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Where Art Meets Technology
By
Trent McCrow
I recently
visited a Star Wars exhibition at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum
with my father as a little present for finishing my first year as
a Communications student at Avondale College in Australia. The exhibit
was called Star
Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination and showcased how some
of the technology from our favourite saga has been adopted and is
being developed on earth today. We could build our own robot like
R2-D2 or even build a magnetised landspeeder but what were most
exciting were the original models and replicas of real star wars
props. There was stormtrooper armour and the Jedi robes of Mace,
Anakin and Obi-Wan as well as one of the Yoda puppets and the Iconic
suit of Darth Vader himself. They were all very cool (and I was
kicking myself for not sneaking a camera in) but what I thought
was most cool were the models of the starships from Star Wars.
As you entered the exhibit you were immediately
confronted with the giant hamburger, known to the galaxy as the
Millennium Falcon. A few meters away were Luke’s iconic X-Wing
and the Star Destroyer that left us in awe the first time we saw
Star Wars. They all had blaster scoring on them and looked like
the space junk George Lucas envisioned for his gritty universe.
But what caught my father’s eye was the sleek styling of the
Royal Naboo Starship. My dad has always liked the starships from
Naboo and is especially fond of the one Zam Wessel destroyed in
Attack of the Clones. “They just look so cool!” he says.
They truly are a wondrous design. When it comes to the Naboo it
isn’t where science meets imagination but instead for the Naboo
it is where technology meets art.
So today I’m going to introduce you to
two Naboo starships cards from our upcoming expansion Invasion
of Naboo.
The first elegant starship we’re previewing
today is the Royal N-1 Starfighter. This card is definitely
an upgrade from the N-1
Starfighter card already available to us, but is obvious that
the same design concepts have been carried through to the Royal
N-1 Starfighter. With a high speed and relatively low power
and health this feels like an N-1
Starfighter yet when a Naboo Diplomat is around that needs protecting,
these elegant starships beef up to 3 power and 3 health! Unlike
the standard N-1
Starfighter's the Royal N-1’s reflect the fact they
are piloted by Naboo’s best pilots and hence have an inbuilt
"Pay 1 Force --> Evade 1" ability. How much
for this starship... this piece of art, I hear you say? Just 3 build!
That’s one of the cheapest pieces of art you’ll ever get!
The second preview card I have for you
today promotes the ideals of the Naboo faction, teamwork. Bravo
One (A) has mastered not only the art of design, but the art
of war also. For an investment of 4 build, Bravo One (A) provides
you with a 60/3/3 killing machine with Accuracy 1 built in! But
the benefits of this elegant piece of art do not end there. When
combined with the rest of the gallery of artwork, Bravo One (A)
will receive a power boost equal to the number of artworks in your
gallery for a cost of only 1 Force. What makes this card balanced
is its uniqueness, but imagination the combination if the rest of
Bravo squadron were available!
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About the Author
Trent is currently doing what he loves
best and that is be involved with the SWTCG and the IDC in particular.
He is a reporter at Rebelbasers.com and is looking to revive the
RB community in the near future. After his break from the IDC while
he was teaching English in Hong Kong for a month Trent returned
home and moved back to College, where he is currently studying a
Bachelor of Theology / Bachelor of Ministry. He also has no friends
so you should add him to MySpace… http://www.myspace.com/proph37
Despite all that, he still has time to introduce the game to new
players…KEEP THE GAME ALIVE!
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