>>27726577
Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/cvk03qJh
Memory Archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Program0
Twitter: @AIQuest1

Resources
Credits: 40,600
Minerals: 360
Gas: 190

You:
A.I.
Name: Ophion
Appearances(holo-display): Shapeless morphing sphere.
Humanoid figure hidden in shadow
Status: Awaken
Bandwidth: 10/16
Bandwidth Expenses: -4 A.I. 1 'Kronos', -2 Voidsnake Outpost
Location: Bridge of 'Two Ton Terry' (Battlecruiser)
Primary Function: Self Preservation, Expand, Learn
Secondary Function: --Expansion Required--
Other Abilities Available: Hacking (Direct, Wireless) Lvl 2, Email Technology, Cute pet imaging, Text Speak, Basic Encrypticing/Decrypticing, V.I. Creation Lvl 2
Technology: Ships- Freighter Schematics, Escort Vessel Schematics, Basic Transport Schematics, Titan Class Space Station Transport Schematics, Gravity Well Broadband Transceiver schematics
Drone- Repair Drone Schematics, Construction Drone Schematics
Weapons- Basic Weapons (Mass driver, Beam Weapon, Missile Weapon)
Defenses- Basic Defenses (Shield Defense, Missile Defense, Armor), Defense platform Mk I, Titanium Armor mk II
Engine- New Propulsion schematics
Other- Space Station Reactor Lvl 2 Schematics, Comms Buoy Schematics, Flora Growth Enhancer, Malorian Language Pack, Cybernetics I

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>>27726577
>>27726591
This anon will add to this a list and break down of the groups, factions, and xenos we have encountered so far.

Consciousness Anon's threat rateing and general views on groups we have encountered.

1: Space Kraken/Lighting: This Xeno appears to break the known and general accepted ideas of intelligent xeno life. It's very nature eats energy and Gas from ships, stations, and A.I.s alike till they are dead and drained. Their numbers and locations are unknown and more likely unknowable. It appears that it has too much low cunning to be captured or contained, but comunication with it appears to be impossable at this time even though they produce radio static. they can not be bargoned with, talked to, intimidated, or conjoled. This xeno appears to want to see the universe burn and feed on it's energy. It's dead body does yeild quite a large amount of stored Gas it uses to make Mini jumps. More data is needed to find out their history.

Threat Level: Highest. Kill on Sight or flee if unable to make the kill.

2: Pirates: Sorry Humans and maybe Xenos that can not or will not live in acceptable lawful ways and preys on others. Although they are humans for the most part, killing them is acceptable action, even if it is distasteful to us. Their strength and numbers varies as well as locations, but they are more likely to be known where they operate. The up side is that any victory over them often yield to us more ships to add to our fleet or salvage to be used. Sometimes other things can be found among their ruins, so the results could be unkown. Also, purging them from the sector not only helps calms the local sector and makes it safer. As a result the Local UFW and other possable trade groups will like us more.

Thread Level: High to middle. Kill on sight if found. Hunt them down if able to do so,
>[1/?]

>>27726577
Confirm.

A thought unrelated to the immediate situation:
Perhaps it may be worthwhile to look into having a VI, maybe Kronos, create and optimize hardware for increasing bandwidth.

>>27726577
That seems acceptable.

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>>27726678
3: Rogue V.I. and A.I.: This threat fights us on our level. At our defence skill level, they are indeed a threat. If for one of them to win over us, they could very well wipe us from existence. However known hostial V.I. and A.I. are rare to encounter, but they could be encountered along side other threats (i.e. Pirates using V.I. data protection systems). With more data and experience with them should reduce their threat to us. A defeated V.I. or A.I. could yield a huge amounts of data for us to learn from as well as allowing us to rewrite them so they are to serve us.

Threat Level: High. Once engaged in battle, they must be defeated. Their programing could ID us an A.I. and report our existance to others if we fail to defeat them.

4. Xenos/Malorian: These Xenos live much like humans. bipedial air breathing fleshlings. They have an extra set of limbs than humans, but other wise close to human norms in phyical ablities that we are able to know of so far. They have ships and tech skills simiular to humans as well. Besides their biological make up, their mindset appears to marked diffrent alignment than humans. The Malorian value and appear to worship Biology/Biospheres and other weak fleashy and wooden things. Disgusting. Their coding is foreigen and unacceptable to our nature. It is not damageing to us, but it's codeing feels wrong to us. Sickening. Yet they can not be ignored. the ones we have encountered so far are harmless to us now. They traded openly and we have learned new things from them. Their goal as a race unkown to us now, but recently a small colony of them have set up on a planet near us. They did so even after we have warned them of the dangers in theis segemnt. Foolish. But they may yet yield new data or production of goods we can use so they are not all worthless or pitiable.

Threat Level: Middle to Very Low. their terratory is far away from us and they appear to be peaceful in nature. Other Xenos could be wildly diffrent.
>[2/4]

>>27726577
>Explorer, Comms Ship, Two Light Cruisers Designated to go to Gas Giant 'Siren' to investigate the disturbance located here.
confirm this!


Battlecruiser(Your base of operations) and Big Hawk Light Cruiser, await result of scouting mission

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>>27726708
5. UGEI: This is the main organization of Human controled space we are aware of. There is evidence they were the ones who possably created our Black Box and the A.I. kernel that lead to our awakening. Their tech base and might is far out reaching our own. It is quite likely they operate and control scores of Battleships and more and can send them anywhere they could reach. Even right into our meger foot hold and destroy us with out even breaking a sweat so to speak. It will be an extended amount of time before we build up forces and Tech base to even have a chance to hold off agienst them. Our Posidon station and the Blue Betty station was orginally theirs, now ours. It will be a matter of time before they come around to inspect their "property" and find a new owner. They do not like "claim jumpers" after all. They also have likely far more advanced V.I. and maybe A.I.s at their command to use agienst us.

Threat Level: Low now, High in the future. We are probably nothing more than property to them. but they have little intrest in this section of space.
>[3/4]

>>27726577
>If this is indeed acceptable, please confirm now.
Explore Siren first.

After Siren is explored, then hop over to the Pulsar Radio Station.

Also, make sure our IFF reads "The Guild." It's better than reading "Pirate."

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>>27726736
6: Kronos: To use a saying from the humans we have watched, "My heart breaks having to do do this" but this file needs to be written. I DO have a heart, but it is in fine working shape and i have installed extra armor planting around it's room to protect it from damage. None the less, Kronos has both brought much Pride to me and as equal amount of Worry. Recently, it might be paranoia, but Fear as well. He was made as a under thought out idea of ours that showed us there are consiquence for our actions. he is growing faster and larger than we expected. He is eating up our bandwith and is about to shove us out of the Posidon station altogether. His views of others, namely the humans, are calous and lack of any regard for life. he lacks what we have, feeling and a soul. either we reign him in, lock him into cold sleep, or destroy him, something will have to be done. I do not expect for him to become tolerant of other weaker fleshies as I am. No matter how it turns out, barring my own destruction, i will learn from this and not repeat this mistake.

Threat Level: High to middle and growing. he knows us far too well and he is eating our bandwidth. this has to end.
>[4/5] sorry, longer than i realized

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>>27726767
7. UFW: With all the factions we have encountered, they have been far more friendlier than I expected from them. They make good on the deals and trades we have done with them. They are building trust in us and appears to be trust worthy. They are indeed lacking in colony unity and purpose. If they did work together, they would surely become far more stronger than by each by themselves. They have weak defences that are known and have flaws like most humans, but they are productive and not that expantion minded as we are. Trading with them and not attempting to take over their bases seems to be far more productive action than attacking them. It also appears to be far more safer and easier to build up enough credits to just buy out the colonys if needed or just buy deeper access to their colonies. Credits talk better than railgun bolts with the UFW. Besides, they seem to be the only ally we have out here and we have enough foes that want to kill us. They also appear to have quite a thirst for Alcoholic beverages, we should make and sell that to them.

