"This will be entirely ineffective. What we require from you is information and access to what is known as the "Iron Seal", and whatever it contains. We are willing to lend your leader - Freyja - to this cause."

Where is that woman? Can we get her on the line already?!

>>5889898
Call Joanna in here. Get her take on this issue, let her talk to this dude. Maybe she'll be able to get him to do something constructive.

>>5889925
"For fuck's sake, man, you've got Freyja!"

This is correct. You kidnapped Freyja when you crashed her stolen jet. Except her real name - and the name you call her - is Joanna.

>>5889898

Fucking hippies...

>>5889898

Where the fuck is Joanna? We've been calling her for several posts now.

Hey, just thought I'd point this out from the previous thread:
>>Skull and crossbones patch is space pirates, or so your satellite says, with four light starships.
>>starships

I move we send our two carriers over and capture them. Then we don't even need to build our own, and we preempt any attack by them.

Also, tell MSM that we want their jet tech instead of combat-transports. And search the area where Freya's jet is estimated to have gone down--even in the ocean, we have submersible drones.

And build another colossus hauler + harvester pair.

>>5889898
Well, that explains why we haven't suffered any retribution attacks anyway. I was wondering why you guys hadn't tried to fill our asses full of explosive bolts.

We're trying to get Freyja on the phone now.

...so, uh, how are you guys doing over there? Got lots of food and good place to sleep? The, uh, monkeys treating you guys well? We've been running around trying to minimize the damage from this damn virus thing.

>>5889937
Goddamnit, get that woman on the comms already.

These fucking hippies, seriously.

>This is correct. You kidnapped Freyja when you crashed her stolen jet. Except her real name - and the name you call her - is Joanna.
We know! Now get her in the communications room!

>>5889947
You're transporting her in from one of the habs - she can't come straight away.
You were still keeping her a pretty tight prisoner, if I remember. But, she's finally arrived. She blinks in surprise - she hasn't been in the main facility before.

"Um, hi. What's the problem?"

How long will it take for our Improved cloaking to be completed, and how long would it take to build PA suits with it integrated in its design?

Also, we really have to choose whether or not we're going to tell the Martian navy where MSM is; now is our only real chance they could be here by tomorrow. and MSM is right at our border so they are not going to be happy.

>I move we send our two carriers over and capture them. Then we don't even need to build our own, and we preempt any attack by them.
Let's hold off. In a short while, we'll have much better stealth technology, and might very well be able to take them with a surgical insertion/hijack, which has much lower odds of their escape or the destruction of the desired equipment during resistance.

How many days to be able to convert fusion batteries into fusion bombs? Might be okay to have one or two as a last-ditch weapon.

I second the prior thread's suggestion of launching EMP missiles at the virus. And I'm up for launching all 50. Send as many as needed to fully destroy what's on our turf, and send the rest to help AR.

>>5889966
>"Um, hi. What's the problem?"
"Seems your flunkies completely went to shit without you in charge to boss them around. We're trying to get them to have the natives activate whatever they've got to fight the nanoplagues, or at least find out what it is, and apparently they can't take a piss without you holding their hand."

>>5889966

Explain the whole situation to Joanna, emphasizing the whole "WE NEED TO GET THE FUCK INTO THE CAVE" bit.

>>5889968
Your current cloaking is more than enough to sneak past monkeys.

Well - there's one thing.
Your standard tank drones are quite noisy. Not stealthy at all. However, S70's recently researched humanoid drones are not.

>Also, we really have to choose whether or not we're going to tell the Martian navy where MSM is; now is our only real chance they could be here by tomorrow. and MSM is right at our border so they are not going to be happy.
How visible from space are the MSM? If they're relatively subtle, they might go undetected.

>>5889966
Fucking finally! Turns out you were the only one actually doing shit in Uni-Peace. Since you've been gone it seems your cohorts have done nothing else but sit on there asses, occasionally having violent disputes over whether they should shoot the virus or us, and... probably having wild orgies in between those three activities! For the love of the creator, talk to these people for us!

>>5889982
Just use our gamma tech and anything else nonlethal to keep the ships safe from harm while wiping out the pirates. Swap it onto some preexisting drones as necessary. We really can't afford to wait.

Or... we could take our two colossi with the multiple Freeman guns on each. And friggin' SNATCH a ship and haul it away.

>>5889990
You're not allowed to touch fusion batteries unless you're installing them into something. Any tampering will have... unexpected results, or so you have been informed.

>>5889997
Make some humanoid drone commando squads then. We really need to get into those damn caves.

>>5889997
We'll take a grand. In fact, make it 2000, we'll send about 500 to the island and have the rest aid with capturing the pirate ships.

Sampson 70, you are a bro.

>>5889997
Well I guess if we keep Joanna in our main communications center she can guide S70 and our drones in. So lets' do this.

>>5890001
If our satellites can see them I'm willing to bet the Martian Navy will too. If we're going to sell them out and avoid pissing off the Martians now would be the time to do it.

>>5889995
>>5890009
"Hey, don't say that about them! They're just volunteers, none of them knew shit about what they were getting into."

"Anyway, I think - since the monkeys think 'the end is nigh' and all that nonsense - I might just be allowed into their cave at this stage. Perhaps if you've got a few cloaked guys to defend me, that could help out. Then we might be able to get this seal."

>We'll take a grand. In fact, make it 2000, we'll send about 500 to the island and have the rest aid with capturing the pirate ships.
Seriously, wait a few days on the pirate ships. Odds are they'll have sensors better than the crappy ocular/aural ones available to the primitives; it'll be worth it to hold off until we have third-tier cloaking tech.

>>5890042
The monkeys will probably want to see her firsthand.

We can use our combat-hauler colossi to transport her over. Along with a minimum of 200 humanoid drones.

>>5890042
If this deal works out the way I think it will, the natives might want to see her in person.
Commando teams consisting of nothing more than fleshy human subcontractors and a few light combat drones?
Here's hoping.

>>5890052
Let her go and contact the monkeys, send Samson himself with her, keep the 500 cloaked human drones out of the city as backup just in case.

>"Anyway, I think - since the monkeys think 'the end is nigh' and all that nonsense - I might just be allowed into their cave at this stage. Perhaps if you've got a few cloaked guys to defend me, that could help out. Then we might be able to get this seal."
I like this plan. I'm excited to be a part of it. Samson 70, you up for going in to head her escort?

