Like sugar-coated tiger blood, Elesh's adventures continue!
You are Elesh Phryx, rogue techpriest and captain of the Sword-class Frigate 'Sword of the Omnissiah'. Staring at the small, adorable girl that just offered to sell you something, something within you stirred. Slowly bending your body to meet the young child nearer her eye level, you smile. "Hello, child. Would you like some sugar-derived products?"The child throws her arms into the air in glee, her outfit's heavy pockets bouncing from the sudden movement. "Yay! Sugar produ-" Suddenly her eyes open to a squint, meeting your own as your mechadendrites attempt to creep forward on the edges of her vision... "STRANGER DANGER" cries the child, fleeing the reach of your mechadendrites to hide behind the plain dress of a woman speaking with Quein. Both parties look to the child as she leans around the woman and points at you. "Cog-head wants to make me a servitor! It offered me sugar products!"Quein looks between you and the child with a quizical look. "Now I'm sure she didn't want to turn you into a servitor, Rec. Did you, Captain?""Of course not. I simply wished to study the rumored effects of sugar-products upon the function of a child's motor functions. For science."Though your bluff was perfectly logical and flawless, you notice that the child and the woman she hides behind still look at you with a mild level of distain.>orders?
>>19117377Offer the aformentioned sugar products in exchange for the industrial starter kit
>>19117377Oh, come now, being a servitor is not so bad. Servitors don't have to go to school, they don't have bedtimes, and they can have all the sugar products they want!
>>19117411oh, right. I noticed your question in the archived thread.>question i've been meaning to ask for some time now...why do we even HAVE a MIU? usually only the titan commanders, or high level explorator magos' have them. they are not really standard upgrades... they are more expensive than mechandrites... just curiousDue to the rarity of quality bionics in the pirate base of Tortuga, most low-level tech adepts and techpriests receive only the bare minimum augmentations for the jobs they preform. Since Elesh went on the path toward being a pirate captain, Magos Banks saw fit to grant her an MIU to better interface with her ship and preform her duties.>short answer: PLOT
>>19117377>the child and the woman she hides behind still look at you with a mild level of disdainAssuming we want to turn everyone into servitors just because we're AdMech? This racism is killin' me inside.
Let's ask the little fleshbag what its name is.
You smile and offer the child sugar products in exchange for her offered industrial starter kit. The older woman shakes her head and gives the child a stern look. "Rec, what did I tell you about trying to trade away our cargo to strangers?""But isn't that how trade is done?" whines the child.The woman sighs and pats the young one's head. "I am sorry, Captain. My sister is too eager to take on the burden of trade at times, and I'm afraid that I've just reached a deal with Captain Quein concerning my purchase of the kits from him. My sister's offer is no longer possible. I would appreciate if you would resist the temptation to convert her into a servitor, unless she is naughty, of course." Rec hides behind her older sister as Quein laughs."My apologies, Captain. I should have introduced Ris earlier. I'm transporting her family to Serentus V, from Xapsieh IV.">orders?
I think we had a to-do list somewhere, but I completely forgot it.We need to take those components to the magos, get our own crew for the factory ship, set up asteroid bases in the secret solar system only we have the starcharts for, recover a starship in that system... what else?
>>19117701He must have been confident in his ship if he had them with him during that last mission where we raided the admech.
>>19117739Oh, we also needed to get past that question the lockbox's security system asked us.I would rather look for a way to hack the lockbox than trying to answer the question, in case it has some kind of trap that activates if you answer wrong.
>>19117739Well, we also have the power crystal the Harlequin gave us as a reward for freeing the Eldar captives that we ought to find a use for, and there's the perfectly preserved Dark Eldar corpse that hasn't been examined/servitorized yet.
>>19117701Ah, so this is the merchant you were telling me about Captain Quien.Well, I believe that a small party is in order. Though this time it would be prudent to stay with our vessels, as the last party did not end well...
>>19117801I don't think Phryx would be so deviant and heretical as to attempt to make an Eldar corpse into a servitor. I'm pretty sure that's a very particular kind of heresy, with a very particular place in techno-hell reserved for those that commit such offenses.
>>19117844I believe that the original plan was to keep it in stasis until we find a buyer for it.
