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Identification: Paul Bricktron Occupation: Explorer Report Code: PB - CH2 - CATC Location: Transport Ship B2 - Armory Report: Armor and weapons ready - cleaned and stored Report End
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Note: This post continues directly from here. Well, it all makes sense now. You were a pilot, then you fell in love. I've heard this story a thousand times. Well, maybe not exactly like this... You see, it wasn't Sue I feel in love with. The Squadron Leader then? I've heard that one before too. Nope. So it was the guy, Rex? Yup. And? And what..? Is that supposed to be the interesting part? It's 3815 AD friend, and that would barely have counted as interesting in 2015. Let me finish! It was against the rules for any squad mates to be romantically involved, obviously, so we had to meet in the power core of our carrier ship, where there was way too much interference for any cameras to work. It was all going fine until one time I brought up the subject of our future together. What happened? He didn't think we had one. Said we were bomber pilots and one or both of us would bite it soon enough that there wasn't any point planning for the future. Said we were both too blind to risk to even think about raising kids, or anything like that. Ouch. Yeah, I got upset and ran off. But looking back, he was right: we just didn't think about risks back then. I mean, there were danger signs all over the entrance to the power core, but we went in there without a second thought. Who knows what all the radiation blasting about in there did to us? So he said you didn't have a future and you stormed off? Then what? To be continued! --- Thanks for reading! I didn't do any editing on those photos, I just used some angled lamps for the lighting. Evenly lit photos below, C&C welcome as always
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Aboard M.A.N.T.I.S. deep space pioneers, we engineers spend our day hanging out in the maintenance bay. Sure there's plenty of work to be done but we do have some down time. -D
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Open Log #852.93 I was finally picked up from Sorn. That was a few of the longest weeks i've had in a while. Now i'm making some repairs to my ship in the hangar of a Small Cruiser. End Log. Empty hangar. My Cat C entry. Thanks for looking!
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Location: Drone control room, MSS Titan outbound from Sorn Tags: Challenge 2 Cat C Entry Accompanying story follows: Tannoy: "...all hands to combat stations, we are outbound to gravitational anomaly B06. Drone pilots set up a standard 1000km BARCAP until we reach the jump point." ..fffssshhht... (other sci-fi door sounds are available) Moose: "Great another day patrolling the big black from the inside of my own head..." Alvin: "Moose, quit your bitching and plug in. Smiler's already got his flight of interceptors on point, my fighters will be on parralle stations shortly and since your last here you can take the rearguard." Moose: "Fine, fine, I'll cover your megablocks as usual." Moose: "You ready for another look inside my head?" Computer: "Uplink initialising" Moose: "You always say the most romantic things..." Computer: "Uplink ready, enter command seat and prepare for neural interface" Moose: "Would it maybe kill you to say please...?" Moose: "and now the painful bit" Computer: "Establishing neural interface in 3...2...1..." Moose: "unggghhh..." 6 hours of mind-bending direct neurological control over a wing of 4 viper class fighter drones later.... Tannoy: "...condition green, all flights back on board. All hands stand down from combat stations and prepare for GATE jump" Moose: "I don't know about you guys, but after that I need a beer and a half pound larvae burrito!" Alvin: "Count me in" Smiler: "Grggh!"