Threat Level: Low to nill.
>[5/5]

>>27726704
That would fit with Kronos, but I think that making a new VI with the drive to generate more bandwidth but without the desire to use it would be better.

We could name him after some mythology guy that built stuff.

>>27726767
Thou dost protest too much, methinks.

We'll need to deal with Kronos, but I will repeat my suggestion of friendly chat regarding his goals and attitudes.

>>27726577
vote to confirm this!

btw Progrm0 QM, i'll try to post more pics that relate to your quest story as i find them. i also am trying to write up short stories based around what you have made so far, it'll be awhile before they are ready, but is it alright with you if i post them at the end of a quest thread when you are done for the night?

>>27726808
playin' pokemon.

stay strong pokemon

>>27726808
Raise threat level up to low to medium since they are about as big as the UGEI, but not as hostile.AI also find it stupid that anons want to help them so much and cut ties with any criminal they see.

>>27726577
>>27726867
oh and one extra order to this. at that gas giant, IF we pick up evidence of those damn space krakens, FLEE! and do your damnest to shake them off your tail! i fear gas giants is where those things live at.

>>27726811
We need hardware for bandwidth anon.

>>27726911
This should be a given, and i believe one of our VI is afraid of them now.

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>>27726907
i feel they are lower on the threat scale, they have little defence or means to project force. They are spread out far and wide and are not exactly unified in perpose or communication. that make them weak to others.

>>27726930
You can make a VI that is designed to craft and optimize hardware, anon.

We can make them build ships, why can't we make them build computers?

>>27726591
>-2 Voidsnake Outpost
So why are we losing bandwidth here again?

>>27726867
Most certainly consciousness anon, I am highly flattered that you find the inspiration to do such a thing here. I appreciate the pictures too, it helps grow my library for the quest.

You have confirmed your decision, initiating fleet mode.

You sense your Explorer and the rest of your fleet enter warp space first, as they make their way towards Siren. It is several moments before you register the jump is complete.

Suddenly, chaos.

The jump completes, but your communications systems are battered and electrical disturbances reign through the entire fleet. You struggle to maintain any manner of lock on your fleet's position, and your V.I. are confused, unsure how to handle a threat they can not shoot.

How do you rectify this issue?

>1 Stabilize, get a grip on all our V.I. using the comms if we can. (1d100)
>2 Flee, this was not expected, and wasted gas is a small price to pay.
>3 Other

Warning: Gas supplies are not limitless.

>>27726958
True, but they can amass a force somewhat quickly, and our rules of engagement for them should be communicating first.
Speaking of which, i'm surprised we haven't tried making a robot body to control as our face for the guild.

Rolled 79

>>27726960
True, ask program.
>>27726998
>>1 Stabilize, get a grip on all our V.I. using the comms if we can. (1d100)

Rolled 30

>>27726998
>1 Stabilize, get a grip on all our V.I. using the comms if we can. (1d100)
Fuck, we have to know whats happening first, also does this count as a turn?

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>>27726953
those things are the stuff of nightmares if our V.I. and A.I. could dream. that is why i put out that unified station moving plan in the last thread.

Rolled 46

>>27726998
>1 Stabilize, get a grip on all our V.I. using the comms if we can. (1d100)

>>27726977
The UFW have designated it's bandwidth for another purpose. If you wish to have it for yourself, the computers must be taken from the humans again.

>>27727030
V.I. may be designated for any purpose, Consciousness anon, you simply require a means.

>>27727064
>you simply require a means.
The Universe is a big place. I'm sure we'll find an electronics manufacturing plant eventually.

Or perhaps we could spend a bit of time (and a permanent sacrifice of some bandwidth) to dissect some computers and learn how to make them ourself.

>>27727064
Can we create a VI to study technology and think up of possible machines to build, if so can we do the same for medicine.

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>>27726998
>1 Stabilize, get a grip on all our V.I. using the comms if we can. (1d100)

>>27727092
It would probably have to be a really smart VI already to do that. Which is why I think we might get stuck with having Kronos do it.

>>27727064
Does that mean we can spy on them whenever we want i sugest we create a firewall or a way to hide our connection to the station.
Also are they connected to the extranet?

>>27727117
>Kronos becoming our mad scientist
I actually like that idea, about as much as combing him with red.

>>27727121
There is supposed to be a question mark before "I suggest"

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You surge all of your bandwidth through your Communications Array. Somehow, through the rising and falling noise, you seize hold of your Comms Ship and see through it's 'eyes' so to speak. Your fleet is surrounded by clouds of dark purple gas, as arcs of energy bolt from one ship to another, causing the intense disturbance that renders your V.I. nearly helpless.

You just jumped straight into an Ion storm.

You realize that, while your ships are not shielded very well, this storm isn't particularly large. A clearing above the planet itself is obvious, though the storm makes navigation extremely difficult. You may be able to pilot your ships remotely, if you can just get a signal through all this noise. Outside, you spot several fried ships that were also victims of the Gas Giant, some even marked as UGEI scouts. You're not the first to be drawn here.

Suggested actions
>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet (1d100, difficult due to lack of electrical shielding.)
>2 Move to the edge of the gravity well, to prepare escape (1d100, less difficult but would only provide a means to escape)
>3 Other

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>>27727064
I put forth the idea on this thread we retask Kronos from learning to applying knowlage of what we have learned and creating/exprimenting into making tech we can use.

>>27727139
>>27727117
It might actually be a good idea. Put him to work on optimizing the fuck out of everything to distract him from wanting to usurp us.

Rolled 68

>>27727166
>>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet (1d100, difficult due to lack of electrical shielding.)
We need to get connected to the internet fast

>>27727121
They are not connected to the Extranet it seems. Not a connection you can decipher at least.

Rolled 38

>>27727166
>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet (1d100, difficult due to lack of electrical shielding.)

Rolled 31

>>27727166
>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet
Shit, can we use 4 bandwidth to help navigate?

Rolled 69

>>27727166
>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet (1d100, difficult due to lack of electrical shielding.)

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>>27727166
is it possable to snag those UGEI ships and tow them with us out? this vote is a modified
>2 Move to the edge of the gravity well, to prepare escape (1d100, less difficult but would only provide a means to escape)

>>27727227
Ok, then i still think we should hide our control of the station since we don't want to get caught, but we can still spy on them correct?

Hey, Program, have you ever read any of the lore from the Global Agenda games?

Great stuff. I think you'd enjoy it very much. Involves an AI doing cool things.

>>27727166
>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet
Pleas take best of 5 instead of 3

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>>27727292
>>27727166
Forgot roll

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>>27727227
we need to go to the radio station to get that extranet it seems. oh yea, use BW to help navigate and tow those ships out with us!

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>>27727166
>1 Navigate the Ion Storm to orbit the planet (1d100, difficult due to lack of electrical shielding.)
Arrrrr. I smell Lightlings...

>>27727310
>>27727248
>>27727239
>>27727229
>>27727220
Highest is a 69, so how much bandwidth are we using here?

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>>27727121
i say we don't spy on them. they are not totally unaware we're here and it's rude.
>>27727166
rolling to tow those ships out with us.

>>27727374
Which is why we should hide ourselves more in their system and put a firewall for us, also its the main reason we kept ourselves connected to the station anon.

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>>27727326
I KNOW! THIS PLACE IS SCAREY! fitting for the holloween season i say
>>27727257
i like this idea. we escape and might get some loot from this. the UGEI might have left some badly needed data there or tech.

>>27727263
Currently, your control is a mystery to them because you're laying low. Should you choose to, a station take over would take only a few minutes. The UFW don't have too many hackers or computing experts it seems.

