Good news, Cruisers! Our team has officially expanded with the addition of our newest member, Shirley Hagen. As many of you know, she and Timothy recently had an unexpected adventure when they were accidentally transported to the Fright Knights realm and later escaped through the Zotaxian UFO base on Moon 26. Her quick thinking and creative problem-solving proved invaluable during their escape.
Now, onto pressing business. The Time Twisters have scattered several powerful artifacts throughout the time stream. Our sensors have detected four major items we must recover before they cause serious damage:
    1    Helm of Norseman from Castle Age II
    2    Hat of Robin Hood from Castle Age II
    3    Sword Excalibur from Castle Age III (weapon with mystical properties that we don’t have cataloged)
    4    Wand of Majisto from Castle Age III (extremely powerful magical focus)
There are several others that are unaccounted for, about 11 in total. Please coordinate your search efforts here. And remember, Tony Twister and Dr. Millennium have been particularly active lately, with assistance from Goldie the Ghost and Boney the skeleton mage.

Hi everyone!!! I'm soooo excited to be an official Time Cruiser now! Thank you Dr. Cyber for letting me join! And thanks Timmy for showing me how the chronological dial works even though I jumped us through 3 different zones accidentally (sorry! Though it actually helped us escape so I think it worked out pretty well??).
I've been reading all the mission logs and I think the Wand of Majisto might be the most dangerous artifact. In my Elfquest comics, magical items always cause the most trouble when they fall into the wrong hands. We should probably look for that one first!!
Also, I brought space stickers for everyone's trapper-keepers! They're holographic!!

welcome to the official forum shirley. glad you're here and all but maybe tone down the exclamation points? cranky gets overloaded when there's too much punctuation.
about the artifacts - i think we should go for the norseman helmet first. it’s temporal signature could help us track the others, since they’re all from castle age. plus i wanna see how i look in it. the wand is definitely bad news but we'd need special magical containment equipment and i haven't finished building that yet.
p.s. thanks for the stars and planet stickers i guess but i'm gonna pass. ingo might want one though.

WELCOME NEW USER SHIRLEY_UNICORN. YOUR ACCOUNT HAS BEEN ACTIVATED WITH STANDARD JUNIOR CRUISER PRIVILEGES.
REGARDING MISSION PRIORITIES: I HAVE ANALYZED THE TEMPORAL ENERGY SIGNATURES OF ALL FOUR ARTIFACTS. THE NORSEMAN HELM APPEARS TO BE GENERATING THE STRONGEST CHRONOLOGICAL DISRUPTION IN SECTOR 7-B OF CASTLE AGE II. LOGIC DICTATES THIS SHOULD BE OUR PRIMARY TARGET.
I AM NOT OVERLOADED BY PUNCTUATION. I AM PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF PROCESSING ENTHUSIASTIC COMMUNICATION!!!!!!!!

Shirley, welcome again! Your enthusiasm is refreshing. The space stickers are a thoughtful touch.
Timothy, excellent point about the norseman helmet. It could indeed help locate the other artifacts. However, I'm concerned about the strange energy readings I'm detecting from Castle Age III. The Wand of Majisto in the wrong hands could cause catastrophic damage to the timeline.
Cranky... perhaps it's time for that magic processor upgrade we discussed?
More concerning than these artifacts is the report of an unknown time traveler operating in distant temporal regions beyond our standard monitoring range. The technology required for such travel is highly advanced - possibly from centuries beyond our own era. Have any of you encountered strange anomalies during recent missions?

Oops! Sorry about the exclamation points!!!
Tim, I drew up some plans for a magical containment unit based on the crystal configurations in Majisto's tower! I can show you tomorrow after school? We could combine it with your temporal stabilizer design!
Dr. Cyber, when we were escaping from the Fright Knights, I saw something really weird. There was this figure watching us from the shadows of the dragon tower. When they saw me looking, they just... disappeared. Like they teleported away. Could that be your mystery time traveler?

wait you saw someone watching us?? why didn't you tell me??
dr c - i vote we split up. shirley and i can go after the helmet while you and ingo check out the wand situation. cranky can monitor from the magic mountain lab. and maybe hold off on recruiting more members until we figure out this mystery traveler situation? our team is getting pretty big already.
shirley - i'll look at your containment designs tomorrow. if they work with my stabilizer that could be pretty cool actually.

SUSPICIOUS TRAVELER DETECTED IN ARCHIVES. REVIEWING DASH FOOTAGE FROM PREVIOUS MISSIONS.
ANOMALOUS ENERGY SIGNATURES DETECTED IN FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
    •    CASTLE AGE III (MAJISTO'S TOWER REGION)
    •    ICE PLANET 2002 (NORTHERN CRATER)
    •    SPACE POLICE HEADQUARTERS (LOWER LEVELS)
    •    AQUAZONE (UNEXPLORED DEEP TRENCH)
ADDITIONALLY, DR. MILLENNIUM'S TEMPORAL SIGNATURE WAS BRIEFLY DETECTED NEAR THE ROCK RAIDERS BASE 37 MINUTES AGO.

Sorry Timmy! It happened so fast, and then we were running from those bat knights, and then that whole thing with the UFO happened... I got distracted. But I drew a picture of what I saw! I'll bring it tomorrow along with my containment designs.
Dr. Cyber, I've been reading about Castle Age II in the archives! There’s a few friendlier factions, such as the Crow Knights, who might be willing to aid us.
Also, the mystery time traveler reminds me of a character from this really old comic series called "Future Force Five" that my grandma showed me. There was this villain who could jump through time and always showed up right before something big happened. They called him "The Observer."
P.S. I left a comet sticker on Ingo's banana stash. Hope that's okay!

the pizza delivery guy? seriously?? fine whatever but i'm still team leader for the castle age mission right?
i'll recalibrate the stabilizers tonight. already started working on it. and good call on the crow knights shirley - i forgot about them.
ingo just ran through the lab with the comet sticker stuck to his forehead. dr c is trying to catch him before he breaks something. typical tuesday night at cyber labs i guess.
see everyone tomorrow. mission prep meeting at lunch break? we can use the empty classroom near the science lab.

Remote piloting protocols engaged. Secondary time pod prepared for Castle Age II expedition.
Warning: Ingo has accessed the communications array and is attempting to send bananas through the temporal transmitter. Initiating containment protocols.
System notice: Forum will undergo maintenance from 02:00 to 04:00.

Just a quick update before we all turn in for the night. Ingo has been secured (and de-stickered), the lab is back in order, and all systems are go for tomorrow's missions.
Timothy - yes, you'll be team leader for the Castle Age II expedition. Your experience with the navigation systems makes you the logical choice. And I appreciate your willingness to work with Shirley on the containment unit.
Shirley - excellent research! That kind of preparation is exactly what makes a good Time Cruiser. Your "Observer" reference is intriguing... I'll have to look into those old comics.
Remember everyone, these artifacts aren't just collectibles - they're powerful objects that could cause serious damage to the time stream if misused. Be careful, be smart, and most importantly, watch each other's backs out there.
Now get some rest. Tomorrow we make Time Cruiser history!