pombe Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Dramatis Personae: Spoiler Sea Rats Ethylene Glycol Professor of science. A former faculty member at a prominent Corrington university, she was dismissed after failing to have her grants and fellowships renewed as a result of years of failing to publish in peer reviewed scientific journals. Railing against the scientific institution's insistence that data obtained from experiments must be reproducible and come from well controlled rational approaches to testing a model, Professor Glycol has decided to start her own university of higher learning at the Port of Bastion, where she can do science the proper way and publish in her own independent journal with herself as the sole reviewer, unfettered by the rules of the intellectually inferior. Lucy Liu Sixth year graduate student with no publications. Bitter and jaded, with hatred for the entirety of existence, Lucy followed her advisor to the Port of Bastion, because no other faculty members would accept her as a student after being already mentored by Professor Glycol. Highly intelligent and talented, she has languished in academic hell for the past six years, trying in vain to get her advisor to adopt the practices of the other science professors. Wilhemina Savore A graduate student in civil engineering, with an interest in siegecraft. Prefers to be called Willy. Alois Bieber First year graduate student with no publications. As a former Olean soldier in the Order of Faith, he was a leader against the principles of science, when he attempted to disrupt a seminar being given by Professor Glycol. Instead, he found himself understanding her talk and becoming interested in the subject. Confused and bewildered, he spent two years soul searching until he was able to accept that he had been wrong his whole life. Alois then sought out Professor Glycol, explained his scientific enlightenment, and became her student. Oleon Harriet Schwartz A captain in the Oleon navy and a master naval tactician. She fell in love with an Oleon soldier named Alois Bieber, due to his intractable religious faith and his outspokeness against the principles of science, not to mention his super hot looks. She courted him, only to be horrified as she witnessed his turn to heresy at the hands of the blasphemous Professor Glycol. Now she is on a mission to get him back from the Sea Rats and return him to the truth of the Oleon faith, while making him hers. Helmut Dark An officer in the Oleon navy and Captain Harriet Schwartz's first officer. Professional and loyal, he follows his captain's every command, while putting up with her shortcomings. Dieter Picante A young Oleon navy officer in Captain Harriet Schwartz's crew. Previously, https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/160606-sr-fb-the-alois-forever/... A quiet day at the unsuspecting Oleon port... Little do they know that they are about to be attacked...by pirates! Fortunately, not all is lost! The fortress fires its cannons! Or is it cannon? I can never tell when to put an "s" at the end of plural cannon(s). YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!!! We're not playing that game! This is BrickseasHammer 1.8K! And what's with these unpainted grey models? I didn't have enough time to finish them before we arrived here...wherever this place is... Ahem...Currently, at The Naval Academy wargame store in Bastion... Who's that? I'm the narrator. No, you're a fake wanna be writer who is too stupid to realize you suck. Er...moving on...Suddenly, Oleon reinforcements show up! Wait! What happened to my turn? You deployed, then I got to move and fire. And now I'm deploying my dreadnought, which can move and attack the turn it arrives. What?! How's that fair?! Here...you can have a yellow cheese slope to represent how cheesy and overpowered this unit is. My dreadnought fires it's flame attack on the nearest sloop. Meanwhile, my Dreadnought's sorceror hero captain casts a time warp spell on the sloop that was already on fire from my fortress attack. There's magic in this game?! And flame attacks?! And...er...the ship that got time warped...that's not a sloop...that's a Goliath class ship of the line with 84 cannon...or is it cannons? I was just using the sloop model. You're using a proxy model?!?! Hey, these models are expensive and I'm just a graduate student! Just be glad I didn't resort to using rocks and pebbles! Anyways, it got time warped and it's your only unit, so you lose a turn. Now, I summon a sea dragon which uses a freeze attack! Of course... And you've lost your last ship. Good game. Whatever. Hold on a second. Based on the previous post, weren't we supposed to be sailing somewhere so you can do some secret thing to win over that idiot, Alois? First, Alois is not an idiot! Second...that's true. I wonder why we stopped at Bastion to play this game? Because I felt like it. Aaaaand that is why you suck as a writer. The MOC for that story is even finished! You uploaded onto Flickr last month! And...er...Harriet, when did you grow a neckbeard? Spoiler Comments and criticisms are all welcome! Edited May 8, 2018 by pombe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bart Posted May 8, 2018 Awesome build! I really like the micro game field, and how that is represented in the shop. Fun story to go along with it :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxim I Posted May 8, 2018 Hahaha awesome indeed! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darnok Posted May 8, 2018 Hilarious as usual - I actually LOLd multiple times! Great WHF/40K and general tabletop gaming references. And the builds are of course great too, with the microbuild being just spectacular. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bodi Posted May 8, 2018 Great use of parts, nice build! The story is hilarious, magic and dragon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Wolf Posted May 8, 2018 Love it! Fun story, and nice microbuilds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LM71Blackbird Posted May 8, 2018 Great build and fun story! Awesome job on the microbuilds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elostirion Posted May 8, 2018 Brilliant mcirobuild. I love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roadmonkeytj Posted May 8, 2018 Yes! Awesome use of the narrator .... Hillarity did in fact ensue! Great little builds the story fit well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Professor Thaum Posted May 8, 2018 Mwahahahahaha... that's excellent Pombe. Very nice micro... the story is pombish as usual ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pombe Posted May 9, 2018 For those non-Sea Rats who are curious about my creative process, this micro build was actually started in February and the original story below was based on something that was discussed in the Sea Rats' private forums, as I was trying to figure out how sailors actually docked sailing ships and develop a joke for the process. Thanks to @Roadmonkeytjand @Professor Thaum for clarifying how it was done for me. It took me a while to finish the MOC, but in the meantime, the needs of the Sea Rats changed, so I changed the story to fit a new commercial building. However, I figured the original story was worth sharing. The sign says, "Parking Stern In". Hold on, I have to turn this boat around. Stop! There's a row boat crossing by! Why must row boats always show up when I'm trying to park? Okay, backing in. You're at an angle! You're going to hit the dock! STAY IN THE LINES!!! Where's the rearview camera on this thing?! There's no such thing as a rearview camera!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdeathgr Posted May 10, 2018 Hehehe, nice moc and thorougly amusing (as was expected from you)! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwatchi Posted May 10, 2018 On 5/9/2018 at 6:33 PM, pombe said: For those non-Sea Rats who are curious about my creative process, this micro build was actually started in February and the original story below was based on something that was discussed in the Sea Rats' private forums, as I was trying to figure out how sailors actually docked sailing ships and develop a joke for the process. Thanks to @Roadmonkeytjand @Professor Thaum for clarifying how it was done for me. It took me a while to finish the MOC, but in the meantime, the needs of the Sea Rats changed, so I changed the story to fit a new commercial building. However, I figured the original story was worth sharing Now @pombe, don't give away all our secrets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
