Identifications/Statistics
Name: Michael Sanderson
Gender: Male
Birth: November 2, 2199
Birthplace: Los Angeles (California, USA)
Age (Currently 2215): 15
Nationality: American
Origin: United States (California)
Race: White
Languages Spoken: Many with English as primary.
Religion: N/A
Height: 5'6"
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Occupation (Before AG-Pilot): Body Builder, World Traveler, Student (Good Smile Racing Academy)
JX350 IDF: SAND1102.2199
Team: AG-Systems
Position: Lead Pilot
Pilot Rank: Junior
Region Reputation: Global
Squad Teammates: Mizuki Nakajima (Japanese), Alexis Anderson (American), Sora Yasashi (Japanese), Jessica Caluroso (French), Katsu Sasaki (Japanese), Thierry Caluroso (French), Sofia Rossetti (Italian)
Team Loyalty: High
Allies: Auricom, Goteki 45, Mirage, Mercutian De Gautet (German/Van-Uber)
Rivals: Maksim Zolnerowich (Russian/Triakis) and Polina Petrov (Bulgarian/Tigron)
Medals: Gold: 22, Sliver: 5, Bronze: 1
Sponsors: AG-Systems, Anti-Gravity Development, Belmondo Foundation, Crypton Future Media, Good Smile Company, Good Smile Racing, Joy Noodle Bar
Favorite Event: Single Race, Tournament, and Zone Events
Favorite Track: Metropia, the Amphiseum and Los Angeles
Leagues Completed: JX350
Character Traits: Attractive/Cute, Confident, Courageous, Dependable, Determined, and Natural
Skills
Awareness: 10/10
Aggression: 7/10
Consistency: 10/10
Reaction/Reflexes: 10/10
Bio
The junior leagues were set up to welcome new and skilled pilots to the professional leagues of the FX series. Many pilots including Garielle Zuzovnitch, Tara Shannon, Morgan Victius, Park-So-Gun, and Ishak Bin Yusof have graduated from the junior leagues to become professional pilots of the FX series. With more junior pilots coming into the JX series, many other teams began to set up junior teams of their own, including AG-Systems' Friends in Speed junior team and Qirex's Quantax Dynamics junior team; even Piranha reinstated their junior team, Amazon Fury, to compete in the junior leagues. Many junior pilots would have a shaky season or two, especially Mercutian De Gautet of Van Uber, who has been in the junior league for years, despite not winning a single race. Many would be in the junior leagues for a while before their graduation to the pro leagues or they would dropout to take part in another AG-sport after realizing how difficult it can be to pilot an AG-craft with finesse against a group of others. One pilot however, along with his friends, stood out and changed the racing world forever thanks to their amazing first season. That pilot is Michael Sanderson, the American lead pilot of AG-Systems' Friends in Speed Junior racing team and a member of the Miracle Eight, who dominated most of the JX350 season, making him one of the youngest pilots with the best start in his racing career.
Born in a small town near Los Angeles, the city of entertainment and the location of the race track that hosted the final race of the JX350 Final Tournament in 2215, Michael Sanderson is the only son of a hardworking, low income family. Born on November 2, 2199, the family was struggling financially. Despite being promoted up to higher ranks in the AG-Systems workforce by Sakura Tanaku and Inatu Itsua for better pay, the debt on the family was increasing by the day. However, they were given a huge raise to their paychecks if they were to work at their main AG-Systems facility in Tokyo, Japan. Unfortunately, they didn't have the money to cover the traveling expenses for all three of them. It was then on a fateful day when the family met someone special that would be their lifeline. After another day at work was over, days prior to their deadline to head to Japan, the father and mother of Michael Sanderson ran into the world famous body builder and former AG-Racer of Triakis, Buster Harding. He noted that the family was having financial trouble and he offered a way to help them. He said that he normally takes clients for body building and conditioning, but he wanted to try something new. With the family's permission the Sanderson family's son, Michael Sanderson, was placed under Buster's care while they were at work in Japan and pay off any debts they have as well as the money for the trip their and afford a home in Tokyo. The family sold their previous home and would go on to pay off their debts and make money for a better life in Japan.
