Rise to Power - Victoria Wolf

Hexen - Thu, 30/06/2016 - 12:18

Interview with Bear Heroditus of Kempston Productions

KNac - Wed, 18/05/2016 - 16:32

Recently Bear Heroditus of Kempston Productions interviewed CMDR RealDB to talk on behalf of Victoria Wolf and AEDC.

You can hear the interview at their website, check it out!

 

Rise To Power F.A.Q.

KNac - Tue, 17/05/2016 - 14:59
  • What distinguishes Victoria from Mahon?

Prime Minister Edmund Mahon is a duly elected member of the Alliance government.  As such, his responsibilities are great in making sure each member system’s voice is heard and needs are met.  Victoria Wolf VI, not being an elected official, has no such responsibilities.  She is able to focus all of her energies on building successful relationships with individuals and organizations throughout Alliance Space.  She has formed partnerships with corporations like Lakon Spaceways and government agencies like the ADF.

While not being elected, she is still building a coalition based on her tireless efforts and strong vision for what she and her supporters can accomplish.  Thanks to each of her numerous friends, she will be able to engage in actions both overtly and covertly to ensure the safety, security, and prosperity of all Alliance citizens.

Victoria has grown in a backwater system, having to deal with the problems of the “small people”, that shaped her as a DIY (do it yourself) character, with a pragmatical, sometimes rough, approach to problem solving.. To get things done. In that sense she may be cold and detached from the political and bureaucratic intrigues of Alioth, where skilled politicians like successful Mahon are better equipped to deal with the nuisances of dealing with a fragmented parliament.

Instead Victoria strengths are dealing with the daily operations and problems of the people who, many times, won’t feel the decisions being taken in the parliaments, and have a more direct approach to democratic governance on the ground, on the fringe systems that blend with the Federation, and coordination with peaceful merchants and traders, as well as dealing with local felons and violent dictators, sometimes with force, sometimes building local support with local resistance groups and Alliance aligned factions, and sometimes with skilful diplomacy getting systems to join the Alliance network.

  • Which are Victoria political goals and interests?

Being the CEO of a corporation does not preclude Victoria of having ideals or interests beyond the mere acquisition of profits. On the last times, the corporation has just been a tool to further advance her goals, especially as a funding vehicle, as seen on her recent operations.

Her education on human values, freedom and progress have shaped her character to value those things, and her privileged position have allowed her to focus on pursuing and extending those values ultimately.

On this regard she values the Alliance as an organisation which has always defended and pursued those values too, and considers it a vehicle to spread them. On the last decades the Alliance has stagnated under the weight of heavy bureaucracy and growing pains, and more recently border conflicts with Federation forces. On this regard she wishes to return to a path where the Alliance is not focused just on commerce and trade, or turning  a blind eye on local dictators and criminal gangsters. But transform the Alliance towards an active power seeking the restoration of democracy where it has been lost, and spread fairness and justice on place of corruption and jingoism like under Federation rule, or brutality and barbarism like under the rule of local thugs.

And on with such goals she has formed a network of factions and local like minded leaders which have become detached of Alioth due to all the mentioned problems, with the idea of restoring the rule of democracy, overthrowing corruption and let commerce thrive, and get things done in a practical way, using whatever means are at their disposal as long as are justified. 

  • What would be Victoria standing with the Federation?

The Federation, under the command of Hudson and Winters influence, has been attacking Alliance system relentlessly, and are one of the main actors behind increasing instability in the fringe Alliance member worlds.

With Minister Mahon being constrained and Alliance resources over-extended fighting the large Federal military machine, many of those systems have fallen under Federation influence zone, or are constantly under attack and siege.

It’s obvious Victoria is not happy with the situation, as this has been one of the main reasons that have pushed her to act and raise as an influential person in the region.

  • What would be Victoria standing with the Empire?

Obviously she is not sympathetic with slavery, and as such sees the uprise of a new generation of Imperial citizens identified with Aisling with good eyes and hope.

However the current conflicts in her region concern her more than the distant lands of the Empire, instead she wishes to focus on more pressing matters and dangers and expand civilization further into the galaxy.

Victoria Wolf, the Rise of a Power

Hexen - Mon, 16/05/2016 - 21:20

Timeline of related events

[ Jan 3301 ] Victoria Wolf of Wolf 406 Transports Co contacts AEDC first time. AEDC,a young organisation, funded by some independent pilots with links to Alioth, dedicated to establish liaison within different Alliance aligned factions and systems looking to strengthen their position against fringe criminal elements or foreign power groups (including the Federation).

