The Buckyball Racing Club salutes the Heroes of Bast!
The Glorious Bast-erds Race has now finished, but if you are looking for some racing action check out Total Recall 2
On 30th June 3301 Newton Dock in the BD-02 4304 system was quarantined due to the outbreak of a plague of unknown origin. The Cerberus Plague eventually spread to over 20 systems and claimed 100,000 lives.
Thanks to a massive effort by a group of independent pilots, a cure synthesised from Ceremonial Heike Tea was discovered and used to treat plague victims at Hart Station in the Bast System. This cure was then mass produced and shipped to other infected systems.
On 10th August 3301 the last infected systems were declared to be free of the Cerberus Plague.
In tribute to the heroic efforts of those glorious BAST-erds and Ceremonial Tea Baggers one year ago, the Buckyball Racing Club is hosting a racing event at Hart Station involving a scramble around nearby medicine production facilities and a speed run to Brunel City, Heike.
Race Overview
Glorious Bast-erds is a racing tribute to the heroic efforts of the commanders (the Bast-erds) who completed several interlinked community goals during July and August 3301 to defeat the threat of the Cerberus Plague; the decisive three community goals were all based at Hart Station in the Bast System. The cure to the Cerberus Plague required the rare commodity Ceremonial Heike Tea.
The race involves starting at Hart Station in the Bast System, racing to a selection of nearby stations that manufacture medical goods, returning to Hart Station and then making a return trip to Brunel City (Heike) potentially using a second ship.
Start from Hart Station in Bast. Visit any FOUR of the following seven nearby high-tech stations in any order:
Suri Park(Anlave), Kobayashi City(Anlave), Chadwick Port(Gladutjin), Aleksandrov Gateway(LHS 115), Tanaka Terminal(LHS 2088), Lacaille Prospect(LHS 3262), Sy Base(LHS 3262). Return to Hart Station, while docked at Hart you may switch ships if you like, then make a trip to Brunel City(Heike) and return to the finishing line at Hart Station.
The clock starts on departure from Hart Station, and ends on arrival of your final visit to Hart Station.
The race will run from midnight tonight (0:00:00 11-AUG-3302 in-game time) until 23:59:59 on18th 21st August. Participants must begin their run from Hart Station no later 23:59:59 GMT (in-game time) on 18th 21st August to be valid entries. Race evidence should be provided no later than 23:59:59 on 19th 22nd August.
Regulations
Some obvious questions
What's the prize?
The sight of your name at the top of the leaderboard, and the opportunity to say you won a Buckyball Race. And a little warm glow of satisfaction
What's to stop me cheating?
Nothing. Like the Buckyball Runs, we operate on an honour basis here. There's nothing I can do to stop you from faking screenshots or using exploits. But where's the benefit in that? It wouldn't get you anything, except a lasting feeling of shame. This is all about doing the race for the fun of it.
Some not so obvious questions
But what about the Bootlegger Challenge?
Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between the Lonnegan Brothers and customs officals at Weyl Gateway, Fat Tony and Little Nuk are currently spending a little time at the EDA-Penitentiary at Hughes Enterprise in the Kunti System. They are in negotiations with Warden Kittibomb to run the Bootlegger Challenge at a later date.
So you mentioned some fun challenges from the Lonnegan Bros?
Yep I did. Fat Tony and Little Nuk remain massive fans of Buckyball Racing and watch every event from the comfort of their jail cell. They're joining us at this event via live-linkup and are running two challenges during the race for their own sick amusement:
FAT TONY'S BARBEQUE CHALLENGE:
Fat Tony loves the smell of burning meat, so he's bringing the experience to your own cockpit with his Barbeque Challenge. The winner(s) of Fat Tony's Barbeque Challenge will be the CMDRs who attain the highest hull temperature during a hyperspace countdown during a completed Glorious Bast-erds racing run. See the "How to Enter" section above. This temperature should not result in ship destruction, but Fat Tony can't really verify that unless you upload a video of the full run, so he'll take your word for it. There will be a separate challenge winner for both unlimited and regulation cobra.
