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Worongary Muscle Car show - Glitch - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 Troop Report Written by Bullant Date: 29th July 2012 Venue: Worongary State School Time: 1000hrs-1400hrs Mission: Troop in support of the Worangary State School as they hosted the Gold Coast Muscle Car show. Trooper Attendance: CC Glitch TD Spacebandit Wrangler: Cadet Bullant Detail: A beautiful sunny day greeted us as we disembarked our transports. Glitch and Spacebandit were found suiting up as Bullant arrived ready for his second attempt at wrangling. We had been invited to circulate through the display of 100+ muscle cars, rooting out rebel scum and looking for potential recruits to join the empire in support of our cause. Our first lap around the oval resulted in some interesting discoveries ... First of all we were happy to discover Lord Vader's personal transport vessel, which had obviously just returned from the detailers: Further searching led to the discover of Glitch's personal transport vessel: We continued searching through the crowds, stopping for many photos and putting smiles on the faces of many future recruits. We noticed a disturbing trend for the local population to refer to us as "star troopers". This will be raised in a separate report to Lord Vader requesting intensive indoctrination and re-training for the affected individuals. The day was starting to warm up, when we spotted a purveyor of local iced delicacies. Our attempts to relieve the operator of his wares did not quite have the desired effect, with the operator interpreting our demands as a request for imperial credits rather than iced foodstuffs After a short break in the air-conditioned school office empire HQ we returned for several more laps around the oval. Another opportunity was spotted for some refreshments, although this appeared to be what the locals refer to as a "dry" bar: We noticed a disturbing trend, with many incredibly tiny dogs at the event (no pictures sorry). Working on the theory that this might be the result of some sort of rebel shrink ray, we investigated what appeared to be some transport vessels that had suffered a similar fate. Spacebandit attempted to board one of the vessels to investigate further, but was left ultimately unsuccessful. A couple of rebel scum decided that it would be funny to try and steal Glitch's blasters, and even tried a few shoves in the back. These rebel scum were quickly detained and then sent on their way. We also decided to make an public example of them by destroying their transport: If only we had met up with this imperial sympathiser earlier in the day, we could have pointed him in the direction of the troublesome rebels A little later in the day and the event organisers thought it would be a good idea to see which of the local transports could make the most noise. Great idea unless you are stuck inside a plastic helmet with no way to put your fingers in your ears! As the day wound up, we passed by the local food tents, where we were graciously provided with some left-over food products comprising what appeared to be minced wampa between pieces of bread. They were greatly appreciated and very tasty. Once de-armoured, we headed out to the oval for one last task ... to secure some iced delicacies. We were saddened to hear that the ice cream machine had been turned off, but once the operator realised who we were, it was turned back on with a smile and we were supplied with ice cream cones with no need for imperial credits to be handed over. As we finally headed for our transports to depart the event, it Spacebandit was seen to be deciding which of these two transports he was going to take home ... Charity Funds Raised: NIL Injuries: Some minor armour bites for Glitch Malfunctions: NIL Public Incidents: Several attempts to abscond with blasters were stopped with a stern gaze and quiet talking to. Mission Status: Absolute success. Photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/soxyp1vryhz2k8e/S78I3UT8O7#/ RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Bullant - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 That's a great cameraman you had there RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Oevil1 - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 Looks like a great day made better with Troopers. Well done guys!!! Fantastic photos too. RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Phoenix - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 Very cool, Bullant! Adding a bit of spice here and there and photos certainly make a Troop Report exciting! Well done Troopers and Wranglers! RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Phantom - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 Nice work guys...well done!! RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Buzzard - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 (Tuesday 31-Jul-2012, 09:52 PM)Bullant Wrote: That's a great cameraman you had there Yet he mysteriously forgot to take any photos of you, Bullant! lol. RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Spacebandit - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 Great troop report Bullant! A big thanks to both you & Glitch for an awesome day. Photos are great! Still laughing about being mistaken for that character from Topgear & the "Aren't you a little short to be a Stormtrooper" comments, but we don't talk about that. RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Buzzard - Tuesday 31-Jul-2012 Stigtrooper? RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Bullant - Wednesday 1-Aug-2012 Can't believe I left the Stig conversation out of the report.... So Spacebandit and Glitch were having a rest and a drink when two office ladies walked past our door. "Oh look", says one to the other "it's those guys from the show with the cars" ... much scratching of heads ensued as we tried to work out what she was talking about "You know, the one with the three guys and they review cars". "Oh, top gear?", "yes" she says "it's good of you guys to dress up as their mascot". I think that's the first time a clone commander or sand trooper has been mistaken for The Stig! Spacebandit did well, with the first "aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?" comment not coming until around midday, however the count was up to 3 by the end of the day. Burn of the day goes to this conversation in stage whispers between a 5 year old and his dad 5 yo: "Dad, why is he smaller but he has a bigger gun?" Dad: "Perhaps he is compensating for something" RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Spacebandit - Wednesday 1-Aug-2012 My other half has just informed me that our picture made the school bulletin. RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Bullant - Sunday 23-Sep-2012 I didn't have access to the photobucket account when I wrote this trip report, but I do know and I've uploaded all the photos http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f69/501qld/2012%20Campaigns/2012-07-29%20Worongary%20Muscle%20Car%20Show/ RE: Worongary Muscle Car show - Glitch - Wednesday 26-Sep-2012 haha most excellent work bullant! i totally forgot... lol |