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>>32662381
>Current armory
8 Thorn Launchers
4 Sting Casters
3 Fire Sprays

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 386
Metals: 325

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Queen – 5
Worker (60) – 120
Warrior (10) – 40
Thinker (20) – 60
Speaker – 3
Digger (10) – 40
Refinery (2) – 14
Sniffer (2) – 8
Wasp (4) – 20
Antenna (3) – 9
Nutrient costs: 319

>Income
Nutrients: 550
Net: 231

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Laboratory
>Infrastructure
> Mine: +75 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +500 N per day (1 worker per 100 N)

Current Construction
>Advanced Laboratory
>Clarke research outpost
>Connector tunnel

New Construction Options
>Throne room – dug in and fortified position at the heart of the hive made to withstand all but the most dedicated of attacks to protect you and your eggs. Has the added benefit of being both aesthetically pleasing and comfortable. 175M (Provides increased fortification and can withstand typical known bombardment technology.)
>Hangar facilities – the much needed landing and storage facilities for air and space craft. Has room for twenty aerodynamic drones and landing space for ten shuttles.

>>32662403
Current Research 1/2
>Small land drone
>Large land drone

Available research options
>Lightning gun
Very slow: potential of failure and destruction of sample device
This powerful weapon appears to throw rapid bursts of highly conductive plasma in a manner not unlike natural lightning. The humans of the Union call it a “CIP Pistol” which seems to stand for “Concentrated Ionized Plasma”. From what you have seen of it in action, it appears to have devastating damage potential, but is difficult to aim and holds a very short effective range.

>Ion thrusters
Slow
The Unity drone is held aloft by a series of powerful ion thrusters that use the air particles around it, or stray particles found in the interstellar medium to accelerate and change vector in a highly efficient fashion. No real fuel is needed, only a powerful electrical charge. The only major drawback is that with the increase in efficiency comes a drop in overall performance and power. The Unity appears to have gotten around this limitation by carrying their drones in larger ships that transport them in and out of combat, and by limiting the drone’s size to a bare minimum.

>>32662381
>and clicks a small button on his bracer
Our sniffer can sense the radio signals from this, if any, right?

>>32662403
>> Mine: +75 M per day (+25 M per digger)
This is outdated, yes?

Hey guys, remember the kamikaze idea from last thread, why don't we have a flying drone that grows and drops the explosive sacs, hell we can make them into our own version of grenades that can be grown and given to our warriors or other drones.

>>32662432
Research 2/2
>Cyclotron particle beams
Very slow: Runs a potential of failure and destruction of the sample device.
Unlocks Liner particle beam research
The Unity drone is equipped with four powerful cyclotrons, a ring of superconductors that use powerful magnetic fields to rapidly accelerate a series of particles to near-light speeds, which are each attached to one of the four main weapons. The cyclotron is both compact and efficient, but is relatively fragile as damaging any one component will disable the entire system. It also requires a short but noticeable amount of time for the cyclotron to accelerate a new shot. The drone fires them in sequence to account for this and provide more firepower.

>Conductive armor plating
Medium
The Unity drone appears to have been designed with the energy based CIP pistol in mind. Layers of highly conductive struts frame the armor like a faraday cage, protecting the inner working components from electrical fields and directing harmful blasts of energy away from critical areas. It is much less effective against solid projectiles however, and is only as strong as the metal alloy plating covering its chassis.

>>32662442
Yes, you can attempt to decipher the signal if you wish.

>>32662432
I'm still so disappointed that the human enviro-suit unlocked nothing.

>>32662462
I had a similar thought, yeah, that we could produce water balloons as a new weapon.

But the warriors that wield it would have to be Explosive Warriors, filling up new balloons from their own organ secretions.

>>32662460
Yes, it is now 250 metals per day.

>>32662485
No it unlocked something, but i forgot what.

>>32662485
More importantly, though, we completely lack a drone with Advanced electrical senses. It wasn't necessary before, but we suddenly have the USV Clarke now, where it's suddenly useful.

technician drone - 3 upkeep, 7N to lay
worker carapace, legs, arms
no mandibles or claws
Advanced electric microfibers
basic EM radiation detection
moderate acoustic sensing

>>32662462
The first we should destroy their communication relays.

Rolled 85

>>32662463
Rolling for deciphering

>>32662463
>attempt to decipher the signal if you wish.
Yes.

And we should be able to detect the direction any reply comes from, even if we can't decipher it.

We need to cut them off from orbit after all.

>>32662485
I'm still thinking of stuff for it to unlock. Probably a rapid healing or oxygen scrubber organ. I actually don't have a fixed tech tree, I try to come up with new things whenever you research something.

>>32662463
>Research 2/2
Did you come up with research subjects for the Clarke, or do we need to build a local Lab first instead of just having the Thinkers send workers inside it?

>>32662463
>Attempt to decipher the signal
Please roll 1d100, best of 3. I will count >>32662536

>>32662606
You will need to send in drones to scavenge the ship in detail. I figured a simple "Salvage x ship section" followed by a roll for what you find would work, while you can directly target the more important systems for research if you wish. I figured I would update that when you were done with your current research.

Rolled 64

>>32662669
local Thinker proves P = NP

Rolled 1

>>32662669

>>32662707
I'm so sorry.

>>32662707
Is that real?

Rolled 84

>>32662707
Hahahahahaha.

Our first nat100 last thread, our first nat1 now.

Well if you had to pick something to critfail on....

