Imperial Space Base - Ice Station Odyssey

[Murdoch17]

Located on the icy windswept world of *CLASSIFIED* the brave men and women of Ice Station Odyssey lead a desperate fight against the Blacktron and their allies, such as Spyruis Inc. The base was built in the mid-1980's when the harmony of Classic Space was destroyed when Blacktron was formed and took over this world. The Lego Empire soon took control when the Space Police beat back the Blacktron and gave the former Blacktron bases to a trusted few worlds. Peace was a scant 6 months young when Blacktron II and later that decade (1994) Spyriuis Inc. showed their collective might. The soldiers of *CLASSIFIED* fought back, and the base was kept in Imperial hands for the duration of the conflict. Many more wars would ravage the base, but some new allies would come forward in those dark times. The Nexus Force has a presence on this sector, after fleeing their dimension into our universe via a wormhole located near this planet.They keep watch over the barrier between universes, making sure nothing more comes in or goes out.... except for the occasional exiting and re-entry of the TARDIS. But that's another story!

The big black ship is the Ironwood, pride of the Imperial Home Fleet. The ship on the left is the Bright Hope, temporary home of the Nexus Force from LEGO Universe. The other two black ships are Imperial Star Destroyers.

The main entrance of the base is located inside an cavern carved out of the ice by Blacktron engineers. The secondary door is behind three trenches, two lines of laser artillery, and a foot-thick steel door. (the final artillery line and trench is seen above)

There is a third entrance, located in the light gray area between the two large rocks. It is on a cliff face that drops down 200 feet to the valley floor. The rope ladder that falls from that door when open is used in extreme emergency's only and has only been used once when the Blacktron made their escape from the base in 1989.

In real life, this base has parts I haven't added yet, such as the Command and flight control on the second story, plus the mess hall underneath.

I will update the digital base eventually.

LDD file for the base and everything on it: http://www.mocpages.com/user_images/80135/1395086596m.lxf

Comments, questions & complaints welcome!

EDIT:

I almost forgot about the fighters!

The ship on the left was based on Flickr user Rick_3691's take on the LEGO Movie classic space fighter. I elongated the nose by copying the styling from the 2011 Star Wars set #7915 Imperial V-Wing. I will get two of these for my Nexus Force space fleet.

The blue familiar-looking ship is going to go with Benny's Classic Space Cruiser from the Lego Movie. I got that one from The LEGO Universe Wiki way back in 2012, and have modified it to have weapons / scanners. It can sit a figure with air tanks on, and is build-able like everything else on this page. I will also get two of these ships.

Edited March 17, 2014 by Murdoch17

[Only Sinner]

This is a good looking base MOC, so far. I really like those fighters, and I see you took some styling cues from Echo Base and Battle of Hoth. That is a wise starting point for this, being an ice world and all. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Murdoch17]

Update March 17 2014: The pictures have been changed to reflect updates to the model... that being said, the mess hall and command room have not been added yet.

The LDD file has now been added!

Edited March 17, 2014 by Murdoch17

[Corydoras]

I'm confused - is it Space or Star Wars? Some of the images scream Hoth Rebel Base.

[krystalKING]

I'm confused, is this a mircroscale star wars, or a minifigure-scale space thing?

[Murdoch17]

@To All the confused people: I made it from Star Wars sets, but it's definitely NOT Star Wars, but a mix of LEGO Space themes. (with some Doctor Who thrown in). As for the scale, it's in flux between a mini-fig scale base, and microscale ships. Just call it Any-scale !

Edited March 19, 2014 by Murdoch17