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Aurora Squadron - A Star Wars Mysteries Story

Chapter Overview with Link:

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Aurora Squadron - Follow the story here!

Chapter 00 - Peace and Clarity [K21 - LS]

Chapter 00 - Order 0100-0010 [K21 - LS]

Chapter 01 - The Scourge [L9 - LS]

Chapter 02 - Skirmish above the little moon [L9 - LS]

see also...

Raiders of the Lost Art - Follow the story here!

Chapter 01 - Prologue [N7 - LS]

Chapter 02 - Finding Art [M11 - LS]

Chapter 03 - Aurora Squadron Returns [L9 - LS]

Chapter 04 - Secret Meeting on Coruscant [L9 - LS]

Chapter 05 - At the Vonreg Mansion [L9 - LS]

Chapter 06 - Coronet Spaceport [M11 - LS]

Chapter 07 - Corellia Speeder Bike Chase [M11 - LS]

Chapter 08 - The Temple Raid [O7 - LS]

Chapter 09 - The Trip to Aetwelt [Q6 - LS]

Chapter 10 - Shag City [Q6 - LS]

Chapter 11 - Meeting at Skoova's [Q6 - LS]

Chapter 12 - Gunfight at Old Kaadu Corral [Q6 - LS]

Chapter 12-5 - Cavalry to the Rescue! [Q6 - LS] - contribution by @Yperio_Bricks

Chapter 13 - ART Attack! [Q6 -LS]

Chapter 14 - Sticky Fingers [Q6-LS]

Chapter 15 - The Baron and the Princess [L9-LS]

Chapter 16 - Jedi Reborn [N7-LS]

 

 

Dramatis Personae:

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Protagonists:

Name: Ensign Bizzy Walsh
Species: Human
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: to follow her sisters footsteps and become a decorated fighter pilot. Recently, she's been promoted to be part of Aurora Squadron!
Character: Joyful and light-hearted, she never overthinks the dangers of combat.

Name: Captain Zebborah Walsh
Species: Human
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: Aurora Squadron Leader. She is one of the best fighter pilots the Rebellion and New Republic can rely on.
Character: Bizzie's sister is quite serious and a true leader!

Name: Lieutenant Partt
Species: Human
Affiliation: New Republic
Objective: He's been a backup on Endor and now wants to prove himself. Recently, he's been promoted to the Aurora Squadron!
Character: He's a funny guy but a little bit cynical. He's good friends with Bizzy.

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Chapter 02 - Skirmish above the little moon

»Almost there... Reaching safe point to jump to hyperspace in two minutes. Prepare for breaking through the light barrier... «

»Er... Auora Leader? I got some interferences on the rear sensors... «

»We got a problem here! Inbound fighters at one-seven-decimal-two-eight! «

»I see them. Interceptors! Blasted! They are much faster than us! «

»They were using the solar wind to cover their approach! «

»Hey! Usually it's us having the good ideas! «

»We will not make it to the jump. They'll shoot us down! «

»Argh. hypercomm is jammed! «

»Karabast! They're hunting us! That's a Lancer frigate blocking the comms! «

»... and two more Light Cruisers on the long range scanners - orbiting Velusia and spitting additional fighters.

I ask myself, why aren't they engaging too... «

»Hah, they consider a Lancer more than enough to handle us, I guess... «

»Aurora Squadron, I should remind you that my ships primary weapon system is still offline... «

»Captain... «

»Adar Welton Yuro, my dear. «

»Adar Yuro, keep the course. We hold them off as best as we can! Jump to Shawken and alert the Republic.

We have a Fast Response Strike Fleet in orbit there! «

»Of course, my dear! I will request assistance immediately. «

»Aurora Squadron: S-foils in attack position. All power to the front deflectors. Let's show 'em who we are! «

»Roger, big sis, Aurora three standing by! «

»Roger, 'rora Leader! So this is it. The Last dance... «

»Lancer ahead! Fly-by low and fast! Let's make them shoot through our formation onto the pursuing TIEs and then get out of reach of their turbolasers!

We use that little moon back there for cover! «

»Yeah... let's get to that lovely, little moon... «

 

The skirmish rages on, with the Aurora Squadron somehow surviving...

 

»Good work, Auroras! The Lancer can't follow us around the moon. We just need to handle the TIEs! «

»I'm hit, but not bad! Ar-Que, can you do something with that stabilizer? «

 

»Woohoo, I got another one! «

»Aurora Six? Good shooting, but watch out. The Lancer coming up on the horizon again! «

»Karabast! I'm hit!!! Shield's down! I can't even - need to go down... «

»Aurora Six?! Partt?! Blasted! C'mon, where are the reinforcements?... I know you aren't disappointing us, Adar Yuro... «

 

A fleet deploys out of hyperspace...

»Aurora Squadron! This is Captain Quffar of the New Republic Cruiser Tranquility, we are here to aide you! «

»Not a moment too soon, Tranquility! We - argh - have trouble with the Lancer and possibly more enemy ships incoming. «

»No worries, take cover in our formation. We'll do the rest.

Standby ion control... fire! «

 

With the arrival of the Republic the tide turns. The A-Wings and the CR90 corvettes handle the enemy fighters, while the Lancer gets disabled by the brand new MC25i Heavy Ion Artillery Cruiser.

 

»Rebel ... I mean Republic forces! This is Captain Algin Taggart of the Imperial frigate Baygon.

I declear my surrender and request protection under the New Republic Integrity Act for war prisoners.

I...  - wait, what do you mean traitor, I - arghhh -«

»What was that?! Captain Taggart?! «

»Seems like he's been cut off, Ma'am. «

 

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Hello and thanks for reading the second issue of the Aurora Squadron. @Professor Thaum  inspired me with his lovely little Arquitens Harvester and Bloodhound to work on some miniatures on my own.