Buster Harding was used to working for his buyers for only a couple of weeks, but this would be his first time taking care of someone over many years. He knew that what he teaches to his clients wouldn't work for Michael, so instead of teaching him on his own, he would find someone similar to him and found the perfect match to work alongside with Michael, Johnathan Hale. During their childhood, Buster put Michael and Johnathan through some of the toughest high output and high intensity workouts as they traveled the world together. Weight lifting, swimming, and even martial arts, Buster put the two through a lot of hell that even made his previous clients pale in comparison. The parents of the Sanderson family and the Hale family made a huge risk investing in Buster Harding, but in the very end, it was all paid off. Michael, along with his childhood friend Johnathan, were some of the best students that Buster has ever trained. They had the age of a young boy, but the dexterity, endurance, knowledge, reflexes, speed, and even the strength of Olympic champions all in one package. He and Johnathan were some of the finest boys that Buster worked with, surpassing even some of the toughest expectations he set for them. After twelve years under his care, Buster finally parted way with the two after teaching them to live on their own, paying off any living expenses they have. The two would go on to be childhood friends and have pushed themselves and even each other to achieve goals in grade school, who were particularly popular with the girls thanks to their appearance, courtesy of Buster Harding.
The two completely aced every test and assignment that was given to them and have graduated from grade with top honors. They intended to carry the same results over to middle and high school, but a month before the fall semester began for their school they received something special. During the month of July, the two were recommended to the Good Smile Racing Academy, located in Tokyo, Japan. The GSRA were looking for some of the top students around the world who were interested in AG racing and sent out invites to them all. During their childhood years, the Michael and Johnathan were trained and learned how to use AG technology from Buster Harding. He even placed them in amateur AG-Kart racing and utilizing the knowledge from Buster Harding, the two did surprisingly well. The two became interested in AG racing after seeing the FX350 and 400 championships with Buster that was broadcasted. When Michael received the invite, he didn't want to waste the opportunity to become an AG pilot. After all, this would be his opportunity to meet his family again that he hasn't seen in years, even if he succeeded or not. Johnathan followed him as well, being interested in the same ideals as Michael was.
The two traveled to Japan with the help of Buster, after selling their home on August 15th, and became students at GSRA. The two used what they learned from grade school and passed the first evaluation with a ninety three percent score on day zero of GSRA's opening day. While the two breezed past the first test, they learned the school will not take them lightly thanks to the higher standards compared to the schools in America. After the initial evaluation, he and Johnathan met five other friends before the opening ceremonies began, a group of friends that would be a part of a group that he'll be a part of four year later. They were Mizuki Nakajima, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Ayaka Hamasaki, Alexis Anderson, and Eric Patterson. Soon however, they went through the biggest changes of their lives.
During the second part of the second part of the evaluation Michael, along with his friends, were caught in a lightning strike that hit the academy building while they were still in the simulator for the second evaluation. When that occurred, the power went out and they were locked in the simulator while being in a coma. When powered returned, the simulator was complete, they were sent to the infirmary to discover that they were okay. Their results however, would surprise not just the academy, but also some of the racing teams that would eventually take interest. Michael along with his friends surprised the instructors and teachers as they passed the second evaluation with numbers beyond belief, even going as far as hitting speeds and zones that nobody has ever touched. To top it off, their bio readings were completely off the charts, making the eight of them seem superhuman despite looking normal.
The eight became the top students in the Good Smile Racing Academy right off the evaluation and would go on to ace all of the assignments and exams that were thrown at them. The whole thing seem to be a walk in the park for Michael and his friends. During their time at GSRA, Michael and his friends visited the infirmary weekly after the freak lightning strike for medical checkups to ensure that their vitals and bio readings are normal. After seeing the same data, the checkup days eventually became monthly up to their graduation. During the weeks of the academy's conditioning for AG racing, Michael would meet his long time caretaker and the one who taught him everything in his childhood once again, Buster Harding. Much like his friends, Buster Harding put him and Johnathan through hell once again with various extreme goals and they surpassed Buster's expectations. Buster was proud of Michael and Johnathan that the two have grown up and have mastered everything he taught them. He was even proud to see their friends can rise to the occasion like Michael and Johnathan did when it was necessary. In his own words to the directors of the academy when he was told to give his personal opinion on the eight students for their final grade: "I can't see anyone else that I've gave lessons to that have gone the distance than Michael and Johnathan and their friends. They are some of the best, if not the best students I have trained with and they are some of my finest work I've put in. Each and every one of them were able to surpass my goals I set for them, no matter how insurmountable they were. They are some of the best students I've worked with in my lifetime and I can already see a good future for the eight of them."
