Gulvani Space Race

The Gulvani space race is an annual competition held in the Guldad System. It comprises of sub light speed ships each one to be owned by a country or state.

The competition dates back to 2046, not long after the Gulvani first developed space technology. Up until 2153 each race was against countries from Holok, often between two or three space fairing nations, the maximum number recorded was 7 countries. Each race was designed to make spacecraft faster and more efficient, pushing for exploration of space. After 2153 when the Gulvani made first contact with Humans the race comprised of individual species from the Earth Empire.

History
The race has a long history and has always been carried out with the exception of the year 2132, as well as help for technological advancement, it was also for the benefit of skills testing and extreme measures to be undertaken to win the race.

2046-2152
Each year from 2046 to 2152 with the exception of 2132, the race has been held between countries on Holok. Each time the idea was for the progression of space travel and its understanding.

2046
In 2046 the first race was announced, yet seeing as space flight had only taken off two years earlier between two countries, from which between them had launched 17 satellites and 5 missions. It wasn't seen as an annual thing but a one off to which one was better. In 2045 the two countries built a temporary space dock from where they would launch their ships for the annual race. The two competing countries were Fligilico and Lodinginos, both countries shipped parts of ships up into space, which were assembled at the station. The race was a planned race to go once around Holok, seeing as the technology was primitive.

In 2046 the race began, broadcasted to Holok by satellites or aircraft. The race was won by Fligilico with a time of 22 minutes and 16 seconds, Lodinginos came second with a time of 25 minutes and 3 seconds, yet were considered unlucky by Holok seeing as one of their thrusters malfunctioned for three minutes halfway through the race.