>>31740076
Your hive has expanded in size.
>General Storage room – large empty space for storage of various items and resources, currently holding small pile of food, the remains of local creatures, and research samples
>reservoir chamber – large dug out tank and lined with waterproofed organic compounds to prevent leaks or contamination. Offers steady supply of water in the event emergency. Water flow from the spring has been re-routed until it is filled.

Potential new construction
>Nursery – large room that offers more space for egg storage
>Dedicated storage – either modifying current storage or building a storage room dedicated to a certain good would decrease the threat of contamination or infection.
>Laboratory – a sealed location for performing experiments on local specimens would decrease the chance of contamination or infection, and permit thinkers to perform more risky procedures, increasing research speed.
>Throne room – moving yourself to a location deeper within the hive may provide greater safety in the event of attack.
>Infrastructure – (15 Nutrients, 1 thinker to operate) basic infrastructure in the form of living surfaces to detect and regulate humidity and temperature within the hive, regulate water flow to help prevent flooding, and seal off rooms with doorways made of membranes of living tissue.
>Other (write in)

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>>31740096
>Last thread http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Hive%20Queen%20Quest
>Twitter https://twitter.com/HiveQueenQuest
>Biology of the Hive http://pastebin.com/ucjHL4Tq

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 240
Metals: 25

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Queen – 5
Worker (20) – 40
Warrior (2) – hatch in 1 day
Thinker (3) – 9
Speaker – 3
Nutrient costs: 57

>Income
Nutrients: 50
Net: -7

>Current research underway – Ocean substance, this strange, lethal substance seems to be capable of severing your control over your drones.

>Available research options
Lightning gun – Very slow, potential of failure and destruction of sample device
Local fauna samples – Medium, (cost 10 Nutrients in lost food) testing locally gathered food sources may yield insight into the nature of the local biology

>Research has produced new adaptations
Legs – EM sensitivity, the small sensors on the legs of the dissected predator are adapted to detect and home in on electric fields to find food underground. Drones with this adaptation will be able to sense electric currents at a distance at the cost of speed.

Antennae – Olfactory enhancement, dissection of the alien predator has revealed that it is actually blind. Its head is covered in powerful olfactory receptors capable of following a scent at great distance. Drones with this adaptation would be able to follow the scent trail of known creatures or objects at great distances at the cost of other senses. By further dulling other senses the effect can be boosted.

Mandibles – Vocalizer, observation of the human has granted the knowledge of creating a replica mouth capable of forming verbal speech. The mandibles have been reduced in size to form a single layer of chitin analogous to teeth, with the vocal chords and tongue needed to form language. Drones with this adaptation can speak verbally with other races in their own language at the cost of utility.

>>31740076
>>Refuse to give back the lightning gun
dammit we should've hidden that.

>2 thinkers stand idle
wait don't they not hatch until tomorrow? 3 days incubation?

we need to research the ocean spores and spicy jelly, though. which i think we already are?

>>31740096
>>Laboratory – a sealed location for performing experiments on local specimens would decrease the chance of contamination or infection, and permit thinkers to perform more risky procedures, increasing research speed.
yes that.

>Give back the lightning gun

...we can loot his comrade's body next.

we need to do that right now in fact. back to that creature's clearing!

>send 3 drones there to salvage the dead guy

>>31740138
They had 1 day of incubation when you layed the new workers, so they hatched at the same time, and yes, you are currently researching the ocean spores, I just wanted to list out other potential research subjects that you could assign other thinkers to, or have the thinkers help boost current research.

>>31740076
>Other
Order the workers to kill the human. We cannot let him go back to his people. They will try to exterminate us.

>>31740183
well in that case boost current research.

we need steady food supply.

>>31740076
>Refuse to give back the gun
>Explain it as "We would like to study it. Simply say you lost it in a scuffle. It is, technically, true after all."

>>31740183
If we research the lightning gun, will we be able to create biological versions of it?

I mean, we have genetic memory that allows us to create a goddamn warp drive.

>>31740245
>biological versions of it?
we are capable of creating technology, it's not like we have biological FTL drives.

it's not the kind of thing that seems suitable to biology.

>>31740076
>Send 6 workers as escort to the edge of human lands with guy, then let only speaker take him. For protection
>Send 10 out foraging for sources of food.
>Apply thinkers to the other thinker's research project immediately.

>>31740076
>Refuse to give back the lightning gun
Also kill him. You people are ridiculous. Do you have any sense of self-preservation? Diplomacy means death.

>>31740245
Yes, once you reverse engineer it you will be able to make more, however there is a chance that the sample will be destroyed and your attempts to understand it will fail. It will likely still need metals to produce, however.
>>31740270
it's both, technically. Machine components grown into organic devices to make it easy to repair and maintain.

>>31740096
>New construction topic:

When workers get back from foraging, make a dedicated Laboratory, then a throne room in that order.

>>31740076
send 3 workers to salvage the other dead human's suit for technology and another lightning gun.

send 9 workers to build a Laboratory.

send 4 out to forage for food.

i.... guess we're stuck giving the lightning gun back. i am kinda curious how colonists stranded on deathworld will react to nonaggressive aliums.

>>31740076
>The camp is about a day’s walk up-stream
I thought we were at the source of the river up the mountainside?

>>31740350
They will kill us, because a false-positive judgement of threat is better than a false-negative. It is Star Trek level naivete to send him back.

>>31740350
Considering how dangerous this planet is I think they'll be glad something here isn't out to kill them.

>>31740308
Ah, but we only need to find the metals to create more. So we might have to create a digging operation to create advanced technology and make specialized drones that can process and refine ore for us to use.

>>31740389
You should calm your paranoid pants, anon. We don't know they'll try to kill us ,especially with this guy on our side.

>>31740436
Yeah I'm wondering what our genetic memory has to say about that.

We don't have organic smelting, do we? Or will we construct a furnace.

>>31740473
I was thinking we would have a drone with a digestive system that eats rocks and shits metals.

>>31740131
3 workers to retrieve human remains and technology from jungle
4 workers to forage for more food

build Laboratory to contain experimental samples

>>31740388
He seems to be referring to another source of water, upon questioning he informs you it drains rain water into the river along the base of your mountain.

>Use thinkers to boost current research
>use thinkers to start more research
>use a thinker to micromanage hive (offers stat boost to rolls done by drones, but thinker cannot perform other tasks)

>>31740463
We don't know that they won't. The prisoner has no loyalty to us. I'm not paranoid. You're naive. I thought this was alien hive queen quest, not happy sunshine diplomacy quest.

>>31740463
> We don't know they'll try to kill us
We do know that they can't kill us if they don't know we exist, though. That is certainly better.