During the last few weeks of GSRA's semester before graduation came about, each of the team principles from AG-Systems and Auricom, who also visited on day zero of the academy's opening, visited the academy to find a new set of pilots for their junior racing teams. Each of them looked at each and every student's grades, history, and records to find the perfect pilot for their team. It was then that Sakura Tanaku, the head of AG-Systems, immediately took interest in the top ten students, particularly, Michael Sanderson and Mizuki Nakajima, his girlfriend. When the afternoon races were going on around the racing circuit around the academy's campus, Sakura witnesses Michael from the top floor of the racing academy, racing against the other students who were in AG-Karts, breaking records and winning races using only the new suits made by Mizuki Nakajima and an AG hover-board he personally built for himself and his friends. The head director of the academy said that he made the hover-boards and his friend, Mizuki Nakajima, made the Adaptive Flight Suits, which adapts to the user's body and the environment and both have worked in tangent with each other. Sakura was immediately impressed by his performance on the track of the academy, using only a hover-board to beat the other students, as well as the knowledge he gained during his time at GSRA and from his parents when he was little. He did after all, create some inventions when he was very young.
When the time came for the team principles to choose which students were going to race for their junior team, she chose Michael Sanderson without hesitation. After all, his father and mother would be happy to see him face to face again after years of being apart and would be proud of him on how much he has grown, despite communicating to each other via screen communication from time to time. She also chose to recruit Mizuki Nakamura as well, seeing that the two would make the perfect pair for the 'Friends in Speed' junior racing team and that her family was working in the main AG-Systems facility along with Michael's family. She also chose Jessica Caluroso, the sister of the prodigy Thierry Caluroso, a member of the professional racing team of AG-Systems, Alexis Anderson, and Sora Akiyama, to round out the junior team. The announcement was made after the second last race of the semester by the director herself during an assembly meeting that the top ten students of the academy were given a spot in the junior racing league for the two teams. Michael and his friends were congratulated on making into a racing team, though some of them would be separated for the most part.
After their final race of their last school year, when Michael and the others changed back into their academy uniforms, they were called to the director's office shortly after. When they got there, they met the head director of the GSRA, who invited them into her office to meet the team principles Sakura Tanaku of AG-Systems and Jessie Fairbank of Auricom Research Industries. The team principles met the students and explained to the ten students that each of them will be racing for their team in the junior leagues after the team principles decided on who to take, with Michael, Mizuki, Alexis, Sora, and Jessica racing for AG-Systems, courtesy of Sakura Tanaku. When they met in person after their meeting, she told Michael and Mizuki that their families would be happy to see them again and hopes that they would make them proud. This especially applied to Michael, ever since he parted ways with his when he was little back in 2204.
When the school year was finally over, Michael and his friends graduated from the academy with top honors in 2214 and would go on to race for their respective teams. Michael, Mizuki, Alexis, Sora, and Jessica were then taken to the primary AG-Systems facility in Tokyo with the help of Sakura Tanaku. When they got there, the five were surprised to see how big the facility was when they were outside of the building. Michael and his friends were told by Sakura Tanaku herself that they'll meet their families' there in a surprise announcement in the facility. Sakura Tanaku wanted them to wait outside so that she can arrange a meeting with the employees and pilots of AG-Systems. When she entered, Sakura was greeted by the receptionist. Sakura told the receptionist that there will be an impromptu announcement for the team and that the meeting was mandatory. The employees as well as the current pilot lineup, including Katsu Sasaki, the current lead pilot for the AG-Systems professional team who is famous around the world, Thierry Caluroso, Katsu's wingman and AG-Systems' prodigy, and Sofia Rossetti, a student pilot who recently graduated to the professional league, were to meet in the usual place of the facility for the meeting. When the receptionist asked why, she told them that it was a secret. The receptionist made the announcement across the facility via broadcast. When the meeting came about, Sakura Tanaku wanted the five kids to wait just outside the usual place, that place being the hanger bay, where the meeting was going to take place. After some planning between her and the five kids, she started the announcement once everyone was at the meeting. As each and every one of them were announced, starting with Sora along with Alexis, the applause was loud and very powerful, with Jessica and Mizuki being the most noticeable of them all. This left Michael as the last one as he waited patiently outside for his name to come up. When Sakura finally revealed that Michael Sanderson was their final pilot as he stepped into the hanger bay and out from behind Sakura Tanaku when she presented his name, his family was in tears of joy when they finally saw him in person for the very first time in years and reunited with him, seeing how much he has grown and matured over the years as the crowd applauded and cheered for the family in smiles. The family always wanted their son to follow their footsteps to work at AG-Systems, but never knew that their son would be a pilot for the team. They were very happy to see him make a lot of progress since he parted ways with them.
