I schlick.

zerg free radio

>>11143577
yeah, I hope we have boobs and a sexy carapace

I side with the Protoss

Let's land in a gas giant's moon, called Pandora.

>>11143603


what is the point of having boobs when they're stuck behind that un-removable carapace?

silly blizzard

The Overmind provides you with a hatchery on Besilus, a desert world on the very edge of the Koprulu sector. Several larvae scuttle about, awaiting orders and vaguely resembling your pulsating form, resting exposed before the nascent hive cluster.

>>11143598
Awesome techno remixes of the Overmind's Will play in your head. It's very fun, but it doesn't cause any mutations.

>>11143577
Your mind struggles briefly to create sexual bliss, but despite the obvious resemblance of your natural noises to those of human female masturbation, you find yourself incapable of stimulating any erogenous zones you may have. Perhaps if you evolved a minion...?

>>11143603
You have a giant brain, a hole in the ground to sit in, and nothing else.

Taking a name for questmasteran and identifyan.

>>11143664
Send drones to minerals
Make a drone
Click random shit to make my APM look higher for no reason.

>>11143664
We are now a Cerebrate. We are wretched. But we are strong. We are the future. WE ARE ZERG.
LIVE FOR THE SWAAAARRRRRMMMMM

>>11143684
lame

>>11143664
order my minions to evolve and go fuck some Terrans up the ass. Then infest some shit

I evolve myself into a kerrigan and THEN schlick.

>>11143733
Be sure to evolve a carapace that does not cover the boobs. And the boobs are bigger.

>>11143702
Your mind, newly born from the Creep, sends frenzied signals to produce drones. One drone bursts forth from its egg. You experience, for the first time, a shared reality. You see the hatchery and your own squirming form from behind the eyes of the drone. For a moment, you pause at the sheer immensity of your lot in life.

Your reverie passes quickly, though, as you use your latent psionic power to guide the drone toward a nearby cluster of crystals. The combined experience of hundreds of years of Zerg evolution flow into your mind as you direct its claws to mine the resource.

As the drone scuttles across the life-bearing Creep, you realize that your mind is yet weak, and could not contain the thoughts of another drone.

You could evolve some of these larvae into overlords, or you could flex your mind. Perhaps you can learn to control more minions through sheer force of will? It would be safer to use overlords, though...

Is this planet isolated, or is it infested with humans or protoss?

>>11143781
Your awareness extends outward, but without releasing the drone from its labor, you cannot possibly hope to see past the range of the Creep.

You can safely say, however, that there are no interlopers upon the Creep.

>>11143779
dude, are we going to go through every fucking step of the first Zerg mission?

You want to keep a detailed mineral count too?

Let's just make some drones, some zerglings and some hydralisks. Go for a few overlords and then rape the shit out of things

>>11143831
(You're starting from scratch, asshole. Give some instructions, and maybe things will move along.)

>>11143779
Horrible idea.

Wait for the drone to collect sufficient minerals, turn him into a spawning pool, and evolve a pair of zerglings. I expect them to be a sufficient force to conquer this planet, then perhaps galaxy.

>>11143858
You calculate in your mind the amount of resources you've gathered, and send your only drone to become a new building for the Glory of the Swarm. Soon, the squirming mass rises up and a Spawning Pool forms.

A larvae shudders as it doubles over and forms a protective shell around itself. As the small creature within mutates into a new form of life, you consider that you have just enough nutrients left within your hive cluster to produce another drone.

It seems like a really, ridiculously good idea to make another drone, and not die off within ten minutes of being made manifest by the Overmind.

>>11143926
The egg widens suddenly, and the shell explodes outwards, creating two zerglings.

Your mind adapts to the input of two lesser beings quickly. Perhaps your powers are increasing? Perhaps you don't NEED overlords? Or perhaps these zerglings are simply easier to control. It's hard to tell, what with you being no more than ten minutes old, and all. The shared psionic genetic memories of an entire species tell you much about the Swarm, but they lack the personal touch.

Anyway, you now control a Hatchery, Spawning Pool, and two zerglings. The zerglings are rambunctious, and their thirst for blood feels...compelling.

>>11143995
I name them Ernie and Bernie. I send Ernie in the direction of the sun, searching for victims, and Bernie in the opposite direction for the same reason.

>>11143926
More drones.

>>11144017
The idea of such lowly beings having individual names is new to the Swarm. Already, your unique purpose is obvious.

Ernie runs toward the red sun, which you assume is setting. Bernie runs the other way.

After a few minutes, you Bernie comes upon a Terran structure. A brief commune with the Overmind reveals to you that it is one of their supply depots, set across the wastelands for any wayward units. The insignia spraypainted haphazardly on one side resembles the logo of a pirate company called Buzzer's Blazes. There may be a compound nearby.

Ernie, on the other hand, finds a neat skeleton, and a lot of sand. Oh, the sand he finds. It's damn sandy.

You still have the distinct feeling that you ought to create a drone or two before your colony begins to decay.

WE WILL CREATE DRONES.

WHEN WE ARE BEING SUPPLIED WITH DRONES WE WILL SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS.

And then we will begin amassing an army and experimenting with tactics.

>>11144035
(for fuck's sake, thank you)

Using what resources you have left, you burn a new genome into one of your errant larvae. Soon enough, a drone purrs as it breaks free of its egg.

Bernie looks at the Depot with lust. He wishes, on a genetic level, to destroy it. He waits, however, for your command.

Ernie, continuing East, has reached a tar pit. You find it hard to feel his extremities. Perhaps your powers are limited to a specific range, still? You are young, yet.

>>11144085
I order Ernie to return with the skeleton to make a neat decoration for the hive cluster. He should set the skull in the direction that Bernie went in, which I shall call east, so we can remember it without being dependent on the sun.

For varities sake, I create a drone.

How large are the mineral fields the creep is touching?
Do we have easy access to any vaspene geysers?

We're going to leave that depot alone, for now. Bernie can go north, look around a little, see if he can find anything useful for our drones to start picking up because without somewhere to go the drones are useless as tits on a boar.

Spawn more drones, set them mining, then rise then create a an overlord

>>11144139
Get the drone to mining.

>>11144117
>>11144147
Ernie returns from the expansive East with a bleached skull, and sets it menacingly at the Westernmost end of the Creep. He goes back for the rest of the skeleton.

Bernie has begun to salivate at the thought of his first violence against the Depot.

Your mind strains as you create a second drone. You feel that perhaps your unique nature is more philosophical than physiological, and order the spawning of an overlord.

Would you like to assign the overlord's brainpower to something in particular (like, say, resource gathering? You'll require more as your operations increase, but one could probably handle a small hive cluster's resource needs by its lonesome)?

>>11144214
Set the overlord to managing resources. Name him AccountantLord

Yay a new starcraft quest! Let's make an ultradrone again!
Y'know, ultralisk + drone.

>>11144214
What are the advantages to setting an overlord to focus on a particular area? I thought an Overlord's powers were universal. Does it get us more control per Overlord if we use that control purely for drones?

Order the Orly lord to take care of basic mining operations at the base.
Focus on using Bernie to continue to scope out the area and search for the Blazer's compound.

>>11144171

There is a Vespene geyser very near to the Hatchery. The mineral outcropping seems large enough for any immediate needs we might have. The Overmind is generous, and His forethought is legend.

>>11144182
Bernie complains audibly as you direct him North. He finds a small circle of minerals, perhaps enough for a small satellite cluster, but cannot proceed, as a field of rough shale prevents Northward movement.
Ernie finishes returning the rest of the skeleton. The Overmind seems amused by this.

Your first overlord is nearly ready to hatch. Assign it to something specific (I type slow! You've got time to vote!)?

Build creep colony -> sunken colony.

>>11144238
There was a starcraft quest before this one?

Another quest thread? God damn it this isn't /tg/ dude. Also, 4chanarchive and suptg are seriously getting tired of this shit so watch out.

>>11144280
Wait, so this is overlord #2 hatching, right?

Accountlord (overlord #1) will manage resource harvesting in the area.

Overload #2 shall handle the scouts.

Plans at this point: A drone for every zergling, and we'll start putting together hatcheries. We want to scout as thoroughly as we can so nothing catches us by surprise.

Don't worry, Bernie. You'll get your chance.

>>11144314
>Goddamnit this isn't /tg/ dude

Spawn a second Overlord, and have them search our brain-like body for ticklish spots.

>>11144330
That's what the hydralisk is for. We can get to that once we're sure nobody's going to fuck with us.

>>11144314
>sup/tg/

They're trashing short quests, they never said "FUCK QUESTS FOREVER" Learn to not be a prick. If he doesn't archive, who the fuck cares about sup/tg/ and 4chanarchive?

Sage because I'm not part of this quest, and I just poped in to point out the half truth in arguement.

>>11144302
Not that I know of. I wouldn't put it past /tg/, though.

>>11144314
(You know, you can hide threads. It's not like I'm butting into the threads you're posting in, like you are. Just saying)

>>11144264
>>11144233
>>11144253
So far, 2 votes for assigning overlord to resources. Your genetic memory recalls that each Cerebrate determines the usage of psi by its overlords for itself. Some assign overlords to a task (and some even allow the overlord to order the spawning of additional overlords to further that task), while others merely use the overlords as a conduit of their will (which would relax the strain of controlling the Swarm in a more general manner). Neither seems to work better or worse. It's just a matter of choice.

Bernie moves Southward, back toward the Depot. Its tongue still slathers at the thought of destroying the building, but it awaits your will. The West and South of the Depot remain unknown to you.

Ernie stands next to the skeleton it retrieved for you, awaiting orders. It seems more calm, having never encountered an enemy.

Send make a drone, send him to the geyser and build a refinery.

Goal: 9 drones, (6 mining, 3 gas) 3 Overloads (accountantlord, Scoutlord, Defense Lord)
20 Zerglings.
Then start building drones to expand the hive.

>>11144395
I like this plan, but I'd like to add that once we have ten zerglings we should trash that supply depot.

>>11144431
I would rather wait till we have hydroslik before we attack, or if we are going to attack send all 20 zerglings.

>>11144395
>>11144431
Your mind resolves. Accountantlord bursts forth from his shell (perhaps a little long inside. He looks more...round....than he should?). You assign him to caring for resources. It grunts, and you wonder why beings that communicate purely through thought should even have vocal cords.

