15 : Telstar, ready to meet the outer space ?

Agents, 99 and 86, go to Maxwell's ( agent 86 ) suite. 99 relates, Max about the mission, and possible Chaos threat to Space Hotel. After the briefing is over, Max says :

"So. What do we do now ?"
"Boss promised to give orders after a week or two. Asked to take the time as holiday." 99 says to Maxwell.
"After a week ? Holiday ?" Maxwell wonders.
"You were in the evening news." 99 explains.

"Well. Darling, there is nothing to do at the moment. What if we take a ride around Moon. Heard, that it is quite exiting." Max proposes.
"There is enough time for the trip. They have a new ship which makes the ride in one day. Good idea darling." 99 agrees to Maxwell's suggestion.

The couple leaves the suite. They go to the 'Take a Trip Around Moon' box office and buy tickets for the ride. While 99 buys tickets, Max looks around and reads rather small meteor storm warning from the counter wall. After 99 gets tickets, the couple enters a real space ship, with big sight seeing windows.

The ship leaves the hotel, and accelerates to the cruising speed. And everything goes quiet. But quite soon after the take-off, the ship starts to keep strange noises. The ship slows down. Noise comes from the small rocks, which hit the ship and it's windows all the time.

"Gee. I didn't know, that these ships keep so much noise during the take-off." 99 says.
"There was a small meteor warning sign in the counter." Max responds.

- - Journey to Moon continues - -

Few hours has gone in Sight Ship. The tourists are over the halfway to Moon.

Suddenly a big meteor strikes the ship very heavily. Ship goes off the track.

The engines are started. But suddenly the sound of engines changes.
Air lock doors between departments are closed.

A man at the window seat says "We are no longer heading towards Moon."
"Sounds like, that those engines do not last long." another man adds.
People in the department gets worried.

After a while the captain opens the speakers : "Stay all calm. There is nothing to worry, a big meteor hit the ship. We are having small difficulties with steering system and engines. There is no need to worry, the meteor didn't make holes to the body . . . the oxygen system was also left without damage . . . Would you all be kind . . . Take your seats and fasten your seatbelts, please . . . We will land to Moon Base, and change the ship in there . . . just had a message. Thunderbirds are coming to Space Hotel, with their super fast rescue fleet. If something really bad happens, help is at the hands."

After the announcement people go to their seats.
"Wish we had stayed in the hotel." 99 sighs at her seat.

The broken ship continues it's trip. Meteors hitting the ship every now and then. Captain trying to operate the ship with broken engines. Avoid the collisions with bigger meteors, fix the course after major hits.

Airlock door is opened. People in the department look to each other, wondering what now. A group of people with oxygen masks on their faces comes from the door.
One woman from the group takes the mask away and says "A meteor broke a window from our department. We were asked to come here."
"Captain said, that the body was not harmed." 99 whispers to Max. Max doesn't have time to answer.
"How badly your department was hit ?" second man asks from the woman.
"It's a wreck. The meteor came inside." a man from the group answers.
"Injured few passengers." woman says.
"Was it the first meteor ?" worried 99 asks cautiously from the group.
"Yes it was." man from the group answers.

Group members take seats. The desperate journey continues. Sometimes towards Moon. Sometimes towards the great unknown and certain death. After each major hit, fear and excitement spreads into the fuselage. After few hours the hit rate starts to fall. Captain manages to maneuver ship to the course, which leads to Moon. Or at least he said, that he had : "There is no need to worry anymore. We have passed the storm. Airlock doors and restaurant were opened. We are back on the right track, heading to Moon. We will meet Moon and dock to some orbiting station after a day."  

Silence falls to the passenger compartments. Not only because the engines are no longer used for steering and fixing the course. Passengers had lost their trust to the captain and crew. Finally 99 breaks the total quietness and asks Max
"And now the engines are blown ?"
Man from the window seat hears the question and says. "We are not in an action movie. Engines sounded just as sad as they did after the first hit."
"Action movie. Nightmare ... wonder if the braking system is okay." second man thinks aloud.
"What if it isn't ?" 99 asks.
"We will crash with Moon." second answers.
"Still some excitement left, darling." Max says, with certain sarcasm in his voice.

Finally the wreck makes an emergency landing to Moon. The braking system wasn't okay. The ship fails to dock into nearby orbiting station. After passing the docking bay, captain alerts Moon Base's air control. For a controlled crash landing to Moon Base's emergency strip. 

Unfortunately broken engines do not have enough power to steer the ship in Moon's gravity field. Ship goes where it wants. In the eyes of Max and other passengers it seems, that it wants to go as far from the alerted Moon Base and it's capturing systems as possible. After losing chance for a controlled crash landing, crew starts to prepare the ship for the final crash. Sight seeing windows are closed and sealed. Airlock doors are closed and enforced. Engines and flame throwers are braking the ship with maximum power.

