Monday 14-May-2012, 09:58 PM
(This post was last modified: Tuesday 15-May-2012, 09:51 PM by APOK.)
Sorry this took a week but here it is.
Date: 5th and 6th of May 2012
Venue: Dreamworld. Dreamworld Parkway, Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Time: From Friday night to Sunday Night.
Mission: To descend on Australias largest theme park to raise money for the Starlight Foundation over one very awesome weekend. To make this one of the shining lights on the 501st Worldwide calendar.
Trooper Attendance: TBA
Guest Trooper Attendance: TBA
Support Crew: TBA
Detail:
Friday the 4th of May 2012
Bump in. A bold few hit the drop zone before all others to contruct our own little piece of the Death Star and set up the command area for the next two days invasion of Dreamworld.
Water and supplies were stacked, troop movements were planned and hydro-spanners were working overtime to get the Death Star ready. Our initial troopers on the ground worked tirelessly and succeeded in making sure all was ready for the first onslaught on Saturday.
Once everything was set we decided to head to a local establishment to have a few refreshments and chow. Once the advance team for that got there we found out the Rebels had infiltrated and marked all wearing our beloved Imperial colours as a "gang" and not welcome into the said establishment until all "gang" shirts were removed or turned inside out. Reluctantly we complied and ate and drank all the while plotting mass disintergrations of stupid people that make ridiculous rules.
Saturday the 5th of 2012
0600. Deployment starts. Apok is there and the troopers start arriving in droves. Trooper after trooper (and a few of those Rebs) enter Dreamworld and head to the drop off zone. A fully functioning IMAX cinema!!! Thanks to Spacebandit and Roy fro the whole weekend all 6 installments of the Star Wars saga, Robot chicken spoofs and Family Guy take offs were played all weekend. All GA kids were billeted in the Education room about the fairy shop.
0830. Time for the group photo. All troopers headed to the front of Dreamworld to document the invasion. Many group photos were taken. Once that was finished it was time to man our battle stations. Troopers hit the front to alert Imperial citizens of the codeword needed to get a discount and others headed to the photobooth to get ready for big and small kids to come and get their photos taken with there favourite Star Wars characters.
0915. A small few were alerted that there were some creatures that needed to be contained within the Dreamworld grounds. They headed down and found two baby tiger cubs that needed to be patted. OK not the most ferocious beasts in the galaxy but they will leave a mark if they get all hissy.
Patrols roamed and the photobooth was manned for the next couple of hours. Before too long it was time to mobilise for the parade.
1130. Troops mobilise outside the cinema to form up for the parade. We formed up into a line of awesomeness. Much to the delight of the crowd we wowed them as we marched past, waving, hi-fiving and posing for any pics they wanted. Once we finished it was back to the photo booth for some and a quick break for others. Patrols continued.
1400. A gathering of jedi assembled in the main street. Using their mind tricks many young Imperial citizens were duped into joining the Jedi Academy. Youngling were issued lightsabers from their parents and watched as the Jedi Masters showed them some moves and then, after watching their new younglings, all the Jedi Masters chose their padawans to then have a duel with Darth Nihlus. Nihlus went easy on them as slaughtering the young ones in front of there parents might seem a little heavy handed as we still needed more donations out of them.
Enter the Emperor!! Mocking the Jedi and their fallen ways our glorious Emperor unleash four of our Sith to duel with four of the pathetic Jedi. The battle royale was epic, it was Sith versus Jedi, and we had the upper hand until that little frog face Master Yoda called upon a whole crowd of Jedi to intervene and save their Jedi heroes. Our Sith forces managed to evade capture and live to fight another day. The Jedi were lucky.
More patrols and photos were taken. Troopers were also taking full advantage of the command centre and R&R facilities watching great scenes, like Alderaan being blown to pieces, Luke Skywalker getting his hand cut off, Han frozen in carbonite on a massive IMAX screen. Good times. Good times.
1530. Calling all Biker Scouts!!!! A distress call was made and all TB's that were available headed to the MotoCoaster to ride it and chase down some Rebel scum. Only 5 were available but I am sure next year we will be able to find some re-enforcements. Status of mission. Rebel scum captured and awesomeness attained.
