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It is with a heavy heart I announce the sad loss of Space Cat, who passed away today

I know we will all miss his single hardpoint.

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The drop

At fifteen hundred hours a squadron of twenty Fedral Dropships entered the planet's mesosphere and began a controlled plummet.

With thrusters and control surfaces only they maintained proper attitude, using their heat shields to brake against the atmosphere below whilst blending in with a thousand simple decoys, co-launched to distract air defences.

A hundred meters from the surface they banked, using full engines to turn their suicidal plunge into a rough landing. Rapidly they disgorged infantry and armored fighting vehicles before taking off again, this time to provide close air support to their former payload.

Operation HAMMER STRIKE had begun.
 
You have my condolence.


Cat Poem


They will not go quietly,
the cats who’ve shared our lives.
In subtle ways they let us know
their spirit still survives.

Old habits still make us think
we hear a meow at the door.
Or step back when we drop
a tasty morsel on the floor.

Our feet still go around the place
the food dish used to be,
And, sometimes, coming home at night,
we miss them terribly.

And although time may bring new friends
and a new food dish to fill,
That one place in our hearts
belongs to them. . . and always will.

By: Linda Barnes
 
The improbabilty of planetfall.



The impact had been considerable. Commander Cleonymus gazed over the lip of the crater with a puzzled look on his craggy face.



'I know what the system defence force said, but we still have to actually confirm it.'


His minion tapped him on the shoulder and pointed excitedly. 'I see something there'.


They both wandered in the direction of the strange mass, scanners at the ready. It seemed to be large white and blubbery. And there was a distinct smell of fish.


The analyser burped, the conclusion shimmering on the display.


'There - they told you it was a whale.'


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(with thanks and homage to the late great Douglas Adams)

What about the potted plant?
 
Watch your back

There is a time when you wonder about the meaning of it all. The universe, stars and planets.
And the dependency of your own ship. Will it break down or make it back home.
Long hauls between star ports, and earning those precious credits to feed the family.
Jamie was tired, he thought about home. After a month out in space, going between Lave and Diso spaceports.
It was good to know he was heading for planetfall.
If he could just understand what the blip on the radar was.
"Well, probably nothing".
The Thargoid warship closed in for the kill.

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Sad to hear about the space cat. My condolences. :)
 
The Purrfect Revenge

As I orbit the Earth I nap on my station; warm, fuzzy, content, from gentle vibration.

It wasn't always this way,
peaceful,
sublime,
nines lives gone to time,
but now I remember,
below was the planet I know.

There was one never mooed who gave shelter and food, a shouty one with a voice, lots of bleeps and loud noise, aaaand
Then there was one who really got on my whiskers, who'd steal my chair and biscuits!

"AH, THERE YOU ARE SPACE KAT, RIGHT ONE WISH BEFORE YOU RETIRE"... and that's when they killed Simoof!

Peace at last, miaow
SK
 
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