>>5890052
Run this buy Samson and see what he thinks.


Also, let's sell MSM out; ask the Navy how to identify them, then call back later with their location.

>>5890024
What do you want them to be armed with, then? Do you want to send in any transport with them, to get them out just in case?
Light, medium or heavy?

Also, apparently S70 also backed himself up recently - he wants to come along.

>>5890052
Finally! Thank you! I... I apologize for my earlier words. I am just extremely stressed out by the current situation. When I signed on to this job, I wasn't exactly expecting world ending death nanoplagues.

>>5890059
This assumes that they don't attack us and force our hand, that they don't get virused, that the Martian Navy doesn't take them out, or that they don't get spooked and run.

If they detect us, so be it, we'll open up a comm and let them know about the satellites with weapons trained on them and ready to hole the precious ships if they try anything.

>>5890070
What are the weapon slots for humanoid robots? I would suggest medium droids- they're probably heavy enough to take a hit or two without being heavy to the point of being noticeable.

>>5890070
Let's give them a heavy transport with kinetic shielding, if its possible.

>If our satellites can see them I'm willing to bet the Martian Navy will too. If we're going to sell them out and avoid pissing off the Martians now would be the time to do it.
We don't know if our satellites can see them- we first encountered them with our sampler drones. I don't think we've ever gotten a satellite assessment of how obvious they are from Plasma.

>What do you want them to be armed with, then? Do you want to send in any transport with them, to get them out just in case? Light, medium or heavy?
I'm inclined to say that Samson can pick and choose his force's capabilities according to his knowledge of the terrain he'll be going into and the appropriate military tactics for use of humanoid drones.

>>5890070
I'd be great to have him along.

I would also personally like to to participate in this.

Sounds like a fun RP opportunity, if Plasma plans to take it that way?

>>5890070
Their current armament suits me fine. I want a carrier overhead for support. Leave behind 50 of the heavy nonlethal drones and roll in some ground based support in its place--25 heavy laser/laser/flamer and 25 thermobaric/HE/gravity gun should do just fine.

>>5890114
I support this.
Make some space on the carriers by unloading nonlethal drone variants, and put a large number of these on them.
What sort of personal weapons and armour/shields do we have?

>This assumes that they don't attack us and force our hand, that they don't get virused, that the Martian Navy doesn't take them out, or that they don't get spooked and run.
>If they detect us, so be it, we'll open up a comm and let them know about the satellites with weapons trained on them and ready to hole the precious ships if they try anything.
Point conceded. We really do need starships, after all.

Do we have any powersuits laying around? Could we put the humanoid drones in those? I mean, that worked pretty well for Uni-Peace.

>>5890110
S70: "Very well then. Give me 19 medium drones, all with cloaking, all humanoid, all with a built-in laser and all with a gamma gun. We'll build you a gamma gun and a stealth suit and I will get in one of the drones."

Anyway:
The Martian Navy says that this is their symbol - have you seen it anywhere?
Yes, you have - but will you tell them that?

>>5890149
I vote yes.

>>5890149
Gamma guns? Don't they pretty much kill every living thing in the room? Including, say, our guide? And any Subcontractor's who want to come along?

>>5890169
I'm in, though I dunno about Gamma guns, they are basically walking war crimes, right?

>>5890149
I'm coming too.

Make sure every humanoid drone has a cloak-enabled power armor; they can remove them when necessary. And have one prepared for Joanna with tear gas flamethrower, gravity gun and shock dart.

>>5890169
Gamma guns shoot in a straight line, shooting rays directly at the target, internally devastating anything biological.

If you're not a shit shot, you avoid killing anyone you don't want to kill. They're basically soundless ray guns with no visible evidence of being shot. The perfect stealth weapon, really.

Anyway - Ayebohr's coming along. Anyone else?

>>5890166
If we're going to give up the supremacists, lets try and get something out of.
We're businessmen, after all.

>>5890149
>The Martian Navy says that this is their symbol - have you seen it anywhere? Yes, you have - but will you tell them that?
Can our satellite make out the symbol anywhere on their holdings from orbit? If it can, then we'd damn well better admit it. If not, we have an actual choice here.

>S70: "Very well then. Give me 19 medium drones, all with cloaking, all humanoid, all with a built-in laser and all with a gamma gun. We'll build you a gamma gun and a stealth suit and I will get in one of the drones."
We'll get a construction site on it. If you've got any preference for insertion/extraction forces, speak now.

>>5890180
This is me.

>>5890149
might as well- we've got enough trouble with this damn virus, we don't need the martian navy coming down on us to.

Is there any other Subcontractors going along with Ayebohr?

>>5890149
Didn't we already tell them we hadn't seen them here?

I'm for helping whichever side will give us their jet technology. Assuming our drones can't find Freya's crashed jet.

>>5890192
This was our (my) first response to them. They did not respond so well.

>>5890191
>Anyway - Ayebohr's coming along. Anyone else?
RP time? I'm in.

What the hell- I'll go along with good Ayebohr for support. The damn virus is going to kill us all if we don't get in the seal anyway, might as well try and live life to the fullest while we still can.

>>5890149
Yes, that sign does seem familiar. Now, what was it, hm... oh crapfuckfuckfuckfuck.

If Martians have kickass weaponry, perhaps they could supply us with railguns/gauss cannons, kinetic weaponry that can phase or teleport past shields, or plasma weaponry.

Also, make sure our main base has a double kinetic shield.

You are some crazy motherfuckers. Go have your fun, the rest of us will hold down the fort.

And if any of you get killed I'm taking your share at the end of this.

>>5890213
>>5890206
>>5890205
>>5890194
>>5890183
S70: "That makes twenty-four of us - we'll go in and out in a superheavy VTOL, keep it in stealth. It should be quiet enough."
>>5890193
Your satellite... Wait, what? The MSM territory is just... countryside. Nothing's there.

>>5890249
Ah, advanced cloaking probably. They probably counted on the martians trying to scan for them. Cool. Well, suit up then lads. We're heading out.

Tomorrow, I think. We still to need to build the suits right?

>Your satellite... Wait, what? The MSM territory is just... countryside. Nothing's there.
Well, that makes claiming that we don't know that they exist a hell of a lot more viable.

Also, I now want satellite-fooling technology and I think we need to trade with the MSM to get it.