>>32662669
Your sniffer attempts to home in on the radio the human is using and interpret the data, but the signal seems to come from every direction at once. The transmission is in some form of code, or another language, or both.
"I'm picking up some interference, hold on." The human flips his visor down again and manipulates a small dial on the side of his helmet, then slowly looks across the surrounding treeline in a methodical scanning motion.

>>32662735

Yeah, could be worse.

>>32662892
Figured. Sniffer transmitted instead of detected. Silence thyself, sniffer!

>>32662892
How far are the wasps from this douchebag now?

Attack feasible?

Rolled 25

>>32662892
Rolling to hide

>>32662928

Knowing our good old Sniffer though he'll get out of this without a scratch.

We ought to examine his genetics for any anomalies that've made him particularly effective.

>>32662892
The human stops at the tree your sniffer is hiding in and raises his weapon, a large cluster of pulleys and ropes, and slowly moves towards your drone.

>Attempt to stay hidden
>Attempt to flee
>Other

>>32662950
Your two wasps are overhead, and the two smaller creatures are training their weapons. They are in range to attack or flee as you see fit.

>>32663007

>Attempt to stay hidden

Our wasps should withdraw into the air and look for this 'buggy' vehicle that the human mentioned.

>>32663007
We need the wasps to attack him and draw his and their fire.

With luck we might make them shoot the guy when aiming for us.

Then the sniffer can slip away elsewhere.

Rolled 7

>>32663007
>Attempt to stay hidden

>>32663007
>Attempt to flee

Wasps should distract.

>>32663046
He knows it's there, he'll just shoot into the mushroom foliage it's hidden in until something responds.

>>32663007
Your wasps are circling overhead. They could flee the scene, but that would leave behind two of your wasps. One is caught in a thick and constricting film of translucent material, the other is pinned to a tree and has suffered damage to its wings, rendering it flightless for the time being.

>Have them attack the two small creatures
>Attack the human
>Flee
>Other

>>32663122
>Have them attack the two small creatures
Force him to retreat.

>>32663139
uh what. that won't force him to do anything.

>>32663122
>>Attack the human

>>32663122
>>Attack the human
They can't shoot us in close quarters combat!

>>32663157
it will since, he has no back up, plus it nets us two alien bodies.

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>>32663187
>anon thinks we're going to successfully kill trained, armed professionals in ONE melee attack.

This is, at best, a distraction.

>>32663122

>Attack the human

>>32663122
>Attempt to remain hidden
>Attack the human
seems to be the general consensus. Please roll 2d100 each, best of 3 posts. First roll for the sniffer, second for the wasps.

>>32663222
I don't know anon, lets see what the dice gods have to say. They haven't been kind to invaders of our homeworld so far.

Rolled 85, 100 = 185

>>32663275
You were speaking as if the outcome was certain. Which makes you blatantly wrong, so.

>>32663267

Rolled 64, 86 = 150

>>32663267

Rolled 43, 34 = 77

>>32663267
pls

Rolled 90, 86 = 176

>>32663267

>>32663290
well.
That was quick.

>>32663290
>that 100.
These lands hate invaders.

>>32663290
I find it so funny that you rolled so well, while being a bit of a dick.

>>32663290
Humans be dead.

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>>32663290
Oh, the ironing is delicious.

Rolled 72, 14 = 86

>>32663290
HAHA FRAIL PUNY HUMANS

>>32663267
Writing.

Rolled 43, 30 = 73

We should have invested in flyers a long time ago.

>>32663356
>a long time ago
Please, oh wise one, tell us when exactly this opportunity to invest was.

This is like day 2 of not slowly starving to death on finite rations.

>>32663356

We need more, I kind of want a heavy flyer though (with the ramjet system from the local predators) but we don't really have any weapons that would synergize well with one yet.

Definitely ought to spawn more wasps ASAP though. Our ground warriors are just too slow.

>>32663329
He does have his fat fleshy face foolishly flapping about unarmored.

The best part is, when this guy keels over dead and bleeding out, there will be no one to stop the others from coming to this location.

Because the Taidarens don't seem to speak, or be trusted with radios of their own.

>>32663386
We can afford it. Is our net really 231? We can stay above water just by basic scavenging from idle workers not accounted for, that's 231 that needs to be spent.

How about we send warriors over? To mop up anyone who comes to support his 'clean up' and retrieve his stuff. Assuming he dies of course.

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>>32663498
This is probably what, an hour away on legs? Pretty much doomed.

>>32663498
Dude. No. Two hours away. Read the quest.
>>32522893

>>32663538

You know that when you link things to old threads (especially all snobbish like that) no one cares or reads it right?

>>32663538
>>32663521

Forgot. Still think we should do it though, their crew won't give up after just one death and we should fight them off away from the hive while they don't have a new plan formed.

>>32663658

I tend to agree. At the very least dispatching warriors now puts them in a good position to move on where ever they've established their base camp.

>>32663566
>nobody has 4chan X
>nobody demands citations to prove assertions so giving them ahead of time saves skepticism

>>32663267
The human slowly approaches the tree, weapon raised, and after a short while raises his visor back up. He continues to look into the tree suspiciously. "I could have sworn-"
Your wasps dive down, arcing towards the human. You can hear the loud bang of the small creature's weapons, but with your wasps speed they send their shots wide and far of their marks. The human reacts quickly, spinning on his heels and loosing a bolt before he seems to even fully register the attack. The bolt impacts a tree, missing your drones by inches and as they pass one leaves a deep cash through the shoulder, between the thick metal plating. The other wasp dives straight in and plunges its blades into the humans abdomen. The human is taken off his feet and sent flying with your wasp to the edge of the clearing where the two slide to a halt in the dirt.
The human caught up blood, then spits a crimson spray into your wasp's face. His fists clench and an elongated loop of metal unsheathes from the right bracer, quickly glowing with heat. He raises his head and hisses between his teeth, "Fuck you, mate."