>>19117701"The kits are already spoken for? Ah well. I don't suppose you have any other wares you would be interested in offering for sale, madame?"In any case, seconding >>19117829 We really ought to celebrate our victory with our comrades after we've finished the business of loot dividing.
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>>19117701Find out more about Ris and her family. It might be good to have some semi-legit merchant contacts.
>>19117911So, seeing as we've got an industrial starter kit as well as a factory ship, can't we put these two together and get some actual business going? We did find that system with all those asteroids and whatnot -- couldn't we use one of the kits to establish a base there, hypothetically, and the other to begin some industrial processing of this various debris?
>>19117844Well, we already employ a living Eldar as one of our crew members, with all of its abhorrent xenos life and free will left intact. And we have a cargo hold full of Dark Eldar tech we salvaged. I'm pretty sure that's more heretical than experimenting on a dead alien.
>>19118028Oh yeah, Gruman might be a little PO'd with us for having Eldar on our ship. We should make sure Bob is kept out of eyesight when in their system...
>>19118011>We did find that system with all those asteroids and whatnot -- couldn't we use one of the kits to establish a base thereFirst we need to replace the crew of our factory ship with a crew of our own. We want to keep that place a secret, after all.Right now, however, let's have a party/celebration for a job well done.
>>19118028Sure, but that's different than profaning our sacred machinery with alien essence. Humanity is, after all, the only species with true and pure souls.
You briefly consider planning a victory party with Quein, though memories of your last celebration and the large numbers of wounded that will likely die soon dissuade such ideas. "Would you happen to have any other goods for sale, Miss Ris?""I have a meager stock at the moment, but I have several cargos of medicinal herbs. I offered one to the Hospitallers efforts earlier, though they dismissed the notion of such things helping those that lingered before death. I do have a small amount of capital, if you'd like to be rid of some smaller goods.">reply?>other?
>>19118047That would be how many people? I'm sure we could sell off some of our loot from this encounter and just hire on some new hands.
>>19118055>derp, forgot Bob the eldar on that image. updating on my end...
>>19118055I might be interested in selling certain items. What sort of goods would you be interested in?
>>19118055Might be worth selling some of our cargo to her now rather than carrying it around. Let's see if she's interested in anything.
>>19118055Ask Ris why her family is moving and what they usually trade in.
>>19118055Meh. Everything we have we need. Even the crystals we don't know what they do. I mean, we know that they're useful in mechanicus cyber mantles and whatnot. So we'd probably get more profit out of selling them to the AdMech or Banks.
>>19118151Well, depending on what she's willing to buy, we might be able to offload the pile of DE small arms we have sitting around with no apparent use for.
>>19118172Their secrets need to be unlocked first, though.
>>19118151pretty much this.We intend to use everything in the notable unassigned cargo list except maybe the exotic booze.Maybe, we might want to chug it down ourselves.Also, our supply of wealth seems to be sufficient for us to start some factories.
>Ris can not see your inventory. You lack a bag of holding to carry your cargos on your person."My family farmed for generations and sold our crops. Unfortunately the Governor of the planet seeks to control the farming output as a whole and our lands were fertile... So called accidents began as his lackies made us offers for our lands. Now it is just myself and my three youngest siblings, Captain. Captain Quein's arrival was truely the work of the Emperor's light. I am willing to consider any cargo you are willing to part with."
>>19118203Do we lack a dataslate to show her our inventory?Also, inb4 she sees the xenos shit and reports us. I'm against selling anything.
>>19118217>Quest Added: Acquire a data slate to list your cargo>reward: ???
>>19118172>Sell Xenotech for small changeGAH.Also,>As you turn to leave, a small child with a large belt stands in your way. "Yoooooou want to buy my Starter Kit!" sings the adorable child. "Thirty wealth, ho!">The child throws her arms into the air in glee, her outfit's heavy pockets bouncing from the sudden movement. "Yay! Sugar produ-">"Now I'm sure she didn't want to turn you into a servitor, Rec.
>>19118258Really? Well fuck, that's like not having a laptop in a first world country today. Or an iPad. you get what I mean. WE MUST ACQUIRE ONE.
>>19118203Yeah, tell her that we would love to trade, but the only thing we have right now that we are willing to part with are the fine alchoholic beverages we have in stock.Do not mention the xenotech and all the other heretical stuff we have onboard.
