Commander Beltar

Great job with this build! The walls have some great details! That extra room you didn't really show till the spoiler, love the look of it. Also nice addition with the door gear system

Thank you! Thanks! Also, performance like? More like PC Performance-Breaking. Every time I loaded this build and built more and more on it, I was worried I would lose the progress from that chunk of building because it felt like my PC was going to crash will all the lag. Thanks!

That video was great, as the others said, it really set up your build! I love the use of microscale and minifigscale, you did a great job editing them together! Pretty seamlessly too. (Doesn't that EVA helmet have a hole under the visor? Vacuum of space isn't really healthy even in small amounts. )

Nice NPU on the walls! Love the story too. Great overall! Also- Gooood... Goood.. You've joined the fleshies side.

Lovely version of the Coruscant gunship! I really love it's design, and what you did with it. The A-Wings are a great addition. And the Star-Viper, wow! It looks awesome!

Wonderful build, as always. The greebles are amazing! You definitely brought that micro-scale ship to minifig scale in style.

Awesome build! The lighting really gives it a nice feel, you also got some great action shots! And the build itself- it's phenomenal.

The story so far: First Day Aboard the Avenger At The Table-Before The Storm Rescue Mission Reassigned Eliminating The Competition Target Practice “Here we go again…” Evac Escape A Quick Transaction "Black Sunshine" Repel and Retreat Flatline Reflection A Promotional Meeting The New Squad Farmland Triangulation The Rat Traitor In The Sunshine Previously: "Home" in the Minds View (Dear Goodness, when will spoilers be fixed? At least for me! AH! I had to take this stuff out of a spoiler: About 1 Hour Ago: “This is Alliance Task Force Delta, led by Light Frigate Skyfire. We are reroute to Coruscant.” About 15 Minutes Ago: DC: Good luck out there. I heard the orders, not going to be easy. Shouldn’t bother you though. We on the other hand, have to go through the sewers…. Alyin: It’s not the mission, sir. It’s the fact that we are working with the Rebel scum. DC: I know. However- Beltar: Comlink just buzzed, we got to go to the dropship. DC: Alright, let’s go. Good luck Al. Alyin: Won’t need it. Alright boys, suit up and follow me. (That was supposed to be a ‘freebuild’ it was really bad so it wasn’t. Also it’s just a setup. So read on) NOW: In the last hour, the small Rebel Extraction Force has been taking a beating. The Black Sun’s Viper’s seem to have the upper hand, and hope seems to be lost. Even the Imperial’s first responders off of Couruscant are overwhelmed by the Black Sun’s pilots. In this desperate hour, Imperials and Rebels alike, find themselves facing a common foe. The battle may soon be over if no reinforcements are sent. TIE Commander: I-I can’t hold it- Ahhhhdgasg! Red 13: I got y- *boom* Green Leader: This is Green Leader to the Outrider. How much longer do we need to buy for Skywalker and the rest of the ground forces? Dash: I don’t know, just hold on a bit longer Commander. Wait- Skyfire, what’s happening over there? Lieutenant: The majority of the crew of the Skyfire are being evacuated. We’ve sustained too much engine damage to stay in the sky much longer. The command crew is all that’s left. I don’t know how long those pods will survive out there. Dash: We’re gonna have to wait for the signal from Skywalker then- wait. Something just came out of hyperspace- what’s that? *General Brickdoctor: This is General Brickdoctor. Reinforcements have arrived.* Alyin: All Units, form up. Stay together till we reach the Skyhook. Valkyrie Two and Three, one me. Cover me while I deploy our troops on it’s hull. Valkyrie 2: Gotcha boss. Alyin: Almost there. Dang, those fighters really can maneuver. Valkyrie 3: Nothing we can’t handle. Right sir? Alyin: Right, deploying ramp… Trooper: We are down! Move it troopers! You’re all clear Valkyrie Leader! Alyin: Already on my way out. Good luck boys. Valkyrie 2: I’m getting locked on to! Alyin: Hold it together! Valkyrie 2: I-I-think I’m alri- Alyin: Eject! Valkyrie 3: Too late! MOVE! In an instant, Valkyrie Two was a burning pile of metal, and now the Star Vipers were closing in. Alyin: They’re on our tail now, we need to- Valkyrie 3: Not for long. We will overwhelm them momentarily. Lieutenant: This is *kzsk* Lieutenant Almus of the Rebel frigate Skyfire. If you hear this, *ksk* would you do us a favor and pick our pods up? They won’t last much longer out here. We’ve already lost two. Alyin: This is Valkyrie Leader, I’ll send for a ship. Can’t promise when, or what will happen to the crew… Lieutenant: Thank you, *kzk.* anything is better than having those men sit in a pod in the midst of this chaos. Green Leader: Green Squadron needs fighter assistance! Gah-! Red Leader: A little too much on my hands. Sorry! Rogue 8: On my way—Ahfhsdg! *boom* Alyin: We’ve got your back commander, you lost one though. Green Leader: Thank you. Never thought I’d see this day. Imperials and Rebels fighting together. Valkyrie 3: We’re full of surprises. Green Leader: Thanks to the Imperial Fleet, this day might just turn around. Alyin: It’s not over yet commander, still a lot more Black Sun goons to get! The new combined forces of Imperial Reinforcements and what was left of the Rebels and First Responders, seemed to be turning the day around, though, for every Black Sun shot down, they seemed to take two of them with them. ===---End---=== Note: Interestingly enough, after rendering all of these, Valkyrie 3 actually has an error. On the TIE's wing. If you care to notice, it isn't even connected to the hull. I think that perhaps I originally meant to blow that one up or something, but too late. Also I noticed a load more typing errors above in the actual entry, but since the time has passed, I will refrain from editing it. Am I the only one with s poiler problems?? Everytime I put it above something, it puts all the text below it in it... Anyways, thank you for reading, hopefully you enjoyed this! I personally am really proud of the Skyhook and the Rebel Frigate. However, the TIE’s really bug me. Obviously when making a giant fleet there’s a lot of copying and pasting… However, some of it kind of gave the TIEs some weird angles, so it looks like they are flying the wrong way. Ah well, I am not going to use the rotation tool on each and every TIE. Especially when this build is 11k Parts. (my program crashed quite a few times rendering it and building it) also yeah, digital. Most of my parts are packed away so I couldn't build anything. (No anything I could've built physically could have been like this.) There’s a non digital part at the beginning because I managed to get a few parts out of storage though . Also I didn’t post it as a freebuild because it’s tiny, and like 3 lines of dialogue so it would be a waste. There was so much more I wanted to do with this build. Like finish building the ENTIRE Skyhook. At first I planned on doing just the level with those- spikes? – And then it built up. Then it built down. Then I realized it was way too many parts. So I glossed over it. Perhaps I will return to it later. I also thought of adding debris, then i realized how difficult it would be. (Something like a debris field in the new battlefront game on the Rogue One map.) Also I might add, I was inspired from various people on those micro scale ships. So there was definitely some people I borrowed the designs from, I changed it up a little bit though. Also thank you for this Episode, I totally didn't use it as an excuse to dig up the N64 in my closet then buy the game for erm... 'reference'. This was quite a fun build. Oh yes, almost forgot. Where is Beltar in this build?!?!?! He wasn’t in the majority of this!?!?! Well, I had no idea I breached 100 XP till the beginning of this Episode. So… I was thinking who could my second character be? A pilot! Awhile back I actually really wanted to do a space focused build, like this. But I never did cause Beltar wasn’t a pilot, and I used physical bricks. Well, now I can. I guess- Valkyrie Leader/Alyin can be erm… [insert something witty using numbers and letters out of my name] So looks like in the future I will be doing more digital builds as well. This is also like the 2nd time where I edited photos for a build. Anyways, Comments and Criticism welcome! ~Beltar (SERIOUSLY!) I have to put a spoiler at the bottom because of this!) Although this was a big waste of my computer’s resources, somehow I ended up with spare renders. *sigh* Note: Reason for edit after episode: Grammar thing, and forgot to add something down in this extra text area. 2 times... (and a bit of other stuff in this bottom paragraph.) Extra Pics:

The story so far: First Day Aboard the Avenger At The Table-Before The Storm Rescue Mission Reassigned Eliminating The Competition Target Practice “Here we go again…” Evac Escape A Quick Transaction "Black Sunshine" Repel and Retreat Flatline Reflection A Promotional Meeting The New Squad Farmland Triangulation The Rat Previously: Traitor In The Sunshine (Going to try something a little different with this story, still ‘a lot’ of pictures, but going to make it a bit text heavy, tell me if this works or not…) Brentaal IV. During the Clone Wars, it was a planet full of Bright Stars beginning to make their way through the universe to aid the Republic, but that war was over. Then The Empire came. Those stars were recruited for a greater cause. Though, evidence of the Clone Wars exists all over Brentaal IV, Clone Helmets can be found, along with Battle Droid parts and other blasters out of use. Besides from that, since the Empire has focused its eyes elsewhere. On Brentaal, it is quite possible to see Stormtroopers wearing different variations of armor, recycled ones through the years as Brentaal didn’t need protection being so close the core, and the newer armor was better suited for more combat seeing troops. As a child Beltar may have lived on Coruscant for his young years, and now in a way, but for a time being during his adolescent years he lived on a planet now of little concern to many. Beltar was given a leave of RnR as his commander had informed him that they would have an upcoming mission in the outer rim, or at least he believed that’s what he was told. Perhaps it was a battle. Or perhaps another excuse of this leave was to get Beltar’s mind off the fact that he was back into the “new” future’s program for a week. Of course, he was supposed to have free time but apparently he was really there to learn about surgeries in the middle of combat, along with preserving someone’s life in a tense situation. But currently, Beltar is returning to his home. Or at least what was left of it. When the Imperial-ification of Brentaal IV happened, not much changed for the upper class of the populous, however, in many cities, land was stole- ahem, seized from landowners and turned into Imperial facilities for various purposes. Beltar’s was retrofitted into a storage facility, currently abandoned at that. Though, he appreciated in an odd way that the Empire would choose his home, out of hundreds. Here he is scheduled to meet an old friend from another time, Kirk. Everywhere Beltar looked he saw one of three things. 1.) Imperial Officers. Everywhere. 2.) Extremely poor non Imperials. 3.) Relics from the past during the Clone Wars. Beltar approached the building where his old house had once stood, remembering his time as a child, playing in the wonderful front yard with his friend, which seemed like a millennium ago, now reduced to a pavement. He approached the door, reminding himself that the door password was might not actually work, as this was an abandoned building, and Kirk wasn’t necessarily reliable all the time. Beltar: This code better work for the door…. But it worked and it opened. He walked inside past all of the crates and the shelfs to the stairs to the roof, where Ol’ Kirk was waiting. Kirk was waiting for him by the balcony, if you could call it that, smiling, in his probably decade or older uniform, who knows, perhaps it was even more ancient that Kirk himself, it certainly looked that way. Kirk: Good to see you kid, been awhile. Beltar: Yeah, good to see you too. Kirk: Com’ere got some stuff to talk to you about. Kirk: Anyways, when I heard you were coming back for a week or two of studies here-oh wait, “Vacation”. I thought it would be nice to catch up. Beltar: Well, it always is nice catching up with an old friend. BLX-5: Excuse me sir, your beverages have arrived. Beltar was quite surprised to hear the droids voice, as he seemed to walk up to them so quietly. The droid appeared to be carrying some fine Bakuran blend orange texture colored tea, and the droid handed it over quickly, then stood aside. Kirk, seeing Beltar’s surprised face, began explaining to him. Kirk: This droids designation is BLX-5, or Billix, because he seems to have a problem with certain tasks that ‘bore him’. We got him when there was a Baobab Merchant Fleet ship that was didn’t have the proper credentials, according to this one trooper who seemed to just want a pretty gold medallion in it. Apparently he said that medallion (Which mind you, was a few feet wide) was part of the ship known as the Queen of Ranroon. The stuff of legends… Anyways, he was right, it didn’t. We seized the ship, sold the ship, took all the ‘valuables’, sold those as well, but I saved Billix here cause I thought he might benefit your team, he is equipped with a micro-slicer droid for terminals, that blue-box in his chest? It's called a "Blue Max", a slicer droid manufactured by MerenData. Think of Billix as the muscle and brain, and and Blue Max as the extra brain and computing power. Beltar: Slicer droid... nice...Wait- my unit? Billix: Who else do you thing sir? Even a womp-rat could’ve figured it out by now. Beltar: Oh, so it’s going to be one of those droids… Billix: I heard that! Don’t get me starte- Kirk: Quiet! Anyways… I did have him reprogramed as well. Oh!