LITTLE NUK'S DANGEROUS LANDINGS CHALLENGE
Little Nuk on the other hand loves to see things go boom - and not enough of that happened at the Bootlegger Challenge last year. So he's devised a cunning little challenge to encourage the occasional explosion. The Little Nuk's Dangerous Landings Challenge winner(s) will be the CMDRs who post the highest speeds inside the slot/docking bay prior to a successful landing. See the "How to Enter" section above. Again there will be a separate challenge winner for both unlimited and regulation cobra.
Can I swap the weapons on my Regulation Cobra for something better? I love to pew-pew during races.
No sorry, Fat Tony used this exact build to claim 258 million credits in bounties pew-pewing elite FDLs in a Haz-RES. If it's good enough for Fat Tony, it's good enough for you.
Mind you, Tony's been in jail since before 2.1, so he might be in for a shock when he gets out.
Thanks to a massive effort by a group of independent pilots, a cure synthesised from Ceremonial Heike Tea was discovered and used to treat plague victims at Hart Station in the Bast System. This cure was then mass produced and shipped to other infected systems.
On 10th August 3301 the last infected systems were declared to be free of the Cerberus Plague.
In tribute to the heroic efforts of those glorious BAST-erds and Ceremonial Tea Baggers one year ago, the Buckyball Racing Club is hosting a racing event at Hart Station involving a scramble around nearby medicine production facilities and a speed run to Brunel City, Heike.
Race Overview
Glorious Bast-erds is a racing tribute to the heroic efforts of the commanders (the Bast-erds) who completed several interlinked community goals during July and August 3301 to defeat the threat of the Cerberus Plague; the decisive three community goals were all based at Hart Station in the Bast System. The cure to the Cerberus Plague required the rare commodity Ceremonial Heike Tea.
The race involves starting at Hart Station in the Bast System, racing to a selection of nearby stations that manufacture medical goods, returning to Hart Station and then making a return trip to Brunel City (Heike) potentially using a second ship.
Start from Hart Station in Bast. Visit any FOUR of the following seven nearby high-tech stations in any order:
Suri Park(Anlave), Kobayashi City(Anlave), Chadwick Port(Gladutjin), Aleksandrov Gateway(LHS 115), Tanaka Terminal(LHS 2088), Lacaille Prospect(LHS 3262), Sy Base(LHS 3262). Return to Hart Station, while docked at Hart you may switch ships if you like, then make a trip to Brunel City(Heike) and return to the finishing line at Hart Station.
The clock starts on departure from Hart Station, and ends on arrival of your final visit to Hart Station.
The race will run from midnight tonight (0:00:00 11-AUG-3302 in-game time) until 23:59:59 on
Regulations
The course
The start and end point is docked at Hart Station in the Bast system.
The first part of the event is a short range scramble around some nearby high-tech stations.
Choose any four of the following seven stations:
RETURN TO HART STATION for a mandatory pit-stop prior to the second part of the race. If you are running in the unlimited class you may now swap ships whilst docked at Hart Station if you like. The clock won't stop though, so it's up to you.
Launch again from Hart Station and make the 124.86LY journey to the Heike System and dock at Brunel City. Have a quick drink of refreshing Ceremonial Heike Tea if you like, but don't waste too much time - hit launch and get back to Hart Station to record your finishing time.
Classes
This race has two classes "Unlimited" and "Regulation Cobra". Anything goes in the unlimited class: Engineer mods, jumponium, whatever, you can even switch into a second longer ranged ship during the mid-race pit stop in Bast if you like.
There no "standard" class in this race, but special mention will be given to the fastest unmodified, no-jumponium entry.
Regulation Cobra entries must use this build for the entire race: https://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk...Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==?bn=Fat Tony's Hotrod Mk III - Horizons players can remove their planetary approach suite if they prefer. Any disco scanner may be swapped for the BDS if you like. Note the half-sized fuel tank.
