>>30232212
sorry for the terrible formating by the way.

Rolled 72

>>30232212
Nice, just arrived at /tg/ and this is just starting

>Build Warehouse
So at least we can store the crystals

I'd also say that we save and study whatever excess crystal we might mine, even if it's just to potentially make up for a month that gives out less

>>30232212
What are those supply crates doing outside our base? Apart from the killer slug one.

>>30232272
They are the crates the resources get delivered to you by mincorp.

>>30232258
thats a ballin idea, if only you had a laboratory to study them

Rolled 53

>>30232286
Build a lab, put the remaining mineralogist there to study shit.

>>30232286
We can store them meanwhile, plus a warehouse doesn't use up as much power as running a lab, we can store the crystals while we increase our energy to support the lab.. I'd think.

Question: What's the green plume to the right of the turret?

Rolled 61

>>30232300
Also, get the new supplies I guess?

Rolled 3

>>30232300
Also, get the new supplies I guess?

>>30232306
The warehouse wouldn't use that much energy, you're right.
Where would you put it though?

That would be the exhaust of the recycling facility.

>>30232308
We already picked them up, the crates should be empty

>>30232306
Refuse being pumped out I'd imagine.

>>30232258
Move the second mercenary outside or into the caverns. It's doing fuckall inside the botany.

We need need to improve our food production. We will run out off food before next shipment arrives.

>>30232212
Build a second botany. Air and food is something you can never get too much of.

>>30232323
Hmm.. I suppose above the crane would be silly..

>>30232344
Well, there's always a chance some will die..

>>30232335
How about sending him to explore the left tunnel?

>>30232370
I'd rather have him explore further to the right. It'd be easier having the first as back-up and the slug dug down on the left side of the base.

>>30232358
>Well, there's always a chance some will die..

someone will definitely die if we don't get our food production up

>>30232383
Guys, dont be insensitive. Rute's a girl
Still no consesus on what to builld

Rolled 30

>>30232392
Botany.

>>30232344
>>30232352
>>30232388

I suppose you're right, I'll change to expanding or building another Hydroponic Bay or Botany Bay

OP,

how much crystal can we mine per week at the current rate?
How many units is the small deposit we found worth?

Rolled 27

>>30232402
by the by, how much power is going to be used for the UV lighting?

>>30232402
>>30232407
Botany it is.
Also Rute is going down the tunnel, you can decide where she goes later.

>>30232424
As you have nowhere to store it, it is currently impossible to mine more than one.
The small deposit above the ice is estimated to be worth 3 units of crystal.

>>30232439
I'm voting to have the crystal studied when we can. Could be useful even without sending it off.

How much extra water and power do we have, in case of electrical failure?

>>30232439
So to meet MinCorp demands, we have to get all out, and find more. And somewhere to store it. Would it be possible to make the warehouse to the left of the elevator/crane ?

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Day: 71
>Resources: 13
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 20 (Max pop: 6)

Sally is really slaving away for you, but she started to build the botany. (Resources -3)
Rute is excited to go down the tunnel on her first real mission. The fool
Peter still has nothing to do and his mining vehicle is standing around, gathering space-dust.
Lev has also found himself forced to stop mining, because there is nowhere to store it.

Rolled 87

>>30232502
Peter can mine the water-

Rolled 75

>>30232519
Shit, I'm so tired.
They can both mine the ice*

>>30232502
I don't suppose Sally can teach her craft to somebody else to get some help?

Rolled 30

>>30232502
Instead of standing around doing nothing, the dudes near the ice should explore a bit to the right.

>>30232502
Have Lev clear out space for all the new rooms.

We should put Sally on break after the botany.

Peter shall explore to the left, for experience and to find the pink slug. Archibald goes with him.

Rolled 80

>>30232675
forgot to roll.

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Day: 75
>Resources: 11
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 20 (Max pop: 6)
Peter is now in the tunnel and started to gather the splish-splashy ice. Weirdly it seems like there is actual liquid water underneath the ice. Weird.
To be completely honest, he is a little freaked out by that.
Sally completed the structure of the botanics lab (resources -2) but you have nowhere near enough energy to turn on a single lightswitch inside there.
Rute is standing in front of the tunnel to the left now, while lev and Archibald went a little bit further to the right.

Rolled 88

>>30232710
Have one of the miners clear space for rooms and solar panels.

Give Sally a damn break.

Guess noone else is free to explore the left?

>>30232748
Rute is free. Sally is taking a break, she will be able to buidl rooms next time, but there will be a two day delay before it happens and she will eat a ration more.

Rolled 96

>>30232757
Sally is needed for a solar panel build? If not, create two.

Rolled 94

>>30232757
Have Rute build cover/roads to use. I'm a bit leery at sending someone who can't identify precious minerals.

>>30232710
Lets stop mining into whatever liquid water we are drilling into while we are at it, having an expensive mining machine fall down into god knows where seems like a bad idea.

>>30232831
We need a Chemist and/or Biologist to examine that water. And we need a lab for our eventual comrades to do that in.

Aye, sound idea.

>>30232710
There's probably lava in the heart of this asteroid.
We should funnel down a pipe so we can pump it up at high speeds when the space hippies come.