You begin forming two brothers for him. It seems prudent to have plenty of brain matter around.

You try to order a drone to build a Refinery, but Accountantlord groans at you annoyedly and does it itself. You suppose you DID hand over resource control to it.

Bernie waits for a direction to go from the Depot to the West. Ernie watches the resource gatherers. You sense a new emotion emerging within them both: boredom.

When we hit the depot... well. We're not going to attack it outright. The scouts are going to go straight past it. But we're sending all twenty, oh yes. If they encounter any resistance they'll kill them, but...

Well.

Work with me here, fellas: the reason the overmind brought us around is to try something different. I know the zerglings want to trash shit... but he didn't say destroy those who stand in our way, but confound them.

Anyone who doesn't attack doesn't get attacked. We'll open negotiations.

>>11144463
Yeah, but it's just one supply depot.

Oh, wait. Can we raid the supply depot before we smash it? Like, bust in with zerglings and a few drones and take anything that looks interesting?

someone needs to patrol the natural/center for terran movement, perhaps earnie

>>11144487
Tell the Scoutmind to have the two of them scout around. If they're running solo and they get shot at, they come back somewhere safe to lick their wounds.

>>11144516
That or send all 20 zerglins with in visual range of the terrans and make them all dance to thriller.

That bitch karigan must die!!!!!!

>>11144516
Don't give away our position until we're sure they don't want to kill us.

>>11144516
Your entire form shudders as a new thought enters your consciousness. D...diplomacy? The Swarm...negotiating?

The Overmind's Eye glances at you sharply. You feel that while Besilus is yours to do with as you please, you are not yet allowed to speak for the Swarm offworld.

Scoutlord jumps skyward from his egg, and seizes Ernie and Bernie from you. Perhaps you give your overlords too much leeway...You do sense the minds of the zerglings, though. Ernie is scouting directly South from the base. Bernie has run even further West, being careful not to alert the Depot's defenses to his presence.

Defenselord is still incubating, resources being what they were a few minutes ago.

A quick review shows that Accountantlord has streamlined things pretty well. He is requesting more psi to control his drones. Will you let him spawn subordinate overlords on his own, or should you keep control of that?

>>11144521
Another shudder passes over your form. Using the Terrans' technology?

Zerg with guns?

Your genetic memory has very little specific information on the functioning of Terran technology. Still, it may be possible.

>>11144590
Give him the right to only SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS when he has exhausted his allowance of supply.

Also, I take one of the drones and build a hatchery near the mineral supply mentioned in >>11144280

>>11144590
Tell Accountantlord that if he can gather enough resources to build the hydrolisk den and 4 creeper colonies,
We will give him the growing defense lord as minion. And we will grow a 4th Overloard to handle defense.

>>11144631
this and an evolution chamber

>>11144590
...Look, I know diplomacy is a new thing to you, but hey, trust me.

Beside, who said we had any intention of keeping our word? Consider this an experiment. We have no intention of speaking for anyone but the hive right here, but it could be useful. As long as they are useful to us, we can ... provide certain benefits. Such as, for example, political situations that we can exploit.

As far as Accountantlord... hm. No. Not yet. We can give him a subordinate overlord to learn from him, for now, but an overlord spawning more overlords just doesn't quite work for me here.

Note to Overmind: in case the shit hits the fan anywhere in the future, allowing overlords to spawn other overlords in the future could be useful, if a cerebrate is not available to help guide them. This way the Hive has no single point of failure, and the resulting overlords can still be brought under a Cerebrate's control if need be.

>>11144618
zerglings with automatic rifles

DAKAkekekeDAKAkekekeDAKAkekekeDAKAkekekeDAKAkekekeDAKAkekekeDAKAkekekeDAKAkekeke

>>11144631
>>11144649
>>11144658
Accountantmind squeals angrily. It seems to think that resource gathering and base construction are separate. It has gathered enough resources for more drones and more overlords, but it still waits (however impatiently) on your order to SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS or not.

Scoutlord brings your attention to a Terran civilian South of the Depot. Bernie salivates at the thought of violence, but Scoutlord desires your input. Murder the civilian?

Defenselord tears free of its egg. It begins spawning a few drones to build Sunken Colonies. Accountantlord is annoyed at this drain on its resources.

If you're delegating anyway, maybe a Cityplannerlord and an Attacklord would be in order?

>>11144708
That is potentially hilarious. But no. To be painfully honest, while I would consider diplomacy I frown on technology.

Anything they can make, we can spawn better. We can spawn anything better than them.

>>11144708
Actually I was thinking of strapping firebat flamethrowers to the drones so they can defend the base if necessary.

But that could be fun too.

>>11144734
Bernie, Bernie, Bernie. We are going to have to teach you, kid! Sometimes no violence now means we can have more violence later! You can't kill the civilian, unless he attacks you. And no, you can't skree 'he's coming right for mekeke' and cut him down either.

Accountantlord needs to mind his place. But you're right, we can delegate here and start coordinating this shit by role.

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS.

Go acquire the civilian using an Overlord (or drones, if that won't work) and bring em back to base for tea. Or something. Gender?

>>11144734
No these three will do. We ourselves will take a more active role in base construction and attacks

Spend the resources of accountentlord to spawn two drones then have them evolve into an evolution chamber and a hydrolisk den.

H'okay. So here's my proposal.

Rather than letting any overlord spawn anything, they can spawn and build as necessary for their roles but not outside of them. Accountantlord, for example, can spawn workers but not zerglings. They can request more overlords to be added to manage shit, but they can't spawn overlords themselves, at least not at this point.

Accountantlord can be rewarded with the first new overlord to help him, for inspiring this idea, and we'll work on it from there. But he needs to remember that this is a team effort. He's Accountantlord, not Bankinglord or Stockbrokerlord, and building up resources to sit on them doesn't benefit us, the Swarm, or the Overmind in the least.

>>11144799

I smell terrible things happening should this poor poor civvie turn out to be female.

>>11144819
Hey, we have needs too.

I send an overlord to seek a true agent of the Swarm on a faraway planet. His only clue a name: Lee Jae Dong.

>>11144819
>terrible things
That depends on your point of view. For her? Yeah, pretty awful. For us? Great!

Defenselord continues spawning buildings, and the Creep's nourishing carpet extends outward.

Accountantlord is given three subordinate overlords, but not yet the ability to spawn its own. It seems very displeased, but as its consciousness is really only an extension of your own, that just means that you're annoyed with your own failure to act quickly...or something...right? You resolve not to think too hard on your own collective consciousness.

Scoutlord proposes that the civilian, who appears to be touching himself while staring at tree-pulp imprinted with images, could be used to facilitate your recent groundbreaking innovation of diplomacy.

Bernie snaps its teeth together at the thought of the civilian's bones snapping in its mouth, spraying hot marrow.

Ernie has discovered a small pass in the surrounding cliffside to the South. If it continues the direction, it could well lead directly to the Terrans' main mineral deposits. Ernie, in contrast to Bernie, seems pretty levelheaded about this whole murder thing.

Defenselord growls at this discovery. You get the feeling it wasn't prepared for it.

>>11144816
I like your idea.

>>11144771
I just got an image of a zergling with sunglasses driving a vulture for some reason.

>>11144744
Oh yah? Then spawn me an ultralisk mounted with an 120mm Shock Cannon, or a kamikaze overlord whose payload is a single nuke. Zerg can assimilate the minds and genes of terrans, why can't their technology be incorporated as well? Cyborg zerg should have long been a possibility, or is engineering too disciplined for the Overmind to figure out?

Re call the the zerglings back to the next. Start producing Zerglins and Hydrolisk (if we can yet)

Tell Accountantlord that he is to meet the quata for us to upgrade the hive.

Sure is a lot of attempted Zergporn in here.

I mean, I'm not necessarily against it, but I may be a little drunk to write erotic xenofic.

>>11144877
I'm feeling sorely tempted to allow Bernie to indulge in his lust for murder...

Something tells me that this human wouldn't be missed if something were to happen to him.

>>11144926
I shall succeed where others failed.

have we researched burrow yet?

cuz we probably should

Accountantlord, cheeky creature that it is, grumbles that it is NOT in charge of building you non-resource buildings. It reminds you that you were thinking of a Cityplannerlord.

Can I get a rundown on our current assets? We've got the spawning pool obviously, but the Hydra den? Evolution chamber?

>>11144957
I remind him he is in charge of gathering my resources, and that he has a certain number to achieve Or I will reassign his servant lords or worse. I will use those resources myself, he just gathers them.

>>11144959
don't forget the wheel barrow and apocalypse cloak

>>11144957
Accountantlord needs to chillax. We'll probably give that to him soon anyway.

Meanwhile SPAWN MORE CITYLORDS. By which I mean we need to figure out how to divide our planning and allocate resources accordingly.

>>11144937
If we had a queen handy we could parasite him and see where he goes when he's done. He seems to have chosen an odd place to jack off unless there is something in the area we have not noticed. Shame we don't have a queen.

>>11144955
Research?

We haven't done any of that.

Defenselord and Accountantlord are hovering next to each other. It seems that Defenselord thinks all of the hive cluster's resources are fair game for the defense buildings. Accountantlord seems to think that Defenselord should only get some, and is keeping Accountantlord from spawning more drones (which it will do the second you give it another overlord to work with...micromanaging them seems kind of hard).

Scoutlord doesn't express any particular desire to expand its operations beyond Bernie and Ernie, but since it's an extension of your mind, you know it wouldn't argue with more. Ernie has scouted to the end of the pass, and was able to duck back from the Terrans' main resource collection operations without being seen.

Bernie has begun scratching bark off of nearby foliage to keep from uncontrollably attacking the civilian while it awaits orders. Scoutlord suggests you move quickly.

A rundown of our current assets would be nice.

That, and we can still go capture the civilian for the sake of getting information. Enemy base contents, units, etc.

>>11145025
Tell scoutlord to have Bernie run off and scout other stuff. Defenselord can chill, Assign another lord under Accountantlord and enough res for 8 more drones. Maximum efficiency is achieved by 2 drones per mineral block with one floater. Tell Defenselord to stop with the defenses for now, we're good there. Get a hydra den up ASAP.