>Continue attack in meele
>Attempt to fall back and attack from range
>Attempt to flee
>Other

>>32663703
>Continue attack in meele

>>32663703
>Attempt to fall back and attack from range

>>32663703
>Attempt to fall back and attack from range

pepper them with shot, flying between the trees. harrass like a bugger to ward them off the captured wasps.

>>32663658
Wait until you actually track them down. You don't know what direction the rest of them are or how many of them are here yet.

>>32663703
>Attempt to fall back and attack from range

>>32663742
>>32663741

We don't have guns on our wasps.

>>32663703
>Continue to attack in melee

Of course he's Australian.

>>32663703
>Attempt to fall back and attack from range
>Other

Can our Wasps make any noises? I don't think the hunter knows much about us, maybe pretend to be calling for the rest of the hive?

>>32663758
sounds like a daft oversight.
wasps are perfect for hit and run mass spray.

>>32663703
>Continue attack in melee

>>32663758
english people say mate too.

>>32663703
>didn't go for his eyes
You had one job, drones. One job!

>Attempt to flee
Maybe, maybe slash the net over trapped wasp first.

Is the "attack from range" option just there as a litmus test for the presence of stupid people?

>>32663703
>>Attempt to fall back and attack from range
Keep up the same kind of attack. Ideally he lost his gun(s) from getting sent flying. Can't believe he is still alive, let alone solid on his feet and ready to kill.

>>32663758
When you made new weapons your wasps were equipped with Sting casters, short ranged, low damage weapons with high rate of fire. Up until now you have been trying to appear primitive, and have avoided using them around other humans.

>>32663703
>>Attempt to flee
We got him mad. Make him follow us.

>>32663758
>You can hear the loud bang of the small creature's weapons, but with your wasps speed they send their shots wide and far of their marks.
What was that about no guns? I could've sworn you said no guns, but OP's post clearly states we have ranged weaponry.

Wait why don't we flee and have our sniffer tail him.

>>32663703
>>Attempt to flee

>>32663834
That was the Taidarens you fucking idiot, please explain where wasps got equipped with weapons.

>>32663703
>Attempt to flee

>>32663703
>Attempt to flee

>>32663857
>>32663829
not that anon, but you obviously don't read very well either
>>32663703
>Attempt to flee

>>32663857
>>32663829
Post from OP good enough for you, mega retard?

>>32663325
>making strong, objectively correct assertions
You have low standards for dickishness man.

The /qtg/ is strong in here tonight.

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>>32663834
>>32663857
>>32663905
>>32663916
You're all right. The loud bang is from the aliens' weapons, who tried and failed to shoot your wasps. Your wasps are also equipped with Sting casters ever since you made more of them last thread, but you have not used them because it would likely shoot holes in your disguise a a primitive race.

I'm sorry, I was unclear about that. My bad.

>>32663945
?

>>32664031
He's referring to all the bitching.

>>32664031
arguing about innane shit, not reading properly, not back reading the archives, generally acting like a peturbed child. etc.

QTG is usually cancer.

>>32664060
I hate to say it, QTG and summer has combined into one.

>>32664003
It looks like Attempt to flee wins by 1.
Please roll 1d100, best of 3.
Would you like your sniffer to flee too, or stay and try to spy on them?
>Y
>N

>>32664057
I take full responsibility for lack of clarity.

>>32664133
Y

>>32664133
>Y

Rolled 44

>>32664133
>sniffer flees

Rolled 53

>>32664133
Spy

>>32663905
>>32663916
Sorry. I fucked up, I really should have checked more recent posts. I don't think "equip the wasps" was explicitly brought up before then though in last thread, as far as I can see.

I don't see how you could possibly have not seen that that was the Taidarens' weapons though. Our drones don't get called "creatures" in the narrative, while the invaders did, rather consistently.

Rolled 90

>>32664133

>>32664133
Spy on them

>>32664133
N = spy right.
Y = flee.

This is a somewhat unclear and ambiguous question, because the question is, "A or B," but the potential answers are "Y or N".

>>32664198
I made a small mistake by missing the wording. You missed an entire post by OP.

>>32664133

Spy.

>>32664133
spy

>>32664253
I hadn't scrolled down to the bottom yet before replying. You had actually claimed to have read, and explicitly quoted, that very prose.

>>32664133

>N
(I think) Stay to spy on them.

>>32664245
you are correct. It is already well hidden, so it can flee with almost no chance of harm, or stay.
>Yes, flee
>No, stay and try to spy

>>32664133
>N
>>32664205
nice roll.

>>32664292
>Stay and spy

writing.

>>32664270
My post was after OP's. You read mine, which came after his, without scrolling to the bottom? And you're bitching at me for misreading a single word? Why don't you just give up. You're looking worse and worse here.

>>32664352
Sorry, you're right yeah. No excuse there.

>>32663703
The two alien creatures quickly run towards the human, running right by your sniffer without pause.
Your wasps leap back to the air, the first one quickly making it past the canopy, the other briefly struggles to dislodge its blades, causing the human to shout from either pain, anger, or some mixture. "You little shit!" The red-hot loop of metal quickly slices through your wasp's blade, and before you can send it airborne it is caught by a left hook to the side of the head from the human's fist, sending it reeling to the side. "I'll kill ya, ya fuckin bastard!" Your wasp leaps into the air as the human pulls out a small sidearm, his torso still pinned to the ground. You can hear the sound of metal slugs ripping the nearby trees, but your drone quickly passes the canopy. It is only then that you realize your wasp's right mandible has been snapped clean off, and a large fracture has formed along the side of its head.

