The Buckyball Racing Club
Is proud to present
The Empire Hustle
8th April 3309-16th April 3309
Hosted by Commander Sulu
As part of the Magic 8-Ball 2 Swift Sixteen series of events
Please use Horizons 4.0 if possible.
(Although it is not strictly essential for most races)
Welcome to the first race of the year, “The Empire Hustle”. This is the first in the magic 8 Ball 2 Swift Sixteen series being held throughout 3309. The race is a completely honest rehash of events previously run by Cmdr Furrycat and Cmdr PolarBruski. Judging by the title you can well imagine it is set in the Empire. Not only that, but all of the ships except the regulation Cobra must be of Imperial design. It is a simple race involving just five starports set a short distance apart. The task is to fly to each station, loop it and dock as fast as possible. That`s it!Is proud to present
The Empire Hustle
8th April 3309-16th April 3309
Hosted by Commander Sulu
As part of the Magic 8-Ball 2 Swift Sixteen series of events
Please use Horizons 4.0 if possible.
(Although it is not strictly essential for most races)
The stations are as follows -
- Agnews` Folly - Vequess
- Gurevich Orbital - LHS 1380
- Gottlob Frege Coliseum - Fawaol
- Polya Coliseum - Aymifa
- Artsutanov Station - Jumuzgo
You must start and finish at Agnews` Folly. Apart from that you can do as you please (As long as you loop & dock at all stations that is!). When arriving at the station, sight the blue atmosphere shield of the slot (the airlock if you will), request docking, then loop the station before actually docking. A loop must be performed before the final landing at Agnew`s folly as well. For those unsure about this, here is a video of a Loop & Dock -
https://youtu.be/SUngXNIO5jI
There will be a regulation ship which as in the previous championship will be the venerable Cobra mk III. The only change will be no weapons. Here is a link to that build -
https://s.orbis.zone/m1g-
The Unlimited class will have four choices and an overall board for championship points any of which can be entered depending on the ships you have available to you. They will be as follows –
- Ultra-Light Imperial Eagle
- Light Imperial Courier
- Medium Imperial Clipper
- Heavy Imperial Cutter
You are encouraged to enter any or all of the 4 ship choices as you wish in the unlimited, but only the fastest of your runs will go on to the main board. The results of each class will still be shown in separate boards.
There will be a couple of rules unfortunately as this is a race after all.
- No Super Cruise Assist
- No docking computers
- No rebuys
- No FSD boosting (Jet Cone or Synthesis)
- The blue of the atmosphere shield must be seen upon docking request.
- Cmdr Sulu is in charge!
You may engineer the unlimited ships in any way you wish except for the above items. Feel free to fit as many loud exhausts and chrome valve covers as you want or need.
Race Entries
You can use video or screenshots for this race using the usual links. i.e Imgur / Youtube etc. screen shots are preferred but not essential. If using pictures, then for the loop around you must show the “mailslot” and your HUD clock with docking approved before looping, a picture of the rear of the station and one of you docked showing the clock again. Please include a shot of your ship modules. If sending video also please show the modules screen.
Here is a sample set of pictures –
https://imgur.com/a/8PtKHMf
It has been noted that an option to activate/deactivate the HUD clock exists. This must be visible at all times. If you are unsure how to do this then please look at the following picture on Imgur which shows how to activate the clock –
https://imgur.com/a/qghhHQl
You will need to provide the following evidence –
Your Name
Regulation or Unlimited
Unlimited ship if applicable
Ship Name
Time claimed
Evidence link (Imgur / you tube etc)
Your empire rank
Contact link
Interesting comments or happenings. (Optional)
The link for entries – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19_weagsGb9n0xh7llj6LZvgMNxyuylgs56RVj0yJaIs/edit#settings
Above all have fun and enjoy this fast paced warm up race to start the season.
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