How to Enter
Please let us know if you intend to take part, by posting in this thread with the following:
Before you start, take screenshots of the following:
The following additional screenshots are required during the race:
Optionally you may also provide the following screenshots as entries in the Lonnegan Brothers' daring challenges (see below):
After the race, please send either a PM to Raiko, or an email to raiko <at> buckyballracing <dot> org <dot> uk, with the following:
Examples of what your screenshots should look like can be found on the How to Enter page of the Buckyball Racing Club website.
The start and end point is docked at Hart Station in the Bast system.
The first part of the event is a short range scramble around some nearby high-tech stations.
Choose any four of the following seven stations:
- Suri Park in the Anlave System
- Kobayashi City also in the Anlave System
- Chadwick Port in the Gladutjin System
- Aleksandrov Gateway in the LHS 115 System:
- Tanaka Terminal in the LHS 2088 System:
- Lacaille Prospect in the LHS 3262 System
- Sy Base also in the LHS 3262 System
RETURN TO HART STATION for a mandatory pit-stop prior to the second part of the race. If you are running in the unlimited class you may now swap ships whilst docked at Hart Station if you like. The clock won't stop though, so it's up to you.
Launch again from Hart Station and make the 124.86LY journey to the Heike System and dock at Brunel City. Have a quick drink of refreshing Ceremonial Heike Tea if you like, but don't waste too much time - hit launch and get back to Hart Station to record your finishing time.
Classes
This race has two classes "Unlimited" and "Regulation Cobra". Anything goes in the unlimited class: Engineer mods, jumponium, whatever, you can even switch into a second longer ranged ship during the mid-race pit stop in Bast if you like.
There no "standard" class in this race, but special mention will be given to the fastest unmodified, no-jumponium entry.
Regulation Cobra entries must use this build for the entire race: https://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk...Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==?bn=Fat Tony's Hotrod Mk III - Horizons players can remove their planetary approach suite if they prefer. Any disco scanner may be swapped for the BDS if you like. Note the half-sized fuel tank.
How to Enter
Please let us know if you intend to take part, by posting in this thread with the following:
- Commander name
- Ship name(s)
- Ship type(s)
- Class (Regulation Cobra or Unlimited)
Before you start, take screenshots of the following:
- Outfitting screens for your ship (both ships if you wish to enter two ships in unlimited class), covering core internals (showing power plant, frame shift drive, thrusters and power distributor, along with jump range). If entering the Regulation Cobra class, please also provide screenshots of the optional internals.
- Launch screenshot, on the pad at Hart Station showing time and date. This is your starting time, so hit launch and get racing!
The following additional screenshots are required during the race:
- A screenshot taken immediately after docking at each of your 4 chosen scramble-stage stations, this must show the station clock.
- A screenshot taken immediately after docking for the mandatory "pit-stop" at Hart Station in Bast, this must show the station clock and must be taken later than the scramble-stage shots and earlier than the visit to Heike.
- A screenshot taken immediately after docking at Brunel City in Heike, this must show the station clock.
- A final screenshot taken immediately after docking back at Hart Station, this must show the station clock. This is your finishing time.
Optionally you may also provide the following screenshots as entries in the Lonnegan Brothers' daring challenges (see below):
- A screenshot showing hull temperature and a visible hyperspace countdown timer, for entry into Fat Tony's Barbeque Challenge. The cockpit clock must also be visible, and the displayed time must be within a submitted complete run.
- A screenshot showing ship speed during docking, for entry into Little Nuk's Dangerous Landings Challenge. The cockpit clock must also be visible, the displayed time must be within a submitted complete run and must be no more than 30 seconds prior to a successful docking screenshot. The station interior must be visible. The station exterior must not be visible.
After the race, please send either a PM to Raiko, or an email to raiko <at> buckyballracing <dot> org <dot> uk, with the following:
- Your commander name
- Your forum user name (if different)
- Your ship name
- Your ship type
- Entry class (Regulation Cobra or Unlimited)
- Your total race time
- Your screenshots
Examples of what your screenshots should look like can be found on the How to Enter page of the Buckyball Racing Club website.