Your third wasp, still pinned by its wing, desperately scrambled for freedom. The sound of snapping chitin can be heard as the bolt tears free and the drone flops to the ground. You quickly look for cover, scrambling for the closest thicket. The two small creatures stand over the human, chirping and yelping rapidly. The human slaps one of them. "The hell are you doing gawking? You let another get away!"

After only a few minuets a large buggy moves in through the thicket to the clearing. Loose foliage is send flying away from the underside, which hums as the vehicle slowly floats to a halt and touches down lightly. Three other humans quickly emerge, tending to the other human.
"Lyle, shit what happened."
"Just get the bagged one and tell Coil to prep the cooker. I've had worse." Lyle says with a gurgling laugh and a thick flow of blood flowing from his waist. They quickly lift him into the back of the buggy as the two small creature, Huey and Dewy, lift your wasp in its thick sack into a small compartment along the side of the buggy.
1/2

>>32664845
"You look like shit, boss." One of them says as the the buggy lifts back into the air. It hovers just a few feet from the ground, drifting from side to side.
"You shoulda seen my after my drop on Rheims. Braking thrusters never deployed, looked like a Picasso when they found me."
"You still do."
"Shut up, Lenny."

>Follow the buggy with your sniffer
>Send the sniffer back to the hive
>Other

>>32664845
>a large buggy
so, like a dune buggy, i presume.

Only a hover buggy.

>cooker
To heal the human, or to SCIENCE the drone?

>>32664978
>Follow
As if anyone would choose the other.

>>32664978
>>Follow the buggy with your sniffer
He hasn't let us down yet!

>>32664978

>Follow the buggy with your sniffer

>>32664978
>Follow the buggy with your sniffer

>>32664978
>Follow the buggy with your sniffer
I hope we can find their space craft and take it whole.

so who is up for sending a small army behind the sniffer?

>>32664978
>Follow the buggy
Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

>>32665032
We have to destroy the communication relay before we even think of taking it whole.

Rolled 27

>>32665062
Woo!

Rolled 59

>>32665032

If we worked on the Cyclotrons, repaired the Unity drone, and consulted with Theseus then we might have a shot at that.

There might also be some still functional point defense type weaponry on the Clarke that might be useful in such an endeavor.

>>32665057
I'm all for it.

>>32665062
here you go.

Rolled 50

>>32665062

Rolled 81

>>32665062

Rolled 93

>>32665062

>>32665073
Wow I am rolling shit tonight.
None above a 50.
Though none below a 2, so I guess it's not that bad.

>>32665057
risky and unlikely to get there in time.

we need to hide and grow the colony in size before we can do that sort of thing.

>>32665000
>He hasn't let us down yet!

>quest's first natural 1

>>32665088
and then there's this.

Rolled 16

>>32665112
and let them find out the truth about our wasp?

>>32665063
>communication relay
You mean the FTLComm on board?

>>32665057
That's not possible. And also the buggy is faster.

>>32665140
whats to find?
it will have barbs that shoot and that its a hive creature.

They already presume were primative sentients, and the genetics will be mostly mitigated due to not being a layer.

Frankly this smells like a bit of poaching for primative slaves/samples.

>>32665187
they have our guns, and they were looking for our drones.

>>32665149
> FTLComm on board
Information doesn't travel faster than light you nigger.

>>32665187
You do realize we still have the psionic relay in the drone right?

Rolled 19

>>32665224

When you have an FTLComm it does. And they do.

>>32665187
>slaves
I really doubt they are even useful on the slave market. It's only for Science.

>>32665224
Soft-scifi quantum entangled particles that are lightyears apart break all the rules, mang.

>>32665224
yes it does?

At least we will have an idea of their strength and numbers since they are taking a drone back with them. Thanks to whoever insisted we invest in radio drones.

>>32664292
Stay and Spy.

>>32665062
I kind of want to keep the Wasps within response distance too. The uninjured two, that is.

are we back in business?

>>32665422
I think we might be. Depends on if the QM shows back up.

Anyone else think Seiner is the head of this expedition, and he wants to prove his theory by dissecting our drones?

>>32665515
If so, I hope we capture him and use his ass for our own research.

>>32665062
Your sniffer quickly hops from tree to tree, silently trailing the buggy as best it can while leaving plenty of room between to avoid detection. Your wasp has been placed in a container of some sort, and while you can detect a vague sense of location, you are unable to see anything past the container's interior. Eventually the buggy disappears into thin air, catching you off guard. Your wasp seems to still be in the buggy, but you sense it has stopped and can hear the sounds of activity. Your sniffer detects nothing, but at the very least you have a decent idea of where the buggy disappeared.

>Send the sniffer to investigate
>Wait for warriors to arrive (how many)
>Other

>>32665541
Quarantine the area, then wait for their next "outing". When the hunting party leaves, either ambush the party or the base, but only one.

>>32665541
>Wait for warriors to arrive (how many)
10. 2 fire sprays, two dual-sting casters, 6 thorn launchers.

>>32665541
>Wait for warriors to arrive (how many)

A lot. Other anons can work out the details, but this is a serious incursion.
Eventually they'll go looking for the queen.

>>32665580
This.
Make sure they take a stealth approach

>>32665629
>>32665580
Your sting casters are equipped to your wasps, but your warriors have plenty of thorn launchers and two can be loaded with a fire spray.