How bout we take a few kinetic (i.e. Gun guns) and/or energy (Laser, lightning) weapons with us, as well as the odd stun rod / dart type device?
We might encounter non-biological or out of the ordinary things, yeah?

>>5890249
I'll send carrier 2 to hover halfway between bases 4 and 5. 25 of the Heat beam helicopters will alternate orbit high overhead our position, swapping with the other 25 for fuel at the carrier each 12 hours. We'll bring 25 light laser and 25 light gamma VTOL drones along with us--cloaked they'll only have 12 hours total, but they should be quiet enough and might not be so encumbered underground as a larger drone would be.

Oh wait- Cancel me going out on the mission. I need to go to bed soon. Important work tomorrow. I'm going to have to read what happens next on sup/tg/. Good night all.

MSM, we want your jet tech.

Otherwise, we can make a deal with the Martian Navy to bombard the virus from orbit in exchange for MSM's position. Also, fire off our 50 EMP missiles and get the virus off our turf (remainder of missiles should help AR, we'll have more soon).

Day 11, Month 3

93126.1 tons
69942 fuel

+19020 tons/day
+1877 fuel/day

Active Mines: 54 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 60

Available Mines: 205

Available Gas Pockets: 121

You have a message from AlphaRange:
"Shit, shit, shit! This shit's developed immunity! Immunity to fucking EMP! How the fuck are machines immune to EMP?! Fucking how?! Get your shit done fast, 'cause we need to get rid of this shit, now! We're calling Lemmington - he should be able to hold a line with his shit, for a while - we're relying on you to sort this mess out, behind the lines now"

Six stealth suits, nineteen stealth drones, twenty-five gamma guns and one superheavy VTOL transport have been built. Joanna's requested an extra set for herself - after you're out of there, she means.

Nanovirus detected in your territory.
Nanovirus detected in your territory.
Nanovirus detected in your territory.
Nanovirus detected in your territory...

>>5890291
You also made 25 lasers.

In response to the demands for jet technology:
MSM: "We don't have it - we don't have all their tech', just some of theirs and some of our own shit, so we can survive out here."

>>5890334
Build a crap load of gamma missiles. Bomb the fuck out of every single virus location. BLANKET IT WITH GAMMA.

That should keep it from developing an immunity fast enough.

Also, since Helus is leaving I can take his place. Further away I am from that virus the better.

>>5890311
Understood. This will be done.

>This shit's developed immunity! Immunity to fucking EMP!
Break out the gamma weaponry. Modify all existing EMP drones to use it. We MUST hold the line around the mothership for as long as possible; it is the single most valuable resource node that we possess.

Begin relocating all resources stored in base 2 to base 5, immediately. Construct several storage facilities, hab facilities, construction facilities, heavy construction facilities, and a starport at base 5.

Call Uni-Peace. Inform them that if they are unable to stand against the virus they will be permitted to retreat to our territory, or through our territory if they prefer. Proceed to actually allow this.

Fuck, so much for launching EMP missiles. Bring out the gamma, hit every bit of it on our territory hard and thoroughly and stay as far out of reach as we can with the VTOL drones. As soon as it's eradicated, send those drones to assist along AR's line. Build another 20 VTOL gamma/gamma heavy drones to patrol our shores.

>>5890380
Let's AlphaRange know when we're doing it, also send a message to the Martian Navy letting them know about the Gamma missile too. This shit is supposedly war crime level we don't want anyone getting antsy with us.

>>5890392
Shit, wrong post quote; refers to >>5890381

>MSM: "We don't have it - we don't have all their tech', just some of theirs and some of our own shit, so we can survive out here."
Well, what about their FTL drives? Have you got those? We'd really appreciate the ability to get off this crapsack world before the nanoplague consumes us all.

>Build a crap load of gamma missiles. Bomb the fuck out of every single virus location. BLANKET IT WITH GAMMA.
Don't do this yet! Stockpile a crapload of gamma missiles. Don't use them all until we're sending in a strike force going for the nanocore.

Ask what the Martian Navy's price for an orbital bombardment of the virus with a weapon it's not immune to is. Hint that we have the information without actually telling them.

>>5890401
Gamma missiles sure, but especially Gamma JERICHOS. Fuck yeah, it can have fun sucking on that.

>Ask what the Martian Navy's price for an orbital bombardment of the virus with a weapon it's not immune to is. Hint that we have the information without actually telling them.
No. We have better weapons than the Martian Navy does. Hinting that we're holding things back from them will only make that dipshit running their fleet hate us more.

>>5890406
This.

>>5890384
>>5890381
And this. We CAN'T let the mothership or our colossus harvesters/haulers get virused!

>>5890422
Do we? All that we have that the virus isn't immune to is gamma weaponry. If they've got something that can blast the fuck out of the main virus landmass, it's worth giving up transport-combat tech.

>>5890420
Every 4 hours, you can have 42 Gamma Jerichos built.

Done.

S70: "Ignore the nanovirus - if this works, that thing should stop spreading before the day is done. It'll be dead - dead for good. Now suit up and let's get this shit done."

ROLL CALL!

>Do we? All that we have that the virus isn't immune to is gamma weaponry.
Oh? I was under the impression that it was still vulnerable to heat rays, lightning guns, gravatic weaponry, maybe even lasers. Our bag of tricks is not insubstantial.

>>5890427
I'm inclined to agree here.
If there's one thing worth defending, it's that mothership.
What is our taskforce doing? How have the negotiations with the apes turned out? How is Joanna / Freyja reacting to this?

>ROLL CALL!
I am present.

>>5890427
Agreed. So Build a ton of Gamma shit, push back nanovirus as far as it can, and we'll go look for the Seal.

>>5890447
I'm coming. Let me at that gamma gun and power armor.

SPACE COWBOY TIME, WOOOOOO!!!

>>5890447
Here!

We seem to be set for investigating the iron seal.

Now at the same time, we need to get those pirate ships. Align satellites overhead, train weaponry on the starships. Send carrier 1 along with 2/3 of carrier 2's unused drone complement--cycle drones in and out for refueling, with fueled ones flying. The two combat-hauler slavers are to go as well; they have weaponry of their own and may be able to haul a starship away with all of their combined Freeman guns.

>>5890436
Your only three effective weapons at this moment are probably:
Decontaminant
Gamma
Heat Ray (NOTHING can withstand that heat)

>>5890476
Please inform AR and the Martian Navy before we launch any Gamma missiles.