>>19118203"I doubt I have anything you'd be interested in just now, but I will keep you in mind if anything presents itself."
>>19118267We should give her the sugar products nevertheless.
>>19118203I think that now is the ideal oppertunity for us to get ourselves a merchant ally. We should offer to invest in her business, that way, once we get production up and running, we have someone who can sell the stuff off to suitable buyers at a preffered percentage...
The woman bows her head as you remember that you are only looking to part with questionable items. "Once I've established myself in Serentus, I do hope you'll stop by, Captain.">what do?
>>19118413Indeed. If we're going to keep up our piratical ways, we'll need a "fence" for selling our stolen merchandise.
>>19118419"But of course. The Heavenly Forge should soon begin providing us with a variety of items that we may be willing to part with that could be useful to you..... Until then, the Emperor Protects."
>>19118419Apart from offering to invest in her business, we should check up on Magos Taylor and Wilson, then to our wounded...Also, we should add 'medicate or Magos Biologis' to our required crew list.
>>19118413This sounds like a good idea.
"I'm afraid that Captain Quein has already made such a deal to fund my initial foray, though I'm sure that you both possess certain abilities to locate hard to find items." The woman smiles. "I'm sure Captain Quein wouldn't mind providing you with the means to contact me once I've been delivered to Serentus."
>>19118559Sounds good. We'll be in touch.Otherwise, we might as well start planning our industrial operation, and determine what if anything we'll need before we head off to start the base.
>you've visited your wounded in the previous thread.>which reminds you! Julin needed a robe...>investigate lock-box?>find someone to run a robe to Julin?>Investigate new techpriests?>chat with others?>other?
>>19118614>find someone to run a robe to Julin?Let's do that first.
>find someone to run a robe to Julin?first, do thisThen, investigate the techprists while everyone is healing up.
>>19118614>find someone to run a robe to Julin?Send Bob the Eldar to bring her a robe. For jollies.>Investigate new techpriests?This. We need to see what sort of role they'll be able to play in our mining and salvage work.
>>19118659>Officer is feeling vulnerable and stuck in medibay>Send haughty Xenos to bring clothes to herWhy do you want all the named characters to hate us?Otherwise, yeah, robes then techpriests sounds good to me.
>>19118733What would cheer you up more than having the ship's arrogant space-elf relegated to being your private butler?
>>19118814Having the ships suspiciously caring tech-priestess captain bring you a change of robes...
You excuse yourself, seeking the eldar 'Bob'. Bob locates you instead as you board 'Sword of the Omnissiah'. "Julin requires a robe, locate one and bring it to her in the medicae." Bob attempts to protest, but you simply resume speaking over her. "Disguise yourself, the sisters will not look kindly upon Xenos." With a smile, you walk away from your confused xenos.Soon you arrive at the section of barracks given over to your share of the accused heretics. Immediately the cogs upon your robe set you apart from the techpriests and adepts garbed in plain gray robes. One quickly hurries over to you as the others linger at a polite distance. "Magos-Captain Phryx, we presume? We are the ranking priest given to your care. We hold the rank of Artisan and wish to thank you for taking us into your service. How may we serve?">orders?
>>19118863Tell them that we inend to make some new factories soon and we are still trying to figure out what to build. Tell him the materials we have available and ask him what he and the other priests are good at.We want to build something that our tech are already familiar with.Also ask him where he worked and studied before he ended up with us and the same for the rest of the techpriests.
>>19118938This.Also, ask the priest whether in the course of his work as an artisan he had any experience working with exotic locking mechanisms.
>>19118863>We, we, we, us, weSo, "eccentric" or are there two of them in there?
>>19119045Huh? This type of insanity is so minor that I don't even notice it anymore.I need to spend less time on the internets.
>>19119045He is the speaking representitive of all the hereteks, thusle he uses third person to convay the thoughts of them all...
>>19119101I probably wouldn't notice it either, except that there is a specific thing among Techpriests called the Rite of Duplessence.>>19119140Unless all of the techpriests are the ranking priest given to our care and have the rank of Artisan, that seems unlikely. Though I suppose they could be some kind of Borg hivemind. In which case they would get quite a shock connecting with us. Eheh.