>>32665541
Send 8 warriors 2 with fire sprays 6 with thorn launchers also send the 2 uninjured wasps for air support

>>32665651
Then 8 thorn launchers and 2 fire sprayers it is.

>>32665264
I regret ever suggesting a radio drone because fools decided to use it to transmit instead of only to eavesdrop, causing this very situation right now.

>he said, once posting worked again

>>32665541
A cloaked space vessel?

Of fucking course.

It doesn't even have scent though? They are thorough.

>>32665541
>>32665690
I can go with this

let's get the warriors on the way and have the sniffer try and pin down the location of the camp in the meantime perhaps?

>>32665703
Why DID posting stop working, anyhow?

How much damage do you think lighting a space shuttle on fire can actually do to it.

>>32665690
Why leave the other two warriors?

They can always just fuck off and lift off and land somewhere else equally stealthily.

So you better hit them hard enough the first time.

>>32665690
I like this.

I don't suppose anyone has a better explanation for the signal's vanishing than that they stole the satellite to scrap it for its component parts?

>>32665795
They blew it up so nobody would look twice at their being here.
Or they stole it and scrapped it so nobody would look twice at their being here.

>>32665795
that's possible, but it also could've spotted them first and hidden itself I guess

>that week captcha died
>that week the thread went into autosage early
>this week that posting stopped working

Why haven't you been sacrificing enough virgins? Dice gods aren't the only hungry ones.

Maybe we should ask the AI for help.
I'm sure it'd know what's going on and what/who we're facing.
Even if it only confirms "alien apes and cloaking devices, brah".

>>32665848
No, let's not waste valuable questing time we've already been robbed of with the useless NPC conversation attempt.

>>32665848
Also, I can't help but imagine the drones we produce that are little more than infrastructure as bloated immobile things with tiny eyes, and little atrophied legs that wiggle uselessly, while their body gurgles and pulsates violently.

>>32665651
Your sniffer hangs back, avoiding the area until you can send help.
Eight warriors, two with fire sprays should be sufficient, you suspect. Your two remaining airworthy wasps move to assist, and your injured wasp is still making its way back to your hive, although the jungle can be dangerous along and on the ground.

You can feel the captured wasp being moved. The sound of hydraulics and the clacking of crates and equipment, then a loud hissing and metal scraping. A synthetic voice can be heard from above, a female voice with a strange accent.
"Welcome back, Lyle."
"Not in the mood, Angle, prep medical." Lyle's voice is strained, as if talking with a clenched jaw.
"Of course, Lyle."
"Huey, dewy, take care of the sample. Isaac, Lenny, go check the perimeter and set up Bob."
"Sure thing." Two humans respond, the two small creatures yelp together.
More hissing and hydraulics, then suddenly your drone's crate is opened. Two small faces peer in, each one with a single small eye and a number of spindly whiskers from the side of the head. A small bony beak sticks out near the bottom of the jaw. The two are identical in every way, save for a set of patterns tattooed across their faces. They look at your wasp curiously and squeak, first at your drone, then at each other. As they squeak and yelp into the crate they sway their heads and shake their whiskers, then rapidly shake their heads back and forth at each other as they yip and cackle at each other, occasionally slapping at one another before they seem to reach an agreement on whatever it is they are discussing.

>>32665750
I assume to keep a reserve. I will assume one is at the hive and the other is at the Clarke, unless you wish to specify otherwise.

>>32665809
The atmosphere is too dense to get a visual, you only were aware of it in the first place due to the broadcasting signal it was emitting. You can't determine its state right now other than it isn't broadcasting.

>>32665923
You have heard quite a bit of their strange squeaking, but your thinkers are currently busy. You could re-task one or more to attempt to understand them if you wish, or request help from Theseus.

>Retask thinkers
>Ask Theseus for aid
>Neither
>Other

>>32665923
do we have to make the wasp kill its own brain to prevent them from realizing we're sentient?

>>32665923
Order the captured drone to display hostility to its its capturers. Possibly involving its sharp and lethal claws.

>reserve forces
I don't know about other anons but I find the locations of the two warriors to be fair.

>>32665958
Take 3 Thinkers for this.

One off the project with 9, and two off the project with 10.

>>32665958
>Retask thinkers

>>32665958
How long of a research project would it be?

>>32665992
Depends. You would roll for it due to the unusual nature of the current situation.

>>32665960
The wasp isn't particularly intelligent, and barely sentient (and I mean sentient).
After all, without us drones immediately go into a coma. So it probably doesn't have much in the way of brain. Probably mostly tachyon receiver in its brain-case.

>>32665960
Don't be ridiculous.

That wouldn't do anything, and they probably know.

>>32665958
Retask as many Thinkers as makes sense before we get diminishing returns? since this is kinda time sensitive versus other research.

>>32665958
>>Retask thinkers

Oh sweet we are back, are we still gonna do a week run?

>>32665958
>re-task 3 thinkers
Due to the unusual circumstances surrounding the research, please roll 1d100, best of 3 to crack the language barrier more quickly.

>>32666042
I plan on running till we 404 or everyone goes to sleep, whichever comes first, then I'll probably sleep all day.

Rolled 47

>>32666072
here it goes

Rolled 26

>>32666072
My roll history is poor. So I pray this works!

>>32666072
Hey I want to go all in.

Rolled 88

>>32666072

>>32666092
8.8/10, anon. Good roll.

>>32666072
I would almost rather the language barrier remain in place, if only to make terrible diplomancer decisions impossible this time.

