UPDATED Jun 6, 2011
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I leave this here for historical reasons =D
The PREMIER 1 League is no more as the giving of prizes has left me with Warnings / Infractions

It is partially my fault for not letting Cryptic know but I was not selling or trading anything so I thought nothing wrong of giving Atari Tokens... Anyways... It was fun while it lasted =D
=/\= PREMIER 1 :: Championship - Season 1 =/\=
(For whoever doubted the League was not real or was a scam)
We are proud to present Season 1 Gold Division Championship:
-/\- From the Disposable Heroes: The Female Human, Sif, a Tactical Officer flying the Fleet Escort, U.S.S. Aluminum Falcon.
-/\- From the Starfleet Strategic Command: The Male Andorian, Thon, a Tactical Officer flying the Fleet Escort, U.S.S. Futility.
-/\- From the Athena Command: The Male Alien from a galaxy far far away, Kuber, An Engineer Officer flying the Multi-Vector Advance Escort U.S.S. Paris
THE RACE: "Rip RPG PREMIER 1 Course - B2"
Time (Seconds) :: Action
0 :: The race start on the word GO!
2 ::
Kuber jump off the start and takes an early lead.
7 ::
Thon himself pushes the pedal to the metal and catches up to
Kuber.
57 ::
Kuber and
Thon are neck & neck with
Sif not far behind them.
67 ::
Kuber decides to go straight for the first (out of 4) rally Stations dodging asteroids left and right and showing some excellent piloting skills.
Thon takes the safer outer rim losing some ground to
Kuber but keeping his ship in one piece.
Sif find herself slightly lost in the Asteroid belt and falls to 3rd place
79 ::
Kuber continues to build his lead over
Thon and
Sif.
89 :: Enemies by the station attack
Kuber who loses speed, allowing for
Thon and
Sif to gain some ground.
97 ::
Thon finds the Turbo button of his ship and leaves
Kuber and
Sif close behind him.
102 ::
Thon slows down to take the turn around the 1st station on his way to the 2nd station rally point.
104 ::
Kuber takes a sharper turn around the Station and passes
Thon in the inside.
106 ::
Kuber inexplicably slows down allowing for
Thon to pass him.
112 ::
Sif catches up to
Kuber.
159 ::
Kuber jettison all cargo from his cargo area (everything goes but the cannons), The Paris losses half its weight and double it's speed once again.
Thon find himself under fire and losses some ground allowing
Kuber sudden burst of speed to catch up to him.
Sif remain close behind them.
161 :: The race heats up as
Kuber and
Thon find themselves neck and neck racing towards the second station.
168 :: Unbelievably as they race pass the 2nd rally point,
Thon and
Kuber are still neck and neck.
174 :: Experiencing some 'technical' difficulties beyond her control,
Sif starts to fall a little farther behind.
176 ::
Kuber takes the lead in spectacular fashion as he wave to the people watching from the windows of the space station.
196 :: When
Kuber leaves the 2nd station, he leaves
Thon and
Sif behind. Some adoring fans bypass communication safeties and get a direct line to their hero
Captain Kuber. They cheer him on but inadvertently distract him causing
Kuber to lose some ground to
Thon and
Sif.
209 ::
Thon continues to catch up to
Kuber but
Sif starts to fall farther behind.
257 :: On their way to the 3rd station rally point behind the Planet the racers encounter an asteroid belt. Both
Kuber and
Thon feeling something fishy about it try to fly around it.
269 :: Suddenly
Thon orders his crew to drop out of full impulse and bring online the 'faster than full impulse' engines in a gamble to take the lead away from
Kuber. But something goes wrong and
Thon ship engines stall rendering him dead on the water.
263 ::
Kuber wanting to increase his lead, hits the Planet's atmosphere hard trying to plot the most direct course to the 3rd rally station.
276 ::
Kuber bounces of the Planet Atmosphere like a rejected meteorite engulf in flames but with a very strong lead. Unable to see though
Kuber almost gets himself disqualify as he almost misses the 3rd rally point.
281 ::
Kuber has to turn his ship extremely hard in order not to miss the 3rd rally station. His ship's hall screech in pain and he receives report that there are hall britches in 4 levels.