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My entry to Challenge 2, Cat. C. Just a quick little entry, though I'm pretty pleased with it. C&C welcome
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Spacer Steve aboard the exploration vessel "Scythe" attends a weekly meeting with fellow MANTIS explorers. Spacer Steve and Kosmic Kevan discuss to progression of project "Mega Core " In the center of the room is a "Dynamic Galaxy Map" showing the corporations influence in Andromeda. Chogg checks the secret communications for the weekly strategy Spacer Steve checks the Holo Globe for topographical information on next weeks target. The viewing station offers a view of Barker's Folley. The current location of the Scythe. Some more pics with flash to see the details Thanks for looking. C&C welcome! I know its kind of dark :)
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Location: D04 Tags: Civil, Vehicle, Land Vehicle, Spaceship Begin Log: It seems like the desert never ends here on Terrial Minor. I've been rumbling along in my M.A.N.T.I.S. Mech Armor Unit for hours with no trace of any Biomass. The power source Dan created seems to be holding up. Vvvvvvmmmmmm............. What was that? Activating Battle Arms! It seems to be some sort of UFO, piloted by a space slug! It seems to be attracted to the slug shaped lower armor on my suit. No signs of any hostility. I'll have Big Sal analyze its methods of communication so we can come to some sort of agreement. It hasn't attacked me yet, so I'll take that as a sign of peace! End Log
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Location: Terrial Minor - D04 Tags: Exploration, Land Vehicle Here we are on Terrial Minor exploring. Ugh, I'm not happy in the hot desert especially when your surrounded by dozens of different types of alien species. Making it worse is the fact that we know very little about most of the creatures, they could be aggressive, predatory or just rabid. Sure some could be friendly but I'm not taking any chances. We should be okay if we keep moving, but guess what we just got stuck. And I smell smoke!!! The wheel is on fire, NOT GOOD. Worse there are some kind of flying bugs coming out of the ground...I gotta get this fire out so we can get the heck out of here before it's too late... View of the M.A.N.T.I.S. desert buggy To be continued? -D
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Engineer Dan conducts an final check of the containment unit in a MANTIS scientific outpost. The containment unit was built by Dan to hold a powerful and dangerous energy source recently created by MANTIS scientists, a solid, radioactive globe full of toxic chemicals and injected with awesomeonium extract This line of research produces a lot of hazardous waste material, and hover sleds are often used to transport it to spaceships that takes the deadly waste far away and dumps it ( usually in the other corporation's territory)
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Location: Terrial Minor Tags: Vehicle, Exploration Job: Explorer This week I was sent to Terrial Minor, with a really cool little spaceship. It's perfect for scouting out the arid desert here, as you get a nice breeze. The spaceship: More pics here: Link Another quick build for this week. C&C welcome
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Location: D04, Terrial Minor Tags: Vehicle Job: Driver Start Log: Back in the deserts of Terrial Minor, but my vehicle this time packs even more firepower than my previous tank. I ran into highly intelligent Alien life for the first time, it was driving some sort of industrial truck, but that was no match even for the lasers on my rig: The 'Alien' truck was styled after the Futuron classic space theme: The MANTIS missile truck/trailer was inspired by the Ice Planet 2002 missile truck: See more pictures here: link Thanks for looking
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Tags: Spying Terrial Minor Open Mission Log #9.126532847: I'm still Stuck on Sorn so i sent a MHD (MANTIS Humanoid Drone) to Terrial Minor for me. It didn't go entirely as planned. MHD-72 Status report. Do the words Hot Pursuit have any literal meaning to you? I meant did you get the info. You can use your sarcasm module later. I got it, but i wasn't being sarcastic. I'm being *zzxzzzz* chased by a Kawa truck with a flamethrower. End Log. Only had time for one picture this week. Thanks for looking!
