TROOP: Mater Childrens’ Hospital

Monday, January 19th, 2009 | 501st, Troop Reports | No Comments

Photos pending.

Venue: Mater Childrens’ Hospital
Time: 1000 hours - 1200 hours
Mission: The mission was to safeguard the Starlight Express Room for the local constabulary, while they presented the Mater Hospital with a charity cheque.
Details: Oz_Scout made contact with the local Constabulary, who organised the location and the time of the cheque presentation ceremony. Once we arrived and kitted up, Captain Starlight suggested we visit the wards to meet all the current residents. We spent the next hour or so walking around the rooms and meeting various people, introducing ourselves and taking photos. At one point, I stuffed up my TKID - The Squad Leader cant punish me because he buggered his up also.
Trooper Attendance: Moxxxie, Oz_Scout
Wranglers: TK-TEX
Injuries: One slight pinch of my left knee. Nothing to speak of.
Malfunctions: The velcro attaching my ab and butt plates came unstuck, so I had a very attractive black dangley thing hanging off the back of my butt. Thankfully, my fellow trooper identified the malfunction before the public became aware of it.
Public Incidents: The local carpark was a total nightmare.
Mission Status: Success

Quotable Quotes:
“… Have you happened to see any Wookies lately?”
“Yep”
“Really? Where abouts?”
“At my house.”
“At your house? What was he doing there?”
“Well… he’s my Dad.”

o.O

What are you supposed to say to that?? Kids, eh! They’ll say the darnedest things.

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TROOP REPORT: Beyond Blue Christmas Lights Display

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 | 501st | 2 Comments

My first troop of 2009 was a bit of a shambles.

Yes, that’s me in the sexy pink pauldron.

Venue: Beyond Blue Christmas Lights display, Wynnum
Time: 1930 hours - 2100 hours
Mission: The mission was to keep up appearances - to maintain a friendly and cooperative relationship with the public.
Details: Calamity took multiple photos of the troops, both with and without helmets. While claiming her “Mojo” was gone, it appears that these photos are of a high quality despite her modest claims.
Trooper Attendance: Moxxxie, Oz_Scout, Muppet, Goose, Bigmac, Gremlin
Wranglers: Maverick, JK
Injuries: The back of my right knee sustained some bruising because I was dumb enough to attempt a kneeling position. For future troops, I will try and stop “showing off”.
Malfunctions:I forgot my damn armour. JK then had to double-back and drive me home so I could pick it up again. Less said about that the better.
Additionally, the velcro used to attach the straps to the inside of my ab section fell off when armouring up. I managed to keep trooping by tucking the strap underneath my ammo belt. This wasn’t ideal, as whenever I moved I needed to hold onto everything. “Crippled Trooper” springs to mind. To fix this, I’ll need to pick off all the velcro applied with hot glue and use ABS Cement instead.
Public Incidents: JK hit hyperdrive along Wynnum Rd, while trying to get me to the troop on time.
Mission Status: Success

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