The CDC, SSC and TGFT are proud to bring you The Deneb Run this weekend.

*** The TIME will be 6 PM EST Saturday (23:00 GMT Saturday) ***

*** More sponsors means more prize money! (see below) ***

The race progress announcements will be announced on Channel 500

Listen to racing music on Radio TGFT at: http://www.live365.com/stations/dj_screwball

All citizens are welcome to race, there is no entrance fee, and 6 Million credits in prizes are available. Some of it could be yours!

Once again, the rules are:

1) Racers must race from Odia M14 through Deneb heading clockwise back to Odia M14.
2) Race starts in Odia M14 near the station.
3) Contestants must be within 100m of me before the start
4) No shooting before the race starts.
5) You die and you're out (so no /exploding)
6) All weapons and ships allowed, except those listed in #10.
7) First person to get back and dock at Odia M14 wins the first prize. (3 million credits)
8) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (2 million credits)
9) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (1 million credits)
10 Valkyrie ships are not allowed.
11) Attempting to trigger a false start of the race is grounds for disqualification.
12) Money for killing other racers: Any pilot, racing or not, is eligible to earn money as follows:

Pre-condition #1: There must be at least 3 racers
Pre-condition #2: Less than 3 racers complete The Deneb Run
If the above pre-conditions are met, the undistributed prize money will be awarded to those who killed the racers as follows:
- Kills in the Odia M-14 sector are not eligible
- The most recent eligible kill earns the highest unawarded prize money (3 mil, 2 mil, 1 mil, or 0)
- The 2nd most recent eligible kill earns the 2nd highest unawarded prize money (2 mil, 1 mil, or 0)
- The 3rd most recent eligible kill earns the 3rd highest unawarded prize money (1 mil or 0)

Please reply to this thread if you intend to race.

I won't be around to have Joyce host this, so someone bugger Miharu and/or Erik over IRC.

First off, I'd like to say it's good to be back and being involved in the race :) Anyway...

The Racer:

Katrina Le-Fier - PA Councilor and recent hot upstart, winning a few times recently as she came out of nowhere.

Miharu - Commander of SSC, owner of the Makchuga and on/off racer

Otto Lambergen - Member of PA, relatively new racer (I believe), and pauper with only 200,000 credits to his name to start with.

Mick - Councilor of PA and 2nd best All Time racer in the Deneb Run circuit.

MiexonBionic - Commander of PA and veteran racer.

The Results:

Miharu - 28:14 - EC-107, No Weps, FC Battery
MiexonBionic - 30:36 - Vulture Mk3, No Weps, FC Battery
Otto Lambergen - 32:12 - Warthog Mk2, No Weps, FC Battery
Mick - DNF - Vulture Mk3, No Weps, FC Battery
Katrina Le-Fier - DNF - Orion Hornet Convoy guardian, No Weps, FC Battery

Observations:

1) The good old days were better, back when pirates did the piratey work. Alas, Daggoth Korronoth and an itani pilot were credited with two kills total and shooting at one other pilot but failing to kill. Only Otto(?) and Miharu did not get harmed.

2) As started by a pirate organization and continued to be run by a Union guild, it may be said that all's fair. In any case, this will be cleared up in the rules next week, one way or another.

3) Otto was near giving up when he was in fourth in geira, behind by two systems, but he held on and took third due to Mick's untimely demise from the Run.

Next week's Run is in the late slot, so prepare yourselves. Thanks to the sponsors for the prizes today!

Was a crazy race for me, had two on me and missed a few of the flares that destroyed katrina.

Otto is also in PA btw :)

-Miex