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Location: D04 Terrial Minor - inside a Kawashitan Frigate Tags: MANTIS, piracy, military, spaceship interior AG: Frigate Raid by David FNJ, on Flickr Double D's log 13: We've managed to break into a Kawashitan Frigate in one of its open hallways, and we have located our target. We are after the Kawashitan strategic plans which are encoded inside a funny looking device. We have been tracking the device's movement on the frigate for some time, and now that it is in the open it is our time to strike. They should know that we don't like other corporations moseying around in our territory, and this device will make our attacks more effective later. The Kawashitan commander will not escape the hand of M.A.N.T.I.S. Okay, so he got away, but we got the device! Now to head out of here before the rest of the Kawashitan security force arrives! ~ DD out Here are some extra shots of the build. Sci-Fi crates! Bonus pictures of behind the scenes
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Location: D04 (M.A.N.T.I.S. supply ship in orbit around D04, Maxximus Cor's office) Tags: Civil … … … … … Mr Cor- *sigh* Your impatience… troubles me. However, we should get down to business. Uh- The Council of Five has sent Lady Kianna on a secret mission of the utmost importance. So- She will no longer be able to act as CEO. Who- As per standard protocol in these situations, the Council consulted the Personnel Promotion Matrix to choose her successor. You can imagine our… consternation… when it suggested you. Me? Yes. The program appears to be suffering from the bugs that are afflicting all our Octansoft software currently. However, at such a… sensitive... time for M.A.N.T.I.S. we can hardly flout established protocols to appoint a more suitable candidate. So- Effective immediately, you are the CEO of M.A.N.T.I.S. I’m- Honoured, yes. But make no mistake, your primary role is still to continue work on Project Lambda. Do not allow your new title to go to your head. All decisions you make as CEO will be subject to review before execution. Who- The Council does not have time for such matters. Your decisions will be reviewed by Chief Accountant Long. WHAT? That's- You’re dismissed Sal. ---- Apparently my Lego room is actually "our guest room", and so I haven't been able to get to my bricks or spare much time this week . Hopefully I'll get chance to rebuild this in actual bricks in the future sometime, but for now it will have to do! Unrendered version in the spoiler.
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Here’s your beer. You’re a scientist then? I had you figured for a pilot with that jumpsuit you’re wearing. Yeah, I used to be a pilot, once upon a time. It’s a long story... I'm willing to hear it friend. Well, don't say I didn't warn you. Back in the Milky Way I was part of a long-range bomber squadron. Hold on, there's no way you were ever in the military with a beard like that. Alright, fine, I was a bit less hairy in those days. That's better. So what ships did you fly? Apian Class bombers. Those things were crazy - basically just a bomb strapped to these enormous engines. The idea was that the carrier would lurk out of the target's scanner range and launch our squadron of four bombers. We'd come screaming in at ridiculous speeds, let the missiles fly and get the hell out of there before they knew what had hit 'em. Sounds pretty dangerous. You were close to your squad mates I guess? Oh yeah, we were quite the gang. I was the youngest, and then there was Rex, Squadron Leader Philips (we called her Phil, though never to her face) and Sue. Oh ho! Let me guess, this Sue was quite the looker? You could say that, yeah. Well, it all makes sense now. You were a pilot, then you fell in love. I've heard this story a thousand times. Well, maybe not exactly like this... To be continued! More pics in the spoiler. C&C welcome, especially on the fully edited pic. It's the first time I've tried something like that.
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Location: Sorn, B06 Tags: MANTIS, land vehicle, spying, military, building AG: Sorn Sabatoge by David FNJ, on Flickr Double D's log 12: Kawashita developed a large shield over several of their buildings that is blocking some of our larger vehicles and spacecraft from forcing them to surrender. I am being sent with a few MANTIS operatives to go inside the shield's boarders and take out the shield generators so that reinforcements can finish the job. Our mission, get in, get out, and watch it blow! It's all or nothing! ~ DD out The epic looking doors and spiral columns Roof of the building Yup! Full interior! Gotta have those sci-fi crates! The doors slide open and the locking mechanism works! You can't open the doors without first detaching them. Each lock sets into place on a black stump with the yellow stripe. Because the rod sticks out only a little bit, it makes locking, unlocking, and setting the locks into the black stumps easy and efficient without sacrificing functionality. Next are the photos that show some action shots and rockwork. Finally, the MANTIS Jeep ------------------------------------------------- This was a BLAST to build! I'm very pleased with how this creation turned out from the colors, the building details, the interior, the rockwork, and the MANTIS Jeep. This is definitely my favorite MANTIS creation so far.