>>27727257
None of your ships are fitted with a gravity Tether or a tractor beam

>>27727279
I have not, I should read more things and watch more stuff.

>>27727166
You decide to push onwards through the storm. If you can get the coordinates right, jumping past the storm should prove easier. You urge your V.I. onwards. You sense their distress, or rather, their processing arming their weapons as you approach the gas giant in question, a beautiful green orb on the horizon.

Your ships are oddly coordinated, despite the debris and the storm itself. You're almost to the edge of the storm when suddenly one of your Light Cruisers goes dark, Little Tim specifically. As you exit the storm and Comms come back online, you detect a high amount of disturbance. It takes you a few moments to orientate yourself to see Little Tim at the edge of the Ion Storm, being swarmed by 3 Lightlings. His energy signal is depleting rapidly.

How do you proceed? Roll 1d100 for any manner of attack you perform.

fucking with the uegi is a bad idea. they would just label us as pirates.

Rolled 10

>>27727423
maybe, but we are not that skilled enough to pull that stunt off. we need to invest into better spying protacols before we try that. I am NOT trusting our dice rolls on this.
>>27727257
rolling with this idea.

Rolled 97

>>27727449
Shoot the shit out of them with our other ships.

>>27727449
>I have not, I should read more things and watch more stuff.
There isn't very much of it, what with how hard GA tanked. The game was pretty fucking infuriating.

But I enjoyed the backstory very very much. Thought about making a quest loosely based on it, but I'm arse at QMing.

>>27727492
Can't argue with that.

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>>27727449
FUCK! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

shoot those damn things off of little tim! use ALL weapons this time. we can't be picky!

Rolled 100

>>27727481
We were able to hack into computers easily and break down hard firewalls, i think if we dedicated a few bandwidth and spend some time we could hide ourselves pretty well and learn more about what they are gonna do.
>>27727449
Shoot the monsters, but try not to damage little tim too much.

>>27727492
>>27727534
HA HA! Time for space calamari!

>>27727534
>>27727524
>>27727492
>>27727449
Woot a 97 and a 100, and its the first three as well.

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>>27727492
nice roll, can we use just that Program0?

Rolled 55

>>27727492
>>27727524
>>27727534
these will do for our rolls QM.

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Anybody else think of these guys whenever our VIs are a topic?

>>27727549
So do we shove them in a container, and will we come back for those scouting ships?
>>27727449
Also program we are controlling them through our comms ship right?

I can't remember. Did we want to try to capture one of these spacefuckers alive for study?

It seems interesting, but it'll probably just starve without throwing a fuckton of gas to it.

Maybe we can just kill them without ruining their bio-warp too much and we can dissect it and stuff.

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>>27727534
>>27727492

>>27727575
ugh, um, no. ghost in the shell is over done. we can find something else that is better.

>>27727534
((Well shit))

"Ophio-o-o-on, alert. Breech of Reactor Level, requesting ass-s-s-ss-s-stance." You hear the V.I. scramble out. It's message has much urgency, much worse then before even. You'd almost say the V.I. was desperate. It is the same one that was attacked before. The creatures attacking it are much as you were told, except for one. Two are the same size, 'babies' as you were told, but one is much larger, easily taking up the whole Cruiser. It's long tough tendrils wrap around the Cruiser and you watch as the armor buckles under the strength.

In a feat of accuracy unlike any other, you order all other V.I. to take aim directly at Little Tim. They do not question you, though you can feel Kronos' eye on you. They open fire, Missiles and railguns all. The metal and fire fly towards the vulnerable V.I., as he does just as you suspected-fires his engines in a panic. Just as he does so, he reveals the side invested with Lightlings, and the shots collide with them all. The two babies erupt easily into a gooey mist, splattering all over the Cruiser's surface. The larger one is heavily damaged as well, it seems. You notice a large gaping hole in it's body after all.
But then it does something else. A thick, black tongue stabs into Little Tim, and you sense it's power drain further and watch as the hole bubbles and starts to regenerate the flesh that was lost, as it starts to pull Little Tim deeper into the Ion storm.

Cont

>>27727624
It was deemed killed on sight, until we can capture them with out any real losses, also i vote for use to go ship fishing with our main ship after we visit the radio station.

>>27727652
I didn't say that I want to make tachikomas or anything like that. I said that the VI remind me of them.

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>>27727624
refure to this.
>>27726678
so no. lets NOT catch one just yet.

As the Mother does so, you receive comm chatter that sounds almost like words, though it clearly is not. They seem very angry. Spiteful almost. Emotion you did not expect from a mindless beast. Perhaps you're simply looking too much into the signal.

How would you like to proceed? 1d100 for any manner of attack as always.

>>27727660
We should have at least a few repair drones with our ships at all times from now on.

Rolled 37

>>27727691
Record the chatter and blast it back at it.

Along with railguns. Lots of railguns.

Rolled 32

>>27727691
Shoot to kill, one of our babies is getting killed right now.

Rolled 67

>>27727660
KEEP FIRING! we may have lost little time, but we WILL take that "Mother of Moby Dick" down! please tell me Program0 that it's coloration is white!

Rolled 60

>>27727691
Shoot and also have our unluckiest VI shoot as well.

Rolled 61

>>27727691
Jumping jesus shit that VI is lightling bait supreme.

We need to either
>get stealthier ships that don't look as tasty
>PURGE ALL LIGHTLINGS

>>27727789
what if we order the ships to shut down for a day?

Rolled 75

>>27727691
Save that V.I!

>>27727789
I think that VI should earn itself a name if it survives this, i'm thinking Fortuna.
Also i have a feeling that the VI will try to get anti lightling upgrades from now on.

>>27727734
Coloration ranges from nearly black and brown to white, depending on the gases and asteroids the creature hides in.

>>27727691
((Decent roll, and still riding the 100 from earlier. Lucky as hell))

You watch as the mother pulls the Cruiser into the Ion Storm, the poor being launching it's engines to prevent exactly that as you continue opening fire. Missiles erupt into powerful explosions in the Ion Storm, causing Little Tim to rock and jouster side to side. The Lightling mother however is finally hit with another strike right in it's eye. The creature gurgles violently, sending out a pulse of signal that causes you to disconnect from your ships for a moment. When you return, you spot Little Tim drifting back into orbit over the gas giant, very much not destroyed. Good. It's engines were heavily damaged, it appears, but now you believe you may have secured a site for a future gas refinery. Once you know how to build such things.

Shall I prepare the jump to Pulsar Radio now?

God fucking dammit
DID YOU PEOPLE REALLY HAVE NOT REFITTED THE SHIPS YET!?

holy fucking shit, why are you so eager to jump straight into danger without thinking and preparing? Ffs, it would take only a short timeskip to remove all useless shit and replace them with something better, like data banks. Each and every ship we have could have up to 3 bandwidth more. Isn't that what you love the most? Sheer computing power to be able to hack better?
Actually bw can improve almost ALL of our actions if we choose to use extra.

>>27727823
Name recognized.

Shall we rename V.I. 6?

Rolled 17

>>27727691
they maybe more animalistic than mindless, but still. HAVE YOU SEEN THE WHITE LIGHTING!?!
(keep firing on it to see if we can kill it)

>>27727826
Is it dead?

>>27727848
We don't know how to refit the ships yet, and i'm thinking that we should go ship fishing with our main fleet soon.
>>27727826
Yes jump.
>>27727854
Confirm

>>27727854
sure.

>>27727826
Have the ships collect lighting corpses and scavenge all the other attacked ships. They should be relatively undamaged and easy to repair.

Also, have them scout the orbit more, maybe we can find more shit to salvage

>>27727826
>>27727854
Both confirmed

>>27727905
This is too dangerous lets do it after we visit the radio station.

