>>35930719
Going for an all nighter QD?

>>35930719
Question left unanswered from last thread:

Would building dedicated laboratories improve the speed of research or provide a roll bonus?

I expect they can be thematic, from a dedicated physics or chemistry lab to something like exotic matter research or even less experimental fields like archaeology.

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>>35930719
>Current armory
269 Thorn Launchers
20 Thorn Cannons
123 Sting Casters
30 Cyclotrons
15 Rotary Stingers
3 Fire Sprays
5 Plasma Spray

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 77651
Metals: 47675

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Hive maintenance – 325
Queen – 5
Fake Queen – 22
Worker (2000) – 4000
Aquatic Worker (40) – 160
Radiator Worker (100) – 400
Warrior (209) – 1045
Aquatic Warrior (20) – 140
Thinker (400) – 1200
Quantum Thinker (150) – 750
Speaker – (3) – 12
Digger (80) – 320
Refinery (10) – 70
Sniffer (2) – 8
Small Sniffer (200) – 200
Fly (50) – 200
Wasp (100) – 500
Antenna (3) – 9
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (40) – 520
Parasite (30) – 120
Bio-tank (10) – 250
Excavator (41) – 799
Colossus (20) – 300
Advanced Relay (16) – 1600
Space Pod (13) – 390
Shuttle (10) – 250
Scout Corvette – (6) 1350
Lancer Corvette – (2) 450
Stealth Frigate – (4) 1952
Nutrient costs: 12672

>Income
Metals: 14750
Nutrients: 40050
Net: 22395

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Advanced Laboratory
>Infrastructure
>Hangar facilities: Room for 40 Aero Drones and 20 Shuttles (25N)
>Mine: 36 Excavators, 60 Diggers, +10500 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Asteroid mining base: 5 Excavators, 20 Diggers, +2250M per day (+50 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +40000 N per day, 400 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Clarke Research Outpost
>Hel’s Angel Prison Outpost
>Docking Pylon: Space for docking and construction of 4 ships (50N)
>Anti-orbital battery: 2 (125N per battery)
>Secondary hive
>Automated Raligha colony

Construction underway
600 Farms

>>35930771
>exotic matter research
Considering we can not reproduce the materials the Ark ship/temple is made out of. Those dedicated labs might be needed to do so.

>>35930802
The question is about crunch, so it's directed to QD.

>>35930778
Could we move some of our Excavator drones to the Asteroid Mining base? We would literally double their metal income.

>>35930830
Or just lay more excavators, say 20 and ship them to the Asteroid base?

>>35930830
No we wouldn't.

You'll note both Excavators at both locations give +250M. Subtract the diggers' output. Do the math.

>>35930778
Is this a new day/turn?

>>35930778
The metal polymer box muffles the sound of the engines into a white noise. The radio is cut off until the landfall, leaving Lyle alone with his thoughts, watching the clock count to zero. He can feel the blood running through his skull, his heart is racing. There is a mechanical crunch as the rocket boosters arm themselves, and it is at that moment he truly realized he is inside a bullet about to be fired at the planet below.

The clock hits zero and he blacks out. By the time he realizes what's happening he can see the altimeter racing to ground level. A green light flashes on his hud and the retro rockets deploy. It feels like a kick to the head and his pod jerks upward, braking hard and fast until the fuel is gone.

The drop pod peels away, leaving him in free fall, hurtling to the ground. The rocket pack deployed at the last second and he hits the dirt, fumbling forward and planting himself visor first in the ground. As he gets up the sound of weapons fire has already filled the air.

You ponder why his mind has chosen to bring him here. From his memories, this is his very first taste of combat as a drop trooper. You watch as he sprints up a hill to get into a firing position, arcing rockets into a rebel artillery emplacement not far from his position.

>Observe
>Speak (write in)
>Alter the dream (write in)
>Other

>>35930970
>>Observe

>>35930970
>>Observe
Backstory, ho.

Green little boy recruit.

>>35930970
>>Observe

>>35930830
Excavators include a built-in refinery. While they can devour massive amounts of rock at once, they can only 'digest' a set amount. This makes them a rather efficient choice for situations where the ore quality is lower than average, making use of their ability to filter lots and lots of rock very quickly.

>>35930970
Observe for now.

>>35930970
>Observe

>>35930970
>>Observe

>>35930970
We should Feed him useful information and subtle suggestions when possible, but for now observe.

>>35931103
>The Hive becomes the voice in Lyle's head

I like this idea alot actually.

>>35930970
Boomer activates his jump pack and leaps into the air. He glides in a long arc over the enemy camp and a stream of weapons fire erupts from his suit. Grenades shatter the small walls and barricades as Lyle's barrage covers the small complex in dust.

"First one down. Move to the main battery." Leroy said calmly over the radio, his own suit gliding through the air to the top of a nearby cliff. Lyle followed suit. The artillery piece was only the weakest area nearby. It was perfect as a drop point, but their target was several clicks north. Even now he could see the end of the anti-orbital battery slowly turning to track the fleet above.

It fired. His visor dims to prevent him from going blind, and the audio mutes to avoid blowing out his eardrums. A shaft of light sears through the sky, burning the air into a white hot plasma. A clap of thunder rolls over the hills as the air moves into the vacuum left behind.

"They see us, get in there now, now, now!"
Tracer rounds fly past their heads and burst behind them as they race through the sky, now plummeting toward the complex of the massive gun. Lyle looks down and his hud zooms in on a group of armed rebels. He holds out his right arm and brings his thumb to his palm. The rotary cannon opens up with a satisfying roar and in a moment the rebels are turned to a fine pink mist. He lands where they were a moment ago with a thud, cracking the concrete beneath him.