Victoria Wolf heard of AEDC after successful operations in the system of Enki and later on Cupinook, a nearby system to Wolf 406, where Wolf 406 Transport Co has been successfully commercing with for a while. She had been worried about the growing instability in the region, from Wolf 406 to Lave, where independent factions has been suffering under corrupt Federation rule, and in worst case by out of control criminal gangs or dictators.

In order to stabilize the region and to allow peaceful citizens to thrive and commerce, she approached AEDC to help her grow the Alliance strength in the region.

[ 26 Apr 3301 ] Reorte Liberated by the Alliance

After weeks of activity, AEDC manages to return the control of Reorte and Davies High to Pro-Alliance League, in what is the spearhead of the operation to stabilize the Old Worlds.

[ 14 May 3301 ] Lakon Contract Secured

Using favors and contacts within the Lakon Spaceways company, a contract to build the next line in personal spacecraft is secured for Wolf 406 Transport & Co.

[ 25 Jun 3301 ] Peace restored in Leesti

After a protracted campaign,and with the financial back up of a secured Lakon manufacturing contract to fund the campaign, Reynhardt Intellisys is removed from George Lucas.  The Alliance Defense Force, along with members of the Alliance Elite Diplomatic Corps and other independent pilots cooperated to expose Reynhardt Intellisys’ hiring of pirates to weaken system security.  Victoria Wolf VI coordinates with Commodore Helena Stone of the ADF to ensure the mission’s success.

[ 23 Jul 3301 ] Operation Augeas starts

Criminal elements from the BD-22 3573 Justice Party are dealt with removing a threat to the local population. Stone and Wolf make their first appearance together in public.

[ 8 Sep 3301 ] Justice Party retakes Leesti from the Alliance, a dictatorship now controls George Lucas station. And with it the neural network of the old worlds with its high tech manufacturing goods. Neighbour systems are frightened with the prospects, specially Lave (now a system which pertains to the Alliance), where people still remembers the stories about Dr Hans Walden before Admiral Bryce Jander from the Alliance Navy liberated Lave in 14h September 3265.

To this day the Justice Party still rules Leesti with fierce ironfist, to the point most leadership of the Alliance democratic faction of Independent Leesti for Equality had to flee the system and seek refuge in the systems of Quator and Xucuri.

(Related article: Where's Walden Now?)

[ Oct 3301 - today] During this period of time Victoria Wolf strategy has been focused on expanding her influence and consolidating her assets and resources. Slowly but surely her network of contacts and the interest groups behind her have been growing. During this period, and despite the best efforts, the distance to Alioth and the continued fights against the Federation have continued to need regional responses and seek of leadership as well as questioning of what means to belong to the Alliance, what does the Alliance represent and what the Alliance role should be.

[ 28 Jan 3302 ] Dumbbell Exploration Project

“Science and exploration are core to our being,” states Victoria Wolf VI, First Merchantess of Wolf 406 Transport & Co as she announced to the wider public her initiative to have the entire Dumbbell Sector mapped and catalogued by independent Pilots.

[22 Mar 3302] Historic Support for the Alliance

"This development is the latest milestone in our Fringe Development Programme. Our long-term mission is to provide systems on the edge of civilisation with political and logistical support, to help them prosper", said Victoria Wolf.

 

The rise of Victoria Wolf

In early Jan 3301 AEDC started operating in the Wolf 406 region after Victoria Wolf’s initial contact in January of 3301.  Victoria had connections with some powerful interests from the Old Worlds.  Rampant piracy, violence, and general instability were commonplace. Wolf 406 enjoys a strategic position between Alioth and the Old Worlds, in what is known in leaked documents of the AEDC as the ‘banana axis’, Victoria Wolf has a network of contacts which use Wolf 406 Transport Co services to transport goods from the Alioth region to the old worlds, with the high tech manufacturing factories of Wolf 406 Transport Co as a supply chain hub.

Due to recent turmoil the commerce between the OW and Alioth has been drying up. This severely hit economic stability within the OW, further increasing instability. Thanks to Victoria Wolf special strategic position, some powerful groups from the OW  Alliance democracies and some fringe Alliance factions had a meeting with Victoria Wolf to seek a solution to the problem. AEDC was tasked with securing and reinforcing Alliance presence in the region and deal with the troublemakers, as well as strengthen the links with the Old Worlds.