>especially with this guy on our side.
even he is faintly terrified on an irrational level.

the one thing is that there aren't many of them, they're stranded not here on purpose, and so they might avoid conflict if they can.

the trouble might only come when more people come rescue them, and recognize what we are.

>>31740508
>>Use thinkers to boost current research

>>31740508
>>use thinkers to start more research
Research the lightning gun.

>>31740508
>Use thinkers to boost research.

>>31740540
It is alien hive queen quest, it's not murder all organic lifeforms JUST IN CASE quest either.

We just want to go about it a different way.

It is worth noting that because of our delay, their allies could have found the remains of the other human and collected it's equipment already.

They obviously want to hide tech from us. however they are lacking in communication with their kind. being stuck as they are we could kill them later and loot their guns, or steal them all, not to mention we have knowledge of advanced tech already.

I say we do return the gun just to create the illusion of being harmless. Not sure if we should spell out that we know they don't want to share their tech or pretend to be savages.
Either way, if they believe we are returning their tech unmolested they will let their guard down more.

>>31740622
Just keep him here until we're done researching the lightning gun so we have an equalizer.

No one is advocating killing all the humans, we're just being cautious.

>>31740622
>murder
the point is to remain hidden until we are strong.

then it will be safe to talk to aliens whose knowledge and threat assessment towards our species are unknown.

>>31740647
>It is worth noting that because of our delay, their allies could have found the remains of the other human and collected it's equipment already.
Yeah, I suggested salvage in last thread, but we didn't get to it during the 2 day timeskip to eggs hatching.

did we do anything in that time actually?

>>31740662
Some players are advocating killing the humans.

>>31740622
I did not mention genocide. I'm just saying that we should not let this human go. He will alert the others to our presence.
>if they believe we are returning their tech unmolested they will let their guard down more
No. Once they learn that we exist they will do the opposite of let their guard down. They will try to kill us because that is what a species concerned with its survival does when faced with a threat.
>>31740662
I do. I think we should either kill them all or gain control over them with our hive mind.

>>31740647
>however they are lacking in communication with their kind
by that i am referring to them being lost in space, crashlanded with no communication to their sparefaring bretheren.

>Not sure if we should spell out that we know they don't want to share their tech or pretend to be savages.
I am seeing 3 paths here
1. We are smart enough to figure out that you actually don't want us to reverse engineer it... we don't mind because we are that friendly
- sounds silly and we lack a frame of reference to it.
2. We are smart enough to figure out that you actually don't want us to reverse engineer it... we don't mind because we are more advanced than that.
3. we play stupid, get underestimated.

I am leaning towards 3

>>31740692
>>31740662
I'd be okay keeping him around, I guess, until he's healed/our research is done.

>>31740692
>Yeah, I suggested salvage in last thread, but we didn't get to it during the 2 day timeskip to eggs hatching.
And I upvoted it. furthermore I am pretty sure i suggested we salvage it and bury it right outside our cave without letting him see it.

>>31740698
no, just advocating killing one human as a coverup.

we're kinda committed at this point though. it'd be weird to reverse course when we already created a Speaker drone and offered to take him back right now.

>>31740508
Thinkers boosting current research

The topic of the human seems to be the most split
>return the lightning gun
>refuse

>>31740730
We're not committed. We did not send him away. There is still time to reverse this retarded course of action you retards chose last thread.
>refuse
Also, do not let him go.

>>31740738
>>refuse
We can give it to him after we've reverse engineered it.

>>31740738
>>return the lightning gun
Can we retroactively have sent drones to retrieve the other guy's tech while the eggs were incubating?

and not have let him see the salvage, just brought them somewhere closer outside the hive.

>>31740692
Your workers were foraging, and building in your hive.
The humans seem to have a bad track record with entering the jungle.

>>31740738
Do a contentious vote. Only the reply and only the number corresponding to the option; no greentexting.

Like this:
>[1] Return the lightning gun.
>[2] Keep the lightning gun.

>>31740706
But they're literally a 'seek out intelligent life' group of humans. That is the least hostile they can get.

>>31740706
>No. Once they learn that we exist they will do the opposite of let their guard down. They will try to kill us because that is what a species concerned with its survival does when faced with a threat.
They can't kill us, they are too few and without support. They are lost and alone on a hostile planet

By let their guard down I mean "more likely to share info about their society, and more likely to tell us about those people they are fighting in space"
then when we have that info we either kill them and loot their tech. or we use them to form an alliance with their kind against the apples or whatever other monstrosity is out there.

Then again. your suggestion is tempting as all hell.

>>31740768
1

>>31740747
Yes, but it's very very strange when we hatched the Speaker, and then had its first words as an offer to return Spaceman Lee to his 'hive', and then we suddenly imprison or terminate him.

In fact, completely unexplainable beyond sheer insanity. a common symtom of Quest MCs, but still.

>>31740738
>Refuse if we only have the one
>It's fine if we picked up another.

>>31740738
>>return the lightning gun
We should've hidden it. Ah well.

Is there any reason to believe the humans would be hostile towards us other than the assumption that humans are automatically hostile to everything?

>>31740738
>return the lightning gun

>>31740768
>no greentexting.
its actually
>Use only the number
>Don't quote the action, just the number
>Don't greentext
>Quote post of vote
>No extra text
the reason is because it makes every vote look identical. the reason that works is because your IP is checked and you aren't allowed to make identical posts within 5 minutes of a post.

>>31740738
>>refuse

>>31740820
>We should've hidden it. Ah well.

How would they know if we simply don't allow him to leave?

We can let him go when we reverse engineered that shit.

>>31740824
>believe the humans would be hostile
This human has a visceral fear response to our appearance and even our human-imitating Speaker drone.

Some species are prone to irrational impulses.

The chance is low, especially with them already desperate for survival, but it's highly possible that our species is well-known as a threat by this Union.

>>31740854
>How would they know if we simply don't allow him to leave?
>We can let him go when we reverse engineered that shit.
we already told him 2 days, how do you explain extra delay?
reverse engineering most likely to destroy the object in process

>>31740854
We already committed to letting him go after 2 days, rather than when his leg heals, or any other criteria.

revealing our presence is a foolhardy risk, i agree, but we're already on this path, and there are potential rewards for this risk--knowledge we don't have. technology they can trade us for food or defense.

>>31740858
The biped didn't recognize our species, however. It's possible this is first contact between species, rather than just first contact between individuals.

>>31740858
Even though it was confirm that this is the first time our species has ever made contact with humans.

