Troisième Folie (Interuniversal MTL)

Mission Summary

We did it! We flew to the Montreal System in the Quebec Galaxy in the Canada UNIVERSE! We made our path through the Vermont and New York galaxies. Congratulations to all pilots who completed this mission!

The night before:
* Pilots convene at the fort to load the transport in a game of Spaceship Tetris
Dateline: Allston Subsystem. Stardate 240911. 1930 hours. A select group of starpilots assembles at Fort Antwerp for that most difficult, dangerous, and gluteally strenuous of feats – an interuniversal sortie not attempted in nearly a metric decade.
Pilots Cosima and Moonbeam bravely agreed to captain shuttle transports to ferry the intrepid crew and their starships to the Vermont Galaxy, leaving low-Boston orbit for a safer launch pad for the journey into deep space. However, in order to achieve this, both HARVs in the mission fleet had to have navigational thrusters removed and stowed in Moonbeam’s transport in order to fit into the cargo bay of Cosima’s rental freighter. USB Catastrophe required total thruster removal. However, to the delight of all assembled, the six ships chosen for this expedition fit tidily into the cargo bay at last. Ready for an early start, pilots returned to their respective forts to gird their loins for the morrow’s venture into Deepest, Frenchest Space.

Day 1:
* early launch in transport convoy from Fort Antwerp
* assemble in Colchester, VT
* Centvrion gets a gnarly, near-blowout flat on its primary thruster coming down a posi g-well within the first couple light-years. Booted with 5 Canadian space bucks which made a surprisingly strong boot. On top of this Wombat suggested swapping primary and navi plasma casings which potentially saved the mission for 20% of the group, earning a medal of ingenuity.
* Cross border to bunk up in St.-Bernard
Dateline: Allston Subsystem. Stardate 240912. 0700hrs. The same group of pilots reassembles, somewhat blearier, at Fort Antwerp, before striking out in transports for the Vermont Galaxy – Colchester System. Thankfully, the intergalactic sortie is without event, and by midday, the fleet is ready for launch, and our pilots are able to begin flying, encountering friendly civilians along the way. Less friendly, however, is Starpath US 2, which inflicts a severe outer (and inner) plasma casing failure on Centvrion’s primary thruster within the first few light-years. After quick inner plasma casing replacement, which entailed rapid work on the side of a busy starpath with frequent heavy transport traffic, and the noble sacrifice by Cosima of 5 Canadian space bucks, the crew was able to make it to a nearby respite area in order to swap primary and navi plasma casings, on the suggestion of Wombat. This action likely saved the mission for Centvrion and pilot Moonbeam, and it earned a medal of ingenuity for Wombat.
Thus repaired, all ships are deemed spaceworthy, and the fleet begins its entry into the area of Heavy Nebula Champlain, crossing over the nebular hyperspace byway into the South Hero System. Flying under blue skies, with ample solar radiation, the fleet winds along the calmer starpaths until arriving at the friendly Luna Hero’s Welcome, where fuel and snax were found, with many remarking on the exotic “buns” used for the nearly-stupefying sandwiches procured there. To the cheers of nearby civilians, the crew flew onwards across the islands of the Heavy Nebula, across several hyperspace byways, before pausing briefly in the Rouse’s Point System, where LordMcFuzz, Wombat, and Ziqqurat made a sortie to source beer molecules and snax before the interuniversal frontier.
The fleet was thankfully able to make it safely across the frontier, without too much incident; the Canadian border STs were more concerned that we were not ready for the starpaths of the Québec System and their unfriendly transport operators. The brave crew was able to assume them that they were consummate professionals.
Crossing the interuniversal frontier and entering Universe Canada, the fleet encountered spatial dilation, with light years taking on different dimensions in this strange land. Undaunted, the fleet flew on to the night’s destination – a recuperation station situated in la Système St-Bernard de Lacolle. Weary, pilots retired for a good nights cryosleep.

Day 2:
* Journey through the Quebecois countryside
* lunch in Candiac at the same restaurant we visited on Voulez Vous Woohoo Part Deux in 2016
* traverse causeway, race against some Françoises (French-speaking Freds) on the F1 track
* landfall in Montreal at the M Hostel in the Gay Village
* Dinner consists largely of burgers, beer, and poutine
* Claw has a way of finding ice cream shops that are just about to close
Dateline: La Système St-Bernard de Lacolle. Stardate 240913. Departing the recuperation station, the fleet plowed on through the spaceways of the Quebec Galaxy, passing by fields of green on our way towards la Système Montréal. Entering la Système Candiac, the fleet stopped for nourishment and enjoyed the finest this suburb of Montreal has to offer – revisiting a restaurant that SCUL visited in 2016, as part of Voulez Vous Woohoo Part Deux. Following lunch, DrClaw directed the navi to chart a course for ice cream molecules, and we both enjoyed icy refreshments as well as

Day 3:
* Full day in Montreal, pilots scattered early to do their own thing
* Cosima, Wombat, and Claw visit Celine Dion's favorite bagelery, Wombat rides through a modest park fountain to Cosima's chagrin
* Mcfuzz goes off on his own to clock some serious early mileage
* Ziq tries out all the public transport
* Moonbeam wanders on foot
* We learn that all the spandex-clad Freds are in town for a race to be held the next day
* Afternoon mission to the top of Mont Royal, becomes "Lordmcfuzz's Cul-De-Sac cum Reverse Stairmaster"
* Dinner at Lordmcfuzz's favorite beerhall, Cosima gets a curious steaming concoction, Fuzz gets a green candy-flavored monstrosity
* Everyone too exhausted from the afternoon mission to do a proper night mission, we chill at the hostel instead after dinner, some do laundry

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Day 4:
* Return journey through scenic Chambly and canal waterway wormholes
* With the sun setting and no food options within miles of the hotel, we stop at a pizza place far away from our destination for the night. Ziqqurat's bag gets coated in grease on the return journey.

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Day 5:
* Things fall apart, literally: Claw catches space cooties, drops mp3p0 and loses groove
* Extra wire from gas station saves the day, restores groove on Cosima's droid. Ziq gets a medal of ingenuity for the adapter suggestion and where to get one, Cosima and Wombat awarded 10 bonus points each for lending the droid and compiling the original playlist, respectively
* Transport ferry across the Champlain Nebula
* Mcfuzz books it back to the finish line
* Claw really feeling the effects of space madness now, we decide to forgo dinner and make a beeline back to the home system

Report in progress

* Medals of Interuniversal for all pilots for making the journey to Montreal
* Medal of Strength to Moonbeam for braving the entire route with gusto on Centvrion
* Medals of Strength to all pilots who made it to the peak of Mont Royal without dismounting
* Medal of Ingenuity to Wombat for plasma-casing-swap suggestion when repairing Centvrion's near-blowout
* Medal of Ingenuity to Ziqqurat for idea of charge-port-to-headphone adapter cable to restore lost life support

Notes for next time:

- Bring a couple good tire boots! Thankfully Canadian space bucks make really good boots though :D

- Make sure any backup mp3p0s are actually able to connect to Radio Box 1 prior to launch to avoid 2 L.Y. of silence, heartache, and unnecessary g-well activity!