Ok, we are all done...
Speedy tried to work up an advantage, but this is not his ground and he is completely afraid to take on Galder again. But Galder cannot make enough ground on Mah. To the roaring approval of the crowd, Mah shoots over the line in the pole, Galder coming seconds later...
... and neither of you are dead! Guess your friends did well!
Poor speedy follows, and a moody Bashy shunts past Orthodox for a fourth he feels is harsh on him (as do I, but then if you take a slow pod...)
FINAL POSITIONS
1st: Mah (49)
2nd: Galder (47)
3rd: Speedy (45)
4th: Bashy (42)
5th: Orthodox (41)
The race is done, and you are now on your victory lap, Mah! The other threads are still a little before this point so you cannot go back there yet.
And in any case, in a little bit I have a small list of 'Awards' for your activities in the pod race...
Meanwhile, enjoy the crowds, who love the both of you! Try to ignore the glaring looks of the gamblers that you two just cost a fortune...
If only my parents hadn't grounded me...............
Galder waves happily to the crowd, but give the Mogarian a small shunt as he nears him. "You may have won this race, but I don't think you'll be racing again..." Galder says threateningly through the synthesizers.
He slows down his podracer, having finished the race and doing his victory lap. He flips a few switches and pushes buttons and does a little repair work on his smoking pod that way.
Ok, while all these celebrations go on- and you guys are due for some kind of quick podium ceremony- here are the 'awards' for the pod race. Mah is the winner, of course, but there are other things to be proud of as well- all unofficial, of course!
BEST SINGLE ROUND- Dodgy
Literally speaking, Speedy's 10 points on the starting line. But the start is too easy. Instead it goes to Dodgy's 9-point run to take the lead at the start of lap 2, that he held until his pod fell apart. Ha-ha! Honourable mention to Galder who made a couple of huge runs as well
MOST VIOLENT RACER- Galder
Bashy will be unhappy to lose this award but it is in fact Galder who eliminated the most competitors, dispatching Quadro and Boring
BIGGEST CHEAT- Galder
Again, Bashy was blatantly breaking the rules for the amount of shunts he got into. However, Galder completely trumps him with his thoroughly unethical use of the Force to pluck Bashy's control cable loose during what could have been a nasty tussle! The Dark Side salutes you!
WORST ERROR- Galder
Three in a row for the man of evil! Going full-power into the sloooww Twists on lap 1 cost him his good start. But he made that loss up later with a stunning round at the start of lap 3.
THE PLAYACTING AWARD- For the player who best kept his cover- Mah
Mah kept his Mogarian cover perfectly and if he had not been told by the means of the game, Takuan would have no idea he was anything dodgy. Galder's antics won him points but led to the Jedi spectators in the audience knowing he is a Force User and far from being a Mogarian!
THE MORALS OF THE STORY- Are twofold
1. Galder is a show-off. Seems reasonable!
2. Watch out for the quiet ones. Mah never went for boom or bust and just went for the same reasonable competence on each section. And so he won. Something maybe to bear in mind if we ever do this sort of thing again!
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