>>30232902
So, Peter and Rute move to the left to see what lurks there, while Sally takes a well deserved break and Lev analyses the water?

Commence construction on a pipeline for water so we can commence focusing our mining efforts on minerals instead of hauling ice in the elevator.

Also, we should construct some sort of gym/training area so that we can teach our people some basic self defense.

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Day: 79
>Resources: 10
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)
After two days of pouting and eating, Sally grumpily started building a new solar panel, but she takes her time with it. Working outside of the base all on her own really took its toll on her. (Food – 1 additionally)
Peter, scared of the liquid water, stopped mining down and concentrated on gathering the ice above.
Archibald stumbles further into the tunnel. You suspect he might have changed the water supply in his suit to some alcoholic beverage. But he reaches the end of the small ice field.
Lev is surfacing again to make room for new building sites.
Your crew grows increasingly worried that you won’t be able to meet the demands of MinCorp in 13 days.

>>30233054

Can we put up a little flag? Raise the crew's morale a bit.

Rolled 96

>>30233054
Guess we have to step it up then. Explore both directions with the mercenaries. Let them call Peter if they find something.

If there's no room to hold the water, get started on a bridge across the ice lake, big enough for the mining vehicle.

Lev can make a rudimentary storage room by himself, right? It can be unpowered, while the solar panel's being done.

>>30233054
Well, looks like we will need to get to working on that storage area fast, then get the two miners down to collect the crystal. Or hope the walrus will get delayed or something along those lines.

>>30233066
MinCorp provides.

>>30233103
>>30233054
wait, does the ice lake end in a cliff?

MC wants some green crystals?
Lets mine some green crystals.
If we go ahead with those pipes, maybe Sally will be happier working in the shaft with the miners.

>>30232212
Holy shit holy shit holy shit!
This is continuing! I missed episode two.
I'm having trouble containing my excitement. I love you OP.

>>30233054
I don't understand why we can't simply pile the crystal up outside? Or store it in those empty crates.

Lets build a warehouse then.

>>30233175
Well I hope this will kick up steam soon, coz its dragging like a spaceslug. (not surprisingly, considering the time9

>>30233182
Maybe they're all filled with junk rock?

>>30233183
I don't know about you, but the night's just begun for me.

Construct a survey robot thing to go out and look for new crystal sources!

>>30233183
I just need to catch up and then I'll participate with the force of 9000 suns.

When did you have episode 2?

>>30233188
>Maybe they're all filled with junk rock?
Remove the junk rock then, I don't know.
As far as I am concerned there is no reason why we can't pile them up outside.

>>30233182
Yeah, let's dump it in the noxious grey container. We need to get rid of that thing anyways.

>>30233198
few days ago. I wanna say... monday?

monday. Yes, that rolls of the tongue.

>>30233212
not that one
the other 2 crates

>>30233198

Last monday, I think.

OP has a twitter just for the game, so you could use that to stay updated, Iif you have twitter.

>>30233208
Well, how would we get all the stuff into the MinCorp ship? Slurp it up with our space-vacuum?

>>30233218
>>30233225
Ah, must have just missed it then.
I failed to pick up the twitter, could someone post it here? Would be good to have.
Not that I even know how twitter works

>>30233225
https://twitter.com/MinCorpPixel

theres said twitter.

errybody follow

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Day: 81
>Resources: 8
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)

Sally finished the construction of the solar panel, and immediately went back to the lounge. The energy is sufficient to run the second botany lab, but it has not shown results yet.

Lev has created a small shielded area where he stored the crates and the first pile of crystal. Peter started mining Crystal again, now that you have room to put it. But he is worried something might happen to them if they just lay around on the outside.

Rute went further into the tunnel to the left.

Archibald further into the tunnel to the right, where even his boozed up mind could feel that something wasn’t right. Even through the constant temperature of his Combat-Suit, a chill runs down his spine.

>>30233244
>Archibald further into the tunnel to the right, where even his boozed up mind could feel that something wasn’t right. Even through the constant temperature of his Combat-Suit, a chill runs down his spine.

AW SHIT GLOWING EYES. FUCK. RETREAT. Back to the miner.
Have the other merc guard the crystals then iif they are so worried that something might happen.

>>30233243
Yay, thanks. I twitter now!

>>30233244
Could we possible seal off the watery cavern with a door of some sort?
All that liquid water gives me the creeps

>>302332
Fuckity fuck, I don't like the look of those dots.

Send the mercs. Shoot anything that moves till it don't move no more.

>>30233244

AW SHIT

GET ARCHIBALD AWAY FROM THOSE EYES NOW

>>30233244
Archibald should move away and get some cover near Peter as fast as he can, and change the alcohol feed from his combat suit to some combat stimulants or something along those lines.

In the meantime Sally can work on a proper storage/shipping area for the crystals.

Rolled 71

>>30233237
yeah, I only have a twitter for following quest threads
>>30233244
RUTE, GET YOUR ASS TO THE RIGHT TUNNEL NOW.

Archibald, stay still and try to sober up.

Let Peter keep mining.

I agree with >>30233182
stuff the crystals in the red containers. Weld them if they're so damn worried about exposure.

Send in the mercs!
Do we have explosives? I remember asking for some back in ep1 but can't remember if we got them.

