12 Julali 3815

Planet (F02) Lesser Dringo

Tags: Engineering, Building, Piracy, Military

Engineer’s Log: Lady Kianna

I have been sent to Lesser Dringo by The Council Of Five on a secret mission to evaluate a new water extraction research / research lab established by Octan. According to Intelligence reports, Dr. Long will be visiting to personally verify reports of an alien object discovered when the water extraction began. My assignment is to observe the water extraction process and bring back valid evidence of this alien discovery. I will record my observations as I go for a more detailed report.

Meanwhile, in W.E.R. Lab Beta:

Dr Long: “A cubicle, really? For someone as important as me!? Well at least I have a complete view of the whole lab and can watch all the workers from here…..and they need watching, bunch of lower pay grade technicians. And that ORB, really? I have been given an outdated and useless, repair bot! At least the strange alien artifact is something….I could write at least three scientific papers on it! Maybe more if I stretch out the research time……yes, I could do that! Oh great, now the large exhaust fans turn on….I can’t even hear myself think….breath, happy place, paperwork…….”

Laughter could be heard from inside the building, as the three lab technicians Frank, Robert, and George were having a little fun with ORB, while Dr. Long was trying to find a happy place doing relaxing paperwork for Octan.

Frank: “Hey any bot-y got a screwdriver to fix this”?

George: “Nope, but I could sure use a hammer over here…..”

Robert: “Yeah and I could use a crowbar…….but all we have out here is an outdated overworked and useless Obsolete Repair Bot”!

Over in the corner poor ORB hid his single eye and drooped his antenna in extreme sadness. He was not useless, overworked yes, outdated….maybe but the newer models simply didn’t have what he did. He had what the humans called personality, he could think for himself and fix whatever was needed before being told to (well he really could if he still had all his tool attachments…all he had left were two wrenches attached on opposite sides of him).

Outside the lab:

(recording on)….“This is Lady Kianna reporting from the Octan Water Extraction/Research (W.E.R.) Lab Beta on Lesser Dringo. I have the building in sight, the lab really stands out with the bright white, red and green colors of the large building against the colors of the surrounding arid desert. I had no trouble finding it. No guards visible, the doors appear to be activated via a pressure plate. I am going in”. (pause)

(resume).....“I have entered the building, note to self..these are really cool doors…I see three lab technicians and Dr. Long is in her….cubicle..?…(at least we give our scientists real offices)… she appears to be enjoying doing paperwork…the large wall fans seem to be providing excellent noise coverage…..My plan is to approach the lab techs (I will use the new tranquilizers Big Sal developed)…wait is that a Obstruction Removal Bot? I thought all corporations had phased them out by now. Wow, what a find, those Bots were the best! Very reliable, durable, and could handle any job. It looks like it is missing all but two of its tools, and appears to be leaning against a wall? Odd, never seen that before”. (pause)

(resume)…..“All three went down without a struggle, one was mumbling something about woman in the desert, I’m sure that will go over real well with Dr. Long when they awake…the lab is clean and orderly, the work station can be overseen from the cubicle….the water extraction system is a good design, albeit a little unstable if there should be any shallow quakes due to magma moving close to the surface……”

“May I help you’?

“What? Who spoke?

“I did my lady, I am ORB”.

“Well I am pleased to meet you, why are you pointing a wrench at me”?

“It is for you to shake, that is what friends do in greeting”.

“I am shaking the hand/wrench of ORB, who is my new friend”. (pause)

(resume)…”I have found the alien artifact just laying here all by itself….looking dangerous and lonely….I think I will just have to take it with me….Big Sal will love this… wait, ORB why are you following me”?

“I want to go with you when you leave. You talked nice about me when you were hiding outside talking to yourself….I could hear you”.

“You could hear,….. I wasn’t talking,….. oh never mind, yes you can go with me…..time to go ORB , the lab techs are waking up, good thing we placed them by the coffee machine….and Dr. Long is standing up……”(pause)

(resume)….yeah, gotta love those pressure plate doors……now back to HQ to give a full report….I have the alien artifact and ORB with me. Lady Kianna signing out! (recording off)

Back in the lab:

Dr Long: “Why are those three sitting on the ground drinking coffee (storms down the stairs)….what are you three doing? Your last break was 4 hours ago and you don’t get another one for another 4 hours”!

