EPISODE II - Truce At Bakura

[MKJoshA]

Hardly has each faction had time to set up a home base before word breaks out of an alien invasion of the planet Bakura. A race from the Unknown Regions, the Ssi-ruuk have appeared and laid siege to the planet. The Imperials send out a call for help, but with the Empire in turmoil after the destruction of the Death Star it's the Rebel Alliance who ends up responding. Local Senate member Gaeriel Captison helps facilitate the negations between the two warring factions as they all seek to stop the invading force of Ssi-ruuk.

But while Luke, Leia and Han try to help the Imperials stop the Ssi-ruuk on Bakura, there is more going on in the region...

 Our attack on Bakura is not going as planned. We are facing more resistance than expected. Send out more ships. We must establish a foothold in this part of the galaxy.

  

While their main force is at Bakura, the Ssi-ruuk have also launched attacks on Kammia, Ravaath, Cattamascar, and Timora.

Having received intel about these attacks, each faction send it's own forces to try to stop the alien invaders.

Contest Specifics:

For the duration of this contest all teams have access to G16. Submit your entries with G16 and the chosen planet following all other prefix rules: [Square - System - Faction.

Currently the Light Side has control of planets in H16. The may continue to access planets as normal in and around H16. The special contest access is granted only for planets in G16.

Cat A: Build a scene from the Truce at Bakura book. (If you've never read it you can find out more on Wookiepedia.) All Cat A builds should be registered for Bakura. Size restriction is 32x32. Each player may enter 1 MOC for this category.

Cat B: Build a scene showing an aspect of the Ssi-Ruuk. This can be their fighting style, their entrenchment technology, the ships, their caste system, or something else. All Cat B builds should be registered on Bakura. No size restriction. Each player may enter 1 MOC for this category.

Cat C: Invasion! During this contest the Ssi-Ruuk will be a GM controlled team. The GM will be building on Kammia, Ravaath, Cattamascar, and Timora as the Ssi-Ruuk. A 3rd party person will judge the GMs builds. At the end of the contest, if the Ssi-Ruuk have more points than any other team on a given planet they will automatically gain full control of that planet. All other XP points will be registered as normal for the teams. For example, if the Dark Side earns 32 XP on Kammia and the Ssi-Ruuk earn 40 XP the Ssi-Ruuk will be given 50 additional XP and control of Kammia. The Dark Side would retain the 32 XP earned on Kammia. However, if the Light Side earns 25 XP on Ravaath and the Ssi-Ruuk earns 21 XP the Light Side would retain 25 XP and the Ssi-Ruuk would lose their 21 XP.

Each player may build as much as they want for Cat C.

Prize:

The team whose player earns the most points for Cat A and B (combined total of both entries) will earn their team the name of the planet in G16 with the madman's clue on it.

The Rules:

• All rules in the Core Rules topic apply unless otherwise stated in this explanation or the rules above.
• There are no restrictions on the size/form/content of the builds other than the specifics described above.
• The Episode will run from Sept 9th to Nov 10th. As long as it is still Nov 10th somewhere in the world, you can still enter. 
• Entries posted after the deadline will be disqualified from the episode and will only earn normal XP points.
• The criteria by which your MOCs will be scored is 1) Storytelling, 2) Aesthetics, and 3) Technical Ability. You can earn up to 10 points in each category for a max total of 30 points per entry.

• This episode/contest is open to all players of Mysteries, even if they joined EB or signed up for the game after the episode has begun.
• All entries must be new creations, not posted anywhere else prior to the start date of this episode. You can use creations for this contest in other forums or contests, but it should not have been displayed before the start date for this contest.
• All entries must be built from real LEGO or with Lego Digital Designer. 3rd party parts may be allowed if used to customize characters and in small quantities. I.E. guns or decals. 3rd party bricks are not allowed to be intentionally used (if you have a Megablock 2x2 brick in a wall of Lego bricks you won't be penalized).
• You may do a 'full-blown photo edit' with all the text, effects, background compositing, support erasing, and other effects on one picture. All your other pictures may have no editing other than color adjustment or background removal for a solid-color background. For obvious reasons, any photo editing that changes the shape, functionality, or color (not tint or adjustment, but actual color) of a LEGO piece is prohibited,.
• All entries will be entered by the GM using this form: Link to Submission Form

[Max_Lego]

5 hours ago, MKJoshA said:

Each player may build as much as they want for Cat C.

So, the point of cat. C is to "desperately resist the Ssi-Ruuvi invasion", i. e. try and earn more XP on said four planets than the GM in order to prevent the Ssi-Ruuks from taking over. Did I get that right?

Honestly, it sounds like an awesome Idea!

Also, I can't wait to see @MKJoshA's Ssi-Ruuvi themed builds! 

[MKJoshA]

11 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

So, the point of cat. C is to "desperately resist the Ssi-Ruuvi invasion", i. e. try and earn more XP on said four planets than the GM in order to prevent the Ssi-Ruuks from taking over. Did I get that right?

Yes, that's exactly it. It's all of you vs. me 

[jansued]

For some strange reasons, the price of this  Bricklink part  https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=77194pb03#T=C&C=6  just skyrocketed :-)

[MKJoshA]

7 hours ago, jansued said:

For some strange reasons, the price of this  Bricklink part  https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=77194pb03#T=C&C=6  just skyrocketed :-)

Ha! You think those are priced high. I looked at buying the red or blue version. Yikes!

As a castle fan I already owned two of the green heads. And I don't have the kind of cash to buy more, so I'll be using some Chima pieces instead. Ssi-Ruuk are basically Star Wars raptors carrying blasters. So a good dino piece could work too 

[MKJoshA]

Here's a few suggestions for anyone looking for make their own Ssi-Ruuk:

And of course you have the other versions of that head.

You could also go the slightly more abstract direction and just use actually dinos.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!

Lastly, I forgot to include the prize for overall winner from Cat A and B. It's including in the contest specifics now.

[Jody Meyer]

so after reading all this...I form an alliance with anyone? or am I the third party?

[MKJoshA]

On 9/27/2025 at 12:37 AM, Jody Meyer said:

so after reading all this...I form an alliance with anyone? or am I the third party?

The Mercs are going after the planets as much as the Light or Dark side. You guys are so opportunistic that with the Alliance and the Empire busy on Bakura you're looking to seize the opportunity