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Published: 2011-02-28 00:38:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 1480; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 57
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Captain’s Log, Stardate 2267-02.27 – Captain Suvak recording.While undertaking a routine geological survey mission on Calcibur IV, Intrepid received a non-emergency request for assistance from DSX Starfarer, an independent scout/survey vessel of Terran Registration. I ordered Intrepid to respond while my survey team completed its mission with the Shuttlecraft Cyclops.
Shortly after Intrepid passed beyond contact range, we made a most unusual discovery. While Calcibur IV was believed to be uninhabited, we have been attacked by a savage - but technologically advanced - alien life form which does not register on any of our instruments. Security Guard Churchill and Geotechnician Sparvet were killed in the initial ambush.
The survivors, Security Chief Nthanda, Chief Engineer L’Shal, and myself have retreated to the shuttlecraft and raised it’s shields. While Nthanda attempts to secure the area, L’Shal is attempting to boost the power of Cyclops’s communication system so we can reach Intrepid. Of course, in so doing we are forced to drain power from the deflector shields. I only hope we can arrange for recovery before the ongoing assault overcomes our defenses.
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Shuttlecraft by RDuda with custom skins.
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Comments: 24
AbaKon In reply to purpleh2o [2011-02-28 16:48:00 +0000 UTC]
I love Gorn Rock, what can I say?
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mylochka [2011-02-28 14:36:34 +0000 UTC]
great sense of movement! I like the toon-ish effect you achieved here. did you render it that way or was this postwork?
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AbaKon In reply to mylochka [2011-02-28 15:20:46 +0000 UTC]
Just a simple poster edges filter in Photoshop. I'm too lazy to do anything hard.
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AbaKon In reply to throgmorton [2011-02-28 13:20:34 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. It was seriously fun to make.
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AbaKon In reply to benbischop [2011-02-28 13:20:49 +0000 UTC]
You are too kind, but it was fun/
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RobCaswell [2011-02-28 01:49:11 +0000 UTC]
The only thing better than a smoking boot is a smoking skeleton Good action.
And if >I< got a distress call from the Starfarer, I'd certainly know better than to trust it.....
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AbaKon In reply to RobCaswell [2011-02-28 01:54:44 +0000 UTC]
What is being implied? I'm sure everything was perfectly on the up and up. Although several of Intrepid's Dilithium Crystals did turn out to have been replaced with Folger's Crystals after Starfarer warped away...
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RobCaswell In reply to AbaKon [2011-02-28 02:40:34 +0000 UTC]
What?!?! You gave them our FOLGERS?!?!??!
So I wonder when the Starfarer will run into the S.S. Nystrom?
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AbaKon In reply to RobCaswell [2011-02-28 13:28:52 +0000 UTC]
I don't think you were still gaming with us when he ran the SCOT-BOT (Self Contained Ordinance Transfer Bot). It was in a Paranoia game. Basically, he was a robot packed with flame throwers, mines, rocket launchers, and every other possible weapon of mass destruction we could think of. They spent the whole adventure trying to keep him out of the line of fire because one hit would result in a mushroom cloud of ... well ... SCOT-BOT.
That being said, I did plan on bringing Brill and Rua in to the series soon.
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RobCaswell In reply to AbaKon [2011-02-28 14:49:56 +0000 UTC]
Brill and Rua - YAY! Rivals always make a storyline interesting...
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AbaKon In reply to RobCaswell [2011-02-28 15:24:56 +0000 UTC]
Hey, were you in the game where we were all in an escape pod and had run out of supplies? I was the captain and explained that it was the captain's duty to sacrifice himself to reduce the strain on the life support system (and provide yummy human meat for the others). However, I wasn't man enough to do it, so I appointed Scott as captain, resigned my commission, shot him, and started setting the table. (Sob) he would have wanted it that way.
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RobCaswell In reply to AbaKon [2011-02-28 15:58:34 +0000 UTC]
The brave sacrifices of the Nystroms will never be forgotten...
Their stories are just too damn entertaining!
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EmilyJoyfulArt [2011-02-28 01:20:20 +0000 UTC]
Wow, this is really well done!
Poor redshirts got zapped.
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AbaKon In reply to EmilyJoyfulArt [2011-02-28 01:55:31 +0000 UTC]
Hey, no one said it was a safe job...in fact...
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Jerome-K-Moore [2011-02-28 00:59:02 +0000 UTC]
The alien rays are able to disintegrate everything but a victim's bones. I reckon Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy would be impervious to their assault. Heheh.
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mdbruffy [2011-02-28 00:54:28 +0000 UTC]
This shuttle has doors on both sides? Intresting variation.
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AbaKon In reply to mdbruffy [2011-02-28 01:56:36 +0000 UTC]
it costs extra, but the cross ventilation saves on fuel so you don't have to run the A/C on hot days.
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