He watches his squad mates fly overhead, each one landing on a different point around the facility. They would surround it and move in, then meet in the center and silence the battery. Lyle looked ahead, his visor scanning the area. There was a small loading bay before him, probably guarded. Above that was a roof top. He spotted an auxiliary access there, but it would leave him little room to maneuver in his suit.

>Advise he use the roof
>Advise he charge the bay door
>Recommend blowing a hole in the wall
>Continue to watch
>Other

>>35931189
>>Continue to watch
We don't know what actually happened, best to see.

>>35931189
>>Recommend blowing a hole in the wall
Boom boom assholes.

>>35931189
>>Continue to watch

>>35931189
>Continue to watch
Giving him bad advice will only worsen our relations with him. This is just a memory anyway.

>>35931189
>>Continue to watch

>>35931189
continue to.watch

While we're digging through Lyle's backstory, can someone give me a rundown of drone and ship costs when designing a new one?

I think there's standard base costs, but I don't recall what all of them are.

I'm also not sure about the prices of abnormal component sizes on drones or ships, assuming they're possible.

>>35931337
Base costs? Every cost is listed in the pastebin.

Also let's save talking about crunch for the end of the thread. We're in storyland now.

http://pastebin.com/YTwGk8n1
http://pastebin.com/3hWCdbhN

>>35931189
>>Continue to watch

>>35931337
Everything you need is in here
Drone Builder:
http://pastebin.com/3hWCdbhN
Ship Builder
http://pastebin.com/YTwGk8n1

>>35931364
>>35931384
So I just add up costs after applying size modifiers? I thought a medium drone cost two nutrients just because it was medium, or something like that.

>>35931428
No, you made that up.

Technically, a drone without legs or arms or claws or anything, just a carapace with eyes and basic antennae, would be free? but no one makes that.

>>35931462
Okay.

Does the weapons accuracy and damage data scale with the sizenof the weapon, or is it proportional to medium turrets? I remember one of the early threads said something confusing about turrets.

>>35931189
He charges forward to the bay door. He holds his fingers together and bends his pointer finger away with his thumb pressed tight against the side of his palm. A grenade erupts from his gauntlet with a thump and blows away the door as he sprints through the debris and into a hail of plasma. A CIP pistol arcs to his suit and he can feel his leg go limp.

He holds out his left arm and a red hot tungsten rod flies from his arm and into the man's head. He drops his pistol as his skull is pinned to the wall. A number of other soldiers open fire, their bullets hitting the armor plating of his suit like hailstones on sheet metal. He feels one of them bounce through a gap in the plates, piercing his forearm and sending shooting pain through his body. He raises his arms to try to shield against the fire and charges forward blindly.

"Gunshot detected. Administering gause." His suit drones out methodically as he charges, his eyes shut in a mix of panic and agony as a disinfectant foam is shot into the bleeding wound. Several wet thuds hit his chest and he impacts the wall, going through it without slowing and sending him tumbling into a stairwell.

"Multiple bone fractures detected."

Lyle stifles a scream as his undersuit constricts his leg, setting the bone.

>Help him back up
>Berate him for his mistakes
>Remain silent
>Other

>>35931552
All stats listed are from the perspective of the turret, which is considered the default. It gives no bonuses or maluses. The other weapon mounts increase and decrease stats accordingly.

>>35931553
>Help him back up

Gee, QD, I sure hope this transparent manipulation is something that Lyle is stupid enough to be convinced by.

>>35931553
>Help him back up
YOU CALL YOURSELF AN AUSSIE CUNT?

>>35931553
>>Berate him for his mistakes

>>35931553
>Help him back up
>Berate him for his mistakes
Why not both? Act like a stern mother. "I thought I taught you better then this!"

>>35931553
>>Help him back up
>>Berate him for his mistakes
Tough loving alien mom time.

>>35931553
>>Help him back up
>>Berate him for his mistakes

We are the best alien mom.

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>>35931609
You know we've been calling him an aussie since he first showed up, but after thinking about it I get a more South African vibe from him. Seems more of a hardscrabble war weary boer than a (future)Australian.

>>35931818
So, is there a male equivalent to a daughteru?

>>35931837
Sondo?

>>35931553
Lyle feels something pull him from the pile of twisted rebar and crumbled cement. A soothing voice speaks into his mind like a faint whisper. "You're supposed to aim first, you know."

He shakes his head and looks above him. The hole in the wall is stained with blood. A figure with an outdated rifle looks down at him and yells out something. Lyle lobs a grenade through the hole.

"Rogers! What's your status?" Leroy comes in, the sound of static and heavy fire in the background.

"Meeting resistance, but I'm ok."

"Well that's good. Take your time and all. Of course there's fucking resistance. Get to the goddamn fire control center, the fire doors are sealed on my end!"

Lyle pulls up the schematic of the facility on his hud and quickly finds a rout. The voice whispers in his mind again. "Are you going to wait for an invitation?"

Lyle thinks for a moment and with a swift swing of his fist the wall is reduced to rubble. He notes with satisfaction as the rout on his map is cut in half. Most of the area on this level is maintanance, and there are few rebels. Those he encounters are vaporised in passing, or flee at the thundering echo of his footsteps. He quickly reaches the door to the fire control.

"Ok, I'm at the rendezvous point. Where are you?"

There is a crack of static. Boomer comes in a moment later. "Leroy's gone! Rogers, we're not gonna make it in time at this rate. Blow the fucker already!" There is the sound of a bolt of plasma arcing against armor and the radio crackles. "These aren't rebels! Union black ops maybe, but shit they have gear!" Another arcing plasma blast. The radio comes back weaker. "Their goddamned fast. Blow the place before they-" The radio cuts to static as an explosion rocks the facility.

1/2

>>35931603
Well he isn't exactly in a right state of mind at the moment.

>>35931822
>>32912591
>"Stop yer gibbering and get to fixing ya bloody galahs!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galah
That insult is an Australian bird.

