While on patrol off the southwest coast of South Tahopan, the crew of a PDSRE Type-138 intelligence trawler observes a strange streak across the sky. The fiery orange trail splits apart, showering debris to the south. Plotting the potential impact point, they retask themselves to investigate. Soon after, official orders come down. The nation of Tosul lost control of a secret satellite and it crashed into Antarctica. Everybody knows about the satellite and the race is on. Word quickly gets out that Tosul is deploying a rapid reaction force. The captain pushes the engines up to flank speed. His new orders have his crew setting up a landing zone near the coast of Antarctica. From there, a cargo aircraft will bring in a team and supplies.

Thanking the ocean deities for calm seas and fair weather, Lieutenant Commander Yuri Sokolov pulls into a sheltered inlet. Quickly, they inflate one of the rafts stowed on the stern of the ship. Three crew members, all bundled up against the cold, load up and go ashore.

Up next: The search for a suitable landing zone.

Nice scene! Cool penguins and good 2D background with those wedge plates and plates, next time add some bricks to obtain 3D feels 

PENGUINS!!! I love it! Good work on the background. The little bits of Ice pertruding from the water is a nice touch.

Points to be posted when mission close date hits. Outcome TBD. 

Great scene!  I like the penguins!

In bitter cold, the three PDSRE sailors ski across the snow, searching for a suitable spot to land a cargo aircraft. In winter, they have limited daylight.

About 10 kilometers from the ship, they find a large, relatively flat and obstruction free area. Getting out their survey equipment, they quickly determine the area is within the minimums for a cargo aircraft to land. They set out their beacons, radio the ship to relay to the aircrew they have the field set out, then they start getting ready for night.

On 8/17/2022 at 1:03 PM, ParmBrick said:

Nice scene! Cool penguins and good 2D background with those wedge plates and plates, next time add some bricks to obtain 3D feels 

Grazi. I felt the 2D feel for this scene would be better. Those peaks are far off and details in snow can be hard to see.

On 8/17/2022 at 3:34 PM, Mirror1810 said:

PENGUINS!!! I love it! Good work on the background. The little bits of Ice pertruding from the water is a nice touch.

Danke. I wanted to have some fun with the small details on this scene. Thusly, the penguins and small chunks of ice floating.

16 hours ago, Brickwolf said:

Great scene!  I like the penguins!

Thanks. One is a Friends penguin, but the rest are all there for fun and to add color to the scene.

Up next: Nights and flights

P.S. If anybody wishes to join in, up to two more people can assist provided it is brick built. I expect to have the cargo aircraft landing up by Sunday. This will allow any Brick of Nation participant to bring a bigger team onboard. I'm going to work up a few snowmobiles to have onboard. Bring your team and equipment and help beat Tosul to the prize.

Hunkered down in their tent for the long night, the three sailors eat survival rations and chat.

"I hope they get here soon," the older guy sipping his tea remarks.

Looking up from his reheated borscht, the other male comments, "Why? This is crazy! I'd have never thought I'd get to camp in Antarctica."

"Because we have about 30 hours until the next storm hits," the lady tuning their tracker replies. "It's a balmy -30 degrees Centigrade now, but that storm will drop it to -50. Before the wind chill."

"We'll be snowed in for at least a week," the old man says. "We haven't got the food or fuel to stay warm that long." The thought of freezing to death silenced the trio for a while.

In the morning, the radio comes to life. The cargo aircraft is inbound. Leaving their tent, they setup the beacons and wave the aircraft in.

"Something's wrong with the gear!" the old man shouts from his lookout position.

The female sailor studies the gear for a second. "They attached skis!"

Taking a second look, the older guy feels she's correct. "Brilliant," he mutters under his breath.

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After turning around and getting ready for a rapid departure, the cargo ramp drops down and two snowmobiles and a sled team emerge. The leaders of the search team converse with the sailors. Using a map, they are given the coordinates for the area. On the side, the sled team is told about a second streak that hit off to the side on an inland trajectory.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Rodin runs about, enjoying the feeling of being on the southern continent while Major Brickinov and Sergeant Major Gurkin chat about how the skis did on the landing.

Up next: The search

1 hour ago, Feuer Zug said:

Hunkered down in their tent for the long night, the three sailors eat survival rations and chat.

"I hope they get here soon," the older guy sipping his tea remarks.

Looking up from his reheated borscht, the other male comments, "Why? This is crazy! I'd have never thought I'd get to camp in Antarctica."

"Because we have about 30 hours until the next storm hits," the lady tuning their tracker replies. "It's a balmy -30 degrees Centigrade now, but that storm will drop it to -50. Before the wind chill."

"We'll be snowed in for at least a week," the old man says. "We haven't got the food or fuel to stay warm that long." The thought of freezing to death silenced the trio for a while.

In the morning, the radio comes to life. The cargo aircraft is inbound. Leaving their tent, they setup the beacons and wave the aircraft in.

"Something's wrong with the gear!" the old man shouts from his lookout position.

The female sailor studies the gear for a second. "They attached skis!"

Taking a second look, the older guy feels she's correct. "Brilliant," he mutters under his breath.

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After turning around and getting ready for a rapid departure, the cargo ramp drops down and two snowmobiles and a sled team emerge. The leaders of the search team converse with the sailors. Using a map, they are given the coordinates for the area. On the side, the sled team is told about a second streak that hit off to the side on an inland trajectory.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Rodin runs about, enjoying the feeling of being on the southern continent while Major Brickinov and Sergeant Major Gurkin chat about how the skis did on the landing.

Up next: The search

Amazing, keep up the good work. I love how you implemented a lot of Star Wars Parts. They fit right in with the sceney. Also, what did you do In the background for the tent? Cause' I can see you removed it via computer.

23 hours ago, Mirror1810 said:

Amazing, keep up the good work. I love how you implemented a lot of Star Wars Parts. They fit right in with the sceney. Also, what did you do In the background for the tent? Cause' I can see you removed it via computer.

Thanks. I have a few Star Wars minifigs and the white scheme works well. The snowmobiles are all custom made, based off the various City advent calendar ones.

The background for the night scene in the tent is a large piece piece of black poster. In post production, I just ensured it was a uniform variant of black. I tried to do the aurora borealis above the tent in translucent bricks, but it never came out well. I cropped the scene down to only the tent and filled the background to the one shade.

The primary search team comes across the debris field. Solar panels litter the scene, but the glorious PDSRE operatives recognize the prize.

The team gets to work. The first operative begins checking out the main satellite housing. Another refuels their snowmobiles while the final two take up guard duties.

 

You earned 44 Points. 

Beautiful concept, great ideas that were very well executed! Kudos! 

On 8/26/2022 at 3:35 PM, TheBeeze said:

You earned 44 Points. 

The families of the lost team will be cared for with the funding provided.

16 minutes ago, TribunM said:

Beautiful concept, great ideas that were very well executed! Kudos! 

Thanks. This was an interesting series of builds.