Note: I have updated the definition of landed, see below.
Altais has recently seen some very strange events with the discovery in late 3301 of a huge monolith on Altais 2B. This quickly became a local tourist attraction with base jumping thrill seekers a regular feature. Then on the 26th May 3302 the monolith disappeared without a trace. Local inhabitants started to mutter about aliens and drew parallels to the occurrences in the 20th century classic novels 2001: A Space Odyssey and sequels where a monolith is discovered, subsequently disappears and converts a planet into a new star. People were understandably nervous.
In an effort to reassure local residents and tourists alike Manager Garret Bryant of Altais Industries has asked the Buckyball Racing Club to host an event to demonstrate that Altais is as safe ever and open for business as usual.
Although Bucky is not so sure. Having visited the site he reckons he can see the von Neumann machines at work! Take a look when you land, be careful you aren’t converted into star fuel though.
Potential racers for the event are encouraged to gather in the Monolith bar at Swanson Plant, Altais.
The event will run from 0000 IGT/UTC 2nd July until 2359 IGT/UTC 10th July 3302. Any runs must have a start time before 2359 IGT/UTC 10th July 3302 to be eligible.
Final Results
New to Racing?
Please refer to the following instructional video, courtesy of CMDR furrycat:
[video=youtube;6Pk5rjMu11Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pk5rjMu11Q[/video]
Don't worry too much about all the rules and regulations below it pretty easy once you give it a go.
Rules and Regulations
There are two classes the Regulation Sidewinder and Open Unlimited.
The regulation sidewinder must be outfitted as follows. The docking computer must be fitted for its theme relevant soundtrack although it need not be used during the race Note after marveling at the musical docking skills of the SDC I suggest you disable it in your modules tab to avoid it taking over at an inopportune moment lol.
https://coriolis.io/outfit/sidewind...-2o012h24.Iw1-EA==.Aw1-EA==?bn=4001 Reg Sidey
The basic discovery scanner may be exchanged for the intermediate or advanced equivalents.
In Open Unlimited anything goes – Engineer’s modifications and FSD boosts are allowed.
This race requires the Elite Dangerous: Horizons expansion.
When docked in station you must take a screen shot showing the on screen clock. You must be docked.
When landing on a planet you must take a screen shot with the ship landed. After struggling to land a couple of times I have decided to redefine "landed".
To be landed you must:
1. Have an altitude of 10m or less
2. Have a speed of 0
3. Have your gear down
You must land within +/- 0.02 degrees latitude/longitude of the coordinates given.
The use of wingman nav lock is not permitted.
The Route
We will be visiting some 2001/2010 themed sites around the Altais area. For the two planetary landings that you take off from I have give two options to land at. They are on opposite sides of the planet so hopefully your next destination will never be obscured from one of them. You only need to land at one destination on each planet not both.
Start at Swanson Plant, Altais
Visit in any order
USS Discovery - AKA - Asaro Dock, Kholedo
Space Station V - AKA - Llyod Terminal, Tatil
Europan Ice Canyon - AKA - Aurea 1 C 30.88/-159.95 or -26.04/159.93
Tycho Crater - AKA - Clotti A 2 -20.50/-120.59 or 16.42/119.03
Finish landed on Altais 2B 1.80/46.00 lat/long, the site of the vanished monolith.
Race submissions:
Screenshot @ start, finish and each checkpoint or video showing station clock
Screenshot of modules screen
Your CMDR name
Your forum name if not the same as your CMDR name
Your ship type
Your ship name
Race Class (open unlimited or regulation sidey)
Game Mode (open/solo) - The official race is Open only. Times can be submitted in Private or Solo as a 'guest' time and will be marked accordingly.
refer to Buckyball Racing Club site for details
E-mail (markzx59@buckyballracing <dot> org <dot> uk) or PM me the above
Hints and Tips for Getting to Coordinates
Some tips that I find useful.
1 Scan the nav beacon then you can use other stellar bodies to tell which way up you are on approach
2 O'Connor hanger around Clotti A 2 is in an equatorial orbit
3 Clotti A 2 landing site 16.42/119.03 is East of the peak
4 Clotti A 2 landing site -20.50/120.59 is on the peak
5 Aurea 1 C A is in an approximately equatorial orbit
6 Aurea 1 C landing sites are on small plateaus within canyons
7 Altais 1 B landing site is in a huge crater - you can't miss it
8 Learn about latitude and longitude and how the numbers move relative to NSEW. In ED they seem to be the opposite of what I would expect based on google searches...
9 Take screen shots/video on departure so you can use them in reverse on the way in
10 Guide for navigating to planetary coordinates https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...Worlds-Finding-surface-coordinates-discussion
1 Scan the nav beacon then you can use other stellar bodies to tell which way up you are on approach
2 O'Connor hanger around Clotti A 2 is in an equatorial orbit
3 Clotti A 2 landing site 16.42/119.03 is East of the peak
4 Clotti A 2 landing site -20.50/120.59 is on the peak
5 Aurea 1 C A is in an approximately equatorial orbit
6 Aurea 1 C landing sites are on small plateaus within canyons
7 Altais 1 B landing site is in a huge crater - you can't miss it
8 Learn about latitude and longitude and how the numbers move relative to NSEW. In ED they seem to be the opposite of what I would expect based on google searches...
9 Take screen shots/video on departure so you can use them in reverse on the way in
10 Guide for navigating to planetary coordinates https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...Worlds-Finding-surface-coordinates-discussion
Please state you intent to race in the thread below
Your CMDR name
Your ship type
Your ship name
Race Class
This my first go at organising a race so if you see any issues do let me know
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