Rolled 11

>>30233244
If you don't mind, I'm gonna start compiling a list of facilities as I procrastinate for my exam.

Maybe you can host it on a pastebin?

>>30233244
god damnit, I leave for an hour and our senior merc gets drunk. Retreat back to the miner

>glnityt distance

Rolled 1

Maintanance Facilities:
-Water Recycler (good for x people)
-Hydroponics
--1 fully operational(1 ration per turn)
--1 starting up(0 ration per turn)
-Solar Panel(3)
--enough power to run x more rooms and lights

Basic Facilities
-Bunkroom(holds 6 people)
--1 person sleeping in lounge or something
-Lounge(recreation)
-Makeshift Storage
--Contains x units of Crystal
--risk of exposure to...the vacuum of space?
Water Storage
-62.5% capacity

Advanced Facilities
-Comms Tower
-Elevator
-Crane

Defense Facilities
-Basic Turret

Mining Facilities
-Mining Vehicle(2)
-Tunnel(lit at entrance)
-Ice Lake
--Appears to contain water underneath
-Crystal Vein(x units left)

I'll have to archive binge to figure out the rest

How is the game called where you take the pictures from?

>>30233323
go for it. I dont know shit about the computas, so pastebin is a big question mark for me.

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Day: 83
>Resources: 6
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)

Archibald bravely ventures forth in the direction opposite to where he was going just before. Over the speakers, you hear his fierce battlecry: “I donae like t’ go there”

Peter manages to get another unit of crystal while Sally starts to set up a warehouse. (resources -2)

Rute runs towards Archibald and Peter.

>>30233401
Paint.

>>30233409
set up defensive perimeter in front of the crustal pile

>>30233405
>You paste text there
>You get a link to it
>Share it to who you want to show the text
>???
>Profit!

Rolled 21

>>30233244
>>30233401
This, OP. This is the greatest of compliments. This is how good your art is.

>>30233405
I've only started using pastebin, and I don't know how to set things to public and private. Also, it feels weird to host the stats of a thread you don't OP.

>>30233409

Turn off the running lights on Peter's rig so Rute and Archibald run into each other comically.

>>30233409
Grab a box from outside and make a barricade in the tunnel.

Rolled 23

>>30233409
I don't think there's anything in particular to make an action for.

>>30233425
It really is amazing.

>>30233409
Have the two mercs protect Peter while he mines, we need to get 2 more units of crystal in 9 days

>>30233468
You're making barricades and can do whatever else you want...

>>30233482
have both of our miners mine crystal

Rolled 53

>>30233482
Yeah, but you made it sound like it took Rute 2 days to run over to the right.

>>30233510
he's drunk man

>>30233482

Get some guns. We're going to hunt aliens! I bet our bosses would be more interested in that than crystals.

>>30233510
How time goes by eh?

>>30233523
Or they'll just bitch at as for not making enough progress.

>>30233510
It's all happening at the speed of plot.

Let's barricade the right tunnel and rig it with motion sensors. The mercy can stay with the miners while they haul the crystals.
When the Walrus comes next, we'll see what we can do about purchasing some more security.

>>30233563
this, we need to mine the crystals. At least we know they will be happy with that.

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Day: 83
>Resources: 4
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 8 (Max pop: 6)

Sally has nearly completed construction of the warehouse, but she has become really depressed now, because Lev decided to go down the tunnel to join in on the fun, of which he has of course not been informed.

Rute and Archibald set up some defences while Peter continued drilling into the crystal vein. There doesn’t seem to be much left there, maybe one or two units above the ice.

Also there is a humongous alien creature with glowing eyes emerging from the darkness.

Rolled 12

>>30233587
Don't we need to find a new vein first? I don't think there's enough in this first one to meet the 10 unit quota.

>>30233587
We could always ask what MinCorps thinks about hunting aliens when the Walrus gets to us.

>>30233563
>>30233587

No way! If we discover some unknown alien creature the hunting rights alone could be huge. Think of the theme parks, the T-shirts, the novelty coffee mugs!

>>30233603
Shoot it and keep shooting it till it don't move.

Then shoot it some more to be absolutely sure it's down.

>>30233603

Oh shit.

Ohhh shit.

Run!

Rolled 72

>>30233603
Shoot, shoot, shootemup.

Sally should start building stuff in the tunnel, so she doesn't get lonely. Lights? Echolation Sensors?

>>30233608
They mandated only 3 units of the stuff.

>>30233613
Unless they hunt us. Maybe we can charge the locals for hunting us?

Speaking of which, we should get a xenobiologist aboard

>>30233603
Fffffuuuuu....

>>30233603
Send MinCorps a corpse.

>>30233603
SHOOT IIIIIIIIT

OKAY HERE'S THE PLAN

Sally makes a big cage and positions it over the top of the shaft while the guys keep it busy

Then the guys lure it under the shaft and Sally drops the cage.

Then we sell it.

Who's with me?

>>30233603
Shit, it's skarner
All this violence, hold your fire until it's either too close, or it reveals hostile behaviour

Rolled 80

>>30233657
This is better than just shooting it 'cause it moves..