Fred, George, Robert (speak all at once): ….”Dr. Long there was this mysterious woman in the desert and…..”

Dr. Long: “Wait stop right there….you expect me to believe a mysterious woman appeared out of nowhere? Really? Now get back to work on analyzing the alien artifact and fix the water extractor……And where is that obsolete bot”?

Additional photos:

Showing the water extractor

The Lab

The entire build

Thanks and I hope you enjoyed your visit to (F02) Lesser Dringo. C&C Welcome.

Sorry for the longer story full of pictures. It was my first time at a more in-depth build and character development.

Edited July 13, 20159 yr by Lady K

Eh, not big enough... Fantastic build, Lady K! One of the best I've seen for Andromeda's Gates so far!

Fabulous work here, Lady K! The interior is excellent, I really like those curving stairs

Wow, wonderfully colourful build with endless great details! The stairs are great! Fun story too!

Edited July 13, 20159 yr by Big Sal

The building is great and very Octan. The lab area reminds me of Breaking Bad. We gotta get Dr. Long a better robot!

Outstanding job CEO!

Excellent build Lady K, the lab interior looks great, especially those stairs! I also really like the use of those windows, and the outside with those exotic looking plants is top notch! The story was quite amusing too - what's with MANTIS befriending our Bots nowadays?

I love everything about this lab! Such a beautifully detailed build. Those stairs, in particular, are amazing. And I like the way you've incorporated the colour scheme throughout the lab. Who knew a water extraction research lab could look so cool. I want one of my own.

Easily one of the best builds on AG. I think my favorite part is that cute little robot, though. That alien artefact is an Atlantis piece eh? Was during my dark age, but what a cool little part.

OK, wow. This is absolutely stunning, Lady K! The lab is MASSIVE! And everything is so clean! Despite the size, you've managed to keep the wall interesting throughout with little touches of greeblage! Superb details, and wonderful machinery! I think my favorite details are the steep stairs and the fan, but the "Alien Artifact" analysis machine is great as well!

And the story is great! I really enjoyed collaborating with you this week, and you managed to capture Dr. Long excellently! She's not happy with F02 at all. Loved hearing a bit of Lady Kianna's personality too!

  On 7/13/2015 at 1:33 PM, Kodan Black said:

The building is great and very Octan. The lab area reminds me of Breaking Bad. We gotta get Dr. Long a better robot!

Yes please! All these obsolete robots are highly inefficient.

  On 7/13/2015 at 7:43 PM, mccoyed said:

Easily one of the best builds on AG. I think my favorite part is that cute little robot, though. That alien artefact is an Atlantis piece eh? Was during my dark age, but what a cool little part.

Thornax from Bionicle's last arc: Glatorians.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

  On 7/13/2015 at 3:15 AM, Graham Gidman said:

Eh, not big enough... Fantastic build, Lady K! One of the best I've seen for Andromeda's Gates so far!

Thank you, it just keep getting bigger as the build went on.

  On 7/13/2015 at 11:39 AM, LittleJohn said:

Fabulous work here, Lady K! The interior is excellent, I really like those curving stairs

Thanks. The stairs are very similar to the suspension bridges of the last build I did.

  On 7/13/2015 at 12:18 PM, Big Sal said:

Wow, wonderfully colourful build with endless great details! The stairs are great! Fun story too!

Thank you. I wanted the colors to look nice and be a good representation of Octan (after all Dr. Long herself was taking charge of it)

  On 7/13/2015 at 1:33 PM, Kodan Black said:

The building is great and very Octan. The lab area reminds me of Breaking Bad. We gotta get Dr. Long a better robot!

Thanks. She will definitely need a newer model since the old one left with a new friend!

  On 7/13/2015 at 1:40 PM, Ferdinando said:

Outstanding job CEO!

Thank you.

  On 7/13/2015 at 1:41 PM, Kai NRG said:

Excellent build Lady K, the lab interior looks great, especially those stairs! I also really like the use of those windows, and the outside with those exotic looking plants is top notch! The story was quite amusing too - what's with MANTIS befriending our Bots nowadays?

Thank you. The windows added just the right look I needed for the walls. Maybe you need to treat your Bots to a coffee oil once in awhile....

