Hextants

The Race of Offworld is broken up into 6 sections known as Hextants (hex = 6), each of which has a specific purpose along the course. The length of each section changes periodically, although their general length remains the same overall.

The Hextants

Here is a breakdown of each Hextant and its purpose within the race.

1. This is the first section, and serves as an introduction to the course, and the things one can expect up ahead. It's length is approximately 512 miles and ends at Golden Canyon.

1. This section is designed with the intention of filtering out those who don't have the determination to go on, or to complete the race. The controllers would prefer to weed out these people early on to ensure that only those with the will and determination to win are permitted to enter the latter parts of the course. It is roughly 350 miles long and ends at the Flower Field.

1. This section is focused around endurance and survival, and includes a long list of challenges that racers must overcome. But the biggest is merely being able to survive and endure to its end. It ends at the gateway to the White Mountains. It is roughly 2300 miles long.

1. This section takes everything from the first three sections and combines them, increasing the difficulty and challenges several fold. This section truly separates the men from the boys and acts as one final filter to weed out those without the will to go all the way. It ends at the Golden Lands. It is roughly 2500 miles long. It begins with the White Mountains and includes other great obstacles such as the Great Sea, the Lands of the Giants, and other treacherous obstacles.

1. This section, which is second from the end, is known as the "Golden Mile" or the "Golden Lands". This is a very short section of land, about 300 miles wide, and contains the most delicious fruit, the most lavish cities, the best food, best hotels and homes, and luxury like you've never seen before. In a sense it's Pinocchio's island, and is designed with the intention of taking travel weary travelers and trapping them within the cities where they will be turned into slaves who are tasked with enslaving other travelers that enter these lands behind them. And, given all the hard living and suffering that most travelers will have faced by this point, the luxuries and comforts offered in this area are almost irresistible. Every pleasure that anyone could ever want is here. There are very few who ever escape its unrelenting grasp.

1. This is the 6th and final section, and is only about 50 miles long. But it is the most difficult by far of any section so far. It is completely devoid of all life, all water, or any other creature comforts in complete contrast to the Golden Lands. In some ways it can be described as "Mordor on Steroids". It is the most brutal, barren, inhospitable place on Offworld. Travel is very, very slow due to the poor condition of the land, and any progress over 2 miles a day is exceptional. However, at the very end of this section, at the top of a blackened, tortured, forsaken mountain is the checkpoint that, if touched, will end the race and send everyone home. Sometimes the mountain is covered in snow. But most of the time it is barren, parched and lifeless, sucking away all hope from those who enter its lands.