After a high speed crash landing, the ship vanishes into a huge dust cloud . . .

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- - Sight ship, 2017 - -

Sight ship is train like long space craft. It looks like long plane. The bottom is solid, the top is windowed. At the bottom it has luggage compartment and technical things. It has cars / modules. 

One passenger car has seats and sleeping cabins for around 50 people. Daytime spaces are much like living rooms. There are tables and chairs. Ship is designed for longer, around one week trips. Then it has restaurant cars, sight seeing cars, etc. The first car is captains car. The last car has engines. 

The passengers use magnetic shoes, just like in Space Hotel. In size sight ship is much like ship. There is lots of space in everywhere. Sight ship's daytime spaces are single floor systems. They have side have and top windows. 

- - Top speeds, 2017 - -

In story new sight ships can be accelerated, stopped and steered from 40 000 km/h speed. Older ships tops 20 000 km/h. Thunderbirds tops 80 000 km/h in space. Cargo ships 5 000 km/h. Space City and Space Cargo constructions, Space Net satellites are not vehicles. They have relatively small engines for making track corrections.

Rules for top speed in rotational field are much the same than in gravitational field. Mass and thrust power are essential. The bigger your spacecraft is more power you need. In rotational field you do not need power for maintaining the speed. Rotational field resists changes in speed and direction. So, you need power for accelerating, braking and steering.  After you have reached the cruising speed and direction, you can power off the engines.

In collisions with meteors, other space ships, etc. speed and size have similar kind of effect to the crash than on Earth.

- - Song introduction - -

Telstar by Tornadoes is very famous Guitar Classic. It talks about a trip of a Telstar satellite, which existed for real. Space, satellites and Moon were very popular, and popular subjects during the 60's.

This is the single play version from the Boys' song. It has longer introduction, and sound effects in it.

-- Record Collections, part of the decoration ----

The record collections belong to the decoration of the living / guest room.

When you have visitors, you can be quite sure, that during the visit some of them, who likes music, goes to the collection. And check albums and covers. A visible collection is a thing, which entertains your guests.

The collections are also quite expensive ( status like ) part of the decoration. Much like book and video shelves. The overall cost of 100 Audio CD's is app $1000 or €1000.

When you buy all your records on touchable, boxed media ( currently Audio Cd ), by the time your visible record collection grows to quite astonishing album counts and the value of your visible, shelved collection ( as part of the decoration ) grows also to quite big numbers.

- - Music as an investment - -

Music is not a very bad investment either.

You can take albums from your collection for re-listening for almost unlimited time.

After the fall from opening the pack, Audio CD's and vinyls keeps their value quite well. And if you run into a desperate flat broke situation, it is quite easy to sell albums from your collection. 2nd hand music markets are big, and it is quite easy to find buyers for the used Cd's.

Value of the rarest albums raises by the time. If you for example manage to get artists' / band members' autographs onto the covers, the future value of the album raises quite a lot. Not forgetting the current value of the signed album.

16 : SOS . . SOS . . SOS Rescue Me, please ! : Tribute to Rihanna

. . . due to the low gravity of Moon, dust is still holding the wrecked ship inside the cloud.

Thunderbirds are starting their rockets, and preparing for the cruise to Space Hotel. One by one they leave the landing zone in the city. Thunderbird One is left alone to the parking lot.

Birds are flying to Space Hotel with cruising speed.
Scott wakes up and comes to cockpit. "Waitress ! Something to drink. Quickly. One Scottish Whiskey." he mumbles.
"Scott !" Virgil, the pilot of Thunderbird 2 says.
"Ou, I just woke up, bit dizzy, you know. "
"Yes." Virgil responds sarcastically.
Scott leaves the cockpit. "I do not feel very well. I'll go back to sleep."
Virgil does not answer.

After Scott leaves the cockpit, Virgil gets an emergency call from Thunderbirds Space Station, TSS.

"Hello Virgil. John here." John from TSS opens.
"Yes, hello John, what's the matter ?" Virgil responds.
"One of the sight ships from Space Hotel was hit by a big meteor. Just got an emergency call from hotel. The ship crash landed to Moon. Big dust cloud covers the ship. Radio down. No-one knows, what has happened." John reports.

"Any survivors ?" Virgil asks.
"No one knows." John answers, and continues "What are you doing. On some mission, or . . ."
"Some woman made an emergency call from some night club. Probably a false alarm . . . khrrm . . . Big Boss wanted to go to Space Hotel, so we are on our way."