- Suddenly they heard what sounded like a Trandoshan scream from below them, they looked over the balcony table. .. To see two riot troopers beating a civilian, who Beltar could only assume, didn’t have the right credentials to back up that pile of Protocol Droids. Kirk: As I was saying, things have changed here. A lot. Since I bet you haven’t been to this home in a while now, you can see how tense this place has become. If you’re not an Imperial, you’re pretty much dead meat here. And after they beat the people- they take their stuff. Terrible, as the gap between Imperial and everyday citizen’s welfare has been growing. Ah well… Beltar’s time-piece beeped that it was time to return to the academy if he was to be ready to learn how to execute a battlefield surgery, and preserve a life in a tense situation. Obviously. Beltar: Well, that’s it… Need to go now Kirk, pleasure to catch up with you, sir! Kirk: Nice to see you too kid, have a good one. Kirk smiled the same way he did when Beltar approached. Beltar thanked him for the tea, then moved on with Billix following behind him. Then Beltar thought in his head, there were literally only two, maybe three scenarios where he would actually need to use what he was about to learn, one being if shrapnel was flung in their direction, but if the explosion didn’t kill them, or a blaster, then he didn’t know why he needed to learn this, though, maybe it will be useful one day. As Beltar walked out of his former home, well, his mind still thought of it as his home, he had many memories with it, he saw a female officer that looked quite a bit like Alyin, perhaps a sister, along with another officer beating a civilian senselessly. Perhaps they had a good reason he thought. Perhaps. Billix: Sir, let’s get moving. I’d rather not be late- not that I’m going to your class. As everything I need to know is programmed into me and I don’t need classes to teach me. But apparently you humans do. So let us go. Beltar sighed, his unit will hate him. Beltar turned and started walking the other direction where he came across the two riot control troopers who had beat that Trandoshan , they were partially covered in blood, but Beltar could almost feel that the one carrying the droid parts had a smug expression on his face. The other trooper gave him a vague salute, so he saluted back and went on his way. Beltar walked by the alien, still gasping for air. Alive, but nearly dead. He would’ve stopped to help, but he had places to be. And Billix would probably be a nuisance if he did help that alien. Perhaps he would get another chance to do something good. Then again, he was in the Empire after all, and they were good. They would stop that Rebellion before worse could happen. Beltar continued on his way, subconsciously wishing his old house was there, so that he could remember his days as a child, and relax it bit more than he could do now, but he felt that one of his homes was still right there, right behind him. === Since Brentaal IV is a relatively under-developed planet in canon and EU, there wasn't much to go off of, I tried to get at least the muddy ground like it said it had, along with a few pictures I spotted, so I don't know how lenient it will be since there wasn't much to go off of... And yeah judges, not technically his home, but definitely pushing the boundaries of "a place he had called home" That’s it, did the extreme amount of text work? Or not? I don’t know why I decided to change it up a bit/ write more than I normally do. Anyways, hope you liked it! Next episode I need to slap myself and tell myself to not procrastinate to the last week to get building more and to photograph it. I got like 80% of it done the 1st week, but then was too ‘busy’ to work on it for a while. Whoopsies. And now I need to actually work on freebuilds for once, I have this idea that would be awesome, though brick supply is limited, and since I want to do this in a very specific way, it may have to be in digital form… Oh well. By the way, theres quite a few references here to the Droids TV show way back, dug up my old DVD copy and watched it a few weeks ago, and recently I had re-read my old Han Solo book trilogy. If you get at least one of them, bravo. Comments and Criticism Welcome! ~Beltar EDIT #14 or something like that, sheesh, I've been re-proofreading this, noticed like 20 errors, a lot of them at different times. Not to mention, that I had my "The story so far" stuff in a spoiler tab, but the spoiler tab would just keep eating the whole post- so I had to remove that. Then this entire area right above this messages was supposed to be at the bottom, but noooo, the Extra Pics tab kept eating this too, so I had to move it up! Anyways, I think I fixed everything. Extra Pics as always. Though, some terrible photo quality...

