Status: Posi

USB Pale Horse


Ever since Skunk started working at Merlin in '96, he dreamt of making a chopper out of titanium. Shortly after he learned to weld the dream came true.

The rear triangle of the ship was from an early Merlin mountain bike frame with a grease-guard bottom bracket. The front triangle was made from discarded Merlin XLM with a head tube that had been partailly welded without argon on the inside and therefore not acceptable to sell. Skunk flipped the front triangle upside down, which raked out the head tube angle significantly. A titanium monotube fork sleeved over a steel inner tube completed the look. The fork used to be adjustable, but galvanic corrosion has take that feature away - probably for the best, we don't want to stress out that one monotube anyway. Plus the ship has a titanium handlebar to match. He named it Pale Horse - the first of the four choppers of the Apocalypse.

When Skunk finished this ship, he was the happiest pilot in the multiverse. All the pilot wait rest on that little mountain bike saddle, it's prone to wheelies.It's twitchy as can be, and doesn't want to fly straight but rather flip flop all over the place. To Skunk, it felt like a real fighter plane, fast and nimble. Skunk didn't care about any of that one bit. He would park it on top of his dresser in front of his bed, so he could wake up in the middle of the night, gaze at it, whispering "it's real"... then fall back into dreams.

Specifications

ClassBattleship
ConfigurationFighter
Missions252
Light Years4341.146
Thrust Rating8.88
Handling Rating3.29
Difficulty Rating7.93
Max Warp8

Construction Data

Hull MaterialTitanium
Hull TypeTitanium Merlin Corpses
Chief EngineerSkunk
BuilderSkunk
WelderSkunk
OriginMerlin's Scrap Bins
Christened on1997.02.03
LocationFort Tyler
Navi RetroSide-pull Caliper
Primary RetroSide-pull Caliper