"Where is he ?" John asks.
"Sleeping in the back." Virgil answers.
"And his ship ?" John asks.
"He left it to the night club." Virgil answers.
"I see. Can he talk ?" John asks.
"No. Thinks he is still in the night club. Tried to order some booze from me." Virgil answers.

Virgil continues "You want us to go to Moon, and check the crash site, don't you ?"

"Yes. Space Hotel made an official request for help." John says.
"Okay, we will head to Moon. If we fly with maximum speed, we should be there within five hours. Fab." Virgil ends the call.
"Fab" John closes the call.

Virgil contacts other Thunderbirds, and informs them about the crash and new mission. One by one Thunderbirds heads to Moon and accelerate to the full speed.

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- - Song introduction - -

The tribute to Rihanna continues with SOS rescue me.

This version has a long Grand Opening sequence. Grand openings / long introductions are played in concerts, when the big star ( Rihanna-2011 ) comes to stage for the first time, and the concert begins.

- - Cheer up the artist and band - -

If you stay at your place and make enough noise after the concert, the artist usually comes back and plays an additional song for you. Artists usually have at least one practiced song for the audiences, who really likes and loves them. If you for example did not hear the latest single in the concert, it is probably reserved for the encore.

17 : Rude boys are rated with R, aren't they ? : Tribute to Rihanna

Thunderbirds are heading to the crash site, with full speed.

"Scott. Wake up. We have a serious accident in Moon." Virgil, Thunderbird 2 shouts to the back. Scott wakes up.
"Why don't you have a cup of coffee, Scott." Virgil says to Scott. "So that you can get your head clear." Virgil continues.
"Good idea." Scott mongers from the back.

Scott enters the cockpit. Thunderbirds enter the same meteor storm, which broke the sight ship. Thunderbirds slows down a little. Thunderbird series ships are strong and heavy. Thunderbirds are made to operate in atmosphere and space. Besides the noise from the hitting meteors, nothing serious happens to the ships.

- - Moon Base - -

In Moon Base, there is a red alert. Red lights are flashing and sirens are playing. In a combined locker and command room, rescue teams are dressing up. And preparing for the rescue voyage. Cracker team leader corporal and sergeant are looking at Moon map on the table. Sergeant marks the crash site to the map.
"The wreck is quite far away from here." corporal says to sergeant, the team leader.
"Yes. Almost 200 kilometers from here." sergeant answers with German accent.
"Excuse me." corporal answers with native English.
"Hmm . . . 125 miles." sergeant responds after a small break.

"How do we go there ?" common team member shouts from the nearby.
"Doctors, nurses and emergency team take the faster moon shuttles. Others go with moon carriers." corporal answers.

"No signal from the ship yet ?" sergeant asks generator corporal, who operates the radio.
"No. How many passengers the ship had ?" corporal asks from sergeant.
"The ship was almost full, it had 8 passenger cars. There are around 600 people in the site." leader responses.

The team members are dressing and checking their equipments in the back.

"Think they are still alive." nearby team member wonders to the leading couple.
"If they didn't die to the crash, they should be alive." sergeant says.
"They have small gas tanks for everyone." cracker corporal continues.
"And there is an oxygen generator, with what they can keep the tanks full for a very long time." sergeant finalizes the answer.

"How do we get them to Space Hotel and it's hospital ?" another team member asks from the leaders.
"Hello. We are rescue team leaders from Moon Mining Company Ltd. Specialized in mining accidents. We are equipping and sending five moon carriers with emergency containers to the site. Fast Thunderbird 2 is coming too." First MMC corporal comes to the command room with another MMC corporal.
"Well. So are we. But we come from the taxpayers, public sector." sergeant responds. In the background few MMC's rescue team members come into room.

"Okay, public boy . . . alerted space cargo stations. Four moon lifts ... space carriers ... are available for us. They are coming down to Moon Base's strips as soon as possible. We are preparing emergency containers for them. In orbiting station, there was a space cargo train, taking a load. It is currently being held and equipped with emergency stuff." 2nd MMC corporal reports.

"We have four moon carriers. Could you send space carriers directly to the crash site ?" cracker corporal asks from MMC leaders.
"Space Carrier cannot move much in sideways. You must drop the carrier from the orbital station at the right time." one MMC team member knows.

Radio operator hears the answer and contacts orbital station.  After closing the connection, he says.  "It is no longer possible to drop moon lifts to the site. All carriers either are here . . . or almost here. In the orbiting, they are currently equipping, that space train for the emergency."

After all team members look like, that they are dressed and equipped for the rescue operation, sergeant shouts "Every one ready !" He waits a while and do not get an answer. So. Sergeant turns to service team corporal : "Medical team ready and go."

