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This is Swift (Super Corsair) and Shira (P-51), both were unlimited league racers during the 2000's in the dystopian 'The Last Ford' universe, where living machines are selectively bred to perform tasks deemed too dangerous for humans, such as racing. It is an unfair and cruel world for living machines, many of which have no choice other than to work and die for human entertainment.

Swift and Shira's fathers were retiring unlimited league racing champions, who were instructed by the companies they worked for, their primary sponsors, to produce additional racers to carry on their team's top quality pedigree. (And to ensure future profits) After visiting breeders as instructed and impregnating a female of their respective model, their fathers waited for their successors to gestate.

Swift was born strong and his father immediately fell in love with his son. Along with corporate trainers that brought him up to race, Swift's father was there beside his son every step of the way, offering him advice and pointers that he'd learned from his years of racing experience, filling blanks the trainers failed to address. Bolstered by his father's support, Swift grew up proud, cocky, slightly stubborn, and vain. The spitting image of his father. By the time he was 18, Swift had impressed his evaluators and he was ready to partake in the unlimited league, what he'd been born to do. Swift not only delivered, he vanquished his competition and became a highly valuable asset.

Shira, however, wasn't so fortunate. Her mother, a young and inexperienced breeder, ultimately died in childbirth, which led to the deaths of the two other P-51's who would've been her brothers. They died, but not before Shira was delivered. Being a female in a male dominated sport, she was dismissed by her father, who took his 'business' elsewhere and eventually received a male successor. Male aircraft were preferred for their speed, stamina, and endurance. Females, however, excelled in maneuverability. Shira was raised by the company her father worked for, and was intended to be used as a breeder once she was of childbearing age. However, her company saw potential when she was evaluated. In an unexpected move, they granted her permission to race alongside male counterparts at age 18. Among them, she found no respect and was regarded as a pleasure object just waiting to be claimed. She grew up angry at the world, timid, and coarse.

Although it was not against the rules for aircraft of opposing teams to sleep with one another, it was an unspoken tradition among top teams that the aircraft who won got to spend an evening with anyone they chose. Champions and offspring of champions essentially had free reign. What was against the rules was for aircraft of opposing teams to produce offspring. Although pregnancies were common, they were ended the moment they were discovered and the unborn aircraft disposed of, to prevent the undermining of top teams and spreading favorable genes. One day, Swift and Shira raced in an unlimited league competition. Winning the race, Swift chose Shira to spend an evening with. Rather than take her for his own, he listened to her explain what she'd grown up with, and how she simply didn't care. For the first time in his life, Swift took pity on someone. He let her leave without touching her.

In the following three years, they saw one another regularly and grew steadily closer. First as rivals, then as friends, and then...as lovers.

Their bond did not go unnoticed. Although their respective sponsors tried to separate them, they refused to part ways. After losing a race in Florida, Shira was chosen by the winner, who stared at her with ravenous eyes. Taking her to his lavish home, the male P-51 was about to make his move when Swift intervened. A fight ensued, and ended when Swift ripped open the male P-51's throat and died from oil loss. No one knew Swift committed the crime, and he and Shira wisely kept their mouths shut. There was no evidence, no security footage. Walking away scot-free, they only grew closer. Until one day, passions flared. Shira fell pregnant. Concealing her pregnancy for a short time, she and Swift agreed to fly away together for the sake of their children. They refused to be corporate slaves any longer.

Fleeing to the isolation of Canada, Shira had quadruplets. Two female Super Corsairs, and two male P-51's. Thinking they'd escaped, the young parents rejoiced and settled down to raise their children in Quebec. Unfortunately, their angry sponsors never forgot their betrayal. Their former teams collaborated and agreed they had to tie up loose ends, or risk undermining themselves and other teams. It came as no surprise that their retribution was harsh. One day, ten years after their escape and the birth of their children, the entire family was found dead by friends they made Quebec. Their hangar was riddled with bulletholes and consumed by fire. Everyone in the racing community knew what transpired was intentional. It was glaringly obvious that the family was murdered. Be that as it may, hardly anyone spoke out. After all, they broke the biggest rule in racing by having children and dishonoring their contracts.

To some, Swift and Shira's names went down in history as rebels and heroes. For racers, especially those born into the unlimited league, they served as a reminder of what would come to pass if they were to cross their sponsors and disobey the rules.

