[SoNE Ep. XIII] Ord Mantell - Eliminating the Black Sun

[TTROOPER]

 

 

Jek Coda's Log

"I knew the Op had gone sideways  from the moment the Rebel soldiers had entered the cantina in which a notorious member of the Black Sun Syndicate was residing. They had entered the building with too much vigor and drew way too much attention to themselves, which immediately spooked the target, causing him to draw his blaster and fire upon the soldiers before they had finished filing into the cantina's main room. Amidst the confusion caused by the sudden blaster fire in the dimly lit cantina, the target managed to slip out unnoticed. Lucky for the Rebellion they left me with team two, the "backup", command had us stationed right outside of the cantina's front door ready to breach if team one needed help, it was because of this position, that as soon as the target left the cantina he took two blaster bolts to the chest from my DL-44. I knew my Co was going to be pissed, he wanted the criminal alive, but then again the orders were dead or alive. Thinking the mission was over I soon became caught up in my own thoughts, reviewing the success of the mission and criticizing the rebel strike teams failure to quickly apprehend the target. To put it bluntly, I spaced out, it was team two's leader who woke me from my trance like state and boy did he have good timing , I came to with blaster bolts flying over my head, apparently, the Black Sun wasn't too happy with us killing one of their lieutenants. After a brief pep talk from the sarge, you know the usual stuff, we broke from cover firing wildly at the oncoming gangsters and as luck would have it, the strike team managed to disengage themselves from an apparent brawl inside the cantina. Once team two was reinforced by the better-armed team one we proceeded to make quick work out of the poorly trained Black Sun foot soldiers who eventually broke lines and scattered. In the end, the mission was a success and the Rebel Alliance was once step closer to shutting down the Black Sun Syndicate for good.

Coda signing off"

End Log

 

 

Some bonus Shots;

No intel pop ups:

 

No figs/editing:

 

 

If anything is missing or needs to be changed please let me know.

 

C&C is appreicated and TFVAHAGD!

 

 

 

[RetroInferno]

Nice aurebesh, very reminescent of SW Galactic Battlegrounds' campaign screens, very nice MOC!

[The Architect]

Looks awesome! Very cool, I hope to see more from you 

[goatman461]

Great entry. However, can you clarify whether or not some of these parts are non-LEGO? Specifically the goggles and some of the weapons.

From the episode rules...

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All entries must be built from real LEGO or with Lego Digital Designer. No clone brands, no third-party custom parts.

You are allowed to use customs on your on sig fig, see core rules...

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A customized sig-fig is fine, but all your other minifigs and builds should be purist.

so if those goggles are on your sig fig, that would be okay (and technically your sig fig's weapon could be custom), but the other weapons would have to be purist.

 

If you'd rather not reshoot your entry, I could check with the judges to make sure your last shot could be judged alone.

[TTROOPER]

4 hours ago, goatman461 said:

Great entry. However, can you clarify whether or not some of these parts are non-LEGO? Specifically the goggles and some of the weapons.

From the episode rules...

You are allowed to use customs on your on sig fig, see core rules...

so if those goggles are on your sig fig, that would be okay (and technically your sig fig's weapon could be custom), but the other weapons would have to be purist.

 

If you'd rather not reshoot your entry, I could check with the judges to make sure your last shot could be judged alone.

 

Whoops, I remember

 reading that now, must have slipped my mind while building, sorry about that. 

The figure with the goggles is, in fact, my sig, so I am glad I can keep him as is, but I am a little confused why certain 3rd party items are banned like I understand clone brands, and custom printed/decaled stuff, but things like weapons and little add-ons seem harmless, I get that I am new and there for I don't have the right to question the rules, but I'm just curious.

 

As for what's third party and what's not, the goggles and headset on my sig are from minifigcat and three of the blasters are from brick arms.

Thank you, I would greatly appreciate it if the build could be judged as is, since I have already dismantled the build : /  

 

 

 

[Puvel]

Ooh this is gorgeous!

Love how the border flows into the landscape, the variety in the wall and the minifig posing is excellent as well 

[LucasLaughing]

Hey TTrooper - thanks for your patience, discussions can take a little while as we're located in different countries / time zones.  The judges have come to the following consensus: 

• Because the custom parts do violate the rules, your entry will be scored based only on the last picture (the one without minifigs)
• As far as Episode XIII mission objectives, your build will still count as having met the Rebellion's goal to build on Ord Mantell.

As for the reasoning behind the rule, this is a LEGO-based forum so we want to stay loyal to that medium as much as possible.  We do allow for customization of sigfigs so that folks can create an especially unique main character, but the general rule (for the Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka game) is no 3rd party items.

Taking off my GameMaster hat...  

This is a great build - you've got wonderful texture with the wall and ground, and I really like the little drainage pipe.  I always appreciate builders who take the time to add a good story to go with their creation - I'm interested to see how your character progresses, and whether his 'spacing out' during battle is related to a larger issue, or is something that he'll have to deal with in the future.  My only suggestion would be to split your text into multiple paragraphs - that just tends to be easier to read vs one big chunk of text.

Glad to have you building for SoNE, and I hope to see more great builds from you in the future!

[Merc4Hire]

Fantastic build man . The textures on this build look great. I especially like the sewage pipe detail on the edge, adds a nice touch. The color and overall presentation also remind me of the Battlefront series map designs. All around good stuff.  

[Zaael]

Very nice build, nice textures. Like the others pointed out, the sewer pipe and the base are really nicely done. The build has a nice street feel to it.

Too bad about the non-purist weapons, but that is just a minor thing, easily fixed in next episode. I am glad you are building for the Rebel team!! 

[Cody Startale]

A cool entry, I like it. It took me a while to find the sewer pipe everyone kept talking about, I guess my monitor is calibrating too dark, haha. I like the intel popups you did. I wanted to completely decipher your aurebesh text, but couldn't work out the operative's name due to three letters not used elsewhere! Still, a very nice touch, I like this kind of stuff.

I also like the general color scheme going on. Very military, but in a Star Wars way. Cool!

[goatman461]

Excellent use of color and terrain. The moc as a whole gives a great cold, damp feel