For this they contacted with Commodore Helena Stone, an Alliance Navy commander posted on the system of LHS 2541, supervising the local task force of the Alliance Combine local Alliance faction.

In what was a quick succession of successful operations, Alliance Combine and Wolf Transports both managed to secure important assets in the region, as a preliminary phase to coordinate actions in some of the Old World systems with local forces.

During several months, between March and June of the year 3301, efforts were made to secure the region along with other groups and support from individual pilots. In this period Victoria Wolf managed also to get her hands in a big contract with Lakon to manufacture the Diamondback Explorer, this would add much needed funding for her long term plans.

Since then, Victoria Wolf has been strengthening her presence, with Wolf 406 Transport Co being present in more than 14 systems and several related factions being widespread in the region, with millions of citizens having joined the Alliance. However, this has been insufficient to breakthrough in certain places, Leesti remains under the rule of a dictatorship, with Prime Minister Mahon still stuck in a conflict with a fierceful and imperialistic Federation and unable to commit resources elsewhere.

Working the background simulation. Guide by Turlorn.

Turlorn - Fri, 29/04/2016 - 11:04
AEDC logo
 
This guide aims to cover all the basics for the BGS and also shows you how to support your personal faction and help them gaining stations and even systems.
This guide is brought to you by the Alliance Elite Diplomatic Corps (AEDC). Doing the dirty work for the Alliance.
 
1. States
 
 
1.1 What are states?
The human inhabited bubble consists of over 10.000 star-systems. Each system is home to several minor factions. These minor factions have influence in the systems they are in.
Depending of how influence values shift through player interaction, different states can be triggered. There is a total of ten different states in game.
Each minor faction can only have one state at any time, even when it is present in more than one system.


Here is a table of all the states with a quick explanation:

Expansion A minor faction has seen a huge growth in influence and is now in the process of expanding to another star-system.
War A minor faction from this system and a minor faction that expanded to this system are in conflict.
Civil War Two minor factions from the same system are in conflict.
Election Two minor factions with the same government type are in peaceful conflict.
Boom This minor faction has been doing exceptionally good economically.
Bust This minor faction faces economical hardship.
Civil Unrest The followers of this faction are not amused about the security their faction provides.
Famine This faction is in dire need of food.
Outbreak This faction is in dire need of medicine.
Lockdown This faction failed to uphold law and order.
 
 
1.2 Where to look for states
States of minor factions can be found on the system map. All minor factions of this system are listed here with their states and influence values.
 
 
1.3 Pending states
Pending states are states that are about to become active soon. They can be found in your right hand info panel under "status" when scrolling one page to the right (standard-key: D).
More on the duration of pending states in the following topic.
 
 
1.4 The duration of states
All states have a specific duration for going from pending to active and a specific duration for cool down. Active states can last for up to four weeks.

Here is a table with all the durations measured in days:

  Count down Min length Max length Cool down
Expansion 5 3 5 2
War 3 3 28 0
Civil War 3 3 28 0
Election 3 3 5 2
Boom 2 3 28 3
Bust 2 3 28 3
Civil Unrest 1 3 7 3
Famine 3 3 28 25
Outbreak 4 3 28 7
Lockdown 1 3 14 1

Data provided by Michael Brookes from Frontier Development

 
 
2. Ways of affecting influence
As we have already heard, states heavily depend on the manipulation of influence values. This can be achieved by all the activities in Elite Dangerous.
 
 
2.1 Missions
When accepting missions you might have wondered what the meaning of this influence (low, medium, high) is. This comes to play in the BGS. Missions are a good way for manipulating influence values and seeing some of the surounding systems.
Doing missions is a must when a faction doesn't have its own station yet.
 
 
2.2 Trading/Mining
As soon as your faction has its own station you can use other means of supporting them. You can use your trading ship and trade with the station of your faction.
Selling them goods with a good profit results in an increase of influence. Important to note here is that rare goods don't count towards the BGS.

Alternatively you can fly your mining ship to the nearest pristine metallic ring and mine for valuable ores and minerals. Selling these (coupled with mining missions if possible) gives this faction also an increase in influence.

 
 
2.3 Bounty hunting
If your faction of choice is the ruling faction of a system, you can support them by "arresting" bad guys. Simply fly to location that is frequented by wanted ships and collect their bounty.
Afterwards cash the bounty in at the nearest station controlled by the faction you want to support. Only bounty issued by your faction helps them gain influence.
Cashing in other bounties might be advantageous for other factions.
 
