Blind leading the blind

Episode 10 of Wrong Way Up starts with Splitsie revealing to w4sted, DE, and Texfire that Capac will be driving -- because Splitsie can't see properly today due to migraines. DE announces his plans to redesign the runway and hangar so that Chat stops complaining and W4sted can land more easily. W4sted plans to build a scout plane (Edward Scissorplane) and hand off his fighter. They agree w4sted's ping is solely to blame for him not shooting down Kanajashi last episode. Splitsie fixes a horribly desynced crane by "looking at it sternly". Then DE damages his and w4sted's planes because of desynced thrusters, and during the redesign, part of the runway drops onto W4sted's plane and Capac explodes while grinding -- it's one of those days. W4sted quietly rescues Splitsie who is afk sick. Everyone has excuses not to listen to Tex' crane tutorial.

(0:30) Capac's self-deprecating joke is interrupted by configuration-defying acid rain which even shoos off the Bots surveillance plane. W4sted installs a drive-through plane-repair system before giving Elon Thrust to Splitsie for a practice flight and landing. Soon after, when a Raptor appears, Splitsie fully abandons hangar construction work for flying Elon Thrust and chases after Kanajashi Bot. In an exciting dogfight, Splitsie scores good hits but also gets his thruster damaged. He manages a narrow emergency landing and makes repairs back at the Jalopy.

(1:00) W4sted tries to make Splitsie "say no to subgrids!" but is not very convincing. They joke that they are grinding, welding, "joining, and glazing". W4sted describes an "ow!" (Splitsie ran out of hydrogen) as "the noise of a Splitsie foiled in the process of doing something not actually helpful but that would have been amusing." The new runway is now 16 metres longer. They chat about Starlink, (acid) rain in the dessert, and fake spider documentaries. W4sted notices that Splitsie still reacts to the sound of dropped components whereas he himself doesn't even register explosions anymore. DE lifts off in his Toblerone to be the first to test the new runway and makes a perfect landing. Splitsie lifts off in the Elon Thrust and forces Kanajashi's incoming plane to crash, and Kanajashi shoots at them on foot with a rocket launcher.

(1:30) The two factions shoot it out with rocket launchers while Splitsie engages a "Sigourney Reaver" vehicle on the ground from his plane. After being hit by a rocket, Splitsie crash lands next to the Jalopy on the ground. Splitsie jumps into a rover to join the on-foot battle on the ice lake and they eliminate poor Lefty Bot. Again they are disrupted by acid rain and Splitsie drives back to the Jalopy with looted components and ammo. During hurried repairs mixed with shooting they spot an enemy signal 120m away... downwards? A sneaky TheFinalEvent Bot fell into their mining hole, and W4sted shoots him with a rocket. Splitsie confuses DE by pre-painting his unwelded blocks in Neon color and W4sted notes down Capac's bold claim of being a pro driver for when they play Snowrunner later.

(2:00) At the second attempt, Splitsie's "pancake" landing on the runway succeeds with only minor scratches and w4sted is impressed. The Bots are deploying something ominously named CraterMaker and the Jalopy crew pack up and leave. Since the modded planet's acid rain is more disruptive than intended (the CraterMaker never made it back alive), Splitsie considers copying and pasting the Jalopy to a new save next time. Texfire fondly remembers the days in the game when ammo was interchangeable. Capac is driving and makes a point of avoiding trees. W4sted has become a stowaway in the "magplate doom hole" and Splitsie helps him out. The Bots are watching them as they stop at a canyon to scout.

(2:30) An enemy Kevin Subaru vehicle and foot soldiers attack the Jalopy while Splitsie is shooting down the surveillance drone. Splitsie scouts a path. W4sted can be convinced to post blueprints and a tutorial about the aerodynamics mod. Kanajashi in Stream chat receives audience cheers but does not intend to stream the Bots' point of view. Splitsie is out of dragchutes and misses several landings on the runway before he manages to pancake successfully. On the ground, sneaky Bots are still shooting at the Jalopy and above, a Red Dragon plane and a Spyplane fly by.

(3:00) Out of nowhere, one of the hinges explodes in a shower of sparks and the three trailers are hurled aside!! Capac's first reaction is "that wasn't me" while the Bots cheer "Praise be Clang!" The protagonists look at the evidence and agree to reload the last backup. Back in the game, w4sted regrets not having clang noises on his soundboard. Capac gives everyone a tour of the cozy basement he's been secretly building under the hangar.

A suspicious Capac follows Splitsie's instructions to turn 180 degrees south west to reach the scouted canyon trail. They are driving along happily in the sun, chatting about "cool abominations" in trailer design and how airplanes and canyons seem to go so "well" together... Wait. Splitsie led them into the wrong valley! Capac makes a hard turn. Splitsie admin-deletes the acid rain again because it's getting too destructive. W4sted uses the moment to show Splitsie the tail gunner seat on his new plane. Capac drives further into the valley towards the CLG faction mining outpost.

(3:30) They chat about sim game sales when Capac notices a cluster of red signals approaching--a Warthog is dropping bombs left and right. As it gets dark, they race on to flatter terrain where a fighter could lift off if needed, but the Bots return to base. They end the stream by each announcing their upcoming streams and, as expected, Capac has forgotten that Splitsie invited everyone to a special 12-hour stream on Friday, celebrating Splitsie's final rostered nightshift.

Airplane dogfights would not be possible with NPCs, so multiple kudos were given throughout the episode to the "enemy Bot" faction.

## Gallery

Dogfight between W4stedspace and KanajashiDogfight between W4stedspace and Kanajashiw4stedspace' and Kanajashi's airplanes chase each other around a mountain topDogfight between W4stedspace and Kanajashi
## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura\_(symptom)
2. ↑ Mocking a clueless first-day review on Steam that is still featured, saying "Space Engineers makes welding, joining and glazing seem like the best jobs in the world. It looks superb." by Rock Paper Shotgun.