The five kids were given the tour of the AG-Systems facility from Sakura Tanaku herself after the meeting, touring every part of the AG-Systems facility. After the tour, the five kids met the professional pilots of the team. Shortly after the introductions, Jessica broke away from the group to reunite with her brother, Thierry, and Michael, Mizuki, Alexis, and Sora hanged out with each other for the weekend. The next work day, the kids went under training from Katsu and Thierry, teaching them how the AG-Systems ships worked, how to fly them, and what they need to know for each event for the upcoming junior racing league. After teaching them what they know, they wanted them to run a couple of laps on some of the simulated tracks of the FX350 league with Sofia, who was also a student pilot for AG-Systems, who recently went professional. After a few laps and showing off what they learned, it became clear that both have taught them everything they know and all of them have learned very well, with each of them landing the most barrel rolls, most perfect laps, and some of the fastest lap times they've ever seen in their lifetime after a series of simulated runs on most of the tracks in the world. The five were an oddball to Katsu and Thierry at first since they have little to no history in the AG-racing sport, but after the demonstration, the five fit right into the team.
Weeks prior to the racing season where the applications for the junior racing leagues were due, Sakura Tanaku and Inatu Itsua had a difficult time choosing who would lead the junior team thanks to the near identical results of the five junior pilots. Sofia, who looked at the results herself, suggested to pit the kids against each other in a no weapon simulated race on Metropia, the racing circuit located in Kyoto's business quadrant, on Phantom class speed, the fastest speed in most racing events, using the same exact ships, the FX350/400 ships. The would-be couple was skeptical at first, but with Katsu's and Thierry's recommendation (after all, they knew that the best way to settle a matter like this was to race) the would-be couple decided to take Sofia's suggestion and run the simulated race. Michael, Mizuki, Aleixs, Sora, and Jessica were pitted against each other in a five way no weapons simulated race on Metropia to see who would be the lead pilot for the 'Friends in Speed' junior racing team utilizing only their skills. The race was fast and it was extremely close, almost too close to call. But after reviewing the close race suggested by Soifa, it was clear to the couple, Katsu, Thierry, and Sofia who would be the lead pilot for the 'Friends in Speed' junior racing team for AG-Systems. Despite an identical racing line from all of the junior pilots, Michael Sanderson won the race by a very small fraction of a second and he was chosen to be the lead pilot of the 'Friends in Speed' junior racing team, with Mizuki, Aleixs, Sora, and Jessica as his wingman and secondary pilots. As his wingman and his girlfriend, Mizuki will protect him from anyone that would attempt to harm him while Michael will do the same for her, seeing how they have been in love with each other for months now. Aleixs, Sora, and Jessica on the other hand will be supporting them whenever they can and hopes that the five can succeed in the racing league. While the junior pilots can even topple the professional pilots of AG-Systems, they would have to prove it in the junior league. The five were ready for the junior league and after submitting an application for the use of the Adaptive Flight Suits in the junior leagues, Michael, Mizuki, Alexis, and Sora, along with four others, were allowed to use the suits in the racing leagues after it went through approval process of the AGRC, impressed on how it works and hopes that, with Mizuki's approval, it can be utilized in the future.