>>5890473
Who agrees with this?
>>5890472
>>5890470
>>5890461
>>5890454
That's four out of five - we need dirk.
Also, it isn't powered armour - it's highly advanced, highly protective stealth armour.

Let's go.

>>5890500
Meh, better than running at them naked. And yeah, send in the drones to hijack the pirates.

Also tell the Martians where those damn rebels are, goddamn.

>Now at the same time, we need to get those pirate ships. Align satellites overhead, train weaponry on the starships. Send carrier 1 along with 2/3 of carrier 2's unused drone complement--cycle drones in and out for refueling, with fueled ones flying. The two combat-hauler slavers are to go as well; they have weaponry of their own and may be able to haul a starship away with all of their combined Freeman guns.
If these units have enough stealth to be able to feasibly launch a sneak attack, I agree. Otherwise, save it for when we can hit them all unexpected.

>>5890500
Also, I agree with the simultaneous pirate attack. It'll be our backup plan; the contractors back at base can handle it.

>>5890447
I'm gonna be here for 2 : 30 - 3 hours more. Is that enough time?

If so, I'm jacked up and good to go.

>>5890500
Oh, are Gamma guns and Lasers small/light enough to hold in one hand or are they two handed weapons?

>Also tell the Martians where those damn rebels are, goddamn.
Don't. The Martians are assholes, won't help us with the nanoplague, and can't see the MSM from orbit anyway. Fuck them.

Plasma, how much would it cost to hire an assassin? An especially good one, who wouldn't get traced back to us--possibly leaving clues toward another employer? I'd like a price for 1 target, a price for an entire planet's board of directors, and a price for a solar system's senate.

>assassin
>entire planet's board of directors
>solar system's senate
I don't think "assassin" is the word you're looking for.

>>5890546
You're thinking a little small there.
Sure you don't want to expand your horizons a little?

Plasma, what are our odds for 2 colossus helicopter drones with multiple Freeman guns on each being able to haul away a light starship?

>>5890504
It begins.

Within two hours, your VTOL aircraft lands a few miles from the base. Joanna looks as nature-freaky as ever as you're approach the gates of the city - Joanna is let in, and so are you, without being seen. 25 laser drones and 25 gamma drones hover overhead using their VTOL, stealth technology rendering them pretty quiet. Even further above, 20 heat ray 'copters are stealthed. Even further, a carrier.

The City of Gurruk is filled with thousands of chimps and apes. No, tens of thousands. It's the mother-lode. Everywhere it crammed with the little shits, hundreds of them popping out of everywhere, hundreds of them starving due to lack of food in the city during this mass exodus. The paths are cleared for Joanna as she goes further and further into the city, delving deeper and deeper, going into the heart.

And there it is a - a gigantic ziggurat of sandstone, yet something strange - where some of the rocks have fallen away, metal plating is exposed. It's blatantly obvious the ziggurat is concealed an object of non-monkey construction.

As you approach, the ground slopes down, a yawning cave guarded by more gorillas than you have ever sitting there. Joanna begins to talk hurriedly with her gorilla escort, using the native language. They appear to be arguing about whether she should be let in or not.

>>5890572
Likely. Tractor beams are used in space warfare quite effectively, for boarding or ramming.

Subprocessor is online, and ready to assist Plasma Ltd. Contractors in WINNING!

I would like to second the plan of overwhelming Gamma missile strikes on anything the virus has touched in our turf, following up with Gamma Jericho strikes on anything not vaporized.

>>5890569
One step at a time, my friend. Before we do something as bold as openly taking on TradeStar, I'd like to know what it'll take for our current bosses to be out of the picture, with Centuri taking the blame.

>>5890558
Well, this would obviously be multiple assassins or something else for the senate. The planet only has 4, max 10 people in charge though.

>Joanna begins to talk hurriedly with her gorilla escort, using the native language. They appear to be arguing about whether she should be let in or not.
I believe that we have a translation program. I presume, then, that we are able to understand their discussion, and it is merely not constructive to detail it.

>>5890578
Is there still a large crowd around us, or could we knock the escorts out?

>>5890578
Remain stealthed and quiet.

("Damn, our colossus combat-haulers could have gotten Alpha Range's entire quota with a single hit on this place...")

>>5890578
I think we're following Samson's call on this outing, if he says shoot, then we start shooting.

As it is though, does my stealth suithave any kind of sensors? You know, that might be able to tell how much of the ziggurat is metal and maybe how old it is?

>>5890602
Indeed you do. Your ear-piece synthesizes the voices and the tones with the translation.
>>5890546
No. You cannot purchase that in your current position.

Food - offer them food.

>>5890613
There's a crowd of tens of thousands all praying and worshipping around the ziggurat.
Think the Monolith in Mecca levels of worship and praise.

>>5890640
This is an excellent idea.

>>5890625
>>No. You cannot purchase that in your current position.

Makes sense. We ARE really low on the totem pole.

Also, I'd like if instead of using gamma against the virus on our turf, we used decontaminant. It's probably what LP is using now, so that'll delay another immunity. And I'm in favor of launching every decontamination missile we have along with moving decontaminant artillery into position near the infected areas. Especially the mothership.

>>5890644
Ok, maybe some of us should go in ahead of the main party? Or does it look like they're letting her in?

>>5890640
>>5890650
Offer the monkeys food? Elaborate?

>This is an excellent idea.
That's an excellent idea if our whole plan for infiltration fails and we've got to work on some other method of diplomacy with them. For now, it's not terribly applicable, yes?

>>5890664
We could rain food down on them in a few hours, but we didn't bring any along. Let's let her talk us in.

>>5890668
>>5890675
We could? What food would we be raining in? We have enough food for ourselves, we could obtain some at the end of the month but I think TradeStar might get suspicious.

It occurs to me that we're already in contact with a power that can defeat TradeStar. The Martian Navy.

We just need to engineer a war between the two, somehow, and we'll be in the clear.

>>5890684
We bought a HUGE amount of extra food at the end of the first month. We could have a flying hauler drone literally rain it onto the natives.

>>5890654
Looks like they're about to let here in after several minutes of conversation. The gorilla finally gives up and allows her inside - the interior is also filled with gorillas, examining the area for any hidden clues or secrets.

