FEISAR

Federal European Industrial Science and Research, better known as FEISAR, is an Anti-Gravity racing team representing the European Union. They are one of the most iconic teams in the WipEout series and have been featured in every game of it to date.

Before FEISAR, the Foundation for European Anti-Gravity Research - its parent entity - established AG Systems as the commercial arm of anti-gravity research, with Pierre Belmondo as its head. When AG Systems was acquired by Japanese interest, and Pierre Belmondo succeeded in making anti-gravity technology commercially viable in Japan, United Europe realised their fatal error in letting it slip through their fingers, and hastily filled the gap with FEISAR. In its founding, they managed to convince many AG Systems technicians to return to Europe, but failed to convince Belmondo himself.

The defining nature of FEISAR's business operation and racing developments hinged on the fact that their headquarters and management are split between twelve or more of the EU's most technologically and economically strong member nations, and primary operations are constantly in rotation and on the move, only remaining at one particular site for a maximum of three weeks at a time before contractual and diplomatic obligations force them to move to the next site. While often struggling with race results compared to the more high-risk-high-reward ships of their competitors, FEISAR's reputation of reliable and easily-operated ships made it an attractive entry point for many beginner pilots and even skilled pilots, and the popularity of the team grew to prove it as a firm fixture in the sport. After the collapse of the F9000, the financial strength of Europe's member states allowed FEISAR to weather the economic fallout and effortlessly make a comeback with the sport's revival for the FX300.

Throughout the years, the focus for FEISAR has been a ship which is built for precision cornering, but this is often at the cost of much else. In the original trilogy of games, they would have a top speed worse than any other ship on track, offset only by consistently high thrust and above-average shield strength. In Fusion, they would have a slight reprieve by beating out Van-Uber in terms of top speed, but still trailing behind most of the pack. After Pure's revival, all teams would have much more tight range of parameters in all stats, and so while FEISAR still has the lowest top speed, the disadvantage this brings is much less of an impact on qualifying a “competitive” ship. With the retroactive 2048 era, though AG Systems overall takes the crown for the best thrust and handling, FEISAR implements a slight edge over them in top speed and combat effectiveness while still maintaining high thrust and agility.

The FX350 iteration of FEISAR maintains the team's lineage of iconic simplicity in single-hull ship design and beginner-friendly ease-of-use, remaining one of the most recognisable ships for newcomers and enthusiasts.

• Joint-last for Top Speed
• Absolute average benchmark for Thrust Acceleration
• Most responsive Handling, sporting the best Turning Rate and tight Ground Grip (before the re-emergence of Omega's Van-Uber)
• Average Shield Capacity

While its top speed limitations certainly may not seem the best choice for slower Speed Classes, it can handily compete for position on technical tracks and in the Rapier and Phantom Speed Classes.

• Top Speed upgraded to meet the overall average
• Thrust Acceleration upgraded to keep pace with EG-X
• Handling and Shield Capacity remain the same

Some much-needed engine upgrades further improve FEISAR FX350 Fury's competitive edge on technical tracks.