>>21450320
Alright, power just came back and I'm on time.

While the battle rages on, have Labrate and Internbrate go back over the Terran psi-dampening technology. Is there any way to weaponize it, preferably using parts that our forces could scavenge from the battlefield (Protoss parts, growing Zerg organs, and from wrecks of Xel'Naga Worldships)?
I don't like that psi-bird, and I want a way to destroy it.
Like maybe funnel its energy away using a khaydarin crystal array.

>>21450320
So what happens exactly when there is a hole in the universe? Does everything just go down the drain?

>>21450320
I do like -dG, so how are our forces, and the protoss force doing? Also 10 again? not 109?

>>21450320
That last thrust hit the Xel'Naga hard, but it also depleted our forces sharply.
We're slowly winning this battle of attrition; have Warbrate fight conservatively, helping to screen the Protoss fleet as it attacks.
Khas and the Protoss like to charge in head-first; we'll keep the worldships from flanking his charge, and let him do what he does best.

>>21450465
Make big speeches, glow, but ultimately need his ass saved by a schizophrenic space slug?

>>21450502
Pretty much.
Oh, and unwittingly be used as a patsy in the greatest piece of galactic trolling ever, as the Zerg proves Tassadar wrong by being staunch allies of the Protoss (though we maintain a friendly rivalry in terms of our colonization programs).

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>>21450320
We should totally stop wrecking the fabric of the universe. Might be bad mojo.

That being said, maybe Khas should focus on damaging the life support systems if they're accessible from the outside through heavy bombardment? We've got a few ships and if they share a decent amount of floorplan we can tell the Protoss "shoot here to suffocate them".

>mfw bad shit's happening due to exploding warp drives

>>21450544
The worldships do not share similar layouts. Each one is different.

>>21450418
We don't know. To our knowledge, it's never happened before.

>>21450419
>Also 10 again? not 109?

Eh?

>>21450465
>>21450502
I believe the term is "BURN!"

(Wtf? Captcha just didn't load for half an hour.)

>>21450688
>Zerg Quest X
You dropped some things off the end there.

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>>21450688
And it burns, burns, burns. The ring of Protoss.

But I know what happens when you poke holes in universes...

>>21450727
Ha! Went to change CIX into C. Good eye.

>>21450751
I loved that show.

>>21450793
For some reason I now have the idea or the Overmind not actually being dead, but doing the Quantum Leap thing, infesting what once went uninfested.

Yes, we should definitely prove Tassidar wrong just to spite his "dead" body. He is most definitely dead. It would have taken a Miracle to get out of there alive.

Also, if ZQ invades Star Trek, avoid STO, I shop there.

>>21450847
Oh, boy.

>>21450849
A Miracle, yes.

>avoid STO

I always have...

ANYWAY! What's our plan?

>>21450881
I think it's >>21450399
and >>21450465

Warbrate provides fire support and covers the Protoss' flanks, while they undoubtedly concentrate all forward firepower at the remaining worldships.
Meanwhile, Labrate and Internbrate work on trying to come up with a weapon that we can use against that psi-bird, using khaydarin crystals and Terran psi-dampening technology, and preferably jury-rigging something that we can build with local wreckage at the battle.

>>21450881
Continue the attack? Declare that North is now South, and vice versa, on Xenta?

>>21450918
>>21450399
Even if we had a way to harness the psi-null glands (they're not technology), we haven't got much of a way to deliver it.

>>21450946
>>21450465
A cautious attack?

>>21451027
I though the suggestion was to build a disruptor on-site. Still don't think it's a good idea, but I don't think it was the glands.

>>21451125
Wait, like a Psi Disruptor?

Not only do we not have that technology, that's also a ridiculously bad idea.

>>21451027
>cautious attack
Yes.

>psi-null glands
No, I'm not talking about those.
I'm talking about the Terran psi-dampener technology (idea is to use it in a probe that shoots towards a target, then expands a psi dampening field), and another idea is to use the Protoss khaydarin crystals from the wrecks of their ships, and see if they can be used to draw psionic energy in towards a battery of some kind.

>>21451172
Psychic dampener implants are a part of the neural inhibitor suite of implant technologies used by the Confederacy in their Ghost Program.
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Psychic_dampener

>>21451208
>>21451180
I guess we could give it a try, but we're in the middle of combat, and I don't know how many zerg Labrate would need to build those in the field.

>>21451243
I'm not expecting him to have it done by the end of the battle; I just want him to get started on it because that damn bird is still going to be there once we finish off the last of the Xel'Naga, and we need a way to attack it.

As for the idea of the khaydarin crystal psionic energy leech, I was thinking of reversing the flow of a Protoss Shield Battery's psionic energy storage; instead of distributing energy out, it sucks energy in.