The interior of the cave is not a ziggurat. It's a fucking space ship. Not only that, but you see the logo in my image splattered everywhere, even if it's slightly dusty and the paint is worn.

It's too small for the VTOL to come in, however - well, if they did come in, their presence would be ever so obvious.

You're led through series of rooms, winding mazes. It's clearly some sort of research vessel - you come across a large chamber filled with thousands of cloning chambers, glass sarcophagi where clones are created. Through this room, you're led into another.

There are nine cyro-cylinders in this room. Four on the left, four on the right, one in the middle and a large blastdoor at the end, with a keypad next to it. The ones on the right contain women, the ones on the left men and the one in the middle contains an aged old man, with a long beard and shaggy hair - quite like a neanderthal in appearance. All of them are in labcoats.

There are eleven gorillas in the room. Two guards at the front, two guards at the "Iron Seal" at the back of the room, seven looking for clues and the original guide.

Joanna simply sighs. "I guess this means they will have to die now." In your own language, of course. The gorillas seem confused. In your earpieces, you hear:
"Take your targets and fire at will."

The whole food discussion is academic if Joanna can talk our way in. Let's just hold on and see how far she can push them.

>>5890721
I'll take down the guide, then go for whichever of the searching gorilla is closest.

Headshot, then torso tapping the others.

>>5890721
I'll carefully aim and attempt to take down the guards near the entrance- those most likely to be able to raise the alarm quickly.

>>5890721
"It is unfortunate, be we can't take any risks. "

Take out the guards first, then focus on the ones looking for clues.

>>5890744
Any particular gorilla?
One of the four armed guards, one of the ones that is looking around?

What the...I though gorillas took sustained laser fire from heavy combat drones to kill. How the hell are we going to do it?

>>5890721
We need to send in our slaver drones to clear up thee ship which we then repair and upgrade to get the hell out of dodge.

>>5890783
Gamma Guns, they're insta-kill for biological targets if I understand correctly.

("What the heck is going on here?")

I'm carefully aiming and dropping a gorilla guard at the front with gamma, then targeting the nearest gorilla with my priority being not to hit any humans.

(My internet is going fucking *haywire*...)

>>5890783
Super illegal gamma rays to the head?
So we're prioritizing the guards with weapons, then mopping up the others.

>>5890783
Gamma guns are by far superior to lasers.

After less than a second, the gorillas begin to fall down. There's no sound. There's nothing to see either. The gorillas just gargle, pain without measure visible in their eyes before you collapse.

Of course, you were wise enough to take care of the guards at the front first. They look like they were about to turn around and scream, but they do not. Instead, they fall down dead, thanks to you.

Also, due to your targetting of the guards by the Seal, one of them falls down for a shot is loosed at Joanna. She barely managed to dive to the side for cover, scrambling away from the scene of the fight.

After a matter of seconds, every gorilla has slumped to the floor. The only sound that is heard was a dull bang as the explosive bolt made a hole in the floor.

You hear gorilla feet approaching - but Samson 70 is already working his magic. Almost immediately, he was hacking into the keypad and after two, maybe three seconds, the seal slides open.

"Get in, get in!"

Well, we may no longer need the pirate ships if we can get this one operational. Not that more ships is ever a bad thing.

>>5890839
Well, we get the fuck in.

>>5890839
Grab Joanna, get the fuck inside! Move move move!

I do NOT want to be a gorilla's dinner!

>>5890839
Get Joanna to her feet, then rush inside. We can have drones pull any rearguard action.

>>5890874
Er, that was me.

>>5890839
"Shit - just our luck"

Sprint into the opening

I get in, of course.

>>5890936
>>5890900
>>5890876
>>5890865
>>5890852
The stunned Joanna is snatched by Dirk and Thatcher, the ladies' men, and pulled inside to safety as the rest of you rush inside. The seal closes and shortly after, fists can be heard smashing into it. Joanna brushes herself off and frowns. "You do know, I can take care of myself, ri--"

She falls silent. It's a crazy sight. You're inside a missle silo with a proud, tall projectile standing erect in the middle of it. There are nine figures, all of them rotten skeletons. Five men, four women. One of the men is old and hairy and his corpse is positioned in a chair, with wires attached to his head, inside of his brain. These wires lead to the chair and also to what looks like a small TV with a camera in the top right of it - he's holding this device on his lap.

Suddenly, something whirrs. It's the camera. It looks around, back and forth - before focusing on you.

The screen flashes to life and it's a digitalized image of the old man's face.

"Can you please explain what you are doing here?"

So, what do you have to say for yourselves? You can take suggestions from the people present at the HQ - but only you can speak directly to him. Samson 70 knows his place and is remaining silent and Joanna's just grossed out.

Tell him we're looking for a way to stop an evil nanoplague. Know anything about that?

>>5890965
Also, the eight corpses of the men and women are lying on the ground, in a pool of long dried blood. Their skulls are obviously fractured - bullet entry wounds.

In the centre of the gory circle, is a gun.

As a side note, should we be "I pull out my wizards robe and hat" RPing here, or just calling the shots with some flavour?

>"Can you please explain what you are doing here?"
"We were given to understand that there was some sort of counter to the nanoplague sweeping this world available in this facility."

>>5890965
"Currently being creeped out by a lot of shriveled dead people. Sup with you?"

>>5890995
((Claiming that one. Sorry for the lack of name.))

>>5890965

The Truth. Nanovirus; going to destroy world, need to stop it, we working for TradeStar, kind of.

>>5890992
Everything done so far is perfect.

(I have a feeling this guy is going to be less than helpful)

I'm staying silent for now.

"Maybe we should be asking you that"

>>5890985
>>5890995
>>5891007
"Can you elaborate on the situation with the nanovirus? I know of it; I helped create it. Perhaps if I introduce myself. Father Albert Sharev, retired leader of the R&D department at Lemmington Pharmaceuticals, a licensed New Earth priest and a scientist blackmailed by TradeStar."
>>5890996
"I see. Well, I apologize for this state - and the state of my colleagues. But there's nothing that could be done about it. I wish it didn't have to come to this."

>>5891079
Maybe we should ask LP about the name.
And we should get the slaver drones working on the city so that we can recover the spaceship.

>>5891079
for the love of space jesus, is there anyone he HASN'T worked for?