Also, roll for >>30233658

>>30233617
>>30233636
>>30233654
You shoot it.
Can I have rolls as a reply on me for shooting?

Rolled 52

>>30233658
We've already lost one person, so my trigger finger is itchy.

But, for the sake of not being murderhobos, change >>30233636 to watching it for movement.

Rolled 59

>>30233679
I kinda rescinded my vote here >>30233636. I don't know if you'll count it, so rolling anyway.

Rolled 95

>>30233679

>>30233679
fucking humans..[/spoilers]

at least it won't rape us for now
>>30233707

We should think about requesting some sort of drone parts from mincorp to scout ahead for us. Would be quite a bit safer compared to sending less expendable people in.

Rolled 8

>>30233744
we can also use sonar or echolation.

I think if we dig down deep enough we might find some sort of alien civilization's ancient ruins.

The monster has to have come from somewhere, and this rock is lifeless.

>>30233751
Would those be able to find crystal veins, though?

>>30233778
Probably. Ultrasound sonar would pick up differences in the rock, such as crystal.

Rolled 68

>>30233778
Just knowing the tunnel structure should be helpful, and sonar can tell you some things visuals can't, like density and veins just underneath a layer of rock.

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Day: 85
>Resources: 2
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 2 (Max pop: 6)

Sally finally set up the warehouse. Good on you Sally. Maybe that will bring you over your crippling depression because you lost your best friend and had to work like a slave to cover up for his loss while eating him because the others threw him into the recycling facility. Jolly good.

Archibald and Rute open up fire.
Archibald inflicts heavy damage, his hands are as steady as the ones of a neurosurgeon, although his head is tumbling from one side to the other.
Rutes bullets bounce off of the plated body of the creature.

It seems to be retreating.

>>30233796
Shoot it more. Aim for the legs. Stop it running. Then move in for the kill.

>>30233796
Have them all, including the drilling machine, charge after it!

Rolled 6

>>30233796
Since we already started this...

Hunt the creature down. Don't let it call for reinforcements.

Get Sally down the tunnel before she kills herself or something. Make some pet drones or sonar detectors.

>>30233796
>Sally finally set up the warehouse. Good on you Sally. Maybe that will bring you over your crippling depression because you lost your best friend and had to work like a slave to cover up for his loss while eating him because the others threw him into the recycling facility. Jolly good.

Blame the idiots who decided to "study" the slug instead of killing it. Holy shit.

Send Sally to the lounge and have one of the miners keep her company.

>>30233796

Chase it into the hole! Kill it! Eat the corpse!

Rolled 84

>>30233796
Sally should rest, and be work-free until the next shipment.

And I guess that the thing's kind is gonna be hella pissed either way, but I say let it go, it's not like it's gonna get voted anyway

>>30233809
>>30233810
>>30233814
>>30233838
You chase after the creature. Please roll for that as a reply on me.

Rolled 66

>>30233796
Set up a barrier and some SUPER BRIGHT lights, I doubt this alien as accustomed to alot of light so it could be useful

Leave the alien thing alone. Don't go fucking chasing it into the darkness, are you people insane?

Rolled 40

>>30233867

Like this?

Rolled 77

>>30233867
>inb4 under 40

>>30233873
Thank you, although I'm not sure if you're just afraid of the dark, or you didn't want to kill it to begin with

Rolled 96

>>30233867
do be cautious

Rolled 17

>>30233867

>>30233886
>Thank you, although I'm not sure if you're just afraid of the dark, or you didn't want to kill it to begin with

I just think it is stupid to leave barricaded position and go chasing it into its own territory

>>30233904
You're right, but I think we got away with it this time, thanks to >>30233889

>>30233917
I'm pretty sure OP takes the first roll and not the best of x, unless he changed his policy

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Day: 86
>Resources: 2
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 2 (Max pop: 6)

Rute and Archibald go after the creature, but they can’t catch up and it disappears into the darkness.
Rute blames Archibalds wobbliness but secretly she is glad to stay near the defensive position and wants to retreat back to it.

Peter stopped mining because what little crystal is left in the vein is hardly worth drilling into.
Lev joins his comrade but there is no more crystal left to be mined.

Sally went to spend some time in the lounge, where Martha keeps her company.

Rolled 66

>>30233939
Make a lab at the bottom of the elevator. Light the place up too.

The lab can also double as a defensible fort.

Peter should go left, with Rute, while Lev goes right with Archibald.

>>30233939

Let's get Peter and the two mooks to go into the creature's tunnel slowly. I bet we can find lots of crystals down there.

>>30233959
Sounds risky but I don't think there are many alternatives.

Unless the tunnel on the left has something valuable.

...We should also prepare for the possibility that the tunnel on the left has more aliens and by chasing the big bug to the right tunnel all those miners and soldiers are going to get surrounded and have their escape route cut of...

Rolled 41

>>30233939
Sally should not work until the next shipment

Rute should keep watch of the right side by the barricades, and Archibald can take one or both miners to explore the left

Rolled 11

>>30233939
What's that crack at the bottom of the the airlock in the base of the comms tower?
Roll for inspect.

>>30233953
let Sally rest for a while.

>The lab can also double as a defensible fort.
Agree with this though. Lets light up them tunnels.

