OPERATION: Mark Moonbase Mk. III

[Tim]

http://loadingreadyrun.com/blog/?p=976

As you may have picked up from various Twitter chatter or podcast conversations, we’re in the middle of relocating the LoadingReadyRun office (affectionately known as the “Moonbase”) to a larger, better, warmer location. All of the principal moving is done, along with the painting and shelf-hanging and so on, and you’ll be happy to know that a fair amount of the process was documented in moving audio-pictures. We’re super-excited about the Moonbase Mark Three.

But there’s been one small problem…

We’ve lost it.

Oh! No, no no; we aren’t crazy. We haven’t lost our minds. We’ve just lost our Moonbase!

So we need your help to find it back. Scour the internet, peer through telescopes, pore over Captains’ starlogs, do whatever it takes (legally!) to find a map of the moon and locate our moonbase.

Keep in mind that the actual moonbase itself won’t be visible; after all, it’s an underground orbiting moonbase. But you should be able to discover some of the more likely hiding places, in craters, on the sides of mountains, in the middle of dusty plains… We’ll check the most likely locations and reward whoever finds it!

So, in summary, your task is to find a map of the moon somehow (I hear Google Earth has shots of the moon, as a starting point) and mark a location where you think the Moonbase Mk. III might be hidden. Send a screenshot (and, if possible, a link) to me at [email protected] by midnight PST on March 19, 2010. We’ll pick the best location from the submissions.

If you have any questions, leave a comment or send an email.

Good hunting!

[epocalypse]

cool, which address should we send it too?

[far_wanderer]

email sent. It was quite tricky to find, but I did it. I'll be quite interested if anyone else looks even close to where I found it.

[Tim]

Whoops, I forgot the email address hyperlink would be lost when I copy/pasted from the blog to the forums.

Send stuff to [email protected].

Also, read the blog.

[epocalypse]

Done and done. Sent you the location and a screenshot for the data I found. But be warned, I think we might have some trouble!

[Wolfwood723]

Found and sent.

[Ottoman]

Yes! Finally, I can join my brothers and sisters of LRR in the Runners.

Location found, working on marking up images. A pretty spiffy place, if I say so myself.

EDIT: Done and dusted. You guys had better watch out.

[King Kool]

Cracked and battered.

[Lord Chrusher]

I should have been finishing my paper on galaxy formation but I found where the Moonbase is:

[Arius]

It looks like a picture of my cheeks in high school.

[DRog]

I'm sorry to hear that, Tyler. Mine has been sent!

[Alja-Markir]

I posted this in the news post comments, but figured I'd toss it here too.

Both myself and Blackie62 are curious if the crew specifically means the Earth's moon Luna. I've personally detected possibly anomalies further out in the Sol system I'd have fun investigating.

~Alja~

[Evil Jim]

Can I just give the location name? 'Cause every single feature of the moon has already been named.

Also, how about a hint. Is it on the side facing the Earth or not?

Edit:

[wartjr2373]

Just sent mine in.

Does participation in this operation still garner Runner status? Or is the whole system defunct now?

[Jillers]

Done and done.

[TheWiseone]

Moonbase III?
NOOOOOOOOOO!

I'll have to start ALL OVER AGAIN.

...More triangulation. Damn.

Spoiler-tagged because of sensitive information.

QV Cafe & Bakery
1701 Government Street
Victoria, BC V8W 1Z4, Canada
(250) 384-8831

Yo Video
107-2000 Cadboro Bay Road
Victoria, BC V8R 5G5, Canada
(250) 592-5678

White Spot Restaurants
1882 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8R 1K1, Canada
(250) 595-4442

MOONBASE!
526 Discovery Street
Victoria, BC, Canada

...Not posted are home addresses. Or phone numbers. Oh yes, LRR. You leave JUST enough clues, whether you mean to or not. BWAHAHAHAHA.

(Ask Paul. He may remember a phone call a while ago, say, last year?)
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

[Vigafre]

Has anyone noticed this part of the Moon before?



Anyway, yeah, I sent my in.

[Tim]

Moonbase III?
NOOOOOOOOOO!

I'll have to start ALL OVER AGAIN.

...More triangulation. Damn.

...SNIP...

...Not posted are home addresses. Or phone numbers. Oh yes, LRR. You leave JUST enough clues, whether you mean to or not. BWAHAHAHAHA.

(Ask Paul. He may remember a phone call a while ago, say, last year?)
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

That's legitimately a little creepy.

[Master Gunner]

Well we know from the podcasts/loading times that Evolution, White Spot, and QVs are all in the general vicinity of the moonbase, and they're all fairly easy to find on google maps. As there have being a few outside shots of the moonbase, just pop into streetview and take a stroll around Victoria.

[Ottoman]

For the Moonbase 2.0, streetview wasn't necessary, because there were shots of a couple of businesses in the same building (in cH: Future, and at least one other video).

And surely everybody already knows QV's, YO!, and White Spot.

[Lord Chrusher]

I wonder how long the stalkers will take to find the Moonbase Mk III.

[Master Gunner]

What makes you think we haven't found it already?

[Alja-Markir]

~Alja~

[Jillers]

You know what's horrible? I was almost about to reply "Why is Matt R2-D2 AND Chewbacca"
then I felt like an idiot who hasn't been an LRR for 2 years.

[Master Gunner]

Well Chewy makes it hard to distinguish Tim's beard, and with just the faces, sans beard, it took me a second to tell them apart too.