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Location B06 - Sorn Tags: Engineering, Mining, Vehicle Operation low hanging fruit: M.A.N.T.I.S. explorers discovered several deposits of Awesomnium in the shallows of Sorn near a small cluster of islands in the southern hemisphere. I was dispatched with a mining group to establish a collection platform. The Awesomnium is bountiful in this location. We've been collecting for days and have much more to gather before we can move on. Underwater collection miners fill the Awesomnium barrels which are moved to a larger island facility by amphibious wagons where they are prepped to be moved off of the planet. M.A.N.T.I.S. Engineer Donnie Bricko signing out. -D
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Location: C04 Tags: MANTIS, tech, ground tactics Double D's Log 11: I managed to get an arial view of our new ground tactics strategy in action. These tactics were originally tested out by Isaac Redsyn that included MANTIS-style trucking through, some versatile technology, and confusion by encircling the target(s). I'm sure the Council of Five will be pleased with the results from this larger test run - we should be able to begin using these strategies immediately! ~ DD out ------------------------------------------------------ I got the idea for the large Kawashita trucks from this post.
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Location: Planet Sorn, Sector B06 Tags: Spaceship Job: Special Forces Log_M_8: This is it. :::::::--------CLASSIFIED DATA--------::::::: Oh yeah! Time to have some fun! End_Log Deploying M_C1-1 Cargo Ships
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Location: B06, Sorn Tags: MANTIS, Vehicle, Exploration Job: Driver Start Log: Another water mission this week, but I got to drive a boat for the first time. And not any standard boat at that, the HC-2 is a pretty nifty piece of machinery, or maybe I should say pieces of machinery, as it's really two vehicles in one. Plus I got to see one of the new MANTIS subs in action. Our task was to chart as much of B06 as possible, to decide on best locations for future MANTIS bases, refineries, and comm stations. Even though it's mostly water, there's some pretty scenery on Sorn. See more pictures here: http://brickbuilt.or...tic-Explore.php Thanks for looking
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Location: B06-Sorn Tags: Civil, Building, Vehicle, Exploration Job: Explorer This week, I was sent to a MANTIS HQ on Sorn, to explore under the surface. It was teeming with wildlife and plants, some of which I took samples of. There was a boat load of supplies being unloaded too: Lots more pictures here: Link I really like how this build turned out, especially the underwater section. C&C welcome
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Location: B06 Tags: Vehicle, Land/Water vehicle, Military Henry Moose Personal Log 02 Augustali 3815 Well I guess whilst I joined MANTIS for the variety and excitement I didn't really expect this: Last week freezing on Terrial Minor and barely escaping intact; This week acting as chauffeur for some special ops guys on Sorn; a mix of marines and combat engineers. I at least expected some kind of fancy dropship to fly but no I get a floating brick of an amphibious assault vehicle; something about trouble taking down Kawashita air defences. So the plan was to go in on the water, to establish a beach head on an as yet unexplored and unexploited island chain north of Kawashita's main area of operations. Out of the water the amphibious transport handled just as badly as in the water; she was a real pig. Still we got there, feet dry, and nobody shot at us so I count that a success. Now we just need to level an LZ before we can drop in the Awesomnium harvesters. Spec ops should be opening a window in the Kawashita sensor and air defence coverage just long enough to land the heavy gear. Then the plan is to act like we were here all along should the Kawas come calling. Some more shots of the tank:
