Morgi

Congratulations, Torben! I'm proud of you!

Let me just say this: I'm still very very baffled at the sight of the two of you standing in front of me when you're supposed to be half a country away. You're absolutely insane Trooping with you was also fun, the aftershow party was fantastic, but who on Earth just shows up to a troop half a country away without letting me know?!? Wow.

Well.... it's been a while. But I'm back now! [78] 28.09.2024 -- Science Fiction Days Speyer, Saturday There's no event quite like Speyer! Outside with hundreds of people running around in Star Wars cosplays and costumes. Nobody really has any clue what exactly we're supposed to be doing there, but we're all having fun and that's the important part. Personally, I took the opportunity to start my day off with the worst intentional bedhead of my life, just running around the area, enjoying the unlimited movement. After the first two hours like that I then changed into my FISD Racing Shirt for the first StarWars part of the weekend. Turns out, booth duty can be surprisingly fun! Unlucky for me, between running around and having fun, I forgot to take pictures of myself, so let's just skip to the next big part of the day: The Parade and Group Photo! Just look at me carrying that Swiss flag! Only ran into one pole during the parade! Success! At the end we did an OT-TK promo shoot with one of our Vader's. Sadly, they forgot that this was supposed to be our Detachment photo, so we didn't get our FOTK onto the picture, nor did we manage to get a photo without Vader. A bit of a disappointment. [79] 29.09.2024 -- Science Fiction Days Speyer, Sunday With a travel time of over ten hours each direction I couldn't possibly miss out on the second day! All in all, everything went pretty similarly to Saturday. I got up, ran around as the Tenth Doctor, switched into my Racing Shirt over lunch for my booth duty and then enjoyed some time in my armor afterwards. Of course, everything wouldn't be quite as much fun without my friends! One of the best parts of Speyer is meeting people you haven't seen all year -- or ones that you just saw two weeks prior. Even without many pictures to remember the weekend by it was still a fun time. [80] 12.10.2024 -- Galeria Kaufhof Centro Oberhausen TR-88900 gave me the opportunity to join this troop in our Western Squad. We were invited to join the Halloween part of the store. And let me tell you, by the end I couldn't listen to the pre-recorded lines that some of the items were constantly playing. So instead of standing next to the Halloween part all the time, I instead took the opportunity to become a part of the store's showcase, fooling people into thinking I was just a puppet advertising the Star Wars toys. And by the time even that wasn't helping anymore, I went on a shopping spree inside the rest of the store. Or as much of a shopping spree as one can manage without ever managing to buy a single item. However, by the end I -- and my fellow troopers right alongside me -- found our favorite section in the store. I mean, this is just perfect, isn't it? TK-66744 signing off

ANNOTOPIA! Also, thanks for the shout-out So much fun fooling around with you

Time for a new Badge Thanks!