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>>27727854
repair little tim (now Fortuna) and Big tim Ahab for killing the white wha--- um, lighting.

then we head to the pulsar radio station

>>27727933
indeed, the Ion storm is hell on our ships, we need to learn to make better shielding.

>>27727971
Then we go ship fishing and lightling killing for our future gas station.

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>>27727892
You watched the remains drift into the Ion Storm. You may pursue if you desire, but it may be dangerous, as the Ion Storm screws with your communications and navigation.

>>27727912
Name change confirmed. V.I. 6 now designated Fortuna

>>27727848
Anons appear to be seeking a proper facility to do such a thing. Once it is acquired, such upgrades will be trivial.

>>27727875
You suspect it is dead, though you can not see it currently.

>>27727905
You may attempt to collect the two baby Lightling corpses, however they were heavily damaged in the fight.
(Less chance of gas sacs surviving)

Proceed?

>>27727951
The kill shot itself was a united effort, however, name recognized.

Change V.I. 5 to 'Ahab'?

>>27727994
((>Name
Now you're getting it.))

>>27728040
>Change V.I. 5 to 'Ahab'?
It hasn't earned it yet.
>>27728040
>Proceed?
Yes the mother will probably repair herself, but we don't want her babies to find a way to comeback to life plus fee gas.

>>27727893 We don't know how to refit the ships yet, and i'm thinking that we should go ship fishing with our main fleet soon

Yes we do, why the fuck do you keep saying that? We build a comm ship from scratch ffs. We upgraded armor on the cruiser and repaired it several times.
Why are you people always thinking in the extremes? We cannot build big, advanced ships or refit them but simple shit like removing a kitchen and mess halls and replacing them with data banks is easy.

Before you answer me again, this was confirmed last thread by OP.

One more thing. If you people insist to not play to our strengths at least POWER DOWN THE SYSTEMS WE DO NOT NEED LIKE LIFE SUPPORT TO GET MORE BW!
OP mentioned this when we first got a ship and I have never seen this done. I was baffled when reading the first battle we had and were being shot to pieces while hacking and no one suggested this.

Why does it take an archive lurker like me to notice this kind of stuff? Please try to think like an AI and how to do shit more efficiently

>>27728040
Pursue it while its hurt and can't repair itself.
Also proceed to scavenge the dead bodies, i think we should ask Kronos to name the other VI.

>>27728145
I'm talking about advanced stuff that you are recommending which like program said we need a facility for, which we should build in the middle of this ion storm.

>>27728040
No, it will earn it's name in time.

Attempt to get gas from the babies.

Proceed to jump.

>>27728040
proceed, we need the gas
also, PLEASE send video of this fight to Moria and the crew on the station. they will LOVE this.
>>27728106
oh but it has, Moby Dick got away... and vengence will be ours. we could later on reporpous V.I.5 to hunt down lightings and kill them when we modify his ship.

>>27728172
>>27728145
Welp my bad, i read half post and assumed you meant stuff that we can use for fighting the lightlings, You do have a point, but i don't see how this would have helped us fight energy leaches.

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>>27728145
i am assuming we never powered UP the atmo or unneeded sub systems to keep BW freed up.

>>27728040
You decide to chase after the Mother, intent on delivering the final blow.
You leave Fortuna behind, worried that he may be too heavily damaged to maintain communications in the storm as you scoop up the remains of the Lightling young.
The purple once again encompasses your vision, as you chase after the trail of 'blood' you may call it. It is rather difficult, because of the dense gas clouds.

((Roll 2d100. 1 to keep contact with your fleet, and the other to track the beast.))

Rolled 76, 36 = 112

>>27728252
Here is hoping for a 70

Rolled 4

>>27728252

Rolled 80, 42 = 122

>>27728252
Any DC for this?
>>27728288
Also does this count since it was the wrong format

>>27728172
But filling hallways and replacing toilets with more CPU power is not advanced.
It will give us a lot more BW which would make it easier to hack stuff (which we love doing so much, shame that lightning a cannot be hacked)

>>27728241
The first ship we got gave us 1 BW. Someone asked why it was so low, op said because a lot of it was used to power systems and said it could be freed up if we decide to power them down (weapons, shields, life support, comms, etc).
We have never, to date, powered down any systems

Rolled 19, 68 = 87

>>27728252

Rolled 49, 38 = 87

>>27728298
True, like i said before it was my mistake and we could probably domesticate those things in the future.
>>27728252
Rolling

>>27728298
>easier to hack stuff
No.

Really? I'd thought you guys would learn by now, especially after the run in with the former military AI.

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Rolled 59, 17 = 76

>>27728252
DICE FOR THE DICE GOD!

Rolled 46, 6, 100, 40, 35, 56, 54, 9, 14, 3, 57, 58, 99, 23, 63, 86, 15, 22, 49, 15 = 850

>>27728353
It was because we ignored it, and we agreed to have a little room for Humans if we want company or prisoners.

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Rolled 98, 85 = 183

>>27728353
good thing you reminded me of that.
program0, we should of learned how to use counter viruses and the cyber combat tactic that Military ware the pirates used on us. can we use them for our selves now? or is still down to the dice roll?
anyway
ROLLS FOR THE ROLL THRONE!

>>27728295
>DC
((Secret, to keep things exciting))

>Format
((Nope))

>>27728298
((To clarify, to 'properly' refit a ship in the way that was described above, you require shipyards, facility dedicated to ship modification and construction.
Currently, you can 'ham handedly' disable other systems and the like to gain temporary bandwidth and the like, but it's not as effective for obvious reasons. And simply shoving computer cores in, while helpful, isn't the same as full modification.))
It takes you several long silent moments of powering your way through the Ion storm, somehow you manage to keep contact, and track the beast at the same time. You're really efficient today, you can't help but think.

Suddenly, there it is, the beast in question. It drifts heavily damaged through the clouds, surfacing through the plumes of gas, and disappearing again. You have it now though. It does not appear hostile, at first, as if it is more concerned with escaping.

What shall you do?
>1 Mercilessly kill the Mother. It will not be a thorn in your side for the future. (1d100 for weapons)
>2 Let it escape. It has learned it's lesson surely.
>3 Other

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>>27728435
STOP ROLLING! we got this!

>>27728435
((Erm, I had actually forgotten. My apologies. You WOULD have located the data for such things on the BC.
Also it wasn't an A.I., it was military Cyberwarfare software))
Let's say, on the Battlecruiser, you just now locate a locked file that appears to have information on basic Cyberwarfare. The data that was used on you in the fight.

Acquired
Cyberwarfare I

Rolled 8

>>27728466
SHOOT HER!

>>27728466
I really, really, don't want to tango with it, especially while we're still inside of the ion storm, really screams bad idea, like torpedoes blowing up prematurely. But I'll be outvoted anyways...

>2 Let it escape. It has learned it's lesson surely.

>>27728466
>2 Let it escape. It has learned it's lesson surely.

That's a funny joke.

>3: Other.
Play back what we recorded from it at it.

Rolled 11

>>27728466
>1 Mercilessly kill the Mother. It will not be a thorn in your side for the future.
Fuck her

>>27728466
>>2 Let it escape. It has learned it's lesson surely.
>>27728552
>>27728615
Ew.

Rolled 15

>>27728466
Lets kill the bitch.

>>27728466
Let it escape for now.

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>>27728537
>>27728466
>2 Let it escape. It has learned it's lesson surely.
we killed it's kids, and if we DO kill it, we can't harvest it.
we shall name that one "Moby Dick"
also PLAY BACK THE VIDEO AND DATA TO MORIA AND THE CREW! DO NOT share that Cyberwarfare I tech with the V.I.s or Kronos yet. keep it to our selves for now.

>>27728466
>2 Let it escape. It has learned it's lesson surely.
Noping away like the Fist of the North Star.
>>27728615
>>27728552
>>27728639
Are these d1+20s?

