Status: Success

Operation

Red Dawn

Pre-mission preparatory advice: Take a nap before this one.

- see all the raised hands when Fleet Admiral Skunk asked who took a nap?

THE MOON WAS AMAZING!

Stay up all night and GREET THE DAWN…

En route to the sunrise at Castle Island, Threespeed & eXcEsS dumpster-dived for donuts at Luna Lyndell's - special bonus: any mission that includes BREAKFAST is a good one - Thanks to Red Squirrel for yummy sangies & to Dead Bride & Threespeed for coffee, donuts, sausage, eggs, and Pop Rocks.

Launch-time of 0300 - that's the easy part - the rest of the ride was also easy, except for THE SPACE MADNESS, which dissipated like reverse vampirism with the sunlight shining us back to our senses in some kind of warp-factor twisty anomaly. We had a jolly time on a wacky late-night & early morning - it was crazy & hazy & this reporter's brain felt like the PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME song.


The great thing about riding in the wee hours is that nobody is around & pilots are free to take up ALL THE SPACE for fanciful flight formations and plentiful cup crushing…

SCUL patrolled (cruised casually) along the waterfront on the way to THE SUGAR BOWL outpost, where pilots played and danced, flew kites, read a chalk message from Operation Night Watch and had a rendezvous with a veteran pilot called Krank.

HIGH FIVES ARE SCARCE, but upon the rise of the DayStar, they return with plenty of early risers & are easy to see. SCUL rarely rides in the daylight & it was a JOYRIDE to home base.

The night was a blissful blur - and THE SUN WAS AMAZING
(but the moon was bettah)
Pilot Ship Points Promotion
Dead Bride Strangelove (Bombardier) 395.629   Lieutenant
DrClaw Skywarp 440.159   Commodore
eXceSs Chutes & Ladders 923.198   Lieutenant Commander
Kongzilla Compliance 0  
Lordmcfuzz Super Hardon Collider 990.527  
Red Squirrel Curb Burner 476.052   Master Chief Petty Officer
Skunk Cloudbuster 1219.31  
Stogie Hello, KILLY! 824.028   Senior Chief Petty Officer
Threespeed Strangelove 581.545   Lieutenant Junior Grade
Wombat ATM Machine 816.206   Rear Admiral, Lower Half
Pilots must be logged in to see the briefing.
Taskforce Pilot
Mission Leader Skunk
Deck Officer Skunk
Gate Attendant Red Squirrel
Navigator Lordmcfuzz
Tailgunner Stogie
Com-Sat 1 Threespeed
Com-Sat 2 eXceSs
Tool Bag Stogie
Flat Bag eXceSs
Medi Bag Red Squirrel
Wookiee Bag DrClaw
Ambassador Wombat
Chalk Bag Kongzilla
Still Cam DrClaw
Airlock eXceSs
Recycler Dead Bride
Life Support 1 Skunk
Damage Control Dead Bride
Minister of Zoobs Skunk
Mission Pinner Lordmcfuzz
Mission Debriefer Wombat
Mission Reporter Stogie
Stellar Cartographer Wombat
Cleaner Kongzilla
Compressor Wrangler Skunk
Life Support Synthesis Skunk

Mission Parameters

DivisionMAD
Date2018.08.25
Mission LeaderSkunk
Mission Size 10 pilots
OriginFort Tyler
DestinationFort Tyler
Light Years29.041
G-Well Activity0.414
Technical Rating1.426