[M - B03] Experiment M5B03

[Big Sal]

Excerpt from the lab book of Big Sal:

Date: 20 Maian 3815.

Experiment Code: M5B03.

Lead Scientist: Big Sal.

Laboratory: Linopeia III Facility, Materials Lab 5.

Aim: Assess local rock sample for precious metals.

Excerpt ends.

"Well, I suppose I'd better get on with aligning the lasers."

"The other lasers are fine, but the connections on this one are a bit loose. However... to fix it I'd have to go borrow a ladder from Sci-X's lab, which would mean actually speaking to Sci-X... I'll just leave it - what's the worst that could happen?"

Excerpt from the lab book of Big Sal:

Method: Precious metal content will be analysed using newly designed quad-laser quark-gluon spectrometer.

Prediction: Analysis will reveal any subatomic impressions of awesomnium, gold, mithril or copper, effectively scanning the whole of Linopeia III with just one sample.

Excerpt ends.

"Everything's set up - time to fire the lasers!"

"Everything seems to be working as expected. Wait, what's that tearing sound?"

"Whoops! At least it didn't damage the highly explosive gas canister it fell on..."

Excerpt from the lab book of Big Sal:

Results: Quark-gluon impression spectra contains distinct awesomnium signature.

Conclusions: High probability of extensive awesomnium deposits on Linopeia III. No other precious metals detected. Spectrometer worked perfectly.

Safety report: No incidents to report. However, on returning to laboratory after experiment, evidence of large explosion causing extensive damage to laboratory. I suspect Octan or Kawashita sabotage!

Excerpt ends.

Comments and criticism welcome! Here's the whole build:

Edited May 22, 2015 by Big Sal

[CMP]

Devious. I'll comb through any stray backchannels to see if I can spot any Octan or Kawashita references to this incident. Surely they had a hand in this mess.

Awesome build, great use of our sweet color scheme.

[Lady K]

Awesome!! Fantastic build and story! Great piece usage, love the chair!

And I agree with your assessment of the explosion......sabotage for sure!

Edited May 20, 2015 by Lady K

[Dannylonglegs]

Haha! Great work! Love the lab! Very scientific! Also I love that the Lazer changed the colour of the rock! Excellent touch!

~Insectoid Aristocrat

[pombe]

Great build! I love your use of colors and the chair (though I'd be afraid to sit in it given where the lasers are).

I can neither confirm nor deny that Octan saboteurs played a role in this "accident".

[Graham Gidman]

Great work, Big Sal!

[Mike S]

Great looking lab!

[narbilu]

Excellent story and build... Not sure who is responsible though

[AC_]

Nice story. Love the details in the room and the laser effects.

[Commander Beltar]

Great build, even if it's for MANTIS. The chair has a great NPU on it, and I the story is great too. The overall look of the lab is amazing!

[Kai NRG]

Very good work on the lab interior, lots of neat details. In particular I love the part use for the back of the chair!

[Orange Leader]

Yeah, Yeah... blaming you're technical wrong doings on the sincere Kawashita Group is a very unforgiving gesture, Big Sal. For shame!

This is a cool built and I like how you did the desk chair.

[Commander Turtle]

Nice, I like this build and storytelling. I think this build also shows how hard it is to photograph black - I'd definitely suggest doing greebles or some surfaces in light bley like in Bob's example image of the MANTIS boardroom. You followed the guidelines perfectly, but deviating a little may give you easier photographs.

I also love how the hairy face and glasses fits the "dysfunctional scientist" type so well!

[shmails]

Really cool story and I love the four beams converging on the specimen. Great work!

[Big Sal]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone

I think this build also shows how hard it is to photograph black...

In fact I deliberately kept the build and photos dark for this build since optics labs are usually pretty dark places, especially (I imagine) those in evil corporations

But thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind for future builds

[mccoyed]

Great build here. Love seeing the up close focus and then the larger MOC.

[Commander Turtle]

In fact I deliberately kept the build and photos dark for this build since optics labs are usually pretty dark places, especially (I imagine) those in evil corporations

But thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind for future builds

I know from your Flickr that you are a good photographer, I just had a little difficulty seeing all the details :)

[Andromedas Gates]

The judges awarded you 5 points.

[VolumeX]

My fellow scientist, you have done well.

Edited May 23, 2015 by VolumeX