There have now been multiple entries in both classes so it is time for the first leaderboards!
I am obfuscating the full times for now but will show more detail in a couple of days. As for the moons being used for the Vagabond bonus, I am only giving the sector name and saying which moon of the parent body was used (a, b, c etc. and it will be aa or ba and so on for moons of moons if that happens). Once the race is over I'll reveal the chosen moons. I will say that one of the entries in Unlimited used a moon that was not one of those provided - but not which!
Firstly, we have two entries in Unlimited, with CMDR Sir Boundness putting on a fine display of FA Off flying in the Asp Scout
Because Reasons. The shields were occasionally tested but this approach seems to be working well and with the 12 minute Vagabond bonus applied (fortuitously dropping out only a short way above a suitable crater after being too fast for orbital cruise) has managed a sub 20-minute time, so a strong benchmark has been set! CMDR TimberMcWolf has also set down a mark in the Diamondback Explorer
Star Moth, with an adjusted time above 40 min. I should say that both of these submissions used the same route as Ophidian class, so there is plenty of room for further optimisation.
In Ophidian class the above two CMDRs have also submitted early efforts, with CMDR TimberMcWolf deploying a Viper MkIV, the
Jörmungandr Jr.. (There is a Jormungand system but it is off to one side of the Lost Realms region in the direction of the Pleiades). The time of 54 min and change will no doubt come down with a bit of practice - or a change to a ship with a higher jump range, such as the Diamondback Explorer entered by CMDR Sir Boundness. The
Special Snowflake made good use of this range to achieve a time of 31+ min, again with impressive FA Off flying, though the shields were tested heavily at one point. CMDR Martinjameson brought another Regulation Cobra MkIII along, more or less, I'm sure I saw a d-rated something in there..., the
There Goes Me Whippet! and the whippet does indeed go rather quick, having a time in the 34 min bracket, just like CMDR Inga Stevenson's
Ship of Theseus from yesterday. The current leader of the class, provisionally (waiting for evidence to process), is CMDR sulu, bringing the Asp Scout
From the Deep around in a remarkable time of 25+ min. That is going to take some beating - but rumour has it there are others scouting the course...
Fly fast CMDRs!