1700. It was time to relax and unwind. A full day of battling and photo taking was had by all and now it was time to head to cantina known as Bibs and Ribs for a well earned party.
1800 til late. Bibs and Ribs was completely taken over...literally. Much Imperial ale was drunk, many Bantha ribs and Ronto burgers were eaten. Many tried the Double Dog Challenge and all failed. One got close. Mere crumbs were needed to finish, but alas his stomach rebelled stopping him at the final hurdle....and then rebelling as the Dog returned with a vengance. The trooper did survive though.
To say that we all had fun at Bibs and Ribs would be an understatement. I personally don't think I have seen us have this much fun and have so much laughter. I think Moxxxie completely losing it was the highlight of the night.
Once all had enough the troopers dispersed and got ready for the next day....well most did. A motley crew headed to the bar across the road and had a couple more drinks and a good laugh about the night. A nice drink and chat was had before we had to get ready to do it all again.
Sunday the 6th of 2012
A later start for all on ths day. Much needed.
0800. Due to a few eager troopers Apok was there again to let in the troopers to our drop zone again. No group photo today so it was straight to patrols out the front and getting ready for the 0930 photo booth start.
1000. Something a little different. With a whole lot of troopers in tow we made our way down to the Sheep Shearing Show down at AWE in DW. As we waited to start the show (APOK forgot his belt) a couple of groups of Asian tourists turned up to watch the show as well. Little did they know that one of our own was going to play the Storytelling Larakin of the show and drag up "Gary from the Death Star" aka Cutter to have a bit fun in the whip cracking part of the show and Jacob French to shear a sheep. I believe the tourists were completely bamboozled as to what was happening but it was a bit of fun. Then we watched one of the shearers do some great whip cracking stunts. This would have to be one of the most unusual things we have done as a Garrison.
1400. Again the Jedi tried to gain more padawans with there Jedi Academy. Lightsaber techniques were taught and again Nihlus was thrust into the fray to block the padawans meek attempts to cut him down. Our mighty Emperor again threw the gauntlet down to the Jedi. Four on four, Sith versus Jedi, the battled again only to have the jedi amass again in overwhelming numbers. All Imperial troops and Sith managed to escape again. Until the next time Jedi scum....
1630. It was time to head to AVPX for some target practice. This is a great tradition to do this in armour and for all those that do the perils are many. Poor visabilty, next to nil and weapons that you cannot see fire. Needless to say we prevailed and a lot of fun was had.
1700. Time to break down the command centre and move the Death Star back to the Outer Rim to bring them under control.
But first it was time to party and relax again. Dreamworld put on a BBQ for us and a Laser show called Illuminate. Beer was drunk, food was demolished (really it was) and speeches were made. Then it was time for a swap meet of great Imperial surplus and Rebel trophies of war and then the lasers crossed the sky in a display of how great the weekend was. Then it was time to say goodbye to our fellows from across this land of both Imperial and Rebel alliances.
Once the majority of troopers left to have a well earned rest, the resilient few stayed behind to break everything down and pack up all that was left behind.
0900 All the break down has left and one trooper remains to collect his armour, lock the doors, sign in the keys and get ready to do it all again.
Charity Funds Raised: TBA
Injuries: TheWolf injured himself before the event even kicked off. Due to this though even injured he manned the photobooth area and raffle table most of the weekend. His pain was the Garrisons gain.
Other than that we had the usual armour bites, lightsaber hits, mild dehydration and one vomited 2 foot long dog.
Malfunctions: Nothing really major happened. Mild armour SNAFU's happened but nothing blew up and considering all the armour and costumes we had great job by all.
Public Incidents: So many happy people and so many smiles made.
Mission Status: An overwhelming success. So successful that we are no invited back fro DW2013.
Photos: TBA
A massive thanks to all of you for turning up for this event. Whether you be Imperial or Rebel, without you all coming to this and donating your time, money and pure awesomeness this event wouldn't be as amazing as it is.