Huge Manatee A arrived today for me! Thank you very much CopMike! Love the figs, thanks for continuing this lovely EB tradition (Though it appears the Scorpion is missing the end of the tail, oh well, I'll see if I have one lying around somewhere ) ~Beltar

I'd like the tag please! This has got to be one of the fastest judging of an episode that I've seen, so thanks to the judges! There were also great builds all around, from both sides. Thanks for hosting this episode! Perhaps since there won't be an episode for awhile, I'll try to catch up on some freebuilds. ~Beltar

Thanks guys! The lighting is artificial, just a lamp. I've been trying to experiment with what I can do with a few simple lighting tricks here and there. And as for the black floor, I guess my original intention (Which I forgot to include in the post sadly...) was to show more of an "Imperial-ified" Naboo. And forgetting to add that is apparently what happens when you hold off on certain photos/posting the build till the final day. ~Beltar

The story so far:First Day Aboard the AvengerAt The Table-Before The StormRescue MissionReassignedEliminating The CompetitionTarget Practice“Here we go again…”Evac EscapeA Quick Transaction"Black Sunshine"Repel and RetreatFlatline ReflectionA Promotional MeetingThe New Squad Farmland Triangulation Previously: The Rat Beltar learned, that apparently, we aren’t finished with The Black Sun. Though this time, rather than helping them ship questionable goods, or hunting for information: we are taking them out. Supposedly, there have been many traitors in the Empire at this moment, and yet again, one happened to be located on Naboo. It's dawn and the sun is rising over this coastal city in Naboo. Officer: Here are a small portions of the weapons you ordered. Took me quite a bit to get them here. Our mutual Chiss friend met an unfortunate end recently…. Black Sun Agent: Yes, yes. I assume the rest of the weapons will come soon? Officer: They will arrive when they do. DC: Alright… Move in on my mark. Beltar: Got it. DC: Go. The small unit of Imperials rushed in, taking out the Bith with a quick shot. The human Black Sun agent fell soon after. However, the Traitor surrendered before any form of harm could come to him. Beltar still felt essentially useless. All he had to do was check to see if any of the two Black Sun Agents were still alive. And to catalog the stolen Imperial property. DC: Gotcha. Black Sun Agent: Gah! Alyin: Get down on the ground! Traitor: Woah! I—I surrender! Beltar could see that the human wasn’t worth checking. He had taken a direct hit to the chest at point blank range. However, Alyin had only hit the Bith in the shoulder, which somehow, probably passed the Bith out. Beltar began to scan the alien. Beltar: Commander! Looks like this guys alive. He’s stable. DC: Good. We will take him for questioning later. Now for the traitor. DC: Beltar. I want you to call for the clean-up crew to come. Beltar: Sir yes sir. Alyin: So what do you want me to do with this guy DC? DC: Kill him. Alyin: Understood. Beltar: Wait we could use hi- *blaster shot* The traitor’s body now lay against the wall covered in blood. Beltar: That was unnecessary. DC: Well. If Palpa- The Emperor knew this planet was infested with traitors… Beltar: Ah. Beltar understood that Naboo was Lord Palpatine’s home world. Alyin: That officer. He was an officer at the academy were I went to. DC: Well how did an Academy officer end up smuggling guns to a crime syndicate...? Alyin: Perhaps there is more going on that we know. Beltar: Perhaps. DC: Alright. Our work here is done. I believe the cleanup crew will be here shortly. Dismissed. Let’s go. Beltar: Sir, yes sir. Alyin: Sir, yes sir. As the crew turned towards the door the cleanup crew just arrived. Cleanup Officer: Alright boys, let’s get this cleaned up. I want all of these weapons tagged, catalog, and shipped back to where they came from. Stormtrooper Squad: Understood. Beltar: Have fun boys. They walk to the door in the hallway they came from. Beltar: Sir, I’d like to know some more. Why are we chasing after The Sun right now? DC: Beltar, son. I honestly don’t completely understand myself. But there is something in the shadows of the sun that we do not yet see. But I believe a big strike is imminent. From either side. ==End== More pics/Random Thoughts: EDIT: Just at the bottom of the spoiler. Hopefully it's alright that I put that there.