>>5891079
"It's eating everything. EMP and Fire no longer do much to it, and it's got control of about40 percent of the land on the planet."

>>5891079
"That's... an impressive resume. What happened to your buddies?"

I assume someone else will tell him the specifics of the virus spread, with possible aid from the folks back at Control.

>>5891079

Explain to him that the nanovirus somehow brought down a Kil'thweq mothership and began running rampant across the planet. If it isn't stopped soon, the entire world will soon be infested, and it may become spaceborne.

Also, ask him for his entire story of how he got here.

>>5891097
Yeah, have the guys at base do that. Don't mention that we have the real deal in front of us. And the slaver drones are currently tasked with the capture of the pirates' ships.

>>5891104
Errr, 30%.

Let's ask him about himself, his colleagues, and the nature of the virus itself before we divulge too much information?

>>5891104
"Well, then, it sounds like we don't have much time to waste. I best explain the function of this missle before I start telling you stories. Upon detonation, it releasea blastwave of a certain frequency - a frequency that causes the fragile machinery of the nanovirus to disintegrate. This frequency is stable for an area with a radius of approximately a hundred miles. However - while this is probably key to wiping out the virus at this stage, it's not as simple as that. If the virus detected this missle, it will try to prevent its arrival. You'll need to distract it - not only that, but the central brain is stored in a sealed bunker, deep beneath the ground. This bunker is not contaminated by the virus - but TradeStar turrets and defense drones are probably still active."

"So, in a nutshell, launch the missle, make sure it detonates safely, then we go into the bunker where the brain is stored, disable the defense systems and destroy the brain. Simple as that! What do you say?"
>>5891117
"Suicide. We only managed to gather one of these brain-burners when our dear little puzzle pieces were going berserk. The rest of them had no choice - they had to commit suicide in here or die of thirst and starvation. Oh, by the way, did you like the trail of clues I gave you? Very good, eh?"
>>5891118
"An entire Mothership..? Oh dear. We better go, fast. You might want to launch the missle - then we'll be able to escape via the silo missle gates. It should be at the top of the ziggurat surrounding this ship."

>>5891207
"Distract it? I suppose we could launch all the other missiles in our arsenal at the thing. That might work."

>>5891207
"No no, it didn't consume the mothership. Any idea on where the bunker is?"

"Can you give us the specific frequency in the case of this plan failing? We can then build frequency emitters if anything goes wrong here."

Make sure the guys at base get the frequency.

>>5891207
"Forming a religion around this entire happenstance was pretty smart, actually. Don't know if there were any other clues though, we kind of jumped to this conclusion."

Also: We can launch a crap load of other missiles to arrive at the same time as the Anti-Virus warhead. Let's do that, then climb out and have the VTOLs extract us.

Oh, and can my gamma ray shoot through metal without damaging it? Cause if so, I want to shoot through the door we just came in from.

>>5891097
LP: "Used to work at the R&D Department. He was the one who made the uplifting process a reality - oh, uplifting. That's raising the intelligence of an animal to the level of sapience. Anyway, he was a very intelligent chap - why?"

>>Oh, by the way, did you like the trail of clues I gave you? Very good, eh?

Wat. He'd best explain this.

>>5891207
"Maybe you could give us the frequency? We have some friends with Sonic Weaponry." (AlphaRange is the on with sonic weaponry tech right?)

>>5891239
On that not try and get the entire research database from the ship. We'll need all the info we can get.

>>5891207

We'll need the coordinates of the bunker before we can launch.

Also, please explain what the hell happened here, starting from the beginning?

>>5891249
"The strike team said they found some evidence he may have had some involvement in this whole affair. Just checking for them."

>>5891257
See if Sampson is willing to stay behind for a little while.

>>5891258
>>5891251
"On the way to the bunker - we need to take care of this, now."
>>5891239
>>5891254
"Please, cover your ears."
Suddenly, the speakers of the machine begins to scream in binary for a few seconds - before it finally stops.
"Get that?"
"Got it" That was S70.
"Very good!"
>>5891232
"That should work. As for the coordinates - it's on the large island, on the South West of this continent. You should know it."
>>5891243
"Why, thank you!"
It can.

>>5891275
"Odd - he left the job to become a preacher some twenty odd years ago. It was such a shame."

First things first, how are we getting to the top of the ziggurat to launch the missile?

>>5891321
Transmit that frequency to HQ, make sure they get it to AlphaRange.

"Do know it, we suspected it might be there, but we weren't sure."

>>5891337
"The gates should open outwards, shifting the top of the ziggurat and allowing the missle to be shot out."

>>5891348
"Well, it is there."

I'm just curious. How are the drones issued their commands? Who has priority if two conflicting orders are given? And can Sampson 70 disobey direct orders?

>>5891321
Can we hear gorillas on the other side of the door?

If it sounds like they're getting ready to charge, then I'll shoot them.

"I've got the door, guys. Also the rear, I suppose."

Let's have the drones take the lead. Time to get a move on.

>>5891370
Samson is an independent entity, so yes he can, though given his past experiences I doubt he will.

Let's get all our forces mobilized to land on the island just after the missile hits.

>>5891390
And as Thatcher is remaining there, I'm pulling mobile rearguard.

>>5891370
Verbally. If two conflicting orders are given, they need a majority choice to be reached.
Samson 70 can disobey orders - he isn't artificial intelligence, he's synthetic life and sentient.
>>5891385
Yes, you can.
>>5891390
You're planning on going out the way you came?

>>5891429
"I would suggest we get a move on, the apes are about to be very unhappy. Somone should grab the good doctor, by the way."

Pew pew pew through the door! And then make sure I'm way clear just in case it gets slammed open anyway. I'll move other people with me if I have too.

>>5891429
Is there another way? If not we'll zap through the door until it gets quiet before opening it.

Can we get an estimated missile flight time? Transmit that to base, so that they can coordinate the flight of our missiles. If we launch them all, even the ones that the nanoplague is immune to, there's no way it'll be able to bring them all down. We'll want the timing to ensure that this missile is near the tail end of the barrage.

>>5891453
It'll take approximately two hours, fifteen minutes to arrive at the island.
It'll take your missles approximately one hour, fifty minutes to arrive at the island.

Are you going to launch the missle? All you have to do are flip a few switches to open the gates and enter the ignition code, which the disembodied head on the TV set states to be C8ZHO13T.