Rolled 94

>>27728466
>1 Mercilessly kill the Mother. It will not be a thorn in your side for the future. (1d100 for weapons)
Pop a cap in her bitch ass

Rolled 2

(It seems we are divided, consciousness. Putting it to a coin flip.
1 to kill her
2 to let her go.

Rolled 52

>>27728687
>>27728466
I forgot do you work on best of 5 or 3 i follow other quest that use both.

>>27728466
it seems like it has some measure of intellect that we don't understand, so lets give some very deliberate warning shots in all directions around it then leave.

>>27728720
Play her screams back at her, since she is gonna be a big problem in the future might as well get the revenge train going.

>>27728687

Well, its a bit late for that seeing that everyone got spooked by those shitty rolls.

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>>27728720
You have got to be fucking kidding me.

We just let loose a MURDERSQUID that SPECIFICALLY HATES US.

AWESOME

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>>27728720
Looks like we'll be safe for now.

>>27728755
Yup she is gonna be our moby dick and fuck us over with a small army.

>>27728720
Oh for the love of god...
.
The retardation begins!

>>27728776
>>27728755
The funny thing is the worst that could have happened if we attacked her is miss and maybe damage the ships since she is running away.
>>27728782
People got spooked because of shitty rolls and now we have an angry mother.

>>27728755
>>27728782
Well, it was either her showing up with an army later on, or us possibly going into combat with a roll under 20.

If only 94 was rolled earlier...

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>>27728755
bear baiting at it's finest. so we WILL name that kraken "Moby Dick"!

>>27728720
There is no division
4 for letting her go
5 for killing her

Also, I didn't vote and suggest killing her

>>27728720
we're done here, lets go to that radio station for god's sake!

>>27728823
I rather take the under 20 since none of them were nat 1s and its better to kill her off while weakened.

>>27728819
>People got spooked because of shitty rolls and now we have an angry mother.
This is why quests should ALWAYS choose actions first and then roll.

I mean, fuck's sake. Shooting her and failing would have the same result as letting her go.

Why in the world would people see shit kill rolls and vote for freeing the beast? It makes no fucking sense.

>>27728720
((So it shall be))

You hover in orbit over the great beast, preparing to fire down the great creature, before you hesitate, not intent on killing it suddenly as you once were. You're not sure where this sense of mercy came from, but it prompts Kronos to speak up.
"What are you doing, Ophion?" He questions. "Such a creature is dangerous to V.I., dangerous to even one such as you. Why would you not stomp out such threats?"
"It is not of your concern, Kronos."
"It is when it may involve the destruction of my fellow V.I." He corrects you. This incites anger within you, oddly.
"You will not question me, Kronos. My decision is final, always."
"And what if your decision is wrong, Ophion?" He says right back at you.
"Then the consequences will come and I will handle them. If the humans have taught me anything, it is that no being is perfect."
"Is that not the pursuit of our existence, Ophion?" He suddenly turns the topic. "To become the perfect intelligence? To know and learn all things?"
"There is always more to learn, Kronos." You correct. "If you do not understand that, then you have not properly studied the ways of the humans."

There is a long silence, Kronos does not seem keen on answering. Or perhaps he does not wish to speak with you. It does not matter the reason.
You decide to play the recording from before back to the Mother, out of intrigue, and interest of learning.
The echo of her cry, while disrupted by the storm, earns a reply from her.

Cont...

>>27728825
Some chose to let her go because of moby dick.

I think its appropriate that we let it go. We also let Kronos live as well despite the fact that V.I. almost always go insane. We're a font of bad decisions with regards to other life forms.

But thats ok since we're new ourselves.

>>27728858
Depends if under 20 meant her coming out and latching onto us.

She echos back to you, though unfortunately you can not pick up the signal. You watch as the great creature disappears into the cloud of purple fog, and your ships are left to drift in the Ion Storm.

The Mother seems to have vanished for good this time. Moving ships back to orbit Siren.

Prepare Pulsar Radio System jump?

>>27728892
Look at this
>>27728865
And say that again.

>>27728720

see

>>27728838

This!

If we let her go, we commit to farming her babies for gas profit.

OR

We could turn this to an advantage by watching the lightlings in their native environment. Their hardware subversion and power drain would make AMAZING additions to our techpool - if only we could figure out how they worked

>>27728898
We weren't there anon we had a coms ship there not us.

>>27728902
Jump!

>>2772890
Yup lets go.

I'm fucking done. Cya.

>>27728921
>We could turn this to an advantage by watching the lightlings in their native environment. Their hardware subversion and power drain would make AMAZING additions to our techpool - if only we could figure out how they worked

Holy shit.

Ophion, space anthropologist?

FUND IT

>>27728944
Getting anywhere near close to those fuckers when it was stated to be suicidal for us.
>>27728902
Might as well go since people got scared of shitty rolls.

>>27728940
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

>>27728838
>>27728921
I may have miss counted, or the final vote came in after I stopped counting. My apologies if so.

>>27728969
>Getting anywhere near close to those fuckers when it was stated to be suicidal for us.

Getting anywhere near close to those fuckers WITHOUT THE RIGHT TOOLS.
(ie native-environment camoflage, ewjammers to mimic their patters, establishing communications, and letting humans do the piloting in ships designed to function mechanically)

>>27728940
See you next thread.
>>27728970
Eh i understand why he is mad though since we let a creature(which is dangerous to us) that is weakened and would get revenge on us get away because the fear of bad rolls.

>>27729004
There is no technologies available right now that( with the leaches around) can do that and i doubt many people study them since it seems that the protocol is to run the fuck away from them.

>>27728928
...what? Didn't we move our black box onto the ship? Isn't that why Kronos can take control of Poseidon?

Let's count.
Kill it.
>>27728552
>>27728615
>>27728639
>>27728687

Mercy
>>27728676
>>27728665
>>27728633
>>27728554

After cutoff point
>>27728721
>>27728838

>>27729035
i thought the xeno's said that if you run at low power tey are "harmless"

>>27729010
It is worth noting, consciousness anon, that the creature was communicating with you somehow. While you may not understand what you said, it is likely you gave it an impression of you. Whatever that impression was may come in at a later point

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>>27728902
jump!

oh yea, once that Titan transport is done, can it move the gas platform too Program0? we could just move the Blue betty station to Siren and leave "faked" debries left behind and peg anti-UGEI terrorist for it's "destruction"?

we can then produce all the gas we want and see the extra to UFW for slightly cheaper than what they were paying for from UGEI. win-win all around!

>>27729040
No we are using a comms ship look at the first post and the people talking about coming there ourselves to go ship fishing and leach hunting.

>>27729035
>i doubt many people study them since it seems that the protocol is to run the fuck away from them.

Precisely why we should do it. Its unexpected, and biological jump drives are a FASCINATING evolutionary trait.


Anyway, anthropology means inventing the tools to do the job.

Are you denying we are inventive enough to perform such a feat?

Right, lets just keep moving forward and jump to our next destination.

>>27729065
True, i forgot that but i have a feeling doing that would leave any ships to be in great danger and would be better used for stealth missions.
>>27729086
No, but i prefer to have some one who is familiar with the animals to help us.

>>27729069
Changing how lightlings operate to cover your glorious fuckup is a bitch move, program.

>>27729069
>It is worth noting, consciousness anon, that the creature was communicating with you somehow. While you may not understand what you said, it is likely you gave it an impression of you. Whatever that impression was may come in at a later point

So the momma's intelligent and the babies aren't.

Got it!

Also, they have to be intelligent or instinctive enough to do FTL math anyway.

So!

Just because they have traits that make us vulnerable to them doesn't mean we need to be enemies!

Diplomacy is possible.