So how do we get around Bob?

>>32666108
Don't worry, anon. I'm with you in agreeing that we need to ensure these people die here.

>>32662381

>their outfits are green and yellow
>yellow
Lyle knows nothing about centuries-old cartoon references, yet he tries to make them anyway.

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>>32666115
>Don't worry
Unless we're the only three on the internet, your words are small comfort.

>>32666115
>>32666108
I'm in the party of saving their brains and bodies to be used as puppets, but ok killing them works.

>>32666108
Good storytelling > your opinion
That said I have no intention of letting the humans live.

Here's hoping that the downtime increased the average decision-making skills of the players.

>>32666108
>>32666115
>>32666124
>>32666125
>>32666131
/tg/: Tearing and Gutting.

>>32666125
forgot, can we have our thinkers to be used on their brains?

>>32666131
>large number of dense players > your opinion

Fixed. If you think that was their motivation, I dunno where you got that impression.

>>32666151
>Your butthurt > number of dense players
FTFY

>>32666108
I want to know the language purely for tactical reasons. Attempting guile is pointless at this stage of aggression against our self.

>>32666187
He's too stupid/butthurt to recognize that.

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>>32666167
Let's put this in to the language of proper greentext.

>players
>voting for good storytelling

>>32666206
I took it as a (mostly) well natured jibe.

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>>32666072
The two, whining and complaining the entire way, eventually manage to drag the crate to the wall and into a small lift. As they dump out your drone in the constrictive membrane sack which is promptly hauled into the air and dumped into a tank of fluid which seems to start dissolving the membrane. Your drone quickly thrashes in the tank, and as it drains of the fluid your drone is capable of movement once more, although only to the limited degree the transparent cylindrical tank permits.

Your warriors are close by, but you still don't know where they are exactly.
>Charge the vicinity with the warriors, the're bound to run into something
>Investigate with the sniffer
>Other

>>32666117
It's sorta like a double reference.

>>32666216
I actually don't see it as me writing a story anymore than if I were GMing a game for my friends. A story will be made, that is certain, but I know it's outcome as much as you do.

>>32666255
Also, I wrote this up while 4chan was goofing the floof.
http://pastebin.com/Hdv2N1i0
Still haven't gotten around to the flight recording, but I will update the pastebin with it when I do.

>>32666255
>Investigate with the sniffer
It must redeem itself. Even though it's effectively no more distinct from our control than a single limb on our body.

>>32666255
Best if we send the sniffer ahead I think, don't want any nasty suprises.

>>32666255
Do we still have a wasp?

Either we poke around with a wasp until it's spotted or the base is found, then strike, or we just steamroll the whole thing.

>>32666255
>>Investigate with the sniffer

>>32666206
Now you're just making things up.

>>32666296
You sure you want it to meet Bob the security system? It's way more fragile.

>>32666255
>sniffer investigates

>>32666255
>Investigate with the sniffer
Running in without any intelligence on even where they are is just stupid. We aren't on the clock so much that we can't afford to use Sniffer. Pretty sure bob is some kind of robotic defense system.
Also, that sniffer needs a name.

>>32666255
>Investigate with the sniffer

>>32666304
You have two wasps giving air support to your warriors. They can swoop in quickly to help harass, but one is wounded and so they will by default stay out of the direct combat unless you wish otherwise.

Out of your four two are fine, and on site, one is flightless and walking back to the hive, and the fourth is in the ship, held in a large holding tank.

>>32666290
>Investigate with the sniffer
Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

Rolled 93

>>32666356

>>32666345
Well, everybody seems deadset on using the sniffer anyway.

I was just hoping we could bait them out with the wounded wasp, as well as keep them from learning about multiple creature types before the attack.

Rolled 48

>>32666356

Rolled 99

>>32666356

Rolled 80

>>32666356

The whistle dudes would appear to be Taidaren.
We can defeat them by fucking with their echolocation.

Also the first part of the Clarke's manifest is pretty fucking horrifying.

>>32666373
Woo!

>>32666373
Well then.

Rolled 88

>>32666373
Woah

>>32666290
Clarke is the ship that landed here right?

Because lookit dem weapons.

Otherwise, I'm mostly interested in that field lab.

>>32666356
Writing.

>>32666384
The corvette is the smallest ship, so their railguns are a pittance compared to larger ships. Nukes help compensate for that.

>>32666397
Yes, although the manifest lists what was on the ship when it departed, not what is on the ship now.

>>32666373
Requesting a research project on our sniffer's fantastic luck.

>>32666425
I second this

>>32666373
So, does our sniffer overhear the humans say the code that will turn off the security system?

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>>32666373
>>32666373
i swear this sniffer needs hero unit status, every time

>>32666420
Your sniffer takes to the sky, circling the area where you lost the buggy. There appears to be nothing out of the ordinary in the- wait, that's not right. One of the trees seems to flicker ever so slightly. You descend to get a closer look. As you move below the canopy the effect is even greater, like looking at something just beneath a surface of water. The effect covers a large sphere across a patch of jungle, and it could have easily been over-looked were it not for you sniffer, who seemed to steer itself directly for the anomaly by instinct. Even you are impressed with such outstanding performance, and you can feel your thinkers shutter slightly, then intensify their efforts with new found fervor. You get a small hint of a thought from the thinkers. "Thing was big, easy to see..."

>Charge in the warriors
>Send the remaining two wasps into the sphere
>Send the sniffer into the sphere to investigate
>Other

>>32666528
>Charge in the warriors
Strike with full force, or divide and conquer

>>32666528
>Send the remaining two wasps into the sphere
Dammit, I guess we want a glimpse of Bob so the warriors know what to aim at.