>>5891385
>>5891390
"We don't need to bust our way out - we launch the missile, and have our VTOL drop through the opening. Sampson! How long's that door gonna last against the monkeys?"

>>5891480
How long will it take for our combat drones to arrive to the island (assuming they can, otherwise I guess we'll have to go in ourselves in which case how long will it take for us to get there?).

>>5891480
Can our missiles take longer if we want? We could arc them high up and let them fall the rest of the way, for instance. Of course if we pound the virus with decontaminate/gamma, it won't be resisting so well.

>>5891481
Thank you, Ayebohr.
S70: "That door's probably going last... Well, it's a bunch of apes going up against twenty-four inches of the hardest alloys known in the galaxy. It's going to last."

If you haven't already done so, i imagine that sending the frequency to Alpha Range will make them very fucking grateful.

>>5891481
"Forever, as long as we're frying them through it."

>>5891481
Couldn't one of our VTOLs pick up the missile and we then bring it with us?
Try asking the good doctor about the functionality of the spaceship to see if we can recover it for escape.

>>5891492
Five hours.
>>5891497
Yes.

>>5891505
>>5891511
Don't! It will clue the virus in on what we're doing! There's a chance it could develop a defense.

I'll also stop shooting and make to grab th doc-in-a-box.

"Fine, fine, be all logical and stuff. You want to come along, doc? If so, are there any plugs I need to pull or not touch?"

>>5891523
We also have 25 helicopter drones overhead, that go faster than VTOLs.

>>5891525
Well let's have our missiles launch so they land right before our forces arrive, Also let's hold back some missiles (something like thermobaric) to take out those defense turrets and drones Albert warned about.

On suptg
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/5889898/

>>5891511
Send it or don't send it?
>>5891523
What are you planning on doing with the missle?
"This ship probably won't function too well - it's been buried for eight years beneath a pile of rubble. You might be able to salvage equipment from it, or repair it, but probably not immediately make it functional."

>Five hours.
"It seems to me that we're in for a bit of a wait here while our combat fleet gets rerouted. Unless someone has something better to do with our time?"

Fuck it, I'm sending it. I'll punch in coordinates, open the grates, anything else needed, and tell home base to launch their missiles.

Let's get this party started.

>>5891538
"Right. Can we launch this missile now?"

>Send it or don't send it?
My opinion on this matter is that we should send the frequency immediately after the missile detonates. There'll be no point keeping it a secret after that, but before then is too risky.

>You might be able to salvage equipment from it, or repair it, but probably not immediately make it functional.
...how big is an FTL drive?

>>5891558
Send. We're hitting this thing as soon as we can so far it's taken it fairly long to develop immunities. Tell AlphaRange to hold off using for as long as it can though because without it we can't finish this.

>>5891558
I vote we fire the missile now. We can't send AR the frequency but we can still take out the virus as quickly as possible. Launch it in the swarm of our own missiles and then move in the second carrier to find and take over the bunker.

>>5891577
Nah, we have a carrier really close by with 1/3 of most of its compliment of drones--and all of its heat drones. We can use that and missiles as needed, no need to divert the other forces.

>>5891538
"Pull all the plugs, I am long dead - by the Lord, it feels strange to say that."
>>5891589
What delay do you want to put on the home missles? At this rate, they arrive 25 minutes before the special warhead.

>>5891596
We can build radio towers ourselves if needed. Let's not tell AlphaRange just yet.

>Nah, we have a carrier really close by with 1/3 of most of its compliment of drones--and all of its heat drones. We can use that and missiles as needed, no need to divert the other forces.
Ah. Well, then, seems like we're off.

>What delay do you want to put on the home missles? At this rate, they arrive 25 minutes before the special warhead.
Spread them out between delays of 24:30 and 25:15.

>>5891609
"Okeydoke. Well... Anything else useful you might know? Or maybe if we can send a message to a loved one or something?"

I want to find out if there's a hard copy of the information about the nanovirus. Then after the missiles is launched and after we have reports of success, I'll pull the plugs.

>>5891620
No we can't. AR has the sonic tech to really turn the frequency into a doomsday for the virus.

The time allotment sounds good but how long will it take for our forces to get to the island. And once they are out of there get the slaver drones in. If we send them to AR it would help supplement their forces.

>>5891609
>>5891538
"Hold it - not just yet. We've got a fair few questions that need answering - among other things."

>>5891641
"Well, I can tell you a story about how this all started on the way there - as soon as the silo hatch is open, your exit strategy should be able to get us out through it."
>>5891640
Availabe Missles:
20 Herbicide Missles
20 HE Missiles
20 Tear-Gas Missles
20 Napalm Missiles
20 Thermobaric Missiles
20 Pulse Missles
30 Decontaminant Missles
50 EMP Missles

Launch all missles?

>>5891650
We could have our scientists give that to us in a day. If they even needed that, since building a radio emitter is EASY.

>>5891651
Slavers are busy right now trying to get us a starship. Wait until the pirate situation is resolved; the monkeys aren't going anywhere, and I doubt more slaves would help AR right now.

>>5891661
Keep 2 thermobaric missiles back, just to deal with any drones we might have too.

>>5891661
10 HE, 10 Thermo, 20 Decontaminant
The other types don't seem that useful against it.

>>30 Decontaminant Missiles
>>50 EMP Missiles
>>15 Herbicide Missiles
>>10 HE Missiles
>>10 Pulse Missiles
>>15 Napalm Missiles

Launch these. We need to keep a few back for the rest of the defenses, maybe a few for the pirates.

>>5891661
"Sure, sounds good. Background on possible galactic disasters is always nice."

FIRE ALL ZE MISSILES!

...except those two thermobaric.

I think I will go with the middle ground, which is:
>>5891688

Any questions?

>>5891675
>>5891688
>>5891691
Do we really need to launch ALL these missiles?
What exactly will the naplam, herbicide and EMP do?

>>5891714
It doesn't matter. Most of them aren't actually meant to do damage, just provide a lot of different targets so that the Sonic Missile actually gets through to its target.

>>5891714
Distract.

>>5891714
Absolutely nothing, except for provide distraction.

Why are we firing all missles?

To make a distraction!

>I think I will go with the middle ground, which is: >>5891688

A few more than are listed there, please. If this doesn't work because we didn't launch enough missiles, we will all be very embarrassed.

