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>>33233991
>Current armory
41 Thorn Launchers
2 Thorn Cannons
23 Sting Casters
1 Rotary Stinger
3 Fire Sprays
1 Plasma Spray

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 2577
Metals: 1998

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Queen – 5
Worker (75) – 150
Warrior (25) – 100
Thinker (24) – 72
Speaker – 3
Digger (10) – 40
Refinery (2) – 14
Sniffer (2) – 8
Wasp (18) – 90
Antenna (3) – 9
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (3) – 33
Nutrient costs: 604

>Income
Nutrients: 1050
Net: 446

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Advanced Laboratory
>Infrastructure
>Hangar facilities: Room for 20 Aero Drones and 10 Shuttles
>Mine: +250 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +1000 N per day, 10 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Clarke Research Outpost
>Hel’s Angel Prison Outpost

Lets see what comes out during the summer season eh

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>>33234005
Current Construction Projects
>Hangar Expansion - +20 aero +10 shuttles. 50N 100M
>Labyrinth – a complex network of tunnels and dead ends crisscrossing between your hive and outposts, providing your drones with safe, quick, and reliable transit between them while confusing and defending against enemy intruders.

New Construction Options
>Hangar Expansion – Add on to current hangar facilities for your choice of +40 aero drone space, or +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
>Docking Pylon – Large spire designed to service the operation, construction and maintenance of larger FTL capable ships. Each Pylon holds 4 docking spaces for ship construction and maintenance. 100N 400M

Ship Construction Options
>Shuttle
Cost: 50N 150M
Size: 30 Meters
A small craft designed to transport goods, drones, or anything else that needs to move from one location to another. They are typically used only for transport to and from orbit, and can carry up to 25 medium sized drones at once, or a single large drone.

Space Pod
Cost: 20N 50M
Size: 10 Meters
Similar to your own pod, the standard Space Pod is an organic lump of sensors and maneuvering thrusters equipped with basic radiation shielding and a Blink Drive. They have very little room for cargo, and typically only carry a thinker and enough rations to last the duration of a mission. Due to the focus on small size and low energy signature, they are incapable of escaping a planet’s atmosphere, but can easily be towed by a shuttle.

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>>33234028
Finished Research
>Grape Shot
This strange local fruit bursts open violently when disturbed, hurling sharp barbs in all directions. By isolating and altering the naturally explosive properties you have been able to produce a potent, compact explosive charge that can be delivered in projectile form.

>Fungal spores
These spores infect and attack the bodies of nearly any life form and are astoundingly adaptive. They take root in and alter the behavior of the infected to assist in the spreading of the fungal spores to new locations.

>Berry birds
The animated seeds of the small jungle bush are capable of instinctively tracking and finding a suitable mate using complex chemical trails. By integrating these into new and more effective forms you have developed an effective medium ranged weapon system capable of homing in on a specified target species.

>Cyclotron particle beams
The Cyclotron uses a ring of superconductive magnetic coils to accelerate a bolt of particles to near light speeds. Each shot requires a short charging time, and the weapon itself is frail and prone to failure when damaged. It makes up for these failings by offering a high powered, accurate long range weapon.

>Slip Drive
A deceptively simple device attached to the enigmatic crystalline Void Shard. You are still no closer to understanding the crystal itself, and in fact are now less certain that it is even possible to do so, but your understanding of its use now permits you to attach the Slip Drive to any single ship, as well as gaze into the twisted void of No Space.

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>>33234056
Current research
>Unity Computer
While the sensitive data has been purged and much of the wires overheated into a twisted pulp, there is still much to recover from the discarded computer.

>Oxygen Recycler
Medium
An artificially engineered culture of bacteria designed to replenish a drone’s oxygen supply, letting it hold its breath for extended periods of time while removing the need for bulky air tanks or breathing tubes.

Available Research
http://pastebin.com/aHpp1QVv

>>33234056
I wonder.

What would happen if a Thinker attempted to utilize the Void Shard? Could it? Would it be absolutely terrible at navigating it, being completely autistic number crunchers and without intuition?

Welp time to build more farms and fix the jungle above the crystal then

>>33234119
Not that we should experiment with it again until we go into orbit of course.

>>33234168
10 Farms, and the Docking Pylon.

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>>33234102
You feel a sharp ringing sensation in your mind as Theseus speaks to you. The process of translating digital signals to thought is still somewhat awkward, but he comes through clear enough as always. You are just surprised he is the one initiating the conversation this time.
"I have detected anomalous signals nearby, has anything unusual occurred?"

>Nothing at all.
>Tell him about the Shard testing.
>Other (write in)

>>33234203
Nothing at all

And got to be careful

>>33234203
>>Tell him about the Shard testing.

>>33234102
Lets do these.
>Lyle’s Combat armor
Medium
Not as powerful or complex as the drop suit, the combat armor appears to be a delicate mix of survivability and combat capabilities, with many similarities to the Union environmental suit. It appears to contain a number of devices designed to be useful in the field.

Research of the ocean spores has resulted in new fields of study.
>Bioweapon Research
Medium/ Very dangerous
Experimentation and testing with new artificial strains of spores, as well as other engineered toxins would make it possible to produce tailor-made bioweapons that would be quick to spread and difficult to cure.

I agree. Stick that thing in a "Tech Hazard Pod" and fly it away from the hive with a warrior assigned to surveillance

Well gonna need to start researching mental defences now

>>33234195
>the Docking Pylon
why?
>>33234203
>Nothing at all.

>>33234203
>Nothing at all

>>33234235
May want
>Ceph Cloaking Field
Very Slow (Fast with the aid of Coil)
You think you have discovered the components of the ship that permits it to avoid detection. It is a complex system that observes and mimics forms of radiation, neutralizing sound, retaining heat, and bending light around the ship to render it nearly invisible.
Before we send ships past orbit I think

>>33234203
>Write-in
Hmm. Half-truth?

"An incident with the Hel's Angel. We damaged its engines."

>>33234280
he doesn't know about the angel.

>>33234203
>Tell him about the Shard testing.
>Other (write in)
The surface temps has sky rocked. is this planet's orbit getting too close to the star? how hot can this planet get?

>>33234291
He does. We told him earlier about it.

>>33234291
Yes he does.

He knows we saw it. We showed it to him, he named it to us. He just doesn't know we 'won'.

Though Queen did ask, purely hypothetically, what Unity would do with Lyle Rogers in custody.

