It started with this guy. He is from Bones Miniatures and is called Keryx the Cyborg Assassin. While looking for him I came across a miniature that I completely forgot I had. The figure is a Heresy Miniature called Security Sgt. Dove.
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| Keryx (Tyler Dove) |
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| Sgt. Dove (Taylor) |
A story started brewing in my head. These two were brothers; Tyler and Taylor Dove. They were born on Damascus 12, a manufacturing planet in the Planetary Alliance. Damascus 12 produced parts for the farming equipment on agricultural planets, the military, and the enormous space fleet of the Alliance. Their father owned a scrapyard on the planet. Ty and Tay would play among the junk when they were kids. One day while they were in the yard, they heard what sounded like lasgun fire. It came from the building where their father's office was. They ran towards the office and when they got there, their father was lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
The police investigation never found the murderer. Both boys vowed that they would do everything they could to solve the case. Ty was older and joined the police force and quickly rose to the rank of detective. Tay joined the force two years later and was a rookie when his brother disappeared while investigating a local smuggler.
Reports of a cyborg killing local gangsters began to circulate in the precinct. When Tay saw and image of the assassin on his com-screen, it looked a lot like his missing brother. He knew he needed to find him and stop the killing spree. In his gut, he felt that his brother's investigation of the smuggler, his brother's disappearance, the gangster killings, and the cyborg were all connected. Little did he know how right he was.
Taylor's gut told him that he would find his brother at their father's now long abandoned scrapyard. The cyborg, now a killing machine for his boss, the smuggler, who was eliminating all local competition was ordered to take out a young police sergeant who was poking his nose into the recent killings. For some reason, the cyborg thought the police officer could be found at a nearby scrapyard. The hunt was on.
The scrapyard piece I cobbled together with a bunch of bits I had in a box along with some parts I had from old Tamiya kits . The platform was to put metal scraps on so that a crane could pick them up and load them on to a transport. It was a favorite spot for Ty and Tay to play on and under when they were kids.
* I gave Security Sgt. Dove (Taylor) a custom base (It was one I didn't use from Kabuki Miniatures.) I wanted a Blade Runner/Ghost in the Shell feel for him.
