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Kawashita Embassy Manor Angornal - 3185 Tags: Spying, Special Operation Determined to find out what the heck was going on with the "suspicious" characters at the function, Koro tailed them when they went out on a nearby balcony. As if Bonnie The Mechanic was psychic or something, the woman put the data cube into a mediaplayer and stuck a pair of headphones on her face. The man was barely containing his excitement, but Koro could tell from the tension in her shoulders that the woman was not enjoying whatever it was she was hearing. Just when it was getting good, Koro heard a very chiding voice pipe in on his communicator. " Koro. What the quasar are you doin' out there?" "Shhh. Dude. I think he's playing recordings of some secret conversation." "I would be three battleships, two mining asteroids, and a partridge in a pear-frickin' tree that he isn't. But for the sake of argument, tap into the 'player's signal and find out." "Wait. I can do that!?" "Ugh. I swear. I'm going to strap you down to a workbench and watch you read that manual." Sure enough, Koro confirmed that the mediaplayer was indeed playing the man's new demo. The woman was a signer for a Kawashita recording company, one of the dozens the corporation included in its Media Division. The music was terrible and Koro felt a bit sorry for the signer. She had to listen to it for quite a while before she threw the data cube off the balcony and stomped back to the party. Koro stayed in cover until they left. Eventually, Bonnie The Mechanic came out after him. "So I guess I'm glad you got that out of your system." "It's so weird. Maybe whoever the target was got wind of us and changed their mind." "See? This is the problem with you "need to know" clandestine types. You don't actually know the who, when, why, or quasarin' what you're doing half the time." "Beltar always says 'don't hate the player, hate the game'." "There were no targets, Koro. This was a set-up." "So what, we're going to get ambushed at some point." "No, you idiot. Remember what I said earlier? I had a hunch this was some kind of blind date or something? Well while you were hiding behind the shrubbery stalking crappy musicians, I was getting to the bottom of the real reason we're here." "Why's that?" "It's a BLIND DATE, you ninny. You and me. Set up at a fancy place with fancy people." The End! Builder's Note: -Guess I needed one more to get this out of my system. No more fancy Koro builds for a while after this. And you'll all just have to wait and see whether he gets his crap together and gives Bonnie The Mechanic a halfway decent response.

Kawashita Embassy Manor Angornal - 3185 Tags: Spying, Special Operation Having got into the big shindig, Bonnie The Mechanic and Koro proceeded to fake having a good time until, somehow, they actually began to have a good time. They almost forgot what they were there to do, what with all the famous faces around. They took a dance in the center of the room, getting a feel for all the faces and names. Koro didn't know who they were looking for, all he knew was that there was going to be a hand off of some kind and he and his "date" were to keep an eye on it and follow it to where it led. The Op was secretive even for Kawashita standards, but Koro knew that either Narbilu or one of his fellow Operators would eventually let him know the details. Until then, he focused on looking like he wasn't there to work, and on keeping Bonnie The Mechanic from stepping on his feet. "Koro, look over there. Don't stare, you quasaring fool! Yeah, behind you... is that General Akama? But who is he dancing with?" "Who the old guy with the cyber-eye? Yeah that's Akama." "Shhh not so loud!" "That's his kid with them. Teen fashion these days, I swear." Koro looked to the west side of the dance hall and noticed the famous actor Chad Schmidt dancing with his husband... a retainer flirting with a pretty lady... an older couple he didn't recognize... service staff... security... "See anything?" "Just people doing people things. Nothing suspicious yet." "Do you think you were recognized? You're not exactly the most inconspicuous guy." "Look who's talking. I may be closer to you than any man's been in a while, but I'm sure they can smell the machine oil on the next planet." "You keep talking like that and I'm going to get creative with these heels." "Promises, promises." Koro looked to the East side of the dance hall and noticed another retainer... an officer smirking at his oversized holodisplay (compensating much?)... a couple of women in very expensive clothes... and the owner of the Manor himself, Mr. Olsen, drinking alone and gazing disapprovingly at the oversized holodisplay. A man after Koro's own heart. He made a mental note to introduce himself to Olsen later on, if he got the chance. Unless of course it was Olsen he was here to spy on... "That has got to be the ugliest dog I've ever seen. And what is she feeding it? You see the size of that bone?! It's bigger than the quasarin' dog!" "You know, your lack of focus is really starting to become my lack of focus." "This mission is so weird. Maybe someone was just trying to trick us into going out on date." "..." "?" "Uh..." "What are you trying to say, Koro? You'd better not be--" "Ummm... what's THAT OVER THERE!?" "What those two? She's probably a DJ or something. Maybe that's his demo?" "Or it could be secret intel!" "They're doing the hand off a bit out in the open if that's the case. C'mon, at the risk of painting a target on my face here... you think it's really that amateur hour?" "Who knows? Times are strange. No one seems to remember what happens to traitors in Andromeda like... a week after the fact. So people keep doing it. It's weird." "I really don't think those two are our targets, Koro. I think you're trying to change the subject." "What? No. Those are definitely traitors. We'd better, uh... get closer." 20150906_214854 by Evan Todd-McCoy, on Flickr "I see you, you bastards. Koro sees you." "This is not going to end well, is it? So glad this isn't a real date." "What? You say something?" "Sigh... never mind, Koro. Never quasarin' mind." BUILDER'S NOTE: I felt the need to finish off this little story about Koro and Bonnie The Mechanic having their outing. Is the mission real? Did someone just set them up on a date without their even seeing it coming? Who knows! I have a lot of fun writing their dialogue. Maybe too much fun. Also this build gave me a chance to stretch some figging muscles after a few straight weeks of pretty challenging spaceships.