>>21451208
>http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Psychic_dampener

Those regulate the part of the brain that controls psionic activity, not psionic energy itself.

They certainly don't control psionic activity outside the brain.

>>21451275
Labbrate might be able to work with this idea, but it doesn't know how long it will take. The bird might be long gone before it gets any results.

>>21451289
Well look, that fucking bird is going to be out there, looking to suck up our psi energy like a giant mosquito of 'fuck you I'm an energy being your bio-weapons don't do jack-shit'.
It's going to be a problem to us, one way or another; I want to be prepared for when we have to go psionic bird hunting.

>>21451356
Fair enough. Roll 2d20 for Labbrate's first round of research on the crystals.

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>>21451356
Don't forget the dog!

Rolled 16, 13 = 29

>>21451383
Crystal powers SOMETHING!

Rolled 5, 16 = 21

>>21451383
Reverse-engineering, ho!

>>21451403
>>21451426
(This auto-view is trolling me, I swear)

Labbrate begins work immediately, and feels as if it is on the right track. Labbrate's assistance increases its confidence that it will have a solution for us soon.

(Meanwhile, there's sort of a war on. 8d100)

Rolled 74, 8, 13, 91, 26, 80, 25, 18 = 335

In memory of Berny

Rolled 28, 15, 10, 20, 80, 21, 91, 17 = 282

>>21451599
We're counting on you, Warbrate!
The future of the Swarm is on your metaphorical shoulders!
No pressure.

Rolled 84, 35, 32, 40, 7, 92, 15, 68 = 373

>>21451599
This war never changes.

>>21451655
>>21451658
Chaos reigns in the battle. The Xel'Naga rally unexpectedly, and their ships fire mercilessly on Protoss and Zerg alike. Our coordinated assault with the Protoss destroys two of the worldships, but casualties are astronomical. The Protoss are down to a handful of ships, mostly trying to guard Khas' heavy carrier as it continues to press the attack with no more support.

Our forces are not faring much better. The Xel'Naga's vigorous attack has nearly crippled our forces. One or two more rounds of combat like that, and we'll be finished. With Cyberbrate's reinforcements still seven days away, we can't afford to take that kind of a hit.

>>21451850
Have Cyberbrate analyze the sensory inputs from all of our Overlords concerning the worldships; is he able to identify a weakpoint in their designs?
Like a lightly defended thermal exhaust vent, or a concentration of communication arrays that would throw the Xel'Naga into disarray?
Perhaps a primary power coupling on the southern hemisphere?

We need something that Warbrate can use.

Rolled 39, 20, 64, 24, 51, 60, 1, 52 = 311

>>21451850
Thought, test to see how big the crazy war effect radius is. Warping scourge to map the edge should work, also what happens if something already in the area warp to another spot in the area or outside of it.

>>21451850
Okie doke. Have a few units pull back from the fighting, try to spread out through the system. If our forces are wiped out we'll need some eyes to watch what the worldships do.
And that fucking bird.
Suggest to Khas that he pull back as well. Maybe after getting a few more kills.
We have reinforcements incoming, and with local spacetime as choppy and Michael J Fox with a hedge trimmer the Xel'Naga probably aren't going anywhere soon. No need to throw it all away after doing so much damage.
>>21451927
As far as warping in-system is concerned, the same shit happens; scrambled or smeared over the whole system.
As for radius, I think the closest we tried was 8 days at sublight. I think we should keep poking at the edges to see if we can get anything closer, though.

>>21451996
We only need a dozen cloaked Overlords to keep an eye on the system.
We need to finish off the remaining worldships.

>>21451924
Cyberbrate complains that there's hardly any similarity in the designs of the worldships at all. It's almost as if each one were designed by a different engineer, with different ideas about what makes a good ship.

(You can roll 1d100 to see if it can find some common weakness, but I don't give you great odds)

>>21451927
Warbrate quit using warp travel in-system when it started killing more forces than was tactically acceptable.

(2d100 to check the perimeter)

(So, that's 3d100 if you feel like doing both)

Rolled 24, 96 = 120

>>21452084
We've already established that the only weakness they have in common is FIRE EVERYTHING.
Rollan for applied science.

Rolled 68

>>21452084
Rolling to find that equatorial trench.

Rolled 23, 73, 100 = 196

>>21452084
Rolling for both.

>>21452119
Ah, but there may be a weakpoint we can hit for MASSIVE DAMAGE. No harm in looking.

>>21452146
I'm hoping the first two are for the perimeter and the 100 is for the weaknesses.

>>21452119
>>21452129
>>21452146
Several hours and several hundred scourge later, we've made no progress on the distance. It seems like we just happen to have staged our rendezvous point right at the edge of the affected space.

