Moon Landing 44th Anniversary

You know how it is, an event happens and you say, i'll get round to writing that article, tomorrow, then the next day and so forth until you totally forget and your  memory is jogged into action by seeing some pictures laying around. The anniversary of the moon landing was such an event, 44 years ago on July 21st 1969 the first man stepped on the moon or a sounds stage depending on what you believe.

Richmerk resident, Wolferein Foxdale and Isilmeriel resident did great work on creating a moon surface environment in the phoenix station holodeck for social events. On entering you'd walk down a small corridor to a welcoming area which had information on a board about the moon landing which you could quickly link to acquire some knowledge about the event.

Available were free space suits to wear, a free anti-grav walking system to give you the feeling your were bouncing around in zero gravity and a captain proton/classic flash gordon like space ship to own and fly around in.

A small video screen was put up playing a short video on the land media stream of the moon landing and a link to NasaTV.

Ordinarily you wouldn't want to have a party in a place with no atmosphere ( groan ) but that didn't stop members celebrating, I have to say its an odd sight seeing people in space suits getting down to the groove with some interstella dance moves.

To get everyone into the mood the general meeting was held up on the moon set, chairs in the shape of satellite dishes were placed and a podium constructed for those coming up and giving their divisions and RP reports.

It can be truly said that the event was out of this world, probably see you next year for the big 45th anniversary.

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Battles, Satellites, Missles & Coloured Trails

You know when you have those days when things just happen one after the other. This Wednesday was a bit like that. first the CWC Wolverine ship a regular visitor to GFC sovereigns airspace requested permission to approach the space station.

There were a few mumbles from pilots hanging around the station, maybe they had a bit to much synth ale. Permission was granted but it wasn't long before we felt the station shake from a shelling.

On looking outside a modified mig like fighter with space flight capabilities were firing on the the CWC ship, bombarding it with missiles. Not to be a total sitting target and to their surprise the Wolverine put up its shield and prepared for battle.

Ops officers on the station were monitoring communication and were able to get a copy of the intercepts which you can read HERE.

After the conflict and though damaged with repairs under the way, the captain of the CWC offer those who wantedt to watch nasa launch its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K, TDRS-K on the big screen he had in one of the compartments in his ship. Its always fun to sit back and watch a bit of real life trek like sci-fi being a reality.

View video link HERE

A few minutes after the launch it was time to goto the regular wednesday AAC event. Damian flew his large ship down towards the USS Paris and we taxied our way across the flight deck in one of his shuttles.

The AAC event this week was in two parts, first flying in a fighter but only being allowed to use missiles so you had to wait for your plane to get a lock on a target before firing as you watched your missile try to follow the movement of the ship your aimed at hoping the pilot wasn't able to shake them off. It was a fun event and a nice way to do combat.

The next event was more relaxing and it was flying an acrobat plane around the airbase. The jets had the capability of creating different coloured smoke trails so it was suggested we choose the colour associated with our AAC squadron and lit up the sky in a myriad of colors.