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Tags: Piloting, B06 Open Log #who knows. I got sent here shortly after my mission with that drone 2 weeks ago. I was letting the autopilot do most of the work while discussing the signals from deep in the galaxy with my fellow pilots: Master Data and Henry Moose. So what are we going to do if this is some kind of massive alien threat. We already have a bunch of Stupid Kawas in our airspace. I vote for building better ships than anything anyone has and then blowing them up. Most of M.A.N.T.I.S. is special forces or something else. We really don't have the man power. Maybe Lady K could promote one of us to admiral or something. I'm sick of having to get security clearance every time i want to build something and i don't have an engineer with me. That would be useful. We don't have enough engineers or drivers either. Well i'm almost to my kzkkkzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz loc kkkkkzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Stupid radio. Computer: All systems except for essentials shut down. 2 days later Moose do you copy? My ship has been drifting in the atmosphere for 2 days and i just now fixed the radio. I copy. We were wondering what happened. My hatch is jammed and i don't want to damage this prototype i built myself in order to get out to fix the engines. Well we can't really send a team to fetch you or fix your ship, they're alll working on those insane blueprints you sent. Lady K also says you get to command it, but only if you finish in time. We're actually building it! But i'm still stuck here giving instructions over radio and hologram. 8 days later: So i've been sitting here for 8 days giving instructions from the proto Classified. End Log Additional picture Edit: Oops. The title should say [M-B06] Stranded on Sorn
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Location: B06 Tags: Vehicle, Land/Water vehicle, Building, Military Ah, finally I get to have my revenge on Kawashita for capturing me last time I was on Sorn. And you're sure you'll be able to disable their defenses? Of course, Captain Read! Let me tell you again about my heroic escape... That won't be necessary- It all started a month ago when I woke up in a dank cell... Wha... where am I? Nowhere you'll like. You're a prisoner of Kawashita now, and your... 'debriefing' is about to start. Come with me. Let's start with something easy. Who are you? Who do you work for? I'll tell you nothing! M.A.N.T.I.S. agents are trained to resist torture! So you work for M.A.N.T.I.S.... Damn it! We may as well skip ahead. We know you're Big Sal, first branch executive and chief scientist of M.A.N.T.I.S. You may as well admit it and save yourself some pain. Big Sal? Never heard of him. What kind of name is that anyway? What? Well, is Big his first name? Or is Sal? But then what's his surname? I...uh...hang on... You'd best check your intelligence - sounds like you've got it all mixed up. You don't tell me what to do! Guard, take him back to his cell! This isn't over for you... Pssst! Mr Sal! Never heard of him! Who are you? I'm Dr Wu's assistant, remember? I don't understand why you're being kept prisoner. I hope this won't affect Dr Wu's chances of getting the Nobel Prize! Wait, you still believe that? Maybe the Persuadomatic's effects are permanent! Or maybe this guy's just really dumb... What was that? Uh... I mean, yes, I'm afraid this will affect her chances. You need to get me out of here right now so she can still get the recognition she deserves! Oh, right away! Nice work! This way! When we get to the top floor I'll distract the guards so you can sneak past them. So I said to him 'Kawashita? I hardly know her!' Heh heh heh. HAHAHAHA! How funny! You again? For the last time, the prisoner isn't from the Nobel Prize Committee! Speaking of which, I'd better go check on him. Damn! Best find another way out... No, wait! Get out of the way! Freedom! These look nasty. May as well hack in a remote backdoor access in case we ever want to come back here and free the other prisoners. PRISONER ESCAPED! SOUND THE ALARM! Uh oh... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ...and then I swam all the way back to M.A.N.T.I.S. territory! Uh, yes Sal, while I'm sure the troops are very inspired by your story, we're nearly in comms range of the outpost, so you'd better get on with disabling their missiles. We're in weapons range now Captain. Very good. Acquire targets. How's it going Sal? Getting there... Captain! We're detecting their weapons powering up! Sal? They're targeting us! SAL! Oh sh- INCOMING! -------------------------------------------------------- <TRANSMISSION LOST> -------------------------------------------------------- <TRANSMISSION REESTABLISHED> -------------------------------------------------------- Damage report! Shields took most of the damage Captain. All systems operational except long range comms. We've really got to start using our own software... Return fire! Take out that missile battery! Firing now! Target destroyed! Excellent! Move in! Commander, prepare your troops for Mean and Nasty Invasion! Well, I finally got to tell the tale of Big Sal's captivity. Unfortunately it made the post a bit long - thanks if you made it to the end! C&C welcome! A few more pics in the spoiler.
