Naval Tradition

[Easterner9504]

Cadet Hazing

In Naval Service among midshipmen and sometimes in Scout training a prank is played upon dirtsiders by Spacers. A deck iris valves electric eye seems to close as if to pinch or decapitate a person going through. This doesn't happen the valve only 1/2 closes. The spacers find it amusing to watch the reactions of dirtsiders who often panic and jump or freeze or scream.

Programming over 50% closure is a violation of service regulations.

Dirtsiders- recruits who've never been in space.

Spacers- Native or extensive travellers of the spaceways.

 

[stealth]

In the future, hazing has been expanded to commanding officers who may hear: "Lunch? I thought you said launch!"

Also, computer ops should be wary of the everpresent threat of hearing: "Guided by infallible logic, I (correction, this unit) have determined..." as the beginning to any number of practical jokes played by computer.

 

[Keklas Rekobah]

Hazing a Booter

Welcome aboard! For your first day of duty, you have been selected to obtain the following items before launch:

100 metres of flight line (or 500 metres of land line)
16 compass bearings
16 litres of rocket blast (military grade)
10 litres of liquid K9-P
1 military bearing
1 engineer's punch
1 posting thread
1 gig line (personal size)
1 1D10T name-tag
1 case of batteries for the sound-powered phones

... oh, and as much plaid paint as you can obtain.

Carry on smartly!

 

[Keklas Rekobah]

Beg pardon, sir! Is this where I pick up the Air/Raft propeller?

 

[Putraack]

Rocket blast? Is that what they use nowadays, instead of prop wash?

 

[Major B]

Rocket blast? Is that what they use nowadays, instead of prop wash?

Yes, but you still a can of squelch to service the radios.

And gunny might send you to find the back blast bags for the tac missile launchers - that stuff's HAZMAT you know.

 

[Andrew Boulton]

Don't forget the long stand and can of elbow grease.

 

[Keklas Rekobah]

Rocket blast? Is that what they use nowadays, instead of prop wash?

Prop Wash? May as well use baby shampoo ... Jet Blast is better, and Rocket Blast even moreso ... but nothing beats a good, healthy shot of Plasma Spray ... it's what Gunny uses to shine up the plasma beams that support the turrets.

While you're at it, we need more barking starfish to feed our trained vacuum seals ... they're getting a little grumpy...

 

[Sturn]

Welcome aboard! For your first day of duty, you have been selected to obtain the following items before launch:

100 metres of flight line (or 500 metres of land line)
16 compass bearings
16 litres of rocket blast (military grade)
10 litres of liquid K9-P
1 military bearing
1 engineer's punch
1 posting thread
1 gig line (personal size)
1 1D10T name-tag
1 case of batteries for the sound-powered phones

... oh, and as much plaid paint as you can obtain.

Carry on smartly!

Don't forget batteries for the chemlites and a box of grid squares!

 

[Major B]

I couldn't think of a good future translation, but maybe someone else can suggest one - for canopy lights (for night jumps).

 

[aramis]

I couldn't think of a good future translation, but maybe someone else can suggest one - for canopy lights (for night jumps).

Grav Belt Path Lights

 

[stealth]

Grav Belt Path Lights

They won't work without blinker fluid - ask anyone in the grav pool.

 

[Ran Targas]

My favorite was to send the new ensign to the engineer room for an engineer's punch. Always came back rubbing their arms.

 

[Mysterion]

What about the Moebius Wrench?

(see David Gerrold's novel "The Middle of Nowhere" - one of the sub-plots in the bok is the new recruit being sent around the ship to retrieve the elusive tool as a method of familiarizing him with all the different areas/functions/personnel of the ship)