RIO 2016 Olympic Games

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Core Exiles Olympic Festivities 2016

The Rio 2016 Summer Olympics starts on the 5th and as per usual we have been hammering away in the depths to bring you some Olympic fun this year. We may even have gone a little over board but hey, it’s all for good fun. This year we are wrapping together the Olympic & Paralympic Games, giving you twice as long to collect the Flags and Beacons!

We have two primary elements as we did during the last few Olympics. These will be the Collection of Olympic Flags Sets and also the extra collection and hand-ins of Olympic Beacons. We have revamped the prizes this year and are also attaching a Top 10 prize to the beacon hand in.

You will begin to see (After 10.00 AM on the 5th) two new forms of Loot. These will be an Olympic Beacons and 34 Olympic Flags. The flags represent the countries YOU nominated in previous years.

Olympic Beacons
The beacons will be seeded this week in preparation for the games and come the morning of the 5th we will activate these beacons. This means they will begin to appear in loot. Your task is to collect them. Each one is worth 1,000 XP and 5,000! Credits when handed in at an Olympic Centre. (See below).

Handing in the Beacons is simple but you will need to decide which Team / Country to support when handing them in.

Note: You can only hand in one at a time and the beacons will SELF TERMINATE when the hand in completes making them useless to hoard. They are for helping your country win and collecting a XP and credits whilst doing it, during the Olympic & Paralympic Games.

Beacon Prize:
This year we will also be awarding prizes to the Top 10 captains that deposit beacons.

The top 10 will all receive a £20.00 Gift Certificate to spend in the CE Store.

CE Olympic Flags – Collection
The Flags are worth 10 Festive Points each and can be traded in at the Festive center if you so wish. They CAN also be traded should you wish. This is because there is a special prize for collecting an entire set of 34.

You can hand in an ‘entire collection’ (one of Each Flag) at the Olympic Centers. Simply click the Check Flag button and the staff will check you have the correct Flags. If correct the Flags will be removed from your store and you will be awarded the following Prize.

1 X RIO Device (new Pod)
500 Festive Points
500 Barter Points
5,000 Fuel Ticket
1 X Emporium License

Please note: You may only hand in ONE full set of Flags for the rewards. After that the Check Flag option will reject any further tries.

CE RIO Olympic Dates

START
The CE RIO Olympics will Begin at 10:00 AM Friday the 5th when the Beacons will activate for loot and you will begin finding CE Olympic Flags.

ENDS
This year I'm rolling the Olympic AND Paralympics together, after all you have to collect 34 unique flags, that's could take some time and this gives you much longer to complete that challenge. So the Olympic Games for CE will END on the 19th September @ 4.00PM Game Time.

Beacons
Olympic Beacons will self-terminate and disappear from your Inventories at 4.01 PM on the 19th Of September

Flag Set Hand Ends
The Olympic Offices will remain open until 4.00 PM on the 20th of September for any last minute Flag set hand ins. Giving you an Extra 24 Hours to complete a set and hand it in past the Olympic Games ending on CE.

Olympic Center Locations – (Will Open on the 5th)

Sphere
Darius – Ethan
Pyragles Base – Gainsboro
Yeltsim – Franklyn
Zwanziq Station – Sunrise

Expanse
Sabian – Yam
Yonartthakr – Tantas

The Forge
Berolina – Zarante

Anvil
Fujimori – Trantor

Verec-Per
Edna – Mostony
Otaio – Oengo
Habitat-87 – Elmquae

Furnace
ARK-09 – Aurelia
Starbase-140 – Kirzhach
Janus Station – Metri
Trade Hub 59 – Pevek
Lucious Port – Blake

Happy Hunting and may the best country win!
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Well its now gone 10:00 AM and the Olympic Offices are now open (locations in Initial Post). The Primary loot tables and have been amended and things like the Asteroid Belts will begin to filter Flags and Beacons over the next few hours.

You can also win flags and beacons through moving cargo for Ashar, Wesbec and Valoren. Salvage and Exploration are also covered. I've inserted the Beacons and Flags into loot where ever its 'feasible'. But its still LUCK that plays a part.

Why Beacons ?
Like last year we are using beacons for FUN and Reward. The fun part is when you drop them off you get to decide which country to support (of the 34). This in itself is a competition to see which one will be more patriotic and win. Perhaps you can sway your fellow captains to help support your favorite country.

On the reward side for Each Beacon deposited you get 5,000 Credits AND 1,000 XP. That's a fair chunk of change for simply dropping off a beacon.

Collect Flags ?
Why YES! The flag collection runs all the way through the Rio Olympics and Rio Paralympics. Collect at least 1 of each 34 flags (any way you can) and take them to the same Olympic Offices. Look for the 'Check Flag' option and collect yourself a nice Prize.

After some work with the 'Truly Wonderful' company we have this year created a new Pod. The 'Rio Device'. This pod can only be won through the Flag system. This goes along side a slew of other rewards as follows :

1 X RIO Device (new Pod)
500 Festive Points
500 Barter Points
5,000 Fuel Ticket
1 X Emporium License

Extra Competitions
I will also be running some EXTRA competitions to hand out the donations we have received this year so far from Coops Token donations. Plus i have a personal pool of goodies to add to that. But to win these you have to take part!

Collect the beacons hand them in and keep a firm eye on the DEV and Competitions seconds of the the Forums.

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