>>31740738
>return the lightning gun

>>31740895
>we already told him 2 days, how do you explain extra delay?
Who cares? What is he going to do, hobble back?
>reverse engineering most likely to destroy the object in process
No, there is a chance it will. Which will decrease with the amount of thinkers we put on the task.

>>31740913
By 'well-known' I meant not to everyone, but to more secretive authorities within the Union who will get wind of first-contacts.

>>31740926
>>we already told him 2 days, how do you explain extra delay?
>Who cares? What is he going to do, hobble back?
Are you seriously this retarded?
>we hold him another 10 days
>then we send him back with a broken gun
>he tells them "they said 2 days, then when I asked for my gun back they held me prisoner for a while while experimenting on it before sending me back"

fuck no, that is utter retardation. If we don't give it back we must actually kill him.

>>31740934
OP said that this was the first time humans made contact with our species.

>>31740738
>return the lightning gun
As you dispatch your workers to salvage the remains of the other human you found in the jungle, you decide it best to stay on friendly terms. A worker picks up the small device and carries it over to Lee, who slowly, and with a rather tense look, flips a switch and places it back in his suit.
"Heh, safety was off this whole time... No harm done though." He pats the holster as it unfolds to cover the grip. "I can lead to way, shall we head out?"
>Yes
>I still have questions (write in)

>>31740976
alternatively, we send him back now and have our speaker negotiate with their leader about compensation for returning the gun.

Either way, holding him captive for the duration of the reverse engineering is worse than just killing him

>>31740076
>Give back the lightning gun

>>31740787
People change their minds after some thought.

How do we know that they are stranded? That is what the prisoner said. We have no reason to trust him. It is foolish to let him go warn the humans.
>>31740913
Perhaps the first time our queen has came into contact with humans. Probably not the first time our species has.

We gain nothing from this.

>>31740991
>No.
Kill the human.

>>31740991
yes, head out.
and send the drones to pickup the gear of the eaten one

>How do we know that they are stranded?
we listened in on their conversations in earlier threads

>>31741005
You underestimate how vast space is.

>>31740976
>"they said 2 days, then when I asked for my gun back they held me prisoner for a while while experimenting on it before sending me back"

We can explain it as a communication barrier. Seriously, do they expect perfect communication between species on day one?

As for the lightning gun, who cares? If we start mass producing them and arm our soldiers what can they do? They have limited manpower and weaponry, while we would be able to make more.

>>31740991
>One question quick
"What will you tell them of me? I do not desire war."

>>31740991
>Yes

Send two workers to guard him as well as the speaker if we aren't already.

>>31740991
>Yes
Blindfold him.

>>31740991
Can you at least do a final destination vote for this? It seemed contentious.

>>31740991
>Yes
Offer to have a work carry him back at least part way, so he doesn't strain his injuries leg.

>>31740991
> after some thought
literally like 5 seconds passed since we said that.

>>31740991
>Yes
We can actually talk through the Speaker as we go.

Let's not waste workers on giving him an escort though.

>>31741005
>We gain nothing from this.
we gain info about the apples, about their society, about any other alien species in the area, about which systems they are located in

then when we get all that info we kill them with overwhelming numbers and reverse engineer their tech

OR when we encounter their species in the interplanetary empire phase we send them as envoys to sue for peace (even if only as a ruse)

>>31741059
That won't do shit. We literally showed him on a map where we were located.

>>31741069
The speaker is defenseless by itself.

>>31741041
>Send two workers to guard him
no, all our workers can be doing USEFUL things.

honestly we lose practically nothing if he dies. in fact we regain the lightning gun.

who cares if he lives or dies, but we don't have to be the ones to do it.

>>31740991
>kill him
God damn diplomancers

>>31741091
The speaker is replaceable, too. We don't need to diplomance in the next 2 days, the time it takes to hatch. it's not urgent.

Even our first-gen drones could manage some distance in the jungle without getting attacked. they just hid when they sensed creatures.

>>31741098
Hey it worked for the Ogres.

>>31741061
One person disagrees.

>>31741061
Seconding. This reeked of samefag

>>31741037
no, we can't explain that as a communication barrier, that is retarded.
you can't just throw out phrases and expect them to magically solve problems "through a communication barrier they decided to imprison me while studying my weapon when i asked it returned"... rigggght.. bullshit
Especially with the perfect communication we exhibited so far.

>As for the lightning gun, who cares? If we start mass producing them and arm our soldiers what can they do? They have limited manpower and weaponry, while we would be able to make more.
We still can, from other lightening guns we capture.
And we can't start mass production of a high tech divice overnight
also, remember that we have our own tech (we have FTL drives anon)

>>31741098
Now anon, I'm as frustrated as you.

But there's a less-insane, inconsistent characterization way to reverse course:

There's a chance the jungle will kill him for us.

>>31741147
>We still can, from other lightening guns we capture.

What other lightning gun? Was it ever confirmed we scavenged another one?

>>31740991
>Yes

Jesus guys, if we wanted to kill him we wouldn't have even bothered bringing him to the hive in the first place, so stop bitching.

>>31741075
We gain little more than what we'd gain from observation. The dangerous thing is that they get information about us.
>>31741153
I'm not concerned with characterization. This is more of a civilization quest. You take the optimal option, not the one that is according to character or narrative.

>>31741176
>f we wanted to kill him we wouldn't have even bothered bringing him to the hive in the first place
actually we could've dissected him. that was a sensible option, too.

but we got some interesting WORLDBUILDING out of him instead.

>>31741176
False. I voted to bring him back to study his biology with the expectation that he would be killed when we were done with him.

>>31741176
We brought him back for information. I'm not saying we should kill him, but sending him away with our location and no defense technology is retarded.

>>31741169
>What other lightning gun? Was it ever confirmed we scavenged another one?
we know where another one and are going to pick it up. and we will collect more as more humans die to the jungle. and we will most likely slaughter the entire camp once we have what we want from them and collect them all.

>>31741188
>We can find out about other spacefaring civilizations which the humans encountered by observing the humans
please explain how anon. I am all ears

>>31741237
>we know where another one and are going to pick it up.

Where? I'm searching through the archive and don't see that.

>>31740991
We can ask questions as we escort him back, through out Speaker drone.

so
>Yes

but also

"Where are the humans getting food?"

>>31741227
If the humans are in a tough situation, they'd probably rather have allies to trade with than enemies to wage war on.

