Ferry, short for Pherilexylmedileer (FARE-ee-Lex-uhl-MED-uh-Leer) is an avian Neptunian living on Titan Garden. He bounces around all over but can be reliably found in the A-District most of the time, hanging out in gambling halls and corner booths of a string of different pubs. Ferry's an impatient guy with a raspy voice who loves to yank people's chains, he loves to bust their chops. He's got the kind of way about him where it's hard to tell when he's being serious and when he's putting on a show, which can be a little stressful when you owe him something and he's asking for it. He's got his own homemade energy drink he calls "Ferry Berry Punch" which he claims will give you "business powers" and make you "really good at stackin' Creds". If you ask him nice he'll sell you a bottle, just don't drink it all at once. Too much business ain't good for you.
Speaking of business, Ferry's primary operation is a racing circuit he operates throughout the Sol system. Saturn's usually good for the races since its moons are varied and largely uninhabited frontier space so its easy to plot different courses without asking anyone's permission. There's a fee to enter, and the prize pool is the total fees minus "administrative costs". The rules are simple: there's a start line, a finish line and a bunch of bumpy terrain in-between, and the first to cross the finish line by whatever means is the winner. It is a ground race, so wheels and treads are the main theme. Hovecraft are allowed but no flying is permitted, half the point is dealing with the rough terrain so if you wanna fly, fly yourself home. Oh yeah, one other rule: no Mercurians and no Astronav Droids. Ferry's races used to be open to everyone but enough racers complained about Mercurians' magic powers or Astronavs having maps for brains that he said fine, whatever, they're out. It's too much of a headache to know what the one can even do or that the other actually disengaged their internal navigational systems, there's plenty else on Titan they can do for fun. Just don't let him catch you screwin' up his races. That's the rules.
Interested parties can find Ferry at one of his "business locations", which are usually landmarks on walkways more often than not. If you want to race, you gotta find him. If you don't know enough to track him down? I dunno man, try the E-District for your fun. Get your kicks somewhere else, you ain't cut out for this. When you do find him, you need two things: you gotta have a holograph of the ride you plan to drive and you gotta have the scratch to pay your entry fee and an application processing surcharge. The holograph is important- Ferry isn't necessarily a mechanic himself but he likes to look at the pictures of cars, rotating the holograph, zooming in and checking it out from all angles. He'll ask for a copy for his records so you should be prepared to leave it with him. He'll be making sure the ride you bring to the race matches the holograph you gave him. No funny business! If you can manage that, you're in.
When he's not clickin' credit sticks Ferry can usually be found placing bets with Titan's bookies or hitting the tables at the Mobius Casino, investing his administrative fees to score big returns. He's a big Mahjong guy, he loves to talk his talk and clack tiles. Red Raven's Bell and Dr. Lin run into him fairly often, and it's usually a lively table when the three of them are together. Dr. Lin knows Ferry's tells well and will sometimes sandbag to lead Ferry along and fleece him at the end of the game. Bell isn't as savvy a Mahjong player, he'll call riichi as soon as he can and just stare at Ferry as his hand auto-plays itself. The one player Ferry absolutely won't sit down at a table with is Scarlet. Ferry is terrified of Scarlet. The first time they met he took her for an easy mark, but there's something about Scarlet, it's like she just knows where all the winning tiles are. Her defense is immaculate, it's impossible to ron off her discards. The way she watches you, perfectly calm, picking your discard, the way you're like, there's no way she needs this tile and you always discard into a Scarlet win. She doesn't gloat or brag or talk trash, she just extracts your wealth like a dentist removing a bad tooth. Ferry is dreadfully afraid of Scarlet and she knows it, and Doc knows it, and Bell probably hasn't picked up on that detail himself but he notices his friends like picking on the red guy a lot. He'll never admit it, but she's probably the reason Ferry agreed to calls for driver bans from his racers. There ain't enough Ferry Berry Punch in the world to business your way out of that frying pan.