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

*** The TIME will be 9PM Eastern Standard Time, 6PM Pacific, 2AM Sunday GMT (Or 02:00) ***

*** Please take note of the two new/modified rules! ***

The race progress announcements will be announced on Channel 500

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) There is a maximum eight-racer limit (seven if there is only one MC), or four racers per group. This is to allow the MCs to actually be able to MC the race and keep track of all the racers. Spots are first-come, first-served, with a priority on those who post to this thread. The group sizes may be increased if the MCs can handle it and there is enough interest on a given week. (new rule)
4) Contestants must be within 100m of the MC(s) before the start
5) No shooting before the race starts.
- Depending on the severity of the infraction, and at the host's (or hosts') discretion, violation of this rule can result in not only a disqualification for the current race, but also a ban from winning prize money as either a racer or an anti-racer in future Deneb Runs. (new rule extension)
6) You die and you're out (so no /exploding)
7) All weapons and ships allowed, except those listed in #11.
8) First person to get back and dock at Odia M14 wins the first prize. (3 million credits)
9) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (2 million credits)
10) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (1 million credits)
11) Valkyrie ships are not allowed.
12) Attempting to trigger a false start of the race is grounds for disqualification.
13) 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.

Race was postponed until next week, where it will be held in the EARLY slot barring any unforeseen complications that prevent me from being present, like studying for finals (ugh).

Good. I was too tired to race yesterday! :)

...And good luck for the finals.

Yeah, only drazed showed interest in racing. I would have had Mor announce and would have raced for the first time in a long while if one more person had shown up to play, but then drazed had to leave so there wasn't much point.

On the other hand, not such a big loss, I got to play Rock Band with people for six hours. :p

I'll probably race next week (DR117) in the early slot. Late slot is just too late for the majority of interested racers.

==The Racers==
Mick - Union council of PA. Veteran racer who almost always places, often in first.
Katrina Le-Feir - Union council of PA. Veteran racer who almost always places, often in first.
Strat - Union council of the Vipers. He's raced once or twice in the past.
Vardonx - Union member of TGFT. This was his first race.
Cranston Gorky - Union pilot, unguilded. He races from time to time.

==The Results==
Mick | 27:59 | Vulture MkIII, FC, no weapons.
Cranston Gorky | 28:18 | Vulture MkIII, FC, 1x Gemini.
Strat | 31:10 | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian, FC, no weapons.
Vardonx | 42:53 | Corvus Marauder Mercenary, FC, 2x Starflares, 1x N2
Katrina Le-Feir | DNF | Orion Hornet Convoy Guardian "Kit-e-Kat", FC, no weapons.

==Observations==
1) Katrina's Kit-e-Kat was shot down by Quirc Taranis. The Kit-e-Kat was used for seven races including this one. Wonder what Katrina's next Hornet will be named...
2) The Vipers provided some escort service in the early leg of the race, thanks to Han Shick.

I'm not sure which slot the race will be held next weekend; I might be traveling a bit on saturday (term/semester's over this thursday), but I expect I'll be sitting at a desk with internet at some point on Saturday. I'll post the times with the new thread when I know for sure.

Nicely done, Quirc.

Nice race, thanks to Miharu and Mor Isil for their impeccable MC'ing, and chapeau to all other racers for their results, especially Vardonx. Congratulations.

Finally someone was able to pin me down (many tried, especially in DR100). Too bad my killer was one of my first friends in PA, the one who taught me to hate and fight pirates, and later became a pirate himself. "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."

Have fun. Today my subscription expired. It was fun to compete in 35 Deneb Runs and win 10 of them. The door didn't hit me on my way out. :)

What? No more Kat in VO? The Run and other parts of life here just won't be the same. Hoping to see you again sometime in the future,

CG

Oooh now I can come back and win the Deneb Run again. I need the money.

HaHA, Kat! You foooooollll! Now all the Deneb Run monies will be MINE!

I just need to figure out when they are...