Also come on.

>spent time on a planet that was a penal colony
>Australia

>>35931903
>>35931822
Well Lyle probably already looks like this by now.

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>>35931983
Forgot my fucking pic

>>35931878
Lyle moves to the door and places his armored fist to it. He forms his left hand into a fist with his pointer and little fingers outstretched and the sonic breacher shatters the door, frame and all. On the far side of the wall are a group of rebels, and a man in a black suit of fibre armor. He turns to Lyle and grins ear to ear.

"Oh good, you know we were just talking about you. Clumsy and crude things you are."

Lyle presses his thumb to his palm and the room is filled in cannon fire. A dozen rebels are vaporized like tissue in a jet turbine and the terminals turn into a cloud of vapor. The man is gone, and a moment later Lyle feels his arm snap. The cannon jams and cracks. He clicks his teeth and it jettisons from his suit, impacting the wall like a rocket. He turns to see the man as he flips over him, somersaulting across Lyle's helmet and ripping a pneumatic tube with his bare hands. His right arm goes limp as he feels the full weight of the armor plates.

>Help Lyle fight
>Help him keep track of the man
>Watch silently
>Other

>>35932000
>Help him keep track of the man
He needs a backseat controller

>>35932000
>Help him keep track of the man

>>35932000
>Watch silently

>>35932000
>>Help him keep track of the man
Ah, a full mod guy. Of course.

>>35932000
>>Help him keep track of the man
Show him the benefits of having the queen with you at all times.

>>35932049
We shouldn't be in direct control, of course. He still needs to be able to fend for himself. But we'll help him, because we care.

>>35932067
Oh I completely agree, that would strip him of any value as an agent, but we can offer some pretty damn good advice.

>>35932000
>Help him keep track of the man

>>35932000
There is a slight tug on Lyle's remaining arm as the man sprints past for another attack, and Lyle cuffs him in the jaw. There is the satisfying smack of steel to flesh, and the man's head plants into a wall. He props his arm on the wall and pulls his skull from the rubble. His skin is torn from his skull, revealing a metal plated skeleton staring back at him with unblinking eyes. The skull opens its jaw and lets out a cackling laugh.

It charges again, flipping out a combat knife with a practiced motion. Lyle feels the blade jam through a gap in the plates of his leg and it goes limp, but not before he finds a grip around the cyborg's skull. He squeezed tightly and brings his fist down into the ground again and again. As he picks up the man by his head for another strike the legs kick up and wrap around his arm. Its feet kick into Lyle's shoulder and there is a crack from both the suit and his arm. He falls back to the floor with a thud as the man's skeletal face fills his view.

"No, mission, everything's fine here." He says in a quiet tone, still staring into his visor. "Just mopping up now." He pulls the knife from his leg and stands up, twiddling the blade between his metallic fingers.

You sense Lyle's heart racing as the suit's systems shut down one by one. His body runs cold and numb as the power signature drains percent by percent.

This, you note, was the second time he has felt this kind of terror. The first was on the day of his father's death. The last, was on the surface of Leeland.

You feel him click through several mental commands, and the suit opens, the plates unpeeling from his body and rumpling to the floor. The skeleton laughs again.

"Fisticuffs, then? How wonderful."
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>>35932231
>"No, mission, everything's fine here." He says in a quiet tone, still staring into his visor. "Just mopping up now." He pulls the knife from his leg and stands up, twiddling the blade between his metallic fingers.

Fucking hell, are all full mods this sadistic? What about the augmentation process fucks them up this hard?

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>>35932231
Lyle you suicidal motherfucker.

>>35932231
>You feel him click through several mental commands, and the suit opens, the plates unpeeling from his body and rumpling to the floor. The skeleton laughs again.
>"Fisticuffs, then? How wonderful."
if there was ever a time I wanted Lyle on team HIVE its now

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>>35932312
I really really want to adopt him now

>>35932312
But the cyborg is the sadistic one laughing and saying that.

Personally I think this would be the point at which Lyle would whip out his hive-supplied bio-augs.

>>35932231
The figure grabs Lyle by the collar of his skinsuit and hoists him to the air with one arm before tossing him across the room. "You have more balls than anyone I've seen, I'll give you that. Not so sure about brains, though."

Lyle spits out a tooth and attempts to stand, his left arm cradled under his chest. The man kicks him as he approaches, then pulls him up by the shoulder and slams him against the wall.

You hear a faint beep from the suit as the self destruct finishes charging. The man drops Lyle to the floor and turns to look. Lyle is laughing meekly through his wounds, and in his left hand is the detonator.
He jams his thumb on the button, and his memory goes dark.


There is the sound of breathing. Mechanical breathing. Lyle opens his eyes to a blinding light. An egg white plaster room flooded in fluorescent lighting. He tries to speak, but there is an oxygen tube lodged into his esophagus. He is submerged in a dense, numbing liquid, most of his arms and legs are burnt and charred.

>Speak with Lyle (write in)
>Ask question (write in)
>Other

>>35932321
I agree with this. BUG MOM. I feel like we're already well on the way there.

>>35932345
>Other
Perhaps replace the human medical facilities for our own?

>>35932345
>Speak
"Where did your life go so wrong?"

"mental instability", they said. Into the penal colony they tossed him.

>>35932345
>>Speak with Lyle (write in)
"You're very lucky to be alive you know, or maybe just stubborn. If you're willing we can put you back together, stronger, faster, better than before. We all need a helping hand sometimes Lyle, lets us help you."
>>Ask question (write in)
>Why did you choose to go out like that?
>Why do you fight?

>>35932360
This probably sounds like a decent enough transition.

Maybe ask/tell him "you will need new body parts"

>>35932325
2nding

>>35932384
This. Also goes well with this >>35932360

>>35932360
>>35932384
sounds fair

>>35932360
Or transition to him being in the Hel's Angel regen tank.