Kuber sharp turn left also causes him to over shoot the right turn around the station and looses momentum.
Thon takes advantage of this and reinitialize his engines and manage to cut
Kuber's lead in half.
Sif ship is attack by cloaked birds of prey from the asteroid belt that both
Kuber and
Thon avoided early on. And her ship is severely damage, although not destroyed she is out of the race as her crew start repairs.
375 :: Racing towards the 4th rally station
Kuber, with a strong lead, and
Thon, behind him, they both approach another asteroid cluster, a remnant from a small gaseous nebula nearby. Trusting in their piloting abilities, they fly through it at full speed.
376 ::
Kuber hits the nebula like a ton of bricks and slows down to impulse. Explosions can be seen from work stations all around the cockpit.
Kuber loses sensors and navigations. He, though boldly, takes manual control and physically aims the ship toward the 4th rally station on the distance.
Thon hits the same nebula and encounters similar problems.
383 :: And out of the pot and into the fire, as soon as
Kuber comes out of the Nebula he comes under fire from some Gorn ships looking to grab some state of the art spare part from the wreckage.
Thon manage to catch up in spectacular way but he himself comes under attack giving
Kuber a break from the opportunistic Gorn and allowing him to remain in the lead.
404 ::
Kuber finally breaks from the Gorn and hit full impulse leaving
Thon behind to deal with the Gorn.
407 ::
Kuber makes the turn around the final station and blast towards the finish line at ridiculous speeds.
412 ::
Thon makes the turn around the final station and find himself 5 seconds behind
Kuber in the last stretch of the race.
465 ::
Kuber takes the direct route, the similar route that gave him the lead at the start of the race.
Thon takes the route around the asteroids, a safer route but one that left him behind
Kuber most of the race.
485 ::
Kuber comes out of the asteroids with a dominating lead.
492 ::
Thon comes around the Asteroids 7 seconds behind
Kuber who is on the final stretch home and who can just taste the sweet taste of victory just up ahead.
503 :: Just a few hundred kilometers from the finish line Klingons Negh'Var de-cloaked and open fire on
Kuber.
505 ::
Kuber finds himself dead on the water just 100 Km from the finish line, scrambling to defend his ship and make repairs. But with the usual miracle of star fleet engineers who rebuild
Kuber's entire engine in under 5 seconds with nothing more than a paper clip,
Kuber finds himself back in the race.
507 ::
Kuber is trying to get his turbo power back online and more so now that
Thon is seen in his rear view mirror.
514 :: With just 50 Km to go,
Kuber and
Thon are neck and neck, this may be a photo finish.
515 ::
Thon's greater momentum helps propel him pass
Kuber.
561 ::
Kuber finally gets his super fast engines back online and blast toward
Thon.
569 ::
Thon is in the Lead and
Kuber is fast approaching. It may be a photo finish after all.
But nope,
Kuber is denied the sweet taste of victory when, at the last second,
Thon hits his 'faster than full impulse engines' (which actually work this time) and blasts through the finish line in a spectacular show of speed.
571 :: THON, from the Starfleet Strategic Command, is the WINNER and set a course record of 9 minutes and 51.66 seconds.
Kuber finish second place with a course time of 9 min. and 53 sec.1st Place WINNER of 1000 Atari Tokens :: THON!!!2nd Place WINNER of 400 Atari Tokens :: KUBER!!!
Disclaimer:
Base on a true story, all the times are accurate, the details though may change depending on who tells the story
Comments
Thanks again to PrimevalAtom... it was a great race. And to Thon and Sif as well... excellent opponents who kept me on my toes the entire time!
Look forward to racing whoever signs up!
(Also, I know I entered with my ship named the Futility, but I changed it to Tiger Blood before the race started)
I hope you two do enter again in Season two
I would love to see a Re-Match (you guys made the race incredibly exiting - I am hoping to have a Map rendition of the race up for everyone to see, soon.)
I took a screenshot of your info just before the race and in there it said you were flying the U.S.S. Futility (Fleet Escort) so ether you can change ships in space or the info data is not accurately display, or You use the Futility for the race and then switch to the Tiger Blood afterwards.
In any case, it was a very good race