[Q10 - Yitabo - CFS] The Wookie Deal

[mccoyed]

Captain Wibs, an Ithorian smuggler, arrives on Yitabo with a stockpile of surplus rebel A280s. This is a violation of a New Republic statute regarding surplus arms from the Galactic Civil War, but Wibs isn't the type to pay attention to bureaucrats. Someone gives him a shipment of goods that need a new home and he's all too happy to take the credits and make the delivery. With the dust still settling from Jakku and the signing of the treaty, business is booming for small operators like Wibs as well as the larger cartels and syndicates. He has to be especially careful so close to hutt space, but that's what Bevra is for. Even though these wookies are paying customers, she still tries to look as intimidating as possible with her staff.

The wookies try out the hardware. After the Battle of Jakku, it's hard to feel protected out in the sticks and these wookies didn't escape Trandoshan slavers or Imperial mines just to hand themselves over if some Hutt megalomaniac or an Imperial remnant comes along looking for free labor. Lorn Keagar, the pilot and quartermaster of Wibs's ship, The Slipstream, runs the numbers on the blasters.

When Wibs shares the price, the wookies do not look pleased...

<It's too much.>

"Don't get cute, wookie."

<Hmm. Lorn?>

"This is what our contact agreed to, Krithkoll. I can show you the original message."

<This may be what Coris Abram told you, but it is not what he told me. I will not pay.>

"Oh you'll pay, you big furball. I'll stick this staff up your butt and dust our ship with you."

<Says the creature that looks like an umaayukkshi fruit.>

"Hey, who are you calling an umaa-- whatever!?"

<Take it easy, Bevra. Krithkoll, let's negotiate.>

 

To be continued...

Builder's Notes:

Spoiler

-Interior shot:

 

-This is actually my first Star Wars MOC ever. Very excited to be joining Factions since I found SONE too intimidating.

-Captain Wibs is my main character and sigfig for now. His crew will also feature heavily in his story.

-I added the yellow elastic bandoliers on Krithkoll in his portrait, but not in the main pics. He'll probably be around in future builds and he'll be wearing them. It's just a way to differentiate him from other wookies. I'll probably be using versions of this technique later on for other wookies.

 

Edited December 21, 2018 by mccoyed

[Professor Thaum]

I like thoses gigantic flowers...

And your sigfig too

This is good one for a first star wars built !!

[Merc4Hire]

Most excellent first star wars build; captured the aesthetics quite nicely. 

Especially digging the bunker. 

[Basiliscus]

Lovely work @mccoyed! Those giant flowers look great. For your first Star Wars build you've captured the aesthetic well.

The bunker has a nice style to it, but it seems a little small for the normally oversized Wookies.

I liked the story though and hope to see more of the adventures of Captain Wibs!

[Tezclatipoca]

That's a great start for our Faction !

I am happy to see our developments starting to appear and been published ! Great job on the flowers. You beat me at posting first... 

[Jody Meyer]

Nice looking build @mccoyed great looking landscape. 

[goatman461]

Great first build @mccoyed, it certainly shows that you have a good sense of the universe. The aesthetics y’all chose for Yitabo look really promising and great blend of alien and familiar fauna. The characters are also well thoughtful and interesting

[mccoyed]

On 12/21/2018 at 2:29 PM, Professor Thaum said:

I like thoses gigantic flowers...

And your sigfig too

This is good one for a first star wars built !!

Thanks. Can't take credit for the flowers, they are based on Faladrin's design.

On 12/21/2018 at 5:14 PM, Merc4Hire said:

Most excellent first star wars build; captured the aesthetics quite nicely. 

Especially digging the bunker. 

Thanks!

On 12/22/2018 at 1:44 AM, Basiliscus said:

Lovely work @mccoyed! Those giant flowers look great. For your first Star Wars build you've captured the aesthetic well.

The bunker has a nice style to it, but it seems a little small for the normally oversized Wookies.

I liked the story though and hope to see more of the adventures of Captain Wibs!

Yes! The small size of the bunker is actually intentional and has a bit of unstated backstory. I probably should have wrote this in but the idea was that the wookies are stuck with prefab shelters designed for humans and so their conditions are super cramped and they aren't big fans of living on the ground in a bunch of open space either. We'll be seeing the Yitabo wookie colonists more so maybe I'll try and work in more of these details and ideas I had about them as I go.

On 12/22/2018 at 1:53 AM, Faladrin said:

That's a great start for our Faction !

I am happy to see our developments starting to appear and been published ! Great job on the flowers. You beat me at posting first... 

You'll beat me next time!

On 12/22/2018 at 6:59 AM, Jody Meyer said:

Nice looking build @mccoyed great looking landscape. 

Thanks. Tried to do something low-key but different looking. Like it could be an alien world. Had some practice in AG but I lack a lot of the cool pastels and stuff so I do what I can.

On 12/22/2018 at 9:13 PM, goatman461 said:

Great first build @mccoyed, it certainly shows that you have a good sense of the universe. The aesthetics y’all chose for Yitabo look really promising and great blend of alien and familiar fauna. The characters are also well thoughtful and interesting

Thanks, goat! Making up characters and having them bounce off each other is something I love to do in all my writing so I'm glad it's noticeable.

[Darth Bjorn]

I really like the use of thumbnails for dialogue - I'm gonna borrow that idea...  Also cool idea for pre-build shelters for human settlers, inhabited by wookies!! 

[mccoyed]

Thanks. I can't take credit as someone else started the trend on Andromeda's Gates back in the day. It was so widely adopted that I'm not sure who originated it. I use it all the time now, even on GoH.

[goatman461]

5 XP to mccoyed

5 IP to the CFS on Yitabo - Q10