I would like an excuse to put him in front of his computer.

>>35932384
So, this, with shifting to a hive and new limbs? I can support that.

>>35932438
We haven't reattached his limbs yet.

I mean, we could. I guess.

How do our augmented limbs compare to his previous limbs, anyway?

>>35932446
I think we should get his opinion first, preferably when he's fully conscious. We can offer them as a down payment for tracking Lee, and he can pick out which 'models' he wants. Consider this a demonstration of sorts.

>>35932469
What.

There is no 'down payment' his payment is getting to leave at all.

>>35932451
http://ask.fm/QuestDrone/answer/119653388325

Pretty much similar capabilities, but ours are bullet proof and self healing.

>>35932486
If we 'hire' him to track down Lee, we could offer him our augs as a deal sweetner, show him how buisness with the hive is worthwhile. Plus, if it makes him more capable of getting our job done, I say we give it to him.

>>35932513
There is no reason to "sweeten" anything.

When you give him augments for literally nothing, you can't give them to him as payment later anymore. You make no sense.

>>35932345
>Speak with Lyle
You are a very brave person
You are a very lucky person
And i have chosen you
You are chosen

>>35932345
You walk into the room slowly. A white glowing humanoid figure wrapped in a silken dress of insect wings. Flowing streams of thought trail from a twisted crown of glass. The large, black orbs for eyes gaze into the tank to Lyle, and you press your palm against the glass.

"You are lucky to be alive." You say as the glass warps. The tank quickly becomes a sickly yellow-green membrane. The hospital melts around him into a dark labyrinth of tunnels. Chittering echoes from the tunnels as drones skitter from place to place. "Or perhaps it is more than luck."

Your hand phases through the membrane and you reach out to Lyle's arms. The charred flesh cracks at your touch and the flesh peels and sloughs away into a cloud of mucus and blood. As the pod dissipates the dark red cloud his limbs are a sleek black of sliding metal plates.

"Why did you try to blow yourself up?" You ask, your mind stuck on the image of him grasping the detonator. You recall he attempted a similar thing when you first captured him.

He speaks as if the fluid of the tank were air. His voice his hardly a whisper. "It's just standard procedure."
You tilt your head and retract your hand from the pod. "That was anything but."
He blinks slowly, his gaze drifting lazily over the strange arms on his shoulders. "I was already dead." He says.

"But you survived." You say. He doesn't respond, simply looks at you with a tired gaze. You feel his thoughts drift between the fight in the bunker, and the fight on Leeland. He doesn't seem sure which moment you are referring to.
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>>35932520
Not for nothing, for agreeing to the terms of our job. If Theseus' account of him is accurate, we can rely on him to complete the job if nothing else.

If you're that concerned about him going back on two employers, you can always rig the augs to fail at our command.

>>35932587
>Not for nothing, for agreeing to the terms of our job
he's agreeing to the terms of the job in exchange for freedom. That's the price. That's it.

That's the standard price Unity paid. Unity gave him augments as payment for jobs he wasn't captured beforehand for.

>>35932578
If he's so lucky, why do we keep rolling crits against him?
(other than the 1st and only time he rekt'd us)

>>35932611
Because we're luckier, obviously.

>>35932578
"Why do you fight? Why do you continue?"

He is confused at first. Why wouldn't he fight? After some time of thought he mumbles, "Because I have to." His mind drifts freely from battle to battle. "Because I wasn't strong enough."

>Speak (write in)
>Other

>>35932624
>>Speak
We can make you stronger. We can give you a reason to fight. Help us, and we'll help you

>>35932624
>Other
Carry him to the Angel bridge?

Maybe his password protected computer just contains sentimental photos of his dad or something.

>>35932629
Supporting.

>>35932624
>>35932631
Add "You will be."

before transitioning.

>>35932629
He fights because he wasn't strong enough to save his dad, I think. Perhaps a different approach is needed. Something like..."I have seen your battles.You are very strong. The hive needs that strength. Please, let me care for you. All I ask is you care for us in return."

>>35932624
"I can make you stronger."

You feel the his mind recall the sting of your drones as they tore into him, his armor peeling away from claw and mandible piece by piece. The numbing terror, and, strangely, satisfaction as they rendered his flesh.

"I had to protect my children." You say, "I had to help them, and now I can help you." The pod melts away like a watercolor. The cave twists until you both stand on the in the common area of the Hel's Angel. "I can give you a new reason to fight."

He walks to the hall and runs his hand along the wall, his armored fingers sliding across the metal with a faint scrape. He leans against the wall, the crown of his head pressed against the bulkhead. Tears begin to stream down his face, and he says nothing.

>Speak (write in)
>Add cybernetic implant
>Other

>>35932771
>Speak (write in)
"No one else must learn of us. Speak nothing of what you have seen on this world."

>>35932771
>strangely, satisfaction as they rendered his flesh

Damn Lyle, you into some freaky shit.

>>35932771
>Add cybernetic implant

>>35932783
Little early for that!

>>35932771
>Other
Reattach his old limbs. We're done with them now.

He can earn his upgrades with repeat jobs like usual.

>>35932771
> Add cybernetic implant

>>35932791
>>35932816
There are a finite number of implants you can give him. That's a finite amount of jobs you can get in exchange. Why give one for free and lose out on a job?

>>35932771
Give insect hug, or a hand on the back or whatever equivalent that is
Maybe put his old limbs back
> Add cybernetic implant
Strider Legs and Lifter Arms.

Let him have a taste of the power

>>35932833
>Maybe put his old limbs back
Yeah this. He's completely 'armless now.

>>35932771
>Speak
"The Hive is growing, it is strong but it can not handle all the universe has.We need your strength. Your subtly. Help us, and I will help you. "
>>35932833
Also agreed with this. We're still in the dream in our humanoid form so we can just give him a normal hug.