If we tell him about the angel, then we are gonna have to kill him.
Everything we had before was negligible, but now we have tech that his kind would be willing to fight for.

Lets hope he doesn't figure out how to use the signal a gain some of the abilities as a thinker and control our troops

>>33234319
Worth considering, not that we know for sure that they would fight for it, or use violence to get technology.

They don't seem to have gotten it out of Lyle before, for instance.

>>33234291
If he's smart he'll know that when we questioned very specifically about the vessel that there's a good chance we've come across it in some form.

But all other kinds of details then that he doesn't know, which is also why I think it's best not to tell him anything.

>>33234319
Precisely.

>>33234319
agreed
He is still a prisoner not a ally

>>33234339
The qm said that they would be drooling at a chance to study the crystal and maybe our way of communicating.

>>33234203
Relatedly.

We don't have the tech to trade for FTL secrets of gravetic materials and the gravity drive from Theseus.

However, we are going to experiment with it to learn its secrets anyway, and if it's dangerous, well, for all we know the potential consequences could destroy us both or attract deadly Union attention, if their satellite in orbit is networked with them (don't reveal we learned this for sure from the Hel's Angel's pilot, only imply that we naturally assume it, being paranoid).

In which case, does he have any advice on our research methods to ensure our mutual safety?

>>33234203
>Nothing at all.

"No disturbances at all." You respond as you direct your workers in repairing the damage. Your excavators have been sent to seal it quickly, their massive maws quickly molding liquid stone over the wound and covering it with dirt.

There is a short pause as power surges through the damaged sensor equipment. Your workers detect a diagnostic being run.
"I see. A sensor malfunction, perhaps. I apologize for the interruption."

>>33234313
Yes it is, the orbit is highly irregular, with extreme winters and summers. The dense atmosphere should mitigate the winter, but during the summer the mix of humidity and heat runs a risk of steaming your drones alive if they remain outside for too long.

>>33234365
A prisoner with a ship that has comms and access to a destructive engine...

>>33234261
We have a small window of opportunity while the satellite is blind, for the next week or two, to blink out of this system and attempt to colonize a new one.

the Pod is nice and stealthy, but we may want to consider larger options.

>>33234371
We know how to communicate with the crystal with basic tech
And we just made an adapter for the ai to use to talk us
Crap

>>33234409
Or we could get find a way to keep the satellite blind.

>>33234391
Yea and half the players want orge quest the second coming
Tell to wait and disable stuff get out voted
What can ya do?

>>33234330
He can't. We never have to worry about them obey his commands because they are designed to obey only us.
>>33234391
With no fuel to use said engine and a satellite that is monitoring us.
>>33234447
Do you want the Union to investigate now?

>>33234390
how long would it take to upgrade the queen herself with ornate combat grade armor and the most highest level of phonic power yield? it might be the key to operating that slip drive.

>>33234470
Well the issue is now he's got regulatory control of the engines. The best we can do is ask him to research a lot of stuff until he dies and then disable comms shortly afterwards, while also researching how to control the engine itself so we can take care of it.

>>33234447
And? You should have more than one plan, don't rely on just one. Redundancies.

If we use the current method of blinding it, and thus letting them *know* it's blind, it's suspicious.

Making the satellite 'hallucinate', hacking the live transmission feed to edit hive activity out of it will be very difficult if they designed it with any intelligence at all.

Every required system update will mean a new hacking mission to reverse engineer the new software's updated DRM scheme or whatever, and if the update takes too long to be installed (hacked) that alone will raise suspicions, and get a real maintenance crew on our bulbous egglaying ass.

>>33234489
Instead of blinding the satellite, we could reprogram it to THINK nothing of note is happening on the surface. That or alter the data feed from the sensors itself. The signal won't be tripped if the feed does not reach the computer itself.

>>33234508
by laying a new queen.

>>33234419
You should note that he is incapable of "hacking" you. The adapter translates his signals into recognizable thought and vice versa, but the your organic thinkers are simply too alien to him to attack with any effectiveness

>>33234383
Would you like to ask for info on Canderon that is less technical? As it stands, it's dangerous because you have no idea what to expect from it. It could be harmless, it could explode in the presence of irony, you just don't know at the moment.

>>33234447
You could ask a member of the Angel's crew about that if you wish.

>>33234489
You currently have all the Canderon from the Clarke, so you could still repair it if you wished.

>>33234508
No it's not. If Queen can control the ship it's on, which she can when equipped with FTL relays anywhere in the universe, she can access the void shards the same way.

>>33234390
Can we bring up gravetics safety concerns like in >>33234383 ?

>>33234390
Question: When engaging in warfare with other hives of are species what prevents other queens from hijacking are soldiers and Vice Versa?

>>33234534
You've given me an uber bad idea.

Theseus could probably hack the satellite for us. But... that would give him a satellite.
Perhaps we could trade Theseus something for some programming knowledge?

>>33234553
I thought we could cocoon ourselves and evolve that way.

>>33234513
We don't know anything about how it operates.
Sure that may been true when it figured we were useless to it purposes and it was in a destroyed drone with a faulty power source.
Its changed it rules book when dealing with us cause now we are a threat

>>33234563
I already thought of that, yes.

But that has to wait on learning basic Union computing technology, which we are learning as we repair the Clarke. We're still progressing on that tech tree.

Then we learn how to subvert Union computing technology.

>>33234556
Yes, sure. Ask that.

He doesn't know we took the warp rings for ourselves, and those contain Canderon?

>>33234102
Hey, research Lyle's Drop Suit. Didn't it shoot MISSILES? And/or had that self-destruct button he almost pressed.

haha time for explosives!

(And lay 26 more Thinkers.)

>>33234562
The drones can tell the difference between their mother and a strange queen. The thoughts of foreign queens would invoke natural hostility as a precaution against just such things. Queens that are related directly, however, could "inherit" drones, however, if they are familiar enough.

>>33234563
It would be attacking a mutual enemy, so he would likely be ok with such a proposal.

>>33234615
Correct. To your knowledge he does not know you have the Canderon, all he knows it that it is missing.

>>33234587
Yes, that's what I've already said. The idea is we learn enough about it so that it's no longer a factor when dealing with potential Theseus hostility.
Especially since we're not letting him leave the planet, he'll figure that out eventually.

>>33234683
QD, can the queen upgrade herself or will she have to lay a new queen for it to have new upgrades on it?