Thanks Aliencat. Great to hear a builder like you say the word "stylish" about something I made. Haha. Noooooo! Thanks, boss. Thanks Steve. I had to restrain myself from making them huge and overdeveloped by looking at some of the best fighter/big ship stuff out there for ideas. Every time I strayed into "MORE GUNNNN" territory, I dialed it back by soaking my brain in the work of better AFOLs for a few minutes. Thanks LJ. It was hard to do the cockpit justice, actually. Those little hinge mechanisms on the front end of the sliding parts? Those "lock" the cockpit in the closed position by fitting snugly into the vent pieces. Thanks Blackhawk! Thanks Jody! Thanks Shmails. One of the hardest parts for me, conceptually. I see so many awesome engine designs and a have a hard time with them. I may be more proud of this one than the ones I did for the Tsurugi-G. And I think that was one of the best parts of that build! Thanks goat! Thanks Blufiji. The landing gear is one of my favorite parts too. Gives it a kind of bird-like posture when they're extended.

New favorite entry. You bring the same amazing sense of detail and economy of space that you bring to your castle builds. This is easily your most accomplished AG build.

This looks awesome. Very nice ideas with the angled shaping. I can't get over how roomy it is, though! You could put some serious troops in there if you had to.

Good work with this, Tomsche. I especially like the use of the Ninjago mech dish. I always want to use that in builds and never do because I can't figure out how. Maybe I can find room for it in my next one. You've inspired me.

I really like the "boat" feel of this one. Looks like a fishing boat, almost, and perfectly suited as a freighter. I also like some of the inventive ways you break up the smooth exterior, the vents and the way you did the cockpit windows.

I like the cutaway presentation. I toyed with doing a kind of 2D build myself, taking the idea even further than this. Glad someone went with it a bit.

Looks like the designers of this ship are fans of vintage (ancient?) Earth-based aviation.

Great story and interesting looking ship. Phear the half-naked crew of the chicken-box ship.

Very unique. Has a luxurious design that eschews function for form. It's almost too beautiful to be a troop transport. Maybe it was requisitioned? It reminds me of a private jet for carrying shot-callers.

Definitely a space-tank vibe here. I like all the little widgets on the exterior. It reminds me of the hovercraft from The Matrix films, which were designed by Geoff Darrow who's art is just chock full of mechanical details.

Haha good work. I follow Karfoolu too.

Great submarine feel to this one. I actually think studs-out texturing is nice for a big ship like this.

Great exterior, very clean and composed look. I would say that having a detailed interior would have made this build a serious contender in the contest. I'd still like to see it though, so you should do it when you have time!

Great looking engines. I also like that the design philosophy of this could easily be RP'd as similar to the other classes of ships you build, but with a troop transport stuck on the back. In space, it seems like modular design of this type would be useful.

That use of yellow on top is inspired. I also love the underside cockpit. You managed to cram some really great tech and widgets into each of your stations with minimal room, too. I always struggle with that.

What a monster. You outdid yourself, Narbilu.

Great design. I like the overall shape of it.

Another hilarious build.

Best Cat B entry by a wide margin. This is going to be the one to beat. It's jaw-dropping.

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Very classic Lego feel with neat modular elements!

Actually, it would have been great! The problem is I didn't have it. I also considered one of the Elves hairs (the aqua-green one) but the ears ruin it. I may have to order Toxikita's hairpiece and toss it on for my next pass at these characters. I want to do a Fleshie version probably with purist accessories and a better Gogo!