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Final Rules for Ultimate Capital Ship Battle
There will be a Cap ship Battle every week on Saturday at 7pm GMT. Use Daylight Saving Time (where applicable) to translate the time.
Thats:
12pm PST (GMT-7) (San Francisco, USA)
3pm EDT (GMT -4) (New York, USA)
7PM GMT (GMT) (Casablanca, Morocco)
8pm IST (GMT +1 (Dublin, Ireland)
9pm CEST (GMT +2) (Paris, France)
Scenario 1 will be used for the following dates:
May 14, 28; June 11, 25; July 9, 23; August 6, 20; September 3, 17
Scenario 2 will be used for the following dates:
May 21; June 4, 18; July 2, 16, 30; August 13, 27; September 10, 24
Note: There will be no changes made to these rules unless the cap ships changes or there is a major change to the faction system.
General Rules:
1. All players should defend their own nation's capital ships. But, you are not required to do so. If you want to, you can help another nation. See teams below.
2. You should defend your ship and if necessary heal it on the journey. Watch out for pirates though. And remember the severe penalty for killing an admired player in nation space.
3. All players not in your nation team are KOS.
4. Any player attacking a cap ship OR its defenders before the battle will be KOS for all nations. And will be severely penalized.
5. NO WINGBUGGING
6. All weapons and ships may be used for the battle
7. No hailing or docking with any cap ship on it journey. Hailing will slow down the cap ship and docking with the cap ship while it’s moving might cause you to wingbug it and cause it to explode.
6. For each scenario there will be to sets of cap ships. The Itani ship from the 1st spawning and the Serco and UIT from the second spawning will be used. Feel free to destroy any cap ships not being used in the battle. If the first Serco and UIT cap ships are not destroyed before the beginning of the battle bots will be called to destroy them. Complete details below.
Nation teams:
1. Each nation should elect/appoint a leader before the start of the battle.
2. The leader should make contact with the event coordinator before the start of the battle.
3. All players must register with leader before the start of the battle.
4. Prizes will only be awarded to those players that registered with their leader.
5. The nation leader will pick 1 escort to be sent to monitor another nation’s cap ship. See below for detailed information about escorts.
Escorts:
1. The nation leader will pick 1 escort to be sent to monitor another nation’s cap ship.
2. Once picked the escort will escort the following cap ship:
Serco player --> Itani capship, Itani player --> UIT capship and UIT player --> Serco capship
3. The job of the escort player is to :
a. Escort the cap from the capital system to the starting location of the battle
b. Report when the cap ship explodes to all players
c. Report on chan 205:
i. when the cap ship starts moving from the nation capitol sector
ii. when the cap ship enters gray space
iii.when the cap ship enters B8
iv. answer any queries on chan 205 about the current location of the cap ship you are escorting.
4. Don’t shoot an escort. He’s there to keep you honest.
5. Escorts are free to join their nation and fight after the cap ship they are escorting reaches the holding position.
Scenario 1
1. Combat starts when all the cap ships reach Sedina B8.
2. In order to make sure all the Cap ships should arrive at the same time, The cap ships should be stoped (by hailing) at the following location:
Itani -- Sedina O-6, Serco -- Latos O-12 and UIT -- Sedina B-8
3. When all the cap ships get into position the event coordinator will ask all nations to realase there cap ships. The event coordinator will announce the start of the battle when all 3 ships get into position.
4. The winner will be the nation team that keeps their cap ship alive the longest.
Estimated Time Line (Scenario 1)
6:00pm First set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ITANI SHIP WILL BE USED FOR THE BATTLE
7:00pm 2nd set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ONLY THE UIT AND SERCO SHIPS WILL BE USED
FOR THE BATTLE
7:20pm The cap ships will wait at the following locations until all the cap ships get in postiton:
Itani -- Sedina O-6, Serco -- Latos O-12 and UIT -- Sedina B-8
7:40pm All ships will jump into Sedina B8 and the battle will start.
Scenario 2
1. Combat will start in grey space when all ships reach the following locations:
UIT = Latos H-2, Serco = Ukari A-10 and Itani = Pelatus K-15
2. The cap ships will wait at the following locations until all the ships get in position:
UIT -- Azek I-16, Serco -- Initros O-12 and Itani -- Edras H-15
3. When all the cap ships get into position the event coordinator will ask all nations to realase there cap ships. The event coordinator will announce the start of the battle when all 3 ships get into position.
4. The winner will be the nation team that keeps their cap ship alive the longest.
Estimated Time Line (Scenario 2)
6:20pm First set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ITANI SHIP WILL BE USED FOR THE BATTLE
7:00pm 2nd set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ONLY THE UIT AND SERCO SHIPS WILL BE USED
FOR THE BATTLE
7:15pm The cap ships will wait at the following locations until all the cap ships get in position:
UIT -- Azek I-16, Serco -- Initros O-12 and Itani -- Edras H-15
7:30pm All ships will jump to the following locations and the battle will start:
UIT = Latos H-2, Serco = Ukari A-10 and Itani = Pelatus K-15
Prizes:
1. Monetary prizes will be awarded to all players who have registered with their nation leader in the following increments. The prize will be given to the nation leader. He/She will distribute the prize money.
a. 1st place =100k
b. 2nd place = 50k
c. 3rd place = 25k
**** I reserve the right not to have monatary prizes each week. It takes alot of time to raise 3 million for prize money. I welcome any donations to the cause. ****
2. Prizes will NOT be awarded to any player who doesn’t register with their nation leader.
3. All players will receive combat XP. The exact amount will be determined soon.
4. You must read the rules before the battle.
Look for a post in the RolePlaying forums for each weeks anouncement. Please do not post comment here.
Remember the above times are estimates. We won't start the battle before 7pm GMT. But we might start earlier then the times listed above.