>>11145041
We need a zergling to pop up when the idiot who's busy fapping is about to make a mess. I hate to put it this way but quite honestly harvesting his genetic material could be handy. We could spawn more diplomats.

Yeah, I'm still going to try that diplomacy angle.

PROPOSED OVERLORD(S):
Accountantlord: Resource management
Citylord: Planning and creating non-defense building
Defenselord: Base defense buildings and screaming 'look, these guys could hit us here, we need defenses'
Lablord: Our researcher WHO WE NEED TO SPAWN NEXT BY THE WAY, SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS
Scoutlord: Exploring
Warlord: Planning offensive operations

Sound good fellas?

>>11145115

Sounds good to me. But we need moar research.

>>11145025
Go with Accountantlord's idea- put some of our resources (a quarter?) under Defenselord's thumb. With the rest, spawn some additional drones under Accountantlord, and then create Lablord: Our mutation-researching Overlord.

>>11145025
Bernie is such a friggin hothead, get him out of there. spawn another two zergling and we'll send whichever of the two is more levelheaded to the area of the civ that bernie was salivating over

>>11145115

Agreed. How shall we harvest this humans genetic material?

Current assets:

We currently possess a mostly-intact outcropping of minerals and one Extractor. Drones scuttle back and forth, collecting more and more as we go. Accountantlord has two overlords helping it keep that under control, though it would love more.

We have a Hatchery and a Spawning Pool. We have spawned several zerglings, who stand just out of the way of the supply chain, but we haven't given them orders, nor have we mobilized drones for more buildings. We have considered making an overlord specifically to oversee the construction of buildings and research.

Defenselord has built a pretty solid assortment of Sunken Colonies and Spore Colonies around us and the hive cluster. It is currently hovering menacingly next to Accountantlord, arguing over resources.

Bernie, our bloodthirsty zergling, is hovering in the trees around a very prolific Terran civilian, who has been beating his meat for a long time, now. Maybe that power-armor-like glove isn't made for that...

Ernie, our other scout, is currently guarding the pass to the South that leads to the Terrans' main resource base.

We know of a Supply Depot to the West and a small crop of resources to the NorthWest. Accountantlord would probably want to expand there if it weren't busy arguing angrily with Defenselord.

Our twenty-third dorsal ridge itches.

>>11145145
Posthumorously. Har. Har.

But no, really- let's maim the inferior piece of genetic stock. After snipping his legs, I suggest we suck up ALL of his DNA, psionically scavenge his terrified mind, and then see what results we can produce by attempting to recreate the human in his current state from the DNA we absorbed.

Give Bernie at least the pleasure of fear in the civilian.

In other words: Order him to circle the guy and scare him into running toward the hive.

>who has been beating his meat for a long time, now. Maybe that power-armor-like glove isn't made for that

He's wacking off with a powerfist?

>>11145182
I'd rather we drag him off and see if we can just infest him like one of those funky Terran marines. See what results we get with that.

>>11145221
Agreed, and if he bolts in the WRONG direction, hamstring him and drag his ass back to the hive for assimilation.

>>11145163
Send half of our non-scout Zerglings to that second mineral spot, secure it, and pop a Drone over there to begin harvesting it (drone > Hatchery, spawn drones, harvest minerals).

Spawn three more overlords: Warlord, Citylord, and an unnamed underling for Accountantlord.

Inform Defenselord that he may use one quarter of our resources for defense. This means our total hive value, NOT our current resource pool; otherwise he'll just be nibbling a quarter away every time until there's nothing.

Diplomacy won't work with a zergling, and the civilian probably recognizes one anyway and would immediately warn his base command. Let Bernie have his fun.

How do we have spore colonies with no evo chamber?!

>>11145163
>Our twenty-third dorsal ridge itches.
My god. This is priority number one! Re-task one of our zergling minions to scratch that itch asap!

>>11145258
I don't know. I'm not going to worry about that right now, SPAWN MORE CITYLORD.

>>11145246
I think that'd console both parties interested in acquiring him.

Does the schizophrenic whole agree?

A sudden resolve overtakes us.

We order Bernie to cripple, but not kill, the Terran civilian. Bernie leaps out in a frenzy, tearing the Terran's...parts...off with its first strike. The Terran is screaming in pain, making a lot of noise. Scoutlord wisely sets Bernie to feasting on the lost...parts...rather than continuing its attack. The Terran seems to be losing a lot of blood, considering the light nature of the wound. If his genetic material is to be absorbed, something must drag him to the Hatchery before he bleeds out.

Several eggs form from their larval forms. Citylord and Warlord are among them, as are several subordinates for both of them, and a couple for Accountantlord.

Defenselord is allotted a certain portion of the resources. It grumbles that anything less than a completely defensive posture is dangerous.

Ernie continues to stand next to the pass, awaiting orders coolly. A dozen unnnamed zerglings wait their first orders and assignments near the Hatchery.

Damn, that itch on our dorsal ridge is maddening. Why don't we have fingers?

Seriously though is this SC1 or SC2 because we should really be teching to lurkers or banelings, whichever is relevant.

>>11145266
SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING.
GET EVERYONE BACK HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

Task one zergling to scratching that ridge. CAREFULLY.

Closest two zerglings can otherwise drag him over to us.

>>11145292
The hell with you: I intend to see if we can get any chameleon-like mutations for the zerglings once LABLORD is researching, because invisible zerglings would kick so much ass.

>>11145256
We can use him for our extremely funky-fresh experiments. Seriously: Human DNA may mean we can't tit-for-tat replicate a human, but you know what would work pretty well? Vaguely human Zerg- use them to lure humans in at a distance, then cackle madly as they get lured into an ambush.

Also, Human DNA means we can develop toxins geared TOWARDS humans- stuff like poison gas. Granted, we'd probably only get something effective after capturing a number of humans and getting DNA samples.

>>11145289
Task a zergling to scratch that itch. CAREFULLY.

>>11145311

Roach Warren>Lair>Burrow, reverse engineer Zerglings to have Tunneling Claws.

...HAY OP DO IT

>>11145277
got my vote.

Also let's research burrow. It'd make it easier for Ernie to hide while watching the pass

>>11145335
Lablord hasn't even been spawned yet. Relax.

>>11145339

We don't need no fucking overlord to do this shit for us, we can do it ourselves.

>>11145339
Dude, burrow is like, the most simple easiest thing to research out of all zerg abilities. We can handle this one on our own.

>>11145289
Order one of the waiting zerglings to scratch our annoying itch, and rue our lack of fingers!

Have the rest of the non-tasked zerglings patrol around the hive perimeter, keeping an eye out. Also, tell Defenselord that- if the Humans actually seem like they pose a threat- we'll invest more in defense. That'll keep him quiet for a bit.

Also, if our Overlords have the ability to transport stuff, have Warlord use his tentacles to carry the human back. What's a bit of Zerg DNA in an open wound?

If it's not possible to do that, have Bernie drag him back- and promise Bernie an extra huff of vespine gas if the human manages to get back alive and relatively intact.

Also, see about spawning Lablord and some think-vat assistants for him. We've got plenty of underlings to serve us, doesn't hurt to have a research branch too.

>>11145349
True. Digging isn't that difficult.

Search our genetic memory for Burrowing techniques, and relay them to our brood.

Bernie growls at Scoutlord for having to lug the human, screaming and kicking, back to the Hatchery, but it does it. The human pleads with Bernie in its foreign tongue. Bernie fantasizes about tearing cocks from dozens of Terrans and feasting on them. Bernie imagines growing fat on the bloody, dismembered cocks of Terrans.

Scoutlord worries about whether Bernie is really a good choice for this...diplomacy idea.

Citylord begins constructing buildings like it's going out of style. New strains of Zerg enter our consciousness. Hydralisks. Mutalisks. Scourge.

The newly-hatched Lablord takes the Terran's bloody form from Bernie. It seems like the Terran is near to bleeding out from his...wound...Lablord wheezes as it requests subordinate overlords to help manage both infestation of the Terran and improvement of the hive cluster as a whole.

Warlord greedily spawns zerglings. It hisses that it will require us to SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS for it if it is to construct a Swarm big enough to wash across the surface of Besilus.

Ernie carves a crude rendition of our likeness in the sand.

The unassigned zerglings suckle at the Creep, growing strong but lacking focus.

How many drones, lings and overlords do we have?

>>11145414
Numbers are hard. We have many eyes, many tongues.

Really, it's hard enough keeping these overlords under control. Exact counts would complicate EVERYTHING.


Accountantlord and Citylord seem to like each other, oddly enough. They have worked together to expand out hive cluster to the other resource spot to the NorthWest. They avoided contact with the Supply Depot, still full of those forbidden metal wonders.

Bernie runs back toward the Terran base, hoping to murder some more. Scoutlord informs us that it is nervous about Bernie.

Ernie has scratched away its crude drawing and, out of boredom, sketched a Spore Colony in the sand.

We assign an otherwise idle zergling to attend to our itches. Overmind, but that's wonderful. We wonder if we could evolve a zergling specifically for scratching duty.

The screaming Terran isn't screaming anymore. Lablord informs us that it is being infested, but that without more overlords, our other research, like Burrow, will have to wait.

>>11145402
Yeah, a general count of how many overlords/zerglings/drones we have wouldn't hurt if it's at all possible.

Also, as Lablord works on infesting the Terran, see if our massive psychic abilities can be used to penetrate the man's obviously-terrified mind and pluck through his thoughts.

Tell Warlord that he can have one fourth of our total worth (the same as Defenselord) to build up an army. Tell him to favor Hydralisk strains with extra carapace plating, as well as a couple mutalisks. Encourage him to be creative with mix-and-matching the genes of Zerg he produces for maximum effectiveness.

Confirm with Scoutlord that Bernie won't be our diplomat, so to speak- we'll have to develop one later.

>>11145480
Oh we've already expanded. Are we fully saturated at both lines yet

We really need to find this terran mineral line so we can fuck their shit up.

Bernie's attitude is correct for a normal brood of Zerg... However... I believe his bloodthirsty nature is counterproductive to our ultimate goal of either engaging in diplomacy with the humans, or scavenging what the humans have and using that technology to improve the swarm as a whole.