Missions

StardateMissionPilot
2024.10.12   So Long And Thanks For All The Swedish Fish Wombat
2024.08.03   Summer Such-and-Such Cosima
2024.07.20   By The Numbers Wombat
2024.07.13   Be Cool Wombat
2024.07.06   Belated Punchy Day Crater
2024.06.08   Recon Mission Echo Niner Zero Crater
2024.06.01   SCUL Day Episode '24 Crater
2024.05.25   Night Tour Crater
2024.05.18   Boot camp Crater
2024.05.04   May The Forks Be With You, And I'm All Outta Sp... Cosima
2024.04.20   Oh Dam, A Dam Vagrant
2023.11.04   Life Day: Omegamission '23 Lordmcfuzz
2023.10.28   Hallowheels '23 Lordmcfuzz
2023.10.21   Soggy Serenity Lordmcfuzz
2023.10.14   The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow Lordmcfuzz
2023.09.09   Mariner? I hardly know her Punchy
2023.08.26   Dr.Claw Day Oldskool Kool Wombat
2023.08.05   Something in the Water Wombat
2023.07.15   Return to Space Mountain Wombat
2023.06.24   Locate the Sansa-Spacesuit People Grog
2023.06.10   Niteowl Wombat
2023.06.03   SCUL Day 27: Pamper The Parrot Cosima
2023.04.15   (r)Ode to the Barnacle Grog
2022.05.21   Cruise Control Grog
2022.04.30   Return to REDACTED Cave Grog
2022.04.02   Alphamssion is GO! Grog
2021.11.06   Life Day Episode 2021 Grog
2021.10.17   Long Shot Mulligan: Century 21C Grog
2021.09.04   Taco Party! Hatchet
2021.08.21   Made of Sugar Grog
2021.05.15   Asteroid Belt Amble Habit
2020.10.31   Vortex-20 Habit
2019.11.02   Hallowheels 19 Kongzilla
2019.07.06   Two By Two, How About You? Wombat
2019.06.01   The Fog of Time: SCUL Day '19 Kongzilla
2019.05.25   Life Support Synthesis Wombat
2019.04.27   Pullin' G's Lordmcfuzz
2018.10.13   Alien Egg Investigation Lordmcfuzz
2018.10.06   Skunk Day: Episode 500 - A New Hope Civitron
2018.09.15   Cats In Space eXceSs
2018.07.21   Thunderclaws Is Coming To Town Dado
2018.06.30   Hot Night Squirt Gun Fight! Antlers
2018.05.26   SCUL Day 22 Johnny Five
2018.05.19   Soggy Ninjas Smith
2018.05.12   Persephone Calling Antlers
2017.11.04   Life Day 2017 perilous
2017.10.21   Rocky Hyperspace Picture Show perilous
2017.10.08   Largest Parade Formation Ever Antlers
2017.09.16   Meskenas Mischief Mau
2017.09.10   For The Points Lordmcfuzz
2017.09.09   Bermuda Triangle Lordmcfuzz
2017.09.09   Glorious Sandchasers present Monbies & Dandies Lordmcfuzz
2017.08.26   By The Book Kongzilla
2017.08.19   Unbirthday: A Mad Tea Party Antlers
2017.07.22   Chop To The Hop Lordmcfuzz
2017.07.01   SCUL Day Observed BaneThunderwolf
2017.05.20   Eggscape To Poo Island Tyrian
2017.04.22   Creampuff Wombat
2017.04.15   Egg-zaduration Prince Al
2016.10.15   Colour Out of Space (Starchaser Century) Lordmcfuzz
2016.09.17   Peter Pan - Return of the Lost Boys Possum
2016.09.10   Space Camp Jr. Wombat
2016.09.03   U-Want To Do What? Johnny Five
2016.08.20   Ghost Train Johnny Five
2016.08.14   Dawn Patrol Johnny Five
2016.08.06   A View To A Thrill Johnny Five
2016.07.30   Pretty Princess Lordmcfuzz
2016.07.23   Castles In The Sand Proteus
2016.06.25   Lickety Splat Proteus
2016.05.21   Night Market Rendezvous *TOP SEKRET Tyrian
2016.04.30   Divine Comedy Epoxy
2016.04.23   White Hole Epoxy
2015.09.19   Bog Standard Ops Epoxy
2015.08.08   Take 'er Easy Wombat
2015.06.06   Hey Nineteen: SCUL Day 2015 packrat
2015.05.23   Photon Overdrive Wombat
2015.05.09   Honking Brass Band, Hidden Rhino Tyrian
2015.04.11   Ellipsoidal Oviform Search and Rescue magneato
2014.10.18   Flying in the Face of Providence DreadFlint
2014.08.02   Leave It To Chance Wombat