Description
This is Swift (Super Corsair) and Shira (P-51), both were unlimited league racers during the 2000's in the dystopian 'The Last Ford' universe, where living machines are selectively bred to perform tasks deemed too dangerous for humans, such as racing. It is an unfair and cruel world for living machines, many of which have no choice other than to work and die for human entertainment.

Swift and Shira's fathers were retiring unlimited league racing champions, who were instructed by the companies they worked for, their primary sponsors, to produce additional racers to carry on their team's top quality pedigree. (And to ensure future profits) After visiting breeders as instructed and impregnating a female of their respective model, their fathers waited for their successors to gestate.

Swift was born strong and his father immediately fell in love with his son. Along with corporate trainers that brought him up to race, Swift's father was there beside his son every step of the way, offering him advice and pointers that he'd learned from his years of racing experience, filling blanks the trainers failed to address. Bolstered by his father's support, Swift grew up proud, cocky, slightly stubborn, and vain. The spitting image of his father. By the time he was 18, Swift had impressed his evaluators and he was ready to partake in the unlimited league, what he'd been born to do. Swift not only delivered, he vanquished his competition and became a highly valuable asset.

Shira, however, wasn't so fortunate. Her mother, a young and inexperienced breeder, ultimately died in childbirth, which led to the deaths of the two other P-51's who would've been her brothers. They died, but not before Shira was delivered. Being a female in a male dominated sport, she was dismissed by her father, who took his 'business' elsewhere and eventually received a male successor. Male aircraft were preferred for their speed, stamina, and endurance. Females, however, excelled in maneuverability. Shira was raised by the company her father worked for, and was intended to be used as a breeder once she was of childbearing age. However, her company saw potential when she was evaluated. In an unexpected move, they granted her permission to race alongside male counterparts at age 18. Among them, she found no respect and was regarded as a pleasure object just waiting to be claimed. She grew up angry at the world, timid, and coarse.

Although it was not against the rules for aircraft of opposing teams to sleep with one another, it was an unspoken tradition among top teams that the aircraft who won got to spend an evening with anyone they chose. Champions and offspring of champions essentially had free reign. What was against the rules was for aircraft of opposing teams to produce offspring. Although pregnancies were common, they were ended the moment they were discovered and the unborn aircraft disposed of, to prevent the undermining of top teams and spreading favorable genes. One day, Swift and Shira raced in an unlimited league competition. Winning the race, Swift chose Shira to spend an evening with. Rather than take her for his own, he listened to her explain what she'd grown up with, and how she simply didn't care. For the first time in his life, Swift took pity on someone. He let her leave without touching her.

In the following three years, they saw one another regularly and grew steadily closer. First as rivals, then as friends, and then...as lovers.

Their bond did not go unnoticed. Although their respective sponsors tried to separate them, they refused to part ways. After losing a race in Florida, Shira was chosen by the winner, who stared at her with ravenous eyes. Taking her to his lavish home, the male P-51 was about to make his move when Swift intervened. A fight ensued, and ended when Swift ripped open the male P-51's throat and died from oil loss. No one knew Swift committed the crime, and he and Shira wisely kept their mouths shut. There was no evidence, no security footage. Walking away scot-free, they only grew closer. Until one day, passions flared. Shira fell pregnant. Concealing her pregnancy for a short time, she and Swift agreed to fly away together for the sake of their children. They refused to be corporate slaves any longer.

Fleeing to the isolation of Canada, Shira had quadruplets. Two female Super Corsairs, and two male P-51's. Thinking they'd escaped, the young parents rejoiced and settled down to raise their children in Quebec. Unfortunately, their angry sponsors never forgot their betrayal. Their former teams collaborated and agreed they had to tie up loose ends, or risk undermining themselves and other teams. It came as no surprise that their retribution was harsh. One day, ten years after their escape and the birth of their children, the entire family was found dead by friends they made Quebec. Their hangar was riddled with bulletholes and consumed by fire. Everyone in the racing community knew what transpired was intentional. It was glaringly obvious that the family was murdered. Be that as it may, hardly anyone spoke out. After all, they broke the biggest rule in racing by having children and dishonoring their contracts.

To some, Swift and Shira's names went down in history as rebels and heroes. For racers, especially those born into the unlimited league, they served as a reminder of what would come to pass if they were to cross their sponsors and disobey the rules.