First scoreboard update!
As dawn broke over Pond Reach, CMDR Edelgard von Rhein was seen zooming out of the docking bay, first to race in the newly opened Total Recall 3, careening over the craters nearby. She later managed to dodge an interdiction and found some time to sell exploration data passing through Nespoli Prospect. Turning in a time just slightly over 1 hour, she was the first to complete and submit a valid attempt and led the scoreboard for almost 3 hours before Shaye showed up.
That might've been due to the alignment of the planets though, as it took Shaye 4 attempts to get a passable run, due to various run-ins with interdictions and eclipses. However, when everything works, it worked very well, and he came in with a time closing in on 40 minutes. Improvements coming tomorrow?
In the unlimited class, SRV master Alec Turner has already done some optimization and chosen to risk the dangers of Schmitz, while hauling ass in a full-sized Federal Corvette. In spite of flying this slow ponderous beast, he
almost managed to best Shaye's time in classic. Seems like his ship might still need a renaming though, switching to something else CMDR?
Further station shots and maps will be coming in the next few days, as supplier negotiations continue in the towers of Pond Reach, with the straining of suspensions and explosions of buggies forming a soothing background to the tense conversations. We'll see if Vac Lift's suspensions OR contracts survive the week.