2014.04.26   Smooth Sailing Wombat
2014.04.19   Keester Bunny Wombat
2014.04.05   Alphonsemission '14 Self Destruct
2013.11.02   Omegamission 2013 magneato
2013.08.10   Low Places, Tight Spaces, Permagrin Faces Count Zero
2013.07.27   SCULimpics 2013 Count Zero
2013.06.29   Radiation Warz!!! Civitron
2013.06.22   Super Mooning: The Revenge DeathTrap
2013.06.01   Sweet Seventeen magneato
2013.05.18   Raise A Flag Wombat
2013.04.20   Defusion DrClaw
2013.04.06   Alpacamission '13 Chomps
2012.08.18   Flight of the Bumblebee Triumphus
2012.08.11   Shabadoonicorn dogi
2012.07.21   Orange You Glad It's Pecan Day? dogi
2012.06.30   One Wet Pilot steerpike
2012.06.16   Where My Party At? DreadFlint
2012.06.09   SCUL Day: Can You Dig It? Klobb
2012.05.26   I Don't Want To Grow Up PainBunny
2012.04.21   Tea and Grackle steerpike
2012.04.07   Cranktabulous Alphamission! Self Destruct
2011.12.31   Cranks for the Memories eXceSs
2011.10.15   Gag Me With A Raspberry Beret DrClaw
2011.10.08   Skunk Day ZyGoat
2011.10.01   Medley Mission Civitron
2011.09.10   Century Bendicorium Quo SCULibum Non Sit eXceSs
2011.09.03   Movie Night and Bicycle Alchemy steerpike
2011.08.27   Hurricane Shmurricane Skunk
2011.07.23   Gong Swimmin' DrClaw
2011.07.02   Wild Goose Chase Stogie
2011.06.25   Turn It Up DrClaw
2011.06.11   Ships at Sea Wombat
2011.05.21   So Long And Thanks For All The Ι&#... Wombat
2010.06.26   T.R.O.N. Veal
2010.05.22   Secret Places Veal
2009.07.18   Peeecamatic: Pechanical DrGee
2009.05.23   Beach 'n' Heat hackworth
2009.05.16   Fro00oot L0o0ops hackworth
2008.08.09   SCULimpics BaneThunderwolf
2008.08.02   Lost Boys BaneThunderwolf
2008.06.28   S'more In Store PainBunny
2008.06.14   Kick It Like Vomit PainBunny
2008.05.31   Starship Safari BaneThunderwolf
2008.05.24   Space Truckin' PainBunny
2008.04.19   Don't Tell Megaseth it's MegaSeth Day Veal
2008.04.05   AlphaMissle 08 Mosquito
2007.08.11   Who's Got Tool Bag? [Diva Day] Veal
2007.08.04   Radiation Treatment PainBunny
2007.07.28   Hapto Day Veal
2007.06.11   Anarchy Day Veal
2007.05.26   Rotwang Day PainBunny
2007.04.28   Ollie Ollie Oxen Free PainBunny
2007.04.21   Down By The Old Mill Stream... Percentin
2007.04.21   OMG BBQ Crispy Ravers Percentin
2007.04.14   Suburban White Boy Lament [MegaSeth Day] Dozer
2007.04.07   ALPHA 007 Percentin
2006.09.30   Bovine Bonanza Mosquito
2006.09.16   Big Trouble In Little China Nosepicker
2006.09.09   Homecoming Queen PainBunny
2006.09.02   Forced Acceptance Nosepicker
2006.08.12   eXtremo™ Nameless Day, 2006 Spooky
2006.08.05   Swing Set (Diva Day) Zappa
2006.07.22   Midnight Leopard Death Squad 2006 Mosquito
2006.07.16   SCULimpics De-Briefing Friend
2006.06.03   SCUL Day 2006 Mosquito
2006.05.27   Keep On Truckin (Rotwang Day) Secret Chief
2006.05.20   Crack Day Of Awesome PainBunny
2006.05.06   Alphamission 06 Mosquito
2005.10.22   Penultimate Radiation Conundrum Mosquito
2005.10.15   Radiation Scattering Dreamer
2005.10.01   OctoberTest PainBunny
2005.09.17   Rain Rain Go Away Scrapple
2005.09.10   Moose Day Celebrated PainBunny
2005.09.03   Somethin or other Mosquito
2005.08.26   Operation Super Posi PainBunny
2005.08.20   Egg Toss PainBunny
2005.08.13   No NoWay Day Spooky
2005.07.30   NamelessDay: Local Defense System Pierogi
2005.07.23   Megaseth Day PainBunny
2005.07.16   Post SCULimpics Scurvy
2005.07.09   One Bike To Rule Them All Spooky
2005.07.02   WalTor Day (2005) Spooky
2005.06.25   LowKey Sweetums