>>30233959
>>30233984
You guys really want someone to get killed, don't you? Why not wait few more days for the supply ship to come and request some device which will help us locate more crystal veins?

>>30233998

Come on, it's exciting! A mysterious monster on a seemingly dead world? The stuff movies are made of! Think of the royalties!

Rolled 54

>>30234002
And said movies usually have most of the poor and often retarded crew dieing to some gnarly alien

Can we take the turret apart and set it up elsewhere? Putting it in the tunnels seems like a better idea right now.

>>30234009
ignore the dumbass please ;_;

>>30233998
>>30233990
>>30233953
You have neither the resources, nor the parts for an entire laboratory, but Sally can start building something down there with what you have left.

Rolled 33

>>30234025
Do the lights first. The real reason she's there is to have company, anyway.

>>30234009

Well, not if we're careful. It's not like anything biological could stop a mining drill.

>>30234025
Let her rest. Can't someone else set up lights in the tunnels?

>>30234048
Lights are fairly easy to set up, a miner could do it. yes.

>>30234058

Okay, let's set up some lights. And maybe bring a box of first aid equipment or extra guns or something down too. set up a little checkpoint.

So, setting up lights and Sally should rest, which is what she is already doing so it's not an action.

Anything else you want to do?

>>30234039
you call that being carefull?

>Oh I'm sure an alien cant do alien things!

Rolled 90

>>30234107
have Sally read scifi horror.....no that's a terrible idea.

Rolled 41

>>30234107
build a barricade with lots of bright lights on the right side that can be switched on and off for when aliums come

>>30234109

It's fine, this isn't a movie, anon. The poor creature is probably more scared of us than we are of it.

>>30234107

We'll need a secure airlock system with cameras, armored, at each side of the cave system, capable of letting mining vehicles through, that way aliums can't just waltz up our mineshaft.

>>30234136
you want them to die don't you, you fag.

>>30234107
>>30234117
Give Sally anti female hysteria device. That should relax her a bit.

>>30234126
that seems to be about what people want (minus lab and such), but you'd need to call off Sally for that

>>30234152

Actually not a bad idea.

Someone give her the dick.

>>30234025

lets drill into the Ice. Lev said that theres probably more cristals under it

>>30234189

Not yet, we need a secure fallback position first in case of flooding and/or aliums. For now, we should instead concentrate on securing the bottom of the shaft and increasing food production.

>>30234193

well at least we should store our surplus cristals to fill the next month quota.
building a blast door where the alien came from wouldnt hurt too

>>30234193

Do we really have the time to worry about that? Let's drill first then flee if it collapses and beg our corporate masters for help using the old Workplace Health and Safety excuse.

>>30234157

can we transfer the turret to the tunnel?

>>30234193
Hell, for that matter, the other direction needs exploring, might be more crystals that way.

>>30234214

Both sides, you never know what the fuck might happen. That way we can pressurize to the bottom of the shaft, and leave the vehicles down there and build a motor pool around them. It'll also make further construction easier, since we might able to make crash-bunks down there for time-sensitive work.

>>30234220

>Beg the space-based megacorp who dumped a bioweapon on us for workers comp

YEAH, THAT'LL WORK.

Plan for the worst, besides, right now we only really NEED a single set of blast doors on each side, we can make a proper airlock and other stuff later.

>>30234157
let her rest.

Can we make a spot-light which can light up the tunnels far in distance?

>>30234231

yeah but the controls to the doors should be on our comand center in case of flooding, and there should be a third door preventing whatever is down there from entering our station

I think we should plant some explosive charges around the bottom of the main shaft.

That way if the underground is ever overrun we can just blow it shut.

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Day: 90
>Resources: 1
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 2 (Max pop: 6)
Sally spends a lot of time in the lounge, reading Sci-Fi horror stories, that have surprisingly little Sci-fi-Horror in them but a lot of romance. She calms down a lot.

Rute and Archibald continue to oversee the drilling operations, but there haven’t been any incidents for the past couple of days.

Lev and Peter are drilling down with great expectations to find something underneath the ice.

>>30234270
PIRATES!!!

Rolled 23

>>30234270
Collect blood samples from the alien to send to the Walrus

>>30234292
Calm down, it's the Walrus coming

>>30234292
That's our supply ship.

>>30234270

can we drain thar water to our reciclyng center?
but before that, have it analized by someone on our crew or the Walrus' crew

is our mining equipment water proof?

>>30234298
....sorry ;_;

Rolled 9

>>30234270
crap, are we out of food? What's the status on those hydroponics?

We might have to hunt those aliens just for food.

>>30234270

If Sally feels up to it, have her start building a motor pool with room for 4 mining vehicles at the bottom of the shaft, with airlocks on each tunnel with hardened blast doors on the outer side of each tunnel. Spotlights and cameras with both remote and local controls.

>>30234270
What if we are mining to greedily, to deeply?

Rolled 71

>>30234270
get expidition leader to czech out that passing ship, and see if the sally cant take a look at that crack at the base of the comms tower

Rolled 47

>>30234270
We better get some food. Otherwise I guess we can fill up on ice...

Rolled 77

>>30234270

Can we have either Rute or Achibald head up to the surface? Let's explore overland to the right a little. I want to see how the terrain is.

