Franco Clarke Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Ship's Log, Day 18 Early in the morning, the lookout unexpectedly spotted land off the starboard bow, and on investigation of the charts, it was found that this was unmarked on our set of maps. Knowing that Oleon was always keen to add new islands to the empire, we altered course, whilst signalling to the merchant ships we were escorting to continue. I calculated that our faster warship should easily be able to catch up with the slower merchant ships, even with a trip to investigate the island. As the island came into sight and grew closer, we began making out details on it. It was approximately a kilometre or two long, mostly low with rocky outcrop overhanging the entrance to a cove. A village of huts was built into the trees on the shore of this cove, so we headed towards this to see who had claimed this island. We dropped anchor in the cove, surrounded by the catamarans of the island's inhabitants. The red paint on these vessel's hulls led me to suspect that this settlement might have something to do with Corrington. Noting this, I left behind enough men to crew the ship's cannon, in case we were attacked. We waded ashore, and were greeted by a party of men dressed mostly in leaves and pieces of bone. They were brandishing spears and bows, but modern weapons were notable by their absence. Despite attempts to communicate, we didn't manage to get them to lower their weapons. Likewise we were unable to understand their communications. After about 15 minutes of trying to see if any of them understood us, I stepped forward with my hand outstretched, in a friendly gesture. This was taken very badly, and we had to beat a hasty retreat, whilst being pelted with rocks, arrows and spears. Thankfully, only Private Collins was injured, receiving an arrow through his right elbow. As we climbed back aboard the ship, we noticed that the islanders were readying their canoes and catamarans, and began chasing us as we sailed from the cove. After a spear flung from a crossbow mounted on the largest vessel embedded itself in the rudder, I decided enough was enough, and that these people had clearly shown themselves to be enemies of Oleon, so I ordered we return fire. Shortly we sunk two catamarans and a few canoes, leading to the islanders breaking off the pursuit and allowing us to rejoin the merchant convoy before 6 in the evening. Quote
robinnilsson403 Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Nice story! I like the stone head! Quote
blackdeathgr Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Oh, no! Now we are at war with the natives??? :P I will try sending some troops to "pacify" the next village i see on our newly discovered island then... On the creative side, i like the minifig posing and this really nice stone statue. Quote
TitusV Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Nice story, Nice minifig-posing... But that head is just awesome! Quote
kabel Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 you Oleanders just can't stay away from violence, can't you! - Nice moc, really like the minifig posing! Quote
Franco Clarke Posted January 12, 2016 Author Posted January 12, 2016 Thanks for the replies, I'd say the statue took long than the rest of the moc on it's own. Oh, no! Now we are at war with the natives??? :P I will try sending some troops to "pacify" the next village i see on our newly discovered island then.. Well I guess this bunch aren't too friendly, but hopefully there might be some out there that are more sympathetic to our cause. I also doubt that they follow the religion, so they would need enlightenment to start with. Quote
Captain Dee Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 This is a nice setting and I really like the big stone head - it looks a lot like the Easter Island statues. The rest of the scene is pretty good although the sandy foreground area is a little plain. The minifig posing is excellent, but after reading your story and all the comments I'm a little confused. It looks like a land-based fight, and that's what all the comments are fussing over, but the story gives no indication of returned fire until after the Oleanders were back aboard their ship being chased by the natives - and the natives were the belligerents anyway! That's hardly what I call Oleon being prone to violent actions; in fact it seems very sensible to me. I dare say the other factions' members would have behaved the same way unless they somehow knew how to communicate with the natives. I just wonder which is the official version - written or built? Perhaps the build really is what happened and the (bloodthirsty?) Oleanders wrote up an "enhanced" version of what happened to appease everyone... Quote
Bregir Posted January 16, 2016 Posted January 16, 2016 Cool build - the posing is excellent, and the simple landscape is very effective. That easter island type head is great too, and so is the story. Great work! Quote
Franco Clarke Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 Perhaps the build really is what happened and the (bloodthirsty?) Oleanders wrote up an "enhanced" version of what happened to appease everyone... Perhaps I should clarify. Despite the appearance of the model, at this point in the engagement we were merely withdrawing to our ship, using our guns to fire warning shots away from the islanders, and making sure if they became close enough to pose a significant threat that they could be neutralised. Also there was the hope that these uncivilised people could be frightened off by the sharp crack of our muskets, but it was not too be. Quote
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