[K - A07] The Windblades Objective - AG1 Archive

Posted June 12, 20159 yr

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Log 2 - The Windblades Objective

N.R Marcus has been assigned his first real mission in the Andromeda System: extracting compacted Awesomnium on Lesser Direstan aboard the Katogari AE-5, a light and agile craft able to cut even the sturdiest surfaces…

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My stay on Greater Direstan didn’t last long. The councilman known as Mr. Nagashi assigned me a high priority mission on Lesser Direstan, a neighbouring planet en route to Guinevere. He told me the Council was selecting a number of pilots, engineers, scientists and explorers from different branches to lead class-2 missions across the quadrant as a type of trial.

“You pass the test, you graduate to class-2. You don’t, you get left behind”, he told me with a smirk on his face.

I know he wasn’t jokin’. A friend told me about these sorting methods in Kawashita. They value Honor, but we gotta fight for what they call honor. We gotta tell ‘em we’re worthy of our place. Not sure it’s ethical… Let’s call it logical.

In the early morning, as the 2^nd fleet was spreading across the coast, I left on a transport carrier to Lesser Direstan, still oblivious of what my class-2 mission was supposed to be. Halfway through I got a transmission telling “all pilots to report immediately in the hangar bay”. I lurched there with a quick pace, hiding my legs’ weakness when people would pass me by. When I finally arrived in the bright and wide hangar, I saw about 50 crafts lying around, ready for departure. I knew what was going on before we even got the mission status by a tall KG fleet officer:

“I’ll make it short. What you’ve got here is the Katogari AE-5, a perfect blend of manoeuvrability and strenght, gift of our best engineers. Double sail engines, 50K capacity pod and your two new friends: twin plasma cutters. And baby do they cut.”

He moved back and forth in front of us, never looking at us in the eyes:

“Our explorers found something very interesting going on on Direstan’s surface. Following canyons where giant rivers used to roar, they scanned very old rocks as sharp as knives. They call them Windblades. They found tons of hidden awesomnium inside these rocks, turned blue after being compacted for who knows how many years. Your mission is simple: drop over the rock, extract the blue stuff, don’t crash in a wall and come back for 1300. There have been reports of alien sightings, so watch out. Good luck pilots.”

(...)

“What are you doin’ there Ash?.. What the heck is that?”

“Well, isn’t it obvious? It’s a snowman!”

“We’re not here to play, mate. It’s a class-2!”

“There was an awesomnium pocket in there! I couldn’t cut it another way, I swear”

I was surprised at how relaxed he seemed, how he could make fun of its job… It wouldn’t kill anyone if he made a mistake… Well… Maybe I was taking this too seriously… Or I guess that deep inside, I found the Windblades so magical I didn’t want people to break ‘em too hard.

“Hurry up Marcus, I want us to be the first to cross that finish line! Ahem... Report to Alpha, Alpha do you hear me?: Extraction mission completed. Coming back to you Alpha. No alien encounter, but tons of Awesomnium.

May Kawashita bring fortune.

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Katogari AE-5 Blueprints (Play features: Landing gears, retractable pod and removable gear)

Side View:

Removable Back Canister (with... magnets :sweet: ):

Landing mode Katogari:

Removable gear:

Mining Equipment Blueprints (Thruster pack and plasma drill)

ITP (Individual Thruster Pack) - "adapted" from the Dust Demons recovered technology:

Derived Plasma Drill Model 750:

First appearance of the Dust Demons technology can be found in mccoyed's Angry Angel archives.

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** LOG 2 CHALLENGE: Can you spy with your eagle eye... the Classic Space reference? **

P.s: Sorry for the long story, pictures-heavy post and the bad pictures (IMO)... I have to buy/set a studio soon!.. Right now I use bad weather daylight + books as a tripod :tongue: (...) Wish you could see the model in real life. :sad:

Edited June 12, 20159 yr by Niloc

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June 12, 20159 yr

I like the story and how you expanded on the setting with the Windblades. Cool ship and even better that you included some play features. I enjoyed looking at those as well as the added equipment. Makes Kawashita proud!

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