Antarian Trans-stellar Rally

Antarian Trans-stellar Rally course map

The Antarian Trans-stellar Rally is a race held in the Delta Quadrant to commemorate a treaty signed by four factions who claimed the same area of territory. It was first held in 2377.

Hosted by the Antarians, the race includes vessels from the four factions which include the Aksani and the Chessu. Other species are free to enter the race upon permission. An example of this includes the USS Voyager representing the United Federation of Planets. The 2377 race was coordinated by an Antarian Ambassador named O'Zaal. Requirements for the race include having a pilot and co-pilot. Additionally, vessels are limited to sub-light speeds and must use enriched deuterium fuel.

The race course is over 3.2 billion kilometers long, divided into 3 segments based on spatial objects. The course also features obstacles such as K class anomalies and dwarf star clusters. The major obstacle on the course makes up most of the third segment: a wormhole named the Möbius Inversion, which is a level 6 subspace anomaly.

The Antarian Trans-stellar Rally of 2377

Race participants waiting at the start position

The Antarian Trans-stellar Rally of 2377 featured 12 vessels from species such as the Aksani, Chessu, Imhotep, Terrellian and Human. The Federation starship Voyager was the location of the race commencement. Ambassador O'Zaal gave the commencement speech from Voyager's bridge.

"Welcome to the first running of the Antarian Trans-stellar Rally. This moment marks a hopeful point in our shared history, a chance to put aside all animosity, and come together in a spirit of peace and friendly competition. Good luck to all of you."

Voyager launched a photon torpedo which marked the start of the race.

The start signal fired by USS Voyager begins the race

The First Segment

At 58 million kilometers left in the first segment, the Aksani, Imhotep and Terrellian ships were battling for the lead. The number 3 ship was cut off by the number 8 ship (Species of which unknown) in the Darla system. The number 3 ship then used the gravity of a gas giant to gain ground.

Spectators watch the start of the rally from the USS Voyager

The Third Segment

At the third segment, the Delta Flyer was in third place behind the ship's of Assan and Irina. Entering the Möbius Inversion, status from outside the wormhole was unknown. While in the Inversion, the Delta Flyer reversed their deflector polarity to deflect the shields of Assan and Irina's vessels, causing them to create a gap for the Flyer to take the lead. Upon exiting the Inversion, the race was halted after Joxum (Irina's co-pilot) was injured due to an explosion.

Delta Flyer makes a hole for itself by reversing their shield polarity to repel the other two ships

Apparent Sabotage

After an examination of the shield generator of the damaged ship, a phase inverter was discovered, which was purposely placed to cause the overload. Rally officials met, in Voyager's briefing room, with the three leading teams to discuss continuing the race, and all agreed that the race should continue after a short break to allow Irina to repair the damage to her ship. Harry Kim of Voyager was allowed to replace Irina's co-pilot Joxum.

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The Delta Flyer dumps its sabotaged warp core in a nebula to prevent a disaster at the finish line

The Race Resumes

With the race resumed, the Delta Flyer was still in the lead. Irina's ship encountered an EPS system malfunction, but while Harry Kim was suggesting a solution, she rejected it. She left her seat and Kim's console started to overload. Quickly leaving his seat, he finds Irina aiming a weapon him. He quickly activated a control to tilt the ship and he removed the gun from her grip. He attempted to contact Antarian Security, but she disabled the communications. They wait until someone finds them.

The winner, Assan, crosses the finish line of the Antarian Trans-stellar Rally!

The Delta Flyer has still maintained the lead. However, an argument over personal issues between Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres lead him to stop the Flyer to discuss the issue. Assan's ship took the lead flying past the halted Delta Flyer. While on Irina's ship, Kim figured out that the fuel converter she gave the Delta Flyer (to use enriched deuterium) was rigged to explode. Using a modulating pulse modified to mimic Morse code (which Kim and Paris used in Paris's Captain Proton holonovels), Kim was able to alert Paris and Torres that the converter was rigged. The converter had started to leak veridium isotopes, which is able to cause a warp core breach. The Flyer left the course towards a nearby Class J nebula to dump the core, to prevent the explosion from destroying nearby vessels. The core was dumped, but the Flyer was damaged. At the same time, Assan's ship crossed the finish line first, winning the race. (VOY: "Drive")