As for Cyberbrate's analysis, we are about to ask for a status report when it bursts into our thoughts, whooping and cheering. The structure may be different, but it's found a major flaw in the assembly: a sort of joint used in most of the ships' sharper corners, that is incredibly vulnerable to attack. This could more than double the efficiency of our attacks!

>>21452273
Quick!
Send that information to Warbrate and Gorn, and inform Khas that we have identified a weakpoint in the Xel'Naga's design.
Once informed of the weakness, the Protoss shall strike the final hammerblow against our common enemy, while our Zerg masses protect their ships.

Giving him the honor of 'winning' this battle will cement Khas' belief in the Zerg's new nature.

>>21452310
Artisanlord conspiratorially suggests keeping the weak point secret from the Protoss until that final hammerblow, revealing it at the last moment as if we just realized it and only Khas can strike the blow.

It thinks the movie will sell better that way.

Warbrate has some less-than-polite things to say about what Artisanlord can do with the movie sales.

I suggest to Artisanlord that he is quite right. However, the best choice would be to add that scene and simply put a small comment on the poster "based on real events"

Nobody will tell, the protoss don't even like Zerg TV. . .

Why are we killing the Xel'naga again?

Oh yeah, slavery. Carry on.

>>21452394
I don't know.
It might work better if we reveal the weakpoint now, so that it provides the Zerg and Protoss with the ray of hope needed to plan their final attack.

That, and we kind of need to actually WIN this battle before we can make it into a movie.

>>21452394
Yeh nah. He can dramatise the script if he really wants but we kiiiinda need to kill these worldships asap.

>>21452528
>>21452455
>>21452445
So, tell Khas?

Rolled 55, 17, 28, 24, 21, 5, 81, 20 = 251

>>21452599
YES!

>>21452599
Yes.

>>21452609
I take it you want to roll to attack, then? That's a 6d100 affair.

Rolled 63, 45, 94, 57, 91, 34 = 384

>>21452665
FOR AIURONY

Rolled 54, 10, 31, 64, 76, 34 = 269

>>21452665

KILL

Rolled 18, 85, 72, 19, 53, 61 = 308

FOR PONY!

Rolled 8, 58, 8, 6, 46, 83 = 209

>>21452665
"Hello boys! We're BAACK!"

>>21452684
>>21452689
>91

(E GAD but that was close.)

Reality ripples throughout the system, and everything in it feels to us like a sheet of paper held in two fingers, flapping dangerously in the wind; just another gust of wind could crease it, tear it, or pull it from our grasp.

The Xel'Naga will to survive remains indomitable as its ships continue to winnow away our forces. Warbrate now predicts that our defeat is fairly likely, but that the worldships that remain will be no match for Cyberbrate's reinforcements. Together with Khas and his swiftly dwindling fighter escort, we bring down a full four ships.

Only ten worldships remain in this system.

Defensebrate reminds us that we have a worldship just outside the system with functioning weapons. It may be pretty damaged, but an extra set of guns might be just what we need.

>>21452831
How well do we have control of the targeting system. I want to try to hit them from where the ship is now.

Rolled 55, 37, 82, 10, 71, 28 = 283

>>21452831

Tell Khas to fallback. Out remaining brood can shadow them until Cyberbrate's forces can engage them.

Duty demands that he remains alive to lead his people.

>>21452831
Nope. We need one intact.

>>21452831
Ask Khas to fall back. Zerg reinforcements are on their way, but they will take time to arrive. Our Zerg aerospace forces will protect him until then.

While the Zerg can survive the loss of our broods, the Protoss cannot survive the loss of their leader.

Also, that worldship is to continue making best speed to a place where it can safely warp back to Xenta for reverse-engineering. It's far too valuable to lose.

>>21452854
The ship is far too distant to hit anything accurately. We'd have as much chance of hitting Khas or our own forces as the Xel'Naga, and a much higher chance of hitting nothing at all.

(...nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all...stupid sexy Fenix)

>>21452856
>>21452924
So, we're going to pull out of combat and wait for reinforcements,

>>21452860
>>21452924

and keep the worldship moving away.

>>21452961
Yep.

>>21452961

Make it so.

>>21452972
It is hardly a day after our retreat that Labbrate finishes its research into developing a prototype weapon to use against the bird entity. It can't know for certain whether it will work, or how effective it will be, but it is very confident in its invention.

Of course, we will have to move back into the space the Xel'Naga ships are occupying to obtain the necessary supplies on-site to build one there.

The Love Muffins are less than a week away, now.

>>21453147
We will have to wait until the reinforcements arrive before we can go there to get the parts; they'll just get blown apart by the Xel'Naga if they go in now.

Keep Khas updated on when the reinforcements will arrive.

>>21453147

How many surviving protoss are there?

