Dizzying the Niteowl

Mission Summary

Tonight we set out in search of the fabled Niteowl, legendary spirit animal of darkness. Rumor has it the Niteowl may be in danger of fleeing our galaxy and leaving us only with dreaded daymissions! Mission leader Kilo3 postulated a theory we could contain the Niteowl and prevent it from fleeing by performing dizzying spin maneuvers to keep it in a trance-like state. We were joined tonight by babymaggot Driz and crawling maggots Hyde and Otnaut, and excessively ripe/damn-near-rotten maggot SweetJP. Navigator Cosima set course on a westerly heading to avoid the dreaded troves of be-cowboy-hatted revelers at the Boston Calling "music" festival, which was also searching the northern skies for the Niteowl using spotlight technology. Cosima dipped us briefly into the Watertown System before spinning us in many circles back down Brattle Street toward the belly of the beast. Eventually we worked our way back through North Cambridge and Danehy Park, before entering the Cambridge-Watertown Wormhole at warp speed. Alongside the Fresh Nebula, some cowardly troglodyte in a transport hurled what Wombat initially thought was drive-thru trash at us; upon closer inspection, it was actually three pieces of 2x4" lumber. Luckily no one was hit or hurt, and we continued on deep into the heart of the forest. We took quick shoreleave not long later at a 7-11, where provisions were procured but not consumed, as we were heading a few blocks further down to the Filippello Dog Park, where pilots engaged in multiple rounds of derby, and SweetJP was finally knighted (finally!) by Kilo3, despite some suspense over missing paperwork. Cosima took us ever so slightly further into Watertown before making a beeline down Arsenal and Western Ave. and back to the landing pad, where Driz was brutally hazed, but we let him in anyway, and Kilo3 declared mission success.

Derby Report:

• Round 1: Cosima nabs Kilo3's ribbon, and SweetJP wins the round
• Round 2: Kilo3 wins
• Round 3: Kilo3 wins
• Round 4: DrClaw wins

Medal of Diplomat to Kilo3 for the knighting of SweetJP

[Debrief notes: if you have more details about how many rounds of derby were played and who won each of them, add them here so that they may be included in the full mission report. I wasn't paying enough attention during derby to catch those details. Also, if you won any derbies or grabbed any ribbons, make sure to add them to your bonuses so you get the points!]