Midsummer Tombola

[PrimeMcNee]

Once you've docked on one of the following planets between Friday 10th at 10:00 AM and Friday 17th at 10:00 AM:

Sphere: Sankarea in Kelsey
Anvil: Sabine in Canby
The Forge: Chikako in Hammer
Expanse: Defiant in Yam
Verec-Per: Ceas in Vosay
Furnace: Brunswick in Vasi & Cerberus in Scorpi

You'll notice some large pavillions and many booths on a meadow, that are now open to visit.
I was struck by this sight and was very glad we finally were able to build it, thanks to all the efforts captains made during the last weeks.

Taking a strawl outside the comfort zone of my ship and following the footstep of those that preceded me, I felt a sensation of liberation and joy, but also some sweet sorrow.
I noticed how well The masters of Ceremony managed to reproduce a striking resemblance with my experiences in the good old days.
How it was, when I was a child back in the Core and saw how big those Festival Fairs were in those days.
All around I experienced music, camp fire, the smell of BBQ and the buzzing noice of people making fun, laughing, eating and drinking.

At the entrance of the fair a Festivalclown gave me a Lottery Ticket.
Pointing at a large pile of barrels and crates of different sizes, he whispered: 'Don't lose the Ticket, they're for those Prizes'.

He also handed me an official Galfed document that summed up the total amount of recovered supplies:

Alcoholic Beverages 50000
Breakfast Goods 20000
Commercial Brews 15000
Cure-All 2000
Food Goods 50858
Fresh Foods 50000
Frozen Meats 10000
Furnace Protein Foods 2000
Hyper O2 2000
Water 100000
Wood 100682
Fresh Fruit Platter 396
Furnace Fancies 2500
Tinned Goods 15000
Verecian Fruit Platter 2500
Wines 18000
AI Control Cards 5000
Alien Chemical Station 2982
Alien Chemical Store 15500
Alien Detonator 10000
Alien Electronics 10000
Alien High Tech 10000
Alien Industrial Alloys 15000
Alien Interface 15000
Boron 100000
Copper Ore (Glom) 20000
Copper Ore (Spark) 20000
Corex Gas 5000
Electronic Components 150000
Ethanol Gelocine 5000
Festive Goods 25000
Gear Systems 10000
Gravimetric Analyser 5000
High Grade Electronics 7237
Industrial Tech 20000
Iridium (Hebid) 10000
Iron Ore (Toyila) 20000
Jallycite 82
Kelsalt 10000
Military Munitions 10000
Missile Components 5000
Munitions 20000
Ore (Sassion) 20000
Plasteel (Spark) 20000
Prevtonium Ore 50000
Ref Metal (Mity) 20000
Rubidium (Beltaine) 20000
Steel (Simbirsk) 20000
Strontium 100000
Technological Goods 50000
Titanium (Glom) 15000
Unstable Cyclium 50000
Uranium 10052
Verecian Perite 15000
Zirconium (Glom) 25000
Auto Clean Unit 750
Billing Systems 174
Bio Control Systems 500
Cable System 4500
Emergency Life Support 750
Energy Casing 150
Energy Stabiliser 15000
Energy Stream Controller 150
Environmental Control 250
Drink Dispenser System 100
Food Court 189
Food Dispenser System 100
Food Synthesizer 1200
Fire Suppression 200
Generators 550
Industrial Food Processor 600
Industrial Wall Module 4500
Med-Care Unit 500
Multi Purpose Gym 1200
Nano Cooling System 350
Nanite Loader Kit 35000
Recycler 175
Repair Module 350
Sensor System 200
Sonic Shower Cubical 750



The Festivalclown had a smile from ear to ear and said:

"Nice rewards huh? I'll hand them out during next week.
Every day, captains docking on any of the mentioned planets to visit the Festival, will get a chance in the lottery draw.
On the Friday 16th, the leftovers will be part of a final draw, together with all the donations from anonimous sources.
The rewards for this final draw will be a surprise.

So have fun, it's party time!"