>>33234587
He was probably acting as a man waiting to die and wanted one last good time before going cause he figured there was no way for the bugs can keep him alive for long.
Now it knows better and wont leave any trace for us.

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>>33234390
>Ask Theseus about Gravetic technology.
>Ask about Canderon specifically.
>Ask other (write in)

It's important to remember that the comms Theseus has access to are incapable of communicating with Unity, only Union.

>>33234718
Why the hell would the queen update herself.

She's not a bloody hero unit.

The Throne Room is her armor. Best not to make her any heavier for workers to carry than she already is, for emergency relocation.

>>33234686
>>33234587
>>33234513
You guys do realize the engines have no fuel.

>>33234718
What upgrades would the queen even need?

>>33234736
The union made the unity
Common tech base

>>33234735
>>Ask Theseus about Gravetic technology.

I guess we can ask, where would you obtain Canderon, and how dangerous is it to handle?

>>33234718
All queens are independent
So bad idea right now

>>33234765
Anon means that it has only non-FTL radio signals capability.

IE, it only has the spy satellite in its range.

>>33234746
>>33234755
once we start to make colonies around this planet and on other planets in this system, an improved telepathy ability will be much more useful than having to rely on relay thinkers.

>>33234797
Even otherwise, it'd STILL only be able to talk to the Union. Union FTL-comms work on entangled particles. One comm unit only talks to one other comm unit.

>>33234797
I wonder what Theseus will do when the in range satellite is no longer deactivated.

>>33234797
Does that mean he already has access to that spy sat?
Cause the unity must know Union protocol and how to get around it

>>33234748
He can still mess with us via black hole, but only if he's desperate, on his last legs as we try to shut him down.

But once we understand the Clarke computer system, we may be able to take control of the dangerous systems, if it ever becomes necessary. Hopefully it won't, though.

>>33234819
No it wont. It's exactly the same thing except that incorporating more stuff into the queen will probably make it more awkward for her to get around. That's it.

Grafting a screwdriver into your wrist is not more useful than having a screwdriver.

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>>33234819
Yes, I'm sure we can just magically gain the ability to control any child drone in the entire universe without any psionic relays near the drone at all.

No if it were that fucking easy no queen would have psionic relays in the first place.

>>33234735
>Ask Theseus about Gravetics.
Do you have anything specific you wish to ask? Other than how it is found or handled?

>>33234748
You have it in storage.

>>33234797
Indeed, in fact, the Clarke's FTL comm was destroyed in the crash, so it only has local radio communications, and those have been damaged extensively.

>>33234840
But it's going to come to a head eventually.
Since we don't want either Union or Unity to be as aware of us and our capabilities as Theseus is currently, we'll be keeping him here and when he figures that out I don't think he'll try to kill us with that because it'd be suicide via black hole, and he seems to be programmed to value knowledge too much to do that.

But that's just something he's told us, of course.

the unity is still operating in Union space with fronts and hired agents
So the must know how to work in there

>>33234878
>>33234852
......
You didn't read QD's pastebin did you?
Here. Look for your self.
http://pastebin.com/3hWCdbhN
please read up on QD's official statement please.

>>33234912
Well don't forget that with local communication access he'd be able to attempt contact with anyone below the atmosphere. That's a more pressing concern I believe, since that Dr. Will-be-food might be willing to keep pressing his luck with sample acquisition.

>>33234912
>>33234840
The engines require Canderon to do that and it has none.

>>33234905
We are interested in researching the gravity. If we defeat a hostile Union ship and attempt to reverse engineer it from the scraps, how do we do so without blowing ourselves up?

>>33234956
>Advanced: A powerful FTL communication system that can beam thoughts to any other advanced relay regardless of distance. (200N 250M)

We have standalone radio antenna drones.

We can have standalone FTL psionic relays.

Laying a psionic relay that is kept in our hive near the Queen is indistinguishable from adding one to the Queen herself, except it's more flexible.

>>33234963
Right. That's definitely a bit more pressing.

>>33234965
It has a small black hole active right now though.

That's where its quantum power tap is drawing from.

It needs Canderon to do FTL things, but it doesn't need Canderon to blow up like that signal beacon did in thread 4.

>>33234956
I did read that. What is written there provides no evidence that I can see that supports the argument that incorporating further relays into the queen herself is necessary, optimal, or, indeed, possible.

>>33234995
Radio is not the same as Psionic unless our QD says so.

>>33234965
The ships power generator is still active, that's the black hole. It's what's powering the ship right now. Canderon is for FTL.

>>33234963
yep
And no guarantee he give us warning

So how will we make human drones?
There have been 5 ideas thrown out.
Parasite-Self explanatory really
Spore-Same as parasite
Home grown-Making a drone based on what we learned from humans
Hybrid-try to figure out a way to make a human/drone by insemination.
just using our credits- we found a heft amount of credits and could just, buy the info or spy.

>>33235038

Just stop, man. You're only reinforcing the idea that namefags are all stupendously retarded.

>>33235031
It seems we are not all on the same page here. I hope QD will give us a clarification about this. This is rather confusing to some degree.

>>33235045
>>33235018
That's the fucking reactor not the engines.

>>33235079

It's not confusing if you're not an idiot.

>>33235079
It's not confusing.

You're confused.

There's a difference.

>>33235038
Whats your point?
This is a civ quest and we need to build infrastructure
We don't need to turn the queen into a psi kaiju

>>33235038
How about this then?
>Advanced: A powerful FTL communication system that can beam thoughts to any other advanced relay regardless of distance. (200N 250M)
>any other advanced relay

The wording makes stand-alone advanced FTL relays necessary or they'd be entirely and completely useless.

>>33235072
Why not all of the above.

>>33235075
Just stop anon. You're just only reinforcing the idea that anons are all assholes to anyone who doesn't think like they do.

>>33235079
You stated
>an improved telepathy ability will be much more useful than having to rely on relay thinkers

No it isn't. How in the world is it? You show no support, no example where relays are somehow less optimal than making the queen a relay.

>>33235089
Apologies, I was the one you initially responded to and I was thinking about the reactor and not the engines. Theseus has control over engineering in general, so I must've lazily blanketed it together. Sorry for the confusion.