Wow, this time of the year again already. Well, I am going to continue my really bad tradition of having a crap build for this raffle. Wish I had more time to make something more pleasant. Ah well... Anyways, thanks for hosting this wonderful EB tradition! (I had very little time...) ~Beltar

*Random Story/Page Flow Things will be changed in the next few hours since its only 7pm for me* The story so far: First Day Aboard the Avenger At The Table-Before The Storm Rescue Mission Reassigned Eliminating The Competition Target Practice “Here we go again…” Evac Escape A Quick Transaction "Black Sunshine" Repel and Retreat Flatline Reflection A Promotional Meeting Previously: The New Squad Coruscant: 2200 Hours Beltar was still getting a feel for his new unit, quite an odd bunch. He had taken some time off at a temporary transfer, and as that ends, Alyin came to pick him up to take him back to the barracks for some interesting news about their next mission, which is more so an inspection. Alyin: Mr. Beltar, pleasure to see you again. Hope your time here was enjoyable at best, but now DC is awaiting our return as we have a possible lead in the attempted sabotage of Skywalker. I personally think that guy should get a medal, but if Imperial information is leaking, we need to clog it. Beltar: I agree. Though, if there if there is a Rat leaking that information, that is bad... I am disappointed that that guy couldn’t nail Skywalker though. Alyin: Yea, I guess it’s not that easy when it’s an astromech doing the shooting. Anyways, let’s go otherwise we will be late. Approximately 2 Hours Later Technician Hekthor: Yes, commander. The prototype fusion speeder engine should be ready for field testing within 3 weeks. Officer: Thasa good Hekthor- hello there my friends! DC: Hello there. We are conducting an inspection of this lab right now. Hekthor: Everything should be in tip top shape! DC: My crew will determine that. The technician seemed neverous, his hands where shaking and a few sweats broke, but Beltar, Alyin, and DC pretended to not notice.. Hekthor: Alright sir as I was saying, looking at the data… *whisper* next week is the perfect time for our mutual friend to come* *cough* sorry, but it looks like the data suggests that there is a possible increase the- DC: Excuse my interruption. But I believe my crew has found somethings amiss. Hekthor: Ah, what could those miniscule errors be sir? DC: First of all, cross-referencing data, and with Beltar’s insight. Are you aware you are working with a known rebel conspirator? Dar-Dar Cyonie. I am unaware of how he escaped Coruscant prisons and how he infiltrated us but that does not matter to me. We are shutting this lab down until further notice. Hekthor: NO! Please! Sir! This is my lifes work in here! You cant! I-I-ve worked so hard for this! And this project will benefit imperial troops everywhere! Sir! WHY COULDN’T HE COME SOONER! DC: Who…? Hekthor: MY MUTUAL FRIEND! GAHHH! DC: We shall deal with that later I guess, as for you Dar-Dar – just come with us quietly. Dar-Dar: Neverrrr! Beltar: Oh not again. Dar-Dar frantically tried to shoot the blaster, only to realize it was in stun, and he was holding it backwards. As he turned trying to correct his error, he stunned Hekthor, the Rat, and Beltar had to quickly dive, as a bolt barely missed him. The unit then easily subdued the weak gungan. Beltar quickly administered a stimulant to the technician, waking him up. The unit called over for a few extra troops to transport the two to a detention block. Hekthor: I-I-I- would’ve gotten away with this if it wasn’t for you meddling Imperials! He will help me, he already has all the information he needs! Besides, it’s to get Skywalker! That’s good for us! I did it for the Empire! DC: Right… And Luke Skywalker is Vader’s son. Look. You ratted. Your gonna be court marshaled trooper. Beltar’s thoughts faded from the current situation to when he was on Tatooine. Dar-Dar. “How could that idiot escape Coruscant security. Who are their… ‘Mutual Friends’?” Beltar thought… perhaps one day these questions would be answered. The extra two troops arrived, and Dar-Dar started to shout: “You will never get away with this! My friend will come for you! You will PAY for this day!” The two DT’s left as well, and the three officers turned their attention towards the now abandoned prototype. Alyin: Based on these schematics, the micro reactor is unstable, but a quick re direction of the tank should let it stabilize. DC: Well. Since this isn’t Hekthors pet project anymore. We might as well take it, perhaps strap it to once of DT’s speeders and let him go crazy. Beltar: Sounds like a plan. Let’s get this piece of junk off that stand. The three lifted the machine off its stand, tossed it on the ground and began working on it, perhaps it would come in handy one day. And as they began fixing it they heard the scream of a Gungan a few hallways away, blasterbolts, and Hekthor screaming to just take him to the detention block already.

Count me in, finally got an even better photo set up, and I've recently taken a bunch of my parts out of storage...which explains my lack of freebuilds... But this appears to be an interesting episode!

Thanks VK! Especially for giving me an extra kick in the pants to get back too! Thanks John! It was my first time attempting a different style of lighting, I guess it turned out pretty good. Hah, I think Octan's payback on Beltar is long overdue! Thanks! Looks like many of us shall return hopefully! Thanks! His history will become important...if you re read them..pay attention to the little details.... Thanks! Ah, it's good to be back. ~Beltar

