful for that. By now, we've signed the Italian Gavino Cavalcante as our second pilot for the upcoming FX400 league. Sheena if you can still hear me, there was indeed Danger Head for both us and you. Triakis Industries will see you in the future - where you are"

- CEO of Triakis Industries, Alberto Neuman speaking at the Press Conference on June 15th, 2197

At the start of the FX400 Season, Triakis won multiple medals and everything was smooth sailing for the team. However everything went from good to bad, in the final season of the FX400, Gavino Cavalcante installed a sophisticated reverse-inertia deceleration system to win the 2206 Championship, but he was disqualified for cheating and thus, the title was awarded to AG-System's second pilot, Haruki Ito. Triakis noticed Cavalcante's cheating and fired him. Finnish veteran Palavan Kalinski is replaced, and Triakis shrugs off their controversy. To this day every AG fan believes that a resurrected Tigron Enterprises is behind Sheena's disappearance, but Tigron is now a myth shrouded in the F9000 darkness.