[Sparky]

Nice work captains, all looks very cool, you have done a grand job!

[PrimeMcNee]

That stupid Festivalclown woke me up last night at 12:00, ringing a large cowbell and shouting:

"Hear, hear ...the first 7 shipments from the Lottery Draw have been loaded. Drops will be after the 17th"

This morning the noise from that bell was still banging inside my head.
Or was that a headache, caused by too much consumption of some famous brews with Grumpy in a drinking competition?
Maybe I'll visit that big tent, that says "M.A.S.H." for some cure all, before I take a fruit platter for breakfast.
But I'm not sure, if I can trust that strange dressed up doctor wearing a pink boa, who shows a strong resemblance with a captain, well know for his overwhelming influence to many of his minions.

For sure I'll grap that Festivalclowns cowbell when I catch him, and duct tape his silly grin.

[Sparky]

Grin away my friend!

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I can't wait to see what prizes i win in the raffle.

[PrimeMcNee]

I snatched that cowbell from the Festivalclown, but it didn't help me much.
Everynight at 12:00 he finds something else to wake me up, shouting about new shipments being loaded.

I must say the Masters of Ceremony did a good job and more and more visitors are taking part.
There's a strange looking entrance in the shape of a clowns face.

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Once you passed that you'll see people walking around having fun on the midsummer fair.
It's amazing to see how quickly captains from all over the Galaxies make new friendships and share space without any hostility.

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So take a strawl outside your ship, and enjoy the Midsummer Festival.
But don't forget to visit the Pavillions.
They serve great food and free drinks for all.

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I'm not sure how he does it, but it looks like that Festivalclown miraculously manages to copy his grin into a smile onto so many faces.

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[PrimeMcNee]

One by one I saw the captains leave the Festival.
Some were obviously unfit to fly, but I'm sure their AI would take control of their vessel if need be.

The last one leaving was the Festivalclown.
But before he left, he handed me two lists.

About the first list he said: "This is what I was shouting every night. The shipments are underway. "

Borbarer - Alcoholic Beverages 50000
moshe - Breakfast Goods 20000
Sinikal - Commercial Brews 15000
Diarri - Food Goods 50858
CptNemo - Fresh Foods 50000
Dhun Shafir - Frozen Meats 10000
Levi Gage - Water 100000
Lenora Nessia - Fresh Fruit Platter 396
marvin - Furnace Fancies 2500
GeneralHaygar - Tinned Goods 15000
Oryuken - Wines 18000
foxy lady - Alien Chemical Station 2982
LocutusBorg - Alien Chemical Store 15500
Locknload - Alien Detonator 10000
marvin - Alien Electronics 10000
oneill - Alien High Tech 10000
Navile - Alien Industrial Alloys 15000
Delandra - Alien Interface 15000
Nightfall - Boron 100000
pikolinianita - Copper Ore (Glom) 20000
Stanton Fisk - Electronic Components 150000
Arnica - Ethanol Gelocine 5000
MrJoozz - Festive Goods 25000
Zuzaxon - Gear Systems 10000
GinRummyDummy - Iridium (Hebid) 10000
Blight - Iron Ore (Toyila) 20000
Yogan - Jallycite 82
Thorgil - Kelsalt 10000
Dhun Shafir - Missile Components 5000
Bedanc - Munitions 20000
Isabella - Plasteel (Spark) 20000
Furia - Ref Metal (Mity) 20000
Darakhoranon - Rubidium (Beltaine) 20000
Atlan - Steel (Simbirsk) 20000
Chantelle777 - Strontium 100000
TheOneYouWantToBe - Technological Goods 50000
Droza - Titanium (Glom) 15000
GillianLowwater - Unstable Cyclium 50000
Xanid - Uranium 10052
Xanid - Verecian Perite 15000
Squirt - Auto Clean Unit 750
Sparky - Billing Systems 174
UncleBod - Bio Control Systems 500
Hadron - Cable System 4500
MrOpsO - Emergency Life Support 750
Blight - Energy Casing 150
GreyBeard - Energy Stabiliser 15000
FlyingFish - Energy Stream Controller 150
UncleBod - Environmental Control 250
Lionattiu Gabin - Drink Dispenser System 100
Junk8punk - Food Court 189
Draykan - Food Dispenser System 100
Flynch - Food Synthesizer 1200
Jaxter - Fire Suppression 200
EdEco - Generators 550
prince pranav - Industrial Food Processor 600
Vetaro - Industrial Wall Module 4500
Baroness - Med-Care Unit 500
lec03 - Multi Purpose Gym 1200
Bebeb - Nano Cooling System 350
siddharth - Nanite Loader Kit 35000
Holiday - Recycler 175
Zoorland - Repair Module 350
Airport - Sensor System 200
siddharth - Sonic Shower Cubical 750


