Sunday 4-Dec-2011, 01:01 PM
Date: 03/12/2011
Venue: Game Traders - Mackay
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Mission: Promote opening of new Game Traders store
Trooper Attendance: Nerf, NQ Dude
Guest Trooper Attendance: Daphne as Jocasta Nu (Rebel Legion)
Support Crew:Stef (Kitteh) as wrangler, NQ Dudes son as Jawa and GameTraders staff helped a bit with wrangling too.
Detail:
The day before the troop, myself and Stef did a small recon mission disguised in civilian clothes (so Rebel spies weren't alerted to our mission) to reconfirm our mission objectives with GameTraders and make our presence known to local security and administrative forces. Once all of that was taken care of, we retreated to our apartment of operations eagerly anticipating our mission for the next day..
Around 11:20 on the morning of the troop, we met up with our other Imperial Operatives (NQ Dude and family) and quickly got supplies before the mission. By 11:35 we were armouring up in the GameTraders storeroom ready to bring the Imperial might - but we were foiled... Through the door entered a Rebel (Daphne as Jedi Jocasta Nu). NQ Dude didn't have any binders to detain her so we had no option but to let the Jedi be. For now..
At 12:00 we entered the shop, our mighty 501st presence complimented perfectly with the Imperial March thundering through the store speakers. The public were awestruck at seeing the Empires finest troops. We stood in formation at the front of the shop and did what we do best - and didn't we draw a crowd!
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It turns out that there are some loyalists to the Empire in the sector, with a young clone making an outing, as well as a man quite eerily attuned to the dark side of the force. The man in the self-made Sith robes was the brother of one of the ladies who worked in the GameTraders store and was all too pleased to have a few photo's taken beside us as well as with the public (disclaimer: he didn't claim to be part of the RBG or 501st).
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Time flies when you're having fun and soon enough it was 14:00 and Mission Accomplished. After de-armouring, we gathered again in civilian clothing for food and much needed refreshments. Definitely a good troop.
Some of the guys and girls at the GameTraders store are big Starwars fans too and showed a bit of interest, so we may even have some new recruits soon.
Charity Funds Raised: TBA
Injuries: N/A
Malfunctions: Our Jawas velcro around the neck wasn't sticking together properly, and also the lights for the Jawas eyes cut out half way into the troop because of faulty wiring.
Public Incidents: As with all troops there is a group of teens that can't help themselves. This time they were trying to shine a laser light at us, but our wrangler Stef diffused the situation with a diplomatic solution and sent them on their way.
Mission Status: Nothin' but net.
Photos: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f69/50...%20Mackay/
Venue: Game Traders - Mackay
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Mission: Promote opening of new Game Traders store
Trooper Attendance: Nerf, NQ Dude
Guest Trooper Attendance: Daphne as Jocasta Nu (Rebel Legion)
Support Crew:Stef (Kitteh) as wrangler, NQ Dudes son as Jawa and GameTraders staff helped a bit with wrangling too.
Detail:
The day before the troop, myself and Stef did a small recon mission disguised in civilian clothes (so Rebel spies weren't alerted to our mission) to reconfirm our mission objectives with GameTraders and make our presence known to local security and administrative forces. Once all of that was taken care of, we retreated to our apartment of operations eagerly anticipating our mission for the next day..
Around 11:20 on the morning of the troop, we met up with our other Imperial Operatives (NQ Dude and family) and quickly got supplies before the mission. By 11:35 we were armouring up in the GameTraders storeroom ready to bring the Imperial might - but we were foiled... Through the door entered a Rebel (Daphne as Jedi Jocasta Nu). NQ Dude didn't have any binders to detain her so we had no option but to let the Jedi be. For now..
At 12:00 we entered the shop, our mighty 501st presence complimented perfectly with the Imperial March thundering through the store speakers. The public were awestruck at seeing the Empires finest troops. We stood in formation at the front of the shop and did what we do best - and didn't we draw a crowd!
It turns out that there are some loyalists to the Empire in the sector, with a young clone making an outing, as well as a man quite eerily attuned to the dark side of the force. The man in the self-made Sith robes was the brother of one of the ladies who worked in the GameTraders store and was all too pleased to have a few photo's taken beside us as well as with the public (disclaimer: he didn't claim to be part of the RBG or 501st).
Time flies when you're having fun and soon enough it was 14:00 and Mission Accomplished. After de-armouring, we gathered again in civilian clothing for food and much needed refreshments. Definitely a good troop.
Some of the guys and girls at the GameTraders store are big Starwars fans too and showed a bit of interest, so we may even have some new recruits soon. Charity Funds Raised: TBA
Injuries: N/A
Malfunctions: Our Jawas velcro around the neck wasn't sticking together properly, and also the lights for the Jawas eyes cut out half way into the troop because of faulty wiring.
Public Incidents: As with all troops there is a group of teens that can't help themselves. This time they were trying to shine a laser light at us, but our wrangler Stef diffused the situation with a diplomatic solution and sent them on their way.
Mission Status: Nothin' but net.
Photos: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f69/50...%20Mackay/
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