Location: D10 The Hamilton Belt Tags: Military, Civil Previous Build: Turmoil LOCATION: Artificial Earth: Kawashita Prison And Experimental Facility Memory: Where it all began One Year Ago Tags: Building, Civil/Military...? The moment that all some have been waiting for…for a long, long time, in a galaxy far, far away… ============================================================================================================================ *static* Begin Log, Chapter 2, Part 001, A New Day Voices… Is that…You? Voices….Oh, it’s been far, far too long my friends…. The…Trial went south…at least I’m not de-e-ad… They were…arguing over me after pleading insane… And Mantis didn’t care…but they sent assassins…They missed… Kawashita tried experimenting on me….They ah…”Fixed” me… They fixed me! ME! Like I needed fixing! They took YOU away from me! And they took my ideals away….I thought clearly for a few weeks or…months…all in a flash… But then…then…OCTAN was restless! They…sent…oh… The Sentinels! THE SENTINELS! The chip… Nu’q gave me helped…Only gave me few equipment’s… and a few corridors away from the prison area…But it helped. I thank him. I-consider him not just an al-ally. But….a – friend. And-and then that’s when they arrived! I saw her at that moment…running at me, embraced. It felt good….like – a moment out of time-happiness. She wished me…something odd…I barley remembered it. A date lost in time and space. That even I had forgot….but the happiness-was-gone… then I suddenly realized the….the… Sentinels where destroying the Facility…in the chaos…I escaped with her… It’s been….A-a year since I started back out from…the….E-vent…Horizon Incident…And after…paradise….She told me….Maian 16th…. Is-wait…--- “Lauren- Wat-wat-watch the beam! GAH!...” “Don’t worry about me! Make for the hangar! Just a few more corridors away!” She told me…It’s apparently…my birthday. It’s…convoluted….Released on Maian 16th A year ago from paradise…..Born on Maian 16th Many…many…years ago...I break out on Maian 16th….This day…or week…or millennium can’t get much-much worse… Voices…We gotta make those few more corridors to get off this…this….forsaken asteroid facility…I see the skies if space though…Filled with enough sentinels that blot out the sun…This…secret war going on….I remember a few words of the…scientists…Event Horizon… I need to re-learn….These menaces….they remind me…Event Horizon…Sentinels…Lauren…Paradise….By Golly! I-I think I got it! Wait…Wait… Too many lasers…Too many to think straight….I can do this… I think that-that once this day is over I can remember it clearly…possibly….Wait-is that a Mantis squad ship in the middle of Kawashita territory? What did I do…I can’t remember… Am I a piece to this puzzle or not? CHAOS! CHAOS EVERYWHERE! MANTIS VS OCTAN, OCTAN VS KAWASHITA, KAWASHITA VS MANTIS! It’s all…spiraling out of control with this…this secret war…I don’t know how…But I gotta go…I think that either I’ll make it to that ship over there…or have to take another 50 of this tin cans out…Why… I gotta leave…Goodbye for now voices…. Close Log, Chapter 2, Part 001 kszzzsz ============================================================================================================================ I’m back! Surprise! Thanks for reading this new installment in Beltar’s story, bet you all barely remember the other parts of my story! Well, go catch up on this convoluted mess if you wish, and as a note, I’m back in business, but builds won’t be frequent. Basically, Beltar is still screwed right now and still a loose cannon! Hope you liked the build and story. Consider the time that I didn’t build off season, like a TV show. Also, the image I included is almost exactly like the original X-Men Days of Futures past comic (Uncanny X-men #141), that’s where the name comes from, and it will be important to his future in coming builds, back to as always, C and C welcome! Fun Fact: I’m posting this more or less around the same time, down to the minutes, as my first build on AG. I've been planning a return since last year, waiting for the proper time, and VK gave me a kick in the pants when he sent me a PM awhile ago! Ah, a year went by so fast. Hope to get back in the game again. Time to go dust off the rest of my AG figures! And although I haven’t been here for a while, I’d just like to thank all of the people who supported my builds last year, and helped create the story. All in all. Happy Birthday Andromeda’s Gate! ~Beltar