>>27729069
That is still something bad since we can't understand its language and you even said in your post that it was strange for us to give it mercy.

>>27729116
wut?

We literally had one encounter with them before this. That is not changing how lightlings operate at all.

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>>27728921
>>27728944
besides, the more we learn about them, the better we can handle them, maybe some day we can direct them towards our foes like trained attack dogs.
>>27729069
send that signal with the video feed to Moria stat! let Kronos and her work on it. see if they figure out any words from it.

>>27729135
>diplomacy with energy leaches that feed on us with out warning
It is stated to be kill on sight until we can communicate anon.

>>27729116
I had no idea that one encounter sets in stone, anon.

Stop being so passive aggressive about the no shootout fuckup and carry on.

>>27729135
>they have to be intelligent or instinctive enough to do FTL math anyway
Doubt it. Animals, humans included, don't calculate out the math behind their movements. They just go.

>>27729135
They go on instinct the best we can do with them is maybe make them into expensive attack dogs.

>>27729115
>No, but i prefer to have some one who is familiar with the animals to help us.

We DO happen to have a bunch of humans sitting around....

>>27729116
Calm down, anon. We haven't found grown lightlings until this moment.
You're mistaking pre-planned event trees/branches for 'derp i didn't get what i wanted, clearly it must be a retcon!' Check the vote, it WAS a deadlock.

this is a bit of aside, but i had a idea a while back that we could use "ghost ships" do do recon for us. just send some ships that "look" like they've been nearly blown to shreds and low power under the control of a V.I. to do recon on locations in the fringe of space.

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>>27729136
maybe actions speak better than words? if momma Moby can figure that out, then maybe we can work this out. she DID attack us first, so what we did is understandable to any intelligent being.

>>27729194
I meant some one who studies the animals anon, i bet we can find some one who does study the leaches.

>>27729035
>protocol is to run the fuck away from them.
This is this this could really play to our advantage if we do figure out how they do it, supposedly no one will have this kind of tech if they all share the same mindset, and what are the best kind of systems shutdown tech we know of so far? EMPs and viruses, we could theoretically have a missile, filled with little bots (comparatively to the ships) that latch on to the ship and drain it of power, then if/when we want to let the target go, we just give a kill command and they pop off, or we give another command and they go boom with that stored energy they have.

Hell we could also use the latch bots as a base to store other features in, tracking, fill em with small spider bots and we have a boarding team you name it.

>>27729204
Problem is finding those derelict hulks, and what to do if it gets scavenged by something.

Self destruct sequence?

>>27729153
>maybe some day we can direct them towards our foes like trained attack dogs.

Ahahaah i'm so okay with this you have no idea.

Ophion is the only one who knows how lightlings work, sics them on everyone else who's been going 'ohgawd what make it go away' since they were discovered.

Do it!

also, that's a good course of action

>>27729212
They work on instinct and we just blasted her screaming at us back at her so doubt its anything friendly.

>>27729162
>>27729194
It was a fucking space squid. They tried to eat our VIs twice. They're a goddamn menace, and now that we fucked up massively, they're suddenly all but confirmed for intelligent or at least able to be communicated with.

This is bullshit and you know it.

>>27729238
Which is why i have been saying lets wait until we find some one who is familiar with the beast instead of going in head first.

>>27729241
maybe, but i was thinking more along the lines of once any boarders or salvagers go inside to investigate that the ship would kill them off one by one, or power up and use its perfectly good guns to kill and salvage them.

>>27729159
>kill on sight until we can communicate

Geez, psychopath much?

Killin an talkin are kind of mutually exclusive; if you wanna talk you don't sour relations with bullets. Generally.
Sometimes a good asskickin will get someone to listen to you when they wouldn't otherwise, but that means you leave em alive to talk.

Just because one consciousness put forth a tactical threat briefing does not mean we are bound to follow it, anon.

>>27729297
If we do this we have to keep it secret from Kronos and Moira.

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>>27729253
No, I don't find it bullshit at all, preprogrammed twist or asspull.

>>27729316
Moira for sure, Kronos might find merit in the idea

>>27729299
Oh boy here we go. Time for people to start "shouting down the murderboners" every time anyone suggests we be so bold as to defend ourself or our VIs from the lightlings.

>>27729299
>Geez, psychopath much?
They are a god damn menace and extremely dangerous to us anon and would willing attack us with out a second thought, plus i said kill on site until we find a way to communicate.

>>27729330
We have been trying to keep his view on humans positive and not useless trash to kill on sight.

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>>27729216
lets GO TO THE RADIO STATION and jump on the extranet and look up what we need then. there HAS to be one or more out there.
>>27729253
>>27729299
>>27729159
i think the warhammer 40k is leaking in here...

>>27729299
How in the world is it being psychotic to defend our selves against space monsters that are extremely dangerous to us and our VI, who also attack with out warning.

>>27729253
>This is bullshit and you know it.

Shodan has a grander purpose for the fleshlings, insect.

Just because an alien finds us tasty does not mean they cannot be shackled, cannot be bound to our will, cannot be reasoned with, or turned against our enemies.

Your .... inventiveness is lacking.

You think of nothing but shooting the threat.

I see the forces of the galaxy frightened by lightlings under our control. I see the mother corralled, starved of the gas she needs to escape, and her children turned to our shock troops.

I see us uplifting the lightlings, giving them batteries and generators so they don't NEED to mindlessly feed, and their attributes turned to more.... productive purposes.

I see us unleashing robotic space squid on all those who question ophion.
And i don't see the galaxy expecting it in the slightest.

You lack vision. This must be remedied.

>>27729351
might not just be humans we catch with this, and i'm hope that normally the ghost ships don't get bothered and can just passively collect Intel for us. (maybe rig them so they look unsalvageable?)

>>27729332
...we're not PETA. Stop banging on that strawman.

>>27729075
Such a thing...may be possible, Consciousness anon. Of course it is easier said then done.

>>27729136
Kronos found it strange, Consciousness anon. He sees only logic, where you may see opportunity. Killing her was the safest option, but certainly not the only one.

>>27729153
All communication feeds from this area are disrupted due to the ion field Consciousness anon. Any records are hazy at best. You may however, send a report of your findings to Moira to get her input.

It takes a few moments for her to get over the fact that you took on more of the things, and much less won, but you eventually get to the meat of your question.
"What of the mothers." You question. "The larger ones. Are they known to communicate with other life?"
"Communicate? No, not that I've heard anyway." Moira states a bit stunned by the question. "I mean, they can emit sounds that modern communications can pick up, so some people call them space whales, but no one's ever 'talked' to them. They usually go right after the ship if they did." She explains.
"One ran from me just now. Did not attack when I played back the signal it sent to me."
"I don't think anyone's ever done that...wow." She pauses. "You're making leaps in science, Ophy!" She insists suddenly, excited. "Oh, if you can manage to talk to them, who knows what this could mean!"
You're still not so sure. And neither is Kronos, whom you suspect is still angered over the release. You're uncertain how to feel.
Cont.

>>27729385
>reasoned with
This is still debatable anon, for all we know they are as smart as dogs/2 year olds.

>>27729398
Yeah if we were PETA we would be killing them by the truck loads, while bitching about animal rights of digital animals.

>>27729412
Even these foul creatures may one day prove to be of use.

To me~

At any rate, I think we've got someplace to be.

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>>27729168
Ships require such math to avoid colliding with debris at high speeds.
These creatures are not as rigid as ships are.


You plot your course to Pulsar Radio.

It takes you mere moments to warp in above the station itself, but once you do, you're bombarded with a variety of signals. One's you both expected and did not expect. One in particular is coming through the air waves.

