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

*** The TIME will be 9pm Eastern Daylight Time, 6pm pacific, 1am Sunday GMT (Or 01:00)) ***

*** 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.

Racers:

Joyce C. - Lieutenant-Councilor of the Christianson Distribution Company (CDC), and veteran racer in the top ten all time.

Katrina Le-Fier - Lieutenant-Councilor of the Phoenix Alliance (PA) and an up and coming racer, winning many races recently.

MR. Bean - Councilor of the Coalitoon of itan (Itan). Not his first race but not a veteran either, this is his first race in a while (I think).

David-Lister - Commander of himself ( :) ) This is his first race.

Mynt VII - Mynt is a new racer, this is also his first race.

Results:

Katrina Le-Fier - 31:34 - Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FC, No weps
Joyce C. - 33:40 - Warthog Mk2, FC, No weps
David-Lister - 35:19 - Warthog Mk2, FC, No weps
Mynt VII - 36:53 - Atlas Mk2, FC, 1x Megapositron Blaster
MR. Bean - DNF - Warthog Mk2, FC, No weps

Observations:

1) The racers were very close in the beginning, even into betheshee being only a jump away from each other maximum. But as the race progressed, the lines stretched until the first and last racer docked five minutes apart.

2) Mecha Touriuas took down the only Itani racer in this race in Metana.A sign of things to come for Itan?

Thanks to Blue Streak for hosting this rather slow and plain run, with many storms and few pirates.

I appreciated in particular the camaraderie atmosphere created among runners, especially when waiting for the last two pilots to dock, encouraging them to finish the race.

I enjoyed participating this race, and look forward to competing again in the future.