 
2.4 Combat
When two factions are in a state of war or civil war, you can hop into their conflict zones and fight for one faction. Make sure to switch to this faction in your funtions tab.
Cashing in combat bonds at the nearest station helps this faction in their war effort and might provide them with a new station.
 
 
2.5 Exploration
Even when scanning systems outside the bubble or simply honking undiscovered systems inside the bubble, you can still support your faction by selling your exploration data at their station. Be carefull not to sell too much at once since you might waste influence. Limit yourself to a maximum of 10 million in exploration data per day and per faction.



This table shows you what kind of action is best used when certain states are active:

State Effect
Expansion All activities contribute
War Only combat actions and combat missions contribute
Civil War Only combat actions and combat missions contribute
Election Combat actions and combat missions do not contribute
Boom Trade contributes double in this state
Bust Trade double reduction of boom but no influence
Civil Unrest Collecting bounties has double the effect
Famine Combat actions and missions do not contribute but food has double the effect
Outbreak Combat actions and missions do not contribute but medicine has double the effect
Lockdown Activities have no effect for the duration

Data provided by Michael Brookes from Frontier Development

 
 
3. Working the BGS on your own
 
 
3.1 Finding the right system
With the information provided so far you might like to try it out for yourself. If so, the first thing you have to do is find a suitable system. You have to keep in mind that the more inhabitants a system has, the more work is required for changing the influence.
Systems with up to 1.5 million inhabitants should easily be managable by a single commander.
You also have to consider the amount of players that is active in a system since other players will negate your actions unintenionally. The number of players that enter a system can be found at each station.

Systems like Leesti see a huge amount of player activity, however there are systems that see no players in weeks. Such systems can be found at the outskirts of the bubble.
The Alliance Fringe Development Programme is happy to provide you with such systems if you like supporting Alliance minor factions.
 
 
3.2 Observing the system
As soon as you have found a good system you should observe its influence values and states. By doing so you can easily see if other commanders are active in this system.
Most importantly you can keep track of your own progress which is highly motivating and allows you to plan ahead.
This is best done with an Excel sheet.
 
 
3.3 Working the system
As soon as you are certain, that no other commanders are active in this system you can begin "working the BGS" in this system. Do a handfull of missions first (low and medium influence) and observe the increase of influence you cause with these missions.
The next day you could try all the other activities and observe the results.
Important to remember: the influence and states change once a day. This is currently around 11:30 Galactic Mean Time (GMT).
 
 
4. Working the BGS as a group
Working the BGS as a group has the advantage that even in high population systems influence can be shifted pretty quick. Additionally it is simply more fun in a group.
There is quite a number of player groups that are supporting at least one minor faction. These groups have powerful tools outside of Elite for tracking the influence values and states and for organising all the required activities.
If you find the BGS to be interesting, simply join such a group.
If you don't want to sign up at a player group just yet, you can always participate in an activity like the Alliance Fringe Development Programme.
 
 
5. Swinging the influence in your favour
The following is a basic strategy on how to gain control over a system with a minor faction that is on place three or below that and doesn't control a single station.
 
 
5.1 The way to conflict
So you picked a faction you would like to support but it is somewhere on the lower ranks in a system and doesn't control a station you can land at. You can change this with a little effort.

The first thing you want to do is push your faction into a conflict with another faction that controls a station. To do this simply accomplish some missions for your faction so you equalise influence.
If the nearest faction holding a station is below you, simply accomplish some missions for that faction.
As soon as both factions have the some influence values a conflict should be pending.

Critical to note here: if you fail multiple times to equalise and overshoot each time, one of the factions already has a conflict in a system nearby (20 LY away, max.).
Both factions also need to have at least 7.3% influence each.
 
 
5.2 Solving a conflict
As soon as a conflict goes pending you have three days to push further with missions. When the conflict goes active you can only influence the outcome with combat activities.

If you triggered a civil war you should create a difference of 5% between the two factions. In case you triggered a war, you should separate them at least by 15%. Only then a winner can be designated and a station changes ownership.
 
 
5.3 Pushing to expansion
Congratulations! You have helped a minor faction to gain control over a station. Now you can continue to support them with activities that require you to land a their station. You can now get into conflict will all the oter factions above you. And claim control over this system.

As soon as you are the controling faction you can push for expansion. Expansion triggers at 75% influence and lets your faction branch out to a nearby systems (20 LY max. distance).