Did we establish any bases in system to replenish, at least abit?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFllPfhgykY&feature=relmfu#t=06m42s

Phaeton = Khas
Draconis = Cerebrate

>>21453189
Khas' heavy carrier has an escort of seven scouts.

Being that there is one world with no obvious outcroppings of resources in this system, which is under the control of the Xel'Naga...no.

>>21453183
Planning to wait until the Love Muffins arrive, then?

>>21453305

Did we establish a base on our world ship?

>>21453305
Keep an eye on the Xel'Naga. They will obviously attempt to try something with their advanced technology.

But yes, wait until the Love Muffins arrive. Then we'll crush the remaining Xel'Naga. It might even be prudent to make it look like we're retreating from the system, to fool the Xel'Naga into thinking that we don't already have reinforcements on the way.

>>21453368
2d100, please.

>>21453414

Rolled 81

>>21453414
hurr dice work better when you actually put them in

Rolled 38

>>21453466
AND HERES THE OTHER ONE
FUCK

Rolled 67, 51 = 118

>>21453414
Here we go.

Rolled 3, 14 = 17

>>21453414

Rolls

>>21453487

Thank you for being ahead of me

>>21453466
>>21453475
>>21453487
With six days left before reinforcements arrive, it becomes obvious that the Xel'Naga are up to something. Psionic energy seems to pulsate through the system. Between ourself and Khas, we think the Makers are trying to repair the damage to space in the area.

>>21453540

Test warp small shit into an area we can observe near us.

>>21453540
Let em.
Just as they finish, drop another heighliner on them.

>>21453540
Can we use the computers in our World Ship to do a scan on it?

If they're just fixing the universe, that'll be good because then the universe will only have one A-Hole.

>>21453540
Route all sensor data to Cyberbrate, Internbrate, and Labbrate. Will the Xel'Naga repair space enough that they will be able to warp out of the system?

>>21453611
I mean, WHEN will space be repaired enough for them to warp out?

>>21453567
>>21453611
>>21453618
2d20 to try figuring out how much success they've had.

Rolled 10, 10 = 20

>>21453668
Don't fail us now, Science Team.

Rolled 6, 10 = 16

>>21453668

Rolling for shit

>>21453732
>>21453802
Labbrate and Internbrate aren't really sure how successful the Xel'Naga have been, but a quick test shows that a scourge was able to jump closer than before without being destroyed. After jumping the distance we know is safe, the Love Muffins are now only 4 days away, instead of 6.

>>21453833
Keep testing with scourge. Try to feed the data to the worldship computer to see when it will be safe to pop another heighliner.

>>21453847
>when it will be safe to pop another heighliner

The computer and our Science Corps agree: it is *never* safe to pop a heighliner. It was never safe. It will never be safe.

>>21453847
... or, yknow, warp stuff in and shoot them to bits. Either's fine.

>>21453833
Continue testing with Scourges, to allow the Love Muffins to Warp in closer and closer.

Confer with Warbrate; ask him the feasibility of launching a delaying attack when the Love Muffins are 2 days out.
We need to keep the Xel'Naga from being able to warp away, and 2 days is probably cutting it close enough.

>>21453917
Warbrate is skeptical of keeping the Ihan'rii occupied for two days with only the forces available to it. Perhaps if it forwent all intention of actually damaging the ships, and just meant to keep them too distracted to focus their energies, but not a full-scale assault.

Rolled 12, 19 = 31

>>21454006

Then make it so.

Our Love Muffins can make the kill. We just need to pin them in place.

>>21454006
Agreed. The reinforcements will be enough to wipe out the remaining Xel'Naga; the forces we currently have in the system need only keep the worldships from leaving.

Tell Warbrate to execute his plan.

>>21454026
>>21454047

And have the protoss survivors not come in unless absolutely necessary.

>>21454026
>>21454047
Mkay. 1d100 to see if you keep them occupied or get slaughtered, then I'm off to bed.

>>21454116
not sure if im rolling right

>>21454141
Try again, tiger.

Rolled 70

>>21454116
Come on Warbrate, show us that tactical genius of yours!

Rolled 32

>>21454116

Rolled 71

>>21454150
>>21454150

Rolled 5

>>21454169
and I wanted to tell you this quest is AWESOME
only bad thing is that latest ones are short

>>21454151
>>21454158
>>21454169
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21450320/

Warbrate's fliers wing into combat, doing no notable damage but dropping enough glave wurms into the area to make sure the Great Teachers are distracted as Cyberbrate's Love Muffins pull into range.

The Xel'Naga appear to be outgunned once again.

>>21454179
Thanks. I've had a couple of those big life changes recently, so my time's at a premium, but I still try to give you guys a fair shake once a week.

>>21454267

For good or for better?

Thanks for the session CA.

>>21454296
For better, but it's still an adjustment.

Rolled 77

>>21454267
Nice to see our plans working again.