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Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I love everything about this from the brickbuilt Octan logo to the utility of the modules!

This is an incredibly beautiful ship on a equally beautiful terrain! Also, a great story that includes a new player!

I have favorited this on Flickr so I can come back and copy your brilliant ideas. I have no words really. I love the ship, I love the terrain. Also, what a sad story for John Hannibal!

The module is awesome! And when combined with the composition of the terrain and sigfig, it makes for an incredible scene! All the Wick Nole scenes always convey a sense of isolation to me...maybe it's the black and white photography.

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous! I love the trees and the water!

Wow! Amazing build, I love the rock work and the habitat set into it! And what a great and funny (and tragic) story, as well!

OMG YES! Firefox for sure!

Fantastic craft! I'm looking at it, and for its size, it uses some crazy techniques! Also what wonderful rock work and beautiful terrain!

Regarding the build: you have fantastic parts usage! Regarding the story: you tell a great story which includes other builds, and really invoke what it feels like to be part of Kawashita.

Fantastic action scene! I love the dynamic feel and the flame work! And lol with the parrot.

The vehicle is well done! And what a great scene of your sigfig drilling into the rock face!

Poor Big Sal! Well...I guess he doesn't have to clean up the mess, at least. And I'm sure Myra got what she needed...one way or another!

That is a beautifully sleek ship!

Your builds are always so full of great parts use (what a wonderful tree and water pump!) and yet so elegant at the same time. I can see how much restraint you use and how well you always compose your builds. You never over-build and your MOCs are always just at the right side of busy.

What an incredible action scene! This is absolutely brilliant. The posing of the minifigures is fantastic and creates such a sense of action!

Holy crap, what a scary alien! Your build is intense! It's a good thing Aera was nearby to save you!

What a beautiful design! I love the shape, the greebling, the folding wings, and the land gear! I also love your story and how you helped save Dragonfire and his team!

Fantastic scene! I love the water and the mountain, and the alien! Great job on the idea for using a probe for Challenge 1 which explains why your sigfig isn't there!

Location: F09 - Arium Minor Tags: Exploration, AG, Octan ++Pombe, personal log, start recording++ I returned from Xerillian with happy news! Isabel is alive! The rest of the crew on board the O.C.S. Axle seem confused by the situation and I don't blame them. I wasn't sure what happened either. Fortunately, the great explorers Jacques LaRose and Wick Nole, and agent Jebediah O'Reilly met with me to explain the whole thing. It turns out that Isabel had performed so well as an apprentice explorer, she got noticed by Octan upper management! I couldn't be more proud! And I'm embarrassed to say that I almost ruined her latest assignment. Jacques said that while I was away on Livgorn looking for awesomnium in underground caves (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=109621), Isabel was quietly promoted to full explorer and sent on a super secret exploration mission into Kawashita dominated space posing as a M.A.N.T.I.S. agent. In order to do this, she had to fake her own death and assume a M.A.N.T.I.S. identity. No wonder I found a corpse with a wig that looked just like her hair near lava (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=109928) and that crashed M.A.N.T.I.S. ship (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=110301)! I wasn't supposed to have discovered any of this, according to Wick, and my reports nearly blew her cover. I'm such a terrible mentor! In any case, she has to maintain radio silence indefinitely, and they swore me to secrecy regarding the whole situation. I mentioned that as her mentor, I am still responsible for her safety, but Jebediah told me not to worry and reassured me by telling me that he personally took care of her (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=110370). Jebediah is such a great friend to do that for me! I also told them about my concern for Big Z, since Isabel and him started dating, but they told me that Big Z was aware of her super secret mission and was supportive of her. That Big Z is such a great guy. I know they will be happy together once her mission is over. Jacques also tells me that Octan Corporate HR has approved a requisition for a temporary hire to replace Isabel as my apprentice explorer and that the temp agency has sent over two candidates for me to interview. Wick also told me that a new Octan policy required all new hires be thoroughly vetted before being allowed to work on a mission. I wasn't sure why we would send new hires to be examined by a veterinarian, but if my hero, Wick Nole told me to do this, who was I to argue? The first candidate for the apprentice explorer position was a young woman named Ethel Alkylhal. She told me that she wanted to become a Mitgardian adventurer. I wasn't sure what that was, but it sounded like a type of explorer to me. While she had no industry experience, she certainly seemed capable. Unfortunately, I had to turn her down because her attire was not Octan corporate dress code compliant. The second candidate was also a young woman. Her name was Eshey Reeshia Kolai. She also had no industry experience, but at least her clothes met Octan dress code regulations, so I told her she was hired. I congratulated her and told her that her first order of business was to be examined by a veterinarian, or else she wouldn't be allowed on a mission. Of course, what type of company would Octan be if we didn't throw a little celebration for a new team member? Guy K. Wind and Eagle-Eye Silver joined us for a small party. Eagle-Eye even brought and shared some bottles of his favorite drink for the occasion. Eshey just had some juice, since she apparently doesn't imbibe. We all ended up getting complaints filed with Octan Corporate HR by Dr. Long. After Eshey visited the vet, we were ready for our assignment! We met with Drs. Long and Commander to go over the mission in an engineering bay. They told us that huge awesomnium deposits were detected at the polar regions of F09, also known as Arium Minor. Arium Minor is a planet covered completely by mountain ranges, and where we were headed, it was going to be cold and treacherous. But that didn't scare us, since it was our job to confirm what the scientists have found, no matter how dangerous the planet might be. After the meeting, I was written up by both Drs. for not observing the safety regulations of the engineering bay. Anyways, Eshey was excited to be going on her first mission. My good friend, John Hannibal, volunteered to personally deliver us and our gear to Arium Minor with his spectacular barge (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=109917). Now it's time to load up and head out. ++Pombe, personal log, stop recording++ ++Start data transmission++ Eshey and I have made our camp at the base of a mountain located near one of the poles on F09, or Arium Minor. Despite Arium Minor not being noted as a source for water, we have found snow and ice at the polar caps. I'll be sure to report this finding to Drs. Long and Commander. Unfortunately, due to the high winds, neither my hovercraft nor my hover chair would work very well in this environment, so we leave them behind. Fortunately for us, our Octan enviro-suits protect Eshey and I from the bitter cold as we work our way towards the coordinates that the Drs. provided us. [audible footsteps crunching in the snow] Is that? Off in the distance? Yes! Yes it is! Do you see that, Eshey? That's the unmistakable purple glow of awesomnium! And it's literally just sticking out of the mountain! Come on, Eshey, let's get a closer look. Holy moly, it's beautiful! How does it feel, Eshey? Your first successful mission! [Eshey screams] I agree! It's totally exciting isn't it! [audible footsteps crunching in the snow] Hey, where are you going? Eshey? She must have noticed something interesting and taken the initiative to run off and investigate on her own. I knew hiring her was a great decision! I'll just collect the readings from these samples and meet up with her to go over her discovery in a moment. ++End data transmission++ Next: Additional images under the spoiler tag.

Beautiful ship! Great shape and colors! And I love the functionality of the magnets!

The white trunks and red foliage definitely make your terrain feel alien. Great story, I guess those Dust Demons don't stand a chance against Kawashita!

Beautiful blue terrain! And I love your story, the alien, and the burst from the death ray blaster! Well done!

Great vehicle, and a wonderful story! I love the containment unit in the back!

Great ship! I love the angle. Also great story, lol!

What a great mech! It has a Battletech vibe to it that I like a lot!