"Generator Team ! The tents, generators, tools and food. To the ship. Now !" doctor shouts to the supporting team. Cracker and MMC teams are also leaving the command-locker room. They vanish to the corridor, which leads to the airstrip.

- - In the wreck - -

Inside the wreck Max tries to open his eyes, and look around. "Penelope ! I am blind. I cannot see a thing." he shouts to agent 99, just like Penelope could help him with the newly discovered blindness.

"Calm down darling." Penelope answers "The electricity is down, windows are sealed. Not possible for anyone to see a thing." Before Penelope finishes her sentence, the emergency lights are turned on.

The sight inside the wreck is not very nice. The airlock-emergency doors have divided the cabin into smaller departments. Penelope and Max were sitting in the back. Although the cabin is a mess, it seems that their department is not broke. Stewardess and crew member, who were planned to sit in the department, during crash landings, have re-opened the safety locker. In the safety locker, which is located under the floor, there is a small oxygen generator, heater, electric generator, tinned food, disposal space suits, and so on. 

Stewardess takes a set of first kits aid from the locker. She starts to distribute the kits to the people with injuries and bruises.

The crew member takes the control panel from the hole. He takes the wire from the panel and goes to the wall. He opens a latch from the wall, and plugs the panel into the emergency system.

After dividing first aid kits, stewardess says "Stay calm and sit down in your seats. The rescue team is on it's way. There is enough oxygen for everyone." In the back, crew member checks the control panel. After stewardesses soothing words, crew member continues "According to the emergency system, there are no leaks in this department. There is no need for anyone to panic."

"Max !" Penelope opens the chit chat. "You were in the news. How did you get to Space Hotel ?"
"Well . . . Darling . . . you see . . . there was heavy rain . . took a short cut through a space lift landing zone . and . and . the wires, which held the lift on ground were unleashed and winded up . . ."

"And ?" Penelope asks.
"And one unleashed wire took a tight grip from my belt. Couldn't get it off, and no-one noticed . . . So they towed me up to the balancer holes."
"But you didn't die ?" Penelope continues the questioning.
"No Penelope darling. At about 300 m altitude I managed to get inside to the balancer valve system. There is a small ventilated and heated service box, for the flight time repairs. I spent my time in there. The balancer system was activated almost right after I closed the box."

After Max finishes his story about the adventure, Penelope and Max sit quiet for quite long time. Just like all the others.

Max gets a bit nervous. He starts to twist himself on the seat. Penelope looks at Max.
"Searching cigarettes." Max answers to Penelope's look. "Can't find them anywhere."
"Ou. I have few left in my purse." Penelope responds. "This trip has been more than exiting, I think that I smoke one, too." Penelope takes her golden cigarette box from her purse. Then she offers a cigarette to Max, and takes one to herself too. Couple is still shocked from the landing. For a while the Penelope and Max sit on their seats, with cigarettes in their mouths. Finally Penelope takes her cigarette into her hand, and asks Max
" Do you have a light dear ?"
Max grabs his golden camera-lighter from his pocket, and offers Penelope fire. Then he lights his own.

After stewardess notices, what agents 99 and 86 are doing, she walks to them.

"Don't say that smoking is not allowed." Max says to stewardess.
"Smoking is not allowed here." stewardess answers.
"I asked you not to say that." frustrated Max says.

After taking few deep breaths from their cigarettes, agents extinguish the cigarettes into the mounted ashtrays. Soon after the incident, people inside hear a strong voice from the outdoors.

"The rescue team came" they said in almost chorus. Everyone looked quite relieved after they hear, how the first space ship lands to the crash site.

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- - Moon Carrier and Shuttle, 2017 - -

Moon carrier is slow, air ship like flying machine. Moon's atmosphere misses oxygen, carrier has small electric engines and airship like gas tanks. Moon Carriers are used for transporting staff and stuff between Moon Base and mines. Moon shuttle is smaller and faster version from moon carriers concept. Both vehicles have electro-magnetic batteries. 

Moon vehicles top speed in story is around 100 km/h. Same than earthly air ships. The time to travel from current location to the crash site was 2 hours from Moon Base, and 4 hours for Thunderbirds.

In principle space crafts and constructions do not have to be as strong as on Earth. But they must be sealed well. When oxygen for breathing is in the air, leaks are very dangerous.

- - Song introduction - -

Rude boy is the best selling single / song from Rihanna's "Rated R" album. Rated R was released on 2009. Remix version on 2010.

During the record making process, Rude Boy was Boys' personal favorite from the songs they had to play for Space Covers album. This version has some additional sound effects in it. When work and practice with a song for long times, you sometimes get so overloaded with it, that afterwards you wonder why anyone wants to listen to it. After the album was finished Boys' preferred Don't Stop the music ( PG music ) from Rude Boy.