Indooroopilly State Primary School Fete (Indigo Fair)

[Altair]

Date: Saturday 25th July 2015

Venue: Indooroopilly State Primary School

Time: 12.30pm – 7.30pm

Mission: To provide entertainment at the annual Indigo Fair and raise money for the Starlight foundation.

Trooper Attendance:
Redback Garrison
Altair – TK
Diatium – TK/HWT
DW – TD
Sly – TK
Stormraven – DZ
Teiwaz – TB
Whitey - RC

Southern Cross Garrison
Rhino – ID

Support Crew / Guest Trooper Attendance:
Canuck
Cutter
Dark Dora
Kai Wolfe
Lisa
MyKill
Oberon
Squirtle
Tirilia

Details/Photos:

At 1100 hours I arrived on site and located the classroom to be used as our head quarters. Over the next hour our troops began to arrive and unpack their gear.
After a mission briefing the crew got armoured up and commenced patrol of the school ovals at 1230. We split into two squads (alpha & beta) to cover the upper and lower ovals.

Under the instruction of Imperial Commander Rhino, alpha squad troopers Altair, Sly, DW and Stormraven stood guard over the Redback outpost located on the upper oval.



Whilst beta squad troopers Diatium, Teiwaz and Whitey descended down hill to secure the main lower oval. They soon realised the easiest way to take control of the grounds was to seek advice from some real estate experts.



This worked as planned!



With the crowds increasing in number, the squad was quickly swamped with requests for photos. Biker scout Teiwaz thought it best to recruit some local law enforcement officers in case they needed backup.



However we soon found out there were other motives for his decision... luckily this speeder bike didn't hit any trees!



Meanwhile back up the hill, alpha squad was keeping a close eye on everything. Stormtrooper Sly put to use his advanced training in negotiation strategies and tactics to score a bounty of cookies from one of the local merchants. These rations complimented Tirilia's famous mars bar slice to ensure all imperial crew maintained adequate sugar levels throughout the deployment.



After posing for many photos and dishing out countless high fives it was time for a break. After lunch we set out back into the Indigo Fair grounds, this time beta squad manned the top oval and alpha squad battled the monster stairs down to the bottom oval.





With the sun setting we started to loose daylight and the kids were hyped up on candy so it was time to call it a day and fall back to HQ at 1745.







The rest of the night continued featuring the laser show, the highlight obviously being a dubstep remix of the Star Wars main theme and what could be described as a "lightsaber" battle including Vader's breathing and sync'd up sound effects.

Charity Funds Raised: $232.95

Injuries / Malfunctions: None to report.

Public Incidents: There were a few kids that tested the patience of our troopers towards the end of the day, hitting the hard armour and just being silly. Whitey's back pack being a prime target again. This event reinforced the need for wranglers to be on top of their game.

Mission Status: Overall a great success! A big thank you to all the troopers and support crew. Great job all round. Thanks to Rhino for making the trip up to Brisbane. Credit to Dark Dora the stand out wrangler for the day. Thanks also goes to Squirtle for the photos!

Some feedback from the organisers - “The hugest thank you to the guys and gals of Redback Garrison - 501st Legion for coming to @IndigoFair2015 and supporting the Starlight Children's Foundation Australia”