>>31741324
We don't know for certain, no, but we have good reason to suspect that we can salvage one from the bones and clothing of another guy:

>>31553947
> in the center are a small pile of bones and fabric. You recognize the fabric as the suits you saw the bipeds wearing.
>SPACE MAN 1ST CLASS LYON STEVENS

>>31740991
Your speaker drone moves closer and bends lower to offer Lee support and the drone moves out of the hive. As the drone reaches the exit he covers his eyes briefly with his hand. Soon he points out a small stream that flows into the river.
"Just follow that. Odd, we thought this place was devoid of life when we scouted the area a week ago."
"What are your thoughts of me?" You ask.
Lee pauses for a moment in awkward silence. "Well... uh... you are obviously intelligent, society seems similar to a few animals on my home world. Your probably one of the strangest forms of life we have found in space but I would say one of the most agreeable. Funny thing though, my ex asked me the same question before I signed on to the Fleet."
You continue on your way, making it to the bottom of the mountain and through the plains, keeping to the edge of the jungle for cover.
"Tell me of your kind." You ask simply.
"Not much to say, or at least not from me. I spend most of my time scrubbing air filters and solar panels so I'm probably not the best guy to ask. If you mean the Union, well it's great I guess. Long time ago everything was controlled by Earth, but then a bunch of humans decided they didn't like it and broke off into the Union. There's a couple of other aliens involved too, but not much. Anything in particular that you wanted to know about?

>>31741355
It was obvious from thread one that they're in a dangerous position.

>>31741377
Shouldn't we have at least checked that area before giving the gun to him?

>>31741388
What have you been eating stranded here?

>>31741388
>There's a couple of other aliens involved too, but not much. Anything in particular that you wanted to know about?
there is the juicy payoff, this is why i voted to save him, to release him, to get the speaker, to return the gun...
ask him about the other aliens.

>>31741388
"How does your kind react to aliens. You spoke as if you seeked out intelligent life."

>>31741435
Your logic is retarded, anon. We could have asked him that question when he was still in the cave.

>>31741469
No, we couldn't, we didn't have the ability to speak.
And if we held him by force afterwards it would have been a hostile act and he wouldn't cooperate

>>31741492
>No, we couldn't, we didn't have the ability to speak.

I was actually referring to giving his gun back. Should have been clearer.

>>31741469
>We could have asked him that question when he was still in the cave.
>>31741514
I think it's very clear what you're saying.

>>31741514
that would still be a hostile-ish act.
its about risk reward. we are definitely taking risks, nobody is arguing that we aren't. we are arguing that the rewards are worth it

>>31741555
Except we were already asking him questions while he was in the cave. What are a few more?

>>31741555
>Refusing to give back a weapon is a hostile act
More like common sense.

>>31741492
Only saving him and birthing the speaker was necessary to get this information from him.

Can we kill him when we are done questioning him?
>>31741555
Letting him go is foolish. We'd make ourselves known. Our greatest advantage is that we are secret.

>>31741601
It's common sense treatment for prisoners.

But it's not in our interests to make him think of it as imprisonment.

It was clear he was smart enough not to try and kill us, since while he could kill or maim one of us with one shot, any one of our drones could kill him quickly after.

>>31741469
We should have said one week to begin with instead of 2 days. we should have hid his gun and claimed we didn't bring it back. we should have laid the speaker drone the moment we saw the first humans rather then when we encountered the injured one. We should have brought him to a safespot that isn't our cave.
We should have done a lot of things. but at that point in time that was spilled milk so we chose the best option of what was available.

>>31741580
>Except we were already asking him questions while he was in the cave. What are a few more?
It would take a while to ask all those questions, there are things he isn't authorized to tell that his leaders might, and most things and doesn't know due to being a grunt.

I am of the opinion that after we get all the info from them we either kill them all for their tech.
Or we keep them safe for space phase contact with their species against a common foe (in case the apples are really dangerous and we want stooges allies)

>>31741601
Depends whether you're planning on making allies or not. It certainly sounds like these are relatively friendly humans. Reverse engineering the gun FIRST would have been good, but maybe they'll trade us one in exchange for something.

>>31741610
>Letting him go is foolish. We'd make ourselves known. Our greatest advantage is that we are secret.
>Assumes these lost, dying group that can't even handle the jungle is a threat
>Assumes knowledge of space faring civilizations is worthless
>Assumes all that knowledge will be given to us by this one guy
>Assumes he will cooperate if we act hostile

>>31741388
"How do you feed?"
Lee looks confused for a moment as he moves his jaw awkwardly. "Well we...you mean here, right? Well we have been rationing our emergency field rations. Tastes like cardboard. When we landed one of the crew got into some bush or something, stuff drove him insane. He started tearing at his face and screamed about things in his brain before running off. We found him a day later split open like a flower. Haven't tried eating anything since."
Interesting. You wonder if they ran into the same substance as you, or if they are simply weaker to the local flora.
"You spoke of other life."
"In the Union, yea. They don't get representation in parliament since they come from their own governments. Most want to look for better opportunities, or are persecuted on their home worlds. I know for a fact that Sehp who can't change color are culled, so we have a decent population of monocolored Seph around. Valen sometimes like to get involved with human philosophy too, so there are a few colonies with religious sanctuary charters. Then there's a few that we found before they developed space flight and they ended up requesting annexation. I can't really name them though, never was really good at politics. He have a big ordeal for first contacts though, so I should probably just let the Colonel explain everything before I say something stupid."

>>31741671
or we can make flying spy drones and when they detect humans dying in the forest in the future we sweep in and take the guns from the corpses.

remember they are regularly dying here

>>31741704
yeah, we need a spy network for the forest.

at least a line of drones hidden through the border of it, so we know whenever a human enters it.

perhaps ones with one set of eyes replaced with more antennae? if that helps to hear them coming at longer range.

>>31741671
I would agree if we had comparable weapons of our own. We don't.

>>31741680
That should be good for now.

>>31741752
we have FTL tech anon. of course we have comparable tech. or if not quite this advanced we would at least have bullets.

>>31741680
now we timeskip to The Happening

>>31741680
You wonder more and more about the nature of this Union. It does not sound human exclusive, but it sounds as if it is at least operated by humans. You continue on your way, making good progress through the area. Your speaker takes note of a few shapes above, but they maintain their distance and altitude.

Elsewhere, in the jungle your workers start searching for food, while a small team scrounges the lair of the dead predator. They quickly find the tattered remains. The suit appears to be torn but mostly intact, while the pockets have sealed tight. You notice the gun is missing, but it is found not far from the body. Your workers collect the remains and make their way back.

roll 1d100, best of 3 to forage.

>>31741789
We had FTL tech. Besides, FTL tech doesn't make good anti personnel weaponry.

Until we get a list of tech we can make I'm going to assume they have more advanced weapons.