Did we ever bother to find what manner of heresy these fine ladies and gentleman committed/were accused of?
>>19119290no, but we might as well now.I was under the impression that most of them were either framed or falsely accused. Or some well meaning minor stuff.
"All present have skill in industrial works, Magos. Only we hold Artisan rank, the majority are Enginseers, though some are Lexmachanics and Transmechanics. We have experience reproducing tried and true STC orbital facilities, though we were declared a heretic for suggesting a merger of two such designs to utilize their strengths together. Before such events, we oversaw a construction team in the orbital shipyards of Feophe."You explain your desire to set up a base of operations and your available resources to the Artisan."Resources are sufficient for several different combinations, Magos. Both industrial kits could be tasked toward building an orbital facility with several possible function combinations, or a lunar-based complex with dual functionality. I estimate an increased efficiency of fifty percent, for your mining vessel, if it is freed to devote itself to simply mining ore and returning it to a refinery for processing.">orders?
>>19119409I say we turn the factory ship purely mining and transporting, we should hold off on deciding how to use the industrial kits until they have seen where we want our base.
>>19119409We still have to figure out what we actually want to make.What is our tech limit here? As in, what is the most high-tech item we can mass produce?Carapace armour?Bolt weapons and bolt rounds?Plasma weapons and plasma ammunition?Chimeras?Starship components?Bionics?Also, could they build something they are unfamiliar with if we acquired a pattern for it?
>>19119409Ask if any of them has experience crafting high-quality armour.We need to some really good protection for our named crew. Improving the armour of our armsmen wouldn't be bad either.
>>19119536I figure that we'll need to use one of the kits to put a dock on our facility so that we can refit that cruiser hull and have a place to safely repair our fleet out of sight.
>>19119562your tech limit is determined by available STC patterns, skillset of yourself/followers, and "blueprints" you find/make (either by reverse engineering or finding non-STC plans for stuff)you're unlikely to be able to produce the more complex stuff without the proper knowledge or STCs, though limited production of things such as non-powered armor is possible without plans. it likely won't be produced beyond generic quality, at best, though.
>>19119642That, and it will speed up transfer of goods.
>>19119536any sort of function for your base will require an ISK, building something complex (like say a repair dock) will require two or possibly more.
>>19119642Might not hurt to buy the spare from these merchants, then.
>>19119672So, step1: set up factory, start making whatever equipment sells best in the local systems, maybe even make it by order.step2: use this money to buy STC knowledge(and other kinds of knowledge too).While all of this is going on, we pirate around and explore.Right now, we either go celebrate if everyone is ready or go dick around with the lockbox if everyone is not ready.
>>19119707Then perhaps we should purchase an additional kit or two before we head back to the system.How much would an industrial starter kit cost relative to our current wealth?
>>19119766Industrial Starter Kits are generally only produced upon forge worlds, and then shipped out to planets.Tortuga or other major trade locations may have a few, but they are considered premium goods.
>>19119866Or, in other words, we need to stay nominally legit and buy it directly from forge worlds.Hopfully, they will be willing to sell it to us if we ever feel like buying them since we are a techpriestess ourselves.
>>19119866And here we sit with TWO such goods! Truly a wealth of wealthy wealths..... wealthily.... .yeahIgotnothing. So now the question is what to do with the ones we have.Secret space dockstarbase? What else could the do? Could we use them to help with the Heavenly Forge's work? If yes, how?
>>19119918I want to use both to make a moonbase/asteroidbase, leave the factory ship and the base there to do their thing and go off adventuring.By the time we are done with our first adventure after that, we should have cargo holds full of stuff we can sell.Then, rinse and repeat.
>>19119707I suppose we'll have to start with the dock alone then, and wait to build dedicated manufacturing facilities until we can acquire more ISKs.
>>19119918using 1 of your ISKs to build a refinery would double 'Heavenly Forge's production, though building any sort of dock capable of repairing ships would require both of your current ISKs.basically, 1 ISK = 1 single-function facility (lunar/planetary mining facility, refinery, specialized factory, etc)2 ISK = dual-function or minor multi-function facility (lesser space stations, a mining operation with refinery on-site, multi-production factory, etc)3+ ISK = more complex facilities
>giving your Artisan a consensus on what he should begin dreaming up will help greatly at this time...unless you guys want to put this off like so many other things!>orders?
