Welcome to the second of the Buckyball Racing Club's Warm Up Races, a series of short races planned to be simple and quick, and give you a good taster of Buckyball-style racing!
The Race
This is a fairly simple jaunt, hopping across the borders between the Empire and Federation, and between the territory of four Powers...
Start line is at Gaiman Dock in Beta Pictoris.
Then call at the following four starports, in any order:
- Bresnik Port in 82 Eridani
- Mikulin Hub in Kamchaa
- Michalitsianos Hub in Kapod
- Tsunenaga Port in LHS 200
Expected circuit time is 20-30 minutes.
To aid in route plotting, here's a list of the stations, the distance of each from its respective star, and the distances between the systems in light years.
Entry Options
Entries can be made in any ship (all five waypoints are full size starports), and at any time. The race closes at 23:59 GMT on 20 September 3301; you must cross the finish line no later than 23:59:59 on 20 September for your entry to count.
For this race, there are three classes of entry available:
- Open Play (for races conducted entirely in Open Play in the main universe)
- Solo / Private Group (for those running in Solo or in a private group)
- Open Beta-verse (Special, for this race only: option for those making the run in the beta universe; includes Xbox players)
How to Enter
- Get to Gaiman Dock in the system of Beta Pictoris. Make repairs, fill with fuel, and ensure your ship is outfitted exactly how you want it for the race.
- Open the Outfitting screen and capture a screenshot (F10) of your ship. Be sure to capture Power Plant, Thrusters, Frame Shift Drive and Power Distributor statistics as well as your ship's mass.
- Return to the surface and prepare for launch.
- Hit F10 to take another screenshot, or start your video capture, showing your start location and time.
- Call at the following four stations, in any order. At each one, take a screenshot on the landing pad showing your location and the time.
- Bresnik Port in 82 Eridani
- Mikulin Hub in Kamchaa
- Michalitsianos Hub in Kapod
- Tsunenaga Port in LHS 200
- Return to Gaiman Dock in Beta Pictoris, taking another screenshot on arrival.
- Send a PM to me (drakhyr), or email drakhyr <at> buckyballracing <dot> org <dot> uk, with the following:
- Forum user name
- Commander name (i.e. your in-game name)
- Ship name
- Ship type
- Race entry class (open play, solo/private group, or open beta-verse)
- Race time
- Either a link to your video, or a link to your screenshots. There should be 7 screenshots in total: outfitting; start at Gaiman Dock; 4 x waypoints; finish at Gaiman Dock.
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