Here, I present you my creation, the Heavy Ion Artillery Cruiser MC25i. The MC25i is not that large but comes with a special mission profile: The Rebels suffered a stunning defeat on Hoth, but what still went well there, was the ion canon coverage for the escaping transports. The MC25i brings this advantage into space. With the integrated heavy ion canon, the cruiser represents a major threat, even to capital ships like Star Destroyers, disabling their shields and maneuverability swiftly.

New Republic pilots nickname it the Tranquilizer, firstly because it puts other ships to sleep, secondly being a malapropism of the first ship built, the here shown Tranquility and thirdly because being on patrol with it can be tranquilizing, as it is quite slow.

Its disadvantage is the high power consumption, leaving a vulnerability window, where some of the deflector energy level needs to be rerouted before firing. This has been addressed by strenghtening the hull armor, making the MC25i a quite sluggish cruiser. The roll-out of MC25i goes alongside with a new New Republic doctrine from the chancellors' bureau, to save lives and equipment, even on the enemies' side.

The cruiser has been co-developed by Mon Calamari, Quarren and Corellian engineers. The former gave it a whale shark-like appearance, taking inspiration from their home world's rich aquatic fauna. The MC25i is a reminiscence to the much larger MC75 with the hanging bridge.

I realized I need to add some other, well known ship for size reference, so that's why I came up with the Corellian Blockade Runner.
The design is partially moc, partially I took some design reference from other moccers on the www.

The TIE interceptor I built already some months ago, when I modified the 75300 TIE fighter. I'm happy I could use it here for some cool scenes.

Last but not least, the X-Wings and the capital ships needed a villain ship to be disabled so I built the infamous Lancer frigate.
I realized it's quite a bulky ship and maybe I got it a little bit too thick, but that's how it turned out

 

 

Wonderful entry, and nice conclusion of the showdown. Hats off !

 

All is so good, the mini cruisers, the A wing, the ties...

I don't regret to have push the game for L9. It seems we would have missed some nice build else.

Glad to see more ships - both micro and minifigure scale!

Let's assume it's a shortened version of the Lancer 

On 10/21/2024 at 6:54 PM, Professor Thaum said:

Wonderful entry, and nice conclusion of the showdown. Hats off !

All is so good, the mini cruisers, the A wing, the ties...

 

On 10/22/2024 at 12:16 AM, Max_Lego said:

Glad to see more ships - both micro and minifigure scale!

Thanks, really appreciate your feedback 

For additional clarification, the A- and X-Wing are LSW series ships, only with adapted coloring, seen in some previous mocs before. 

On 10/21/2024 at 6:54 PM, Professor Thaum said:

I don't regret to have push the game for L9. It seems we would have missed some nice build else.

 the DS caused definitely some havoc and intense building on the LS.   

36 minutes ago, Sentinel_Brix said:

For additional clarification, the A- and X-Wing are LSW series ships, only with adapted coloring, seen in some previous mocs before. 

More specifically, they are 75218 (X-wing) and 75175 (A-wing), recoloured with blue parts. Don't you want to try and design your own versions? I think they would be much better if you did, you are very skilled at designing Lego MOCs. 

BTW, Captain Pellaeon would've been proud of Taggart...  He's lucky that he doesn't serve under Rax. 

4 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

More specifically, they are 75218 (X-wing) and 75175 (A-wing), recoloured with blue parts.  

Exactly 

4 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

Don't you want to try and design your own versions? I think they would be much better if you did, you are very skilled at designing Lego MOCs. 

Thanks  Maybe someday. I know you have a superb moc X-wing and that would be a role model hard to top. But I also like these representations of the A- and X-Wing from Lego very much. The X-Wing was a set I bought during a time I was not even back with Lego. I love the solution of how the wings unfold and the four intakes of the thrusters are better designed than on other series X-Wings. So I'm sentimental with it and hard to make good design better. And there is a plenty of micro scale mocs here still to be judged 

4 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

BTW, Captain Pellaeon would've been proud of Taggart...  He's lucky that he doesn't serve under Rax. 

He's probably dead, first of all 

You mean Pellaeon would approve surrendering and Rax not? 

Colorful pew pew in space? That must be Star Wars!

Great job on all the ships and special effects

29 minutes ago, Sentinel_Brix said:

Thanks  Maybe someday. I know you have a superb moc X-wing and that would be a role model hard to top. But I also like these representations of the A- and X-Wing from Lego very much. The X-Wing was a set I bought during a time I was not even back with Lego. I love the solution of how the wings unfold and the four intakes of the thrusters are better designed than on other series X-Wings. So I'm sentimental with it and hard to make good design better. And there is a plenty of micro scale mocs here still to be judged 

Thanks for the appreciation of my work! I gonna post my upgraded Y-wing soon too!

I agree that the 75218 X-wing is the best, though the recent 'ugly' has its own pros. I also bought it at some point, and it helped me a lot. And the unique helmet mold from this set is perfect for Luke Skywalker, IMHO

32 minutes ago, Sentinel_Brix said:

He's probably dead, first of all 

You mean Pellaeon would approve surrendering and Rax not? 

Exactly, but it's still more of a joke. Pellaeon's a dirty coward  Rax's gonna dislike him in my fanfic (and he already does in Mysteries)

This reads like one of the old X-Wing novels, and that's huge praise! I was genuinely worried for your pilots. Great story!

I like your micro ships. Your TIE is nice, but it looks a little blocky, maybe chibi? It's good, but something feels a little off. Overall though a nice entry.