>>19120065I think the general consensus is that we start with a space station where we can dock our ship.I figure we can always add manufacturing capacity later, but a manufacturing facility without docking capabilities would be pretty hard to use properly.
>>19120124Yeah, this, we need a docking facility first, something we can use to bring the ship we found in that system online.We also want to manufacture SOMETHING and we want to add more functionality later when we get some STC knowledge.
>>19120124Indeed. In orbit around the remaining planet? Or should we try to give the planet a moon/look for large chunks of rock with a stable orbit, well within the debris field (within as in, on the side closer to the systems star, not as in in the middle of the field).
>>19120124The docking thing is a dry-dock for ship repairs not a cargo dock.I think that we should give the tech-priests time to work out what would best suit our needs while we do other stuff.Like opening the omnisiah damned lockbox!
>>19120124Agreed. We can always add more functionality later. Getting that light cruiser back to working condition, is our current priority.I think.And any facility able to reconstruct that ship should be able to repair any of our ships as well.
>>19120249I'd probably want to put it out in the field.If a random explorer came upon the system, they would be less likely to discover our base than if it was in the vicinity of the planet.
"I believe a space station capable of docking and perhaps repairing at least a light cruiser will best suit my needs, Artisan...?""We are known as Vorth, Magos. Our cogitators shall see your needs made manifest among the stars, Omnissiah permitting."Taking your leave of the strange Artisan, you return to your quarters. Perhaps you shall conquer the final lock of the box that has vexed you for months now...'What is your Quest?'>Response for the lock?>Attempt to bypass lock? (D100 roll)>fuck this, I'm gonna go do... that thing!
>>19120372I say knowledge.
>>19120372Whatever the emperor requires!
rolled 58 = 58>>19120372rolling
>>19120382That sounds reasonable, considering that its former owner seems to have had a penchant for exploring the uncharted edges of the sector.
rolled 15 = 15Rolling!
So, we have this crew on a training run on our factory ship, how long are they supposed to stay with us?This is important because we want to get started on our space station as soon as possible, but we don't want to make it look like we want to get rid of them.
>>19120655I figure it's about time to give them back. Which means we'll need to pick up a bunch of new crew.Tortuga, perhaps?
>>19120655Roughly 3 months, if I remember correctly.
Seeing no way to bypass the lock, you grumble. In a final act of defiance, you glare at the small mechanism that is the final lock, willing it to see you as its master and yield the secrets within. With a sign, you resign yourself to playing the lock's game. "My quest is knowledge" you sigh.A series of soft noises resonate from within the lock, piquing your interest as you eagerly wait for it to open so that you may finally claim your reward...'What is your favorite colour?'Your cogitators silently scream in your mind.>response?>FUCK THIS BOX
>>19120690....what IS our favorite color?
>>19120711Well, what is the colour of Athe's eyes?
>>19120690This fucking box.What was the colour of the battlecruiser we found the box on? As in, the colour before the 3k years it spent in the hulk.
>>19120690I'd assume "red."And if I'm interpreting this reference right, under no circumstances should we stutter and change our answer at the last moment.
>>19120690Blue, no YELLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!
>>19120655the sisters asked two or three months, about 3&1/2 weeks of which has passed. Your return trip to Serentus (after transferring cargo and letting your wounded recover a bit) will land you at roughly 5 weeks.The Canonesses will likely understand if their crew is becoming a liability, though.
>>19120742If the next question is about unladen kroot...
>>19120762>>19120655We haven't really explored all the systems we discovered on the maps and they'll crew will probably do for a month or two of harvesting resources.It's not going to kill us to keep them for three weeks.
>>19120762This kinda sucks, but I would rather stick to the deal.Just keep the factory ship doing something productive during that time. Preferably many different productive things so that the training crew get experience in a wide variety of situations.
>>19120793I think the point was that we didn't want them to see the uncharted sector we're planning to put our base, so unless we want to delay the start of our industrial operations by another month, we'll have to return the Sisters.
>>19120725Athe has green eyes. You quite enjoy their colour.>your responses -are- actually doing stuff.
>>19120850Oooh, so the box is making some item for us based on our answers? Nice.Let's go with green then.
>>19120850Than green it is.
