The Faster Than Angels series written by Ace3000 mainly follows two teams, Angelus and Crinale, along with many characters that are both affiliated and unaffiliated with those teams. His series is split up into seasons, each following a main story arc, with season 2 being split up into 3 cours.
Season 1[]
Prelude[]
Season 1 was preceded by 4 introductory parts, posted on WipEoutZone from April 20 to May 1, 2014. They were written before the idea of a series was created. These parts could be called Season 1, Part 0; or Season 0. They do not have to be read, but they will be listed here for completion's sake.
List of Parts[]
Part 0.1.2: Angelus AGR1 Details
FX400: Angelus vs. Crinale[]
On May 9, 2014, the Faster Than Angels thread was created on WipEoutZone by Ace3000, getting the idea to write out a complete series. The season opened with The Threat, and ended with Music Has the Right to Love, on September 8, consisting of 8 main parts, and totalling 16 individual parts.
Season 1 dealt with Angelus' struggle against Crinale, a team that split off from Angelus, disagreeing with their ideals. Their main goal seemed to be to recreate the F9000, leaving Angelus to fight against them in their own ways.
Starting with Part 2, the tradition of naming parts after music albums was introduced.
List of Parts[]
Part 2.0: Scary Weapons and Neat Logic
Part 4.1: Calm Before the Storm
Part 4.3: Welcome, Simulated Reality
Part 4.5: Ascending for the Truth
Between Parts 4.5 and 5.0, there were two separate side stories: Brandon Smith's view of the Temtesh Bay disaster, and Angelus' point of view of Snakenator's Omega Harbour race.
Part 5.0: The Funeral Headphase
Part 7.2: Minutes to a Midnight Death
Part 7.3: I Care Because You Don't
Part 8.0: Music Has the Right to Love
Season 2[]
Cour 1: FX400, 2210 Season[]
Season 2 began 2 days after the Season 1 finale, on September 10. It was the start of the first cour, continuing Angelus' internal battle with Crinale, now with the new pilot Viktor Antonov. The cour ended with the 6 part 23 Months, which went through Angelus' development of their F12000 craft following the introduction of the league. The first cour contained 6 main parts, and 13 individual parts in total.
List of Parts[]
Part 1.0 (9.0): Speed for the Racing Generation
Part 2.0 (10.0): Initiate the Prototype
Part 4.1 (12): everyThIng chANges: 01nihil
Part 4.2 (12): everyThIng chANges: 02attak
Part 4.3 (12): everyThIng chANges: 03xtort
Part 5.0 (13.0): No More Sleep
Part 6 (14): 23 Months[]
Curse of the Devil[]
- Main article: Curse of the Devil
Curse of the Devil was a side-story, written to aid in bridging the gap between the end of the FX400 in March 2210 to the beginning of the new F12000 league in 2212. It was intended to be Crinale's side of the time, but some parts contained other people and groups. The mini-series ran from December 19, 2014 to January 30, 2016. The links to the parts can be seen in the main article.
Cour 2: Angelus vs. the F12000, Part 1[]
The second cour of Season 2 started on February 6, 2016. It was the cour to start off the newly made F12000 League, created by Ace3000. It ran until the final part, F12000 Girls Will Seem Somewhat [CENSORED], was posted on August 5, when a combination of time constraints and writer's block meant that Ace3000 could not continue with the series. However, he promised that it would return again soon. The second cour lasted for 17 main parts, or 31 total individual parts.
List of Parts[]
Part 7.0 (15.0): Her Time Will Come
Part 8.1 (16.1): A Weekend in Canada
Part 8.2 (16.2): Tomorrow's Modern Competition
Part 9.0 (17.0): Peaceful Technology
Part 10.1 (18.1): Chiastic Slide! 4 Consecutive Hairpin Drift!
Part 10.2 (18.2): Down to the Earth! Hyper Downhill Battle!