Some obvious questions
What's the prize?
The sight of your name at the top of the leaderboard, and the opportunity to say you won a Buckyball Race. And a little warm glow of satisfaction
What's to stop me cheating?
Nothing. Like the Buckyball Runs, we operate on an honour basis here. There's nothing I can do to stop you from faking screenshots or using exploits. But where's the benefit in that? It wouldn't get you anything, except a lasting feeling of shame. This is all about doing the race for the fun of it.
Some not so obvious questions
But what about the Bootlegger Challenge?
Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between the Lonnegan Brothers and customs officals at Weyl Gateway, Fat Tony and Little Nuk are currently spending a little time at the EDA-Penitentiary at Hughes Enterprise in the Kunti System. They are in negotiations with Warden Kittibomb to run the Bootlegger Challenge at a later date.
So you mentioned some fun challenges from the Lonnegan Bros?
Yep I did. Fat Tony and Little Nuk remain massive fans of Buckyball Racing and watch every event from the comfort of their jail cell. They're joining us at this event via live-linkup and are running two challenges during the race for their own sick amusement:
FAT TONY'S BARBEQUE CHALLENGE:
Fat Tony loves the smell of burning meat, so he's bringing the experience to your own cockpit with his Barbeque Challenge. The winner(s) of Fat Tony's Barbeque Challenge will be the CMDRs who attain the highest hull temperature during a hyperspace countdown during a completed Glorious Bast-erds racing run. See the "How to Enter" section above. This temperature should not result in ship destruction, but Fat Tony can't really verify that unless you upload a video of the full run, so he'll take your word for it. There will be a separate challenge winner for both unlimited and regulation cobra.
LITTLE NUK'S DANGEROUS LANDINGS CHALLENGE
Little Nuk on the other hand loves to see things go boom - and not enough of that happened at the Bootlegger Challenge last year. So he's devised a cunning little challenge to encourage the occasional explosion. The Little Nuk's Dangerous Landings Challenge winner(s) will be the CMDRs who post the highest speeds inside the slot/docking bay prior to a successful landing. See the "How to Enter" section above. Again there will be a separate challenge winner for both unlimited and regulation cobra.
Can I swap the weapons on my Regulation Cobra for something better? I love to pew-pew during races.
No sorry, Fat Tony used this exact build to claim 258 million credits in bounties pew-pewing elite FDLs in a Haz-RES. If it's good enough for Fat Tony, it's good enough for you.
Mind you, Tony's been in jail since before 2.1, so he might be in for a shock when he gets out.
Raikogram of the Route
Heike isn't included in the Raikogram, as it's mandatory that you dock at Hart Station both before and after the visit to Brunel City. The distance from Bast to Heike is 124.83LY.
Heike isn't included in the Raikogram, as it's mandatory that you dock at Hart Station both before and after the visit to Brunel City. The distance from Bast to Heike is 124.83LY.
Glorious Bast-erds Final Tables
Unlimited Class Final Standings
Regulation Cobra Class Final Standings
Little Nuk's Dangerous Landings Challenge
Winner: CMDR Cookiehole, Ship: Crater Creator (iCourier) 606m/s
Reg.Hotrod Mk III Winner: CMDR Bruski, Flaming Onionhead Express 425m/s
Combined Table:
Unlimited Table:
Reg.Hotrod Table:
CMDR Cookiehole enters Lacaille Prospect at Spectacular velocity
Fat Tonys BBQ Challenge
Winner: CMDR Bruski, Ship: Flaming Onionhead Express (Reg. Hotrod Mk III) 410%
Unlimited Class Winner: CMDR Cookiehole, Ship: Fireball (Hauler) 240%
Combined Table:
Unlimited Table:
Reg.Hotrod Table:
CMDR Bruski BBQs his Regulation Hotrod Mk III to Glorious temperatures
[video=youtube;KDP_Qh5gNX8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDP_Qh5gNX8[/video]
The Lonnegan Brothers' Scale of Hotness
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