>>32666528
Get everyone on one side of the sphere. Send the Sniffer in first to draw their attention but at max speed to zoom out the other side.

Then the warriors go in. Wasps in reserve in case things get too hot.

It occurs to me we need to find a way to manipulate the electricity here. Sending in the locals could solve our problems for us.

>>32666528
>Charge in the warriors
>Send the remaining two wasps into the sphere
>Send the sniffer into the sphere to investigate
Why not all?

>>32666566
If we can overcharge their equipment, or their cloaking mechanism, it should attract them.

>>32666528
Send the wasps, we need to know what we're in for.

>>32666567
Because it seems like the boss guy ordered two of his human pals to set up Bob, in addition to the perimeter defence. Pretty risky to charge in without getting an eyeful.

>>32666567
Because depending on defenses they've erected, we could lose them all at once.

>>32666567
There's zero point in sending a noncombatant to 'investigate' when you're initiating battle.

>>32666528
>Send the sniffer into the sphere to investigate
I'm inclined to send the unit that, though useful, carries no armament. It's the most expendable in the impending conflict.

>>32666566
>Sending in the locals could solve our problems for us.
That's a good idea.

>>32666528
>>32666567
Changing my vote to
>Send the remaining two wasps into the sphere

>>32666623
It's not, it took days for the herd beetles to approach the human encampment.

There's no time.

>>32666566
I'll second all of this.

>>32666566
Could we later make a drone that releases a electrical charge to attract wildlife?

>>32666528
Send in the sniffer appears to win by 1.
Roll 1d100, best of 3

>>32666566
>Sending in the locals could solve our problems for us.
I'm a greedy bastard. I'd prefer their loot intact. Is there a way to attract only a few?

Rolled 54

>>32666642
Inb4 100

Rolled 68

>>32666642

Rolled 16

>>32666642

>>32666655
Mixed success. Could this be the day our little sniffer loses his smile?

>>32666655
DONT LOSE YOUR WAY LITTLE SNIFFER

>>32666666
That already happened when he rolled a 1 upthread.

Literally Double Satan, what are you doing here, this isn't your quest

>>32666655
And fuck quads and a double.
>>32666682
That one wasn't me tho

>>32666635
Maybe some kind of living battery that our wasps can air-drop?

>>32666661
Dishonour on your family anon.

>>32666694
It takes at least hours, if not days, to summon a creature that is actually dangerous. That is basically useless.

>>32662403
>Nutrients: 550
>Net: 231

This shit right here. We shouldn't ever have so much excess food.
Lets start making more drones, doesn't matter which just so that we don't have a huge stockpile.

I suggest more thinkers and warriors.

We should also keep making new farms all the time. Our hive should be in millions, not in hundreds.

Rolled 98

>>32666763
Still need nutrients for bulk orders, and building stuff, especially now since we made a second out post.

Rolled 80

>>32666763

I'm pretty fine with our hive being in the hundreds, not millions, 2 weeks after we've arrived on the planet but yes we should make more farms+drones.

>>32666694
>Dishonour on your family anon.
Screw off, namefag.

>>32666763
A stockpile is useful to have for laying and paying upfront costs, but yes-- we have additional workers now we can dedicate to building a new/expanded farm, we just gotta wait till end of day/shit getting real to decide construction projects.

>>32666763
I'd like to start having Thinkers 'free' for managing our workers and general efficiency.

>>32666716
Yeah, but being able to attract stuff would still be useful.

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>>32666642
Your sniffer moves in, slowly. As it passes the shimmering wall its senses are filled with sight, sound and the electrical hum of machines and devices. A large ship sits in a clearing, the words "Hel's Angle" emblazoned on the side. Near the front you see the two humans fiddling with some large box.
"Ok, scanner's up, wake 'em up."
The other pulls out a small device, and with the flip of a switch a booming voice echoes from within the ship
"SYSTEM ONLINE: PERIMETER PATROL PROTOCOL ENGAGED. LETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZED."
The large box in front of the humans unfolds and a small rotating disc emerges on a long pole, as it spins you can immediately hear a loud siren from the box.
"Shit, where is it?"
"I see it!"
A hail of bullets tears apart the thicket in which your sniffer was hiding, clipping a leg in the process. Your drone evades, leaping from place to place with its wings.
The booming voice echoes from the ship once more. "TARGET ACQUIRED, ENGAGING."
1/2

Rolled 33

>>32666823
fuck we can't let the drone captured now.
Send the warriors in now, while Ben is distracted.
Prioritize the flying vehicle.

>>32666823
Send in the warriors.
Burn fucking everything.

If it's just one turret we should be able to take it without too many problems.

>>32666823
>>32666849
>>32666858

we should probably aim to destroy its engines so that they are stranded here. I doubt we could take them out with our current forces.
In mean time, lets breed a bigger army.

>>32666858
>>32666849
I agree, aim for the blades/propulsion system of the ship.

>>32666823
>Hel

...Commonwealth?

>>32666823
Hopefully, if the Sniffer doesn't die, we can snipe either the turret or the sensor with our Thorn Launchers.

>>32666868
>>32666873
This.
Burn the engines. Leave them stranded here. Then we pick them off one by one.

>>32666823
told you guys to just charge in.

Also, wondering if we should try to shoot our way out of the tube with our Wasp on the inside.

>>32666885
nah they are distracted, now we can do a surprise attack and hopefully take out the engines,

>>32666898
We should also do that, just to fuck with the controls inside.