How about we leave 2 - 5 of each missile, and launch the rest?
Sure is DEFCON in here.

>>5891733
>>5891750
All of Decon, all of EMP, 5 of the rest except for tear-gas, leaving 20 there.

How's that?

>>5891782
Good.

>How's that?
Very well. That should leave us with more than enough in reserve to deal with any realistic threats.

Sounds good

>>5891782
shiny. FIRE ZE MISSILES!

>>5891782
That's fine, but cut down the delay between our last missile and the Sonic Missile to like 1 minute, so long as that doesn't interfere with it working.

The silo gate opens.
You prep the missle for launch and then you finally launch it, firing it out of the silo, a glistening silver spear about deliver death to the deadliest enemy.
In unison, the vast majority of your missle stocks are also fired, straight for the same island, to arrive approximately at the same time - some before, some after.

Shortly after this event, several lengths of cord descend from your cloaked VTOL, that's hovering just above the silo, waiting for you to climb up the ropes and on to it. In five hours, you should be at the island - which should be clean of the virus. Doctor Sharev speaks.
"So - I guess you gentlemen want storytime?"

>>5891856
Yeah, that'd be good.

>>5891856
"Yep."

((And I've got to go in an hour and a half. Hopefully we should be done by then.))

>>5891856
Hear out the doctor. Btw did anyone get the name of the guy that wants us to capture the core? If we did ask the doctor about the name.

>"So - I guess you gentlemen want storytime?"
"That would be appreciated, yes. Unless, of course, you have something else vitally relevant of which we must be aware."

>>5891856

"Were i physically capable of breaking out the popcorn and cushions, i would do so."

>>5891856
"We're listening."

You know let's copy and record all relevant data regarding the virus, then we can ask the Martian Navy (or one of the other corps) to keep it just in case we suddenly go missing or just get them to spread it. The head of Hajjar affairs did threaten to basically kill us all or at least strand us on this planet.

I'm going to have to bail for little while at least; if I'm not able to rejoin I'll be looking forward to reading this on the archives.

Some stuff I'd like to say before I go:
If we can recover the downed fighter Joanna had (we have combat logs to reference for its location, and we know where the pod landed), we should be able to nab jet tech for some proper air to air combat drones on our carriers. Even if it crashed into the ocean, we have plenty of submersible scavengers for that.

We probably can scrap the idea of having strictly combat colossus drones. Carriers seem to be where it's at--much more total weaponry per colossus, great fuel efficiency with being able to refuel at least a thousand smaller drones. Maybe transport-combat at the most.

Let's get our scientists to get some advancements to lasers. Or just buy them, we have a lot of income from this month's expensive investments paying us back and then some.

And once our fleet gets done with the pirates (assuming the fleet survives and is successful), our slaver bots should go nab the motherload of natives.

>>5891878
"Harry Garrish. That would probably be the guy who controls this entire operation. He demanded me to work for TradeStar or else my wife and kids would be killed. There were several others in the same position as me. We had a job - we were meant to design the ultimate form of drone. Not those clunky, giant things you use at the moment but an endless swarm, a black tide of nanites that could cover the land, doing things that none of your current drones could do.

"However, there was a problem. It couldn't decipher such basic, simple orders that man gives - so, we had to design a being intelligent enough to decipher TradeStar's commands, intelligent enough to command these nanites where we could not. Somewhere along the line, it became self-aware and used its control over the nanites to overrun the research site. We sealed the bunker before the virus could reach it and we boarded the ship before the virus reached it and we flew away - to this location.

"We launched a missle dedicated to wiping out any trace of the virus on the island - but clearly, that wasn't enough and we knew it might not be enough, so we developed another, just in case. We gathered a selection of the native primates and I managed to uplift them, also implanting this religion that they are so fanatical about in their minds, myths that would eventually come true, myths that would lead people like you here. Of course, they were confused and hostile - we were forced to hide inside this chamber before we were killed and we've been here ever since - dead. All dead. I knew the nanovirus would survive and I knew that the natives would have to lead you here in order for the nanovirus I helped create to be wiped out forever.

"If TradeStar wants the central brain of the nanovirus back, they cannot have it. Ever. This is too dangerous to go into the hands of anyone or anything."

>>5891997
"Gotta agree with you on that one, doc. Only problem is that our boss is going to be very 'displeased' with us if we don't nab it."

>>5891997
"On that we're agreed. We just need to figure out how not to die or get stranded here in the process.

>>5892032
>>5892039
"There might be a functioning hyperdrive back in the ship... I can't promise it'll still work, but, it's an option."

>>5891997
Re: Harry Garrish

Plasma, is there any way we could get LP to develop a clone of him? Next time he lands, emp all his shit and replace him with a clone completely obedient to us. I think this is an effective way of dealing with this asshole.

>>5892059
"A chance is better than nothing at all in my book. Is there no one you want us to contact for you?"

>>5892067
Oh, shit. The New Earth guys are the ones with mind alteration tech right? Maybe if we let them know Albert is here, sort of, he might be big enough with them to get us tech to make a clone of Harry Garrish completely loyal to ourselves.

>>5892059
Doctor - Father - whichever you prefer, I have two questions for you:

Do you have any objections to destroying or enslaving the remaining apes, chimps, and gorillas? Second, Tradestar has given us a do or die scenario regarding the nanovirus core. Is there any reasonable way of dealing with them that doesn't involve our death, destruction, or being in constant hiding that you know of?

>>5891997
"We have our orders, but they seem entirely meaningless in such a situation. You are correct - it should be destroyed."

>>5892072
"I've been gone for eight years. My wife and kids have probably moved on - there's no need for it, really."
>>5892067
Cloning technology from LP.

>>5892104
How viable is making a clone of harry? Does tradestar have any way of recognizing him as a clone?

>>5892104
I've got nothing to add to this conversation. Let's check on Joanna and Samson though.

We really don't need to clone him, I think. Let's just let the poor bastard know his creation is dead, then let him move on.

>>5892144
We're cloning him to save our own asses.

>>5892104
Do you have any objections to it? I mean, if we ran into each someday, would you mind us telling her you died doing the right thing?

And motherfucker, we're autosaging again.

>>5892144
He threatened to kill us and you don't think it's worth cloning him?

New Thread:
>>5892174

>He threatened to kill us and you don't think it's worth cloning him?
Death was good enough for a lot of other people who threatened to kill us.