  On 7/13/2015 at 7:28 PM, Iria said:

I love everything about this lab! Such a beautifully detailed build. Those stairs, in particular, are amazing. And I like the way you've incorporated the colour scheme throughout the lab. Who knew a water extraction research lab could look so cool. I want one of my own.

Thank you. Getting the color scheme just right was important to me. The water extraction pump is one of my favorite parts, and it wasn't even photographed up close, the techniques I used for it were unique too...

  On 7/13/2015 at 7:43 PM, mccoyed said:

Easily one of the best builds on AG. I think my favorite part is that cute little robot, though. That alien artefact is an Atlantis piece eh? Was during my dark age, but what a cool little part.

Thanks. ORB was a last minute addition when I was finishing it up, made from pieces just lying by the build. The Bionicle Thornax just fell into the build from my Bionicle - Kiina who was sitting on the building table.

  On 7/13/2015 at 7:55 PM, Dannylonglegs said:

OK, wow. This is absolutely stunning, Lady K! The lab is MASSIVE! And everything is so clean! Despite the size, you've managed to keep the wall interesting throughout with little touches of greeblage! Superb details, and wonderful machinery! I think my favorite details are the steep stairs and the fan, but the "Alien Artifact" analysis machine is great as well!

And the story is great! I really enjoyed collaborating with you this week, and you managed to capture Dr. Long excellently! She's not happy with F02 at all. Loved hearing a bit of Lady Kianna's personality too!

Yes please! All these obsolete robots are highly inefficient.

Thornax from Bionicle's last arc: Glatorians.

~Insectoid Aristocrat

Thank you. It was fun collaborating with you on this. The build was very different in size and detail from others I have done. Greebling is always my favorite part, I missed not having a roof on this one to just go wild on greebles.

Edited July 13, 20159 yr by Lady K

Awesome facility. Such scale! Really impressive. Well done Lady K!

Really great build, I love all the details (for example, very nice looking wall-fan by Long's office/cubicle (even though it isn't really centered ), stairs, foliage, etc. ), plus excellent storyline! Great work!

This is just fantastic! That lab is just all kinds of awesome. The story was great too, and I like ORB!

Perhaps ORB can be friends with the one I found this week and the ones Isaac found a few weeks ago

The water pump, the curved ladder, and the wall details (especially the 2x2 jumper plates) are superb. I really like that you used the Chima speedorz rip chord in there. Awesome!

Awesome Octan lab! My favorite things are the ladder, the nice touch with the water pump in the middle, ORB , and the nice colors outside the lab. Great build! I love how we keep finding and keeping Octan bots because we are nice to them...

The judges awarded you 6 points.

  On 7/14/2015 at 12:16 AM, aeralure said:

Awesome facility. Such scale! Really impressive. Well done Lady K!

Thank you.

  On 7/14/2015 at 12:59 AM, NuckElBerg said:

Really great build, I love all the details (for example, very nice looking wall-fan by Long's office/cubicle (even though it isn't really centered ), stairs, foliage, etc. ), plus excellent storyline! Great work!

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. The story was fun to collaborate with Danny.

  On 7/14/2015 at 1:50 PM, David FNJ said:

This is just fantastic! That lab is just all kinds of awesome. The story was great too, and I like ORB!

Perhaps ORB can be friends with the one I found this week and the ones Isaac found a few weeks ago

The water pump, the curved ladder, and the wall details (especially the 2x2 jumper plates) are superb. I really like that you used the Chima speedorz rip chord in there. Awesome!

Thanks David! I found the Chima speedorz rip chord and it just worked so perfectly. We will have to build a special 'club' just for all the former bots to gather and socialize in...

  On 7/14/2015 at 5:50 PM, Andrew JN said:

Awesome Octan lab! My favorite things are the ladder, the nice touch with the water pump in the middle, ORB , and the nice colors outside the lab. Great build! I love how we keep finding and keeping Octan bots because we are nice to them...

Thanks. ORB will probably show up again in another build with a new paint job. Octan bots really are very friendly...

  On 7/15/2015 at 7:10 AM, Andromedas Gates said:

The judges awarded you 6 points.

Thank you.

Great job!

Really cool build! The story is funny too.

  On 7/15/2015 at 11:40 PM, Master_Data said:

Great job!

Thanks .

  On 7/16/2015 at 7:55 AM, Aliencat said:

Really cool build! The story is funny too.

Thank you. I am glad you like it.