Shangri La

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The Shangri La was a luxurious space cruiser that the government of the Hei Fon system used to transport officiants to the Great Hei Fon Race.

History
In 150,082 CMT, the Shangri La was assigned to transport the officiants of the Great Hei Fon Race from the surface of Hei Fon 1 to the race venue, which was located in space. However, less than four days before the Shangri La was scheduled to leave Hei Fon 1, one of the race officiants, Nguyen Khan, found himself stranded on a desert planet with no means of escape until he encountered a group of adventurers consisting of Abneris, D-Klak, Diru, DM Helryx, K'theenya, Kithlara, Klak, and Osseron Tyrok. Once Khan had given Osseron Tyrok the coordinates to Hei Fon 1, Tyrok teleported everyone to the surface of the planet, leaving Khan safely where he needed to be with almost four days to spare. Khan was so enthused by his success that he invited the adventurers aboard the Shangri La to sample its luxury suites, but they chose to leave Hei Fon 1 aboard the Rogue Shadow II instead.

Before the Great Hei Fon Race began, the Shangri La was positioned at a vertical vantage point above the starting line where the officiants onboard could watch the race begin. From behind a single huge window on the spaceship, Nguyen Khan looked down at the contending ships and recognized the Desperado among them, finding it intriguing that the ship that he had previously given to Hilda had been entered into the race.

Trivia

 * In Outlaw Star, the manga/anime series that Nguyen Khan and the Great Hei Fon Race both originate from, the Shangri La was a grappler ship and the personal spaceship of Ron MacDougall.