Rolled 18

>>31741819

Rolled 74

>>31741819

Rolled 51

>>31741819
feeding time

>>31741829
we have tech knowledge with us.
Aside from FTL tech, we have sensors that can detect habitable planets across solar systems. And we were discussing the value of metals in heavy industry during the planet selection phase

>>31741752
I'm sure we have things they don't have which they would be willing to trade for though. Much greater ability to survive the jungle, for example.

>>31741819
>Multi species union
>We create interstellar empire
>small portion joins the union.
>Most does not
>we pretend to be divided
>Win win

>>31741906
yeah, conceivably, we could send a drone or two as bodyguards on their outings, in exchange for taking an entire escape pod to tech-mine or whatever.

their shrinking population ought to leave a few of those empty by now.

>>31741834
Eh

It'll do

>>31741829
We're probably like the Kharaa.
Completely capable of destroying them in close range combat even with their fancy tech.

Rolled 61

>>31741819

>>31741887
Not gonna lie, anon, I've been reading over my post, and nowhere can I find anything even mentioning sensors or heavy industry.

So yeah. I was talking about personal weapons.

>>31741931

Technically since we can eat things on the planet, could we make some sort of honey to trade with the humans?
We can probably purify and test food stuffs here way better than they can on their own.

>>31741829
Your drones search until dusk, returning with a decent amount of substances that at the very least you think are edible. Many of the plants exhibit animal-like properties and are capable of self-propulsion but your drones have become rather effective at catching them.
+146 nutrients

With the end of the day your workers return to your hive with food and the remains of the human labeled as Lyon Stevens.

Meanwhile, your speaker takes note of several large objects protruding from the land in the distance. Your drone notices it long before Lee does, but soon he points them out. "Over there, that's our camp. You should hang out by the tree line, I'll go and introduce you first, then you can come out. Ok?"

>This sounds sufficient.
>Why is that needed?
>No, I will accompany you.

>>31742010
Oh, right... they can't even eat anything here. when their rations run out they starve to death and we can just loot their stuff that way...
Or we could be their sole source of food (by that i mean provide them with purified nutrients not be eaten by them)

>>31742023
>>No, I will accompany you.

>>31742023
>No, I will accompany you.

>>31742023
>That is sufficient

>>31742023
>This sounds sufficient.

>>31742023
>Why is that needed?
But agree anyway. We know why.

hoping we are in earshot of him talking.

or he can shout from here.

>>31742023
>>Why is that needed?

>>31742023
>This sounds sufficient.

>>31742044
>humans
>>31742060
>>31742061
>>31742066
>>31742069
CONSENSUS

>>31742023
>This sounds sufficient.

>>31741985
>Not gonna lie, anon, I've been reading over my post, and nowhere can I find anything even mentioning sensors or heavy industry.
... are you stupid?
Of course you didn't mention them. I AM mentioning them. Can you not even follow the most basic of logics?

>Anon: We don't have comparable weapons
>me: We have FTL, why wouldn't we have advanced weapons?
>You: FTL tech doesn't make good anti personnel weaponry.
>me: We have more than JUST FTL. we have all this other tech too (implying we have a wide array of tech not just a single thing)

>>31742023
>Why is that needed?
I'm guessing guards might shoot unidentified monsters coming out of the jungle, in which case
>This sounds sufficient.

>>31742101
Techs don't advance at the same rate - for instance, Incas were competent astronomers that didn't have the wheel yet.

>>31742101
That's great, we have FTL and system sensors. I'm sure they'll be of much help to the humans if they decide to enslave us to get off this rock.

>>31742224
We don't have those. They were destroyed during planetfall. The thinker may have knowledge of those technologies. We should ask the QM if he does before forming poorly formed plans.

>>31742265
technically the Queen has all this in genetic memory, I think he said?

we need the resources to construct it first though, climbing the tech tree.

>>31742357
Yes.
I think we should find a way to gain control over other species with our hive mind.

>>31742384
Start an advertising company?

>>31742224
>omitting the heavy industry part

>>31742186
>Techs don't advance at the same rate
Concurrent independent invention proves that once certain techs are invented they lead to other techs in short order.
Furthermore, please remember we are a warrior race that is constantly infighting and has encountered other races before (just not humans)

>for instance, Incas were competent astronomers that didn't have the wheel yet.
The wheel was invented in sumeria and diffused from there, it took 3000 years to reach england.
NOBODY in the new world used wheels
ALL of them did use rollers and other wheel like objects, they just didn't have an axle type wheel
A good reason for that is lack of pack animals. With no pack animals, and the scale of their construction. When they built something they used huge slabs of rock which would have destroyed any cart. instead they were placed on a series of circular logs without an axle and was rolled. this is technically not a "wheel" even though it is circular and rolling because it isn't attached to a cart via an axle

>>31742384
>I think we should find a way to gain control over other species with our hive mind.
not this again.

we ain't actually the Zerg.

we should dissect and analyze them for useful organs and adaptations to steal, though.

>>31742357
>technically the Queen has all this in genetic memory, I think he said?
yes, or rather, in memories implanted by the pod brain we had. who guided our ascension to sapience, who was able to just beam knowledge to our brain (human language), who guided us in choosing a planet to FTL to and told us about their value in terms of heavy industry buildup and other such tech

>>31742023
Your speaker nods in agreement. You understand well enough. Neither of you wishes your drones to be misconstrued as a threat. Either that or simply because you appear "terrifying", which you find somewhat amusing. Regardless, your drone waits at the edge of the jungle as Lee hobbles forth and towards the small camp. By now you have a decent view of it. Several large structures that appear to be local plants of some kind are spread around an open plain of moss. Each structure is supported by a number of thick roots that spread out and into the ground, and have a number of holes carved into the sides. Light is emanating from the small holes and ladders have been crudely grafted to the spongy bark.
Lee moves closer and soon you hear several loud sirens echo across the plains as small beams of light move across the area and illuminate Lee's body. Soon the sirens stop and a number of figures form around Lee, one of which the others stiffen in their posture as they see him. They seem to talk for a long while, and in a rather heated fashion but eventually Lee takes one of the small tubes and uses it to shine a light in your direction, flashing it several times.
You move your speaker forward as the others move back into the carved-out plants. Lee and four others stand before you, and one of them takes a step closer.
"I am Colonel William Ackerman, Acting Commander of the USV Clarke, scuttled in combat." He coughs before continuing. "On behalf of the Interstellar Union I greet you as ambassador to your race in accordance with First Contact procedures of the Proxima Convention." He bows his head in a comically over enthusiastic fashion. The others stare at you curiously.
"Are you the leader of your...hive?" He asks.