>>35932771
>>Add cybernetic implant

>>35932771
>>Other
Start making a clone. We need backup Lyles.

>>35932833
Supporting, but give him leaper legs instead, seems more his style.

>>35932771
You lightly rest your hand on his shoulder, and his mind drifts away into unconsciousness.

>Leaper and Lifter (equivalent to his original augmentations) 20N 20M
>Add skin graft (4N)
>Add other http://pastebin.com/z4yZdEbK
>Other

>>35932885
>>Add skin graft (4N)

>>35932877
Make sure to keep the clones in a super secret separate area. Another laboratory would probably do. Humans would probably freak out if they find out we are making clones for infiltration and other purposes.

>>35932885
>Add skin graft (4N)
At the very least. Also, give him
>Leaper and Lifter (equivalent to his original augmentations) 20N 20M

but offer to give back his original limbs if he doesn't like them. If he asks why we gave him those ones instead of his original look confused and say something along the lines of, "I want to improve you."

>>35932898
Just sealed in a room that won't open works. We keep them in a coma until they need to wake up.

I don't even mean for infiltration. I mean as an extra life, a reset button to hold in reserve.

>>35932885
>Leaper and Lifter
>Add skin graft
All these are on the house, everything else needs that he do jobs for us.

>>35932885
Aren't his original limbs still attachable?

>>35932885
>>Leaper and Lifter (equivalent to his original augmentations) 20N 20M
>>Add skin graft (4N)

>>35932885
>>Leaper and Lifter (equivalent to his original augmentations) 20N 20M
>>Add skin graft (4N)

Doesn't he already have the Unity equivalent of Endoskeletal plating by now? Just wondering.

>>35932885
>Leaper legs and Lifter arms (20N 20M)
>Skin graft (4N)
[Secondary heart and endoskeletal plating are pre-existing augmentations]


>Add internal augmentation

Reactive pupils – Your own eyes are naturally highly capable even in darkness. While you cannot outright copy your drones’ eyes, you can improve upon the human eye to bring it close to your own. Grants vision in near total darkness as if using a night vision visor. The irises themselves are light yellow in color, with slight green discoloration along the edges of the eye itself. (2N)

Echolocation – An enhanced sound processing organ replaces the inner ear, granting a vast increase in the perception and identifying of sounds and their source location. (2N)

Arm blades – These retractable blades sit hidden within the forearm in a sheath of cartilage. At will, the user can extend the blades, unfolding them to a foot in length. The sheath runs the length of the forearm, and can extend the blades from either the elbow or wrist. While sheathed, the blades regenerate from damage, with small bones within the arm serving as grind stones to maintain a cutting edge. Due to design limitations, this is only available for the Lifter arms. (6N 10M)

Sting fingers – Small retractable hypodermic claws embedded within the cuticles of the fingers. Upon a successful melee strike the target takes additional slashing damage, and if the user chooses is injected with whatever material was loaded within the claws. The claws do not produce any toxin, but can be loaded either by absorbing the material through the claws, or by injecting it into a small compartment sack within the back of the hand. (6N 10M)

>Other

>>35932909
Oh let's do this. We don't know if these limbs will work with tech like the drop suit.

We should at some point offer him other augs, but only as payment for services rendered.

>>35932911
Its just a possibility someone might see it and over react. Its also possible if we get attacked again like before with that agent. If he could find reliable information on the fact that we have clones the government might be paranoid enough to abuse that info and start purging their internal opposition with an actual cause.

>>35932940
No other augs,
Okay, maybe the Arm Blades (6N 10M)

>>35932940
>Echolocation
>Arm blades

I think he would like these, but can we get his opinion first? Better we give him augs that match his style.

>>35932940
Say could we graft Memetic skin over his augs, hypothetically speaking?

>>35932966
This.

Let's not become a soccer mom who lives her dreams through her children.

>>35932940
Arm blades. Otherwise ask for his opinion.

>>35932979
>>35932982
Good idea, we can show him previews of them in his dreams.

>>35932940


Leaper/Lifter (20N 20M)
Skin graft (4N)
Arm blades (6N 10M)

Total cost: 30N 30M
Procedure time: 4 days

The pod begins to go to work on growing the augmentations and grafting the new limbs in place.


You suspect the augmentations will serve him well, although you still wonder how to deal with his ship.

>Re-equip the Slip drive
>Equip a disguised Blink drive
>Jerry rig a Warp drive
>Other

Ask his opinion

>>35933041
>Jerry rig a Warp drive

>>35933041
>>Other
STOP. STOP. STOP.

DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE DRIVE UNTIL WE CAN GUARANTEE COIL WON'T BRING THE CRYSTALS TO OUR DOORSTEP.

>>35933041
Dude. Why not aak him first?

>>35933056
This.
thiiiiiiis.

>>35933041
I'd rather ask his opinion. Though we REALLY need to finish dealing with Coil first.

>>35933056
This Anon knows what's up. Those crystals are nothing but supremely bad news.

>>35933056
>>35933072
Just isolate Coil. Install a warp drive. Lyle, the 2 taidarans and perhaps some sort of drone force can operate the ship.

Just a naive questions:
are we humans the bad guys?

>>35933062
>>35933072
Well, his limbs were already artificial, all we've done at the moment is given him upgrades. Internal augs like the eyes or ears would be a somewhat different case, on the other hand.

But yeah I vote to not do shit until Coil is securely on our side.

>>35933109
Also, if we need to bargain with him, offer him ship upgrades as payments for jobs completed and free medical procedures if he ever needs it. Also try and make him dependent on us via augments, medical procedures, ship upgrades and anything else we can think of.

