I heard that y'all like custom, original content for BallisticNG that isn't just ripped from WipEout or F-Zero so I have something for you. Ever since I discovered this game, I wanted to make my own team/ship based off of my branding on YouTube. Let me know what you think! All I've done is write down the lore (because I'm a huge nerd) and the stats along with some general quirks I hope to have. I haven't picked a name yet, but Apteryx Industries is a placeholder I use until i come up with something that isn't cringey.

Stats:

Acceleration: 4/10
Speed: 5/10
Handling: 7/10
Shield: 3/10
Firepower: 7/10

Appearance:

I imagined a monohull look similar to FEISAR from WipEout Pure, but with the cool spiky look of Wyvern's rear half. Of course there would be some other details necessary like large, flat airbrakes on the wings, similar to Tenrai. I also toyed around with the concept of fins on the nose, sorta like Caliburn, but ditched that when I drew it and it looked weird. The color scheme would be simple. Imagine a basic green, with white details and pink exhaust trail. I haven't decided on the exact placement of the colors.

Quirks:

I wanted this ship to have ridiculously powerful airbrakes. So powerful that if you held them, you would do a complete 180-degree flip in a matter of seconds. I wanted this so it would deter people who just hold the airbrake throughout the course of a turn, instead encouraging very light airbrake tapping. Combine this with the rather average handing, and you should have a ship that feels very unique to pilot.

Absolute garbage lore for the team I wrote at 4:45 AM:

Apteryx Industries is a newcomer for the 2159 AGL season, and they have several tricks up their sleeve. They declined to release any pre-season testing data, so the performance of their ship was not seen until the inaugural race. Simply called the "Dragon", Apteryx Industries uses an experimental type of airbrake that is much more effective than the ones in use by most teams, and this caused the AGL Commission to swiftly ban them. Now, Apteryx Industries has returned with a very agile glass cannon of a ship, still retaining the extremely effective airbrakes. However, they have toned down the power to comply to league regulations.

Tell me what you think of this concept! I think the airbrake quirk will need a lot of tweaking so it isn't too unbalanced, and the appearance will need some work, but other than that, i think its a pretty good concept so far.