Buckyball Racing Club presents: Once Upon a Time in Leesti
(Triple Eight Championship, Race 7)
George Lucas (Leesti) 24-OCT-3310 to 04-NOV-3310
Race starts and finishes at 12:00 UTC
>GOOGLE SUBMISSION FORM WILL BE HERE<
(Triple Eight Championship, Race 7)
George Lucas (Leesti) 24-OCT-3310 to 04-NOV-3310
Race starts and finishes at 12:00 UTC
>GOOGLE SUBMISSION FORM WILL BE HERE<
Introduction:
Welcome to round-7 of the BRC Triple Eight Championship – Once Upon a Time in Leesti.
Once again this race is brought to you by long time Buckyball fans Anthony “Fat Tony” Lonnigan and Enoch “Little Nuk” Lonnigan (aka The Lonnigan Brothers), although this time they promise the race will be much more straightforward - in Regulation Cobra class at least (or "Once Upon a Time Class" as we're calling it this time).
The Lonnigan Brothers - Celebrity Buckyball fans (not in any way connected to organised crime)
Once upon a time, back in the earliest days of the Buckyball Racing Club, Leesti was the baddest, most lawless system in the Galaxy. Newly qualified Pilot's Federation Commanders flocked to the Old Worlds to make their fortunes and their ship of choice was the venerable Cobra MkIII. Indeed Fat Tony made his first millions hauling rare commodities in and out of the Old Worlds cluster in his own MkIII - Fat Tony's Hotrod.
The Lonnigan Brothers remember those wild times fondly, so they offer you the chance to race in two different eras of Buckyball:
- "Once Upon a Time Class" - Enter in your Regulation Cobra, an exact replica of Fat Tony's Hotrod, and experience an authentic 3301-Era rares-hauling race.
Start from Leesti, with Leestian Evil Juice and Azure Milk in the hold, grab some more rares from Lave, Zaonce and Diso, then hightail out to Erarin and Epsilon Indi to sell your goods, returning to Leesti as quickly as possible with Indi Bourbon and Eranin Pearl Whisky to make the post race party a good one. Simple as that. - "Shenanigan Class" - Blast around a typically crazy modern Buckyball in your favourite engineered SCO powered mean-machine.
Same route, and same rare commodities as Once Upon a Time Class, but this time you need to pull off shenanigans (Publicity Stunts) at set locations in Leesti, Lave and Zaonce, before taking to your SRV to hack into the Lave Radio Signal Booster in Diso: Upload your publicity stunts directly onto the Lave Radio broadcast, to make sure the race gets maximum exposure. Oh and don't blow up, or all those precious rares will be vapourised!
NOTE: Shields and any kind of Ship or SRV repairs are banned in Shenanigan Class!
There are two classes you can enter for this race, Once Upon a Time Class (aka Regulation Cobra) and Shenanigan Class (Unlimited).
Once Upon a Time Class uses the standard unengineered Cobra MkIII build that's being used throughout all of our championship races. You can find the build linked here:
In Shenanigan Class you can use any ship you like with any amount of engineering, although you must fit a planetary vehicle hangar, you'll need space for at least 5 units of cargo and the following modules are banned:
- All Docking Computers
- Supercruise Assist
- Shield Generators
- Any module that can be used to repair your hull or modules (e.g. AFMU)
As usual, you are allowed to enter submissions in both classes.
Route:
In BOTH classes:
- Start (and finish) on the pad at George Lucas in the Leesti system. You must have 1 unit of Leestian Evil Juice and 1 unit of Azure Milk in your hold.
- Visit the following three stations in any order, buying 1 unit of the relevant rare commodity from each station:
- Lave Station (Lave) - buy Lavian Brandy.
- Shifnalport (Diso) - buy Diso Ma Corn.
- Ridley Scott (Zaonce) - buy Leathery Eggs.
