Posted 01 March 2017 - 04:22 PM

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Deputy Dawg

K-9

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The UM-K9 first came to notice in the capitol city of Zhi-Chiang, on the planet Hsien, in the newly formed Chaos March. Associated with the paramilitary police that also acted as the local Militia, the K9 and it's associates were constructed from scraps left after the Fourth Succession Wars, with large quantities of destroyed Urbanmechs and Valkyries being interred in the scrap yards under governmental control.



Needing a functioning fighting force to deal with the unrest and Liao sponsored Guerrillas, the commander of the local Garrison got the idea to raid the scrapyards for working tech, and a small force of frankenmech Urbanmechs were built, using the combining the engines and leg actuators of Davion Valkyries into the much easier to maintain and repair Urbanmech shells.



Weaponry and reliability varied greatly from mech to mech, but over the years, most of the bugs were worked out, and the sight of these "Police Special" Urbanmechs became source of pride for the citizens of Zhi-Chiang. Surviving the Xin Sheng Campaign of Sun Tzu Liao in good order, things took a turn for the worse with the coming of the Word of Blake's Jihad.



Holding out for over a year, fighting both the Blakists and the Hsien Hotheads, eventually the members of the Zhi-Chiang Constabulary were forced to retreat offworld. Ever since, the K-9 and his unit have shown up at various hotspots throughout the Inner Sphere, to fight for the locals, then disappear again.



Why and how the nephew of Frederick Steiner came to drive an Urbanmech on a planet so far away from home as Hsien is a matter of speculation, as are the pilot's motives.



Links to all three specific contests:

Oops! I forgot! Contest ends

11:59pm

EST, March 15th, 2017, after which we will judge and post winners hopefully soon after!

I am extending it tentatively by 48 hours until 11:59 pm EST, March 17th, 2017

In celebration of seeing the "little Urbie who could" come to life, I wanted to create a contest, in conjunction with PGI to celebrate the little guy, now official to MWO as the(Note, the mech pictured above has been modified to more closely resemble original concept art, and does not reflect the actual finished geometry and paint selection of the UM-K9 Hero Mech)This will be a three way contest, for(TRO write ups, historical, actual short story, etc),(Digital Paintings, 3D Renders, etc) and(Paintings, Sketches, Lego Mechs, Macaroni Sculpture, etc) of the little K-9.For the Fiction aspect, a few details of the mysterious Urbanmech come to be known as the...er..................Winners will be decided by a Panel of PGI Judges, our Community Manager, Tina, and Myself!This is all in good fun, of course, but I wanted some way of saying THANK YOU to all the members of the community who helped me get first the Urbanmech, and finally, my beloved Hero, into this game! And an extra special Thank you, to PGI, not only for bringing my Deputy Dawg to life, but supporting this contest, also!cheers!All submissions need be made to the appropriate linked thread!****EDIT****I'm extending the Deadline. Not by choice, but necessity. Apparently Tina had to be out of town for the last couple of weeks, and won't be returning until Monday. I am trying to work the situation out with another Dev at this time, but because of his other responsibilities, I don't believe he has had time to get fully caught up. So until I know what is going on ( I am only one of the judges on the panel, and do not have the power to bequeath the prizes), I will have to extend the deadline. At this time, but it may extend longer depending on what is decided. I apologize for the confusion and thank you for your patience. If you have any more polishing on your arts, stories, etc, feel free to continue.****************and the Winners are!**************************Traditional Art:-1st Place: Dolgfer-2nd Place: Maxrobo-3rd Place: steel ravenDigital Art:-1st Place: Kilroy-2nd Place: Shinypants-3rd Place: sCOREscreamFan Fiction:-1st Place: Orcrist-2nd Place: Barantor-3rd Place: ThomsterThank you again to PGI and Tina and the various judges for making this possible... and to all the entrants who posted their creativity!

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 28 March 2017 - 05:04 PM.