>>31742384
http://shodan.wikia.com/wiki/The_Many
We should take inspiration from this, not happy sunshine Star Trek tyranids. I have no interest in diplomacy, only assimilation.
>>31742401
Heh.
>>31742455
>Yes. I am the sole leader of my race.
Do not mention that the speaker is under psionic control. I want him to think that the speaker is the actual leader. That way if he chooses to kill it he will think that the threat was greatly lessened.

>>31742410
Can you point out where the QM said we have all this wondrous technology? I thought he said we would have to research it all.

>>31742455
"Yes."

They don't need to know there's only one intelligence at work here.

>>31742492
Oh wait, nevermind. The human that we sent saw our queen. Disregard.

>>31742455
"I speak the will of our leader."

>>31742455
"This one speaks for leader, is leader."

>>31742455
"I am the second in command to our glorious leader. I have been authorized to negotiate and make deals on her behalf."

>>31742455
how to put this without revealing the whole one-mind thing...

"I am granted all authority in this matter."

>>31742530
Second.

Making contact was a stupid idea.

>>31742455
>Yes
Technically it's true in a hive mind sort of way.

>>31742550
Your butthurt is duly noted, anon.

>>31742551
Except Spaceman Lee saw the Speaker-drone get hatched.

Literally born yesterday.

So best to say, we are granted full authority in making agreements.

>>31742499
You will have to build the infrastructure to support it. You have knowledge of weapons that have been historically been used in wars between two or more hives, although you may wish to innovate with new weapons if you want to face off against other races with other techs.

I had been waiting for the two warriors to hatch before listing off some basic weapon grafts.
Your tech is most advanced along the routs of bio-engineering and genetic research, the humans seem to be the opposite, with a great understanding of mechanical devices, but are lagging behind in genetics.

>The union
>Contains a variety of races
>The United Federation of Planets?

>>31742455
"This one shall speak for the Hive." You force the words to form, clicking and hissing slightly. One of the humans becomes wide-eyed, and you sense he is greatly exited by something for some reason.
"Wonderful" Ackerman says. "You already speak the language. You catch on quick, those first words are usually just a formality. Well Spaceman Lee here says you helped him out of a rather tense jam in that blasted jungle. We had thought he and Stevens were dead days ago. Thank you for returning him." He extends a gloved hand and you both stare at each other in silence. "Eh...nevermind the formalities. First things first, we need to ask a few questions."
"For what purpose?" You ask.
"For classification. Have you ever ventured past your sphere's orbit?"

Rolled 73

>>31742790
"Yes."
They didn't ask which sphere was ours.

>>31742790
"No"
Hey, we don't have spaceships laying around, they don't know we're lying.

>>31742790
No

Best they think we're primitives with no tech to steal.

>>31742790
"Yes"

>>31742790
"We have never left this sphere."

>>31742790
We have never left this planet.

>>31742790
Wait wait I got it.
"Since our awakening, we have not left this sphere."

Technically, true! I think?

>>31742870
you don't even need the 'since x' for that.

we arrived, and never left.

>>31742790
>No.
>>31742870
Is there a reason we cannot lie?

>>31742888
Nah. Mostly just an aesthetic choice for me.

>>31742790
"I have not left this planet"

>>31742888
Plausible deniability. If caught in a lie we can portray it as a cultural or translation error rather than a deliberate deception.

>>31742888
It'll make it all a wacky misunderstanding when they find out our species exists elsewhere already.

>>31742888
lieing when it isn't needed is unnecessary. We don't want to accidentally make contradictions

>>31742790
Your speaker chitters inquisitively, startling the human. "Sphere? No. This Hive has always been here."
The colonel harrumphs softly, the sound muffled by his helmet. "Well that throws out most of the other questions." He pauses a short while before pulling out a small device. He unfolds it and starts to read. "Is your kind naturally capable of flight, and if not, have you developed a way to do so regardless?"
(write in)

>>31742979
Some of us can fly

>>31742979
>flight
Hm...welll
"This one can not fly. Flight is rare among hive."

True, and should deter them asking too much more.

>>31742979
This kind is highly adaptable?

No need to go into the specifics about energy burning and mass problems.

>>31742979
The speaker drone doesn't have wings, right?
"Those that have need of flight are born capable. This one does not require it."

>>31743018
I support this

>>31742979
>No.
None but the queen can fly.

>>31742979
"Flight here is dangerous."

Just caught up. Guys, it's fucking Colonel Ackerman, haven't any of you read the Halo books?

>>31743056
>t the queen can fly
not anymore she can't.

bitch can't even walk herself anymore.

>>31743062
>reading Halo books
>reading game tie-in books in general
No, of course not.

>>31742979
"Those who require it can fly."

>>31742979
Yes
we should avoid lying about ALL questions guys, especially the stuff they can actually verify.

>>31742979
"Others do, this one does not"
You think you are starting to see a pattern in the questioning.
"Ok.... Has your kind... tamed flames to serve you?"
>>31743062
That was not a conscious decision, I assure you. Although I did read Reach, so it could have been a subconscious slip.

>>31743085
"The Fall of Reach" is apparently not awful for a science fiction book.

>>31743109
"... Flames?"

>>31743109
>Tamed flames to serve you
...huh...

Would that technically be a no? I mean, we don't use fire at all.

I think the answer is no, with a confused sound. Kinda like "Why would we?"

>>31743109
>What is flame?

>>31743109
"What is...Flames?"

>>31743109
"Who is John Galt?"

>>31743109
No

I'm pretty sure we use acid instead right?

>>31743109
"Flames?"

>>31743109
Meta question required:

how do we refine metal from ore when we mine it?

with biological acid, or with flame?

>>31743109
"There has been no need. We shall if the need arises."

>>31743159
good question

that being said, remember we can produce biological naplam

>>31743109
"Yes, when necessary."

I guess we used some kind of flamey propulsion to move our meteor pod thing.

>>31743227
inb4 Space Vietnam War on this "jungle planet"

>>31743159
We could just have a drone with a biological process that makes him a living furnace. No flames required.

>>31743254
I think there is a limit to the ridiculousness we can get up to with biology.

>>31743254
flame hot enough to melt METAL are not really conducive to life. that'd seem awful straining.

>>31743321
There's microorgaisms that live by melting rock and extracting nutrients. Biology can get ridiculous, fast.

>>31743159
We can do both, with research, and I suggest doing so.

Fire for getting rid of most impurities and obtaining slag, which is useful here to wall off fungus.

Acid for separating specific metals and purification

>>31743323
Depends on what metal, really.

