Kodan Black

Great looking base and the ship is really cool looking! I love the lava bubble you made!

Location: F10 Arium Major Tags: Land Vehicle Previously... // PERSONAL DIARY // After our discovery of the time machine it seems Dr. Long had become quite concerned for our safety. She had sent two hard suits, one for each of us, and had asked that we keep near them in case we needed to use them. I thought it might be a bit extreme given we were also near the Ter Tahls and they could help keep us safe, but it was another reminder of how much Dr. Long cares about her employees. ED-208 was initially very annoyed though because Dr. Long had sent a hard suit for "Ed Zob". I told him that it was clear Dr. Long was protecting our identities but he insisted that she thought he was some guy with that name. I asked him which was more likely, that one of the most brilliant minds in the galaxy had mistakenly sent a suit to a robot OR that she knew given our discovery that our safety could possibly be at risk and in an overabundance of caution and concern she had sent the suits and disguised his identity. Particularly since he was an advanced robot that other corporations or aliens would love to steal and reverse engineer. His incredulous stare clearly meant that he realized the error of his logic! ED-208 did seem rather pleased with the armament on his suit though. I told him that was further proof that Dr. Long had intended the suits for us specifically as mine was more geared towards science with the hands and the communications and scanning gear. Whereas his suit was quite obviously intended as a defensive suit with the weaponry! His was designated Mobile assault.Kommando (Ma.K) and mine was known as the Mobile armor.Kommunications (Ma.K). ED-208 pointed out how confusing it was to name them in such a way that both had the same acronym, but again I pointed out Dr. Long's genius. By making the acronym the same letters the enemy would never know what they were facing! Her military acumen is second only to her scientific prowess. Tor said the suits were most impressive and that he would be happy to have them moved into the Ter Tahls' underground facility. I thanked him and said that would be ideal. ED-208 suggested that we should create some mini-drone bots to use to supplement our suits, so I believe that will be our next task. I assured Tor that we would share our developments with them since they were kindly providing the facilities. He was most appreciative. I've realized that despite my initial beliefs that they were a simple race that we would have to kindly guard, the Ter Tahls were actually a very helpful race that wasn't that inferior to us humans. Extra Pics: Thanks to Goatman for suggesting we all have a Ma.K week, I've never built anything like these suits before and it was a fun challenge!

I like the humor here, but more importantly... did he pick dubstep or bagpipes?!?!?!

Oh. My. God. My first 5!!!!!

53 credits to Bob please

I really love the busy, active vibe you have going here. The mech is nice, it has a good balance to it between sleek elements and deadly firepower with some very nice detailing once you start to notice it.

I'm not... but others?

Very vibrant reef with some really great parts usage. I also like the smoothness of the sand from the underwater current. Dr. Long seems to be forgetting the rule about not touching the reef though... "Take nothing but pictures… Leave nothing but bubbles… Kill nothing but time." The filter on the first pic reminds me of every textbook photo from HS/College.

Nuke it from orbit, only way to be sure. Nice build, I really like the rescue vehicle. Those engines are very cool with the round and squared off shapes playing against each other.

I like the suits and the humor as always is spot on. My only critique is that the 2x high area in the back is a bit uniform. But overall another fine trip into pombe land!

Location: F10 Arium Major Tags: Science Previously... // PERSONAL DIARY // Dr. Long had sent me something to investigate urgently. The Ter Tahls were kind enough to allow me to use one of their research labs to do my scientific inquiry into the blue box I had been sent. As it turns out the blue box was just a container for what was inside. What it was that was inside turned out to be a bit trickier to figure out. I wasn't sure if it was some arcade dancing game, medical scanner, or some sort of sex thing (sadly pombe wasn't here to ask about that one). I had spent an hour looking it over when Tor stopped in to check on things. He offered his assistance or the assistance of any of the Ter Tahls scientists if they could be of help. I thanked him for his kind offer but told him that this was very advanced scientific stuff and that I wasn't sure they could be of help right now. I mentioned that once I knew what I was dealing with I may need further assistance. Then Tor said: "You mean with your time machine?" WHHHHAAAAA?!?!?! So I guess Tor and the Ter Tahls had seen this thing before and it was a time machine. The Ter Tahls themselves had a moral objection to using it, but they had helped some early humans in Andromeda and prevented the time machine from falling into Zoid hands. Tor expressed surprise that we humans had seemingly forgotten about such a powerful device, but I assured him that it was not the case at all. I told him that I was sure Dr. Long had sent it to me knowing that the Ter Tahls would know about it and help me to keep it safe. I decided that given the profound power of the device I had better contact Dr. Long immediately. I had a holo-call with her and explained that I had managed to use my considerable skill and thorough data analysis to figure out that it was a time travel device. She was quite shocked and insisted that I send the device back to her immediately for her to properly handle it. She ended the call quickly likely due to her shock, but I suspect once she has time to process all of this that she will realize just how valuable I am and give me the recognition I have earned. Extra Pics:

Congrats to Goatman for his inclusion on the front page of TBB: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2015/10/15/shiptember-return-to-the-minifig-scale-ships-of-old/

43 credits to Bob please.

