pombe Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Location: H08 - Sinden's Run Tags: Exploration, Land Vehicle Dramatis Personae: Octan Pombe Courageous, wise, and a gentleman extraordinaire, Pombe leads his intrepid team of explorers on adventurous adventures, in the name of profit for the Octan corporation and its shareholders. His list of achievements is long, from mentoring the now super undercover Octan explorer, Isabel Novak, to destroying all the cacti on New California, to rescuing Octan employees captured by aliens in Sinden's Run and recovering their pants from the dastardly "jeans stealers". He credits his success to his following in the footsteps of his explorer idols, Lu Caslaug-Hing and Wick Nole, even though Wick Nole is really an engineer. Despite Pombe's accomplishments, he still somehow gets reported to HR consistently by Dr. Danielle Long, whose ship, the O.C.S. Axle, Pombe and his team have taken residence aboard. His sister, Pombie, is a special forces agent for the rival M.A.N.T.I.S. corporation. Eshey Reeshia Kolai Pragmatic and logical, Eshey is Pombe's second apprentice, after Isabel Novak. Prior to joining Octan, she was a popular deejay and an absolute beast on the turntables. She applied to Octan, because she wanted a more stable income. She was taken on by Pombe as a temporary hire, despite not having any previous corporate industry experience, because she showed up at the job interview in Octan regulation approved attire. She initially showed promise as an explorer, but has since been disappointing to Pombe, having demonstrated paranoid and hostile behavior to all alien lifeforms, being labeled as "hard" during collaborative exploration missions with Ava Gato, a Kawashita inter-corporate relations officer, which Pombe interpreted as "being difficult", and just not understanding the situations as well as Eshey's new colleague, Normal Guy, who gives her the heebie jeebies. Despite these failings, Eshey has proven to be a remarkable sharpshooter. She has since become a permanent hire, as part of Octan's response to the alien fleet threat from Andromeda's core. She also has a huge crush on Octan engineer, Big Z. Ethel Alkylhal Originally from Mitgard, where she grew up on a farm and developed animal husbandry skills, she failed to find employment as an adventurer there and ended up wandering the spaceways looking for a job. She initially was turned down for the temporary hire position as Pombe's apprentice, which was given to Eshey, because Ethel showed up to the interview in her traditional Mitgardian attire and not something Octan regulation approved. Due to the alien fleet crisis, Pombe reached back out to her and offered her a permanent position on his exploration team. Her preferred armaments are her trusty battle axe and shield. Ethel tends to distrust technology and is extremely vulgar. She also loves to eat sausages. Hombre Sue Damoness Sue was an ace pilot with Galaxy Squad's red team, having tallied numerous combat kills against the invading buggoid aliens. She was discharged honorably after deciding to leave Galaxy Squad after a certain incident. Immediately, she was courted by potential employers who wanted her skills as a pilot, but she decided to take up Pombe's offer, due to her intuition regarding Pombe's personal agenda: she didn't think he had one. Astute, but laid back, she often just goes with the flow in daily situations, but her habits learned from the military crop up from time to time with regards to adherence to protocols. She does take piloting seriously and enjoys the freedom that Pombe gives her regarding piloting decisions for the team. Normal Guy The newest member of the Pombe's exploration team, Normal Guy just sort of showed up one day and started following the crew around the Axle. Pombe, with his keen sense of observation, noticed this, and realized that he needed to help find Normal Guy a girlfriend, so Pombe brought him onto the team. Since then, Normal Guy has been an indispensible member of the team, completely understanding the nature of the exploration situations and assisting Pombe better than anyone else. While the other team members seem unnerved by Normal Guy's presence, Pombe's high praise of Normal Guy have led them to keep their thoughts to themselves. Kawashita Ava Gato A Kawashita inter-corporate relations officer who shared Kawashita technology with Octan alongside Kawashita engineer Alexander Vandangant. Ava also stayed aboard the Axle and worked with Eshey on exploration assignments for a while when Pombe was busy debriefing a Kawashita marketing and sales team on Jurin II. Competent and honorable, Ava assisted and followed Eshey's instructions, highly praising Eshey to Pombe upon his return. She has since returned to Kawashita to continue her other assignments. M.A.N.T.I.S. Isabel Novak/Sammy Nelly Typhi Deceased. Sammy Nelly Typhi was a M.A.N.T.I.S. special operations agent who infiltrated Octan as apprentice explorer, Isabel Novak, to get close to the famous explorer Wick Nole, even though he's an engineer, to learn Octan corporate secrets. Instead, she was assigned to Pombe, where she languished for two years under his mentorship. Finally having had enough, she used a special Octan exploration assignment to fake the death of her alter ego and to head back to M.A.N.T.I.S. space to report of her failure. Unfortunately for her, her spaceship had a malfunction due to the engines