In this new system you can now start the circle anew and gain control over stations and the system itself. But do not trigger an expansion in this new system or else you will lose overview very quickly.
 
 
5.4 Dealing with a boom state
When supporting a faction, espacially when the control a station, you can easily trigger a boom state with any activity. Getting rid of such a boom state is important when you want to queue an expansion.
You could do some pirating in order to remove the boom. However this will also reduce the influence of the faction, so it is not recommended.

Some players have reported that you can trade away a boom state simply by trading with this faction's station. This is not confirmed but worth a try if you can't do the following.
You can supersede a boom state simply by triggering a conflict (war, civil war or election) in another system your faction is in. If your faction hasn't expanded yet, you can try trading or waiting.




I hope this guide helped to provide you with a basic understanding of the background simulation.


If you want to read about more advanced stuff concerning the BGS, please rate and/or leave a comment below and I might write more guides on the BGS.



Right on, commander!
 
Hamster AEDC

On The Rise

RealDB - Wed, 20/04/2016 - 08:08

Exciting times Commanders!  I am thrilled to give you this missive from the office of Victoria Wolf VI, First Merchantess of Wolf 406 Transport & Co!

"My friends, today I am pleased and ecstatic to share with you this news.  Reports show that a new contender for galactic favor is about to enter the stage.  We don't know who it will be yet, but several possibilities exist.  The esteemed Dukes of Mikunn, the leader of the Social Eleu Progressive Party and others have already been named.  What is most exciting is that I have also been added to this list!

To anyone who might suggest this will be used to usurp control of any part of Alliance space, please be at ease.  My intention is to bring freedom in all forms, especially economic and political to more systems.  I have had discussions with Prime Minister Edmund Mahon.  He will always have my unequivocal support.  Where he has tread, we need not to.  Our intention will be to, if victorious, use this new platform to help systems further out of reach.  The last thing we need is squabbles over which shade of green we are!

Nothing has been decided for certain as to who will add his or her name to the galactic standings.  The coming weeks and months will be a time that I ask that we continue our strong efforts to spread economic success throughout space.  This will help strengthen our beloved Transport & Co and provide the economic backbone to stand taller than ever before.  Soon, the powers that are behind the galactic standings will announce the criteria for which leader will be added.  On June 30, 3302, I ask that anyone willing and able to help support tune their preferred information feed to a trusted channel to get the best start we can.  Rest assured, our diplomats are watching things closely.  Strategies and contingencies are already being devised, discussed, and if necessary, disected.  When the time comes we shall be prepared.

To those of us who believe this "contest" to be more distraction, I ask that you still support Wolf 406 Transport & Co then as you always have.  Continue to carefully (and forcefully too when necessary) negotiate our entrance into more systems.  It is this that has shown the galactic community our strength.  It remains a focus and your efforts are still needed, and for those efforts, I thank you.

Until then, thank you again for all your support in making Wolf 406 Transport & Co the beacon of Alliance values and prosperity it continues to be.  For the Alliance!"

 - Victoria Wolf VI, First Merchantess of Wolf 406 Transport & Co

 

   

Introducing Commodore Helena Stone

RealDB - Mon, 28/03/2016 - 07:54

Greetings again Commanders!

I am proud to introduce to you Commodore Helena Stone!  The daughter of an electrical maintenance technician and payroll supervisor in Alioth, Commodore Stone joined the Alioth navy as early as she could.  During her tenure she rose through the ranks, but never lost her sense of humor.  In fact she conducts herself with an unusual lack of decorum.  Sometimes referred to as "Commodore Sweatpants" (before being quickly corrected that "Cargopants" is more appropriate), she is frequently amused by the romantic advances of fresh officers.  Usually, such shades of red are reserved for Federation installations.

Despite her lack of formality, she is an accomplished strategist and loves "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.  She doesn't believe that the Alliance should seclude itself from the rest of the galaxy however.  To her, the Thargoids present an unknown and unpredictable opponent and the Alliance should be prepared by forming diplomatic relations within and without the Alliance.  Due to her penchant for diplomatic relations (even aggressive relations when necessary), she was drawn to the Alliance Elite Diplomatic Corps where she currently enjoys a seat on the Board of Directors alongside others like Victoria Wolf VI.

In 3301, the First Merchantess and Commodore coordinated Operation Augeas.  This strove to rid the system of BD-22 3573 of criminal elements lead by a character who named himself "King Justice II" who had started placing bounties on AEDC members.  The operation was a resounding success even though the criminals at first were quite good at hiding, AEDC pilots efficiently flushed out and eliminated the threats.