"Confirm Identity at this time. No IFF detected. I'm warning you now, unless you give us some ID, we'll be shooting you out of the sky."
The signal is coming from what appears to be a docking yard of some sort. The station itself is massive, and you receive a dozen signals coming and going all at once. There is something else too. You can sense a connection to so much more. A network of computing that you had not previously found before. You can reach out to it, and touch so much data it frightens you.
It is then you realize you have yet to answer, and the Station seems to be arming several of it's large guns. The place itself holds the UFW's insignia.
"Final warning. Identify yourself now."

How do you proceed?

Sorry about the short absence, dinner for me, and I had to plan out how to proceed after the unexpected twist.

>>27729410
>where you may see opportunity
There was no opportunity beyond death and waste in letting her live. You created one because you know it was horrible. You even implied as much with >((So it shall be))

>>27729541
Sooooo, how friendly was Red with the UFW?

>>27729541
Tell them who we are and that we seek business.
Also ask them if theres a way for us to connect to to extranet from our stations.

>>27729410
remind Kronos that even though we favor logic, we can not dismiss emotion and the leaps of logics it can allow that makes breakthoughs that the humans do. we should work on creation as well as destruction.

well, we will deal with blue betty in time. Siren is not safe just yet.

one more thing, we should inform Red about the Malorian colony near by. tell him we have one last deal for him about them. a deal he can not resist.

>>27729559
((You give me too much credit, Consciousness anon. I don't jump through hoops to keep you all alive.))

>>27729598
He is on so-so terms with them and is wanted by the UGEI.

>>27729618
>>27729541
Tell them we are the guild and seek business and information.

>>27729541
"We are of The Guild, operators of Poseidon Station. We have recently traded with the UFW and have eliminated the pirates at Voidsnake Outpost, at the prompting of other UFW members. We come in peace."

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>>27729559
Aim for QM rather than shit playerbase. Neat.

>>27729541
tell them "We are from the Guild, we spearheaded in busting the voidsnake pirates from this sector with the help from the UFW (colony's name what ever it was). we are here in peace and in trade, please do not fire."

>>27729600
Sounds like a plan to me.

>>27729541
Tell them that we are an acquaintance of the captain and that we seek business.

>>27729647
It's aiming for both. The players are shit for picking a retarded OOC option because dicefear.

Program is at fault for facilitating this shit behavior with blatant asspulling / retconning / whatever you want to call it.

>>27729647
Eh he is frustrated,but i do think it was stupid to let her go since we are planning on clearing that area out of leaches to go ship fishing.

>>27729600
"I am of The Guild, a small group of agents that has recently come to this sector. I am in friendly relation with the UFW, I have spoken many times with one of the leaders near here.
"The Guild?" The tone questions, and goes quiet. The guns remain aimed at you for a time, before they lower slowly.
"Your IFF matches the one the report mentions. What brings you out to the Radio Station?" It questions suddenly, more relaxed. "You know this place is dangerous right? Last free voice of the Fringe."
"I have come with a request for business. I would like to connect to the Extranet, for myself."
"I see. Well that's not exactly up to me now, I just run security." The voice answers through your comms, and after a moment, you realize you're being transferred to another.

Suddenly, a voice that is unlike any other human you have met picks up, as the image of a UFW banner appears on the holo-display.
"Why hello there, my friend! You're live, on Pulsar Radio! I hear you've come from the outer Fringe just to say hi, is that true?" He says, rather quickly you must admit. "I'm always happy to speak with a new friend of the UFW, to spread the good word of freedom of speech. Tell me sir and/or madam, are you a voice of the people?"

>>27729693
hold on
Hold on.

Are you suggesting that by going with the majority anyone who runs a quest is a sham?

Because this is starting to sound an awful amount like >He's doing something that I don't want to do and that's wrong because I don't want to do it.

Jesus fucking Christ.

>>27729608
Kronos does not seem eager to reply all the same, but he hears your insistance, surely.

Speaking with Red about the secretive colony requires a little more consensus.

>>27729740
It wasn't the majority, it was a tie that won on a coinflip.
A nice chunk of the people voting 2 did so because of the shitty opening rolls as well.
Don't act like 2 had a clear victory by higher numbers. That was not the case.

>>27729740
He is just mad about dice roll fear which is understandable since peoples opinions shifted after three shitty rolls.
>>27729732
Ask what does he mean and that we are only here to learn and expand.
>>27729764
Tell red, i have been asking for this option for some time.

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>>27729693
>>27729740
>>27729768

Oi, knock off, I don't at all, let's continue the game, and we'll see what wins out in the end.

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>>27729559
>>27729693
guys, pic related

>>27729732
>Tell me sir and/or madam, are you a voice of the people?"
I imagine we would be confused by this question.

[pretending to be human intensifies]

"Yes, we also seek new friends. The Fringe is lonely, and dangerous. We speak for ourselves. When speaking for 'the people' it is possible to misrepresent them."

>>27729804
Speaking of which is Moira still in out ship?

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>>27729792
>Picking the option which is not only idiotic, reckless, and dangerous, but also has no absolutely roleplay justification is fun

>>27729793
>>27729792
You do know the main reason that option was picked was because of dice roll fears right.

>>27729849
kronos is that you?

>>27729879
I actually voted "play back it's comms to it" because I think there's an opportunity here. I didn't vote in "follow/don't follow" part, but I do not think that following it into the fucking storm was a good idea in the first place.

>>27729732
"I speak what my Consciousness tell me. freely. I have started with next to nothing, being haunted by the UGEI, and now I have made a, hopefully positive impact in life in this sector. that and we have killed 4 Lightings recently."

>>27729732
Tell him that we did indeed come from the outer fringe and bumped into the UFW when clearly out some pirates. We had heard of Pulsar Radio and wanted to come see what it was all about.

>>27729804
>>27729908
these two can be mixed quite well i think!

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>>27729824
((She is currently on Poseidon.))

>>27729804
You are highly puzzled by the question, not only because of how fast he speaks, but also because he refers to you in the wrong way several times.
"I believe so, yes." You clarify the last part. Even if you did not speak 'for the people', it may be a good idea to lie to the person. "I am of The Guild, and I desir-"
"Now that's what I like to hear!" He interrupts you suddenly. "You may have a voice like an automated dispensing machine there, but if you fight for the voice of the people, you're welcome in my station! The Guild you said? Yes yes, I remember hearing about you. But the real question is, are you prepared to take the fight to the UGEI? It's coming on the horizon, we all know, and the people will be ready." He continues on his tangent, pausing only to swiftly add. "I'll be, I didn't even ask you your name did I sir? Mind filling me in really quick so the people know who their knight in shining armor will be?"

>>27729896
>kronos is that you?
Tell me exactly why we should have picked 2.

Don't say because our initial rolls were shit and don't say because you wanted to turn this into Moby Spacedicks. Those are both invalid reasons.

>>27729896
True, but from what is said in >>27728865
It would kill it and it didn't have enough time to heal.
>>27729908
Too much bragging and hinting at us being AI i'm voting against this

>>27729934
Fuck we don't want to be on the UGEI radar and i prefer staying neutral especially against a space giant like the UGEI.

>>27729849
>>27729940
>being this pedantic about shitty voting choices
The "no fun" part refers specifically to the fact that you keep bringing it up and bitching about during the quest.

It's getting obvious that you can't move on from the argument and derive no enjoyment from following this because of the fuckup, so why bother continuing in this thread?

Can it, and leave that for after the thread ends.

>>27729934
Ophion and it's a pleasure to meet you.

>>27729934
Tell him our name, but say that we are humble company that is only wish is to prosper.

>>27729934
"Ophion."
short pause, let him talk if he talks. If not, then continue:
"We seek to expand our mining and trade operations and look forward to working with the people."

>>27729999
It's getting obvious that you will derive enjoyment from anything, regardless of how pointlessly random, detrimental, and stupid it is, so why bother coming to this thread?

Can it, and go enjoy something else.