I propose the 12 roving zerglings kill Bernie, and retire his material back to the life-giving creep. One of their number, a level-tempered sneaky type shall be named Bernie2, and take up Bernie's former duties of scouting near the terran base.

>>11145480
Spawn additional Lablords to assist him- research is ALWAYS a boon. In that vein, see if we can mutate Ernie with superior vision capabilities- then get him as close as is reasonably safe to the supply depot to scope out the general layout, defenses, possible personnel inside, etcetera. It never hurts to have a bit of knowledge!

Have Bernie chill for a bit with some Creep, going on Hive Patrol with the other Zerglings. He needs to get his chill on, scary bastard.

>>11145518
NO

FUCK YOU

WE ARE KILLING THEM AND INFESTING THEIR SHIT

.>>11145402
Hydras are useless without range. Research grooved spines for decent range.

Also spawn more hydralisks. At least twelve.

>>11145530
Can we not accomplish both, for the good of the swarm? Why would we settle for mere rifles and flamethrowers when we can scavenge cloaks and nukes?

Also, spawn EVEN MORE overlords.

>>11145530
We can't infest their shit with no queen.

Teching for hydras is solid, but we need to scout something fierce.

>>11145561
OI CITYLORD

GET ME A QUEEN'S LAIR, STAT

WE REQUIRE MORE VESPINE GAS.

>>11145493
Warlord groans contentedly as its army--our army--grows.

The Terran's mind is awash in chemicals and hormones, all working on an instinctual level instead of the measured flow of a Zerg mind (well, except Bernie's). With focus, a basic reconnaissance on the Buzzer's Blades base is made. They seem very...basic. They don't even have their own spaceport, relying instead on transports from offworld every week. Lablord warns that too much psionic tampering could interrupt the infestation.

The zergling scratching our dorsal ridge is released from its duty and allowed to go back to the unassigned zergling group. We notice our carapace is somewhat constricting. Perhaps we shall reach our first molt soon. What a milestone!

Ernie has finished his Spore Colony picture in the sand. It is pretty good, for a zergling.

Accountantlord, Warlord, Scoutlord, and Lablord are all asking for more subordinate overlords in their own ways.

>>11145402
Praise Ernie for his creativity.

>>11145577
oh okay. have we saturated our nat's gas?

>>11145518

An unnecessary waste of Bernie's potential. Besides, by the look of things, we have a budding diplomat already in the works.

Send three idle zerglings from the hive to accompany Ernie; they shall be designated Eddie, Joey and Henry. Lean toward lithe, sneaking types in our choice, and see if they can get a better idea of the terran mineral camp; what sort of defenses and rip-and-tear fodder-- I mean, soldiers they have there.

>>11145594
can i have a queen please

i'd rather parasites to scout

or maybe a sacrificial overlord

>>11145580
Ernie purrs happily.

Definitely praise Ernie.

Suggest Ernie for the possible Diplomat function, as his rudimentary knowledge of pictograms may be valuable when we finally open communication lines to the terrans.

I would like to make sure Ernie has the best carapace possible when he attempts this monumental task. Please research improved carapaces.

>>11145578
Two subordinate overloards each for Lablord, Scoutlord, Warlord and Accountantlord.

SPAWN MOAR OVERLORDS.
WE NEED MOAR OVERLORDS.

Why not use this infested civilian's voice (not appearance nor new mindset) for diplomatic purposes?

Use his knowledge to have him use a transmitter at the supply depot?

Make as many zerglings as possible.
KEKEKEKEKEKEKE!

Let's make Bernie a General! I don't know how it would work in a Zerg army but dangerous new ideas have never caused any problems

>>11145648
You think they won't notice I ripped his dick off and you slimed him

They'll get pissed off and try to come kill us and we don't even have A SINGLE LURKER

Its pretty obvious that Ernie is our man for communication if that is still what we are going for. He has already demonstrated some artistic ability and does not have the blood lust of his brother Bernie.
Perhaps we should use his new found desire to create art to leave some sort of message to the terrans?

>>11145654
vote Bernie for cerebrate '10

>>11145662
let's find their mineral line, rush it with zerglings, and leave the corpses in a giant smiley face around their base

how's that for artistic

>>11145667
>>11145675

Is Warlord not our general? Not sure!

Bernie senses Scoutlord's concern. It makes a threatening sound. The Overmind's Eye hovers warily over us; Zerg should not harm Zerg unless it feeds the Swarm.

The Terran has begun screaming again. Lablord informs us that this means its infestation has reached a critical point: should we retain its mind for the Swarm and make it a capable warrior, infuse it with explosives and make it a brainless slave, or retain its mind and stuff it full of explosives?

Scoutlord informs us that Ernie, Eddie, Joey and Henry cannot venture closer to the Terran base without alerting the Terrans. Without a diplomat, that will surely lead to gunfire and blood. On the bright side, Ernie has begun to teach the others how to sketch a Scourge in the sand.

Warlord reports that it has developed a corps of hydralisks and a corps of zerglings, as well as assorted mutalisks. It anticipates that a strike through the pass to the South could cripple the Terrans immediately, allowing us to defeat them at our leisure.

Citylord has finished the Queen's Nest. A Queen is nesting, but she is very fussy. This may take a while.

Right, quit meddling in the human's mind until he's fully infested and his DNA is in with the rest of the swarm.

Have Ernie and the three stealthy Zerglings perform the recon at night- what we know about the colony is useful, but it never hurts to see with one's own eyes. Also, have a similar team of four spawned with swiftness and agility in mind, and have them go check out the Supply Depot (Unless I'm mistaken, and the two are- in fact- one).

Also, spawn the additional overlords as requested. It's good to keep our underlings content and still able to expand. Speaking of which, I suggest we drop down an additional three hatcheries to REALLY get the production and manufacturing booming. We can always acquire additional minerals, after all.

>>11145695
tell the queen if she doesn't get her ass over here i'll be converting her into an inject larva bitch by the sequel

>>11145695
Send mutalisks to scout other unexplored areas, but DO NOT engage any hostiles found there - yet. We need a really good lay of the land or find out we only hit an expansion.

My votes on leaving the civvie's mind intact and neglecting the explosives.

Consider it an experiment.

>>11145695
Explosives. Just in case he gets in over his head. Either way he's not meant to be a combatant, so the explosives will probably never have to be used. Once that's done, we can use him as a diplomat and send in the calm zerglings behind him.

Also, just for the record, I suggested diplomacy in the beginning. It's probably not going to work but we're here to try different things, right?

Increase Warlord's funding to one-third total instead of one-quarter. Depending on the diplomatic process we may want to increase it to a full half, because the fastest way to handle this here is a decapitation strike.

But spare any civilians...

>>11145695
No explosives for this one. Let it be shown to the Terrans as the rewards for accepting us. Besides, it may come in handy.

No, we shall save making the terrans explode for when we have plenty with which to experiment.

>>11145730
DONT DO IT NO

we can't let them know we have mutas, they'll set up missile turrets

give some overlords pneumatic carapace and send them. warlord hasn't been doing much, send him, he'll be great for it

>>11145749
Look. This is not Starcraft and this is not being played as an RTS. Not everything lines up. Chill the fuck out.

>>11145769
i say this purely from the point that if they don't know what we have, we can demolish them from the skies

>>11145695
Retain its mind and make it a capable warrior. We may not get a chance again to utilize a human test subject, no need to go blowing it up! Keep its DNA mutable, however, for testing purposes. Then scour its mind fully, for everything it can reveal to us!

Also, that tears it: I propose we have Bernie reassimilated in the spawning pool, broken down into his base genetic material. We can't have zerglings mouthing off to overlords after all!

Tell Scoutlord to draw our scouts back from the colony. The transport ship may pose a problem...can we determine anything about their defenses from this range? Or will we need to launch an assault (or diplomatic mission) to actually get a good look? My idea in mind is to somehow see about infecting the Terrans in bulk in a single night of kidnappings and outright wanton slaughter.

>>11145769
Actually I think bernie has a valid point. No sens in letting the enemy know our relative strength and capabilities.

Also, I vote we name the queen Elizabeth.

>>11145816
i agree, elizabeth is a nice name.

>>11145816
Name her SCREEE.

>>11145816
I can dig Elizabeth for the queen.

With extra overlords around, all of the managerial overlords are happy. Defenselord actually seems to be floating a little aimlessly.

Accountantlord informs us that we may have reached the half-way point for the main cluster's mineral crops. The secondary cluster is almost half-way gone, as well.

Citylord responds to our request for more Hatcheries by happily pointing to the two it recently mutated for us. What foresight!

Warlord speculates that we MAY have enough troops to cripple the front line of the Terran base, but still thinks we should use the pass.

Lablord has made the Terran into a diplomat, capable and strong-willed. It has taken the second-to-last free zergling to the Depot to scavenge. While Warlord protests that the Depot's security measures will alert the Terran base, Lablord is sure it can block the signal. Allow this to happen?

Eddie, Joey and Henry have learned how to draw basic shapes. Ernie is now trying to use its claws to sculpt part of the nearby cliff-face into the likeness of the skull it scavenged earlier. Scoutlord wonders if Ernie should be given some kind of busy work.

Bernie has run almost to the far West edge of our consciousness looking for unwary prey. A stray brontolith is dead between us and it. If we do not do something, Bernie will leave our minds soon. This would be the first instance of a Zerg leaving the Swarm willingly.

The Overmind watches quietly, but its Eye narrows in disapproval.

>>11145816
Yeah, I meant the Zergling Bernie getting assimilated. Also, have Warlord's budget upped to one-half, like it was suggested. We'll need a strong force if diplomacy fails.

guys, i found a brontolith

can elizabeth come over here and spawn some broodlings, i want pets

>>11145833
Bring Bernie back and task him, as he's been a scout before, to join the army. I'm getting really annoyed at that little shit.

Block the signal from the lab, let him go in and check things out in order to test the waters.

If things go to shit, we send a pack of Zerglings to annihilate it and we send the rest of them all in through the pass to utterly decimate the base, calling diplomacy a wash.

...I am beginning to worry, if the Overmind is displeased we're kind of fucked, fellas...

>>11145854
GET.

YOUR ASS.

BACK HERE.

RIGHT NOW.

You're needed for the army, anyway, you need to be here and ready to tear shit up.