>>33234905
As Theseus seems to return to his tasks you send your question.
"How extensive is your understanding of the humans' propulsion?"
"Extensive, as I had been piloting a ship prior to crashing. This ship is missing its supply of exotic matter, so I did not mention it before."
"In that case, where would we be able to gather more?"
Theseus pauses, briefly lost in thought. "That would be...difficult. The product used by human ships is a naturally stable form of exotic matter found in the cores of a select few stars. All of which reside within human space."

>>33235038
Any adaptation can be stand-alone. It's just a drone with only that adaptation. As it is, the advanced relay can connect to any other advanced relay that uses the same network.

>>33235136
Subroutine pls

>>33235113
Hell QD set up the backstory that we aren't just one large hivemind for the whole species.
Every queen is independent and have a hard limit to how much they can control
The use of relays feed into the theme

>>33235140
The thinker are likely faster to lay down, but can be knocked out by accidents or being attacked. I see it as the difference of a direct fiber optic cable between to computers and using a wifi signal router.

>>33235155
Star mining!? Humans are sexy bastards.

Although, any stars that likely contained that stuff exploded to his knowledge? Incredibly remote chance of maybe possibly finding some scattered about that way.

>>33235188
>have a hard limit to on range
FIFY

>>33235155
Thank you, that is want I wanted to hear. I'll keep my peace now.

>>33235155
"More human ships may come. Do you have advice for disabling a Union ship without destroying its Canderon supply, and how to study Canderon safely?"

>>33235214

Here, how about a compromise?

We lay an FTL Comm really really close/right next to the queen.

That way you can be quiet.

>>33235155
So humans provide ftl drives to vassal species and also own all sources of fuel.
Smart
No wonder the squid wanted so bad
Break the monopoly

>>33234746
anti spore precautions?
Ya know, incase someone wanders in with it.

>>33235215

It sounds to me more like humans have some sort of exclusive technology that induces stars into developing this exotic matter so it can be mined.

>>33235188
>tachyon psionic communication
>range limit

>>33235275
It's very smart indeed. Fucking imperialist scumbags.

>>33235269
That's not a compromise, that's what everyone but fluff wanted in the first place.

>>33235265

He hasn't actually given us the name "Canderon" yet.

>>33235294
Yes, but you have to tell him that it's a compromise otherwise he'll faff about way more than necessary.

>>33235286
>>33235236
I mean drone limit not range

>>33235275
It occurs to me that so far our native FTL is the least rarified in terms of materials. No spooky crystals, no exotic matter found in stars, just good old fashioned space magic.

>>33235315
There is no drone count limit though. Only range, except when enhanced by relays.

We don't spawn more Overlords, we just build more farms.

>>33235269
I can live with that.I can see it like a bio-techno 'Crown' the queen and put on as she needs to.
>>33235215
Star mining does sound so awesome, and it does explain at lease one of the visions we had last thread.

>>33235325
At a certain point, it'll probably get impractical to control drones without Thinker support. Not really an issue though.

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>>33235346
>I can see it like a bio-techno 'Crown' the queen and put on as she needs to.

fucking wut

>>33235322

We don't know how the Unity's FTL functions.

>>33235322
Actually, about that...

You may want to reread http://pastebin.com/z4yZdEbK

>>33235155
"Naturally stable..."
"Exotic matter, yes. It is unique in that it does not annihilate normal matter on contact, while also altering local gravity fields when subjected to enough energy."
"And they mine these stars?"
"At the moment, no. Most Canderon is currently mined by Canian labor from their home star. They are too primitive to resist the mining efforts."
Interesting. It seems the material is not as common as you had assumed.
"And if more Union ships arrive, is there a way to disable this?"
"Yes."
you wait for a moment expectantly, but he doesn't seem to be willing to part with that bit free of charge.

>>33235275
Those that mean the unity still use the humans ftl drives?

And the reason they want the squid drive is to get around that major weakness? not just for knowledge?

>>33235308
It was mention by him earlier when loaded himself into the computer.
>>33235352
We have no limit to bandwidth .

>>33235294
>>33235311
I bet you two are 'That guy' in any gaming group. Please turn the nastiness down or keep it to your self.

>>33235369
Until we see evidence to the contrary, I'm assuming they use Union-style drives.

>>33235372
>Canian labor from their home star. They are too primitive to resist the mining efforts.
IMPERIALIST BASTARDS

how shit do you have to be to have a species mine out their own god damned star
holy fucking shit

>>33235372
Huh so we really should keep our mouths shut about our ftl drives then

>>33235372
Ah, well.

Time to talk to Coil then.

Wait, did we not get his hover tech tentacles as a research subject? Presumably the hovering is in those, and the cloaking is in the helmet.

>>33235370
Tritium is babby FTL fuel. Way easier to get than impossible transdimensional artifacts or stuff found in only certain stars.

>>33235407
How's this for evidence:
All the stars you can get Canderon at are in Union space.
We saw a Unity Server Ship FTL out of system.

I guess it's possible that they buy Canderon through proxies, but I find that unlikely.

>>33235426
Simple beat the shit out of them and put in a puppet government

>>33235431
Damn straight nigga. They'll try to give us pop music and blankets with small pox just to get at our delicious nutrition fueled FTL.

>>33235372
>Offer a trade to Theseus
>Offer to repair the engines in exchange for Gravetic research boost (give him the Canderon to fuel the drive)
>Ask for details on star mining (write in)
>Other (write in)

>>33235361
well the relay does require both metals and nutrients to make, so it can't be too much of a stretch to think it is a hybrid of biotech and machine? But that's just how i would envision how it would look, that's all.

>>33235462
Nah. We'll risk it on our own.

>>33235462
>Ask for details on star mining (write in)

"How do the Canians mine their star?"

>>33235462
Other?
Ask about union procedures to aliens with own tech base

>>33235462
I think it's time to get the black box.

>>33235448
As near as I can tell, Canderon isn't actually consumed, just necessary for the FTL drive. It's entirely possible that the Unity have a slowly diminishing supply that they're forced to reuse. Or they scavenge it from other ships.

>>33235494
That's a question for the black box really.

Like, I guess. Did the Valen and the Ceph join the Union after it was the Union, or were they part of the Earth dominated empire? The way they ended up joining would give clues.

>>33235494
Seconding.

>>33235462
>Other (write in)
"How does Unity cope with the scarcity of Canderon?"

>>33235501
Theseus stated that he knows of a system where his kind refuel.

Odds are they mine something from gas giants, given what we saw in No Space.

>>33235372
No wonder
They have to expand at all cost to find new sources
Anyone want to take a guess that our system has some?

