Post by slayernz on Aug 7, 2013 18:30:55 GMT -5
The Independent Contractor Challenge
August 12 through August 18
Welcome to the fifth monthly Forum Challenge. This month, we are calling on Star Traders both new and old to enter a contracting challenge.
The challenge will commence in the week starting Monday August 12, and end Sunday August 18.
What is "The Independent Contractor"
Your mission is to complete 100 contracts within 10,000 turns. You are not allowed to reject a single contract. If you fail to complete a contract (through voiding, allowing expiry, or failing), you will be penalized severely. If you fail more than 10 contracts, your challenge stops.
There is no restriction on captain class or starting ship. Because you are an independent contractor, you are able to undertake contracts from any faction, or from an independent planet. It is up to you to manage reputation losses resulting from successful contracts. You can also play in ST RPG Free or Elite, but note the Free version has a penalty of 2,000 turns because traveling distances are much shorter for Free contracts than Elite contracts. This effectively means Free players have to do everything within 8,000 turns.
Once you have hit level 12, you are locked into the challenge with that captain. If you complete the challenge and want to try again, you are welcome to, but your first score will be the one recorded in the Hall of Records. Your second score will be more for bragging rights at the Spice bar. NOTE, if you want to do the challenge at multiple difficulty levels, each one counts as a distinct game, so you can be at the top of the heap in multiple levels if you are good enough ...
The challenge ends when you have successfully completed your 100 contracts, 10,000 turns have been completed, you have failed 11 contracts ... or you die. You can complete the challenge without completing 100 contracts, but obviously your score will be impacted accordingly.
Challenge Classes
Apprentice Contractor = Demanding difficulty or higher
Master Contractor = Crazy or higher
Guildmaster Contractor = Impossible
Scoring
You will be rated on how FAST you are able to complete the 100 contracts, and how much money you make.
Score is calculated as follows:
Turns left (10000 - Turns) x 2 Note 1
+ Contracts completed x 50
+ Cash rounded to the nearest thousand (Cash at end of 100 missions / 1000)
- Contracts failed (failures x 1000)
If your resulting score is a negative score, record it as 0.
Remember if you play the FREE game, you start with a 2000 turn penalty.
Note 1 If you die or fail more than 10 missions before you complete 100 contracts, then it will be as though you have taken the whole 10,000 turns.
Example result 1
You manage to complete the challenge in 160 years and 23 weeks (8343 turns), and make $640,329 in total, you get the following:
Turns left + Contracts Complete + Cash - Contracts Failed
(10000-8343)x2 + 100x50 + 640000/1000 - 0x1000
3315 + 5000 + 640 - 0
SCORE = 8954
Example result 2
You died after completing 78 contracts, and made $721,708. You also failed 2 contracts.
(10000-10000)x2 + 78x50 + 722000/1000 - 2x1000
0 + 3900 + 722 - 2000
SCORE = 2622
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Good luck! May Shalun protect you and your crew.