>>30234332

if we get an extra engeneer we can trade off cristals for extra food

>>30234270
Fuck yeah! Asteroid Explorer!

>>30234324
This

>>30234360

I think its dangerous to leave our mining operations with only one merc.

>>30234389
I think I'd rather have a botanist and a few more hydroponics bays, the food situation is kind of out of control at the moment.

>>30234270

Can we build at least one blast door with that 1 resource? if yes we should build one protectiong us from the alien tunnel

>>30234270
Do we have a hot spring? we should make an underground hot spring, for reasons and stuff!

>>30234397

we get regular shippings man, and we can always turn to cannibalism.But yeah, food is important too

I was actualy thinking it's a more pressing matter to defend ourselfs from the underdark.

>>30234417
Well that would be way more Recreational than our lounge

So, why did you guys shoot the alien instead of trying to scare it away by shooting around it first?

>>30234270

Can we buld a powerful spotlight on the barricades facing further the tunnels?

>>30234430
We freaked out man

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Day: 92
>Resources: 21
>Current pop: 7 (1 Engineer, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)

You heare a voice over the intercome “Greetings, you’re still here. Must’ve been lucky”. Shortly afterwards your screen flickers and presents a visibly exhausted Captain Boris. “Anyway, this will be our last shipment, and we’ll make it fast, I can’t be dealing with this bloody sector anymore” Without waiting for you to ask him what was wrong he continues: “The whole damn sector is filled with pirates, next time MinCorp will send a different ship. Armed one I guess. But they won’t have a whole lot of space for your supplies so get ready for some cutbacks.”
You arrange for the exchange of Crystal (-4), and let the Captain know that you have a little bit more. He offers you 1 unit of resources for 1 unit of Crystals.

He also has some personell for you to hire: (You can pick up to two)
Dr. Leopold Grunting(Psychologist)
Paroli Cefrin (Engineer)
Dr. Bernhard Shraf (Doctor)
Prof. Lea Rant (Xenobiologist)
Heinrich Kraut (Mechanic)


And some goods (You can pick one):
>A high calibre defensive turret
>Shuttle parts
>A welding torch of huge proportions
>A ground transporting vehicle
>A set construction materials for a basic laboratory
>A insect farm (+2 food per week)
> A tree giant of Porox IV with glass dome and soil provided

>>30234430

We already lost a crew member to space creatures! We purge xeno scum now!

Rolled 75

>>30234444

Xenobiologist and Mechanic.

Vehicle.

>>30234444
Definitly the engineer, can't have Sally having a breakdown, and the xenobiologist

Materials for laboratory, so we can analyse stuff

>>30234444
>Paroli Cefrin (Engineer)
>Dr. Bernhard Shraf (Doctor)
>A insect farm (+2 food per week)

We should be able to expand the insect farm as well as botany.

>>30234444

I'm gonna go with sell the crystal for lab components, we can have the botanist do some work for now.

For crew, I think that another Engineer and a xenobiologist are needed (Psych we'll get next, but a second engineer will help more than that for now)

And obviously, we'll get the insect farm.
(Unless we can ask what the fuck that tree is for)

>>30234444

Paroli Cefrin
Lea Rant

Turret to defend agains pirates

Rolled 63

>>30234444
Paroli and Lea, pretty please. Oh and that insect farm looks mighty attractive in light of our future cutbacks...

>>30234444
>> A tree giant of Porox IV with glass dome and soil provided

what is this? explain

If no explanation then the insect farm.

> MinCorp will send a different ship. Armed one I guess. But they won’t have a whole lot of space for your supplies so get ready for some cutbacks
Does this mean we will get less food?

>He also has some personell for you to hire: (You can pick up to two)
Paroli Cefrin (Engineer)

>>30234444

OH!

Also, get a blood sample of that alien we shot and offer it to trade in exchange for more materials (resources/food)

>>30234444
by the way, what's the tree giant

>>30234444
Dr. Leopold Grunting(Psychologist)

>A insect farm (+2 food per week)

>>30234492
YES, good thing you remembered that, I had asked for one to be collected and forgotten about it

>>30234492
I support this!

>>30234476

we have been lucky with the pirates but I think thats not going to last

>>30234444
Keep 1 unit of Crystal, sell the rest

Mechanic and Xenobiologist. Sally can chum it up with Heinrich.

I vote for the lab materials. Our builders can work out something to protect against pirates.

>>30234489
>>30234493
Martha your botanist could tell you more. But all that Boris can reveal to you is that ist is a huge indigenous plant from the planet Porox IV, and that it is said to have all kinds of magical properties.

And yes, it means less goods and less food.

>>30234492
4thed

>>30234511
Yeah, but we flat out do not have enough food to last until the next shipment.

>>30234535

Ask her over comms about it.

And what's the status of that blood sample?

>>30234535
How about we ask Martha and don't simply believe some magic rumors?

Also: They already took 4 of your crystals.
You can only exchange 1 Crystal for 1 resource, nothing else.

>>30234561
Why 4? they asked for 3 last time they showed up.

>>30234561

Hmm..

Alright, can we swap that "resource" for food?

