Status: Success

Operation

Taco Party!

Mission Objectives

  • Fly to Taco Party and purchase some tacos to go.
  • Fly to a nearby place where we can eat tacos.
  • Eat tacos (from Taco Party or tacos you assemble on your own).
  • Try to communicate with SCUL pilot Taco and if successful, we follow one mission objective request from him. If unsuccessful, chalk up some messages for Taco, take pictures, and send them to him electronically.
  • Invent a 'taco formation' and perform it successfully.
  • Derby. Derby. Derby.
  • Be on the landing pad before midnight.

    Mission Summary

    Objectives achieved.

    While Taco was unable to join us in person, Gritty and Lordmcfuzz made sure to wear a taco suit in his stead. After a short meeting on the launch pad Bane Thunderwolf immediately led us to get some flesh tacos and soylent bean tacos molecules at Luna Taco Party. While orbiting the now even less accessible Powderhouse black hole, Snow seemed to have a plasma casing failure on his primary thruster, so we stopped in the core to both fix the ship and consume our molecules.

    Bane rescued a cute downed ped sign; Leotard rescued a baby tribble trapped under a box. We sincerely hope both remain well.

    We then proceeded through the Somerville System to a portable fuel dump station, which 'tard was happy to recon for us and then proceeded towards the Danehy Cloud deepspace. Pilot Taco comms organized in advance by Skunk, we were advised to Bust The Funk which we performed using the SCUL march.

    Maggot Cosima presented a trivia duel between pilots, other pilots, and Wombat, answers such as "7", "France", "September 26" and "hotness" were presented. Some were right, others wrong, points were awarded and Cosima swolemnly sweared to be a superhero version of herself and was knighted. We welcome our new fellow pilot!

    Cosima's first official act: a plasma casing failure of her primary thruster. Snow repaired.

    While still at Danehy, we decided to Derby, Derby, Derby *and* Derby! Rad Max and Lordmcfuzz won 2 each!

    Pilots then sought out some open space near the Fresh Pond Arena to attempt a new flight formation: Taco. The Taco formation was invented in several different orientations and performed, kind of. It involved an inverted U or was it an n? which then turned into a wall than a regular U then had pilots getting "in" the taco as filling. As with all flight formations it started out ok, and ended a little hmmm. Skunk winks at such foolishness.

    Bane Thunderwolf the led us through the Allston Extension wormhole and took a circuitous route towards the base while once again making another fuel dump at our now designated portable station. Despite this stop we reached the landing pad before our 0000 hours deadline. Red 40 burned up on reentry but we gained PQ so balance was restored.

    Medals: Chic to Lordmctaco and Gritty for tacolicious outfits, Valor to RadMax for excessive increase of skills, Valor to PQ for her technical prowess by riding her ship in warrior 3 position with one foot on the rear saddle of her ship while the other leg was out perpendicular to it. Injury for McFuzz for shedding 1 drop of blood during derby

    Trivia Duel Questions (topics- Tacos, Somerville, & Random):

    -When is National Taco Day?
    -What does a Scoville unit measure?
    -Give your best estimate- how many tacos are consumed in America per year?
    -Beer pairs well with tacos- name three breweries in Somerville
    -A flamboyance refers to a group of what animals?
    -What planet has a volcano 3x the size of Mt. Everest?
    -Encompassing 0.2 acres of land, at which intersection in Somerville can you find the city's smallest park?
    -What is the only body part with its own pulse?
    -Somerville is the most dense city in Massachusetts- what MA city is the second densest?
    -How many hills are there in Somerville? (All or Nothing Bonus: Name them)
    -Buddy McLean, Whitey Bulger, Howie Winter, and Joseph McDonald can be associated with what Somerville neighborhood?
    -What European country shares a border with Brazil?
    -What sandwich condiment was invented in Somerville in 1917?
    -In what year was SCUL founded?
    Pilot Ship Points Promotion
    BaneThunderwolf Bieber Fever 2213.65   Vice Admiral
    Cosima Saint Christopher 440.544   Aviator
    Diva Toxic Waste 1547.83   Senior Chief Petty Officer
    DrClaw Skywarp 211.24  
    Gritty Ooh La La 230  
    Hatchet Pale Horse 0  
    Leotard Abracadaver 1434.24   Chief Petty Officer
    Lordmcfuzz Super Hardon Collider 827.393  
    NOVA War 121.273  
    Pastry Queen Scollay Rancher 747.92   Ensign
    Punchy Compliance 1145.52   Lieutenant Junior Grade
    RadMax Rapscallion 1596.14   Petty Officer First Class
    Red 40 Civilian Ship 0  
    Skunk Syntax Error 850.563  
    Snow Deep Blue Dream 150  
    Sprocket Mad Rabbit 1661.44   Petty Officer Second Class
    Wombat Iridium 660.727  
    Pilots must be logged in to see the briefing.
    Taskforce Pilot
    Mission Leader Skunk
    Deck Officer Sprocket
    Gate Attendant Diva
    Navigator BaneThunderwolf
    Tailgunner Diva
    Com-Sat 1 Lordmcfuzz
    Tool Bag DrClaw
    Flat Bag Snow
    Medi Bag Cosima
    Wookiee Bag Leotard
    Ambassador BaneThunderwolf
    Chalk Bag Cosima
    Still Cam BaneThunderwolf
    Airlock Gritty
    Recycler Leotard
    Life Support 1 Skunk
    Damage Control Gritty
    Minister of Zoobs BaneThunderwolf
    Mission Pinner Sprocket
    Mission Debriefer Wombat
    Mission Reporter Diva
    Stellar Cartographer BaneThunderwolf
    Cleaner Punchy
    Compressor Wrangler Sprocket

    Mission Parameters

    DivisionMAD
    Date2021.09.04
    Mission LeaderSkunk
    Mission Size 17 pilots
    OriginFort Tyler
    DestinationT.A.C.O.S.
    Light Years13.674
    G-Well Activity0.064
    Technical Rating2.315