>>31743109
"We use no flames"
The colonel shrugs in defeat, placing the device back into his suit and turns to the humans at his side. He seems to have become almost dismissive of your presence.
"Ok people, it's illegal to be here. Class zero on the scale, we should notify Parliament once we get off this place. If we get a charter we might be able to trade for herbs or something but until then no more talking. Contact with stone-age cultures is strictly illegal."
He turns back to you. This time he speaks slightly louder and more slowly. "I am sorry for the trouble, we will return to the sky as soon as we can, and we thank you for helping us. You may remain here for the night if you wish." With that he turns to leave. Several of the others trail behind him and you can hear an argument quickly break out. They are all speaking at once in a flood of noise, although you can make out the phrase "stone-smashers" from the colonel.

You turn to Lee, who still stands next to you. "Stone-smashers?" You ask.
Lee shrugs his shoulders. "We have a nasty past with primitive races. Normally we can't talk to you until you reach a certain point but, I think this is a bit of an extreme situation. I'm sure the colonel will change his mind." Lee looks up to the sky. You notice several of the flying creatures high above, but it's obvious he only knows they are there by experience. "We should get out of the open, you can spend the night in my...tree house. At least we thing they are trees."
1/2

>>31743323
>>31743321
yeah a creature like that would never evolve naturally

good thing we can design our minions how we want

biology can do just about everything our technology can and more

>>31743387
melt rocks, then. ores. of the useful kinds we'd need.

>>31743388

>Creature talks to you
>Know of hive mind
>Can learn english
>Doesn't have fire
>Assumes retard stone munchers
well, at least we know these guys aren't all that bright.

>>31743398
Biology is basically nanomachines, really.

>>31743439
Then they won't feel bad when we engineer a parasite to force them into the hive mind.

Or not. Either option sounds good here.

>>31743457
It really is. Look at how biological molecules act. Many poisons are literally just wrenches in the gears.

>>31743439
None of those things you listed require technology, anon.

>>31743439
>>Know of hive mind

Do they? I thought they assumed the speaker drone was an individual.

>>31743388
So are we kidnapping one of them for anatomy lessons?

>>31743439
they have a very strict set of rules and models for classification. he's just bound by bureaucrats.

the idea of alternate specializations or sapience wit diets where fire is not as useful hasn't occurred to them.

>>31743468
oor we could let them leave and get the Union to leave us alone for quite some time due to our supposed stone age status

>>31743439
I think the issue is our level of technological advancement, not individual intelligence. Even a civilization of geniuses would probably be looked down on if they were early enough in their development that they had no tech to speak of.

>>31743480
Technology, no, but intelligence? Yes. they assumed because we lack fire, we're not even worthy of talking to at all.

I was just saying it's surprisingly short sighted of em.
Although granted it might be because they were hoping we could help them get off world.

>>31743490
Nah, we'll help them off this rock with miminum hassle and the Union will leave us alone.

>>31743509
>worthy
the term is 'illegal'.

no interfering in early development of civilizations, power imbalance, prime directive, blah blah blah some space ethics.

>>31743502
>oor we could let them leave and get the Union to leave us alone for quite some time due to our supposed stone age status
that is a good point. at which point we can explain
"we were born here, our egg was sent from another planet" and "we do not use fire, we use organics for heavy industry".
And they would go
>Facepalm, we asked the wrong questions

>>31743535
well, yeah, but are we ALSO kidnapping one of them for anatomy lessons? Like, some bloke who went too far into the jungle.

>>31743541
Ah, right that too. My bad.

>>31743509
They probably see us about the level of bright monkeys - technically interesting but kinda useless.

>>31743502
They're a lost group of refugees in a war zone. No one will notice one or two or colonel.

Plus. if we can figure out how to get information directly from their brainmeat, we don't have to be nice to them.

>>31743574
Eh, I suppose that's fair enough.

Hey, at the very least this means we'll be left alone even if they make it off world, right?

>>31743562
How about that dude the predator killed? We could use his recovered corpse for anatomy lessons.

>>31743559
This would be worth a good laugh.

>>31743562
I don't see much point. Potentially making them hostile in order to gain knowledge of inferior human biology seems like it wouldn't be worth the risk.

>>31743562
there are at least 2 of them dead in the jungle already

we can use those corpses

>>31743587

No one will notice them missing, but if they get back and tell the rest of the Union that our planet is off limits due to us being stone age level? Much better.

>>31743610
Well, one of those was infected by the native flora-fauna.

>>31743594
>>31743606
>>31743610
>Hunt them down
>Not using a blood sample to grow a thousand clones for study and experimentation

>>31743655
Why, though?

>>31743655
>>Not using a blood sample to grow a thousand clones for study and experimentation
You need an artificial womb for that.

Compatible ova to insert DNA into.

The right food supply.

>>31743679
>Imply our technology isn't capable of that

>>31743697
You're being too handwavy.

>>31743559
well, we would miss out on info about other cultures then

>>31743697
To create those things, we have to study them.

To study them, you want to create those things.

Do you see the problem here?

>>31743729
Actually I'm not. All that stuff you just described is very easy to do.

>>31743388
Lee leads your drone towards the ladder bolted onto the side of one of the large plants. You tend to agree, it would be best to avoid spending any more time in the open, and you accept the invitation. Within the hollowed out hut is a small, round area filled with mats of fabric. Lee is quickly hauled up with a small pulley of cord and pulls himself in after you. "Make yourself at home, it's the least I can offer after saving my life like that." You note the other mats. Most of them have been packed up into neat piles.
"This place isn't very good for us, we lost a lot of good people out here." He explains.
Several moments later the door opens again, and several other humans enter. The first one nearly falls off the ladder in shock.
"Fuck, what is that? It looks like a mantis shrimp had sex with HR Giger!"
"Native intelligence, they saved my life so you could at least not insult it."
The others file in and enter the circle of cots, each casting you a wary glance as they remove their helmets. You elect to position yourself in the eating area, it seems to put them more at ease.

Meanwhile, in the chambers of your hive, the eggs of your warriors break open. The pieces of the eggs fly across the chamber at great speed, and your warriors are born with explosive force.
"We are your claws! We will protect Mother!" They cry.

Next day
-66 Nutrients
Total - 320

>>31743775
Most of them

not the compatible ova, that one is harder. however, we should be able to study a flesh sample for the cellular machinery... if we had the right tools. we might need to freeze some of it.

>>31743388
>1/2
aww yeah sleepover party!

Time for mutiny.

>>31743775
> very easy to do.
it's at least 3 Research subjects at Very Hard difficulty to put the Thinkers to.

and they'll need human corpses to Research it in the first place, defeating the point.