>>33235522
>>33235494
these pls

>>33235380
Bandwidth limit, no. Processing? Maybe. The queen can probably only direct so many projects at once, especially as they become more technical in nature. Thinkers mitigate this issue entirely, however.

>>33235507
Nah we know in dry polite terms but how do they actually do in dirty terms?
Coups? Blockades ? Runners teams to gank people? Bioweapons?

>>33235526

See, I interpreted that consumption of a planet thing as being one of the Firsters. Why would witnessing a Unity Ship devouring a planet cause us pain and force us to back out?

>>33235557
where does it say this?

>>33234102
About research.

One thing that isn't clear, is if the Union ship's sensors are better than our own sensor technology, which is key to calculations for the Blink Drive.

Is there room for sensor improvement through reverse engineering?

>>33235557
Anon every drone we have contributes to our processing ability however most of it is use to control the drones so we never really need to worth about running out of processing power.

>>33235631
Or you know,
we could do the whole random mutation experiment thing, were we use thinkers to facilitate generations of sensors to random evolve better stuff.

>>33235629
Anon go home you're drunk

No, reread that vision sequence. There were 3 vision and you just conflated the 2nd and 3rd.

Two were beings we remember meeting before. Lee and Theseus. The third we have no memory of, but odds are is someone we've met too. The end of our home planet, drawn there by extensive use of psionics.

>>33235631
I would like to think so. I hope we can get that option of new research of improved sensors.

>>33235629
Wasn't that the rest of our species being wiped out
And its coming for us next?

>>33235669
>>33235700
wait where was this?
how'd we know it was our species?

>>33235700
>>33235669
I thought it was the original "Gods" bringing Armageddon against an enemy.

>>33235717
It's called pattern matching and inference and foreshadowing antagonists. You think those visions were pure chance?

You find a third, and see a strange sight. A planet...burning. Its crust being torn apart by something vast. You can feel it shift, shaping itself in space like liquid mercury, and it twists in your direction. You feel an unbearable pain run through your head and seal the doorway, the mote of light vanishing in a moment. The crystal retreats to its normal size with the sound of thunder as the air around it fills in the vacuum left behind, and the crystal grows silent.
>>33235717

>>33235700
>>33235669
>Life
>On a gas giant
>Being possible
Not convinced.

>>33235462
You try again, keeping your questions as far from technical as possible. "How do Canians mine the star if they are primitives?"
"They dig. Canians are plasma based life. Their home system of Wolf contains only their star. They inhabit the surface, and operate the mining stations. Wolf is one of the most Canderon rich stars ever detected by humans, and the star is just cool enough to permit chemical bonds that permit the formation of life."
"But if it is so rare, how do they maintain their fleets?"
"It is not consumed, only used as a component in ship operation. It is still expensive, of course."
"And what about more advanced races?"
"What about them?" He seems confused on the change in subject.
"How did the Ceph and others come to enter the Union?"
"Ah!" You sense a sting of humor from him. "They have not, but many choose to leave their governments to live under them."
"Why?"
"Comfort. The Union offers many races luxuries they would not have otherwise. Most Ceph within the Union would suffer execution otherwise, I am sure they feel the situation is most agreeable by comparison."

>>33235446
Indeed, it's just Hydrogen-3, it's like using dirt for gas when your neighbor uses liquid platinum.

>>33235631
You can't tell until you research the Clarke. At the moment they are damaged, but Theseus would teach you the technology in return for helping to repair them.

>>33235750
So how does this relate to our species?
>>33235745

>>33235745
Meh. It's more like a paranoid assumption.

>>33235762
>Theseus would teach you the technology in return for helping to repair them.

I fucking bet he would. Thinkers, I choose you!

>>33235790
The alternative is that the visions are completely random and the fact that it instantly focused on Lee and Theseus is a complete coincidence.

Coil said utilizing No Space is art, not science. The idea of it being coincidence is weaker than the paranoid inference.

>>33235838
or it can be a reference to his god.
It doesn't have to be about us.

>>33235836
We already agreed to that deal yo. It's underway. And just about completely harmless.

>>33235762
So they are killing there own star
And the other species have become hermit kingdoms? And they dump the excess to the union?
Or the AI not telling everything?

>>33235751
...It wasn't the gas giant. That was the 2nd vision. 3rd had a crust. Seriously, come on.

>>33235859
Eh, him having operational sensors will make things harder to hide from him, but he is on the ground past a mountain range and buried so I suppose it isn't that bad.

>>33235762
Of course.

Hey, time to ask Coil his biography and also how cloaking works and how we can duplicate his brain helmet technology.

>>33235879
What do you guys think that the grey squids have something to do with the crystals?

>>33235859
If we already agreed to it why is it posed as a possibility to select in the post?
Because that would mean we're already repairing them without getting anything from Theseus?
We can't logically have made that deal already, the other repair/knowledge exchange deal was for something else.

>>33235762
This is all quite interesting, and better yet, you feel much more confident that the material won't suddenly obliterate your hive. As you move on to more pressing matters Theseus asks another question. "May I ask why you have such a sudden curiosity for this material? The supply did not survive the crash."

What do you say?

>>33235881
I'm not convince some space god have decide to exterminatus our race

>>33235922
What? Grey squids?

Do you mean the pale white but color-shifting Ceph, who as far as we know are the only ones to have void shards?

Cuz yeah, I think they miiiight have something to do with them.

>>33235953
Want to know if there is any danger that's all

>>33235953
I wondered if it was similar to my species form of travel.

>>33235953
"I want to get the engines running eventually, and wanted to know how to fuel them."

True on all accounts.

>>33235967
The cephs who lose color is it cause of use of the crystals and are now danger to the rest ofg the species?

>>33235996
>>33235980
>>33235975
Seconded

>>33235953
"The Clarke could possibly be useful if fully operational.

>>33235980
Holy shit /NO/

>>33235980
NO NO NO

>>33236021
Why exactly?
We made it known that we are not from this planet.

>>33235953
"I was curious, and wondering if it were possible to obtain more for study."

>>33235980
That, no.
No. We need to at least try to pretend we're native to this planet.
And not EVER broach the issue of our FTL method.

>>33236056
>No. We need to at least try to pretend we're native to this planet.
But he knows we're not native. He said it the first time we talked.

That said, no need to remind him we have our own FTL tech. It's like waving bacon in front of a caged dog.