Sounds to me like Bernie has volunteered himself for a "Broodling testrun"

>>11145833
Man, Bernie's getting uppity. I say he takes point when we attack.

I think its time we gave Bernie some fun and had him train some of the other lings and hydras. A bit of sparring and bloodshed should appease him.
We should start mutating the humans language into our overlords at least any that may have contact with humans in the future. They do have vocal cords, lets put em to use.

>>11145833
With the knowledge we have of the terran, trust lablord to block the signal, crossing our collective, I don't know, appendages, I suppose.

Allow Ernie free reign to develop his 'creative' nature, and if his three assigned followers are so inclined, have them continue to train under Ernie.

A zergling leaving the swarm... Willingly? He's part of the swarm, his will is our will. Reign him in, or be rid of him.

>>11145882
Nonsense. We'll give Bernie the honor of leading the assault. He's itching for blood, we'll let him take first blood!

what do you mean "take point"

i can take them on my own, baby

>>11145831
>>11145824
>>11145816
Queen Elizabeth emerges from her Nest with a SCREEAH!

She is brimming with parasites and broodling eggs. Warlord follows her around the hive cluster as she moves.

Defenselord is still wandering. Its tentacles are dragging across the Creep. Its subordinate overlords are converging.

Bernie is still making a beeline for the edge of our awareness.

Our consciousness feels so...vast. It feels like we could hide things from the Overmind, if we had that kind of urge. Though, why would we?

The diplomat emerges from Lablord's clutches, power armor and carapace melded almost seamlessly. It scratches its empty groin wistfully.

Bernie goes in at the tip of our vanguard to rip and tear as much as he can.

guys, i have an idea

i will dig under their defenses into their base and take a look

and blow up some scvs while i'm there, can't hurt

>>11145833
Right, that tears it. Have a pair of Hydralisks hunt Bernie down and kill that wretched mutant. Have the DNA sequence we used to make him stricken from the Swarm's memory, and alert the Overmind about flaws in that particular sequence- WITH an apology attached for screwing up a zergling so badly.

Next, have Ernie keep up the artwork- tell the Scoutlord that so long as Ernie has access to the Creep to keep him strong, his curiosities can be indulged- he may even stumble onto something vaguely useful with his scratchings.

Allow the Terran to investigate the supply depot, and have Lablord AND a handful of the other Overlords work together to block the signal. If they can't block it, have Warlord launch an attack up the pass with everything we've got: The Humans will be quick to respond if they get an alert of shit getting stirred up by us.

Also, see if Defenselord can think of anything creative in regards to defenses. Maybe see if he can shape the creep in such a way as to create hillocks and other earthwork fortifications? Have Ernie help him if need be.

As for Citylord, praise him for his foresight, and spawn an extra overlord for him as a reward.

I say we use the pass to destroy their harvesters and hold their minerals "hostage" while we attempt diplomacy.


Bernie would like to lead that assault, I'd guess.

>>11145833
Have we set up a hatchery at those minerals we discovered earlier? if not send a drone a couple overlords and a handful of Hydralisks up there to secure the area and establish a new outpost.

>>11145903
Okay, FOCUS our will on Bernie and get him back here. Have Defenselord start a line of sunken colonies towards the hill down into the Terran base. Tell him to fortify the chokepoint, and to make several spore colonies that can search for enemy spies, so that the detection they provide just barely overlaps.

>>11145903
Hide things? Us? From the Overmind? Cough never cough..

When we assault the terrans, Bernie takes point. He shall enjoy the honor.

WE REQUIRE MORE MINERALS.

>>11145925
We do not erase that strain. Just utilize it when most appropriate for our Zerglings, as is meatgrinder scenarios.

>>11145903
Tell the diplomat that it's better that he doesn't have the equipment anymore, it would just chafe under the carapace. We can mutate one for him later as a reward, if he does his job well.

As far as hiding anything from the Overmind... no. We should not need to do any such thing! He's the Overmind!

>>11145988
We should compare Bernie's genome with Ernie's, later. See how much nature vs. nurture applies here.

>>11145903
If Bernie escapes, we don't let the overmind know.

Scoutlord and its subordinate overlords focus and bring Bernie back to the hive cluster. Warlord's second-in-command takes personal control of Bernie, leading him to the assembled troops. Bernie is assigned to train the troops in the ways of ripping, tearing, and supping on flesh. Warlord's second, Battlelord, expresses surprise at the sheer number of cockrending techniques Bernie has developed.

Warlord is still following Elizabeth, who has found another brontolith and thrust a load of broodling eggs into it. The broodlings scream forth, while Elizabeth and Warlord croon over them. Accountantlord expresses disgust.

Defenselord has taken up a stationary location over a nearby Spore Colony. It has entwined its tentacles with its subordinate overlords.

Citylord has started to wander aimlessly.

Ernie's group cries in elation as they complete a rudimentary pyramid out of filed-down boulders.

Lablord's zergling has torn open the garage-door of the Depot. So far, no alarms have sounded. Inside is a large collection of power armor parts, weapons, ammo, fuel, and one big-ass computer.

>>11146004
Agreed. See if there is an Artistic Ernie geneset or a Bernie Bloodlust in there. Should this be the case, apply our AE geneset to the Diplomat, and keep the BB in mind for future zergling production.

>>11145903
Great get Liz to float her ass over to the outskirts of the terran base and parasite the first non zerg she sees then return.

>>11146019
ASSUME DIRECT CONTROL over Defenselord and see what is going on.

>>11146019
This ... seems odd to me.

Seconding >>11146059. AND DO IT RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. No chances.

>>11146019
Interesting. Assign some drones to lablord so he can move the equipment back to our base.

Can we use the infested terran to access the computer?

>>11146019
Tell Elizabeth to go infest the supply depot.

>>11146080
Yeah, pretty much this.

We can get more information once it's under our complete control.

>>11146019
Ask Citylord if he can see about making some Creep Colonies stretching towards the Supply Depot. Ask him if he can somehow get a pseudo-human factory up, producing "Infested Terrans" like our agent.

Also, with the recent abundance of technology in that depot and the like, spawn some additional overlords for Lablord and have them tasked with leading some zerglings WITH PRECISION in their exact wake. Delicious metals! Plus, it should be interesting to see what we can do with Terran weapons and ammo.

Also, ask Defenselord if there's anything we can do to aid him in his, uhh, works.

Let Elizabeth and Warlord croon over their new babbies in peace: The attack or diplomacy will happen soon (Diplomacy attempt first: THEN glorious slaughter).

>>11146019
Yes! Zerg Pyramids! I knew you were a winner Ernie.

Begin arranging a strike force for the colony now that Bernie has his attentions focused. Send out a group of scouts at night to get a good layout of the rest of the terran base.

Can we operate and/or understand what data the computer has to offer us, now that we have assimilated the terran?

Bring all the power armor bits and weapons back to base. Have lablord research how to recreate them and detail their function.

Defenselord is doing some strange shit. Lets see what he is up too.
Remind Warlord that Liz is not his cartoon waifu and to focus on his duties.
Lets start pushing for lurkers, those could be very helpful in the future.
MAKE SURE the computer is not harmed in the scavenging of the depot. Overmind only knows what kind of things we could find in there about these terrans and their strange habits.

We've got some weird shit going on here.

Is there anything in our collective memory about overlords hooking up like this?

SON OF A BITCH I KNEW IT, THE DEFENSEHIVEMIND IS BEHIND THE ANONTALK SPAM BULLSHIT.

>>11146041
Elizabeth covertly informs us that Warlord is following too close for her to comfortably approach an enemy location. Warlord strokes her proboscis while she idles.


Ernie and Bernie both contain standard zergling DNA base code. If further mutation has occurred, they will need to be recalled to the Central Hive for analysis. This may or may not cause harm up to and including death to either or both of the zerglings.

Defenselord's tentacles begin to fuse with those of its subordinates. It hovers lower over its Spore Colony.

Citylord's tentacles begin to drag across the Creep.

Battlelord informs us that Ultralisks are available, and wants to know our policy on their use.

One of Lablord's lieutenant overlords informs us that it can modify the Creep to rise at the edge into a wall that may be impassable to Terran units (unless they fire upon it), but that doing so would decrease nutrient flow to outlying defensive structures. Basically, we would trade our borders' Spore and Sunken colony attack speed for defensive Creep.

Lablord's zergling idles inside the Depot, awaiting orders. Lablord is blocking radio transmissions from a silent alarm.

The diplomat is waiting for orders. It seems very, very distressed by watching Bernie's training sessions on advanced groin displacement techniques.

Bernie is very involved in training. The training disturbs us.

>>11146162
Dear Defenselord, what are you doing? Love, Scavengerlord.

>>11146162
Ohhh I have a bad feeling about this.

ALSO WHAT PART OF ASSUME DIRECT CONTROL OF THE DEFENSEMIND DID YOU NOT HEAR, CEREBRATE

WHATEVER THE HELL HE'S DOING HE NEEDS TO EXPLAIN THAT SHIT AND STOP IT IMMEDIATELY.

Allocate a pair of zerglings to go say hi to him and make sure they're not doing anything foolish.

>>11146162
Have our Diplomat access the computer, and relay anything it finds to us. Put a priority on any specific weaknesses in their defenses.

Mayhaps in some time Ernie should oversee exploration of this newly acquired Terran technology? (care taken to avoid accidents harming him, of course)

Ultras should be used in siege breaking attacks and should be upgraded for speed before we try anything.
I suggest we keep a couple around the base and if need be bring them in as a show of force if we need it during the diplomacy attempt.

>>11146162
Goddammit, defenselord, stop fucking your subordinates on top of that spore colony. Yes, I know your job hasn't been very fulfilling, but we're about to go to war here. We need you doing your job.

>>11146162
A probe of Defenselord's mind indicates that, while idling with so much subordinate brainpower, it may be evolving into a more powerful overlord...perhaps even a pseudo-cerebrate. Citylord seems to be beginning the same transformation.

Accountantlord has taken to hovering over the primary Hive as it commands its underlings. It informs us that we have harvested 3/4 of our minerals, and that our stockpile of resources is vast.

Warlord seems distracted in its work. Whenever we recall it from Elizabeth, it works for a few minutes, then delegates to Battlelord and seeks Elizabeth.