The story so far: First Day Aboard the Avenger At The Table-Before The Storm Rescue Mission Reassigned Eliminating The Competition Target Practice “Here we go again…” Evac Escape A Quick Transaction "Black Sunshine" Repel and Retreat Flatline Reflection A Promotional Meeting Previously: The New Squad Any Rebel on Kaut was a prime target at this point, but Beltar’s new squad was tasked with attempting to locate the stolen supercomputer. DC guessed that it A: Wouldn’t be in a high populated area, they wouldn't risk civvies, and B: Would be using large amounts of power for the Rebel’s to attempt to decode it. He was right. On the scanned map of the planet’s surface, there where multiple locations where large amount of power being used...In the middle of farmlands nonetheless. Using this information, he triangulated the possible location of the supercomputer. And now this squad was in the outskirts of the farmland of the bigger cities, they had discovered a trench, recently dug and decided to follow it. DC: Watch it soldiers, in coming! Beltar stay here! DT’s- With me! Alyin, you know the drill. Entire Unit: Sir, yes sir! The squad engaged the Rebels, two more had come off the pathway near the house, while the other two were completely off guard. DT-202: I got him! DT-101: Yeah right you did! DC: FOCUS MEN! DT’s: Yes Sir! Alyin: Yeah, you normally get left behind for a few missions, and as a medic. Beltar: Figured… Wait…Woah what’s going on over there? The two idiots where beating the one living Rebel, all of them where dead except this one, but Beltar knew this Rebel’s strategic value and that he was needed alive. DT-202: EY! Where is the computer! TELL US! Rebel: Ughh…. DT-101: HE WASN’T ASKING! Beltar pushed Alyin out of the way, and ran towards the other three, he pushed the two aside as DC watched in wonder…Beltar set his pack down, took the needle, and instantly administered it too the injured soldier. Beltar: Woah, move! Stop STOP! DT-101: What? What is the meaning of this, soldier? DC: Hmm….? Beltar, again knowing the value of this target, tried as much as he could to save him, and this kept that one Rebel alive. Beltar: Stay with me Rebel Scum… DT-202: What are you doing! Beltar: He’s an asset! We need him ALIVE! DT-101: But- DC: Let him work! I have to agree… Beltar had knocked him out to continue to work, once he was stable for the time being, Beltar got up and they continued to discuss the rest of the mission, and rather than continuing the search, they’d send DT’s for more scouting, and the rest would return to the rings to interrogate the Rebel. DC: I just dispatched the two nitwits, we will be taking him to the interrogation room. Beltar: Understood sir. Wait, he’s waking up. Alyin: Sir, The Room will be ready. DC: Good, now one second... DC: My turn...*punch* Alright, know that he’s out cold we are all good. Beltar: Well…That was…slightly unnecessary. Alyin: For now Beltar, yes it is. ===Later=== DC: Look…This is gonna heart real...real bad… Or I’ll take some information…You know… Rebel: I… Don’t know anything! Please! AHHHHHHHHHHH DC: I JUST NEED THE LOCATION! After a little more…’convincing’ the Rebel spilled out much information, about the location of the supercomputer, who they were recruiting, and how they were getting into the system undetected. Even though the Rebel gave all the information he knew, DC continued to torture him, and at one point the screams became truly haunting. Beltar: That’s ENOUGH! We got what we need! DC: FINE! But next time…Don’t interrupt me. Admiral, now that we know, keep the Rebel’s from entering the system for now. And Beltar, Alyin, and I will head back to the surface using the information, and combine it with what the two found on the surface. We might have to contact Kiriana about this, if he’s been looking in the city, that’s most likely the wrong area. We need to act fast. Admiral: Understood, I will notify Kiriana at once, Mr. Beltar, you are dismissed, you may return to your barracks. Beltar: Sir, yes sir. End Thanks for making it through this long episode build. Finally finished it, might edit the story tomorrow, but had to post it today because I won’t be home till 10:15PM PST, which leaves not much time. I tried to combine all of the ideas of this episode, interrogation, searching for the supercomputer, near the farmlands like in the episode topic, etc. More Images on my Photostream! Way too many extra pictures for me to embed in a spoiler, cause I'm really busy at the moment. The lighting was finally decent, but there is a huge crack in my photo studio now, so I’m going to have to get a new one…Thanks for stopping by and as always Comments and Criticism welcome! ~Beltar Edit: I got an OK by a judge to embed my photos afterwards.

--==Please Judge this freebuild!==-- The story so far: First Day Aboard the Avenger At The Table-Before The Storm Rescue Mission Reassigned Eliminating The Competition Target Practice “Here we go again…” Evac Escape A Quick Transaction "Black Sunshine" Repel and Retreat Flatline Reflection Previously: A Promotional Meeting Beltar just got out of the armory and started walking down the hall thinking how spiffy and awesome his new armor looked even though it was an old beat up shock-trooper suit. “Red for medical division, I presume” thought Beltar as he neared the entrance on the Avenger, an old retrofitted speeder repair garage was the location of this new squad, Beltar had read the report. Hopefully they were in a good mood for once. Beltar opened the door and was greeted by wonderful sounds from his new roommates: Darktrooper 1: “It’s Not MY fault that he walked into my proximity bomb!” Female Officer: “OH YOU KNOW WHAT? PERHAPS I’ll JUST LEAVE A PROXIMITY BOMB UNDER YOUR BED!” Scout: “Or! I’ll get you courtmartialed that!” Darktrooper 2: “Can’t you do anything right? You piece of Bantha Fodder!” Darktrooper 1: “OH THAT’S IT!” Beltar was surprised at how his superiors where acting, then the one outcast shadow trooper closest to the door turned to Beltar, with a confused look. Sargent In Command: Hello there Mr. Beltram..? Glad you on board with the new squad. Please excuse the mess. DT-202 got DT-203 killed last mission. You are his new replacement. Never knew you specialized in medicine Officer Beltram. Beltar: Uh…Sir? You must have me confused with another officer. Belt-ar not ram. DC-101: Well then Mr. Beltar. I must have read the file wrong. Refer to me as DC-101 or Sir, no other name required. Sorry about the mess soldier. You’re a medic right? That’ll be useful with this unit’s casualty and injury rate… One second please. DC-101 turned around and yelled near the top of his lungs: “ATTENTION! GET UP YOU LOUSY RASCALS! STOP FIGHTING FOR ONE MOMENT!” The arguing stopped instantaneously and all men rose instantly. DC-101: “Squad, this is Beltar, the new transfer. Medical Division, I’ll let these lackeys do the explaining to you Beltar...” Alyin: Hello there Mr. Beltar, I’m Alyin, the pilot at your service, also the only person able to keep the two dark trooper nitwits in line…from time to time. Reimer: Well, obviously I’m the scout. That’s all you need to know at this point. Duke: DT-201 is my designation, nice to meet you, just call me Duke though. I’m the muscle depending on who you ask. *cough* NOT 202 *cough* Reeder: DT-202, despite what these idiots told you, I’m the muscle, and the smartest of the group. Alyin: Oh. That’s debatable! Reeder: What did you say? Beltar: Well, carrying on! Beltar continued to get a feel for his unit, not a nice one. ‘101 and Alyin where the nicest of the bunch so far. Reeder and Duke continued to make a ruckus, and almost got into another fistfight before DC broke the up and forced them to their bunks. Alyin: First off, they’ll never stop. They just can't. I would've shot them with my blaster or left them on the last planet if it wasn't for DC. Reimer: You’ll get used to it at one point, at least after a few weeks…or months…or never. Just hold out hope that one day, the Emperor will smack them in the face. Beltar: Thank you for this…well semi-warm welcome. Beltar: What a lovely group of people... Thanks for making it through this long freebuild story! Finally got a little more ‘complex’ build, even though it's certainly not the best. Still moving my character’s story along. I just had to fit Beltram in because of Puvel’s build! I didn't even know there was a DJ named Beltram! This is probably going to be Beltar's squad for awhile. I keep having him move around, but I think I've settled on this Unit for now... Also the lighting at this time was pretty bad. I photographed this at a terrible time, and I forgot to close my blinds, oh well. Thanks for stopping by and as always Comments and Criticism welcome! ~Beltar