>>33236044
It invites questions about our form of travel. There's no reason to do that. For all he knows, we travelled through space in stasis for 1000 years.

>>33236056
He already knows we're not native.

>>33235975
No. That would be absurd to ask, if there ostensibly is no Canderon here.

>>33236081

He's smart, he's deduced we have FTL seeing as we're non-native.

>>33235953
"I had hoped the fuel would be more common, repairing it would prove useful."
"To both of us." He says, and returns to his tasks.

Coil is still quite excited, and is jiggling his boneless form around his cell in a small circle as he flashes various intricate patterns of deep purple and black.

>Speak to coil
>Speak to Lyle
>Other (write in)

>>33236134
>Speak to coil

>>33236134
Speak to coil

>>33236134
>>Speak to coil
Coil is one kawaii-ass space squid I tell you what.

>>33236134
>Speak to coil
Are you okay there?

>>33236134

>Speak to Coil
AND
>Speak to Lyle

About time we started talking to Lyle.

>>33236134
Ask coil about colorless ceph

>>33236134
I kind of want to tachyon Coil's shell, if you know what I mean.

>>33236128
Deduced it, yes. No reason to even mention we're even slightly willing to talk about it at all ever.

>>33236134
Ask coil if the satellite can be altered to provide incorrect sensory data to obscure us for longer.
And then speak to Lyle, it's been long enough I think.

>>33236163
No, the silent treatment is fun. Keep it up.

I have ideas for the next phase of Operation Lylebreaking.

He's clearly immune to pain as a motivator, according to Unity experiences, but there are other ways.

One is laying lots of tiny drones that crawl all over him and his cell

>>33236206
He will just eat them

>>33236223
They're acid-dissolving drones.

>>33236134
>Other
why not both?

>>33236240
He will try anyway somehow get out the bindings
Then he will steal our tech to upgrade himself with our biotech
Part man Part bug all badass

>>33236240

Probably best not to provide him a way to kill himself.

>>33236134
>>Speak to coil
Coil-chan my boneless beau I must say your exquisite eloquence is the light of my hive, tell me more of your people and make my ovipositor tingle, smooch-smooch-smooch!

>>33236134
"Coil." Your drone says as the door flexes open. You attempt to translate what he is chanting, but a good deal of it is unintelligible, and what you do translate is nonsensical.
"Coil!"
He stops his mad flopping and faces two of his eyes in your direction before speaking through the speakers in his shell.
"Joyus occasion! To be chosen as a part of the plan is an honor of the highest order!"
"I have been wondering about something. I have heard that there are members of your kind that cannot change colors, is this true?" He flashes a reddish orange, striped with yellow.
"The Discarded! They have no place in the plan! They blaspheme by their existence! We should not waste time speaking of them."

>>33236246
Because you only have 1 speaker drone.

>>33236307
Only the self-dissolving tier, not explosive tier.

And I guess they can stay away from his mouth.

>>33236438
Okay. We won't then! (Don't press it guys.)

Tell me. Do you know how your neural helmet functions? What about the cloaking field?

>>33236438
what is this plan you speak of, and who spoke to you.

>>33236438
>Because you only have 1 speaker drone.
Ooooooh.

Does that mean if we made more than 1 we could have multiple concurrent communications?

>>33236438
Crap so they all get exposed to the crystals
And some don't survive the process intact
And the crystals have an agenda
So we met another species

>>33236438
"Has one ever held the Gift as we do?"

>>33236506
You don't know that for sure.

The Ceph believe there is a Plan, but this may simply be a distortion of the history of how they received the void shards, and there is no currently active dark intelligence at work.

>>33236438
More info on the discarded

>>33236438
"We are glad and honored. How did you first learn you were chosen?"

>>33236438
Laying more speakers is nothing, we should make at least one more.

>>33236542
So the ceph high priests can use the crystal like we can then?

>>33236599
Who cares easier for everyone to focus on one conv at a time

>>33236438
"And what would that be?"
"Celebration! We must contact home at once and share the news of our peoples' union!"
"Let us speak of other things first, for example, your shell. How does it function?"
He seems confused. He wiggles his tentacles in frustration. "It lets us hear them, ask them for guidance. Why would you concern yourself with that when you can do this yourself?"
"Is that significant? To have this ability naturally?"
"Yes!" You could swear he glowed slightly with that statement.

>Ask about the Discarded.
>Ask about the plan.
>Ask about the satellite.
>Other (write in)

>>33236634
Well for convenience as well, we can have speakers in multiple locations at once to avoid the need to move them around, though I also don't find it as something immediately pressing since we've only got such few characters to talk to at the moment. More important for the future than now, I think.

>>33236573
No way man, let's keep him in an ecstatic mood while we can.

>>33236664
Ask about the plan.

>>33236664
>Ask about the plan.
>Ask about the satellite.

>>33236702
>>33236692
Seconding.

>>33236438
Actually that's smart
The high priests dump the discarded onto the union keeping anyone knowledgeable about the crystal away from them while making them think they got a chance to get intelligence about the crystals
>>33236664
Huh so they have a pseudo hivemind
Maybe we are just to strong

>>33236664
>Ask about the plan.
>Ask about the satellite.
>Ask about the Discarded.
in this order, one at a time.

>>33236664
>Ask about the plan.

>>33236687
Well said. That and we will be able to relay speech to other non hive beings that way when the time comes.

>>33236664
>other
"Home? It would be necessary to have detailed maps to avoid dangers."

Getting him to help interpret navigational data could be gud.

>>33236838
I still really want his DNA. Think we could have the thinkers study him without killing/harming him?

>>33236664
>>Ask about the plan.
>>Ask about the satellite

>>33236664
So the crystals are a species if they need special tech to communicate and it was telling us what we wanted to know

>>33236819
>when the time comes.
Exactly.

I really want to crack ceph skin so we can update speakers with that form of communication and possibly get adaptive camo for our warriors.

>>33236888
Wasn't there a research bonus for analyzing a creature while it's alive or something?
Can't we just do this now? It's not like Coil has any alternative appointments.

>>33236664
Ask did the crystals uplift the ceph

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>>33236664
"You speak of a plan, what is it?"
It is everything! The will of the universe made manifest, unknowable to those within." He jabs a tentacle in your direction. "but you are chosen as a part of it, you must be! This is why I am here, to guide you down the path, it is all clear now!" He almost hopes up and down, his body compressing under the weight of his shell like a sponge. You change the subject to hopefully calm him down.
"Then tell be about the satel--"
"The Monitor!" He begins to bound across the floor, hobbling over his tentacles like a treadmill, only to run into one of your warriors standing guard. "We must keep it in the dark! We don't have much time!"
"How much time, exactly?"
He shakes, thinking to himself in a panic. "Days, a week at most!"

