[SoNE Freebuild - XV-II] Vode An

[LucasLaughing]

Vode An:  Mando'a - "Brothers All"

This build takes place immediately after my last freebuild, Recognition.

 

Grace’s men, gruffly introduced as "Maze" and "Kom'rk," ranks unknown, lead us to a small shuttle in hanger 10.  It's just a little run-about by the look of it, but knowing the ISB it’s probably stuffed with all sorts of hidden weaponry and systems.

We follow Maze onto the shuttle.

 

 

   Excuse me?    I have a name.

  You'll have to forgive Maze; he suffers from a terminal lack of charm.

 I’m afraid you’re not cleared to know our destination yet, so you’ll have to ride cargo class for now.

 What's that noise?  It sounds like ... a broken toaster.

 It's as if you don't realize the fragility of your fleshy body. 

 Anytime you wanna try it, clanks, be my guest.

 Savages.

The droid turns to face us, as Kom'rk disappears into the cockpit. 

 Oh!  Where are my manners?  

 Hah, I guess whoever named you was a fan of the galactic bard.

  A fan of the galactic … ah, you jest. I shall laugh. Ha HAH ha.

 I'm sensing some kind of dumb nicknames pattern...

 An understandable mistake, but we arrived by our nicknames in different ways.  When I first became self aware, I chose my name to remind me of the mortality of all non-droid beings.

 Nice...

 Mister Kirana's nickname, on the other hand, is an acronym.  "TB" stands for ...

 Tank Bait?

 He attacked it, single handedly, with a light rifle, to draw fire away from my mistress.

 In my defense, I figured it either worked and I died a hero...

 I didn’t think I’d have the dumb luck to live through it and have to explain myself afterwards.

 It’s a strange thing, 2B. I’d never root for the rebels, but...

 But?

 But if some tank commander had been just a little bit better at his job, this jackass wouldn’t have made it to Commenor to screw up my life.

 Best not to think of these things, miss.  The chains of causality are long and tangled.  Why, when I was a young - 

 

Mercifully, the cockpit door opens before 2B can unleash any more philosophy.

 

 We're past port security and we'll be jumping shortly.  Try not to lean on any boxes with the red warning tags, eh?

 Aye aye.

 

 I had a feeling something like this was coming.  I'm not sure if he's testing me, or if I just rub him the wrong way.

 

 Then we'd best find somewhere quiet to sort it out.

 Look, di'kut, you got a death wish? Fine.

 I don’t need her pissed off at me.

 

Spoiler

 

Thanks for viewing!  Full size pics on my flickr.

Full build - exterior:

This started off as just the cargo bay, and then kept growing so that I could get all the shots I wanted.

Sections slide apart for easier photography.

Roof also lifts on and off, and the back door / ramp opens.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 23, 2017 by LucasLaughing

[Jannik]

Great story, and I am very impressed by how many different interior shots you managed to get from that relatively small shuttle,it looks fantastic in every one

[Cody Startale]

Fantastic stuff. I agree that the shuttle is quite impressive, I am actually intruiged that you built it relatively completely. For a comic like this, I go the lazy route, I guess, and just build an interior scenery instead of a whole ship. Very cool, though, and despite the fact that I am less than fond of Karen Traviss' work, I see that you seemingly have taken a liking to her Mando'a talk. I appreciate details like that a lot.

On a different note, where can I find an arm like 2B's right arm? I desperately needed something like it recently when I built a Lego Samus and I ended up cutting pieces and gluing them to a standard minifig arm, but would still like a more robust solution.

[LucasLaughing]

On 7/23/2017 at 2:16 PM, Jannik said:

Great story, and I am very impressed by how many different interior shots you managed to get from that relatively small shuttle,it looks fantastic in every one

Thanks Jannik!  I've been trying to plan my builds with photography in mind, to make it easier to get interior shots.

On 7/24/2017 at 0:56 AM, Cody Startale said:

Fantastic stuff. I agree that the shuttle is quite impressive, I am actually intruiged that you built it relatively completely. For a comic like this, I go the lazy route, I guess, and just build an interior scenery instead of a whole ship. Very cool, though, and despite the fact that I am less than fond of Karen Traviss' work, I see that you seemingly have taken a liking to her Mando'a talk. I appreciate details like that a lot.

On a different note, where can I find an arm like 2B's right arm? I desperately needed something like it recently when I built a Lego Samus and I ended up cutting pieces and gluing them to a standard minifig arm, but would still like a more robust solution.

Thank you Cody!  I'd intended to go the lazy route, but I kept expanding the ship in order to get the shots that I wanted.  

I really liked Karen Traviss' Republic Commando series (and am impressed that you recognized it by the Mando'a - you really know your EU ) - were you not a fan of the clone personalities, or how they portrayed the jedi?

2B's arm came in a handful of sets a few years ago, but it doesn't look too expensive on bricklink. 

[Cody Startale]

Thanks for the link, LL! Maybe I'll really grab one of those.

I assume that for my liking, the clone personalities were too out of character with their obsession with Mandalorian culture, when nothing like that is present in any other incarnation of Star Wars media. To me, it always felt like a kind of self-inserting move how Traviss infused her presumed love for the Mandalorian into the characters she was writing. So much, in fact, that in the Legacy of the Force novel series, I started outright skipping the chapters she wrote about Boba Fett and his daughter, because I found them to be so bloated with this lofty Mando stuff I didn't really care for.

But then again, I never understood the hype surrounding Boba Fett or everything Mandalorian in the first place. All of that, however, does not change the fact that I really appreciate that you snuck in details like that, it gives me that "Ah, I get that reference"-feeling as an old EU reader.

[Kodan Black]

Very nice, you did get a ton of shots out of a small space. But the more you look into the shots you did you can see all the details. You packed a lot into a small space without making it feel cramped or overwhelming. Great work.

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