>>35933109
The slip drive is superior to the warp drive in nearly every respect, I'd like to at least hold off on making the call until we're able to inception Coil.

>>35933128
Its better if he can still be independent but we have bugs on his ship (ie spying on him). Allows longer missions and still soaks up useful info.

Avoid becoming like the human protocol will be a good thing for us.

>>35933120
Naw man, the government is the bad guy. Individual humans like Lee and Elizabeth are alright.

>>35933120
??? We're not humans, but the human governments are definitely bad guys based on the first contact protocols. Steiner (the scientist) might be one too. And whoever sent Lyle is after a specimen of us.

>>35933138
but we can't trust Coil and the slip drive. I definitly don't want to give our our blink drive, so that leaves the warp drive.

Just a thought: we could have a cloaked vessel on standby to bail Lyle out if he is in any danger.

>>35933153
Yes, I agree, by dependent on us I don't mean physically but rather resources, i.e. that we are his first port of call for anything he needs rather than other factions

>>35933041
With coil still in his own pod undergoing a detailed analysis, you contemplate the various details of the drives.

>Slip drive
Uses unknown alien technology to shift the ship into and out of an alternate space. Coil can pilot it with ease, describing it as an art. Is known to be incredibly fast and very difficult to detect, but is based on unknown principles.

>Blink drive
The internal mechanisms can be made small enough to fit within the depths of the Angel's hull, with the Tachyon condensers disguised within the ship's main thruster casing. The blink itself releases substantial radiation, but the ship can blink in at great distances to avoid detection.

>Warp drive
Slow by comparison, and energy intensive. You could take some of the canderon from the Clarke and use it to create a warp ring for the Angel. The angel does not have the power output needed to maintain high speeds for long periods, and it would be limited to a cruising speed of 5 light years per day.

>>35933062
>>35933072
It's ok, you can read his mind. He's cool with it, even if he doesn't know it yet.

>>35933191
>Blink drive

I'd rather we limit any and all possible contact with the Crystals as much as possible. And don't forget to add a remote self-destruct.

>>35933185
Why can't we be emotionally invested into him.
as a queen we saw into his mind and saw him withh every flaw and perfection he is.
Sure, we are augmenting him.
But, is it possible to go further and see what happens?

And don't come at me with magical realm here.
lyle is perhaps someone we know and like the most from all humans.

>>35933212
Maybe later, once he's proven himself, but now? No, that would be stupid on our part.

>>35933191
What about his crew? Could we send some drones or perhaps clones/hybrids on his crew to assist him? If so then I'm OK with giving him a blink drive. Otherwise not so much.

>>35933244
I am not objecting.
carry on good sir or madame.

>>35933191
>>35933210
I'm with this Anon. As powerful as Slip Drive is, using it with what we know about the crystals is a super bad idea.

>>35933244
There is enough room within his ship to fit an advanced relay (although you would need to either have it sitting in the middle of the bridge like a giant Flood growth, or fill one of the unused crew cabins with it), and of course you could always send a drone with a thinker with him, or simply send normal drones with him and use the relay.

Either way, his parasite also has a quantum thinker, and so could be ordered to serve as a navigator on his behalf.

That's all up to you guys.

>>35933283
I like the idea of human clones and hybrids on his crew. They would fit in on missions to human worlds and wouldn't easily expose us. The blink drive should also be safer with some of our troops on board.

Do the clones and hybrids need an advanced relay?

>>35933283
>Advanced Relay in one of the Crew cabins
>Have a couple of the Shocktroops (no drama pls) we have left to guard it
Any other drones we send with him should have acid glands.

>>35933316
Both kinds of clones have the same level of independent capabilities as a normal human, but the hybrid is psionically sensitive and receives commands as an obsessive compulsion. If they are outside of your range the obsessive compulsion will remain until it is fulfilled just like a thinker, but they will be able to use their full individual creativity to accomplish it. Once the job is done, they feel an overwhelming need to return to the hive, even if they lack any memories of the hive itself.

Normal clones are biologically just normal humans.

>>35933319
I like this idea, I think Lyle would appreciate having a few murderbugs at his disposal. Why don't we throw in a few flies or mini-sniffers to recon the both of us.

>>35933316
Also if we create clones can we alter their appearance and genes from the humans we have already captured so that they are not recognized by the Union? So they won't technically be clones but yeah you know what I mean.

>>35933355
Ok, that's good to know, sounds better and better. So now I definitely want some clones and hybrids on his crew.

>>35933356
Yes, they might be useful. Agreed.

>>35933355
So the general consensus is
>Add advanced relay to Hel's Angel
>Equip Blink drive
>Rig all hive components to self destruct
There is also some suport for initiating a cloneing project
>Start Hybrid project (who)
>Start replicant project (who)
>Not now
>Other

Human cloning project requires 10 days with a cost of 60N per day to complete.

>>35933382
I wonder how Lyle would react to hybrid clones of the Mercs he picked up on Mars and we tore to pieces? Maybe we should start making them, but leave the option of whether or not to assign them to the Angel up to Lyle.

In either case I really would rather not risk the Union getting a hold of them. If they realized we were actually capable of making human replicants, or 'time-traveling space jews', we would have a fleet bearing down on our world inside a week. Not to mention /pol/ would explode, but that's pretty much a given.

>>35933401
Would fully grown clones be put in hibernation until they are ready to be used?
Otherwise
>not now
I don't even know who we're supposed to clone. Certainly not the Union prisoners because they might be ID'd if they set foot on Union worlds

>>35933401
How long would it take to install a slip or blink drive? If it isn't long I would prefer to hold off until we can interrogate Coil properly. The slip drive really is ideal but a huge risk before we have all the facts.

>>35933449
You could have a Blink drive grown and installed in about a day. You could install the void shards back into the ship within a few hours.

