S4, 02 The Search (June 7, 2017)

In this freebuild for The Insurgency, the search to bring Jakor back begins!

April 27 2097

The ship carrying the Search for Jakor squad entered the atmosphere of Etrion.

Jaze: "Does everyone remember the message?"

Everyone: "It’s a long way to Husk."

Jaze: "Remember, keep our mission a secret. Otherwise, Jakor could be endangered."

Caleb: "Pardon me for asking, but who’s going to do anything to Jakor? He’s like, a super soldier."

Jaze: "I’d rather not take that risk."

Nate(from cockpit I was too lazy to build): "We have arrived at sector 0011374265."

Jaze: "Alright everyone, we’ll meet back here in an hour. Talk to everyone you see."

Jera: "Alright, let’s go!"

Soon after disembarking, an odd sculpture caught Jaze’s attention.

Jaze: "Hey!"

Jaze: "Pardon me, sir, do you know anything about that… object over there?"

Armored Man: "That thing’s been around for as long as I can remember. I’m not quite sure what it is. It could be a monument of sorts, some modern art, or it could just be a trash heap. I’m surprised it’s lasted this long around here. I think there is some good material in there. In fact, sometimes I think it gets bigger."

Jaze: "OK, thanks."

Jaze: "Oh, by the way, it’s a long way to Husk."

Armored Man: "…I guess so."

Begin montage, with repetition of ‘It’s a long way to Husk’ and little to no response.

End montage

???: "Hey."

???: "If you give me your necklace, I can tell your future."

Jera: "…I’m not wearing a necklace."

ARF-helmet man: "Pay no attention to him. He goes around thinking he’s some sort of mystic."

Chirrut Imwe wannabe: "The force moves darkly around those who doubt it."

Jera: "It’s a long way to Alder-I mean Husk."
ARF-helmet man: "\*hrmph\*"

Chirrut Imwe wannabe: "The strongest hearts have stars of Kiaberr!"

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In another location on a dark cargo loading area:

Loader 1(grey helmet): "That’s the last crate in this one."

Loader 2(blue hat): "What’s in those crates, anyways?"

Loader 1: "Woah, watch it!"

Loader 1: "The first rule of this job: Never question what you are hauling."

Loader 2: "Why is that?"

Loader 1: "Those who are shipping their parcels only give us the information they want us to know. It would be very dangerous to ask questions that they don’t want to answer."

Loader 1: "All I know about this is that this is going to someone, or something, called The Storm."

Loader 1: "That’s odd. I thought I added a crate into that."

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Etrion

Rocket: "Didn’t find anything?"

Kirin: "Nope."

Jera: "Ugh. I don’t think I want to hear the words ‘it’s a long way to Husk’ ever again."

BEEP BEEP

Kirin: "Of course! It was in the droid!"

Jera: "Finally!"

BEEP BEEP

Kirin: "Hey, come back!"

Rocket: "I don’t think it’s the droid that we were supposed to be looking for."

BEEP BEEP

Kirin: "Wow, that’s an even better hiding place!"

BEEP BEEP

Rocket: "But who’s going to get it?"

Kirin: "We could do rock-paper-scissors."

Rocket: "But rock is the only hand we have. Or maybe it’s scissors..."

BEEP BEEP

Jera: "That’s so annoying! I’ll get it myself!"

BEEP BEEP

Jera: "I’m coming, I’m coming!"

BEEP BEEP

Jera: "Almost there…"

Kink

plop

???: "What do we have here?"

Kirin: "Hey…uh…It’s sure a long way to Husk, isn’t it?"

Robot: "Approximately 1341200000 miles, to be more precise."

Rocket: "Who are you, and what do you want with us?"

Ninja hood man: "I am Ervon Sovero, and my band and I have taken an interest in that data chip."

Rocket: "Well too bad. We found it first."

(weapons cocking)

Sovero: "If you know what’s good for you, you will let us have that data chip."

Kirin: "I really don’t think you will find anything useful in it."

???: "Sovero!"

Jakor?: "If you know what’s best for you, you will leave them alone and go away."

Sovero: "Oh, someone else pretending to be Jakor to frighten us into submission."

Not Jakor: "Trust me, I’m the real deal, as before. Your friend there has the right idea."

Sovero: "And if we don’t comply?"

PEW PEW

Still not Jakor: "It was hard for me to miss those shots. I might not be able to do it again."

Sovero: "Next time, we shall see."

Rocket: "So that’s what you’ve been keeping in that backpack."

Totally Jaze: "I have the rest of his armor, too. I’m sure he’ll want it when we find him."

Kirin: "You know, that was a risky move there. You could have wound up like most of the rest of the Jakor impersonators."

Jaze: "Well, what matters is that it worked."

Jera: "Alright, time to see where this leads us!"

Data packet:

Divided, yet a whole, it is one of eight,

The origin of greatness, you will find it: paria.

Jera: "Oh come on!"

To be continued...

The odd sculpture thing.

If Jaze’s slip-up didn’t give it away, the line “It’s a long way to Husk” was a rip-off of a line from Star Wars Rebels.

Another Star Wars related behind the scenes, Chirrut Imwe wannabe was planned to reappear during Sovero’s holdup, only to trip and fall down. But I forgot about that as I was photographing that scene. Oh well.

…I don’t have anything to say on this pic.

Not the proudest part of General Grievous' career.