You hear a beep from the machines of the Angel. The FTL comm device warms up, slowly churning in its place as it displays an incoming transmission.

>Failed to update.
>Transmit status update.

The machine indicates the transmission is from the string labeled as "Broker".

>>33237015
Talk to coil and lyle about broker?

>>33237015

"Then explain cloaking technology, so we can tamper with it stealthily."

"Also, you never spoke to Lyle's Broke yourself, did you?"

>>33237015
The device becomes dormant again, but the transmission still sits on the display.

"Quickly, we must repair the ship to reach it in time! We cannot let them disrupt the plan!" Coil is still wiggling in the grasp of your warriors, oblivious to the transmission. With his comment you remember that he still does not know just how advanced you are, and that you could construct a shuttle rather quickly.

>>33237015
Better have a chat with Lyle. Looks like his employer wants a word.

>>33237015
That's not good. Can we make a shuttle to get up there quick if we don't have one already?

>>33237015
So we have some options:

- ignore the Broker. Let them assume Lyle is MIA. Captured or killed by either the bug natives, or a passing Unity ship. Lyle is probably considered expendable, deniable assets.
- Ask Coil for help drafting up a fake status update to delay them. Unreliable, the broker always went through Lyle.
- Admit we captured the Hel's Angel to Theseus, and ask for advice how to con this guy.

>>33237015
Are we supposed to make a status update?

If that's the case, it may be better to talk to Lyle before we try that, to prevent any you're-obviously-not-lyle shenanigans.

>>33237104
And I suppose we should make a shuttle to reach the satellite so Coil can do his tech-nav stuff.

>>33237104
He doesn't need to know, still. We can let him believe that we're using the Angel on our mission.

But he has to explain cloaking tech first. (so that we can have an invisible Shuttle)

>>33237173
>If that's the case, it may be better to talk to Lyle before we try that, to prevent any you're-obviously-not-lyle shenanigans.
That will do more harm than good, Lyle's a liar liar pants on fire who will sabotage us with fake advice that will reveal he's under coercion or something.

or he won't help us at all, since he has no motivation to.

>>33237233
Right.

I suppose "Mission Ongoing" is sufficient, as is not answering at all.

>>33237104
You quickly sit Coil back in his cell.
"there is still time." You say simply.

>Ignore the transmission.
>Respond to the transmission.
>Speak to Lyle about. (write in)
>Ask Coil about the details of cloaking technology.
>Other (write in)

So why did we keep Lyle alive if we're never going to talk to the guy?

>>33237279
>>Ask Coil about the details of cloaking technology.


>>33237281
Not 'never'.

But we ought to research chemical influence on his brain first. At least some truth serum-like stuff.

>>33237279
>Lyle you help us out here and we'll give you some air conditioning.
>>33237281
Inability to follow through with audacious plans? We really should get chatting with him.

>>33237104
We need to buy time but not show our hand
If the ai Communicates with sat it can send a message so to dangerous
The broker can be ignored cause this is union protocol and they may send another team anyway so we cant do anything about it anyway
And if lyle like this they must have an established codes to tell each other about situations
So build more farms and destroy the existence of the airfield till we research the stealth tech is the best option

>>33237279
>Respond to the transmission.

>>33237279
>Ask Coil about the details of cloaking technology.

>>33237279
>Speak to Lyle about.
That transmission. He should know something about that.

>>33237279
ask the union to help us hack the robot.

>>33237279
>Speak to Lyle about.
"Your broker desires a status update. What's your status, Lyle?"
>Ask Coil about the details of cloaking technology.

>>33237419
That's really cheeky.

>>33237419
HAH

>>33237416
>the union
Very funny anon. It's a middleman Mr. Johnson.

>>33237411
He'll know how to trick us is what he'll know.

>>33237419
Beautiful.

>Speak to Lyle about it
Before or after we ask him about it
>Sorry about killing you and taking your limbs
>nothing personal

>>33237311
Talking to him beforehand as well is prudent.

>>33237419
We pretty much have to say this now.

>>33237419
It must be said.

>>33237279

In my opinion, the Broker will probably already know something is wrong (because Lyle didn't transmit) unless we get a secret code of some sort from Lyle...which will either not happen, or be a distress call and make things worse.

>>33237419
Ok, that is clever and cheeky, I like it. lets do it.

>>33237279
>Ignore the transmission.

>>33237419
You know, for the first time we talk to him with words this presents a wonderful first impression.

>>33237710
why?

>>33237279
"First, do you know how to operate your stealth device?"
"Of course."
"Then teach this technology."
Coil hesitates for a moment. "Well, I know how to operate it. The twins would be able to get it apart. I can get them to show you how to build it."
"Good."

You are surprised by how enthusiastic he is over helping you all of a sudden. You send him with some drones down to the twins' cell, while your speaker moves into the depths of your hive to where Lyle is held.


The door flexes open and his head jerks up to look for it in vain. The room is still too dark for him to see. Your drone moves into the center of the small room. He can't see you, but you can tell he hears the scuttling the speaker. "We have received a transmission. They ask for your status. What is your status?"

He offers a weary smile as he tries to adjust himself within the cocoon of chitin and stone. "Just hangin out." he says between labored breaths. Of all your guests, it appears humans have the most difficulty in hot and humid conditions such as this.

What do you say?

>>33237752

"Affirmative, will transmit."

>>33237752
How often are you expected to give status updates?

How long until they consider you MIA, and the contract passes to another?

>>33237752
Very good
Temp to your liking Sir?
We hope you have enjoyed your stay with us so far

>>33237814
2nd. Keep up the snark

>>33237752
I second
>>33237798
After that mention that we want to obtain a contract with him.

>>33237798
Seconding.

>>33237814
>>33237798
>>33237832

I'll support these.

Oh.

OHHHHHHHHHHH.

I got it.

We can be Coil, responding to the FTL transmission in a panic, because Lyle has been incapacitated after being infected by a local fungus that is completely resistant to their medical treatments. He's dying and can't communicate.

They might hesitate to send a new team, or they might just send the next crew with a lot more biohazard protections.