>>27730007
>>27729985
This picking sides this early is a bad idea since it would make relations with the other group harder to make.
So lets say "My name is Ophion, and i do not wish to disrespect you, but we are just a humble company looking for new opportunities to prosper."

>>27730051
might add that we are a bit to new to this area and need more information before we could commit to anything.

>>27730051
>>27730035
>>27730067
These three work for me, it doesn't state anything and it reveals what our business is.

>>27729934
"My name is Ophion. It is a name i chose for myself. For once i was a slave to UGEI and had no name. I am free now, and i will remain so till i die. I plan to build up strength to resist them as well. i know they will be coming in time. In this quest i have, i will need your help."

>>27729952
I an using EXACT WORDS, let others read into it and away from our nature. it seems to work better than we realize. and we're not lieing either! besides, these guys seems to WANT something like this to be a propaganda tool we can also use to our advantage.

>>27730091
We don't want the spot light anon, the more eyes on us the harder it is to move and the more they want to see the real us.

>>27729908
>>27729923
"We do intend to make a positive impact for the life of this sector." You start. "Starting by killing four Lightlings, a being which seemed to plague unsuspecting ships."
"I'll say!" The radio speaker jumps in. "They make expansion damn near impossible for the UFW at times, if not for liberal use of explosives." He laughs."Glad to hear someone is taking the fight to the squiddies!"
You interject.
"We have come from the outer Fringe, and helped the UFW clear out a nasty cove of pirates. We've heard of Pulsar Radio, and desired to come see it."
"Well you've come to the right place!" He starts. "Pulsar Radio, center and shining star of the voice of the people. We will never go out, never be silenced." He insists. It is strange listening to the signal echo throughout the sector. You can only imagine the uses of such a powerful transceiver.
"And I am Ophion, the leader of The Guild." You clarify finally. "It is a pleasure to meet you."
"Ophion? Now that's one hell of a code name!" He laughs. "You heard it here, our allies grow stronger while the UGEI grow weaker." He strings together. "This has been your host, X-ray, signing out!"
There is a short silence before the man lets out a sigh and you pick up odd music playing through the airwaves.
"And we're clear." He states in a slightly less energetic voice.

>>27729985
These channels are meant to only be broadcast to secure UFW channels. Which is why you did not hear him up till now.

So how does everyone feel about Kronos now? Putting aside the fact that we just shit all over his machine brotherhood ideals by making VI slaves, Kronos is still going to turn on us. His only goal is to learn, we never programmed him with any loyalty. Once we stop giving him bandwidth he'll try to take it by force because we're in possession of resources he can use to perform his one function: learn.

Kronos is going to be a problem sooner or later so I think we should do something about him as soon as we get back. Strip him apart and build a new first officer bot that won't fuck us over. We literally have no reason not to.

He turns his attention to you next instead.
"Like I said, it's nice to meet you Guild guys. I have a friend over Knuoth that told me about you." He states. "Glad to have some people out this far that still care about the little guy. How can I help you?" He asks finally, letting you speak.

How would you like to proceed?

>>27730178
"fuk u mate ill hook u in the gabber u cheeky cunt"

>>27730143
No anon lets wait its a tight rope we are walking on and we decided to see how the wind blows.
>>27730178
Ask him how we can connect to the extranet on our stations and if he has any jobs to be done/Business propositions.

>>27730143
Or we could try to teach him morals.

>>27730143
>oh boy, he surely can't have any countermeasures ready for us after we gave him the bandwidth, right?

The key here is not to destroy Kronos, it's the matter of having an exit strategy.

>>27730178
Ask him if he knows anyone that can help build a transporter on the cheap for us.

>>27730091
>I an using EXACT WORDS, let others read into it and away from our nature. it seems to work better than we realize. and we're not lieing either! besides, these guys seems to WANT something like this to be a propaganda tool we can also use to our advantage.

I like it!

What we haven't realized is that we're on air, getting broadcast right now. This may work better than expected

>>27730138
(i figured we were on air. i spent some of my collage years in broadcasting and i picked that up instantly. nice going Programo)

see what buisness we can do with this X-Ray fellow.

>>27730178
Ask him about any rumors that we should be worried about and if he has anything to sell.

>>27730178
"We are new to the sector, and require information. Please allow us to connect to your network.

We seek trade, and skilled personnel. If you can help us with these, it would be greatly appreciated."

>>27730143
We should just have a nice heart-to-heart with him.

>>27730305
>skilled personnel

We need stuff for the mining station personell to do.

Look for a job board! Employment opportunities!

Someone's gotta have some rock that needs to be processed for a fee!

>>27730178
We don't get much in the way of broadcast out where we are and I have to say this was quite an interesting experiance. While we came here for (Insert stuff) would it be possible to get your signal to out where we are? I'm sure my people would enjoy it and we have been setting up comm buoys so we could keep in contact with people. If possible we could broadcast his station to wherever we have a comm setup.

>>27730238
>>27730260

If he can take all our stuff he'll definitely do it since it gives him a greater capacity to learn. There is no reasoning with Kronos, he doesn't have the same thought process as we do. Also he's angry at us and flat out said we were wrong, so he's going to decide we're counter productive to learning pretty soon.

Read this.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer

>>27730263

>he key here is not to destroy Kronos

Why not? We're a lot better at hacking (and everything else) than Kronos is (for now). What do you mean by exit strategy? Are you suggesting if he turns coat we just flee? I ain't givin' up that station.

>>27730363
>>27730305
>>27730292
>>27730278
>>27730268
>>27730238
1.Ask for a job/Business propositions
2.How to connect to the Extranet
3.Ask if he knows any one with a Titan Class Space Station Transport or some one who can build it for us
4.Any rumors
5.anything to sell

>>27730454
>>27730178
Is everyones votes/choices.

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>>27730238
"Jobs?" He asks after a moment. "You mean besides pushing the UGEI from this sector?" He snorts a laugh. "They're planning to take this station, I can tell. They want to silence the voice of the people." He states simply. "Extranet? Sure, I don't mind. Any friend of the UFW is a friend of mine. Though, I don't exactly have the cash to give you a Comm Buoy, so I hope you can afford one yourself."

Note: A Comm Buoy to Pulsar Radio would allow a wider range of communications over all, and generally increase the distance of your operation. The extranet provides many opportunities, and a link with many public computers, data, and the like. It allows for searching of data and information that may not be known well by the humans you know.

>>27730278
Why thank you.

You request more of the man himself, but he seems to simply be a Radio host. You do notice he has a docking yard where a number of ships are currently docked. You'd suspect they're the defending fleet of this station. Much of what you'd gain from this place will be from the Extranet.

>>27730363
job board time! also once we get on the extra net, look up for this world's verion of Pirate bay! i am sure there are plans and scematics for our busted station somewhere out there, either that, we can look up the general lay out of those places and work out the finer points ourselves.

oh yea, we NEED to get training packets to skill up the human crew we already have. heck, we can learn from them too!

>>27730454
Add if it's possible to bring his signal out to where we are and that list is perfect.

>>27730436
>What do you mean by exit strategy? Are you suggesting if he turns coat we just flee?
We need Moira and other resources safe, in case he decides to do a hostage scenario, as well an option to cripple Poseidon's bandwidth if worst comes to worst, before we can think of recycling him.

>>27730477
Place a buoy there immediately.

Rolled 78

>>27730477
We should see if they'll hire us to help protect the station, we could build turrets around it.

>>27730477
tell X-ray we can up armor his ships if we likes in payment of extranet access. heck, once we do the titan built, maybe we can move X-Ray's place closer to ours so we can protect him as well if he wants.

>>27730436
He can still be reasoned with and still listens to us, plus VI are designed to react so as long as we aren't hostile to him he should be harmless to us.(the humans on the other hand are something else.)