rodiziorobs Posted October 17, 2016 (edited) Location: G02 (Freegate) Tags: none Previously... An unknown ship orbits silently through Freegate's atmosphere, turning as it passes... A screen comes alive suddenly, and in response a voice speaks. Explain to me your failure, Seliman. It was not failure. It was-- Gibson is dead, and you don't believe you failed?! Gibson was expendable, and Mercer still escaped as planned! Besides, Gib was weak. If he hadn't known the breakout was already arranged he would have squealed weeks ago. But the prisoner that killed him has an unknown grudge against Mercer and will soon be free from MANTIS' custody. Don't worry, we were able to detain her long enough that she won't catch up to him. As for the rest of SPIDER she doesn't even know we exist. Do you know that? Do you know anything about her? ... That's what I thought. My own intelligence on the issue has been disappointing and I hadn't expected that you could add to it. We don't even know who she is? No. Nor what she knows, nor who she is connected to. We have reports she has been connected to both Octan and Kawashita and there are even rumors about a gang of Pirates or the Gods of Andromeda themselves. There are too many threads to know which are actually true at this point, or if they are all altogether false. ...I'll find out. I doubt it. I will! You will not! I worry she may be a very real threat, dangerous enough I dare not act unknowingly. I will not risk revealing SPIDER's involvement in this just for you to try and a shot at redemption. ... Now, go. Keep an eye on General Teague for me. This mishap may cause him to look deeper into recent events and I don't want him getting suspicious. Give me a final chance. I will discover her identity and-- No. I will handle this. Go now. ********** A few minutes later, the same voice calls up another screen, and speaks a few pre-arranged words... I would like the race results from this morning. "Grand Arnaut in first." Who came in third? "Ugly Duckling." That's too bad. I had 500 credits riding on Galindo. *>click<* Go secure? *>click<* "Speak." Leonne, we may have hit a snag. Mercer is fine, Gib is taking a long nap. An unknown actor, possibly connected, Sel is acting wolf. Yes, I have every confidence she'll get it. **************** Fully-lit shot in the spoiler, C&C welcome! I wanted a bit of atmosphere for this entry, and my Lego room is an absolute mess, so I had to attach a handle to this one and take a picture of it in non-standard circumstances. I am not really happy with how all the images turned out, which is why I stuck with only a few of them.AG week 64 by rodiziorobs, on Flickr Edited October 17, 2016 by rodiziorobs Added spoiler, fixed image, story link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boxerlego Posted October 17, 2016 Very interesting Build. Love the dark look here. I hope you don't mind me asking but is SPIDER a secret organization that is trying to take over MANTIS?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpacerSteve Posted October 18, 2016 Very cool office. The dialouge is perfect. The lighting works very well to set the mood of the the story. Great work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Thaum Posted October 18, 2016 17 hours ago, Boxerlego said: I hope you don't mind me asking but is SPIDER a secret organization that is trying to take over MANTIS?? A Spider is a small 8-legged bug you can crush with your boot not to be confused with a Mantis that is a small 6-legged bug you can crush with your boot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boxerlego Posted October 18, 2016 6 hours ago, Professor Thaum said: A Spider is a small 8-legged bug you can crush with your boot not to be confused with a Mantis that is a small 6-legged bug you can crush with your boot. Sure we can crush bugs with our boots but I'm not writing about bugs here I'm trying to figure out what S.P.I.D.E.R. is and what does it mean. It must be an acronym for something just like M.A.N.T.I.S.. I guess we will haft to wait for that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromedas Gates Posted October 19, 2016 The judges awarded you 4 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rodiziorobs Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) On 10/18/2016 at 10:45 AM, Boxerlego said: The judges awarded you 4 points. Thank you judges! On 10/18/2016 at 3:36 AM, Professor Thaum said: A Spider is a small 8-legged bug you can crush with your boot not to be confused with a Mantis that is a small 6-legged bug you can crush with your boot. I love your the simplicity of your explanation Professor! you're wrong, of course... Honestly, I just saw an opportunity for a story that I could piggyback off of, that went roughly where I was headed anyway Edit: does the first quote I made reference Boxerlego's post for anyone else? Odd, since I was quoting the judges... Edited October 27, 2016 by rodiziorobs Edited to comment on quoting anomaly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob De Quatre Posted October 27, 2016 Not sure what happened here Rodiziorobs, and I can't reproduce the bug... Let's wait and see if it appears again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boxerlego Posted October 27, 2016 16 hours ago, rodiziorobs said: Edit: does the first quote I made reference Boxerlego's post for anyone else? Odd, since I was quoting the judges... Pretty Spooky, I will say that I also got a notification that you quoted me too. I'll check On 10/19/2016 at 6:32 AM, Andromedas Gates said: The judges awarded you 4 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