>>33237814
Turn down the snark a little.

>>33237862
Mite b cool.

>>33237862

I doubt Lyle is very susceptible to disease.

>>33237832
>After that mention that we want to obtain a contract with him.
What? No. God no. What are you thinking?

We aren't giving him freedom for anything. For every contract he might or might not succeed in for us, he could do a dozen for our enemies.

He's a wildcard, and he's staying in our hand.

>>33237888
Disease no.
Parasitic fungus yes.

>>33237752
Ask him what services he'd be willing to provide if we gave him some air con.

>>33237901
And?
As long as he keeps his mouth about us shut I don't really care.
And he will keep quiet about us if we make that a part of the contract. (If Theseus is to be believed)

>>33237752
a combo of these three
>>33237814
>>33237832
>>33237862
but just say he has been injured and in a regen tank or in the med bad under meds.

>>33237872
the only thing that is getting turned down is THE WHAT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS7IlF8BLnM

>>33237822
Unfortunately only "accidental snark" is in-character for inhuman alien queen.

>>33238016
>As long as he keeps his mouth about us shut I don't really care.
He won't. You can't give him a mission that says "for the rest of your life never ever talk about what you seen here." He'd never take a GEAS as a real contract. He takes shadowruns.

>>33238016
I'm simply not inclined to let all the biotech on his body walk away anon. Those implants must be worth some kind of cool research.

>>33238063
I thought the point of that song was that Lil John is constantly turnt up and what will he turn down for? Nothing.

As a side note I hate you.
As a side side note you really missed a good rick roll opportunity.

>>33237814
Very good Sir
Temp to you like Sir?
Would you like refreshments Sir? Water with a meal perhaps?
We have some local cuisine but managed to import some foreign delicacies like Clamari, Long pig and lizard?
Please remember to tell all your friends about your stay at our fine resort Sir
After all it worked wonders on your weight Sir

>>33237752
The room pulses with a soft red light as bioluminescent walls hum to life. Small veins carry streams of nutrients around the ceiling.
"Oh, now isn't this pretty. I'll have to remember to shoot whoever got the intel on you buggers."

"Are you comfortable?"
He starts to laugh and a crap in his side quickly stifles it.
"Cheeky bastards aren't ya? I've had worse, truth be told."
"Your allies-"
"Employer, let's be honest here, I hate that fat fucker, but he pays nice."
"Your employer is concerned for you. How long until they send a rescue?"
"Oh well, I bet they have a whole armada coming as we speak!" He licks his lips, his mouth is dry and his voice hoarse, but he just manages to be as abrasive as ever.
"Then they will not send more?"
"Oh who the hell knows? Depends on who else wants the money bad enough I guess. You know... you little talkin' one was worth twice the others, just thought you'd want to know."

>>33238107
I had assumed that he has taken missions with both Unity and The Union that are top secret and he did not talk about those even under extreme torture.
Is that right QuestDrone?

>>33238201
Ignore the transmission then

>>33238201
this one is worthless to us.

>>33238222
According to Theseus, yes.

>>33238245
What?

>>33238222
He'll never admit what his mission was.

But he wasn't ON a mission from us when he came here, and saw things he shouldn't see. We can't bind him about those in our own contract easily.

>>33238201
Curious. What exactly did they tell you about us?

>>33238201
Well he's not giving information so how about we ask for a contractual service.

>>33237862
>or they might just send the next crew with a lot more biohazard protections.
Good, good, more technology coming to research!
And since they'll probably be thinking the whole planet's crazy dangerous, we can sow surprise and fear when we use our warrior castes' guns to rip their suits. I mean, what's more scary than getting your haz-mat suit torn in a leper zone?

>>33238264
No.

God no.

Ask him what he wants besides freedom, and what he can offer for it.

>>33238201
"What kind of intel were you given?"

>>33238201
I wonder if he wants water?

>>33238201
>I'll have to remember to shoot whoever got the intel on you buggers."
"Funny. We were thinking the same thing."

>>33238259
I'm fairly sure we can given
>>33238253
Also I second your question.

>>33238201
Trade him water and or cooling the room down for info.

>>33238201
> I'll have to remember to shoot whoever got the intel on you buggers.
I... I wonder if it'd be worth the risk to send him to assassinate that scientist we suspect.

>>33238368
Nah.
Not until we get more info.

>>33238368
It's definitely not.

The interest that would pique would only mean there would be more where that came from, even if it is him personally, which it may not be at all.

>>33238258
He's talking about our Speaker drone. Apparently, it's worth twice as much as any of our other drones.

We could easily hand over our Speaker and lay new ones. The Speaker can self-destruct, can't it?

>>33238418
Yup.

>>33238201
"What were you told of us?"
"All the wrong things, from what I can tell."
"Such as?"
"That you were poor conversation. That part's true at least."
"And what else?"
"Look, if they had a book on the subject it wouldn't pay so well to get samples."

A small puddle of water fills from the capillaries in the floor. Your drone takes a quick drink from the makeshift bowl.
"Aw well fuck you too. I've played this game before, and it's got the same rules with every species. Except Valen, those fuckers are weird as hell."

>>33238457
What do the Valen do?

>>33238457

"Have other species threatened your ship before?"

>>33238457
"Do you wish to skip to the end of this game then?"

>>33238418
Only within range of the queen or a thinker.

>>33238457
>A small puddle of water fills from the capillaries in the floor. Your drone takes a quick drink from the makeshift bowl.
[cheekiness intensifies]

"What do you have to offer? Short of leaving our hospitality."

>>33238491
ha
This would be good.

>>33238547
Oh man I didn't even see that anon's meaning until I saw your reply and did a doubletake.

Thirding then.

>>33238457
We enter snark to snark combat
Choose your weapon

>>33238457
what makes the valen wierd?

>>33238572
Forthing as well.

>>33238572
>>33238547

I thought it was pretty obvious. He seemed pretty pissed when our acid drones hit his ship.

>>33238457
Your speaker looks back up to Lyle. "Why is your ship so precious?"
"I've had her for years, and that crazy slip n' slide of hers is faster than a bat out of hell. Gives a nasty headache though."
"Have any others threatened your ship in the past?"
"Guy named Vadek. He should be hitting the atmosphere soon, actually... Are we gonna sit here and play twenty questions or are you gonna give me some of that water?"

>Let him drink, and ask more questions.
>Let him drink and go for now.
>Ask more questions.
>Leave for now.