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

*** The TIME will be 5pm Eastern Daylight Time, 2pm Pacific, 9pm Saturday GMT (Or 21:00) ***

*** 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.

Dartok Anto will race.

see you there.

Presenting the results of the 98th Deneb Run:

The Racers:

Mick - Union pilot, member of PA and one of the top three racers, back from a long hiatus.

Aleksey - Union pilot and a Viper (though we won't hold it against him). He races from time to time and has a good record so far.

Foo Fighter - Itani pilot and member of ITAN; a relative newcomer to the event.

Cranston Gorky - Union pilot, Lieutenant of the ITG. He's been racing a lot recently.

Jestatis Bess - Itani pilot,commander of ONE1 (I guess he's commander of himself). He also participates from time to time.

The Results:

Mick | 28:16 | Vulture MkIII, FCPC, no weaponry
Aleksey | 29:28 | EC-107, FCPC, no weaponry
Cranston Gorky | 30:04 | Orion Convoy Guardian Hornet, FCPC, 1 gemini missile launcher
Foo Fighter | 35:57 | Orion Convoy Guardian Hornet, FCPC, storm radar extender, Orion XGX phase blaster
Jestatis Bess | DNF | Warthog MkII, FCPC, no weaponry

Observations:

1) Very close race! The race was pretty much split in two groups, Mick, Aleksey and Cranston fighting for first in one, Jestatis and Foo Fighter fighting for fourth in the other. Jestatis falling to the SMV Nemesis finished one group, and Mick finally getting some distance at the end of Itanispace ended the other.

2) When Mick finally pulled ahead Cranston managed to take second place, but then he hit a 13km-long storm and lost his place to Aleksey.

3) Jestatis Bess tried to shoot some racers for the money, after dying himself, but had no luck.

4) What with the chat bug, the race started 15 minutes late, but then again starting late is part of the Deneb Run tradition.

Next week's Run is in the late slot, so see you in one week!