>>35933440
You could leave them dormant within their pod until you need them, keeping them in a state of suspended animation.

>>35933471
Alright in that case, definitely hold off on installing any drives.
Also
>Start Hybrid project (who)
If we still have DNA samples of those Martian Mercs we slaughtered.

>>35933401
Well I'm all about hybrids.
And what
>>35933488
wrote, we should have some genestock lying around.

>>35933488
Supporting this. Also did everyone fall asleep already?

>>35933488
seconding

>>35933511
Kinda looking like it huh? Buncha lightweights.

This is why we need a wiki or something, there is only so much time to bitch and moan over things like drone design, and most of us are sleep deprived for most of it.

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>>35933471
>Start hybrid project: Lyle's merc crew (Archived DNA sample, Very Hard)

The original crew consisted of a number of hired guns, and three weapon specialists. You quickly find the archived gene samples of the specialists.

The heavy weapons specialist you're warriors devoured, the technician your wasps severed in half and carried away into the jungle, and the sniper your captured wasp decapitated in the cockpit of the Angel.
180N

Please roll 3 sets of 3d100, best of 3.

>>35933426
That's we send both clones and hybrids. If there is any danger of the hybrids being discovered then they can stay behind on the the Hel's Angel and the clones would assist out in the field.

>>35933401
>>35933488
>>35933498
Can we combine genetic material from the different humans that we have, so that they aren't exact clones and would be harder to recognise by the Union.

Rolled 32, 33, 42 = 107 (3d100)

>>35933570

Rolled 55, 86, 72 = 213 (3d100)

>>35933570

Rolled 93, 61, 15 = 169 (3d100)

>>35933570

Rolled 15, 9, 36 = 60 (3d100)

>>35933570

Rolled 4, 33, 23 = 60 (3d100)

>>35933570
do thing for queen

>>35933596
>>35933598
>>35933601
>93,86,72
Well then I hope this is a case of 2 outta 3 ain't bad.

>>35933511
>>35933542
I'm dead tired, but I'm gonna keep going until the end.

Hive Queen Quest a best.

>>35933584
Well since they are hybrids they are not genetically human, but if you mean appearance wise, you can always perform facial reconstruction surgery to change their appearance.

>>35933596
>>35933598
>>35933601
93, 86, 72
Not too shabby.

>>35933616
I actually meant the clones. Technically makes it not cloning, more like rapidly engineered sexual reproduction. So we basically design the clone based on existing human genetic material we have, but it is still a fully normal human rather than a hybrid.

>>35933570
You designate three pods to commence their work, and recall the genetic material sampled from the mercenaries of Lyle's original crew.

>Next day

>>35933615
No, you a best.

>>35933646
Makes sense. It would be a tad bit more complex than cloning, but I'll add that to the research list.

>>35933663
>Next day
Awesome, it's the next day.

>>35933663
So how did caving a specialized laboratory under that mountain end up going?

>>35933663
Thanks. You're a best, too, QuestDrone.

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>>35933663
>Current armory
269 Thorn Launchers
20 Thorn Cannons
123 Sting Casters
30 Cyclotrons
15 Rotary Stingers
3 Fire Sprays
5 Plasma Spray

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 77651
Metals: 47675

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Hive maintenance – 325
Queen – 5
Fake Queen – 22
Worker (2000) – 4000
Aquatic Worker (40) – 160
Radiator Worker (100) – 400
Warrior (209) – 1045
Aquatic Warrior (20) – 140
Thinker (400) – 1200
Quantum Thinker (150) – 750
Speaker – (3) – 12
Digger (80) – 320
Refinery (10) – 70
Sniffer (2) – 8
Small Sniffer (200) – 200
Fly (50) – 200
Wasp (100) – 500
Antenna (3) – 9
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (40) – 520
Parasite (30) – 120
Bio-tank (10) – 250
Excavator (41) – 799
Colossus (20) – 300
Advanced Relay (16) – 1600
Space Pod (13) – 390
Shuttle (10) – 250
Scout Corvette – (6) 1350
Lancer Corvette – (2) 450
Stealth Frigate – (4) 1952
Clone project – (3) 180
Nutrient costs: 12852

>Income
Metals: 14750
Nutrients: 40050
Net: 27198

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Advanced Laboratory
>Infrastructure
>Hangar facilities: Room for 40 Aero Drones and 20 Shuttles (25N)
>Mine: 36 Excavators, 60 Diggers, +10500 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Asteroid mining base: 5 Excavators, 20 Diggers, +2250M per day (+50 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +40000 N per day, 400 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Clarke Research Outpost
>Hel’s Angel Prison Outpost
>Docking Pylon: Space for docking and construction of 4 ships (50N)
>Anti-orbital battery: 2 (125N per battery)
>Secondary hive
>Automated Raligha colony

Construction underway
600 Farms

>>35933401
>>Start replicant project (who)

It's simple.

One replicant of Coil, one hybrid of Huey and Dewey, and two replicants of them.

Clone Lyle too, but mostly as a means of backup of his memories. can we copy those via the parasite if he's not at home in the hive?

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>>35933712
New Construction Options
>Algae Farm – +100N per day, 1 worker to maintain
>Hangar Expansion – Add on to current hangar facilities for your choice of +40 aero drone space, or +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
>Anti-orbital battery – A bunker armed with a massive Particle beam capable of attacking ships in orbit from the ground. It includes the power and sensor systems required to operate it. 250N 1500M

Ship Construction Options
http://pastebin.com/YTwGk8n1

>>35933724
Brace for research unlocked.

>>35933712
So what news does the new day bring from the Union? What is the response to yesterday's announcement?

>>35933732
bracing hard

>>35933750
Here's to White Crystal and Atomics.

>>35933732
I'm braced bro, hit me!

>Nutrients: 77651
>Metals: 47675
These should be higher, right?

