Simlympic Torch Relay Day 8: Raffore City, Rafforsia

The Rafforsia Leg of the July 2009 Simlympics Torch Relay will begin at the Raffore Space Station Beverly that is orbiting around the Earth's atmosphere at 7.30 am GMT+8.



Currently, as of 4.50am GMT+8, a Colonial Space Liner belonging to Shalman's Imperial Airlines Flight No. IA 005-S is resting at the Confederal Space Station within the Neutral Sector for refuelling. The flight starts from Ylmeria, Shalman Commonwealth on Planet Andromeda, Andromeda Sector and will end at Raffore Space Station of Planet Earth, Gaia Sector with a stop-over on the Confederal Space Station, Neutral Sector. The flight duration is expected to take 3 hours, taking-off at 9.30pm GMT+0, June 27 and landing at 7.30am GMT+8, June 28.



Flight IA 005-S will travel on the Hyperspace Routes HS1 (Andromeda <=> Confederal Space Station) and HS5 (Confederal Space station <=> Earth) to save time, in which each of the route takes approximately 5 minutes each.

Look out for the full update of the remaining sections of the Rafforsia Leg at 8.30pm GMT+8 (10.30pm GMT+10, 2.30pm GMT+2, 12.30pm GMT+0, 7.30am GMT-5, 3.30am GMT-9).

The torch has arrived on Rafforsia's property. At 7.29am, Imperial Airlines Flight No. IA 005-S has landed on Raffore Space Station Beverly. Three minutes later, a torch bearer holding the litted torch emerged out of the Colonial Space Liner (the spaceship that transported the torch from Ylmeria to Raffore Space Station Beverly) and was jogging towards a waiting Pelican [Rasa R100 Simlympic, Flight No. RI 0018-PS] belonging to RIAPrivate (a subsidary company of Raffore International Airlines).

As the torch bearer entered Rasa R100 Simlympic with the torch still litted, the Pelican took off from Raffore Space Station Beverly and is now making its 2 hours journey to Earth and towards its destination. This also marked the first time any Olympics/Simlympics Torch has ever had a leg on a Space Station. This event was also broadcasted live to all planets in the Milky Way.


Rasa Pelican R100 Simlympic

At 9.35am, the Rasa R100 Simlympic then surprisingly changed its course (original destination is Rafforsia) and is now travelling to Singapore. This surprise did make everyone wondering what's Rafforsia up to. At 9.40am, Rasa R100 Simlympic made a surprise landing on a cruise ship, the SuperStar Virgo, a fleet of the third largest cruise operator in the world, Star Cruises.


SuperStar Virgo

The SuperStar Virgo was docked at the Singapore Cruise Center at HarbourFront, the southern part of Singapore, when Rasa R100 Simlympic landed on the cruise ship. The torch bearer then jogged out of the Pelican and into the cruise ship with the torch still litted. A small ceremony of litting a small cauldron on SuperStar Virgo's front deck followed and the cruise ship then begun its journey to Rafforsia.

The journey took 3 and a half hours. At the same time, people were already gathered at the newly opened Rafforsia Cruise Terminal and were awaiting the arrival of SuperStar Virgo, the first cruise ship to dock at the Cruise Terminal. At 1.27pm, SuperStar Virgo has successfully docked at Rafforsia Cruise Terminal and the people cheered for the arrival of the cruise ship. Minutes later, the torch bearer emerged out of the cruise ship, marking the beginning of the Rafforsia (Land) leg of the Simlympic Torch Relay.

Main Highlights of Simlympic Torch Relay Rafforsia (Space/Air/Sea) Leg
Beginning of Rafforsia leg at Raffore Space Station Beverly
Guiness World Record (pending): First time a Torch had a relay section on a space station
First time a Torch being transported by a cruise ship (SuperStar Virgo)
Rafforsia Leg coincide with the opening of the Rafforsia Cruise Terminal

Here is a map of the Rafforsia (Land) Leg route, beginning at Katong and ending at Pasir Panjang, passing through (from east to west) Raffore City, Bukit Merah and Bayshore.



The following pictures are the routes of the Rafforsia (Land) Leg.
Katong

















Raffore City













Bukit Merah













Bayshore











Pasir Panjang









At 8.26pm, the final torch bearer then entered the newly constructed US$100 million Rafforsia National Stadium (the old stadium, together with the Panjang Indoor Stadium Complex was demolished for the new Rafforsia National Stadium and the new Rafforsia Underground Indoor Complex) and was greeted by the huge crowd, prior to its entry, a concert was held (partially commemorating the late Michael Jackson) since 4pm [while the torch is at Bukit Merah] and a speech was given by the President of the International Simlympics Committee of Rafforsia about five minutes before the final torch bearer entered the stadium.

The final torch bearer then approached to the center of the stadium and point the torch towards the Cauldron, tilting the torch slightly so that the flame points to the cauldron. As the stadium lights dim, the torch then emits a beam of laser towards the cauldron (actually, it's the laser from the stadium that 'draw' the laser path towards the cauldron). The moment the laser touches the cauldron [5 seconds after the laser was emitted from the torch], the cauldron then burst into flame and the cauldron is litted up for the second time in Rafforsia.



After the cauldron is litted, a firework display followed, which the concert continues after the fireworks display until 12 midnight.



~~End of Rafforsia Leg~~

Rafforsia Leg of the Torch Relay out now!

Look above for the Rafforsia Leg!

Enjoy!

Wow ! That was amazing. One of the longest relays

LOL yeah it was very long! I like the pictures though!

Thanks guys!

Indeed it's a very long leg, beginning at the Raffore Space Station Beverly and ending at Rafforsia National Stadium. Wondering how long is this leg alone though. 100 000km? XD

nice

Very interesting leg of the torch relay

Great update!

Thanks guys!

Very fancy aran!!!

Thank you.

Really amazing update Aran .