Part 11.1 (19.1): Do You Know Sidewinder
Part 11.2 (19.2): The Path of Total Truth
Part 12.1 (20.1): Enter: The Devil
Part 12.2 (20.2): Shinigami One: The Demon of Racing
Part 13.0 (21.0): How I Learned to Stop Caring About Revenge and Love My Enemies
Part 14.1 (22.1): The Eliminator Brings Rivalry
Part 14.2 (22.2): Never Trust the Racing Commission
Part 16.1 (24.1): Australian Noir
Part 16.2 (24.2): That Crooked Vulture
Part 17.1 (25.1): Before The Incident... [Pt.1]
Part 17.2 (25.2): ...The Stoica Incident... [Pt.2]
Part 17.3 (25.3): ...The Incident's Conclusion [Pt.3]
Part 18.1 (26.1): Stoica's Great Reward
Part 18.2 (26.2): Human After All
Part 20.1 (28.1): 30 Seconds on Mars
Part 20.2 (28.2): The Rise of Syncline R/I and the Pilots on Mars
Part 21.0 (29.0): MARTIAN_SUNSET_MEMORIES
Part 22.0 (30.0): Tests for EXPOSURE
Part 23.1 (31.1): Tailing the Angel
Part 23.2 (31.2): Strategies of Darkness and Light: Angelus
Part 23.3 (31.3): Strategies of Darkness and Light: Crinale
Part 23.4 (31.4): A Vivid Wave of Hope
Part 23.5 (31.5): F12000 Girls Will Seem Somewhat [CENSORED]
Cour 3: Angelus vs. the F12000, Part 2[]
True to his word, on January 1, 2017, Ace3000 started off the new year by completing and posting the next part, A Moment of Stasis (Part 1), kicking off the 3rd and final cour of Season 2, continuing where the second cour left off. The final part, F:/2212FINALE/, was posted on May 7, one day earlier than the scheduled date. The final cour of Season 2 contained 9 main parts, or 30 main parts.
List of Parts[]
Part 24.1 (32.1): A Moment of Stasis (Part 1)
Part 24.2 (32.2): The Major Cut
Part 25.0 (33.0): A Matter of Time
Part 26.1 (34.1): A Ghost's Attack
Part 26.2 (34.2): Etymological Kid
Part 26.3 (34.3): A Series of Issues
Part 26.4 (34.4): Fear of a Dead Craft
Part 26.5 (34.5): A Fragile Mind
Part 26.6 (34.6): THREELAYERPOSTRACESTRUCTURE
Part 27.1 (35.1): An Umbra Called Crinale
Part 27.2 (35.2): Rage Against Everything
Part 28.0 (36.0): The Takeover is Happening
Part 29.1 (37.1): 2212: A Pilot's Odyssey
Part 29.2 (37.2): Plans Falling Apart
Part 29.3 (37.3): The Destructive Condition
Part 29.4 (37.4): The Holy Angel of Anger
Part 29.5 (37.5): An Identity Revealed
Part 29.6 (37.6): End of a Pilot's Reign
Part 29.7 (37.7): The Aftermath
Part 30.0 (38.0): Brace for the End
Part 31.1 (39.1): Arrival of the Hunting Party
Part 31.2 (39.2): Assembling The Resistance
Part 31.3 (39.3): Fighting the Juggernaut: Alpha
Part 31.4 (39.4): Between Two Worlds
Part 31.6 (39.6): Fighting the Juggernaut: Omega
Part 32.0 (40.0) F:/2212FINALE/
Interludes[]
Two sets of parts were posted in 2017 and 2019 respectively: Beta Angels, which went into the Katana side of Angelus' past leading up to the 2209 FX400 season; and Season 2.9, described as a "Prelude to Season 3".
Beta Angels[]
Season 2.9[]
Season 3[]
- Main article: Faster Than Angels Season 3 (Ace3000 Series)
Immediately following Season 2.9, Ace3000 continued the story seamlessly into Season 3, starting with Part "0", or Season 2.9_F.
Season 3 is split into two separate Arcs: F12000 and Archangel. The F12000 arc continues into the 2215 F12000 season, directly following from Season 2.9. Archangel Arc is set at an unknown time in 2215, and follows the mysterious Rei Kurokawa, an information broker stationed in Ikebukuro. He also begins to race the local touge racers, under the pseudonym "Archangel".
While the F12000 parts keep up the tradition of being named after albums, the tradition is slightly switched up for the Archangel Arc, those parts are named after 'song' titles.
The full list of posted parts, including links, can be seen in the main article.