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Published: 2016-05-01 18:29:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 23687; Favourites: 342; Downloads: 254
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September 24, 2586. The campaign on the new world, a terraformed moon of 54 Hydrae d, had begun as something straight out of the NATO forces' nightmares. A raging thunderstorm during the Hachette's landing combined with a hasty LZ cleared by two well-placed daisy cutters was too much for the landing gear of the prototype spacecraft. The front landing gear collapsed, rendering a speedy escape impossible. The situation worsened when recon patrols revealed this moon, known to the enemy as "Dzhungly", as the home of "Site 14", a major training facility, producing enemies far more dangerous than those previously encountered on 23 Librae b. On top of that, even with CENTCOM mobilizing emergency reenforcements, help was still more than a month away. Faced with the other side of asymmetric warfare, Lt. Col. Cote's companies of elite special forces resorted to what they knew best: unconventional tactics.A group of Jako Shiks on a riverside patrol are caught by surprise when two M11387A3 Deckers rise from the water alongside them. The two Deckers, 52 and 54, have appeared in previous images from this conflict, though they've since been given new paint jobs!
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Comments: 33
Nice to see the Shiks on patrol before they get attacked
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Still want to do a story on this scene from the crew's point of view.
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Still get a kick out of this scene. If I was the driver, I'd be laughing my ass off! Before storming out of the water!
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That should be, "Surprise, you bitches!"
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How dense can you get?! 
"Like shooting fish in a barrel, and that's NOT a good thing."
"Why?"
"They got no farking soldier's sense that's why. They SAW us rising from the drink and instead of acting like REAL soldiers would act, reacting and getting to cover and fleeing without trying to fight, they just stood there confused, wondering what the fark's going on, not even raising their weapons. Kasperov literally considers these 'soldiers' cannon-fodder. Cannon-fodder that I've grown weary of killing. Come on, let's radio what we saw and clear datum, and find us a better hiding spot. I'm liking better this being a monkey-wrench to Kasperov so just maybe they'll quit this mass-cloning and making of cannon-fodder and meat-shields."
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Anyone else reminded of the scene from the Pacific, with the machinegun position on the beach, after the battle with the Japanese attack?
This drawing is awesome. Underwater tank ambush is a win.
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They seems quite lax for 'Elite Special Forces'... They are jako Shiks Elite Special Forces, that explains a lot. I am sure they are wonderful and very skilled ladies but there are just some things that don't change. 
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Hey, Shiks will be Shiks, haha.
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Great work, I really like the Shiks and also the beautiful background with the Waterfalls.
The hills and palms got me some Memories of old 90s SNES Backgrounds. (Yoshi's Island to be exactly. <3)
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This illo could be titled, Tanks for the Memories...
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Ooh! What a stupendous piece! : D I almost hear a little drumbeat as they march along... >X 3
It's easy to comment on the Shiks themselves - especially that one in the cap... rrreoorrr
I bet the Shiks have jaunty little marching tunes, haha.
That background was the result of so much tinkering. I think I spent something like four times longer on the background than I did on the characters! Glad to see it paid off! Though looking at it today, I could totally kick that background's ass now. XD
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I think the shik asking about the mechs must be wetting herself by now.
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Going back over this piece and rereading the comments I would love to see the shik's face when she saw the mechs rising from the water.
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"Hey. Hey. Hey. Are these mechas supposed to be there? They don't look of our own"
"Have their red markings?"
"No?"
"Then they surely are just some old K-3 with some glued armor and boxes, to be the OPFOR for the maneuvres."
"... are you sure? We weren't told there would be OPFOR forces deployed there..."
"Bah. I'm eating now. Don't care"
"I'm... I'm quite sure they are aiming at us, you know"
Wonderful work Khal!!
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That is about 0.5 seconds before this patrol is reduced to mere atoms in a crossfire storm of A/T munition, I assume? >.>
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There's always the off-chance that they'll surrender!
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Actually: Slim to none!
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I hope they're as smart as that! D:
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This is so great!! I love how you managed to give them all unique personalities, despite the fact that they all look the same.
Daemoria's updated uniforms also look cool, it gives the poor girls a bit more protection but still looks hot. Speaking of, I like the little sunburn on the one shik that took her top off!
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Thank you! Shiks are so fun to draw, there's so much variety in them for a bunch of clones, haha.
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Looks like a nice vacation spot, but maybe there's a reason developers have been timid on breaking ground with what I assume would be very lush resorts.
Your jungle/tropical backgrounds make me wish I was out in the middle of the Pacific. xD
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Wow looks great and I like the new Shik Uniforms too. it make them stand out. I'm guessing its going to be the new tactical gear?
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Yeah. It won't necessarily be universal, but this is another variant of the Shik gear.
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Well it really make the Shik using the gear stand out which i believe was your intention. Which I give you high marks for.
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