Troop Report: Brisbane Airport Volunteers Party

[Thrawn V'jun]

Tada! May I present my first Troop Report for my 3rd Trooping Event :D

Date:
Sun 09 Dec 2012

Venue:
31 Vale St, Wilston

Time:
1pm gathering for 2pm start to 5pm finish

Mission:
To hijack a party for the Brisbane Airport Ambassador volunteers, and to ransom innocent old ladies and gents to free Santa... In other words to be our usual awesome selves

Trooper Attendance:
Oevil1
MammaSith
Cyclops
Stormraven
Phoenix
Ashbash
Thrawn V'jun

Guest Trooper Attendance:
Cavalier

Support Crew:

Detail:
We all arrived at Oveil1/MammaSith's parent's humble abode around 1:30pm. As we got armoured up in the airconditioned rooms, the volunteer guests arrived out the back.
Once we had all assembled and made last minute armour adjustments, the airport volunteers came inside to find the room filled with Stormtroopers, 2 Princess Leia's, a Darth Vader and a Jedi Knight. The look on each of the volunteer's faces, and the happily-shocked gasps and laughs, were priceless
Then the evil Stormies then issued their orders that Santa had been kidnapped, and that a ransom for a charity would be required to free him (else Santa would have been sleighed )
Thus photo opportunities began, with much laughter and memories had by all, especially with Phoenix and/or Oevil1 engaging in humorous banter.
And so we took the party back outside posing for more photos. Ash was drawn to squeeze into the cubby house, and our 181st pilot spied a ride and commandered the nice orange hotrod that was parked in the back - the all the white armoured ghosts in the trailer.
Then the Stormtroopers caught Princess Leia downloading secret Battle Station plans into a compost droid... before paying respect by a large tree in memory of fallen speeder scouts (who must have had their work xmas party awards night the night before the Rebels attacked Endor )
After inspecting/searching the premises for any droids, Tatooine's suns persuaded the troopers to bravely retreat (hmmm memories of Sir Robin's brave retreat from Monty Python and the Holy Grail ) to the safety of the airconditioned interior to de-armour (or in MammaSith and my case de-robed).
Thus we spent the remaining 2-3 hours mingling and snacking with the volunteers and most gracious hosts

Charity Funds Raised:
TBA

Injuries:
Phoenix and Ashbash: Diagnosis: Childrens Ragdoll Syndrome and Exhaustion by children

Malfunctions:
Ashbash: One button on her Longfin shirt came off...

Public Incidents:
None (though I imagine some would deem me proudly wearing my Rebel Legion shirt/Jedi robes a public incident )

Mission Status:
Success!!!

Photos:
To be uploaded shortly from my mobile. (ps how do I upload photos to the Redbacks Photobucket account?)

[Beanie]

Cool report mate.

[Oevil1]

Great report Shaun!! Total funds raised today was $83.00. Well done to all who attended...particularly after last night

[JOker]

nice work guys, love the scout in the dollhouse

[Oevil1]

nice work guys, love the scout in the dollhouse

There's only one scout who'd fit in there

[stormraven]

Great report Shaun. I had a lot of fun and some great food.

[Thrawn V'jun]

Photos that I took are now up on photobucket http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f69/50...9-12-2012/

Nice photos Tim!

And thanks to everyone who attended! I really enjoyed myself :D I'm looking forward to trooping again (soon to also be an ID; coming to a troop near you! )

[Duras]

Nice write up Shaun. Looks like fun day

[Angelman]

Great fun, guys and gals .... the TKs are just jealous that the biker scouts can squat.

[Thrawn V'jun]

I have also added this troop report to the new RL Tatooine Base forums A nice fresh start to show how inclusive and awesome things can (and should) be

[Duras]

I have also added this troop report to the new RL Tatooine Base forums A nice fresh start to show how inclusive and awesome things can (and should) be

Hmmm seems more like a Bothan stealing our trooping plans

[Phoenix]

Fantastic first report, you've done us proud!

Was great fun, only problem was we seemed to mesh in better with the crowd and kids once the armour was off.

Thanks for having us at my new Nanna's house Mammasith and nOtEvil1.

[Thrawn V'jun]

Lol at nOtEvil1

Duras - you forget I'm a Jedi... Force illusions are my specialty (they're so good even I fall for them )

[ashbash]

awesome troop! had fun having karate fights with Phoenix. playing with the dolls in the dollhouse and crashing into a tree (i swear it moved in front of me) the people were wonderful and they enjoyed hanging out with us all.

[Cyclops]

Another gifted wordsmith , well written Shaun . Good day had by all , thanks everyone .