Well, finally decided to update my Sig-Fig, for once: I purposely tried to make it look almost exactly like my old sig because I recently refound that blaster ~Beltar

Great build Puvel! Welcome to SoNE, and glad your building for the Empire! I love the clean style of this build, certainly looks like the Empire! And...Beltram? Drop the M...switch the last two letters around...Hmm...Coincidence? Relation? ~Beltar

I actually recently got a wooden duck from a guy on ebay for around $100 US I think, might have been lucky with that auction win though. His name is Matchboxunlimited. He's located in Denmark which explains why he has a lot of amazing wooden and other old Lego listed on ebay all the time. But since he's in Denmark, hopefully you dont mind the shipping. Mine certainly sits nicely on the shelf. On condition, mine has over most of the paint, one side is better than the worse so I display it on the betters side, but some of his others that where listed where far worse, it also appears to have part of the rope! Who knows, might be a better one on ebay at one point. Just a long waiting game till he lists another one. Good luck on getting one! ~Beltar Edit: Link didn't work

I've used whiteboard markers and scribbled on top of the sharpie, then wiped it away with a towel, worked just about every time for me. Just a simple dry-erase Expo marker worked. I'd try it on a small sample to make sure it works though, might have just been luck for me or something. ~Beltar

--==Please Judge this freebuild!==-- The story so far: First Day Aboard the Avenger At The Table-Before The Storm Rescue Mission Reassigned Eliminating The Competition Target Practice “Here we go again…” Evac Escape A Quick Transaction "Black Sunshine" Repel and Retreat Previously: Flatline Reflection A Promotional Meeting Beltar was contemplating the ringing, the heartless ringing. Heartless. As he walked into the officers room. Green. That was odd for an officer to have his own custom made green chair, Beltar thought, it just seemed odd. Recently he seemed to be noticing trivial things, like how the technician’s collar was slightly bent down and wrinkled. Then he noticed Sarge in a uniform and was relieved that this meeting couldn’t be that bad. Imperial Officer: Hello there, Mr. Beltar. We have much to discuss. Oh yes, be amazed that Sarge is dressed up in that new uniform, go on tell the lad. Sarge: Well Beltar, I was offered a job as a chief medical officer aboard one of the Empires Outer Rim research facilities. I’ve taken it. Beltar: Congratulations Sarge! I imagine it’ll be great.. Who’ll be in charge of us then? Oh, that’s what this is about, isn't it? Imperial Officer: Precisely my dear boy. That is where you come in. But please, hand that Data Disk to the officer first. Beltar: As you wish, Sir. Beltar once thought again about what was so important on this disk, of course he didn’t ask, but what was on that disk out in the middle of deep space is a question he’d soon ask again. Imperial Technician: Thank you, you’ve been a great help Mr. Beltar. The Technician then proceeded to put the disk into the droids socket and walk towards the door. Imperial Officer: Due to the recommendation of Sarge and whim of some other high ranking officer, I reviewed your files, and as TK-821….isn’t in the position to lead, you are. You will be the new “Sarge” As a captain though, within the medical Dark Ops Units. Beltar: I get Sarge’s old job? Wonderful! This’ll be fun. Imperial Officer: Not so fast, there will be much paperwork sent to your barracks, but you may also report to the armory when ready for a new set. Also, it is not the same job. Different Team, no Kirk, different missions: more... “Under the Radar” type. Dismissed. Beltar: Thank you sir. Beltar: It’s a goodbye then, isn’t it? Sarge: Yeah, but I got a feeling we’ll see each other around sometime. Beltar: Well then, perhaps we will. Sarge: Maybe, I’m heading to my ship at the moment, goodbye Mr. Beltar. Sorry about what happened to Borris. Beltar: Couldn’t have done anything about it. Goodbye Sarge. -End- Dark Trooper: Where they both transferred? He doesn’t like to wait. Imperial Officer: Of course they were, you can leave, and I don’t need you at this time. Just tell him I don’t see where he is going with this. Dark Trooper: Understood. Thank you for stopping by! I tried to continue the serious tone from my last freebuild. Not to much on the build, again, more of a setup to get my character’s story going even further and most of my parts are in storage or on my next MOC, very greebly and It used many of my parts, non SoNE related though.. Thanks for reading and as always, C and C Welcome! ~Beltar