I think our best bet is as follows:

Insect Farm
Mechanic
Engineer
Sell crystal for food

Sell alien blood (If we can get enough food to last until next month, sell the crystal for the big turret instead)

>>30234573
From the OP
> They promptly demanded a steady supply of at least 4 units of Crystal per month.

>>30234573
youre right, will correct that

>>30234582
That one was already a mistake, just checked with the previous thread.

Also: Insect farm has majority I think.

What people do you want?

>>30234600
can we ask bio lady about the magic tree before the final decision?

>>30234582
From last thread.
>The Red Walrus sends down its cargo, granting you 20 resources and 16 food to spend during the next 30 days. After you send up a small sample of crystal to the ship, Boris remarks that this is the sort of substance MinCorp is interested in. He mandates 3 units of this crystal in order to sustain your little colony. Any other crystal you dig you can either trade for additional food or resources, or keep for yourselves.

>>30234600
The psychologist

>>30234600

See >>30234580

For suggestions.

Do we have 2 actual crystal to trade?

>>30234600
Mechanic and Xenobiologist

still no update on the alien blood?

>>30234600
We need a second engineer period.

>>30234612
She would have to examine it up close.
For now, it is a magic tree.

>>30234600
At least the engineer, then maybe either the xenobiologist or the mechanic

>>30234620
Why the hell do you want a psychologist?

>>30234600
Mechanic OR engineer, we don't want the extra food burden.

>>30234543

what good will it make if the pirates take all our food and resources?

we can always build more hidroponics and stuff

>>30234633
prevent space madness and depression.

How are we supposed to have a waifu simulator IN SPACE if our prime females are constantly freaking out?

>>30234630
Okay I think we should get it, we could at least splice and apple tree or something to the trunk to increase food production.

>>30234600
>>30234617
I stand corrected.
If we have 2 crystals to trade in, then ask for the insect farm and the lab parts

>>30234639
We have two mercs and a defense turret already, we do not have significant supplies of food.

>>30234641
Exactly

>>30234600

engeneer and xeno

>>30234644
We can only trade crystals for resources, not things.

>>30234658
A psychologist doesn't provide any extra bang for the buck, though. Useless, and can't provide any quantifiable morale benefit that extra facilities couldn't. Would just be another useless mouth-breather that we'd have to feed.

Guys, I think we should skip the lab components THIS MONTH, and get the insect farm and big-ass gun turret, as those are the biggest holes right now.

We should sell the final crystal and an alien blood sample straight up for food, as much as we can get, and some construction materials.

>>30234653

that defence turret is useless against ships, we are literaly sitting ducks

>>30234670

I'm sure a spacer realises the problems of NOT ENOUGH FOOD, and will sell extra to us at an inflated price to make up our shortfall (ie: The food that would basically be free compared to big-ticket would instead only give us 3-5 weeks of food)

Alright guys. You don't get it.
You can't trade crystals for special parts. Only one for one resource.
It may or may not be a little bit of a rip off. Depends on you.

>>30234697

Ok, I'm confused, you mean we can't get the listed parts, but only food/resources?

What about that alien blood?

>>30234675
What if the physiologist can help us understand the Alien and perhaps make friends with it using psycho analysis mumbo jumbo.

>>30234712
>making friends with aliens

laughingcolonialmarines.jpeg

>>30234712

Fuck that, it's getting killed and possibly eaten. Or captured and sold to a space zoo.

>>30234697
I see, then no, we keep the crystal

>>30234708
You get one of the listed parts.
But you can't trade crystals for one of those.

OKAY OKAY
If we have two spare crystal, we get the Insect Farm and Lab Materials, if not, just the Farm.

We hire (personal preference) just the engi, because he will fill a niche we don't have and will also provide a clunky but somehow effective synergy with Sally.
But most people want another person, which I think is silly, because food burden.
But if we do get another person, it's the xenofreek

>>30234708
we can get ONE listed part.

we can TRADE our crystals for more resources. that's it.

dunno about the alien blood.

Well then, we obviously need:

Insect Farm for food
Engineer
Mechanic (Without a lab the xenobiologist is useless, and our vehicles will need maintenance, he can also help build)

Trade crystal to stockpile food, at least 1 unit, 2 if it'll get us to a 6 week stockpile.

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>>30234719
But a xeno would rek ANY pirates that try to come after us!

>>30234697

I still vote we get the turet and no people so we can defend agains the Pirates. Nest month we worry about other things

>>30234807
We don't have enough on us for pirates to try to get past the defenses we do have, yes a ship would blow us out of the water, but that just means they get exactly as little as they would have before.

>>30234807

Pirates have only been a problem for ships coming to us. If they're a problem, they're a future one. Right now we 100% for sure have an alien in the tunnels and we 100% for sure had someone die to a space slug.

Xenobiologist is, in my opinion 100% necessary.

Magic tree would be nice too.

>>30234823
seconding

>>30234823

If we get 1 person and the insect farm our food will last the 4 weeks necessary

>>30234729
Restating my vote for clarity:
Keep extra crystals,
Hire either the engineer or the mechanic (like >>30234758 said, no lab for xenobio)
Get the insect farm

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Day: 92
>Resources: 21
>Current pop: 9 (2 Engineers, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist. 1 Xenobiologist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)

The Captain of the Walruss sends down two new Crewmembers. The young and enthusiastic Paroli Cefrin comes running through the airlock and hugs you instantly. She seems like a nice girl you think, after she kisses you on the cheek. Maybe a bit naïve.

