Questing on Qixi - Buckyball 101st Race
“We’ve had a tradition of opening a pathway across the vast stars, for a Earth folk tale of a Cowherd and a Weaver Girl who can only meet at Qixi every year. Sounds cliche, doesn’t it? Yet, We Starfinders do this every year, to make us have something to bond over to not get space madness and to show the people planetlocked that we will bridge the void to explore, report and cooperate. We’re going back to the beautiful Seven Sisters this year - Asterope, Maia, Sterope II. Now, we invite you, the Buckyballers, to partake in this tradition. Hop on your ship, blast thru the Seven Sisters, inspect some infrastructure and come back.”
Hello, this is Venture-Captain agent Chika here, or as you may know me, Clarissa - I hail from the home system of Meliae. Pretty planet, pretty star, nice people - Meliae was a nice place to be in the Galaxy. But, there are better place to be at, than Meliae. At the helm of your own Phantom, flying thru the stars.
I’ll be waiting for you at Sterope II, aboard Tsat Tsz Mui (TBB-0TJ). Hope I see you there.
Starfinder Society, 3310 - Explore, Report, Cooperate!
The Race: 26th July 3310 - 5th August 3310
The Race is split into two classes; Regulation Class and Unlimited Class.
For Regulation Class, take off at Ohm Horizons at HIP 29312, the furthest we can supply you at the border of the Bubble, go thru and land at infrastructures at 4 or more of the Seven SIsters, return and report at Ohm Horizons at HIP 29312.
For Unlimited Class, take off at Solo Orbiter at Altair, go thru and land at infrastructures at 4 or more of the Seven SIsters, return and report at Taylor CIty at Vega OR Dezhurov Terminal at LHS 6282 if you don’t have Vega permit; or in reverse.
The Seven Sisters and their Infrastructure inspections required are:
Bonuses
There are no Buckyball race without some fat bonus. For this Race, the bonus are:
Submission Requirements
You may choose to submit a timestamped video with timestamps for the following moments, or screenshots of the following moments.
At the beginning of the race:
On the way to the Seven Sisters:
At each stop of the race:
During the Race:
The regulation build is linked here: https://s.orbis.zone/m1g-
Detailed Surface Scanner is not included in the Regulation build (if you forget and didn't actually use it, that's okay).
SCO Frame Shift Drives are allowed (and encouraged).
No Autopilot
No Docking Computer
No rebuys, but repairs are permitted.
No changing of modules or your ship once begun.
No FSD Synthesis may be used.
NOTE: According to a new rule introduced for the 888 Championship, any racer who places in the top 5 in unlimited will have that ship "locked" and will no longer receive more than 15 points (6th place) in any following race that season during which they enter the same ship type. This should encourage the top racers (last season this would only affect 10 racers) to spread their wings more and explore a variety of vehicles for mayhem. If you do not place in the top 5 this does not affect you. If you do, don't use that ship type again in unlimited for the season.
Scoreboard
Race News, and Clarifications
29 July 3310, 2125 -
31 July 3310, 0424
31 July 3310, 0508
31 July 3310, 0842
Good luck, and have fun!
Clarissa
“We’ve had a tradition of opening a pathway across the vast stars, for a Earth folk tale of a Cowherd and a Weaver Girl who can only meet at Qixi every year. Sounds cliche, doesn’t it? Yet, We Starfinders do this every year, to make us have something to bond over to not get space madness and to show the people planetlocked that we will bridge the void to explore, report and cooperate. We’re going back to the beautiful Seven Sisters this year - Asterope, Maia, Sterope II. Now, we invite you, the Buckyballers, to partake in this tradition. Hop on your ship, blast thru the Seven Sisters, inspect some infrastructure and come back.”
Hello, this is Venture-Captain agent Chika here, or as you may know me, Clarissa - I hail from the home system of Meliae. Pretty planet, pretty star, nice people - Meliae was a nice place to be in the Galaxy. But, there are better place to be at, than Meliae. At the helm of your own Phantom, flying thru the stars.
I’ll be waiting for you at Sterope II, aboard Tsat Tsz Mui (TBB-0TJ). Hope I see you there.
Starfinder Society, 3310 - Explore, Report, Cooperate!
The Race: 26th July 3310 - 5th August 3310
The Race is split into two classes; Regulation Class and Unlimited Class.
For Regulation Class, take off at Ohm Horizons at HIP 29312, the furthest we can supply you at the border of the Bubble, go thru and land at infrastructures at 4 or more of the Seven SIsters, return and report at Ohm Horizons at HIP 29312.
For Unlimited Class, take off at Solo Orbiter at Altair, go thru and land at infrastructures at 4 or more of the Seven SIsters, return and report at Taylor CIty at Vega OR Dezhurov Terminal at LHS 6282 if you don’t have Vega permit; or in reverse.
The Seven Sisters and their Infrastructure inspections required are:
- Asterope - dock at Copernicus Observatory (83 ls)
- Atlas - dock at Cyllene Orbital (11k ls)
- Celaeno - dock at Artemis Lodge (46 ls)
- Maia - dock at Obsidian Orbital (634 ls)
- Merope - land next to Thunderhead Garrison (3k ls), anywhere within 500m is fine - your In-flight Computer can scan the Installation.
