LucasLaughing Posted May 28, 2018 (edited) Note to judges: the ship in the first shot is from a prior build and shouldn't be judged Characters and links to previous story installments: Spoiler Sgt Lucas Kirana Kom'rk Maze Tyria Grace Echo class Assault Shuttle Heroes and Villains Rumors swirl around troop barracks like flimsi in the aftermath of a bombing. Enemy actions, deployment orders, upgraded kit, downgraded chow. 24 hours ago, a new Death Star was just one rumor out of a thousand. Now, we’re on the way there. The mission, ostensibly, is to pick up an admiral’s kid before the inevitable rebel attack. Nothing’s ever that simple with Grace, though. Or the ISB for that matter. I’m sure there are plans and objectives I haven’t been briefed on. Hell, I’d be surprised if we’re the only team Grace is sending to the station … bet you can get into all kinds of mischief on a station about to be attacked by the entire rebel fleet. Our plan is simple, which is usually a good sign. We dock with the station, head in, locate our boy. Intel suggests he’ll come willingly. If not, we stun him, bag him and muscle our way out using standard ISB bully tactics. If he does come willingly, I’ll switch uniforms with him so that he isn’t identified on the way out. Then we exfil, preferably through the same hanger, but Tyria can make a hole for us if needed. If anything goes wrong … he’ll have my helmet and armor and I’ll have … uncomfortable Navy-Issued pants. Hmm. I switch my comm so that I’m only talking to Maze and Kom’rk. “Why am I the one that has to give up my armor?” “Station security systems are unknown, but we’re assuming at least basic facial scanning. You scan as a Stormtrooper Sergeant assigned to the ISB; lets you get away with pretty much anything.” Right then, I decide to take a risk. “Whereas if they scan one of you, it’ll come back as soldier assigned to the GAR" Kom'rk only hesitates for a second, but we’ve been working together long enough that it stands out. I hope I haven’t miscalculated. When I first asked Grace's droid, 2B, about it a few months ago, he recommended not using the ‘C’ word, unless I was “displeased with the current configuration of my face” “What’s the matter kid, they don’t have twins where you’re from?” “They do, sure. But, uh, my neighbor, Mr Lawquane, was also GAR. Retired, I guess. Unofficially. I was the same age as his kids” “Kids, huh? Kandosii..." “You’re wrong about one thing, though. We wouldn’t scan as soldiers of the GAR – we’d scan as property of the GAR. Clones aren’t people." "Dropping out of hyperspace in thirty seconds." "Alright, kid. Anything else you want to get off your chest?" "One other thing has been bugging me, I guess. Last time I saw him, he seemed a lot older than you two..." "Yeah, we can thank the kaminiise for that one. I'll tell you all about it when we get back to base." "Reverting in three - two - one ... and, we're good. Looks like the rebel fleet hasn't arrived yet. Welcome to Endor." Behind the scenes: Spoiler Thanks for viewing! Full sized pics on my flickr I'm pretty happy with how the last shot turned out. The planet is a studs-up mosaic. I stacked two pictures with different exposure settings so that I could get the dark background and the lighter station/planet. The basic death star shape was based on a SNOT circle from Moc Recipes Edited May 28, 2018 by LucasLaughing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forresto Posted May 28, 2018 So I don't know how I missed your shuttle and I feel bad I didn't comment back in september. Excellent, utilitarian design! Your building style is always excellent and the shuttle is no exception! Great story, love the fact they're preparing to muscle their way through their own side. Exactly why the Empire will fall! Go Rebels! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deraven Posted May 28, 2018 Very nice shuttle, and that single tooth piece works surprisingly well as a Star Destroyer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elementary Posted May 28, 2018 Really great story. I love how you build up the tension. Looking forward to the next part! great shuttle design and a stunning mosaic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gubi0222 Posted May 28, 2018 The mosaic is beautiful. It could be a great wallpaper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LucasLaughing Posted June 2, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 6:49 PM, Forresto said: So I don't know how I missed your shuttle and I feel bad I didn't comment back in september. Excellent, utilitarian design! Your building style is always excellent and the shuttle is no exception! Great story, love the fact they're preparing to muscle their way through their own side. Exactly why the Empire will fall! Go Rebels! Thank you! I'm really bad at commenting myself, so I never hold it against other people if they miss a build On 5/27/2018 at 7:07 PM, deraven said: Very nice shuttle, and that single tooth piece works surprisingly well as a Star Destroyer! Thanks, and yeah I'm pleased with how well the single tooth worked out. On 5/28/2018 at 2:12 AM, elementary said: Really great story. I love how you build up the tension. Looking forward to the next part! great shuttle design and a stunning mosaic Thanks! The next part should be up in the next week or two (fingers crossed...) On 5/28/2018 at 4:11 AM, Gubi0222 said: The mosaic is beautiful. It could be a great wallpaper. Thank you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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