>>19120850Well then, I suppose honesty is the best policy. Green it is.
>>19120850Look for a pattern.Start by speaking random collors, record responses and try to figure ouu what to do next
"My favorite colour is green."More noises from the lock...'Allons y?'>response?
>>19120829Just have them do flight training in various places giving advi time to learn ship captaining. Then, if we need the ship, just get the astropath to request them. Simple
Does Elesh have "proficiency: dead languages (french)"?
>>19120966Wat?Say "Allons no"Because that's all I can think of
>>19121032Negative.>yes, I'm having fun with this. You should as well!>yes, your answers matter, folks. A chaos butterfly lock, one might say...
>>19120966I assume Elesh has never heard French before and would be baffled upon hearing it now. I can only imagine her saying, after a bit of consideration, "What?"
>>19120966"Oui."Or if we're being silly and know Common Lore (Dr. Who) answer, "Alonso."
>>19121117"because""you""rabbit"Maybe its an anagram?
You stare at the lock as it repeats the strange challenge. With no better response, you simply ask "What?"'Its French'The lock's internal noises this time are strangely rythmic, like a distant whining breath. How strange.'What surrounds you?'>response?>Fuck this, there can't be five of these damned questions!?
>>19121117In that case, we much channel a great hero of ancient Terra:"High-Gothic, motherfucker, do you speak it?"
>>19121221metalidiots
>>19121221"The substructure of the universe regresses infinitely towards smaller and smaller components. Behind atoms we find electrons, and behind electrons quarks. Each layer unraveled reveals new secrets, but also new mysteries. I'm surrounded by mysteries to be explored."
>>19121221Breathable air.
>>19121221A pretty red robe?
>>19121221The metal surrounded by teh void!
>>19121221Pirates, scoundrels, assorted cutthroats, hereteks, and a single confused Eldar.So, idiots.
>>19121221>What surrounds you?The Emprah's light, of course.All the rest of you are filthy heretics!
>>19121221"opportunity"
>>19121329>mfw
>>19121501>dat gifI feel the warp overtaking me!
"Metal, the void, and idiots. The result is opportunity."'Cold'Again the lock makes a series of soft noises, though this series contains a soft 'click'.'What do you treasure?'>response?
>>19121590Get close to the box to make sure nobody else can hear: "Those dear to me."
>>19121590my life and sanity
>>19121590My crew.Obviously the result of the flesh-brain again...
>>19121590"Treasure of course"
>>19121590I'm tempted to say knowledge again.
knowledge is power
>>19121590>What do you treasure?"Why you of course, little box!"Give it a little kiss. Blessing of the Omnissiah, and all that.
Your cogitators hesitate as they calculate several answers, while your flesh brain slips a response onto your tongue. "My crew."'Recalibration complete'Three sharp clicks sound from the lockbox as the final inner lid slightly jumps from the case. Slowly, you open the adamantium lid.Within you find two small objects encapsulated within shockingly new parchment, perhaps the final lock contained a small stasis field or was air tight. The objects within the parchment seem to be a pair of crystaline cogitators, though one seems to have linkages for a ship's systems installed. With great care, you inspect the emerald-like crystals of the cogitators, discovering a hidden interface port within the smaller one. An external cogitator is a strange concept, though not unheard of in ancient times.>Jack in?>Perhaps later...
>>19121850Jack in and let's see what all those annoying questions gave us.
>>19121850Jam it in!
>>19121850Inform athe of what we are about to do, just encase something comes up while we are busy. Then, jack in...
>>19121850Not on our own.First, get someone else in here, preferably someone who can pull our ass out of the fire if we run into a hostile machine spirit or something like that when we jack into it.Then, plug in.
>>19121850Anything written on the parchment? Like, "Danger, this device contains the souls of a thousand angry daemons" or something of that sort?If not, inform Athe that we our conducting an experiment, and if we have not returned within a few hours, to come render aide.Then plug in to the device.
