[O - I06] Yetorian Candidate

[goatman461]

Location: Yetornius - I06

Tags: Spaceship, Land Vehicle(s), Civil

Octan's ranks had started to fill with members of the Merchant Confederacy. Their transition had been smooth as HR understood the unique opportunity that was being presented and was eager to signup employees that didn't require return tickets back through the Gate. But, in the rush to process the recruits, many questions about these people remained. What had a thousand years of space done to this "human" race?

Acting CEO and Octan pilot, John Hannibal, certainly trusted these men. And he was currently on a mission to integrate Octan's best pilots with the colonies they would be protecting, uniquely turning a corporate military into a civilian corps of minutemen pilots.

But, their stop over for repairs on I06 proved dangerous. They were at a satellite repair station manned by both Octan and MC repairmen, working in hardsuits. Ziggy and Hannibal's latest jumper had some difficulty maneuvering through a random green cluster of "rock" formations between E11 and I06 and they sucked a strange white worm up through one of their rotating thrusters. Hannibal decided to go for a walk to see the new HR facility located close to the repair dock and his quaint training facility.

[O - I06] 4 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

Hannibal was knock forward by a surprise thud on his right shoulder. He rolled and shot. Missed. The surprise assailant was to Hannibal's (now) left, already dead, burning up in the churning lava. A new recruit from the MC,

the pilot from his first meeting with Callahan, had shot the would-be assassin just before he reached Hannibal. After stabilizing Hannibal's arm Ziggy and the pilot the pulled the body from the lava and start investigating.

Lots of extra pics

[O - I06] 3 by

Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K 6 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K 7 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K 8 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K ship 9 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K ship 10 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K ship 11 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

[O - I06] Ma.K ship 12 by Ryan McBryde, on Flickr

C&C welcomed and appreciated

Edited October 26, 2015 by goatman461

[Graham Gidman]

Very nice!

[pombe]

Sir! I'm glad you're safe and unharmed! We should consider a security escort for you from now on!

[LucasLaughing]

Those are really cool Ma.K mechs - I especially like the grey one with what looks like a red eye in the center, and they've all got some NPU.

My only criticism is that the landing pad looks pretty crowded, and a lot of the white details on the models are lost in the white background.

[goatman461]

@Graham - Thank you.

@Sue - as long as I'm in charge, I will not be taking suggestions from some glorified taxi driver and I will require Commander Pombe to discipline you accordingly for this break in protocol.

Those are really cool Ma.K mechs - I especially like the grey one with what looks like a red eye in the center, and they've all got some NPU.

My only criticism is that the landing pad looks pretty crowded, and a lot of the white details on the models are lost in the white background.

Thanks, that dark red one has been much more popular than the others, even though I spent 5x as much time on the white one. Oh well, that's how it goes.

It is crowded, I was originally going to do a space shot, but thought the black on black wouldn't show up well enough. It was meant to be a small, transportable, deployable repair dock, but it got fixed to the rocks here. I did put a lot more pics of the mechs and ship under the spoiler tag, so that I could just use the three shots that pertain to the story. Hopefully the judges look through and consider those.

[David FNJ]

Ooh, those Ma.K bots are so fantastic! The shaping for each one is brilliant!

[Andromedas Gates]

The judges awarded you 5 points.