April 27, 2018

NEPTUNE no.4 April 2018



Index

This month's cover:
Real life United States Coast Guard HITRON MH-65 Dolphin. The USCG in SL sports HITRON colors as standard on their rotary wing aircraft and others to clearly differentiate from the current USCG white, blue and red color schemes the Second Life Coast Guard uses. A few aircraft still display the tricolor liveries, but in all aircraft and sea vessels you can read "U.S. COAST GUARD", which also helps setting them apart from those in use by the SLCG.

Main cover story:
Second Life U.S. Coast Guard
NEPTUNE interviewed Admiral Toxic Lemon for this month's issue. I went to the USCGHQ at CGAS Majipoor, Corsica, and showed the Admiral a first proof of the April cover, revealing the U.S. Coast Guard in Second Life would have cover story honors this month and what better way to do justice to one of the oldest role play groups in Second Life, in the military/paramilitary universe, than to let the man who leads it use his own words to describe it.

Blue Angels prepare World Tour 2018
The Blue Angels are contacting owners/managers of Second Life world landmarks as it is their objective this year to fly over some of the grid’s best real life world landmark counterpart locations.
For the 2018 World Tour, the objective is to fly over some of Second Life’s most emblematic world landmarks - example: The Eiffel Tour, in Paris - so mostly we will have to adapt to local conditions. The information presented here serves as a guide to the squadron’s typical routine so that managers/owners of selected world landmarks in SL have a clear idea of our capabilities and needs.
Paris and London are already on the World Tour route, so if you own/manage a world landmark location in SL or know someone who does, contact the Navy Flight Demonstration Team Blue Angels number 7 (CAPT. Asra Kron) or number 8 (Major Dominique van Dongen)!
To see the prospect used to showcase the World Tour continue reading.
 
Eight Shades of Blue launches MP store
Following the launch of Shana Carpool's F/A-18C and D Hornets, the USN Third Fleet SL official livery supplier, Eight Shades of Blue, expanded decisively towards the Second Life Market Place, starting with a range of paint kits made for the new Hornets. Eight Shades of Blue is also an official Shana Aircraft supplier and Spartan Industries supplier, but does art work for the most popular models of many other aircraft manufacturers in Second Life.
Being in business since 2016, first exclusively for the SL United States Navy, then directly to private clients who asked for custom exclusives which are still a very important business component, Eight Shades of Blue is now making its quality work more accessible and available to all, increasing the variety of paint kits available on a very regular basis. Along with the Market Place store, selected locations on the SL grid have vendors with the available products. The profit helps to pay for Du Sud Isle, providing for the continued presence of NAS Miramar on the grid.
To get to know Eight Shades of Blue and for the link to the store, aircraft listings and more, continue reading.

NEPTUNE - The magazine of the United States Navy Third Fleet in Second Life
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