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Kyr'yc Vercopa, Kyr'yc Motir. Loosely translated, Last Hope, Last Stand. Created in response to the Last Stand theme by Universum Artifex.

Let it be known that this was not my first choice for this theme. I had an epic ground battle in mind with planets overhead, and had it most of the way done when my hard drive ate it. Fun.

Now, technical specs. 54 layers merged, 3200x2400. Only 72 pixels per inch unfortunately, I keep forgetting to increase that before starting. 4 days on and off, since I had work and a summer class. Also my first time generating a ship. Doubt you can read it at this size, but the ship is christened Veracopa.

Credits:
~ChrisCold - Asteroids
~ftIsis-Stock - Asteroid Cracks
=ehaft - Ship Tutorial

I admit, I borrowed heavily from ehaft's ship design in that tut as well, though mine is far more basic than his.

~universumartifex and =Space-Club have my permission to display this singly or in a pack.

Reason for this title:
Its basically rooted around my understanding of the culture I'm using here, but their last hope is their last stand as well. If/when they have to die, they die swinging. Very rarely do one of them die of old age.

Now, the story. Best part, right?

Ca'nara, home to six million Mando'ade, is nearly empty. Those who can have heeded the call of the Mand'alor, following her to war. The only ones left now are those who are too young, and those who are taking care of them. The planet would never be attacked...it was a single-planet system, set close to a large dust nebula - which provided interesting light shows every so often.

One day, however, the long range sensors go off. An asteroid was plummeting down towards their planet, followed by millions of pieces of debris. The largest asteroid was unstable, already cracking as it was drawn in by the planet's gravity well, but would last long enough to hit the planet, devastating it.

They barely had handheld weapons, and were short on all personnel. There was no hope of evacuation, despite their limited numbers...there were only five ships on the planet (two that ran), one of them a single-person starfighter. Spare engines, though, those they had a few of. Loading them onto the freighter, along with a few technicians to unload, fasten, and start them, the freighter set off for the asteroid.

The math was tricky at best. As it stood, the asteroid wasn't on a direct course for the planet, but was close enough that the planet's gravity was attracting the asteroid's fatal orbit. If engines were added to one side, there was a chance, however slim, that the altered direction would sling the asteroid past, its momentum forcing it to never return.

The spare engines set, ignited, and burning, the aging freighter Vercopa headed back for home. They would live or die with their families, the Mando way.

Description
Kyr'yc Vercopa, Kyr'yc Motir. Loosely translated, Last Hope, Last Stand. Created in response to the Last Stand theme by Universum Artifex.

Let it be known that this was not my first choice for this theme. I had an epic ground battle in mind with planets overhead, and had it most of the way done when my hard drive ate it. Fun.

Now, technical specs. 54 layers merged, 3200x2400. Only 72 pixels per inch unfortunately, I keep forgetting to increase that before starting. 4 days on and off, since I had work and a summer class. Also my first time generating a ship. Doubt you can read it at this size, but the ship is christened Veracopa.

Credits:
~ChrisCold - Asteroids
~ftIsis-Stock - Asteroid Cracks
=ehaft - Ship Tutorial

I admit, I borrowed heavily from ehaft's ship design in that tut as well, though mine is far more basic than his.

~universumartifex and =Space-Club have my permission to display this singly or in a pack.

Reason for this title:
Its basically rooted around my understanding of the culture I'm using here, but their last hope is their last stand as well. If/when they have to die, they die swinging. Very rarely do one of them die of old age.

Now, the story. Best part, right?

Ca'nara, home to six million Mando'ade, is nearly empty. Those who can have heeded the call of the Mand'alor, following her to war. The only ones left now are those who are too young, and those who are taking care of them. The planet would never be attacked...it was a single-planet system, set close to a large dust nebula - which provided interesting light shows every so often.

One day, however, the long range sensors go off. An asteroid was plummeting down towards their planet, followed by millions of pieces of debris. The largest asteroid was unstable, already cracking as it was drawn in by the planet's gravity well, but would last long enough to hit the planet, devastating it.

They barely had handheld weapons, and were short on all personnel. There was no hope of evacuation, despite their limited numbers...there were only five ships on the planet (two that ran), one of them a single-person starfighter. Spare engines, though, those they had a few of. Loading them onto the freighter, along with a few technicians to unload, fasten, and start them, the freighter set off for the asteroid.

The math was tricky at best. As it stood, the asteroid wasn't on a direct course for the planet, but was close enough that the planet's gravity was attracting the asteroid's fatal orbit. If engines were added to one side, there was a chance, however slim, that the altered direction would sling the asteroid past, its momentum forcing it to never return.

The spare engines set, ignited, and burning, the aging freighter Vercopa headed back for home. They would live or die with their families, the Mando way.