The professor's office is really inspired, particularly the window shades! Love the different scenes, nice story too.

That Mantis ship is really cool! I like the asteroid landscape and Turtle too. Nice to see Clappie make an appearance!

The firing missile is really well done. The mech is very imposing!

That Betsy May seems to take the opposite of pombe's stealth approach! Amazing story as always, the bit about plants making oxygen was my favorite part. I like the side view, reminded me of old side-scroll Nintendo games!

Thanks to all the other builders and the judges. Special thanks to Lucas and Goatman for letting me be a part of their collab! It was fun and I look forward to the next Episode! Double digit score, woo!

I like how well the Octan colors work with the habitat, especially the landing platform. The walkway and the area with the "ladder gates" is very nice as it shows a lot of thought went into how things would be in space. Can't wait to see what the space ninja fighter gets up to!

Thanks for the great comments everyone! This is a very good point, I tend to toss my minifigs in right before shooting. ED-208 gets the most thought simply because I try to keep his weaponry varied unless he is in the same place like he has the past few weeks. I need to vary the minifig posing more and pay better attention to it. I do try to keep things in the proper hand at least (not swap guns or whatever between left and right), but mostly that is because I just make everyone a right-hander in my world. Except in cases like the one Ter Tahl with the wrench where it is in his left hand to make it more visible. Hopefully my builds keep improving!

Location: F10 Arium Major Tags: Science, Land Vehicle Previously... // PERSONAL DIARY // Tor wanted me to see some of the military technology they had. He said their military force was called the Marines, which ED-208 said "That would make sense." but I'm not sure what he meant. Maybe because they reminded him of the human Marines. Though Tor said they generally refer to themselves as Leatherbacks instead of Marines when among their own. Not sure why ED-208 found that amusing, must be a weird robot thing. I actually had a very productive discussion on gyroscopic stabilization with one of their scientists. Dr. Long had sent me a message about some issues our robots had been having and she asked me to look into it. I didn't want to submit a full report yet because I was still learning so much from the Ter Tahls, so I only sent back info regarding the gyro upgrades I would suggest. I think partially Dr. Long just wanted to check in on me and make sure things were alright since she hadn't heard from me in a while. Her reply of "OK, great." was also so typically her. She had taught me the importance of time, especially in science. This one time I had been talking to her for about 45 minutes when she stopped me and said that in science if you leave something for 1 minute too long during an experiment it can radically change things. So she told me that I had 1 minute to talk to her before the experiment was over. It really made me think about needing to keep things brief and to the point. She has such a brilliant mind and a fantastic way of looking at things and getting other people to understand them. Tor took me into one of their research and development labs where they had a new autonomous tank they were working on. It was a mobile defense tank with 4 multipurpose missiles. ED-208 seemed very interested in it and asked if it could be remote controlled by robots. Tor said that it couldn't currently but that was a very good suggestion. ED-208 said he would be happy to assist with trying it out if they needed. It was really great to see him becoming a bit less worried about aliens and so willing to help. The Ter Tahls seemed to have very advanced technology, at least as advanced as our own. Hard to believe these aliens could be as advanced as humans, but in some ways their technology even exceeded ours! I was really excited for the prospects of learning from them and showing my new findings to Dr. Long. As a woman of science and knowledge she would be ecstatic to hear all about this! Extra Pics: (Easter eggs for some upcoming story direction can be spotted) Tank's launcher raises and lowers and there is even a blast shield panel that is integrated

This is really cool. The detailing is really cool and it blends into the background so well that once you actually focus on it you realize how incredible it is!

I've never done a mecha suit thing. I'll try to think if I have the parts for it. I wish I had those mixel connector ball joint things. I have some technic stuff, so it should be possible.

43 credits to Bob please!

I like the idea for the build and you pulled it off really well. The room looks nice and that tabletop with the game is executed perfectly. I really like this and brings a cool "ordinary human" element that is often missing from our grandiose builds of fantastic adventures.