Big Sal
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Great aliens and ships!
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Hahaha, another hilarious build and story! The horse is fantastic! As is the mech, though I'm surprised Eshey could be so accurate when she can't see out of the cockpit
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Amazing build and story, with all the great action shots we've come to expect from Koro! YES! This has been happening to me too, and it's driving me nuts!
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Haha, that cactus is hilarious And great work on the sunset
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Fantastic build! It's hard to imagine a better representation of a volcanic landscape!
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Excerpt from the logs of Captain Carter: Date: 19 Junali 3815 Time: 0906 hours Location: En route to Terrial Major Comments: The pilots tell me we'll arrive at Terrial Major in approximately 2 hours. Our mission is to map the surface since no one has been here since the first Gate explorers. As usual, their description of the planet is brief: "A massive, freezing planet. The entire planet is basically a ball of frozen pure water. Vicious local wildlife." --- Time: 1138 hours Location: Skies of Terrial Major Comments: Well, the description was accurate, save for the fact that there doesn't seem to be any wildlife at all, let alone anything dangerous. There's just vast, almost entirely featureless snow, as far as the eye can see. The tedious landscape is doing nothing to distract me from the stomach troubles that have been plaguing me all week. --- Time: 1443 hours Location: Skies of Terrial Major Comments: Just as I was about to order to crew out of the atmosphere, having seen nothing but snow for hours, we spotted a small patch of tan on the horizon along with a thin line of blue. At last, something that wasn't white! As we approached the tan resolved itself into a small forest of sickly looking trees, around 10 metres tall. The blue line was in fact a crevasse with liquid water at the bottom! I suspect the presence of the trees near liquid water is no coincidence, though how they can gain any benefit from it is beyond me - the crevasse must be at least 30 metres deep. On even closer approach we finally spotted the wildlife. Camouflaged in white, two titanic reptilian creatures engaged in a territorial battle! The early explorers were right to call them vicious, but I'm amazed they didn't mention the sheer size of the creatures - they tower over the nearby trees! These creatures definitely warrant further study, and could make a valuable asset for the glory of MANTIS! Excerpt ends. I have to congratulate the judges for this competition - it was a great stimulus for me to build outside of my comfort zone. Comments and criticism of the result welcome! More pics in the spoiler:
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On the third question, I assume this wouldn't affect the operation of the black pearl/spying outfit etc, but is intended to allow corporations to essentially cut off planets. For example on the map as it stands now, assuming Kawashita were somehow able to dominate B04, this would mean that MANTIS would be prevented from building on A05 and by extension A06 (which would presumably be Kawashita's goal in this case) until they retook B04.
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Ok, thanks for clearing that up Bob! I agree that the second solution would be better so people don't feel any extra pressure to rush their builds.
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Ok, so just to confirm I've understood this correctly: At the start of the week Faction A and Faction B have no domination points on a planet they both have access to. If Faction A posts 10 builds scoring 3 points each on Tuesday and Faction B posts 10 builds scoring 4 points each on Friday, what happens? When the scores are revealed the planet will show that Faction A has 30 points and Faction B has 40 points and then: 1) Faction A dominates the planet because it got to 30 points before Faction B? Or: 2) Neither faction dominates because on the basis of final scores, neither is 30 points ahead? And a related question. The rules state that an alien build can only occur on a planet where at least one corporation has at least one domination point. If Faction A builds on a new planet (i.e. where no one had any domination points previously) on Monday, can alien builds on that planet be posted immediately, or would they have to wait until the scores were out and the domination points have been awarded at the end of the week?
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Incredible landscaping, just incredible! It's so good that it almost overshadows the birds and drones, which are also amazing!
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Nice work on the equipment!
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Haha, funny story for a great first build!
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Very very nice! The colours work great!
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Really great ship! I love the choice of sand green - it works very well on the build but it also matches the sombre tone of the story. Great job!
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Great speeder - very sleek! And good work rooting out the spies
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Yeah, it's all very cute until some poor M.A.N.T.I.S. employee gets eaten by that alien! Nice build!
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Great story made even better by that amazing ship! It's very artistic somehow - I can imagine the whole crash scene as concept art for a sci-fi film or series
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Great build with a perfect Octan feel, and not just because of the awesome brick built logos
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Haha, hilarious build! The bit with the larvae and the Octan guy's faces is sheer brilliance Nice landscaping too, and great work on those SPIT - their guns are awesome!
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Great part use with the armour piece, and I love that you got a shot with the propeller turning
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I love the scale and ambition of this build! The Kawashita colours work great in the snow!
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Nice action build! You've got to wonder if a flamethrower is the best weapon for aerial combat, but that's just how M.A.N.T.I.S. special forces roll I guess
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Wow, the details you've packed into the ship are great! I really like the shape of it as well, it's unusual... in a very good way Great landscape too!
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Awesome ship SpacerSteve! It has a spikiness to it that's perfect for M.A.N.T.I.S.
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Haha, I love the background of Octan bureaucracy that you guys are building up Nice build!