being only attached by a single stud, and she was forced to crash land on the planet of Xerillian. Pombe found the remains of her wrecked spaceship and sent a report back regarding Isabel's status. Octan special forces agent, Jebediah O'Reilly, and his team were dispatched to take care of Sammy once and for all, ensuring Octan secrets would not make it back to M.A.N.T.I.S.. Pombie A natural leader with an eye for talent, Commander Pombie is the head of an elite crack special operations team for the M.A.N.T.I.S. corporation. She has gained a reputation for taking employees that would otherwise be considered misfits and outcasts, identifying their talents, and molding them into terrifyingly efficient operatives. Her leadership style is brutal and cold, but nevertheless, her team are completely loyal to her because she took the time to identify and acknowledge each of their individual aptitudes after they were dismissed by others. Her brother, Pombe, is an explorer for the rival Octan corporation. Cassandra A powerful psychic with the ability to take over and control the bodily actions of multiple minifigures at once. She acquired this ability as a test subject during one of Big Sal's "employee weaponization" projects for M.A.N.T.I.S., but was rejected and discarded because she did not develop the ability to shoot lasers out of her eyes, or mouth, or hands...or from anywhere really. Unwanted and suffering from depression, she dwelled in the basements of M.A.N.T.I.S. corporate buildings, subsisting on vending machine food, sleeping in conference rooms, and showering in gym locker rooms, until Pombie discovered her by chance and recognized her talent and brought Cassandra onto her team. Since then, Cassandra has been utterly and completely loyal to Pombie, referring to Pombie as "mistress" and obeying her commands without question. Neko-chan A girl who is half minifigure and half cat alien. She grew up with her mother, and never knew who her father was. Because of her beauty and lithe gracefulness, she was hired by Kawashita to be a spokesmodel for their products. She proved to be hugely popular with Kawashita's customer demographic, driving up Kawashita profits astronomically through her marketing efforts. Despite the success and fortune she earned as a spokesmodel, deep down, Neko-chan felt exploited by the Kawashita corporation, who she felt only wanted to use her for her looks. Really, all she wanted to do was to hit others with her huge and impossibly heavy hammer, which is she able to produce out of seemingly nowhere. One day, she ran away from home, and fled to the Andromeda Galaxy, where she felt no one could find her and she could hit anyone she wanted with her hammer. Unfortunately, she quickly used up her fortune dining on fish expensively exported to Andromeda and became destitute. Neko-chan was discovered in the slums of Torresta by Pombie, who recognized her talents, and offered her employment where she could hit people with her hammer. Neko-chan happily accepted and has been loyal to Pombie ever since. Simon...I mean, Mephistopheles, lord of the 1337 H4XX0Rs A geeky and awkward teenager who was recognized as a prodigy in computer programming early on. Unfortunately, his abrasive personality, combined with his social awkwardness, led him to being kicked out of one team to the next. Pombie took him onto her team realizing that she needed his talent, but was initially unsure of how her team would handle him. Being a hormone driven teenage boy, he, of course, was caught trying to peep on the attractive girls of the team, Cassandra and Neko-chan. However, instead of having to issue some sort of disciplinary action, Pombie realized that the ladies could handle themselves. Cassandra simply made him punch himself in the genitals repeatedly until he passed out and Neko-chan destroyed the harddrives with his porn collection with her hammer. Since then, he's behaved himself and so long as he's referred to by his proper name, he'll follow Pombie's commands. Oddly enough, he has shown no interest in either Commander Pombie nor the other woman on the team, Scooter. Scooter Scooter is the team's pilot, though she wasn't originally trained as a pilot. She started out as a low level M.A.N.T.I.S. administrator, dealing with employee training documents. Quiet and awkward, she mostly just kept to herself and did her job. An avid videogamer, anime and manga junkie, and dedicated cosplayer, she was just working to support her hobbies. She was reassigned to Andromeda and during her trip out, she was incidentally placed on the same shuttle as Pombie. During the journey, the pilot of the shuttle had a sudden heart attack and died. Because of her experience playing space simulators, Scooter recognized the controls of the shuttle and took over and safely navigated the shuttle through a freak asteroid storm. Pombie, amazed at what she saw, commented that Scooter piloted the shuttle "like a leaf on the wind" and promptly offered her a position on her team as a pilot. She has served proudly as the pilot of the team ever since. Merchant Confederacy Bruce Vayne A Merchant Confederate starfighter pilot whose personal fighter is the T.U.M.B.L.E.R., short for Takeoff Ultra Missile Ballistic Laser Emergency Roustabout, which Eshey mistakes for a missile tank. He operates out of the Betsy May, a light carrier class capital ship, and was out on patrol looking for Zoid slaver activity when he crashed into an asteroid in the Fascini Cluster. Fortunately for him, Eshey and Pombe managed to rescue him and his T.U.M.B.L.E.R. from alien space ducks armed with knives that are indigenous to the asteroid. His alter-ego is Tabman, since he always buys the drinks. Previously: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=115721 Currently, somewhere in Sinden's Run.... These are the suits we'll be using for our next assignment. Why do they look like giant walking trash cans? Because they're based on Japanese designs, Eshey. We stole these from Kawashita? No...no, we didn't steal these designs from Kawashita. I don't get it. That's alright, Eshey. Anyways, get inside your suit. We'll be dropping onto an asteroid in Sinden's Run soon for our assignment. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Later, on the asteroid.... This asteroid is green! That's because this is a poop asteroid, a phenomenon recently discovered by our CEO John Hannibal (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=115640). WE'RE STANDING IN POOP?!?! AND THAT STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY IT'S GREEN!!! And how are you even breathing with your suit open? What are you talking about, Eshey? All my poops are a healthy green. MINE AREN'T!!! Well...they mostly aren't.... Once we get back to the Axle, I'll be sure to put you in for another vet visit to have your stool examined. Now, use your collection flask to get some poop asteroid samples. The poop asteroids here in Sinden's Run are especially rich in awesomnium, which make them likely to harbor bacteria that have the Metal Eater property, which is something that Dr. Long is interested in (http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=115149). We'll bring them back to the Axle for proper screening. I can't believe I'm on an asteroid collecting poop. Remember, over 60% of the dry mass of feces is bacteria. Why do you know these poop facts? Wait...do you feel that rumbling? AHHHH!!! A GIANT EYEBALL ALIEN POPPED OUT OF THE POOP CRATER!!! WAIT, WE HAVE NO WEAPONS!!! That's normal, Eshey. I see that all the time in my poop. THAT'S NOT NORMAL!!! Here, use this stick I found sticking out of the poop. KILL IT, KILL IT!!! No need for deadly force, Eshey. Just poke it in the eye and it will go back inside. I do it all the time. Here, take the stick and practice on this alien. Comments and criticisms are all welcome! 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SpacerSteve Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) Uhhhhhhh......The Walkers look terrific. Edit: I forgot to mention that your terrain looks crappy! Edited October 19, 2015 by SpacerSteve Quote
Tomsche Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Riiiiight... I hope the green was not a RL reference, or you have a problem mate. But it is once again a fantastic story, i really like Eshey`s role in your tales Quote
Orange Leader Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) She has all the right be to freaked out. The walkers are very nice little vehicles. Edited October 19, 2015 by Orange Leader Quote
Dannylonglegs Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Riiiiight... I hope the green was not a RL reference, or you have a problem mate. But it is once again a fantastic story, i really like Eshey`s role in your tales Ditto to the worms. Great work here! Very funny, as always! A surprising amount of Science here too! love the trashcan Mechs! And I love the terrain! ~Insectoid Aristocrat Quote
Jody Meyer Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 Only you would come up with something this crazy funny and great builds combined , great hardbody suits and poop science Quote
Kodan Black Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 I like the suits and the humor as always is spot on. My only critique is that the 2x high area in the back is a bit uniform. But overall another fine trip into pombe land! Quote
goatman461 Posted October 19, 2015 Posted October 19, 2015 I really like the tops of the mechs and you did a great job incorporating those large joints. A little bit more dbg around the hip and greebling on top would've helped those parts blend in more. The little T-Rex arms are a little stiff, some longer one with joints might've fit well. Great story as always. Now we just need to figure out what's making those, I was thinking space whales Quote
Andromedas Gates Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 The judges awarded you 4 points. Quote
EpsilonEta Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Ha, another good (but not as crazy as usual) story. And now we know Pome's secret. He have a parasite that make him crazy, delusional and completely oblivious to the world around him (as well as let him breath in space). Quote
Dannylonglegs Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Ha, another good (but not as crazy as usual) story. And now we know Pome's secret. He have a parasite that make him crazy, delusional and completely oblivious to the world around him (as well as let him breath in space). Dr. Long is looking into these possibilities, and many more, and appreciates your contribution to this crowd-facilitated scientific research project. ~Memo from the desk of Dr. Long Quote
MKJoshA Posted October 22, 2015 Posted October 22, 2015 Your creativity knows no bounds. I love how unique your mind is. Quote
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