Since then, Commodore Helena Stone has worked with AEDC members to continue expanding Alliance influence throughout civlized space.  

Introducing Victoria Wolf VI, First Merchantess of Wolf 406 Transport & Co

RealDB - Sat, 20/02/2016 - 07:19

At long last, though her name has been mentioned curtly in snippets of unofficial communications, our Lady of the Alliance has been at work helping to bring prosperity and freedom to as many systems as possible.  I am proud to finally present, Victoria Wolf VI, First Merchantess of Wolf 406 Transport & Co. 

There has always been a Victoria at the helm of Wolf Transport & Co. Polite and supporting to her family and employees. The family traces it's fortune back to the days of Victoria Wolf I., when Wolf 406 was a small refinery system in the middle of nowhere. Over generations the consequent accumulation and investment of their wealth has made Wolf 406 Transport & Co the leading corporation in the sector. The switch from refining to High Tech products has paid off in the last two generations, and Wolf 406 Transport & Co is now ready to expand beyond the borders of it's home system. Listed on the Alioth stock exchange and member of the Alioth 1000 Index, the company has been a solid investment for generations.

The Victorias have aged for six generations, taken the company to ever increasing wealth, and died. For 5 generations, a successor appeared out of nowhere and claimed the title of First Merchantess, as stated in the testament of the late First Merchantess, and vindicated by a DNA test, desired as a foolproof way of identification.

"There has always been a Victoria", say the Wolfs, "and with Victoria we continue to prosper."

Increasing Rarities

RealDB - Mon, 08/02/2016 - 07:34

To continue with silly ideas for rare goods, here are the next two!

The Equality Shake

The Alliance is proud to offer membership to all forms of government.  Here people truly are free to determine for themselves what works best.  We are able to boast the largest variety of government types within our space than any other major superpower.  In recognition of our diversity, we devised the Equality Shake.  A delicious blend of every kind of consumable alcohol available, all in equal quantities of course!  

Next time you find yourself in an Alliance hole-in-the-bulkhead dive bar, be sure to ask for the Equality Shake.  You won't remember what you thought of it!

The Bongacle

Much has been said, written, and blown up about and around the so-called "barnacles" found in Merope and the Pleiades Nebula.  Commanders from all parts of civilized space have traveled there to shoot and loot.  The center barnacles though has seemed to be impervious to all kinds of laser fire.  So, science demands that the Retribution Laser must be attempted.  

When exposed to the enhanced heat of the Retribution Laser, the inherent water contained within the structure of course was slowly heated.  During the experiment, the barcnacle seemed to emit more smoke than usual.  Not content with just shooting harmful light, some pilots brought samples of the smoke on board.  Whether on purpose or on accident, some pilots were exposed to the smoke.  While no lastingly harmful effects have so far been measured, one exposed crew member is recorded as stating "Man, that stuff gets you witched!"

A Bit of Bubbly

RealDB - Sun, 31/01/2016 - 08:47

Yesterday we held a commemorative race to mark the one-year anniversary of one of our first major operations as a group, Operation: Bubble Bath.  Since actual champagne was in short supply, we did the next best thing, a race!  Participants were required to first complete a one-way circuit around a settlement in a nearby system.    

Racers, start your engines!

Those that survived and crossed the finish line were granted advantageous pole position.  Those that did not survive were placed at the back.  Only two racers blew themselves up in the preliminary race and they were placed at seventh and eighth positions.  One racer managed to, possibly aided by onboard biowaste, become an early fireworks display quickly in the race by coming down a simple ramp a little too fast.  

Next came the 3-lap endurance race (if you will) where a closed circuit of the settlement had to be navigated 3 times.  

Waiting under the dust.

Remarkably, no one actually finished the endurance race.  Though deft use of thrusters allowed some impressive gap jumping, all participants ended up exploding bits and pieces of SRVs all over the settlement grounds.  The low and hollow sound of rapidly expanding combustibles surely did raise the giddiness factor.  Now, one cannot have a race without victors.  Thus, those that exploded last were named the winners.  Our thanks go out to all the participants for making it a good show.  Congratulations again to our winners!  (If you want to really know who won, come join us and find out!)

One more special shout out to DavelKence for the nice images of our racers!

Be sure to come back soon for the harrowing tale of how yours truly managed to lose 16 million credits inadvertantly during this event.

As always, fly safe.  For the Alliance!

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