- Pleione - dock at Stargazer (1k ls)
- Sterope II - dock at Tsat Tsz Mui (TBB-0TJ) (star)
Bonuses
There are no Buckyball race without some fat bonus. For this Race, the bonus are:
- Starlit Span Starfinder - Drop off to 5 of the 7 sisters, complete the inspection by docking at the named infrastructure for a -150s bonus; 6 of the 7 sisters for a -330s bonus, all sisters for a -720s bonus.
- Explore, Report, Cooperate! - take a screenshot of the Pleiades Nebula and report it for a -15 sec bonus; or mark a timestamp where the Pleiades Nebula is clearly visible thru the cockpit center, if submitting video evidence.
- Buckyball Tourist - go to any Listening Post or Tourist Beacon, except the one near Obsidian Orbital and scan it for a -75s bonus.
- Operation Ida Hauler - Buy up to 8 tons of cargo at the start, and sell them at Artemis Lodge @ Celaeno for -60s if all 8 arrive, and -15s if at least 1 arrive.
- Anti Xeno Initiative Scout - Target any Thargoid for a -300s bonus!
- Buckyball Racing Club Racer - At Obsidian Orbital @ Maia, get docking permission, enter the slot, then exit again and fly all the way around the back of the station, passing through the habitation rings and directly around the reactor at the back of the station, then through the habitation rings again, back in through the slot and finally land on the pad for a -120s bonus!
- New Pilots Initiative Pilot - In Unlimited Class; use a ship that has no engineering (no mod, no experimental) for a -240 sec bonus. In addition, use a ship that has no Guardian modules and SCO for a -540 sec bonus instead.
- Ehh, are you really that far away? - Dare the Heavens, we're at 3310, the Milky Way isn't that far across! After docking at Altair or Vega in the Unlimited Class, fly back to Vega or Altair for a -100s bonus - it's a shame the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl doesn't have a Frameshift Drive on their hands. - It looks like it is not possible to achieve without losing time, tho it will still be open if you somehow found a method or exploited something to make it work!
- Do you want to be a Thargoid? - Turn off your Life Support from start to finish to get a -180s bonus
- Core Dynamic Composites Crasher: Remove or power down your shields to test out cutting edge hull composites for a -30s bonus.
Submission Requirements
You may choose to submit a timestamped video with timestamps for the following moments, or screenshots of the following moments.
At the beginning of the race:
- Your Ship modules; if you are running on Regulation Class, or attempting New Pilots Initiative Pilot, or Core Dynamic Composites Crasher if on Unlimited Class.
- Your Cockpit Screen; if you are attempting Do you want to be a Thargoid, or Core Dynamics Composites Crasher on Regulation Class.
- Your Cargo Hold; if you are attempting Operation Ida Hauler.
On the way to the Seven Sisters:
- A screenshot of the Seven Sisters, if you are attempting Explore, Report, Cooperate and submitted screenshots as evidence, otherwise a timestamp where the Seven Sisters are clearly visible thru the cockpit if you are submitting video evidence.
At each stop of the race:
- A landing view of the stop. 5 - 7 are needed if you attempt Starlit Span Starfinder, 4 are necessary; if you are attempting Ehh, are you really that far away on Unlimited Class; you need to provide 2 pictures of the beginning stop which also serves as your end time for the race.
During the Race:
- A cockpit view where you scanned a Listening Post or Tourist Beacon for Buckyball Tourist.
- A cockpit view where a Thargoid is targeted for Anti Xeno Initiative Scout.
- A cockpit view where you are passing the habitation ring with docking permission at Obsidian Orbital, a view where you can see the reactor and a view where you pass the habitation ring again for Buckyball Racing Club Racer. The docking times on each successive screen must be visible and smaller than the previous one.
Race Submission Form
https://forms.gle/2zebFL9yJ49yYJo3ABuild Rules & Ships
Regulation:
The regulation build for this race will continue to be the stock Cobra. While it is possible that future races will include the now available SCO Frame Shift Drives, this race was originally intended to be appropriate for ships limited to traditional FSD technology.The regulation build is linked here: https://s.orbis.zone/m1g-
Detailed Surface Scanner is not included in the Regulation build (if you forget and didn't actually use it, that's okay).
Unlimited:
Any ship type is eligible for the Unlimited class, with the exception of the next gen ships built to accommodate the Supercruise Overcharge Frame Shift Drives (for now, just the Python Mk2).SCO Frame Shift Drives are allowed (and encouraged).
No Autopilot
No Docking Computer
No rebuys, but repairs are permitted.
No changing of modules or your ship once begun.
No FSD Synthesis may be used.
NOTE: According to a new rule introduced for the 888 Championship, any racer who places in the top 5 in unlimited will have that ship "locked" and will no longer receive more than 15 points (6th place) in any following race that season during which they enter the same ship type. This should encourage the top racers (last season this would only affect 10 racers) to spread their wings more and explore a variety of vehicles for mayhem. If you do not place in the top 5 this does not affect you. If you do, don't use that ship type again in unlimited for the season.
Scoreboard
Race News, and Clarifications
29 July 3310, 2125 -
31 July 3310, 0424
31 July 3310, 0508
31 July 3310, 0842
Good luck, and have fun!
Clarissa
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