Bernie has ordered several hydralisks spawned with human reproductive organs for the purposes of its terrifying training regimen. The troops beneath Bernie are fierce, focused, and oddly focused on cock assault.

Ernie's zergling squad has burrowed down to a lower sedimentary level and mined convenient obsidian. They have begun to craft obelisks at each corner of the pyramid.

Lablord has ordered the Diplomat to the Depot to interface with the computer. He still limps from his injury, so he will be a while. Meanwhile, guns, ammo, and power armor pieces are being analyzed. They are designed for human physiology, but Lablord is sure it can alter hydralisk DNA to accomodate it, if given enough overlords.

can i have adrenal glands please

it will make training more efficient

cough

Hmmm
We can hide things from the Overmind

Our overlords are becoming Cerebates in their own rights

Gentleminds, we may be will on our way to becoming our own Overmind.

We must tread carefully.

I...

God damn it.

Apparently, delegating is a bad thing in the Swarm.

Fuck it. I called for diplomacy to start and it's leading to bad shit, now we know why the Swarm does what it does the way it does, because otherwise shit goes fucking nuts.

Encourage Citymind to work closely with Defensemind. Yes, that's it. Meanwhile FUCK IT LET'S CHOP OFF ALL THEIR DICKS.

Ultralisks will be used as battering rams to break holes in enemy lines. We will then pour through an elite spearhead of hydralisks and zerglings into the breach, so that they will establish a foothold in the breach. When an attack corridor has been secured we will send in more hydralisks to shatter the enemy's rear C3 structure.

>>11146288
Praise, but do not distract, Ernie from his delicate work.

And by all that is sane and sacred, YES give Lablord more overlords and dedicate them to hooking us up with some Power Hydralisks.

HOWEVER ensure enough attention is given to blocking that alarm indefinitely, assign one or two lablord underlings to this task.

Allow defenselord to continue, so long as our control over him remains absolutely sound. If not... Suggestions?

>>11146336
if you break my prototypes i swear i will go nuts on more than just your legs, boy

I THOUGHT YOU SAID THEY WERE EXTENSIONS OF OUR WILL.

DO EVERYTHING YOURSELF OR HAVE OVERLORDS DO IT FOR YOU THEY SAID. IT WILL BE FINE THEY SAID. NOW LOOK AT US. FUCK.

Whatever, see how close we are to molting ourselves. If our overlords are evolving we are going to need to do likewise should we wish to keep them under our thumb.

The Overmind informs us that It has discovered a powerful psionic entity in the Koprulu sector, and will be busy obtaining it. It tells us that our Hive is unorthodox, but that is our purpose. It informs us that it will swing its gaze back upon us once the Swarm has found its prize.

>>11146334
I like your thinking, Broodbrother.

>>11146288

Inform Warlord that he is to leave Elizabeth alone for the time being. Our army, HIS army, need to be ready to mobilize at any time, and underlings should not be solely trusted with this paramount task.

(Meanwhile Get Elizatbeth to parasite a roving Terran something).

>>11146387
parasite an scv, nobody pays attention to those guys

When the fuck did Ernie get the powers of an overlord? He can direct mutation now? FUCK.

New rules for command structure: All units below queen/overlord level in the tech tree can't do shit with spawning without asking an overlord first.

>>11146401
Bernie that is, not Ernie.

Even more FUCK.

>>11146401
We should have been rid of Bernie long ago, you see? No one listens to Scavengerlord. No one ever listens...

>>11146411
i am insulted that you do not believe i have the best interests of the Swarm at heart

my penis hydralisks are the only way to integrate with terran society

on that note would anyone please bring me any spare terran babes they can find

I like this latest development. I like it a lot! Approve both Citylord and Defenselord continuing- also, see if we can get Lablord to do the same, spawning even more overlords to help encourage the process if we need to. With everything going on, see how Elizabeth's infestation of the supply depot is- and when we can expect those infernal alarms to be taken off and the whole thing to be ours.

Let the Terran continue his interfacing, and otherwise let it all ride.

>>11146431
And thus, circumcision was invented.

>>11146334
Very carefully.

We are still young.

We don't even have one planet.

We are given more attention from the great Overmind than most, due to our nonconventional purpose.

We are still Zerg.

CONFIRMED: Terran Mission New Gettysburg is about to begin.

Dedicate resources to bring US to the next evolution, maximum priority. If our powers become truly expansive, allow overlord clusters to combine with their relevant types to form pseudo-cerebrates.

>>11146437
You know, I've reconsidered.

Let's try something new here. First we molt. Then we expand. We establish ultralords (as I shall call these merged overlords) to oversee each of the Swarm's 'cities' that we will create across the world.

Meanwhile we continue to SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS. Also when diplomacy fails, and it will inevitably fail, we launch a tidal wave of zerglings across the planet.

Ernie and his bros can build Zerg pyramids and we will develop a whole Zerg society. All is one in the hivemind but that doesn't mean they can't have something to DO with their time.

Excellent

The overmind is distracted from our musings at least for a little while.

I believe that our new highly specialized Cerebrate/Overlords (Overbrates/Cereminds?) will allow us to grow our swarm in ways the Brood has never seen.

We should find some way to upload/download Ernie and Bernies mindsets and personalities into an Overlord. Yes the same overlord. They came from the same egg, they should return their minds to one. I believe that may unlock their true potential for our cause.

>>11146371
Our flesh began molting a little while ago. We enjoy the sensation as our new carapace flows out like a liquid from our flesh. In fact, we are interested to feel a new organ. An eye. Our genetic memory does not record any cerebrate with an eye of its own, but we ARE meant to be unique.

Defenselord is still fully under our control. We could cease its evolution if we wished. Do we wish it?

Warlord has completely disregarded its role as troop master, instead spending its time fondling Elizabeth. Elizabeth is no longer resisting. Citylord expresses some apprehension at the public nature of that activity.

Ernie's corp of artisan zerglings has choreographed a dance routine. Odd thoughts of black-and-white carapaces occur to them. Perhaps an Artisanlord is in order?

Bernie's training is fierce. Each troop is now spawned with a penis. They rotate between practice dummy and cockslicer, regenerating their junk between turns. Battlelord is concerned that this kind of ferocity might be counterproductive.

Lablord informs us that Diplomat can only access SCV and Marine Power Armor schematics without activating the wifi, which would allow the alert signal through. It has, however, adapted several hydralisks for Gauss rifle use.

Build a defiler mound! Among other things it will give lablord more resources to work with.

Also build a hatchery by those minerals to the north. Send some hydralisks to keep that new outpost secure while it's growing.

>>11146499
can you please tell battlelord that if he questions my methods one more time i'll be setting those hydralisks on him

also, can you please slag the mutalisk/penis hybrids, they just look silly

>>11146499
Nah. Fuck it. I wanna see what the defenselord ends up as.

>>11146499
Of all the overlords so far, only Citylord and MAYBE Researchlord are more trustworthy than Defenselord. I suppose we can allow him to continue. He will make a good cerebrate for maintaining our front line as we command the spearhead advances.

BRB, guys. I've got to piss and get more beer.

What? You thought I was running this thing sober? Fuck you. I'm lit like a torch.

>>11146499
Tell battlelord to send Bernie's group (and only bernie's group) into the front lines of the Terrans, RIP AND TEAR.

Gather the real army in the pass and have the mutas strafe it and launch an Utralisk Blitz like was described earlier.

>>11146499
Equip the modified Hydralisks with gauss rifles if we can reproduce the rifles using our own materials.

Are we finished evolving? I can't believe I asked that, we are the swarm. /colletivefacepalm

>>11146499
I'm wary of any troop that ends up dependant on Terran technology.

They run out of ammo eventually.

Why are we even bothering with diplomacy, we know it's just going to fail. I say we just start killing some human bastards.

why in the world are we using those crapsacks' weapons

hydralisk spines are far superior to marine rifles

>>11146566
I like this man.

Bernie's cockmaulers are too unstable for use. Likewise Warlord's disregard of our orders must be curtailed. Recall Warlord and absorb him back into the creep.

Can we reassign Warlord to be Broodlord, and task him with being the father figure for our broodlings? Battle lord seems like he has this handled.

You had me with building and digging, Ernie, but dancing? I don't know... Artisanlord does not bring much functionality to the brood overall. Maybe after we have a diplomatic solution. Or any solution.

Step 1 - Capture gauss rifles.
Step 2 - Mutate them into the hydralisks cocks.
Step 3 - ???
Step 4 - Profit.

>>11146604
Combine the two, four fully automatic cannons loaded with semi-ferrous urticating spines. Doubled firepower at reduced cost, readymade weapons and armor.

Ernie and Bernie are taking a strange turn for the almost-gay, and why do we have a Queen and an Overlord bumping serious uglies in-base? Really, I'm only occupying like six, maybe seven ganglia clusters. I'm out of the loop.

>>11146642
Curtail thoughts of black and white carapaces. Route desires back to terraforming.

Using Terran weapons = reliance on scavenging Terran supplies. Fuck that shit, we should be self reliant.

Build overlords for the lablord. Also make a committed INTERFERENCE LORD designed to cut block radio, etc.

Rush the shit out of the terrans. KILL EVERYONE.

>>11146680
An idea I can get behind, Anonlord.

what is terraforming

Archive. This. Shit.

>>11146499

What the fuck, Bernie. Who was it who ordered Hydralisks with penises again? When the training is done, what functionality will they serve in battle and for what purpose do these penislisks serve? Are they simply training dummies?

Order the penis-lisks into a fear squad with some of Bernie's zerglings to test out his techniques. While I agree with the cockslicing idea, I don't like this allocation of resources to penises on everything just for the sake of training when we could have, say, Ernie or lablord come up with a training dummy for cheaper.

Also, I am seconding the subsumation of the Bernie+Ernie consciousness into an overlord. There is some real potential there. Perhaps the initial focused attention has developed their brains some and they have become something more than mere zerglings? We were, after all, focusing almost all of our not-insignificant minds on the little guys.

Next: with this eye, look around.

What do we see?

Well since Liz going to be useless while she's being a fucking slut, I say we should spawn a new queen or two. Have them take over the job Liz was supposed to be doing but isn't because she's A FUCKING EASY HOE.