You utilize the ship's vox network to contact the bridge and have the acting watch captain send a runner for Athe, then center yourself. Moments later you vaguely realize that you're upon the decking of your quarters as your body spasms in a fitful mockery of your preferred reason for spasming beyond your control. Your flesh brain silently screams in terror as your cogitators are overwhelmed by the cascading rivulets of information as they form a raging torrent of data that floods your cranial cogitators. Knowledge is forcefully written upon what space remains in your implanted data cores, knowledge of the human body's functions and how they react to different therapies are written and then overwritten with colder knowledge: the art of converting a functional, sentient human mind and body to the governed functions of a servitor. You glimpse a strange series of plans for several strange vehicles as your surroundings slowly come back into focus. Breath comes in labored gasps as you feel your perspiration-soaked robe cling to your weak flesh. It is all you can do to weakly flail your bionics and mechandendrites as your cogitators recover. Helpless, you quietly study the strange plans still held within the data core as Athe enters the room and stares at you, dumbfounded. "Elesh? Elesh!">cont
>>19121221>>19121590>>19121850ABOMINABLE INTELLIGENCE! HERESY!I mean, not that I care all that much, being the Xenotech loving filthy pirate Heretek that I am, but... "Jam it in" doesn't seem like a good idea when the damn thing could overwrite our cogitators.
As your cogitators and flesh brain slowly fade into a deep slumber, you manage a stupid grin at your friend.>+skill: Servitor Conversion!>Strange plans acquired! x2>Calling it for the night, folks. Please suggest plans for when you wake up next thread!>Next thread on Thursday @ 8:00 PM EST>Usual Q&A>anything else I missed?
>>19122154> are written and then overwritten So we don't have a clue about those therapies?
>>19122154>That happens while I type.GAH.
>>19122175Can we use that thing again if we ever manage to upgrade or extend our cogitator?
>>19122190as you fade, you are only able to locate the strange plans upon the data core...
>>19122175Write down everything we can, figure out what those plans we got are, study the cogitator some more, maybe interface with it a few more times, get some memory upgrades, ship out and deliver the stuff we stole.Also, good night
>>19122175>+skill: Servitor Conversion!Gift horse and all that, but I'm kinda disappointed. Not really a skill I'm interested in. But I'm sure some other anon will love it.Also already covered by Advi, iirc.>>19122212Did some of that medical knowledge get transferred to Elesh's medicae mechadendrite?
>>19122175>+skill: Servitor Conversion!>mfwSomething tells me this will forever be remembered among our crew as the very darkest of days.
>>19122180>>19122253I feel like certain advanced medical knowledge would be a necessary component of servitor conversion knowledge.
>>19122253>Did some of that medical knowledge get transferred to Elesh's medicae mechadendrite?... good point. Medicae Mechadendrite's machine spirit has gained + skill!>Advi already covers servitor conversiontwo times the techpriests with skill = half the time to do the job>>19122259luckily, you lack the facilities to convert servitors at the moment... and it would probably be better for morale if you converted non-crew...
>>19122287a bit, but most of the medical knowledge isn't very helpful for healing as much as it is helpful for "vaguely maintaining a life-like state for this fleshy bit here"unless your patient enjoys having motor oil for blood.
>>19122350>unless your patient enjoys having motor oil for blood.>>/d/What if he does?
>>19122313In my opinion it's still the crappiest of all useful admech-related skills I can think of, but I'm sure somebody else will love it more than I'm disappointed by it.
>>19122350Hey, people pay good money for the Hermetic Infusion augmentation.Anyway, the more important question is, did this thingy overwrite anything ELSE we knew?
>>19122381Well, we also seem to have access to the designs of two ancient vehicles/devices. Depending on what they turn out to be, that knowledge could be the most valuable thing we have.Besides, servitors are fun. What's not to love about having a mob of armored mechanical zombies with chainsaw arms to send in ahead of boarding parties?
>>19122386You no longer remember what chocolate or strawberries taste like.
>>19122431this is now true. And you can never fix it.
>>19122453That just means its an exciting new experience every time we nom on candy!
>>19122453wtg anon
>>19122422>We are the only person in the galaxy to know the specs of a DeLorean.>We will be the quest objective for many a time traveller.
>>19122453So we can not remember what it tastes like?Or is it we have lost the ability to taste those things?
>>19122533you've lost the memories, and any attempts to remember it again by eating the things in question will instantly fade.
>>19122540Every bite is a delicious surprise!
>>19122422>designs of two ancient vehicles/devices. Terra-pattern tricycle, ages 2-5.Trabant class civilian automotive vehicle.