2005.06.18   DiscoInferno (VomitDay 2005) Spooky
2005.06.04   SCUL Day 2005 Mosquito
2005.05.29   Century Of Evil And Death Spooky
2005.05.28   Full Metal Jackets (R0twang Day) Spooky
2005.05.14   Stoodio53 PainBunny
2005.05.07   Iron Pouring Mosquito
2005.04.23   Radiation Overload PainBunny
2005.04.16   Mega Seth a liscous Sweetums
2005.04.09   Beta Missssion 05 PainBunny
2004.10.30   Hallowheels 2004 (Omegamission) PainBunny
2004.10.23   Recurse The 'Verse Dirt
2004.10.16   Jump Start Dirt
2004.10.09   Skunk Day 04 PainBunny
2004.09.18   Broken Pickle Brewer
2004.09.05   Southern Exposure (Century 04) PainBunny
2004.08.14   NoWay No-Show PainBunny
2004.07.31   Tour De Nosepicker PainBunny
2004.07.10   Chop-In Theater (Waltor Day) Steel Reserve
2004.06.19   I Dunno (vomit day) PainBunny
2004.06.12   Studio 53 Trogdor
2004.06.05   SCUL Day 2004 (Abandon All Clothes) Vegetable
2004.05.29   Wherever The Wind Blows Phooka
2004.05.01   ShortAnd Sweet PainBunny
2004.04.24   Oppo Oppo Phooka
2004.04.17   Stop N Chop Side Show Doh
2004.04.10   Beta Ride PainBunny
2004.04.03   Alphamission 04 Phooka
2003.11.01   Hallowheels 03 PainBunny
2003.10.25   As Seen On TV PainBunny
2003.10.18   Tour De Ville Rotwang
2003.10.11   Pump Up The Volume Zoom
2003.10.04   Skunk Day 03 Rotwang
2003.09.20   Arbor Mayhem PainBunny
2003.09.13   Port Foint PainBunny
2003.09.06   Breaking Headlines Vegetable
2003.08.30   Century 03 Rotwang
2003.08.09   Large Melon LoJack
2003.08.02   Storm The Castle NoWay
2003.07.26   Two Miles Per Hour Rotwang
2003.07.12   Happy Fun Times Bike Club Nameless
2003.06.21   Vomit Day 03 NoWay
2003.06.14   Double Distress Call Rotwang
2003.05.31   Double Clutchin' Diesel Drenchin' Rotwang
2003.05.24   The Best Little Warehouse In Fenway Giraffe
2003.05.17   Crack Day 2003 Rotwang
2003.05.03   Back In The Saddle Rotwang
2003.04.12   SloMoBetaMission Rotwang
2003.04.05   AlphaMission MoneyShot
2002.11.02   Hallowheels Vegetable
2002.10.26   Last Dance LoJack
2002.10.19   Take The Canoli Pikachu
2002.10.12   Radiation Control Twisted Mike
2002.09.28   SCULimpics 2002 Rotwang
2002.09.21   Massive Entropy Denial Spaz
2002.04.27   Derby World Flama
2002.04.13   5000 Mile Mark BarFly
2001.09.29   Storytime BiopC
2001.09.08   Skylab Splashdown Sparky
2001.08.04   Pancreatic Cramitore LoJack
2001.07.28   Jamaica Pain CommVic
2001.07.01   Super Heavy Radiation LoJack
2001.06.24   Square Ride Lord Astilbee
2001.06.09   Moon Over Aborertum ViciousSquirrel
2001.06.02   Mmmm... Ice Cream Freewheel
2001.05.05   Suicide Mission Dropout
2001.04.28   Get Lost BarFly
2000.10.14   Moon Over Arboretum Soul Sucka
2000.10.01   Close-Up And Personal grendel
2000.09.06   Logan Express Sparkplug
2000.09.02   Constellation Hop MoneyShot
2000.08.13   Good Buy Money MegaTron
2000.08.12   It Was Working When We Left Tank
2000.06.24   Pain Gropo
2000.05.20   19 Pilots Mucus
2000.05.06   Wake Up The Dead Mucus
2000.04.16   Fudley Dudley Mucus
2000.04.01   April Fools Pig
1999.10.10   Fresh Fodder For The Derbies Gropo
1999.10.02   Phat Red Line Gropo
1999.09.26   Double Derby Lone Wulfe
1999.09.25   Silver Scream Gropo
1999.09.05   Treasure Hunt Kung Fool
1999.08.29   Blunt Facial Trauma Kung Fool
1999.08.22   AquariAss Kung Fool
1999.06.13   Alpha Sculimpics: Episode 1999 Paz Rok One
1999.05.23   Geek Corner NoWay
1998.08.08   Asphalt Bounce Stinky
1998.07.18   On With The Show MegaSeth
1998.04.17   Dilly Dally Destinys Child