Cmdr Homborger

You Are Required To Maneuver Straight Down This Trench…

I think…frustration…is the key word for this race. Not because it was a frustrating course, or because my flying was particularly rubbish this week, or even because unfortunate things happened during any of my runs (which is a Buckyballing given for any race) but because RL decided it was going to take away from myContinue reading “You Are Required To Maneuver Straight Down This Trench…”

Burning Holes

There come times in one’s life when the effort you put in to something, something you genuinely care about and love doing, just wasn’t your normal one hundred percent. It was a good effort, sure, a decent effort. And it got an acceptable result. But, there was something about it that wasn’t quite as satisfyingContinue reading “Burning Holes”

My Favourite Headache

Don’t get me wrong – Buckyballing is one of the greatest, most fun things you can do in Elite Dangerous. It has a fabulous community. teaches you a lot of new skills and lets you see some of the most spectacular parts of the Bubble in an entirely new light. Not to mention that eachContinue reading “My Favourite Headache”

Racing Against Death

And so…finally…we come to the end of the Buckyball season. The final race entitled “The Last Gasp – Resuscitated” might well be the race to end all races. This time, we aren’t racing for a time. We’re gambling with our lives. How far can we go? How many times can we dock and get backContinue reading “Racing Against Death”

Pit Crew

At first glance the penultimate race of this year’s Buckyball season seems a rather complicated affair. It promises endless preparations full of mathematics, weight to jump ratios and meticulous galaxy plotting. But in reality the Mischief Mile: Rebooted was far simpler than it looked. So here is the course. You basically have to travel fromContinue reading “Pit Crew”

Must Do Better!

Part 1 It’s July 3308. It Buckyball race number SIX! And guess what? Its the Chicken Run! For some reason I’m having a lot more fun with this race. Dunno if it’s the lack of hyperdictions or that I’ve been finding landing on high gravity worlds a lot of fun recently or maybe it’s becauseContinue reading “Must Do Better!”

Meeting A Legend – The Day I Met Up With Cmdr Commander Picard.

I was just pottering about in the Bubble, ratting here, fighting a CZ for the Hosemen there when the message came through that Mission Farsight would be celebrating it’s 2000th day in the black on 06/25/3308 – just over a month’s time. The most exciting thing, though, was that there were to be celebrations. TheyContinue reading “Meeting A Legend – The Day I Met Up With Cmdr Commander Picard.”

The “Bowl Of Petunias” Race

First of all I’d like to apologise. Apologise for not attending to this blogsite since the RushFleet was finally completed. Even though it was a labour of love and I had a tremendous amount of fun building it, toward the end it felt liike I was playing for the blog and not playing for me.Continue reading “The “Bowl Of Petunias” Race”

A Welcome Change Of Pace

And before you know it, it’s Buckyball week yet again! It’s race number 4 in the Magic 8 Buckyball series and this time it’s the On The Rocks Race. This race has been brought to us by the incomparable Cmdr Psykit (not that you can tell with all the marvellous pinky neon stuff). “But whyContinue reading “A Welcome Change Of Pace”

Donk!

The week of the Wiccan BeWare Race is upon us! That’s right folks it’s Buckball time again. This time trading is the object of the race. It’s a good one this week Buckyball fans – racing to and fro like maniacs, trying to get the best profits everywhere we go, and generally flying as dangerouslyContinue reading “Donk!”