Sonja Steelsinger and the Darkstar clanks execute a daring plan to rescue Lilja Darkstar from Baron Mikel Von Reanimeister. Molly's art notes: Molly's art notes: Set up and rendered with Poser 13.1.518 using the Superfly Cycles X rendering engine with some post-work in Superfly and a tad more in Photoshop. The 8 separate images were then mounted in a graphic novel page format using Comic Life 3.5.21. Sonja Steelsinger is based upon La Femme with modifications by Afrodite-Ohki. Fat Bob is by Simon 3D. Weasel is by Jonnte. Miss Pannikin is by 1971s. The maid servants dolls are by Studio Maya. The butler and his wife are based on the CSI dummy by Cybertenko. The mechanical revenant is based upon Victoria 4. The setting is Steampunk hideaway from DAZ and steampunk building by Cybertenko. The vehicles are by 1971s and Mausel. Support content creators!! I did include full size versions of the original panels. Finally, I worry that it's harder for those who don't speak fluent English to manage this format since cutting and pasting into a translator is not available with the images on a graphic page. Therefore, I reprinted the dialog below; if you use Google Chrome it can translate (right click and choose translate) or you can easily cut and paste into translating software. Another issue occurred to me: the effort to reproduce the accent of the unrefined characters like Sonja, Pannikin and Fat Bob might not translate so I included a standard English version of their dialog in square brackets beneath the reproduction of the speech balloons from the story page. ------------------------ Dialog for use in Translating software follows this break-------------------------------------- PANEL 1 Narration: The clocks of New Babbage strike midnight as an airship approaches the stronghold of Baron Reani- meister. PANEL 2 Weasel: Any sign of Fat Bob and his subersible? PANEL 3 Sonja: Not as of yet! Just 'old station 'ere, Weasel. Fat Bob be bound to show soon. Nowt sign o' life in yon tower: no guards, so entrance be easy as pie. An' when Bob gives th' 'igh sign? Bring us up to th' landin' platform and in me an' th' little ones go! [Plain English: Nost as of yet! Just hold station here, Weasel. Fat Bob be bound to show soon. Nowt sign of life in yon tower: no guards, so entrance will be as easy as pie! And when Bob gives the high sign? Bring us up to the landing platform and in me and the little ones go!] PANEL 4 Narration: Beneath the waters of Steelhead Bay, Fat Bob's Submersible makes way toward the Stronghold with the giant guardian clinging to its hull. Panel 5 Narration: The only sign of the submersible's stealthy approach is the periscope through which Fat Bob navigates. PANEL 6 Fat Bob: Ah! we be near teh base o' teh tower wid teh door! We ken bring 'er up, Mate! [Plain English: Ah! We are near the base of the tower with the door! We can bring her up, Mate!] PANEL 7 Helmsman: Aye, Skipper! Up we goes! Narration: The clank at the helm acknowledges Fat Bob's instruction and steers the submersible toward it's destination: the door that will be the exit point for Sonja and her band of maid dolls when they have rescued Lilja Darkstar. PANEL 8 Sonja: I see's 'em, Weasel. Fat Bob an' th' Guardian 'as th' submersible stationed right smart. Bring us 'long side o' th' landin' platform! Time to rescue her ladyship! [Plain English: I see them, Weasel. Fat Bob and the Guardian have the submersible stationed right smartly. Bring us along side of the landing platform! Time to rescue her ladyship!]