>>32666898
its damage rating is "low".

it would be just as or more likely to succeed if you just cut at the tube with your claws.

>>32666900
I'd rather take out the perimeer sensor and rush the doors.

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>>32666823
2/2
A loud thumping can be heard from the ship, and a large metal figure emerges, a small sticker on the front of its metal chassis reads "Hello, my name is Bob". It quickly zeroes in on your sniffer and the barrels on its arms spin up.
With a tremendous roar and a plum of fire a hail of lead fills the air, tearing at your sniffer like tissue paper. It slumps to the ground and slides outside of the sphere, barely conscious. As it leaves the sphere you note complete silence, the thunderous roar of the cannons completely gone.

>Charge in
>Attack in a specific way (specify)
>Fall back
>Other

In an alternate universe tg right now there is a space bounty hunter quest running, and we are about to turn it into a survival horror.

Rolled 78

>>32666917
>>Attack in a specific way (specify)
The engines, also see if our wasp can escape.
>>32666916
I rather make sure they don't try to escape.

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>>32666917
S-sniffer... A-a-are you still there...?

>>32666917
RIP Sniffer. That'll do, bug, that'll do.

I honestly think we shouldn't attack now. Bob and Perimeter seem pretty spooky.

Would it be feasible to wait for one of them big beetles to hatch?

>Fall back

>>32666917
>Attack from the opposite side of where our Sniffer was shot, attempt to render ship incapable of getting back into orbit.

We want to leave them stranded here. So we can pick them apart.
Though Bob will definitely be an issue.

>>32666917
>Attack in a specific way
Spread out and don't bunch up. Try targeting the ship's engine first so if we fuck this up, we can have time to grow another army before they can leave.

>>32666917
I really doubt we can win but lets try to cripple their ship by destroying the engines.

>>32666917
Fire spray the scanner.

Shoot thorns at the humans, then bob.

The warriors have to flank from 8 different directions, they can't aim at all of them.

Rolled 17

>>32666946
>>32666939
He is still alive numb nuts.

>>32666946
We don't have any.

>>32666952
Fire spraying the scanner sounds like a good idea, but be sure to leave some fuel for the engines.

>>32666948
>Spread out and don't bunch up

second

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>>32666939
>>32666946
No! Sniffer-chan ;_;
I am shameful dispray

>>32666946
"hatch"?

The carapace class hasn't even been researched yet.

>>32666900
uhh what? Bob is deployed and ready to fire. Everyone is tense and waiting for other hostiles to appear.

>>32666917
Fire clumps of ocean spore at them discreetly

>>32666963
I said RIP!

>>32666964
I know, but as I recall they are in the plans. I'm wondering if it would take too long to design and hatch and grow one.

>>32666917
>Attack in a specific way (specify)
Spread our forces out around the perimeter a bit. Start plinking from long-distance with a dedicated distraction snipe, then do a fly by with the wasps while our forces rush forward from the front and rear of the ship, reasoning that there should be slightly more cover from those angles.

Ideally, we engage the robot with our Fire Sprays. The heat should occlude sensors and disrupt internals better than our projectiles are likely to outside of chance fire.

Simultaneous breakout attempt from inside couldn't hurt.

>>32666984
Definitely too late. We're not done the research and such large drones are likely to take a handful of days to hatch at the least

>>32666984
You don't even have a clue how long a "very slow" research like that will take yet. So it's obviously not an acceptable wait.

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>>32666976
that barbecue, i posted that before he finished.

>>32666989
This sounds good to me.

>>32666989
Better than mine.

>>32666917
Current opinions seem to be
>Suround and attack from all angles and target the ship's engines
>Attack from all angles and target the humans
>Attack from all angles and target Bob
>Attempt to escape from the holding tank
>Fall back
>Other

>>32667010
>barbecue
How the fuck did i mix barbecue up with because.

>>32667003
>>32667009
I just wanted to have hope. Is that too much to ask!?

Guess we should head in then and hope for them 100s?

>>32667022
>Suround and attack from all angles and target the ship's engines

>>32666989
Fire spray has "Rng: short"

You'd have to get pretty close to fire spray the target, just saiyan.

>>32667022
This >>32666989 looks like a good plan plus
>Attempt to escape from the holding tank
>Attack the sips engines

Switching this
>>32666946
to this
>>32667036

>>32667022
>>Suround and attack from all angles and target the ship's engines
>>Attempt to escape from the holding tank

>>32667046
You can't see them through the sphere. Would you like to attempt blind fire or send in a drone to spot?

>>32667060
Well we do know where everything was. Its not like we couldn't snipe the ship engines

>>32667060
We use the thorn launcher drones as chaff while the fire spray drones run up there and hose down the ship in napalm.

Rolled 47

>>32667075

I doubt that a ship that can withstand re-entry is going to have a problem with napalm.

>>32667060
I'd be willing to send in a Wasp for a scouting flyby. If anything, it'll slow their response to the real threat.

>>32667092
It's our special brand of alien insect napalm.
Though you do have a point; we definitely should be aiming for weaker-looking areas.

>>32667022
>>Suround and attack from all angles and target the ship's engines
>>Attempt to escape from the holding tank
>>Send a scouting/decoy wasp

>>32667060
>QuestDrone
Neither, lure the Bob away with a fast unit, and send in warriors to ambush and slay the humans, then finish off Bob and loot our quarry.

Here is hoping we don't fuck up the bodies or brains.

>>32667022
>>Attack from all angles and target Bob
if we get bob everything else should be easy