[M9 - Carida - TT] The Ugly Duckling

[marvelBoy123]

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Carida has served as an imperial training world for decades. Every major environment that troops may have to fight in across the galaxy can be conveniently found on one world. After the fall of the empire it had been forgotten. There had been the hope of preserving it for an empire reborn and so evidence of the scale of imperial presence on the world had been destroyed. But a new triumvirate initiative of digitalising old imperial information to our new system had uncovered many plans of interest to our leadership and Carida was certainly one of them. We had moved fast on the planet, establishing control and recovering old imperial facilities. Now we were beginning tests and training. We had been testing weapons in the deserts of Carida for a few months already, and beginning to find a solution to our stormtrooper training problem and now we began training new pilots. It was crucial to the expansion and protection of the Triumvirate...

http://The Ugly Duckling by marvelBoy123, on Flickr

http://The Ugly Duckling by marvelBoy123, on Flickr

We had found some abandoned T-47s captured by the empire on the assault of Hoth and they were perfect as beginners vehicles. The pilots in question were already progressing well, they were now being taken out for a test in the 'ugly duckling', a T-47 modified by the addition of a y-wing engine. It helped to simulate flying with an imbalanced ship to the loss of or damage to an engine on one side. It was a difficult task but they were managing admirably - there was hope for a new generation of triumvirate aces. 

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I built my ugly heavily around the T-47 and wanted something that I could keep as the original ship after the uglies challenge, hence my creation. I've included some pictures of the T-47 on its own as it is not imbalanced and really the main focus of the build. 

http://The Ugly Duckling by marvelBoy123, on Flickr

http://The Ugly Duckling by marvelBoy123, on Flickr

http://The Ugly Duckling by marvelBoy123, on Flickr

It has retractable landing gear, an opening cockpit, space for two characters and the classical rear engines. It is pretty compact too coming in at around 15 studs long!

 

Edited March 10, 2020 by goatman461

[Darth Bjorn]

Nice Y-speeder? Interesting story also - I'm looking forward to see what you uncover on Carida... ;)