The first twelve Gausslisks are completed. Lablord gushes as it describes that they can process materials from the Creep to create ammo; so long as they can resupply occasionally at the Hive Cluster, they can fire forever. The capacity for using the rifles has decreased the effectiveness of their spines, though. Lablord asks slyly whether Power Ultralisks appeal to us.

Bernie's platoon is sent near the front lines of the Terran outpost. As they approach, our psionic consciousness catches glimpses of their communications: the transport vessel arrives in two days, Major Carlston was caught with Private Wilson again, Depot #3 is offline (SCVs will get to it sometime tomorrow), and Harlan Jefferson is missing (horny bastard's probably trying to fuck a brontolith)...

Defenselord and its overlords have bonded together. Their mass heaves as it grows. Citylord has begun to fuse with its overlords.

Our new eye is still closed. Our tendrils extend outward for support and greater connection to the life-giving Creep.

Accountantmind has called its overlords to it above the Central Hive.

Warlord and Elizabeth have begun...combining genetic materials...

Ernie and his corps of artisans are annoyed at the intrustion of Battlelord and his army.

>>11146730
it honestly wasn't me, i just rolled with it. they're not my hydrapenises

>>11146730
By "fear squad" I meant "Oh god those zerg things have human penises why why why" meaning use them while we got em but for Overmind's sake quit evolving penises on everything.

>>11146735
Any creature that is useless should be used for biological and genetic material.

Just saying.

Meh, fuck it, might as well go the full five yards.

Turn the hydra-penis into a secondary parasite that lives on the hydralisk. If the 'lisk is killed or otherwise immobilized, it can jump onto a target and spray hydralisk acid all over them.

Guys we are going to be heading into a DOOMSPIRAL unless we get some of these elements under control.

Bernie and his squad go into the jaws of the terran bunkers.
EZQUEEN and Warlord get reabsorbed for resources.
Ernie is told that crafting with stone is far superior to black and white carapaces.
Researchlord and Citylord get promotions to cerebrate soon.

>>11146750

I disagree. I think putting penises on everything is a good idea.

>>11146765
why don't we just turn it into a gigantic tentacle thing that burrows into the creep and sprays people, jesus christ these things are useless

i eat the hydralisk's penises.

>Defenselord and its overlords have bonded together. Their mass heaves as it grows. Citylord has begun to fuse with its overlords.


While this happens are we unable to access their functionality? If they are preoccupied entirely with these tasks I say we should be wary. Suddenly one of our resources (psionic control) is going to dip considerably for an indeterminate amount of time. If we let this proceed we need to allocate resources to hunkering down and watching the horizon.

Speaking of which, why haven't we evolved scouting creatures with long range vision? Let's get some eagle genetics up in this bitch.

>>11146739
Heres hoping bernie and his cock crew don't realize what else a dick is good for. *shudder*

>>11146739
If the power armor power sources can also be recharged in a similar manner, you're DAMN RIGHT WE WANT THEM!

Ensure Battlelord and the army do NOT harm Ernie's creations. We are the swarm, and all we build is both fierce and wonderful. We not only control our minds and bodies, but the land itself.

I must admit, fellow lords, I am scared of combining Ernie and Bernie again. What happens if we make an artisan overlord that just builds giant phallic objects all over our colony? It would not be the worst thing to happen, but it could happen!

Have our Diplomat beam all non-alarm tripping data back to us to that we might combine it into our collective knowledge.

>>11146775
>>11146775
>>11146775
I am seconding this. The minions have been allowed far too much leeway, and we have seen what happens. The hive cluster requires a dedicated task, and the minions must be brought back in line. They need to be reminded that they are not lazy Terran pansies.

>>11146739

An overlord and a queen exchanging genetic material? We didn't sanction this, which means our minions are just doing as they please. We can't have that. Tell them to knock it off.

>>11146824
i vote we eat all these random overlords that started appearing out of nowhere, they can't be good for the hive

>>11146824
>>11146775

I am good for reabsorbing what is deemed less than useful. It is for the good of the swarm.

>>11146810
Perhaps we should allow Bernie and Ernie to mutate in some fashion into a creature of superior mind and body, as fits their temperaments?

>>11146810
I want to have Bernie come back and see what his genome looks like.

By which I mean TEAR THAT LITTLE BASTARD APART so that we can have a breed of ultraviolent zerglings for military purposes which we will promptly forget about in ten seconds.

We should absorb the meta-lords ourselves to increase our psionic potential.

We'll become greater than whatever the Overmind has found.

>>11146824
Afterall, look what happened to the Terran caught wasting genetic material.

>The first twelve Gausslisks are completed. Lablord gushes as it describes that they can process materials from the Creep to create ammo; so long as they can resupply occasionally at the Hive Cluster, they can fire forever. The capacity for using the rifles has decreased the effectiveness of their spines, though. Lablord asks slyly whether Power Ultralisks appeal to us.
Excellent. Ensure that standard Ultralisk DNA records are preserved.

>Bernie's platoon is sent near the front lines of the Terran outpost. As they approach, our psionic consciousness catches glimpses of their communications: the transport vessel arrives in two days, Major Carlston was caught with Private Wilson again, Depot #3 is offline (SCVs will get to it sometime tomorrow), and Harlan Jefferson is missing (horny bastard's probably trying to fuck a brontolith)...
Manuever mutalisks and the main army to the rear pass. When in position have Bernie's group charge in and wreak as much havoc as possible. The main army then will attack with an ultralisk blitz covered by mutalisk dive bombers and supported by gausslisks and zerglings.

>Defenselord and its overlords have bonded together. Their mass heaves as it grows. Citylord has begun to fuse with its overlords.
Acceptable. Continue monitoring.

>Our new eye is still closed. Our tendrils extend outward for support and greater connection to the life-giving Creep. >Accountantmind has called its overlords to it above the Central Hive.
Good.

>Warlord and Elizabeth have begun...combining genetic materials...
Reabsorb them. Insurrection is death to efficiency.

>Ernie and his corps of artisans are annoyed at the intrustion of Battlelord and his army.
Tell them to explore creative uses of wood.

Warlord and Elizabeth are fusing during their...coupling. Overmind, but that's hard to watch from all three sides.

Lablord has begun to fuse with several overlords around the Depot. The Diplomat is still inside. Apparently, the Terrans are aware that the station is not responding. If we do not act soon, they will find out what we are doing anyway.

Bernie and his corps of dicklings and cockralisks have murdered a wayward firebat and done terrible things to the body. It is really best left unsaid.

Battlelord has massed its troops at the pass.

Ernie has moved his artisans to the East, where he got the skeleton that inspired him so long ago. They have begun building a likeness of a Xel'Naga being devoured by the primitive Overmind, an homage to the genocide that brought our race to its first peak so long ago.

Our carapace is so full! Our eye opens. For the first time, we see through our own eye! We feel the Overmind's distraction from us. It is busy directing Daggoth and Zasz toward the Terran Confederacy. It does not notice our growth.

Defenselord resembles our birthform now, looking more like a cerebrate than an overlord. Citylord and its overlords have combined into a mass of tissue, transforming. Accountantmind and its overlords are starting to fuse.

>>11146851
We do not have the power to defend ourselves at all adequately if the Overmind finds us similar in composition to its own physical body, and we don't know when it will once again swing its gaze over to us should we attempt a project of this sort. We sorely lack intelligence of many sorts, not the least of which any information about whether the big O has another cerebrate and its minions nearby watching us, perhaps spying on us.

The Overmind told us it was going away. We did not actually witness it. It may be a test of our loyalty and we do not wish to fail.

Finally: jesus christ what are that queen and overlord doing?

We have some weird shit going on.

Ultimately... I think our goal should be fusion. Total fusion. All the overlords and the overlord conglomerates merging with us.

From there... we will try something new.

Fuck military domination.

Fuck diplomacy.

Let's get some fucking mind control.

>>11146881
Begin the assault.

As soon as the Queen/Overlord fusing is complete record the genetic makeup and assign several seemingly trivial tasks to the resultant. Have several mutalisks waiting nearby. If any sign of refusal is displayed we will forcibly reabsorb them and begin a review of the genetic information.

>>11146905

DOMINATE EVERYONE.

FORCE MUTATIONS.

USE PLAGUES.

SPONTANEOUSLY TURN PLANETS INTO ZERG-INFESTED ONES WITH ABSOLUTELY NOW WARNING.

That's it, I've had it with Warlord and Elizabeth. Reabsorb them back into the creep. Useless twats.

>Defenselord resembles our birthform now, looking more like a cerebrate than an overlord. Citylord and its overlords have combined into a mass of tissue, transforming. Accountantmind and its overlords are starting to fuse.
Can it still hover?

>>11146881
I am feeling decidedly satisfied. Shall we assault the terrans from the pass, or shall we send the Diplomat in to diplomat up the command center?

Either way, assure that we have its genetic materials and mind/thought on record should we need to reproduce it.

>>11146881
I still say we need to mutatively "promote" Ernie in some fashion.

And at the very least, Ernies artisanlings should be able to handle themselves. Bring Ernie into our centerfold, have him watch the proceedings at the Terran depot and/or base through our direct consciousness in order to observe and learn Terran behavior. We will need him to head our diplomacy project.

>>11146923
No, no, the assault's gonna wait.

>>11146926
I LIKE it. This is the ideal way to take over a planet, if we can gather enough juice to do it.

We definitely should be increasing our own potential. Something like this would make the Overmind proud. Assuming it survives Starcraft, which it won't, so we must carry on its legacy.

>>11146923
Ensure that Bernie's group is the focus of the initial Terran counter attack, by the way. This will solve two problems at once.

Attempt to merge the assimilated Terran's DNA into Lablord as well. Hopefully we will take advantage of Terran research prowess.

Enough mucking about. Let's attack the damn Terrans already.

>>11146941
Send in the diplomat.

The diplomat should be sent in first, to screw with them. Then the cockalisks should be sent in.

>>11146926
Love it, but it's going to take a lot of resources.

>>11146954
This gives me an idea: redirection. Can we make it appear as if there are two cerebrates on the planet, attacking and diplomating at the same time? We should mastermind a scheme to harass the terrans while at the same time allowing them to believe they have an ally. We have the power, let us play the part of one loyal and one rebellious cerebrate.

Communication from afar would be desireable.

Last thing I desire is to see a diplomat full of holes while on the approach.