Thank you! [74] 07.09.2024 -- Annotopia Rotenburg an der Fulda, Saturday Two months without trooping?! Good to be back in white plastic after that break! Exactly three years after my approval as a 501st Stormtrooper I got to troop an event that's, well, it's basically my first ever troop, but at a different location. Crazy coincidence! With the help of CC-75367 and TK-19525 this was made possible, so thank you both! The weekend turned into a very hot experience, so we weren't out and about too much, rather seeking out our cooled changing room and water bottles. After I'd already gotten a sunstroke only a few weeks earlier I still hadn't recovered fully and a relapse wouldn't be welcomed. Although StarWars isn't a main focus of the event in any way, shape or form, the visitors loved interacting with both us, as well as the local clubs that were there. Especially whilst escorting Han Solo around the premises we gained a lot of attention -- and even had some escape attempts when his fellow Rebels spotted our prisoner. [75] 08.09.2024 -- Annotopia Rotenburg an der Fulda, Sunday Starting the day off strong, we immediately headed to the playground after the parade to have some fun fooling around, taking pictures and videos. For someone who'd claimed on Saturday morning that it was impossible for him to sit in his armor, TK-19525 adapted quickly and joined us in all sorts of shenanigans -- everything from the swings to a sand ceremony with our Tusken got explored and enjoyed. With better temperatures on Sunday we walked around a lot more, found a second playground and explored other costuming groups and their booths. The Annotopia is great in that it had just about everything: post-apocalyptic role play, zombies, orcs, trolls, superheroes... whatever you could think of that is fun, interactive and in character, it is there and it fits there. I became a zombie myself during our exploration, but luckily there were experts there who could help out. A bit of a random part of the event was where they'd organized a Wolverine/Hugh Jackman double to perform various songs on stage. But as confused as we'd originally been, the double was really, really close to what I've seen of Hugh Jackman so far and I very much regret not getting a better picture of him than the vastly zoomed in one I took of him on the stage. All in all a pretty fun weekend with some fantastic company! And given that it was my first weekend since finishing exams, I couldn't help but really really enjoy every minute of it. Note to self: two months is too long a time to go without trooping. [76] 14.09.2024 -- TimeWarp Braunschweig, Day 1 Why have one trooping weekend, if you could have two? Welcome to the day that I mostly spent behind the camera! The TimeWarp retro convention was held for the first time ever with a handful of vendors, a few star guests and a small, but steady stream of visitors gracing it's halls. We started off by touring around the area and spending a bit of money (I got a 1960's Batman comic!) on various merchandise. Having seen everything and with it being CX-37202's first troop in his Tech, we decided to show off this masterpiece. He'd spent two years bringing that armor to a seldom seen perfection, including working gadgets and lots and lots of electronics. With there being lots of space in our changing area it was the perfect opportunity to take different types of pictures -- everything from the Clone Bar on Coruscant to action scenes in Imperial facilities to dramatic chip removals from other Clones. I probably should've switched my phone to a professional camera and my armor into clothes with actual mobility at some point of this spontaneous photoshooting, but neither did any of us have a camera with us, nor did I think of changing. Oh well, we still got some incredible pictures out of it! And after the troop (and, yes, some more public appearances outside of the changing room as well) (and an armor switch, because I actually really love wearing Clone armor) we'd all gone for a nice joined meal, beat, but ready for Day 2. [77] 15.09.2024 -- TimeWarp Braunschweig, Day 2 Day 2 started off better than day 1, with us fooling around with the crew and with Deadpool and all the other cosplayers, instead of sticking mostly to our own as we'd done the previous day. There still wasn't too much foottraffic -- and they'd have deserved lots more visitors, cause it's a really cool convention -- but the people who were there enjoyed our shenanigans as much as we did ourselves. As a joke TK-71384 suggested that we should join the world championship happening at the convention (it was about cassette tape, so it would've been a pretty harmless joke, if a televised one). What started as a joke ended with our Sandtrooper as the new world champion, our pilot in third place and TK-19525 in second place! Congratulations! Now, that deserves FISD kudos! It's not every day that one of our own wins a world championship, and in full armor no less. What started as a fantastic day suddenly turned into one of my most depressing moments in armor in a matter of seconds. I'd been posing on this horse as a kid started up the mechanism, making me loose my hold and get an irreparable crack in my codpiece. My armor is pretty old and has been through a lot over these past few years, so I'm going to have to get myself new armor soon. Lucky for me, with some emergency repairs and lots of helpful advice from my fellow troopers, the armor should hold up for a couple more troops, I'll just have to be more careful. Maybe I should leave the horseriding to Deadpool in the future, he seems to be more of a natural in it. That heartbreak aside it was a really cool troop and I very much hope that they'll do another one of these next year! TK-66744 signing off

At a troop, found a playground, couldn't resist making memes about it... you know how it goes

Wow, lots of troops added this time and they look fantastic! Love the Lego belt! Not too sure about the pauldron however...

Congrats on the new Garrison and the move! A library troop certainly seems like a great first troop with a new Garrison

Look, I'm not gonna risk any damage with my Blaster

Me, when I have to troop with an E-11

[72] 15.06.2024 -- Charity-Event „Team-Doppelpass“ Nortorf On one of my very few free days in June I had the pleasure of supporting the "Team Doppelpass" event in Nortorf. It's a soccer tournament with local clubs, where they raise money for every goal shot, as well as taking separate donations -- this year of up to 10000€. We were there simply for the fun of it. People could take pictures with us, or simply enjoy our presence. The real heroes of the event were all the players on the field, playing some spectacular games and raising the money. It was a really rainy and pretty chilly day. I had been sick the week before and trooping that day set me back in my recovery, but I'm certain that it was well worth it. One of our troopers had his 100th troop, for two others it was their very first. Definitely a special day. And not only that, but the event raised a total of 43,114.30€ for children's cancer, which is incredible! [73] 22.06.2024 -- Supporting the Family Support of our military at the Kieler Woche, Kiel For those of you who don't know, the Kieler Woche is the world's largest sailing event. It's a week-long street festival all over the city with vendors, games, more vendors and of course some sailing. Honestly, trooping that event had been one of my biggest goals since I first joined and this year I had the honor of making that dream come to life! Our non-501st (but still Trooper!) contact at the military managed to snag this event for us, by promising that we'd support the family support center of our military that day. In return for posing for pictures with kids and adults, we'd show presence in the heart of the military area of the Kieler Woche. For us that meant walking around, visiting tanks, planes and ships, sometimes getting an exclusive behind the scenes tour, talking to the visitors to encourage them to take a look at what the family support does, and taking lots and lots of pictures. People there loved us! We barely could move most of the time. Since it was a rather hot day, we spent every free minute in the shade and drinking water or iced tea that we were supplied with. And not only that, we got everything from classic military food to ice cream -- and a small birthday present for me since it had been my 21st birthday a day prior. Everyone had lots of fun and I'd gladly troop this event again next year! TK-66744 signing off