Sat 16-Jul-2016 - Astro Pete's Astronomy Open Night

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Date:
Saturday 16th July, 2016

Venue:
Astro Pete's Cafe and Telescopes 2120 Logan Road, Upper Mt Gravatt

Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Mission:
We have a yearly party at the store where we do a free mass public astronomy night. We'll be viewing Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. It would be great to have the 501st there because a lot of the attendees are young Star Wars fans who would enjoy interacting with their heroes.

Trooper Attendance:
RBG:
4159 Beanie FOTK
3989 Buzzard IC - Scanning Crew
31138 Cavx - IG
41138 Crea8tiv - TA
8836 Dino - TD
5092 Glitch - Clone
6362 KattaK - Boushh
20552 MyKill - Officer


RL:
Chopper - Rebel Pilot
Redav - TFA C3PO
ALRAKIS - Jedi


GA
CSL0582- Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader Pre Armour (Cameron)
CKOR0581 - Kylo Ren (Cody)
CTB1276 - TB (Liam)
CREY1273 - Rey (Megan)
CJED- Jedi (JJ)


Support Crew:
Shazzam - Cadet

Details:
Imperial shuttles started arriving early and control of the change room was acquired to prepare for an awesome troop.
At approximately 6pm troopers filed out to the amazement of the small crowd in attendance.
Unfortunately, the rain kept the telescopes locked away, so the only stars to be seen were the characters from Star Wars.
Considering the wet weather, we did have a steady flow of earthlings, young and old requesting photos.
Troopers in search of the droids, invaded the Nandos Cantina, surprised the staff and patrons and then left empty handed. They found C3PO attempting to blend in with some sort of communication box. He thought they wouldn't recognise him with the red arm. They also found a suspicious looking R2 unit who appeared to be able to do a rather unique balancing act to avoid detection.
Astro Pete thanked the troopers for their hard work with a generous donation to the MS Moonlight Walk, and gave each of the GA a small gift to thank them for their efforts too.
At 8:00pm approx. Troopers returned to the change room to de-armour and returned to the cafe for a meal. Beanie was elated when he received Order 66.

Charity Funds Raised:
$357 ($300 donation from Astro Pete and $57 raised in the tin)

Injuries / Malfunctions:
C3PO's eyes twinkled like the stars we couldn't see.
The clonetrooper had his knee armour blow out after a run in with a suspicious looking astro droid.

Public Incidents:
Before the troop, a mannequined Masterchief had an urge to attack and fell over, coming off a little worse for wear.

Mission Status:
Success!

Photos: Thanks to Buzzard and Astro Pete for the photos















More images can be found here:
Astro Pete's 5th Birthday Slideshow