>>11146987
Inadvisable. Such thoughts could spread, and with the rate of mutation displayed so far it would be a rapid spread at that. The problems we are already having controlling mere zerglings should be proof enough of that. Solidifying our position is more vital at this time. This means eliminating the terrans and leaving an abandoned base for the dropships to find. When the dropships have departed we will begin work harvesting the resources found there.

>>11146987
It would be more efficient to begin mass mind control.

With all the dicks in our hive, we should request that Kerrigan make a personal review on behalf of the Overmind.

I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

>>11146987
Bernie's group should be assigned the harassment task, to be certain. Allow the diplomat to approach from another direction somehow. But the terrans need to be informed that he is not a threat in some way. Suggestions?

I am also for promoting Ernie somehow. I am all about advancing in many facets of civilization.

>>11147015

I don't think Kerrigan's been infested yet.

>>11147019
The swarm is in agreement, promotion of Ernie is an excellent way to advance the swarm in areas that have been unexplored thus far.

Warlord and Elizabeth finish their union at nearly the same time as both Accountantlord and Citylord. We now control three cerebrates and one...well...It looks like a cerebrate, but it floats through the air like an overlord, its bloated form dragging across the ground, extending the Creep where it does so. Lablord's mass has covered the Depot, and churns as it digests the metal, fuel, and the Diplomat.

We feel our psychic capacities expand exponentially as our cerebrates pledge their loyalty to us.

At our command, Battlelord and Bernie begin their assault. Battlelord strikes at the weakened mineral base, slaughtering. The Gausslisks prove themselves to be very versatile.

Bernie's side is a similar slaughter. His troops are ridiculously trained. They slice enemies to pieces, and take any break during combat to rape the corpses.

When the last Terrans cease resisting, Battlelord cordons off the remaining buildings (a burning command center, a ruined barracks, a pristine engineering bay, and a dusty factory which seems to have never been used) while Bernie's troops commit sexual atrocities against the remaining Terrans. The females are dragged to the Creep, with Bernie's assurances that they will be impregnated (if not the first time, then the second, third, fourth, fifth, etc) with infested seed. The males are harvested for their...you know, we don't even really want to explain. It's pretty graphic.

>>11147019
>Promote Ernie.

Give his some hands.

>>11147007
A viable plan, should diplomacy fail.

In either case, we don't have long to act before the ship arrives. If it becomes aware of our presence during or after aggression, I'd prefer it not leave the planet intact, lest it return with company.

>>11147007
The Terrans have yet to be alerted to our presence. Perhaps if nothing else we can still alert them without provoking an attack, by misguiding their assumptions about our location.

We need new resources and we need to get them from the Terrans, but our diplomacy angle is completely shot if we attack.

>>11147057
What about Guardians shaped vaguely like Terran dropships?

Well, there goes diplomacy if they got any messages off.

>>11147046
Damn it, you mean we didn't lose Bernie? Send him to do some far off scouting and pray something kills him.

Bee tee dubs, guys:

Kerri-who?

That sounds like a Terran name. The Overmind has yet to absorb any Terrans, except through us...and His might Eye has been absent from us for some weeks, now.

>>11147073

This. This is brilliant. Get Terran dropships, fill them jam-packed with zerg, land them in a supply base.

The unknowing humans open them up and then KEKEKEKE

>>11147046

>>11147046
Ouch, diplomacy is out the door if they were able to send communications. Lablord, were you able to block terran communications?

>>11147088
Time passed that quickly?

Okay, well. Fuck it. Let's see if we can expand our consciousness and detect any life near our location.

>Overmind sets us up "Do something different to confuse our enemies"

>We create our own cerebrates, dicklings and sexalisks, and collect Terrans for raping.

>Overmind is all "What the shit?:"

>Now go, My child, and confound those who would stand in our way!
>>11147108
>I SAID CONFOUND THEM, NOT ME!

>>11147046
>>11147046
Oh man, I didn't see this post.

What the fuck have Liz and Warlord become? It produces creep, or it projects a fed creep around it? If it produces new creep, how long before this creep, extended beyond the cluster's mass to support it, dies off? In what way can we utilize this...?

Fellow Anonlords?

>>11147046
Scour the thoughts of the floating cerebrate. We must ensure loyalty.

Carefully observe the results of Bernie's troops. Station Gausslisks and normal zerglings around the areas they gather under our direct control. If the breedings are successful we must test the spawn for adherence to our commands. New troops are of no use should they fail to obey us. If rebellion is in the making we will purge this threat.

Direct Accountantbrate to harvest the new minerals and have Citylord fly the Engineering Bay to where Labbrate is molting. The factory he should take for himself. Leave the rest of the base as a ghost town to fool the incoming dropships.

>>11147046

Start research on what we can do with these captives.

Pic related. Also, take control of the base we captured, see whats up with the factory. Push the military forward.

>>11147143
Use what knowledge we have to repair damaged terran structures. We do not want terrans to know anything is wrong from orbit/landing at first sight.

guys i found this thing

in one of the firebat's mouths

it's on fire on one end what do i do

>mindwipe the bastard cerebrate
Either this, or we should reabsorb it and probe its genetic strains to see what we can produce from it, at least replicating it to utilize... whatever it's become. As it stands, all we did was yell at it. It can't be terribly loyal, having developed enough identity to do... that thing it did.

>breeding zerg with human females
I sense a demoralizing strain of minion. Get Lablord on the task of developing highly mobile er... "Rapelings", their battle proficiency sacrificed for efficiency at terrifying Terran populations. If we can somehow come up with a seed that is compatible with human female eggs, that produces something useful to us, all the better.

The Terran factories burn before they are subsumed by Cerebrate Anon's Creep.

Ernie the zergling becomes Artisanlord, directing its own brood of sculpting, painting, designing, and even (dare we think it) singing Zerg.

Bernie the zergling is absorbed back into the Spawning Pool, its ferocity and ingenuity infusing into the very genetic code of Cerebrate Anon's Swarms. This leads to permanent additions of sexual organs to all future strains of Anon Zerg.

In the end, Besilus is completely coated with the purple richness of Anon's Creep, and Anon casts its Eye outwards. Nearby is a larger Terran base, a small Protoss outpost, and the rear of Cerebrate Zasz's brood.

The Overmind does not notice as one autonomous Cerebrate slips quietly from its consciousness.

(That was a lot of fun for my first quest, guys! As I mentioned earlier, I am very drunk, so I'm going to quit now. If you guys want, I could start another thread tomorrow, say around 9 pm Eastern? Feel free to comment, archive, sage, whatever. I hope you had as much fun as I did, and I'm open to suggestions)

>>11147159
What? No, DON'T push forward. Let's move the Queenlord forward and start up a large portion of Creep over the facility. Also, see about infesting the Terran males we captured.

As for Lablord, consult as to whether or not we can produce infested Terrans artificially at this point- if not, then try to see as to why we can't quite yet. Bernie's RAPE RAPE RAPE style may actually come into play here if we can infest the women- can you guys say "Broodmothers"?

In that same vein, have some zerglings scout through the various labs and the like, with Battlelord looking over everything. Spawn a few separate overlords for Lablord, and have them peek through the ruins. Also, let's get manual here: Plop down some hatcheries near the mineral field we just conquered, and have Battlelord bring the remains of the Terran collection units back to the central Hive. I suggest we have the eventual Citylord Cerebrate take control of the "Central Hive" we first built, and start from scratch with the area we just conquered.

>>11147210
I suggest more than mere Rapelings. Horrorlings, perhaps? We can use the captured humans and human structures to test what carapace formations terrify them the most and implement it in these reavers. They will sow terror behind the lines and attack lone terrans to implant sleeper zerg within them for an inside attack at the proper time.

I just realized what we are. We are the Overmind's pleasure center. The entire species of zerg makes up it's body and mind, right?

Well we're the part filled with perversion, continual masturbation, and pointless intellectual arts. No wonder it tries not to pay attention.

1.note the presence of female genitalia on the terrans...

2.modify our own structure with such things.

3.schlick.

>>11147210
We can make our own genestealers!

They'll rape humans, who will have half/half children, who will rape again, and they'll be human enough to pass in society. They can disable security and open gates for the swarm proper.

Fuck yeah Tyranid quest.

>>11147241
damn right bitches. you thought killing me would get rid of me but I AM EVERY ONE OF YOU NOW

>>11147241
Oh man, this is too fun to end right now!

>>11147178

Well since one human had been capture and mutated we must know something of human physiology. It wouldn't be that hard to create a new strain of zerglings with a poison that could immobilize the humans.

I state that we should capture as many humans alive and absorb them. We can capture all their memories and knowledge about the planet and sector. Also we would have their genetic info, would not be that hard to create doppelgangers of said humans and use them as scout and spies.

>>11147241
Thank you Cerebrate Anon for your attention to our brood. Would participate again tomorrow should you be so kind as to host us again. (9pm est start time? Sounds good to me, fellow Lords?)

Would someone be so kind as to archive for brushing up tomorrow?

It was fun, but sometimes it felt like nothing was getting done. And by nothing getting done I mean OH MY GOD EVERYTHING IS GOING OUT OF CONTROL DESPITE TRYING TO WHAT THE FUCK WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING AREN'T WE A FUCKING CEREBRATE HERE ARGH.

>>11147292
tbh our build order was terrible terran was noob lol

>>11147262
You're my favorite. And by that I mean that I'm glad we took you apart helix by helix so that you can't scare us anymore.

>>11147276
Fun, but my clock is starting to read numbers I don't like seeing with AM next to them. I must retreat to my nest, or else I will surely be consumed by that accursed sunlight.

>>11147292
Well, people were complaining that we were controlling every little thing. I gave us the option to delegate...and Anon jumped on it.

There's actually a bit in the manual that suggests that Overlords are the new Cerebrates, anyway, so I actually consider this an acceptable sort of semi-canonical interpretation of the Swarm...just, you know, going much faster and involving a lot more cockslicing.

>>11147290
I'd love to.

>>11147309
Terrans were a bunch of assface pirates on a backwater world way at the edge of the sector, who hadn't even seen the Zerg yet (in my mind, the second we start expanding offworld just happens to be the moment Tassadar rapes Chau Sara to death with his giant, throbbing fleet)