When the JX350 league started, Michael was one of the few junior pilots with a great start, winning his first race in Vineta K, with minimum weapon usage. However, it was the Eliminator events that showed him that the competition was fierce. Without much knowledge on who he is, Michael was immediately challenged by Maksim Zolnerowich of Triakis without warning. Michael hoped that he could get away with minimum weapons usage throughout the season, but the race at Talon's Junction said otherwise. During the race on Talon' Junction, he was targeted by Maksim when he sent a plasma bolt his way. While it did miss Michael, the bolt somehow breached the Entertainment Confinement System (ECS) Cage and hit the Concordia Loop generator of the Talon's Junction facility, in which Michael was caught in its immediate area of effect when the generator let out a shockwave of unknown origin. While Michael didn't sustain any injuries, this ended up affecting him as he was the closest the dark energy shockwave that the loop gave off as a result of the Concordia Loop Accident. He also witnessed something about Maksim that was off when he show aggressive behavior at the end of the race when he climbed out of the Triakis ship. Michael took the remainder of Week 5 and 6 of the season off to recover and to practice for Week 7.
During his time off, Michael took note of a press conference in which the lead pilot of Qirex's professional racing team, Rory Pinewood, was quick to criticize Michael's piloting skills when he was asked about it as being 'too soft'. As Rory Pinewood said in his own words at the press conference, "Michael Sanderson has great talent and great piloting skills for a junior that even he can surpass me or any of the other professional pilots for the other teams. However, he has been too soft on the competition and his rivals are using it to their advantage and the Talon's Junction race showed just that. If he is going to win the JX350 season for AG-Systems, or even survive for that matter, he needs to fight back, use the weapons instead of absorbing them. He needs to show his rivals that he is not going to take it laying down." When Michael returned to the JX350 racing league, he did just that. While racing skill was still a top priority, he began to use the weapons against those who would block his path or even try to eliminate him, with the exceptions of his allies and Harimau. When Michael was asked about Harimau when he chose not to eliminate Kulap Metharom of Harimau with a plasma bolt during the race on his returning race at Talon's Junction when he had a clear line of sight on her and used raw skill to pass her instead, he said in his own words, 'It's difficult to hate a team when they're being so damn nice to you.' While he wasn't the more aggressive pilot on the grid nor the tip of the spear like Scarlett of Goteki, his weapons skills were apparent and well noted and he was able to defend himself when necessary. After the Zone Battle on Talon's Junction during Week 8, Michael and Maksim met face to face once more, and in front of the media and the commentators that were there. Many people were afraid that Maksim was going to lose control again and get physical with Michael. However, the two pilots only exchanged words of rivalry as the two finally have their rivalry set between them for the whole season, making it the most exciting rivalry since the Tetsuo Sisters Rivalry between Auricom's Arial Tetsuo and Qirex's Arian Tetsuo during the F3600, especially during the Venom Tournament, Flash Series from Week 10 to Week 18, and the Virtual Series from Week 19 to Week 22. When Rory was asked again about Michael's improvements over the course of the JX350 league, he said in his own words, 'I've never seen a pilot that has taken my criticism to heart and improve himself on it. He is one of the most improved pilots I've seen in my lifetime and can even surpass all of us, and even me, if he goes professional.'
During his off time from racing, he has made many allies and friends on and off the track. Scarlett Arekuruu, Yin Ruan, and Hyun Gim of Goteki 45 became allies with him and his friends after they first met in Vienta K of Makana. Hafiz Nejem, Alqamar Raqisas, and Alshshsmas Raqisas of Mirage became allies after racing together and helping the green and white team celebrate their first win and their subsequent podium finishes. And finally Mercutian De Gautet of Van-Uber, who was always curious how Michael and his friends are so consistent in Zone events and has asked them one question, "How you guys do it?" The eight took Mercutian in for some private Zone Battle sessions, Detonator sessions, and Zone sessions to improve the Van-Uber pilot. Mercutian was soon getting better and better in the Zone simulations, eventually hitting Supersonic speeds on Syncopia and Anulpha Pass. Michael suggests that Mercutian, with practice, will be a great competitor in the long run. Most of his off time however, was spent with his family and friends. Michael visited his family in Tokyo whenever he could and when he was with his friends, they would always join Scarlett and her friends for some intense physical training on an island near Makana that she and her friends were once stranded on during a storm that she made it her home. Michael and his friends would always get involved in the most demanding training on the island before returning to their respective teams for the races that occurred on the weekends. What kind of training that he went through is unknown, but he and his friends have said it was unusual, but very helpful in the long term.
