LucasLaughing Posted March 21, 2016 Location: F09 - Arium Minor Tags: Civil Building 20 Marzn 3816 Deep below the mountainous surface of Arium Minor... ... named in honor of the man who first brought our two groups together, the “John Hannibal Center for High Energy Research” is the first facility to be jointly owned and operated by Octan and the Merchant Confederacy. The experiments conducted here will help us gain a deeper understanding of the GATES, and the gravitational anomalies which power them. Today, we'll be starting up the reactor for its first official test run. Control room, please confirm your status. Control room is a 'Go.' Emergency response team, please confirm your status. ERT is a 'Go.' Very good. Power to stage 1 emitters in 3,2,1. I'm seeing predictable phase arrays. Stage 2 emitters activating...now. Overhead capacitors to one oh five percent. Uh, it's probably not a problem, probably, but I'm showing a small discrepancy in... well, no, it's well within acceptable bounds again. Sustaining sequence. Oh dear! Shutting down - no, attempting to shut down. It's not - it's not shutting down! Aaaaah! ERT to control room - what the hell is going on!?! Don't worry, it's okay - look- ...the field has stabilized. It's ... beautiful. Something - something is emerging from the field... Oh my gods... Gordon - open the door to the chamber! Jimmy, get the medical team down here. But, the Rhumkopf-Brickowski field- It's okay the field is dissipating. Now, open the door. Roger, opening door to the containment chamber and - holy sh*t. What the hell are you staring at? Don't test me buddy, I've had a long, long day... Explorer Caslaug-Hing ... welcome back. I'd been wanting to do an homage to one of my favorite old school computer games, and I finally found a good way to fit it into my story. The blue lighting is from my Phillips goLITE (an essential for Seattle residents - it tricks our brains into thinking there is a sun in the sky), and the digital effects were added at PicMonkey.com. Full sized pics can be viewed on my flickr. Thanks for viewing - C & C welcomed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VK-318 Posted March 21, 2016 Congratulations on the first successful run of this joint research facility. Congratulations also to Explorer Lu Caslaug-Hing on her return to the land of the living! It's a beautiful build, too. Well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpacerSteve Posted March 21, 2016 Great build and story this week! The blue lighting is really eye catching. The research facility has a lot of great detail too. Funny. I was in Seattle this weekend. The weather was wonderful. Only slightly overcast with light rain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Sal Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) The John Hannibal Center for High Energy Research AKA Black White Mesa? Awesome homage to an iconic scene! It's perfect! Edited March 21, 2016 by Big Sal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rodiziorobs Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Awesome effects That shot from straight above the reactor at the very beginning is perfect. I absolutely love it. And of course, I am wondering what direction the story will take now... Edited March 21, 2016 by rodiziorobs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kodan Black Posted March 21, 2016 Really like the reactor room. I was amazed to see that the control room actually does look down into the reactor too! Great sci-fi build and interesting to see where this leads for Lu. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StarHawk3 Posted March 21, 2016 Great build and story. The lighting and editing were excellent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Junior Shark Posted March 21, 2016 Stellar build! The wiring beneath the floor in the portal room is a nice touch. Though I wonder why the ERT is there- who will he rescue? Dr. Long? But she's on the other side of the portal room... I guess this is one of those "Rule of Cool" things, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Greeble Posted March 21, 2016 Don't know the reference (guessing half life?), but I really like it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LucasLaughing Posted March 21, 2016 Congratulations on the first successful run of this joint research facility. Congratulations also to Explorer Lu Caslaug-Hing on her return to the land of the living! It's a beautiful build, too. Well done! Thanks! Great build and story this week! The blue lighting is really eye catching. The research facility has a lot of great detail too. Funny. I was in Seattle this weekend. The weather was wonderful. Only slightly overcast with light rain! LOL, you definitely sound like a Seattleite if "light rain" counts as wonderful weather The John Hannibal Center for High Energy Research AKA Black White Mesa? Awesome homage to an iconic scene! It's perfect! Thanks! And yep, good call on the 'White Mesa' Awesome effects That shot from straight above the reactor at the very beginning is perfect. I absolutely love it. And of course, I am wondering what direction the story will take now... Really like the reactor room. I was amazed to see that the control room actually does look down into the reactor too! Great sci-fi build and interesting to see where this leads for Lu. Great build and story. The lighting and editing were excellent. Thanks guys! Stellar build! The wiring beneath the floor in the portal room is a nice touch. Though I wonder why the ERT is there- who will he rescue? Dr. Long? But she's on the other side of the portal room... I guess this is one of those "Rule of Cool" things, right? Yeah, I should have explained the ERT more - ah well, I always feel like my posts are running too long already. Don't know the reference (guessing half life?), but I really like it! Yes, Half Life is correct - thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halixon Posted March 22, 2016 The story is nice and intense, and the build is great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromedas Gates Posted March 22, 2016 The judges awarded you 5 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
