kabel Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Location: F02 - Lesser Drigo Tags: engineering, civil, Octan Once again it was a hot day on Lesser Drigo. H3 was still down on this hell like planet and really buisy maintaining the water pumps that had been stationed here and had a rough time running under the planet's extreme conditions. Sure, the planet was rich in water, but it wasn't like water on earth. Here the water was often located near tectonic faults and thus usually super heated. This made the water an interesting object to study as it contained a lot of rare minerals that could possibly be mined from it. But running the equiment was really difficult. The water was always close to boiling and rising from bottum of this lake, steam jets vented into the planets air making it almost impossible to breath. And, to be hit by the hot water could be really painful. So working here was definetely not that much fun! Once again, one of the pumps had given up under these conditions. H3 was send to fix to problem and so he had to walk the slippery plank all the way to the pump's control module. When he finally got there he emmidiately saw what was wrong. A loud cursing followed as usual: "Damn those software developers. I've told them hundreds of times what to do, but they don't get it. The water here is boiling so their shit simply woun't work. Damn you m**********ers in your nice and shiny labs. Damn you Octan for paying these a*****s more than paying me, ah f**k all of this" The cursing continued for a while with H3 being unaware that everthing Octan employees did, got recorded of course, even out here! Henry then decided to do, what he usually did in situations like this: He took his hammer and slammed it into the pumps control unit as hard as possible. A loud boom ecchoed through the canyon, but at least the pump was doing it's job again. H3 was relieved and made sure to get out of this place and back to the base as fast as possible. He did not want to get hit by one of those hot vents! What he had not thought about was that Octan's security officers had told him several times to be very silent at the pumps as M.A.N.T.I.S spies were said to be all over the planet. And so, attracted by the noise, an unmanned M.A.N.T.I.S drone had found it's way to this secret location ... Quote
Ferdinando Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I like the "direct" approach your character has to engineering! Well done! Quote
LittleJohn Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Excellent build, kabel! The layering is superb and I really like the water Edited July 12, 2015 by LittleJohn Quote
mrcp6d Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Cracking me up man! Poor H3 better figure out how to get on the Octan Corp's leaders' "good" list! The piping is really well done and the underwater layer is a cool idea. Superb work with the landscape as well. Quote
Blackhawk STX Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 Ah, yes. Hammer maintainence. I'm very familiar with it. Throwing wrenches tends to be very thereputic, too... You may want to check out some new medications Kawashita is marketing. One is a great stress reliever, called Dammitol. There's an even better one that's prescription only, called Effitol. They might help... Anyway, great build! Like the water jets, and the submerged section works really well. Nice! Quote
Jody Meyer Posted July 12, 2015 Posted July 12, 2015 I really like your water pump design, might have to include your design into my next chapter to integrate the stories Quote
kabel Posted July 13, 2015 Author Posted July 13, 2015 Thanks guys, glad you like it. Unfortunately there is always so little time to hammer out a moc and I'm a rather slow builder. Otherwise I'd take my time and come with something bigger and more detailed ... I like the "direct" approach your character has to engineering! Well done! Ah, yes. Hammer maintainence. I'm very familiar with it. Throwing wrenches tends to be very thereputic, too... I suppose H3 kinda reflects my having grown up in Eastern Germany and therefore a more Eastern European approach to engineering and spaceflight ... I really like your water pump design, might have to include your design into my next chapter to integrate the stories sure, go ahead mate! Poor H3 better figure out how to get on the Octan Corp's leaders' "good" list! Well, the thing is, Henry never sees those camera's that are constantly following him. I really wonder who's after him ... Quote
Big Sal Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Great build and fun story! The landscaping is really nice Quote
mccoyed Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 Echoing the compliments on the fun story, but I can't believe the landscapes you turn out Kabel. I don't get how you do it. Even the tutorials leave me mystified by how good you always make this stuff look. Quote
aeralure Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Great stuff! Very entertaining. I like the underwater layer - just enough to add another dimension to the build and show the working of the machine. Well, once the issues are hammered out. Quote
NuckElBerg Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Haha, H3 feels a bit like a TF2 engineer. Just hit things and they'll work (or die, if they're people)! Nice waterwork, and a neat little build! Quote
kabel Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 Thank your McCoyed for taking the time to comment on all entries! Wow, what an effort. The same goes for some others too! @mc: the clue to these Southwerstern kind of landscapes is that I mix snot layers with normal studs on top layers. Nothing too complicated actually. In this build I didn't have much time to make it really big though ... @Nuckl: what's a TF 2 engineer? Quote
goatman461 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Poor H3, everything is such a struggle. I really like your structure, environment, and story, but there are a couple of areas that stand out and bug me a bit. Mostly it's just a lack of detail on the satellite and pump intake. Both of those features are too easily recognizable as specific LEGO parts, so it's a bit distracting to what is otherwise a great build. This also goes for the exposed anti-studs on the first picture. It is very front-and-center and starts the presentation of on the wrong footing. Otherwise, the rock work is great, the color scheme works well, and the pump's structure looks authentic. Quote
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