See you all next year!!
Apok out.
Date: 5th and 6th of May 2012
Venue: Dreamworld. Dreamworld Parkway, Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
Time: From Friday night to Sunday Night.
Mission: To descend on Australias largest theme park to raise money for the Starlight Foundation over one very awesome weekend. To make this one of the shining lights on the 501st Worldwide calendar.
Trooper Attendance: TBA
Guest Trooper Attendance: TBA
Support Crew: TBA
Detail:
Friday the 4th of May 2012
Bump in. A bold few hit the drop zone before all others to contruct our own little piece of the Death Star and set up the command area for the next two days invasion of Dreamworld.
Water and supplies were stacked, troop movements were planned and hydro-spanners were working overtime to get the Death Star ready. Our initial troopers on the ground worked tirelessly and succeeded in making sure all was ready for the first onslaught on Saturday.
Once everything was set we decided to head to a local establishment to have a few refreshments and chow. Once the advance team for that got there we found out the Rebels had infiltrated and marked all wearing our beloved Imperial colours as a "gang" and not welcome into the said establishment until all "gang" shirts were removed or turned inside out. Reluctantly we complied and ate and drank all the while plotting mass disintergrations of stupid people that make ridiculous rules.
Saturday the 5th of 2012
0600. Deployment starts. Apok is there and the troopers start arriving in droves. Trooper after trooper (and a few of those Rebs) enter Dreamworld and head to the drop off zone. A fully functioning IMAX cinema!!! Thanks to Spacebandit and Roy fro the whole weekend all 6 installments of the Star Wars saga, Robot chicken spoofs and Family Guy take offs were played all weekend. All GA kids were billeted in the Education room about the fairy shop.
0830. Time for the group photo. All troopers headed to the front of Dreamworld to document the invasion. Many group photos were taken. Once that was finished it was time to man our battle stations. Troopers hit the front to alert Imperial citizens of the codeword needed to get a discount and others headed to the photobooth to get ready for big and small kids to come and get their photos taken with there favourite Star Wars characters.
0915. A small few were alerted that there were some creatures that needed to be contained within the Dreamworld grounds. They headed down and found two baby tiger cubs that needed to be patted. OK not the most ferocious beasts in the galaxy but they will leave a mark if they get all hissy.
Patrols roamed and the photobooth was manned for the next couple of hours. Before too long it was time to mobilise for the parade.
1130. Troops mobilise outside the cinema to form up for the parade. We formed up into a line of awesomeness. Much to the delight of the crowd we wowed them as we marched past, waving, hi-fiving and posing for any pics they wanted. Once we finished it was back to the photo booth for some and a quick break for others. Patrols continued.
1400. A gathering of jedi assembled in the main street. Using their mind tricks many young Imperial citizens were duped into joining the Jedi Academy. Youngling were issued lightsabers from their parents and watched as the Jedi Masters showed them some moves and then, after watching their new younglings, all the Jedi Masters chose their padawans to then have a duel with Darth Nihlus. Nihlus went easy on them as slaughtering the young ones in front of there parents might seem a little heavy handed as we still needed more donations out of them.
Enter the Emperor!! Mocking the Jedi and their fallen ways our glorious Emperor unleash four of our Sith to duel with four of the pathetic Jedi. The battle royale was epic, it was Sith versus Jedi, and we had the upper hand until that little frog face Master Yoda called upon a whole crowd of Jedi to intervene and save their Jedi heroes. Our Sith forces managed to evade capture and live to fight another day. The Jedi were lucky.
More patrols and photos were taken. Troopers were also taking full advantage of the command centre and R&R facilities watching great scenes, like Alderaan being blown to pieces, Luke Skywalker getting his hand cut off, Han frozen in carbonite on a massive IMAX screen. Good times. Good times.
1530. Calling all Biker Scouts!!!! A distress call was made and all TB's that were available headed to the MotoCoaster to ride it and chase down some Rebel scum. Only 5 were available but I am sure next year we will be able to find some re-enforcements. Status of mission. Rebel scum captured and awesomeness attained.
