[Mark Okuda]

The summer event is upon us. Grab your powerboards and your floaters, because the Lohlunat Festival is coming back to Risa!

All the fun is back – dance parties, sand castle building, horga'hn hunts, powerboard racing and floater challenge courses – with new rewards (Tropical Caracals, TOS themed bathing suits, and a tropical tribble) and more. Please remember that swimsuits and shirts covered in horga'hns and dancing girls do not fall under the uniform code for members of the various exploratory and military services, and thus such items are non-regulation for mission duty.

Qwen, an enterprising Ferengi, has set up a camp on the far side of the island where he is asking for help tracking down temporal anomalies that have popped up across the island. Feel free to contact him for more information. But be forewarned, he is in no way associated with the Risian resort!

Participate in the floater challenge courses to earn Lohlunat Prize Vouchers (2016) that you can trade in for a starship! This year the Risian Hospitality Association has partnered with the Lobi Crystal Consortium to offer a Vorgon Xyfius Heavy Escort. The Xyfius offers the latest breakthroughs in advanced automation options to harass enemy ship commanders. (More details about this ship will be available in an upcoming blog.)

And once you've earned the Vorgon Xyfius Heavy Escort, the Risians will give you a significant discount if you want another one! (Any character on your account can claim the Vorgon Xyfius Heavy Escort once you've earned the ship on a single character.)

The Lohlunat Festival runs from June 9 to July 21. We'll see you there!

Blessed Lohlunat!