Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
Once again interest had picked up. It had been over 4 human generations since anyone who really knew what was going on in Pareco had been alive. Sure I had been manufactured back then... but my memories are not so good... someone's definitely been fiddling around there.
I can remember deciding to move to Pareco, well I remember the decision being made for me at least. Private detectives are not normally welcomed with open arms and cyborg ones even less so. I found Pareco, a little backwater system with no planets, but there were stations and outposts there... orbiting... no, no just there. I remember old Tom, I remember him being the only one who would answer any of my questions. Folk told me to ignore him, said he'd taken too much Onionhead when he was younger and didn't know what he was talking about, I'm not so sure. One night he came to see me, all excited about something and that's the last I remember. 3 maybe 4 days of black, Tom was nowhere to be found and no-one in any of the stations had heard of him. I knew there and then to stop with the questions and just play blissful ignorance. But things are changing.
In the last 18 months there's been a lot more pilots flying through Pareco, trade has picked up in the system and so has curiosity and now I have a new case. I got contacted by Bucky, he wanted to make sure that his recently set up supply lines with two of the distilleries here would not have any problems with what may, or may not, be in this system. I don't know who messed with my head the last time, but I know one thing for certain, I would take annoying them over Bucky any day.
So I need all the help I can get to see if we can find out what's going on in this system. Maybe you'll bump into something while flying between stations, or maybe you'll bump into someone in one of the bars.
THE RACE HAS NOW ENDED
The Race
If you've never been to Pareco before then you're in for a treat, it's one of those quirky systems that Elite throws up every now and then. In fact when you're docked at one of the outposts you can see an Orbis station clearly in the distance. I think in some cases the longest part of this race will actually be getting to the starting line 
It's only 10k Ls so don't worry, though you really won't be able to tell what on Earth is going on until you get to within 0.5Ls then it will become apparent.
This one is more of a docking challenge than anything else, which fits in with the Midweek Madness theme, so grab you small speedy ships and get on the start line. There are 4 stations and 2 outposts in the system, but what are they orbiting?!? Pick any station or outpost that takes your fancy to start from and then visit every other one in any order you like. You need to complete 2 laps (finishing at your starting position) and the second lap must be the same order as the first.
Not challenging enough for you?
Then try the Shieldless Stock Sidey challenge. This is fairly straight forward, buy a Sidewinder (they sell them at the 4 stations), sell the shields and only the shields, try and complete the course without repairing. This will be the last shieldless challenge before 1.6/2.1 raises the threshold on how much it takes to damage a ship on landing without shields (I'm not sure if that only applies to the initial threshold though) so it may be interesting to use as a comparison
It's only 10k Ls so don't worry, though you really won't be able to tell what on Earth is going on until you get to within 0.5Ls then it will become apparent.This one is more of a docking challenge than anything else, which fits in with the Midweek Madness theme, so grab you small speedy ships and get on the start line. There are 4 stations and 2 outposts in the system, but what are they orbiting?!? Pick any station or outpost that takes your fancy to start from and then visit every other one in any order you like. You need to complete 2 laps (finishing at your starting position) and the second lap must be the same order as the first.
Not challenging enough for you?
Then try the Shieldless Stock Sidey challenge. This is fairly straight forward, buy a Sidewinder (they sell them at the 4 stations), sell the shields and only the shields, try and complete the course without repairing. This will be the last shieldless challenge before 1.6/2.1 raises the threshold on how much it takes to damage a ship on landing without shields (I'm not sure if that only applies to the initial threshold though) so it may be interesting to use as a comparison
How to Enter
State your intent to race, including:
If you are doing the Shieldless Stock Sidey challenge then you will need an additional 2 photographs of the Station Services main menu before you start and after you finish, so that I can see your Credit amount and check you haven't repaired.
Once you have gotten all of your screenshots together and hopefully uploaded them to imgur (or similar) then send me a link in a PM.
- Your Cmdr name
- Your forum name if different
- Your ship type
- Your ship name
- Race type: Unlimited or SSS
If you are doing the Shieldless Stock Sidey challenge then you will need an additional 2 photographs of the Station Services main menu before you start and after you finish, so that I can see your Credit amount and check you haven't repaired.
Once you have gotten all of your screenshots together and hopefully uploaded them to imgur (or similar) then send me a link in a PM.
Unlimited Leaderboard
Shieldless Stock Sidey Leaderboard
The doors to the bars are open, so break another rule.
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