Michael, along with his friends, were given the group name, the Miracle Eight, for performing impossible feats or even making comebacks. The group consisted of four boys and girls including himself, Mizuki, Alexis, and Sora of AG-Systems, as well as Johnathan, Hitomi, Eric, and Ayaka of Auricom. As Michael continued to consistently place in the top three and win multiple races and gold medals, he became one of the most popular boys on the circuit, and one of the most attractive and cutest boys along with Sora Akiyama from the same team. The two would always be invited by various fashion and model companies for photo shoots along with Mizuki Nakajima, Michael's girlfriend, Alexis Anderson, Sora's girlfriend, and Auricom pilots Johnathan Hale, Michael's childhood friend, Hitomi Yamaguchi, Eric Patterson, and Ayaka Hamasaki, as well as the Goteki girls, or the Makanian Amazons as many would call them. The Miracle Eight, along with the Makanian Amazons, were the most attractive and cute looking kids the world has ever seen and many racing fans were eager to see the eight of them in person and acquire autographs or even selfies whenever possible. Many fans have been seen him, along with his friends, around the Makanian Amazons, suggesting that the girls have formed a love group between the boys of the Miracle Eight. One of the fans asked Michael if he was okay with it and said he was fine with it, though Mizuki was his first. The fans are aware of the relationships that he and Mizuki are in as well as the other couples of the Miracle Eight. They have all admitted that their relationships are fun and great, with each of them are getting along with each other well, despite being on different racing teams.
Not all was rosy however, as the Miracle Eight's longtime rival returned to face them at the start of the Rapier series. Polina Petrov, who was a rogue student of the Good Smile Racing Academy, was now a part of Tigron Enterprises, who returned to extract vengeance on the Miracle Eight. Michael was the first to note that something happened to her as her appearance has changed, mainly her eyes which were now red instead of blue. What happened to her is exactly unknown, but Xiu Bai of EG-X suggested that she was augmented, but how she was augmented, or even how Tigron got their hands on the augmentation tools, remains unknown. Much to his relief though, and everyone else, Polina suffered on events that required piloting skills to succeed, particularly Time Trials, Zones, Detonator, and Zone Battles. However, she quickly became a threat in Eliminator and Race events with other competitors on the track as she used them to get the lead in some of the races, even going as far as eliminating half of the competitors, and injuring them in the process, during a race on Metropia to earn her first gold medal in a Single Race event for Tigron. The BSV played the Bulgarian anthem and song across the track when Polina crossed the finish line first. The only Netika Ambulance Shuttle was disabled as a result of an EMP shockwave which was emitted from Polina's ship. The medics were unable to get to the injured pilots as a result. While some of the injuries were minor to moderate, there were some pilots who sustained severe injuries. Maksim Zolnerowich of Triaks, who was eliminated on the final lap, was in danger of being crushed by his ship when it flipped upside down after its destruction when the ejection system failed. Many cameras from the BSV broadcasted the pilot's injuries, along with the others, live across the globe whilst celebrating Tigron's first Race victory, a situation similar to Zala Wolff's death at Alca Vexus during the F9000 when she was crushed by her ship as a result of her elimination. Michael Sanderson however, arrived just in time to rescue Maksim from his ship with the help of Xiu Bai of EG-X – who was rescued by Scarlett of Goteki 45. Michael used his ship to get to the nearest hospital and Maksim was saved, barely. Unfortunately, he was out for the rest of the season due to the severity of his injuries, putting the rivalry between Michael and him to a grinding halt. Joes Peeters, lead pilot of the professional Assegai racing team and chief medic pilot, thanked Michael and his friends for getting the injured pilots to the hospital when the medic team was thrown into chaos.
Despite his rivalry between him and Maksim, Michael visited the hospital from time to time to check on Maksim. Michael made sure that he was okay as he and his friends visited him along with Daphne Summers and Ida Pesuen of Triakis as they took turns to keep an eye on Maksim during his recovery. Before he left to take on Polina again at Ubermall, located on Makana for the remainder of the Rapier Series, Maksim said one thing to Michael that he made sure to follow through:
(Maksim) "Make sure she pays for what she did to me and our rivalry."
Michael took in their last conversation between them and made sure he remembered it well. During the Phantom series tournament, Michael and his friends, along with the help of the other junior teams, hatched a plan to eliminate Tigron from the JX350 racing league, when they discovered a hole in Tigron's heavily armored ship that was deemed indestructible. The commentators' quotes, who witnessed it along with the spectators on Tech De Ra of the final race of the Phantom Tournament, say it all:
(Commentator 1) "Wow, I can't believe it! Tigron's ship is actually taking damage!"