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FM can you make this post a locked sticky please.
Thats:
12pm PST (GMT-7) (San Francisco, USA)
3pm EDT (GMT -4) (New York, USA)
7PM GMT (GMT) (Casablanca, Morocco)
8pm IST (GMT +1 (Dublin, Ireland)
9pm CEST (GMT +2) (Paris, France)
Scenario 1 will be used for the following dates:
May 14, 28; June 11, 25; July 9, 23; August 6, 20; September 3, 17
Scenario 2 will be used for the following dates:
May 21; June 4, 18; July 2, 16, 30; August 13, 27; September 10, 24
Note: There will be no changes made to these rules unless the cap ships changes or there is a major change to the faction system.
General Rules:
1. All players should defend their own nation's capital ships. But, you are not required to do so. If you want to, you can help another nation. See teams below.
2. You should defend your ship and if necessary heal it on the journey. Watch out for pirates though. And remember the severe penalty for killing an admired player in nation space.
3. All players not in your nation team are KOS.
4. Any player attacking a cap ship OR its defenders before the battle will be KOS for all nations. And will be severely penalized.
5. NO WINGBUGGING
6. All weapons and ships may be used for the battle
7. No hailing or docking with any cap ship on it journey. Hailing will slow down the cap ship and docking with the cap ship while it’s moving might cause you to wingbug it and cause it to explode.
6. For each scenario there will be to sets of cap ships. The Itani ship from the 1st spawning and the Serco and UIT from the second spawning will be used. Feel free to destroy any cap ships not being used in the battle. If the first Serco and UIT cap ships are not destroyed before the beginning of the battle bots will be called to destroy them. Complete details below.
Nation teams:
1. Each nation should elect/appoint a leader before the start of the battle.
2. The leader should make contact with the event coordinator before the start of the battle.
3. All players must register with leader before the start of the battle.
4. Prizes will only be awarded to those players that registered with their leader.
5. The nation leader will pick 1 escort to be sent to monitor another nation’s cap ship. See below for detailed information about escorts.
Escorts:
1. The nation leader will pick 1 escort to be sent to monitor another nation’s cap ship.
2. Once picked the escort will escort the following cap ship:
Serco player --> Itani capship, Itani player --> UIT capship and UIT player --> Serco capship
3. The job of the escort player is to :
a. Escort the cap from the capital system to the starting location of the battle
b. Report when the cap ship explodes to all players
c. Report on chan 205:
i. when the cap ship starts moving from the nation capitol sector
ii. when the cap ship enters gray space
iii.when the cap ship enters B8
iv. answer any queries on chan 205 about the current location of the cap ship you are escorting.
4. Don’t shoot an escort. He’s there to keep you honest.
5. Escorts are free to join their nation and fight after the cap ship they are escorting reaches the holding position.
Scenario 1
1. Combat starts when all the cap ships reach Sedina B8.
2. In order to make sure all the Cap ships should arrive at the same time, The cap ships should be stoped (by hailing) at the following location:
Itani -- Sedina O-6, Serco -- Latos O-12 and UIT -- Sedina B-8
3. When all the cap ships get into position the event coordinator will ask all nations to realase there cap ships. The event coordinator will announce the start of the battle when all 3 ships get into position.
4. The winner will be the nation team that keeps their cap ship alive the longest.
Estimated Time Line (Scenario 1)
6:00pm First set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ITANI SHIP WILL BE USED FOR THE BATTLE
7:00pm 2nd set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ONLY THE UIT AND SERCO SHIPS WILL BE USED
FOR THE BATTLE
7:20pm The cap ships will wait at the following locations until all the cap ships get in postiton:
Itani -- Sedina O-6, Serco -- Latos O-12 and UIT -- Sedina B-8
7:40pm All ships will jump into Sedina B8 and the battle will start.
Scenario 2
1. Combat will start in grey space when all ships reach the following locations:
UIT = Latos H-2, Serco = Ukari A-10 and Itani = Pelatus K-15
2. The cap ships will wait at the following locations until all the ships get in position:
UIT -- Azek I-16, Serco -- Initros O-12 and Itani -- Edras H-15
3. When all the cap ships get into position the event coordinator will ask all nations to realase there cap ships. The event coordinator will announce the start of the battle when all 3 ships get into position.
4. The winner will be the nation team that keeps their cap ship alive the longest.
Estimated Time Line (Scenario 2)
6:20pm First set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ITANI SHIP WILL BE USED FOR THE BATTLE
7:00pm 2nd set of cap ships spawned
ONLY THE ONLY THE UIT AND SERCO SHIPS WILL BE USED
FOR THE BATTLE
7:15pm The cap ships will wait at the following locations until all the cap ships get in position:
UIT -- Azek I-16, Serco -- Initros O-12 and Itani -- Edras H-15
7:30pm All ships will jump to the following locations and the battle will start:
UIT = Latos H-2, Serco = Ukari A-10 and Itani = Pelatus K-15
Prizes:
1. Monetary prizes will be awarded to all players who have registered with their nation leader in the following increments. The prize will be given to the nation leader. He/She will distribute the prize money.
a. 1st place =100k
b. 2nd place = 50k
c. 3rd place = 25k
**** I reserve the right not to have monatary prizes each week. It takes alot of time to raise 3 million for prize money. I welcome any donations to the cause. ****
2. Prizes will NOT be awarded to any player who doesn’t register with their nation leader.
3. All players will receive combat XP. The exact amount will be determined soon.
4. You must read the rules before the battle.
Look for a post in the RolePlaying forums for each weeks anouncement. Please do not post comment here.
Remember the above times are estimates. We won't start the battle before 7pm GMT. But we might start earlier then the times listed above.
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FM can you make this post a locked sticky please.