- Visit the following two stations in any order, selling your 5 units of Old Worlds rares and buying 1 unitof the relevant rare commodity from each station:
- Mansfield Orbiter (Epsilon Indi) - buy Indi Bourbon.
- Azeban City (Eranin) - buy Eranin Pearl Whisky.
- Travel back to the finish line at George Lucas in Leesti .
- Complete these three PR Stunts in any order, at any time during the race (but before your Lave Radio Hack):
- Visit Lave Radio Headquarters at The Orange Sidewinder orbiting Planet Lave. Fly through each of the three Lavian Brandy Holo-Ads, then fly through one of the CQC Championship Holo Banners.
- Visit Associated Pharmaceutical Services orbiting Leesti 4. Fly through the tunnel, loop around the installation and fly through the tunnel again in the same direction.
- While at Ridley Scott (Zaonce) , enter the docking bay, then exit again and fly a lap of the station - passing under both orange rings, through the habitation ring, around the back of the reactor, then back to the docking bay, passing through all three rings again.
- Land your ship at least 2.25km from the Lave Radio Signal Booster installation on Diso 6F (to sneakily stay out of the trespass zone), board your SRV, then:
- Drive / flyve to the installation - your ship will automatically be dismissed when you travel 2km away, so it's probably best to manually dismiss it to speed things up.
- When you reach the Radio Signal Booster scan all three Data Points in order to hack into the Lave Radio broadcast and upload your publicity stunts (*just a bit of roleplay fun, no real hacking or uploading will take place).
- Drive away from the installation as fast as you like - you should be able to recall your ship at approx 1km from the Lave Radio Signal Booster.
- Board your ship and get out of there - remember you are in a trespass zone until you get to around 2.1km away so don't hang around too long!
Evidence for your run:
For Shenanigan Class, it's highly recommended that evidence is submitted as video evidence, with bookmarks using YouTube - I will provide a list of screenshots that could be used, but it will be a big list of screenshots vs a fairly small list of video bookmarks.
For Once Upon a Time Class, I still prefer video evidence, but only a few screenshots would be needed, so I'm okay with screenshots if you prefer.
Video evidence, MUST include bookmarks or it will not be accepted. If you forget to add them, don't worry, it's easy to add bookmarks to an existing YouTube video, but your run will not be valid until the bookmarks are added.
For Once Upon a Time Class the following bookmarks / screenshots are required:
- Modules panel or Outfitting screen prior to launch, to show that you have the correct Regulation Cobra build.
- Commodities Market Screen at George Lucas showing that you have only Leestian Evil Juice and Azure Milk in the hold.
- Landing pad screen at George Lucas, immediately prior to launch - this will be your start time.
- Landing pad screens after docking at the relevant stations in Lave, Zaonce, Diso, Epsilon Indi and Erarin.
- Commodities Market sale screen at either Mansfield Orbiter or Azeban City showing 1 unit each of Leestian Evil Juice, Azure Milk, Lavian Brandy, Diso Ma Corn and Leathery Eggs.
- On the Landing pad back at George Lucas immediately after docking - this will be your finishing time.
- Commodities Market sale screen at George Lucas after docking, showing only Erarin Pearl Whisky and Indi Bourbon in the hold.
- When you drop out of supercruise at Associated Pharmaceutical Services orbiting Leesti 4.
- When you drop out of supercruise at The Orange Sidewinder orbiting Planet Lave.
- When you are inside the docking bay at Ridley Scott in Zaonce, at the start of your station loop.
- In your ship, landed at least 2.25km from the Lave Radio Signal Booster on Diso 6F, prior to deploying your SRV.
- At the Lave Radio Signal Booster in your SRV prior to scanning the first Data Point.
- Back in your ship after docking your SRV, prior to launch. Distance to the Lave Radio Signal Booster must be displayed.
P.S. Why not join us in the BRC Discord for live chat before, during or after making a run!
Or, if it's 8:30pm (UK time), why not listen to our friends at Lave Radio? A couple of the regular presenters are very familiar to all Buckyball Racers.
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