Behind her, Prof. Rant slowly walks through. His eyes are shielded from the artificial light by dark sunglasses. As you extend your hand towards him, he ignores you and simply asks, with a slight accent, “where is my sleeping compartment?”.
You show them around, Paroli Cefrin seems impressed with your progress. Prof Rant decided to stay in the quarters with the reasoning that is was to early in the day to do something productive.

Before the Walruss departs again, you ask the Captain to take a look at some blood samples you sent up. He promises to deliver them to the nearest laboratory and states that his freighter is not properly equipped for analysis with the reasoning that it was just a freighter. He says he will do his best to deliver you the results, but seeing as he probably won’t come back here, you somehow doubt that.

Where would you like to have the ant farm?

>>30234879
Next to the botany bays/water recycler

>>30234879

Woah, hey, we wanted to buy enough food to live, too, with our crystal.

As for the ant farm, why not just past our current hydroponics?

>>30234894
>>30234898
This but put a gap room (Like the one in between the two current hydroponics bays) in between just in case the ants get out

>>30234879
think we can rig up some more lights down in the mine? that xeno has not shown up for awhile.

>>30234898
When Ostrich said
>You can't trade crystals for special parts. Only one for one resource.
He means "Resource" the base resource with the wrench icon

>>30234935

Ah, I assumed he meant for one resource we use, like food or water, or building materials.

>>30234907
This

>>30235004
that reminds me, How big are these ants?

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Day: 94
>Resources: 20
>Current pop: 9 (2 Engineers, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist. 1 Xenobiologist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)

Paroli immediately begins constructing the ant farm with the help of Sally.
They are making incredible progress because they had most of the parts from the freighter and Sally seems to be enjoying work for once. Paroli is enjoying it as well, but that seems to be the case with everything she does. ( -1 resource)

However, after finishing the ant farm and trying to make it run, you notice major energy fluctuations and have to press the emergency-shut-off-button. Good thing you had that one.

You won’t be able to run it, if you don’t get more energy.

Meanwhile your miners are steadily hauling Crystal (+1). Your Mercs are on guard, but are slowly getting tired of it.


Also: I am going soon, so next one will probably be the last post.

>>30235018
Genetic modify them to tunnel for us!

>>30235038

Have the mercs start rotating guard shifts, and build another solar panel.

Have our xenobiologist do what work he can on the alien blood and the proteins in the water.

>>30235038
Get mercs on rotation. Pull the turret into the tunnels where the barricades are.
Build another solar power

Can anybody recommend a game that plays similarly to this? Like dwarf fortress/starbound crossed with XCOM or something.

>>30235067
Rimworld comes close.

>>30235038
Have our eager engineers build more solar panels

And yes, make shifts/rotations for the mercs

>>30235067
Rimworld is pretty good

Here's a video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWcy7KJcxo

Could we use the flow of the water being recycled to produce energy via waterwheel?

>>30235038
More solar panels. We need more power to run the ant farm and we need it fast incase the ants die unless the farm isn't activated soon.

>>30235082
Also, do we have a way of storing excess energy so it doesn't go to waste? We need to find a better way to make electricity then solar panels everywhere.

>>30235084
Oh shit, you're right.
Actually, we should redirect power from somewhere else to ant farm till we build new solars

>>30235115
you havent

>>30235082
thats getting pumped artificially itself

>>30235129
Well, then I would suggest making a battery of some sort to do that.

>>30235077
This. Rotating shifts for the guards, but keep the other one close at hand in case shit goes down.

Maybe we could see if there's a spring under the ice? Fat chance, since it's an asteroid, but hey, can't hurt, right?

Or can it?

>>30235038

Jesus, can we build a better power generator with the resources we have? A small cold fusion reactor.

>>30235160
that sounds both difficult and expensive

Hey, hey, I had an idea. Instead of having more fuckhuge solar arrays taking up space on the surface, could we maybe just take the flat photovoltaic panels and layer the roofs of our structures? Maybe find a hillside that faces the sun most often and just put a bank of them to soak up the rays?

>>30235168

Its the future! If not that something that could generate more power than the solar panels. If we keep doing what we are going most of the surface of the asteroid will be solar panels and we still will not get enough power.

>>30235187
You have no idea how complex power stations are, do you

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Day: 96
>Resources: 19
>Current pop: 9 (2 Engineers, 2 Mineralogists, 1 Expedition leader, 2 Mercenaries, 1 Botanist. 1 Xenobiologist)
>Rations 14 (Max pop: 6)

As Paroli cheerfully begins construction of the new solar panels, she notices that the ones you set up until now are in pretty bad shape. The constant exposure to space-winds and other space-hazards really took their toll on them.
For now, they are working though.

While Rute guards the Miners, Archibald is spending some time in the lounge. He would have been fine with guard duty if the bar in the lounge wasn’t screwed to the floor.

Upon hearing the News, Lev suggests looking for stone that contains Carbon in high quantities. (Anorganic). Which would work for a power plant.