--rR

Oh, come on, Rob, we totally had these. :)

>* If, during briefing, you think you have a better way to achieve the
>mission objectives, the proper interjection is, "May I propose an
>alternate mission plan, Sir?". It is not, "Well, that's just _dumb_".

Similarly, in Eight-Ball Squadron briefings the latter was probably much more commonly employed. :)

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Only up until 2003, when somebody thought that the Daedalus should be painted red on the top as well.

Of course, the problem with making a "Skippy's" list here is that half the stuff done there was par for the course with the WDF, given a tech school heritage rather than a military heritage.

--rR

There's probably a reason the list wasn't updated after a point. (Probably somewhere between 2025 and 2040.) The final entry was probably something like, "If you think it would be hilarious, and it involves any WDF gear, you are required to talk it over with your CO first."

Peter Eng
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* Despite their lack of use for anything else, you are not allowed to use crates of Hamdingers for gunnery practice.
** Or missile targets.

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I don't think this entry would be this early in the list. It would be in the triple digits by the time Goldfish Warnings were invented, much less established enough to be mentioned in treaties.

Man, of all the places to get called out for a chronology violation.

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Even more so when it seems the list isn't even in a chronological order. That, or it was put there by Doc after one of his time jumps. He was simply planning ahead :)

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

The WDF dealt with them years ago.

Polychrome

Of course not. That's what the crates of Elbow Grease and Headlight Fluid are for.

- Lord Ilmartello!
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Is is just me, or is this somewhat rather ironic, considering the two-ton atomic drum bomb carried by Kilroy the Thunder God?

I would presume the approval requirement is specifically BECAUSE of Haywire, and possibly follows Kilroy the Thunder God becoming an operational asset.

I vaguely recall the drum bomb coming from somewhere - whether it was a standard bit of Beta/TREAD ordnance in Mospeada or pulled in from another source I don't recall - though the original version may not have been a nuclear weapon.

It should perhaps be borne in mind that we, as writers, paid that kind of thing a lot less attention when writing the Core than readers are prepared to pay it now. :) (The respondent before me had valid points as well.)

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(A WDF-revival era one....)
* Neither the SDF-23 nor any other WDFN vessel is "the Love Boat," their patrols are neither "making another run" nor "offer something for everyone," and their destinations are never "a new romance." (No, not even if Gryphon is aboard.)

* No more using Jimmy Buffett song lyrics to fill mandatory word-counts in your after-action reports.

* When operating as part of a first-contact team, remember: that attractive female alien dignitary has NOT lost "that lovin' feelin', whoa, that lovin' feelin'." It is not "gone, gone, gone, whoa-oh-whoa." You are not repeat NOT to attempt to "bring it on back." (And while we're on the topic, high-speed passes -- be they over an air-control tower or an admiral's daughter -- are expressly forbidden.)

* Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" is a fine song with an admirable message. The middle of a dogfight is not a fine time to sing along with it, especially not with the comm net open.

That's fair. I do not know Haywire personally, but it does seem to be the low-hanging fruit. His reputation would seem to lean more toward just stenciling it on Gryph's Valk and awaiting the reaction. Okay, stenciling may be a generous term when you use 30 inch letters and opera mauve paint.

> * No more using Jimmy Buffett song lyrics to fill mandatory
>word-counts in your after-action reports.

Now your auto-biography, on the other hand....
Is it really anyone's fault if the mission did, in fact, take place above, on, or near Funkotron? I could see there being a Margaritaville out past the horizon. Maybe southeast of the Mamboes.

It's 0200 here, that is my only excuse.

-Bodhi

To be fair, the lyrics to "This Hotel Room" actually are the report of a very inventive and bored man.

* For that matter, don't try to do anything Max does unless you've seen other people do it as well.
(Added after the Haywire Flop was first demonstrated.)

Peter Eng
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Insert humorous comment here.

* Duck taping sleeping squadron mates to their beds is prohibited.
** Ammo carts, doubly so.

Michael C. Fortner
"Maxim 37: There is no such thing as "overkill".
There is only "open fire" and "I need to reload".

I expect that there was likely a mission deployment/flight plan template for dangerous and/or crazy missions that had Haywire's name already filled in under "Mission Personnel."

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

The staff officers had their own keyboard shortcut for Haywire that eventually made it's way into the standard nomenclature, actually.

Ctrl + F + U

-Merc
Keep Rat

Edit: I did not realize this was a necrotic thread being resurrected, I just saw it on top of the forum and thought 'hey, new funny thing.' Now I feel silly. >.<;

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

436. You may well be the Laughing Gnome, but history has demonstrated that we can, in fact, catch you.

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One could theorize that there are things that not even Haywire would do.

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"Yeah, I'm definitely going to hell/But I'll have all the best stories to tell" -- Frank Turner, The Ballad of Me and My Friends

I figured there was a volume entitled So You've Discovered That You're Wingman Is Insane, with a chapter or six on Haywire (because there are other crazy pilots out there; the renowned H. M. Murdoch, Captain, U.S. Army 7th Special Forces, 75th Ranger Regiment is an example) plus an appendix of the Things Haywire Is Not Allowed to Do.

Ebony the Black Dragon

"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. But it's always a small Caribbean lizard."

I like the idea that Haywire spent the entire exile checking off every possible item on the list.

On the other hand, seeing Haywire in a lounge somewhere reading through the list would be kinda funny. "Did it. Did it. Should try that. Did it. Have to remember that one. Did it."

Of the original list, my personal favorite is #87 "If the thought of something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it." This leads one to outlawing many, many things not specifically listed. :)

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-Pasha
What was that feeling again?
Oh yes.
-Rage-

This is why you train yourself to giggle for no longer than 14.9 seconds, exactly.

... training oneself to limit giggle time is going on the List, isn't it?

On another note, if Mark is reading this somewhere, I hope we've amused him... and he doesn't get in trouble for trying any of the things on this list.

"They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on."
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington

Goldfish Warning will not be denied!

I have a very long and boring commute.

Hey, don't forget They Might Be Giants.

Peter Eng
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"We used Birdhouse In Your Soul as a Goldfish Warning, they spent two million credits trying to decrypt it."

"Let's see what happens if we use something from Apollo 18."

<snrk> I'm reminded of one of Mercedes Lackey's Urban Fantasy books, in which a captive human drives his Fae captors (listening outside his cell) thoroughly bonkers by singing a TMBG marathon. They thought he was casting a spell to escape but none of the lyrics made any sense in alchemical terms...

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