TGFT and EnB will again be hosting The Deneb Run this weekend.

*** The TIME will be 5 PM EDT Saturday (21:00 (9pm) GMT Saturday) ***

*** 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 4 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 I start the race.
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. (2 million credits)
8) Second person back gets 2nd place prize (1.2 million credits)
9) Third person back gets 3rd place prize (800k 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 (2 mil, 1.2 mil, 800k, or 0)
- The 2nd most recent eligible kill earns the 2nd highest unawarded prize money (1.2 mil, 800k, or 0)
- The 3rd most recent eligible kill earns the 3rd highest unawarded prize money (800k or 0)

Please reply to this thread if you intend to race.

For those of you who are confused about who's running the race this week, here's the good news/bad news.

I was originally unavailable to host the race this week, and Esson Lennenk was going to run it for me as he has kindly done for the last two weeks.

His computer died at some point after running last week's race, so that's why results from #52 haven't been posted yet. He's rebuilding it now.

The project at work that was going to keep me from running this weekend's race has been pushed back to next weekend, so that means I can host the race this weekend.

Hopefully Esson is able to fix his computer soon and can help out next week and post the results for #52.

Announcing the results of The Deneb Run #54, sponsored by EnB and TGFT.

The Pilots
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Mick: UIT, council member of PA, he's a veteran racer with many top 3 finishes and four wins in The Deneb Run, including the last three consecutive weeks. He's also won the Corporate Sectors Run several times, and holds the current record time in that race.

Joyce Sanders: UIT, Commander of SSC, she is a very competitive veteran racer and has earned a win and many top 3 finishes in The Deneb Run.

Spaceranger: UIT, member of TGFT, this veteran racer tries valiantly and has a 2nd place finish, but more often than not he doesn't cross the finish line.

MiexonBionic: UIT, he has raced a couple of times before.

Aleksey: UIT, this is his first race.

Deliverence Payne: Itani, this is his first race.

The Race
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[check here later]

The Stats
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Spaceranger | 32:29 | Orion Hornet, FC, no weaps
Deliverance Payne | 33:08 | Warthog MkII, FC, no weaps
MiexonBionic | 33:48 | Vulture MkIII, FC, no weaps
Mick | 35:45 | Vulture MkII, FC, no weaps
Aleksey | DNF | Warthog MkII, FC, no weaps
Joyce Sanders | DNF | Orion Rev C, FC, no weaps