To the second list he added:

"and these are the winners of the final draw:"

Darakhoranon
Gift certificate £25
25K Fuel Ticket
Level 7 Advanced Fuel Tank
12Month PA
Universal Hanger License
Golden Eagle Account Upgrade
500 Festive Points
500 Barter Points

Alumoi
Gift certificate £15
10k Fuel ticket
ADV Automated Mining System 4
10 X Oxygen Bottle (Halloween)
10 X Oxygen Bottle (Eggnog)
10 X Oxygen Bottle (Spiced Apple)
Explorers Mega Pack
3Month PA
Cure-All, 2000 units

STONE
Gift certificate £10
10k Fuel ticket
Deep Core Heavy Retrieval MK4
10 X Stamina Stim 200 + 200 HP Pack
Level Five Engine
3Month PA
Hyper O2, 2000 units

EdEco
Gift certificate £10
10k Fuel ticket
10 X Planetary Vehicle Repair Kit Raptor 3
3Month PA
Furnace Protein Foods, 2000 units

Locknload
Gift certificate £10
10k Fuel ticket
10 x SNARG Pumpkin Treats
3Month PA
Wood, 100682 units

slurmewerds
10k Fuel ticket
3Month PA
Verecian Fruit Platter, 2500 units

GeneralHaygar
10k Fuel ticket
3Month PA
AI Control Cards, 5000 units

GreyBeard
10k Fuel ticket
3Month PA
Copper Ore (Spark), 20000

Poltergist
10k Fuel ticket
3Month PA
Corex Gas, 5000 units

Bedanc
10k Fuel ticket
3Month PA
Gravimetric Analyser, 5000 units

Nightfall
10k Fuel ticket
3Month PA
High Grade Electronics, 7237 units

Studebaker Hawk
5k Fuel ticket
Industrial Tech, 20000 units

CptNemo
5k Fuel ticket
Ore (Sassion), 20000 units

FISICO
5k Fuel ticket
Prevtonium Ore, 50000 units

Zaniah
5k Fuel ticket
Zirconium (Glom), 25000 units

Yogan
5k Fuel ticket
Mega Mall - Manufacturing 3
Omega Repair Drone Ver 2, 40000 units
Profession XP Boost Type 1, 55 units

Antipop
5k Fuel ticket
Mega Mall - Exotic
Profession XP Boost Type 1, 50 units
Profession XP Boost Type 3, 50 units

MrOpsO
5k fuel ticket
Augment Plating S1, 5 units
Refined Ceromite, 222 units

Atlan
5k Fuel ticket
Plasteel, 51000 units
Refined Metal, 51000 units
Tesla Reactor 4
Agro Grow, 51000

lastcrusade
5k Fuel ticket
Steel, 51000 units
Bio Enzymes, 51000 units
Military Munitions, 10000 units



He smiled the biggest smile I had ever seen and said:
" Take care, fly safe and enjoy every minute of your travel "

I waved him goodbye and watched the Festivalclown leave in his rainbow colored shuttle in the shape of an oversized clownshoe. Maybe I'll see him again some day...who knows

I won't be surprised if your shipments arrive a bit later than expected, seeing how that clown navigates his shuttle as a stuntpilot; looping, diving and making U turns ...
If you have any questions about these shipments, contact me by in game PM

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