Sporistics
The GSS Trans-Galactic Race
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By blobu
09/02/2019 - 16:05:17
Type: Spaceship
Rating: 0.62 (Not rated)
Tags: aroundthediscin80days, blobu, gaprop
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Every 5 standard years, the Galactic Sailing Society hosts a great ship race from one side of the galaxy to the other. All are welcome to enter the event, with victory being a mark of piloting skill of the highest order.
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By blobu
Contestants are required to in some way mark their craft with the crest of the GSS (see left). This can vary from a stencilled pattern spray-painted on; to sculpted quartz panels; or the infamous Cyberdon 'Grey disc', which won the 398th GSS TGR.
By blobu
Even in the midst of galactic war on an apocalyptic scale, the event is held, with the next being the 401st GSS TGR, as it is known for short. Many, using the record time set during GSS TGR 179, call it colloquially "around the [galactic] disc in 80 days"
By blobu
A prize of five million standard units (SU) is granted to the winner, funded by the rather steep entry fee of 6000 SU per ship. The extra 1000 SU is used to cover the costs of the event.