Operation Binary Blackout

Operation Binary Blackout was a community Mann vs Machine tour organized by Moonlight MvM and hosted by Pineapple.TF. A public beta was held for the tour on December 8 to 10, 2021, when the tour officially launched. The tour concluded on March 30, 2022.

Tour

On December 8, 2021, Operation Binary Blackout went into public beta, with 20 missions spread across 19 maps. The tour features 7 Intermediate difficulty missions, and 13 Advanced difficulty missions, on both official Valve maps, such as Mannworks and Rottenburg, as well as returning community maps from previous community Mann vs. Machine campaigns. The tour officially launched on December 10, 2021, and concluded on March 30, 2022.

Featured Missions

This table shows the missions available during the event.

Intermediate Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Brugge	Frontline Fodder	6	randomguy
Isolation	Frostbite	7	the fat
Casino City	Jackpot		Ultimaximus
Redstone Ridge	Reddish Rebellion	6	randomguy
Coastrock	Sandtraps	8	Literally A Moth
Shiver Peak	Snowy Sunshine		CreatorForce
Autumnull	Urban Uprising	6	Literally A Moth

Advanced Missions

Map	Mission	Waves	Creators
Underground	Absentia	6	Literally A Moth
Area 52	Australian Christmas	7
Dockyard	Cargo Carnage	6	the fat randomguy
Coastrock	Cycled Overdrive	7	Sntr
Doppler	Delta Drop	6
Quetzal	Jungle Judgment	5	Anonymous
Downpour	Last Stand of Dead Men	1	randomguy
Mannworks	Manntenance	6	Anonymous
Hideout	Perilous Paradise		Athazar
Nox	Radiant Dawn		CreatorForce
Derelict	Shadow Wave		randomguy
Cyberia	Silver Snow	5	CreatorForce
Rottenburg	Township Tussle	7	Literally A Moth

Rewards

RED	BLU
Auspicious Automaton Assembler's Accolade

This event had five medals up for grabs: three as rewards for completion of the tour, and two for donations to a charity drive benefiting Child's Play. Clearing at least six of the seven available Intermediate difficulty missions earned the player the Bronze Beginner medal, clearing at least six of the thirteen available Advanced difficulty missions earned the player the Silver Soldier medal, and clearing at least twelve Advanced difficulty missions earned the player the Golden Great medal.

In addition, players were able to donate varying amounts through item or monetary donations to receive donor medals. Donating at least 5 USD earned the player the Juvenile's Jade medal, and donating at least 15 USD earned the player both the Juvenile's Jade and Marvellous Moonstone medals. The charity drive closed on April 30, 2022.

The Bronze Beginner, Silver Soldier, and Golden Great player medals all reuse their respective-colored canteen medals from Operation Canteen Crasher, while the Juvenile's Jade and Marvellous Moonstone donation medals reuse the same models as the Grandiose Garnet and Royal Rhodonite medals from Operation Madness vs Machines; however, both donor medals initially drop with custom painted colors which are not otherwise available in-game. The Juvenile's Jade medal drops with a special jade green color, and the Marvellous Moonstone drops with a special diamond blue color.

Each of the donor medals has two styles, named "Normal" and "Gem Only". The "Gem Only" style displays only the gemstones, without the surrounding metal frames.

The player medals were contributed to the Steam Workshop by Colteh, Rev, Swordstone, Wave, Nuke, Kratos, Benoist3012, Pelipoika, sigsegv, Hyperion, Hydrogen, sedisocks, Sntr, NeoDement, Star Bright, and interrobang.

The donor medals were contributed to the Steam Workshop by NeoDement, Sntr, Erikku, sigsegv, Jakapoa, Pelipoika, interrobang, Mayor Rev, Z-Ben, kratos, Nuke, Hydrogen, Hyperion, Potato's MvM Server, DaanBox, and Swordstone.

The content creator medal was contributed to the Steam Workshop by Gadget, LeSwordfish, and Hydrogen.

Genuine Binary Blackout Bronze Beginner 2021 Level 1 Community Medal Well done rookie! Your bravery in downgrading the robot threat from "major problem" to just "problem" was recognized and has earned you this standard-issue canteen. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's winter charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Binary Blackout Silver Soldier 2021 Level 1 Community Medal Marketing accidentally wrote "silverware" instead of "silver" when commissioning these canteens. We now have a surplus of canteens made from knives and forks. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's winter charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Binary Blackout Golden Great 2021 Level 1 Community Medal Don't let the name fool you: this canteen is made of 100% pure steel. The best we could do was paint it gold due to budgeting. Awarded to players of Moonlight MvM's winter charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )
Genuine Binary Blackout Juvenile's Jade 2021 Level 1 Community Medal You have proven that, even in the heat of battle, you can still look out for the children, and for that we award you with this neat little stone we stole from New Zealand! Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's winter charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Binary Blackout Marvellous Moonstone 2021 Level 1 Community Medal It's rumored that this stone was found somewhere on the moon. A more likely theory is that it's just a chunk of stained glass. Awarded to donors of Moonlight MvM's winter charity tour! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )	Genuine Auspicious Automaton Assembler's Accolade Level 1 Community Medal Not everyone has what it takes to create a challenge that is also fun. Great job blowing it out of the water, merc! Awarded to content creators of Moonlight MvM's 2022 events! ( Not Tradable or Marketable )

Painted variants

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• Juvenile's Jade (Normal)
• Juvenile's Jade (Gem Only)
• Marvellous Moonstone (Normal)
• Marvellous Moonstone (Gem Only)
• Auspicious Automaton Assembler's Accolade

Normal

Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Gem Only

Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Normal

Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Gem Only

Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted

Single colors
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge	Color No. 216-190-216	Peculiarly Drab Tincture	Aged Moustache Grey
A Distinctive Lack of Hue	After Eight	Radigan Conagher Brown	Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Muskelmannbraun	Mann Co. Orange	Australium Gold	The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Dark Salmon Injustice	Pink as Hell	A Deep Commitment to Purple	Noble Hatter's Violet
A Color Similar to Slate	Zepheniah's Greed	Drably Olive	Indubitably Green
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime	A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED)	Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU)	Balaclavas Are Forever (RED)	Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Team Spirit (RED)	Team Spirit (BLU)	Operator's Overalls (RED)	Operator's Overalls (BLU)
The Value of Teamwork (RED)	The Value of Teamwork (BLU)	An Air of Debonair (RED)	An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Cream Spirit (RED)	Cream Spirit (BLU)	Unpainted (RED)	Unpainted (BLU)

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Styles

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• Juvenile's Jade
• Marvellous Moonstone

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Styles
Normal	Gem Only

Main article: Styles

Styles
Normal	Gem Only

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Update history

November 15, 2021 Patch

• [Undocumented] The Binary Blackout medals were added to the game.

External links

• Announcement on the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog
• Official Steam event for Operation Binary Blackout
• Operation: Binary Blackout
• Child's Play