Hellrider

Pale imitation of a superior design, the ball walker was supposed to be an "improvement" to the unimpeachable perfection of the Evil Snowman. The military contractor responsible was rightfully pilloried by shareholders, the public, and the press. They went out of business swiftly, and good riddance.

50% alien, 50% robot, and 100% physically merged with their Motoroid hoverbike, Hellriders have no choice but to accelerate at max velocity into combat (apparently cyborg technology has not yet developed to the point that brakes can be added to this union of alien-man and machine). Undoubtably dangerous, Hellriders channel their rage at being unable to take a slow, scenic drive into deadly efficiency on the battlefield.

Neo City is well known for its rascal rogue mechanics, strange individuals who stalk the streets performing wild engineering experiments on unattended vehicles. Fresh graduates of elite corporate engineering courses pour out into a wide city with absolutely no domestic engineering work available. Executives determined that had they mentioned that they had already moved all the work overseas, income from tuition fees would drop. Many of these rogue mechanics idolise Contra Force, inspiring them to incorporate weaponry into the upgrades they perform on junkyard vehicles. Ironically, these armed automobiles provided a perfect resources for the bio-mechanical manipulations of the Red Falcon traitors.