>>31743822
Well
>we lost a lot of good men to the jungle
most likely they will lose some more. with the right timing we can save some more while still scavenging some corpses for research

>>31743798
>-66 Nutrients
Is that Net or Total eaten-- is the +50 Nutrients from the spring jelly not mentioned?

>>31743798
aight we got warriors now
have them earn their keep by gathering food/guarding the food gathering drones

have the thinker research the brain fungus so that future clutches can be born immune

maybe make another thinker?

>>31743798
>Warriors
Excellent news...
We can use them to hunt more dangerous areas, I think. For now they will serve as the royal guard, I think. Or at least one will.

>>31743822
Alien bug sleepover the best sleepover. Let's tell ghost stories and talk about boys!

>>31743798
Construct a Laboratory and Infrastructure.

>>31743798
>they're living in carved out treehouses
how very Lost World of them.

we should ask, how long ago and where did their escape pods land?

>>31743878
>Another thinker
Nah man. I suggest having one thinker try and figure out ways to create farms of this sweet jelly stuff. We could really use it.

>>31743798
Do we get to arm our warriors?

>>31743926
>try and figure out ways to create farms of this sweet jelly stuff
we already know the limiting factor here, anon.

we need to find another source spring with the same required minerals it feeds on.

also something we haven't done yet: mining for ores.

>>31743930
With what? They have claws and mandibles, that's good enough for now.

>>31743949
why would we need ores?

>>31743972
>we need to find another source spring with the same required minerals it feeds on.
>why would we need ores?
Do you even read?

>>31743559
Another idea is to go "we lied, that was a test of character to see whether you would attempt to exterminate a vulnerable fledgling race"

>>31743960
He said we'd get a choice of weapons to make after we the warriors are hatched.

>>31743972
For advancing our tech tree.

you DO realize we're not the Zerg right? we can make useful stuff but we need metal.

it was a whole reason to choose one of those 3 candidate worlds.

>>31743949
this raises a good question. can our drones locate those or do we need to make specialist drones designed for ore prospecting?

>>31743991
Shit, this plant feeds on minerals?
Then I vote for 2 or 4 drones to start mining for em. We need to fix this negative income.

>>31743798
Send both warriors south to hunt the grazing animals.

>>31744021
actually, zerg also needs metal.
the original species they used would not be able to slice open a tank, so they splice them with things like the ability to biologically process ores into metal weapons. which is basically what we are doing too

>>31744032
>Negative income
our income is positive anon

>>31742023
>+146 nutrients from having only SOME of our workers forage for food
>+50/day from sweet fungus
>-66 upkeep

>>31743867
total eaten. Net loss is 16, so 370 technically
>>31743798
The laboratory has been carved out rather crudely, but effectively, and any potential contaminates have been moved into it.

New construction options
>Throne room
>Dedicated storage
>Infrastructure
>Other

Your thinkers have been working quite hard, and have made some discoveries. They have come to the agreement that the powder of the ocean substance is lethal, but the liquid within appears to be a kind of medium for the storage of energy and organic material not unlike blood. Various stringy clumps of material are found within and are much like organs in appearance, but decentralized into a large network. More research can be done, but for now they must pause there activities as they oversee the setting up of the laboratory.

Basic weapon grafts available
>Thorn launcher - equivalent of a high caliber rifle that fires large chunks of chitin at high velocity. Ammo can be re-grown naturally over time. Good against single targets. High accuracy, medium damage, low rate of fire
>Fire spray - used to coat an area in highly flammable liquid, causing the area to catch fire. Effective area denial, short range and low ammo supply limit use in the field
>Sting caster - Rapidly fires small darts of spiked chitin at high velocity. Ammo can be regrown in time. Low accuracy, low damage, high rate of fire

Each will cost 15 metals, and will replace an arm of the warrior. Grafting two onto one warrior will further reduce accuracy.

>>31744136
It was that sweet roll to forage. Foraging becomes less and less rewarding if you start stripping the jungle of resources to feed larger populations.
(plus I roll for predators and the dice have loved you guys so far)

>>31744136
>Workers can each scavenge for 5+x their food requirement
>Workers take 3 days to hatch
>Workers cost 2x their food requirement per day to lay

I propose we have our brains researching the ecosystem.
We could then hunt the apex predators to extinction (after keeping samples for bio research of course). Thids will lead to a population boom of prey species which we would harvest in just the right amount to prevent it from deteriorating.

Farming will eventually replace it, but at the moment this is far more efficient.

>>31744171
>>Infrastructure

How many warriors did we spawn?

>>31744171
>>Fire spray - used to coat an area in highly flammable liquid, causing the area to catch fire. Effective area denial, short range and low ammo supply limit use in the field
We want this. This is horrifying parasitic fungus world. If something must burn, then it will burn.

>>31744171
>>Fire spray - used to coat an area in highly flammable liquid, causing the area to catch fire. Effective area denial, short range and low ammo supply limit use in the field
there's our napalm.

so we can kill it with fire later. cleanup space Cordyceps if we feel like it.

Okay,
>Other
mine for ores?

Should we birth a drone that sacrifices eyes for more antennae for sensing ore veins with sound or something?

>>31744171
>Infrastructure

>>31744171
>total eaten. Net loss is 16, so 370 technically
only for stable income. a small portion of our drones scavenged 146 in one day of work according to >>31742023
However, you didn't make it clear on the exact split of the drone between tasks in your post. So we don't know which vote you took, whether you averaged the suggested splits, or what

>>31744171
Craft and graft one of each weapon, for specialized purposes.

>>31744171
Equip one with a thorn launcher and the rest with fire spray.

>>31744171
>Infrastructure
>Fire spray - used to coat an area in highly flammable liquid, causing the area to catch fire. Effective area denial, short range and low ammo supply limit use in the field

I like those two. Especially the fire spray.
Fuck you space mushrooms

>>31744136
I'm not comfortable needing to roll to keep our hive alive, is all.

>>31744171
Hm... I say we finally build us a proper throne room. Our queen deserves only the finest.

>Ocean goo
Huh. Well that is good to hear we have a 'safe' source of food then. Just do not ingest that slime.

>Thinkers
>Thorn launcher
Get me my machine gun for the first.
>Fire spray
For the other Warrior

>>31744171
I am not sure i am ok with fire spray. fire can spread like... well, wildfire and devastate our supplies and colony.

Do we not have bleache spray? (simple concentrated chlorine)

>>31744213
You have two warriors now, and 25 metals.
Infrastructure will have a start-up cost to build, but will be able to grow to fit the hive, so long as it is fed enough nutrients to do so.

It will regulate temperature, humidity, and provide doors to separate the hive structure.

>>31744239
said so earlier in the thread.

>4 workers to forage for more food