1700. It was time to relax and unwind. A full day of battling and photo taking was had by all and now it was time to head to cantina known as Bibs and Ribs for a well earned party.
1800 til late. Bibs and Ribs was completely taken over...literally. Much Imperial ale was drunk, many Bantha ribs and Ronto burgers were eaten. Many tried the Double Dog Challenge and all failed. One got close. Mere crumbs were needed to finish, but alas his stomach rebelled stopping him at the final hurdle....and then rebelling as the Dog returned with a vengance. The trooper did survive though.
To say that we all had fun at Bibs and Ribs would be an understatement. I personally don't think I have seen us have this much fun and have so much laughter. I think Moxxxie completely losing it was the highlight of the night.
Once all had enough the troopers dispersed and got ready for the next day....well most did. A motley crew headed to the bar across the road and had a couple more drinks and a good laugh about the night. A nice drink and chat was had before we had to get ready to do it all again.
Sunday the 6th of 2012
A later start for all on ths day. Much needed.
0800. Due to a few eager troopers Apok was there again to let in the troopers to our drop zone again. No group photo today so it was straight to patrols out the front and getting ready for the 0930 photo booth start.
1000. Something a little different. With a whole lot of troopers in tow we made our way down to the Sheep Shearing Show down at AWE in DW. As we waited to start the show (APOK forgot his belt) a couple of groups of Asian tourists turned up to watch the show as well. Little did they know that one of our own was going to play the Storytelling Larakin of the show and drag up "Gary from the Death Star" aka Cutter to have a bit fun in the whip cracking part of the show and Jacob French to shear a sheep. I believe the tourists were completely bamboozled as to what was happening but it was a bit of fun. Then we watched one of the shearers do some great whip cracking stunts. This would have to be one of the most unusual things we have done as a Garrison.
1400. Again the Jedi tried to gain more padawans with there Jedi Academy. Lightsaber techniques were taught and again Nihlus was thrust into the fray to block the padawans meek attempts to cut him down. Our mighty Emperor again threw the gauntlet down to the Jedi. Four on four, Sith versus Jedi, the battled again only to have the jedi amass again in overwhelming numbers. All Imperial troops and Sith managed to escape again. Until the next time Jedi scum....
1630. It was time to head to AVPX for some target practice. This is a great tradition to do this in armour and for all those that do the perils are many. Poor visabilty, next to nil and weapons that you cannot see fire. Needless to say we prevailed and a lot of fun was had.
1700. Time to break down the command centre and move the Death Star back to the Outer Rim to bring them under control.
But first it was time to party and relax again. Dreamworld put on a BBQ for us and a Laser show called Illuminate. Beer was drunk, food was demolished (really it was) and speeches were made. Then it was time for a swap meet of great Imperial surplus and Rebel trophies of war and then the lasers crossed the sky in a display of how great the weekend was. Then it was time to say goodbye to our fellows from across this land of both Imperial and Rebel alliances.
Once the majority of troopers left to have a well earned rest, the resilient few stayed behind to break everything down and pack up all that was left behind.
0900 All the break down has left and one trooper remains to collect his armour, lock the doors, sign in the keys and get ready to do it all again.
Charity Funds Raised: TBA
Injuries: TheWolf injured himself before the event even kicked off. Due to this though even injured he manned the photobooth area and raffle table most of the weekend. His pain was the Garrisons gain.
Other than that we had the usual armour bites, lightsaber hits, mild dehydration and one vomited 2 foot long dog.
Malfunctions: Nothing really major happened. Mild armour SNAFU's happened but nothing blew up and considering all the armour and costumes we had great job by all.
Public Incidents: So many happy people and so many smiles made.
Mission Status: An overwhelming success. So successful that we are no invited back fro DW2013.
Photos: TBA
A massive thanks to all of you for turning up for this event. Whether you be Imperial or Rebel, without you all coming to this and donating your time, money and pure awesomeness this event wouldn't be as amazing as it is.
See you all next year!!
Apok out.
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:DW13:
great report and thanks for having all of us at your work
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