(Commentator 2) "That armor may be thick, but the other teams are now taking the opportunity to get rid of Tigron and their pilot, Polina, as they found the crack in that thick armor of Tigron's ship!"
(Commentator 1) "Scarlett of Goteki just laid out a minefield just between turns one and two and Johnathan takes the inside turn and avoids the mine field and…Wow! I can't believe it, he just dropped a bomb right behind the minefield! That Tigron ship is so heavy it just going to fly straight into the field of mines and bombs!"
(Commentator 2) "Damn right, Polina just got caught in the minefield and just ran into the bomb as well, she going to take a massive speed loss and damage as she is drifting to our side of the track and…"
(Commentator 1) "Look, Michael of AG-Systems is coming up from behind and…Oh my god! He's going in too fast, he won't be able to-"
(Commentator 2) "He's not passing her, he's ramming her to outside wall of the turn where we are!"
(Commentator 1) "He just rammed the side of Polina's Tigron ship where the crack in the armor is and has her pinned on the outside wall and-"
(Commentator 2) "Oh my god, he's charging a plasma bolt that close to her?! He's nuts! He's gonna wipe her out at point blank range with that weapon and with the crack that big, the main core of the ship is exposed!"
(Commentator 1) "Everyone get down!"
*as spectators ducked their heads, a short moment of a plasma explosion engulfs the area with plasma energy along with an explosion that covers the area with smoke and dust, before it clears up*
(Commentator 1) "Is everyone alright?"
(Commentator 2) "Of course, the ECS cage blocked out the lethal energy that could've been fatal to us, but that is not what astonishing us right now!"
(Commentator 1) "WOW, I can't believe it! Ladies and gentleman, Tigron has been eliminated!"
(Commentator 2) "What a miracle! The Tigron ship that has been deem indestructible which has caused the injury to many people this season has been destroyed by Michael Sanderson of AG-Systems and the lead member of the Miracle Eight!"
With Tigron's elimination, Polina and Tigron were banned from the Anti-Gravity racing sport for intentionally injuring many of the junior pilots of the league as well as spectators, though no trace of Polina was found when the wreckage was examined, suggesting that she ejected from her ship when it was destroyed, but her whereabouts are unknown to this day. The BSV on the other hand were quick to issue many death threats to Michael and the other members of each junior team when he eliminated Tigron's only ship. Michael then used it against the BSV when he, along with his friends and the other junior pilots that got together, reported it to the racing commission, particularly to Krystian Atkinson who ran the JX350 racing league. The BSV were then banned from broadcasting the junior racing league for illegal use of banned technology which gave Tigron the upper hand during races, illegal use of broadcasting technology, and issuing death threats to competitors and were eventually dismantled along with Tigron Enterprises after multiple investigations found that both were collaborating with each other to undermine the JX350 racing league and take over the race commission in an attempt to recreate the F9000 era. The team head of Harimau International, Manjula Vamatharen, personally thanked Michael and the Miracle Eight for giving Tigron what was coming to them, though he has said, "It wouldn't have been possible without some friends in high places."
Michael Sanderson went on to finish the Phantom Series in first place for AG-Systems and win the Final Tournament of the season with his team and Auricom, as the Miracle Eight took the final tournament of the season and held the JX350 cup. With the JX350 racing season completed, Michael Sanderson and his friends have become famous all across the globe as many sponsors began to come their way, giving them large paycheck after paycheck. Michael has also won many Junior Constructors' and Junior Pilots' Championships in the process. A lot of race analysts and experts have gone on saying that if Michael and the Miracle Eight continue to race and should they choose to go professional, they can match or even surpass Kel Solaar, the greatest AG-pilot of all time. The Miracle Eight have made a great impact over the season and have generated many fans across the globe. Much like the Makanian Amazons, he and the Miracle Eight were bombarded with requests for interview after interview and have become some of the best pilots on the circuit, and the most attractive as well. Michael is one of the few pilots who has become very well-known across the globe at such a very young age and, along with his girlfriend Mizuki Nakajima, who he plans to marry and start a family with in the future, he looks to take it to the next level in the next junior season and, eventually, in the professional series.
