Commander name: Asuka Zeppelin
Ship name: the 'Red Rabbit'
Ship type: Asp
edit: Thanks !
Update:
Departure date (game time): 24 JUL 3301 0:38:23
Distance travelled(Ly): ~ 7,600
Distance remaining(Ly): ~ 18,200
ETA Sag A: < 1 week
Averaging about 1000Ly/hour.
The galactic core area looms larger and brighter in the sky as I draw near.
Vast dust clouds obscure much of the milky way.
An NGC object lurks on my starboard side and says "Come investigate me",
pretty in blue as it is, with a sprinkling of bright stellar objects within.
Only 1000 light years away. It's so easy to be distracted.
(Mental Note: check that out on the way back)
There were a number of people who hadn't provided them, and they felt like a bit of a speciality of the Buckyball Run itself. That said, they could make a return if there is sufficient demand...
"In a surprising move today, Senator Patreus called for drug testing for racers competing in Buckyball Racing Club events. To quote the Senator: 'For too long, Bucky racers have introduced all sorts of foreign substances into their bodies to get them through the pressures of events. We have compiled a list of substances that Bucky racers have been caught ingesting, and frankly, this abuse must stop. Racers have been caught ingesting pizza, Chee-tos, Diet Coke... even Vegemite. Vegemite, for God's sake! Well, it stops now. From now on, every racer will be required to submit a testing sample along with evidence of their race time as proof.' "The members of the Buckyball Racing Club, after private discussion, agreed. Moreover, as a gesture of the level of goodwill between the Senator and the Racing Club, they have announced that they would send the samples directly to Senator Patreus' office."
"In a surprising move today, Senator Patreus called for drug testing for racers competing in Buckyball Racing Club events"
In an equally unsurprising move, CMDR Henry Passionfruit called for Senator Patreus to
"kiss my Orca's neutron-flux exhaust vent"
CMDR Henry Passionfruit, who represents the "Buckyball Racers Who Fly Red Orcas Amalgamated Union" ('The drinking club with a racing problem', membership: 1) was adamant in his assertion that:
"Drugs are the whole point. Well, no, drugs are bad, m'kaaaay kiddies; but they are terrific fun when your ship is clocking a high fraction of c within the starport dock. It's quite the rush, what!"
and also that
"What does that toad-licking Imperial nancy-pants have against Vegemite? When was the last time you saw Vegemite enslave a planet? When did Vegemite ever declare war? Vegemite doesn't kill people; in fact people eating Vegemite have never killed anyone while eating Vegemite. FACT. Stick that up your junta, Senator No-Pants-R-Us!"
Speaking by sub-etha from the Lido Deck Spa Pool of his racing Orca "The Spanish Inquisition" CMDR Passionfruit was also reported as saying:
"If Senator Patreus thinks he can just make up rules then he better think again. The more rules he makes just means more rules for Buckyballers to break! When a Buckyballer sees a rule they are overcome with an urge to break it; it's a natural reaction. There are enough rules in this Universe, the last thing it needs is more. "Slow Down" - nope. "Keep to under 200m/s in Starport" - heh, yeah, but NO. "No speeding" - sorry going to fast to read your sign. "No illegal racing" - sorry can't hear you over the noise of how awesome CMDR Alot is. Actually, bring it on Senator! You can't make a rule us Buckyballers can't or won't break! ner ner ner ner ner!"
Senator Patreus declined to comment.
Yeah, because he's too busy licking toads. Senator Patreus licks toads! Senator No-Pants-R-Us has NO PANTS! OOOohhh I'm so scared of Senator Patreus - Come get me Imperial Toad Lickers! Send Lavigny; or the blue-haired one, at least they look cute and there's plenty of room in my Spa Pool! Oh, is the mic still on?
PS. also send Helium & Vegemite. My co-pilot and I have run out of our respective indulgences.
I have just noticed a slight error on the boards it has me listed that I completed a run in an Imperial Courier when it was done in an Imperial Clipper
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