>>35933814
Oh yeah, they should.

>>35933814
I think my brain short circuited there. I'm not even sure where I got those numbers. The resources I have listed in the spreadsheet is
>99836N
>62395M

Finishing up research unlocks now.

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>>35933724
>>35933724
Research finished

>Space dust
While it was too minute to analyze in the field, this space dust contains trace amounts of nutrient contents. Testing should reveal if it is a form of life, or simply some strange natural phenomena, as well as how to make use of it.

>Ceph biology
Your study of Coil's biology is going surprisingly well, and after several quick scans you are able to make several interesting observations. Despite the large head of the Ceph, there is actually no real brain, instead the Ceph possesses a distributed nervous system made of small clusters of nerves within most of the major organs. What's more is that each cluster is itself sentient to some small degree, and is aware of itself and the other clusters. The head contains three such clusters, one controlling the skin pigmentation, the other internal buoyancy organs and water jets, and the last possessing the greatest amount of higher reasoning. The third cluster is attached directly to a series of porous plugs that seem to be used to interface with the shell, which is the next focus of your research efforts.

>Drop Suit
This set of powered armor contains a wide range of weapons and equipment. Your thinkers are giddy with excitement as they review their findings. The suit itself uses a powerful set of artificial muscles to lift its great weight, imparting enhanced strength and durability. By mimicking the suit's strength enhancements you can now equip Heavy Armor carapace to normal sized drones, granting them extraordinary durability at the cost of speed and maneuverability.

[New Research Options]

>Missiles
Slow
These powerful guided warheads can be loaded with a variety of damage dealing systems.

>Ultrasonic Sledgehammer
Slow
Designed to be used to breach doorways and walls, this fist-mounted device uses a burst of ultrasound to annihilate a physical object. While it is intended for use in demolition, it is frighteningly effective against live foes as well.

>>35933904
>Testing should reveal if it is a form of life, or simply some strange natural phenomena, as well as how to make use of it.
And....?

>>35933904
>Space dust
This strange space borne microorganism seems to have infected what was once a rich debris field. Its unique chemical composition allows it to feed on various kinds of metals and produce a usable semi-organic material. It can be used to process metals to nutrients at a rate of 2M to 1N.

>>35933924
Sorry about that.

>>35933936
>It can be used to process metals to nutrients at a rate of 2M to 1N
Eh, not exactly what we were looking for. Oh well.

>>35933936
Well, that could come in handy on particularly hostile worlds, could we somehow engineer a strain to do the reverse?

>>35933936
Well, it did say 'trace amounts'.

>>35933936
So is that all the concluded research, because I don't know how much longer I can keep myself awake.

>>35933936
If we take the genes required for this and put them in our soldiers, stranded or isolated drones could have opportunity to remain active for much longer at less of a risk in certain environments and situations. It could be very useful.

>>35933981
That seems so niche it's really unlikely to ever matter.

>>35933989
Boarding actions:
Have to pull out, but still have drones aboard. Now they could hunt and eat the crew, but if they are weakened or if they need to lay low until another time e.g. ship is isolated/alone, then eating the metal decking in far off sections of the ship would allow them to remain undercover for much longer.
Just one example.

>>35933953
Actually that's very useful. It means that some ships or colonies could be cut off, isolated or hidden entirely in for example an asteroid belt or other mineral rich environment and still function without outside support.

>>35934006
Our ships can teleport lightyears away and are invisible. And this assumes they can't just bring their own damn rations. Still niche.

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>>35933904
Your space pods watch in silence as the daily life of various worlds of various races unfold under your watchful eyes. The Skyl ship has finished the strange logistics frigate, and it in turn begins to retrofit the rest of the fleet while the drive ship continues to construct new corvettes.

Far away in the human systems the news from Gemini is starting to reach the distant colonies. You see reruns of the speech being played through Koenig, and you take note of several small riots and protests forming within the local station.

>>35933978
Yes, that is all the research of today. If you guys want we can use the rest of the thread to get designs/unit production out of the way.

>>35933954
Nanomachines

>>35934011
Honestly I was expecting some sort of of spaceborne miracle food that only needs sunlight and is not constrained by things like gravity or electromagnetic fields.

>>35934014
You have no imagination.

While it is niche due to the inefficiency, I wanted to make sure to include it because having too much of the only resource you don't need is one of the worst problems to have.

>>35934025
We still need to finally start experimenting on the human test subjects with those drugs and pheromones.

>>35934041
I know QD, and I understand that sometimes you have to balance things to keep us from being too OP.
It still won't stop our manifest destiny of ruling the stars though

>>35934025
One little suggestion:
Utility pods.

Essentially a soup of cells in a cocoon like structure the size of a small package, that can be triggered to turn into any variety of tools once. E.g. a computer interface, carried by a few of the warrior drones, for some extra long range utility.

Not much use right now, but if we end up running black ops or deep space missions with limited resupply, it could act as a lifeline away from the egg layers. Even having a variation mode were it reproduces into two copy's would up versatility.

Uses the nutrients of the activator to replicate or produce, but has enough nutrients on its own to form into the utility package.

>>35934025
How about we finally set up a Valen bank account for our credits?

When can we start expanding to other systems?
Let's colonise all the surrounding star systems with no human presence. Start massive mining operations for our soon to be built fleet and prepare for the possible human invasion.

>>35934065
That seems kind of ridiculous. "it turns into ANYTHING!"

That's like, the full power of a queen's eggsac being able to produce anything.

Can we send an exploration vessel west and south, to see what's beyond the map's border.

>>35934088
Since it does not need a full independent organisms genome in it, being primarily parasitic for most metabolism, it could hold several designs.

E.g. one weapon, one interface, one medicaid.
It does not have to be able to turn into everything to be useful.

>>35934065
What >>35934088 said. Also we have fake queens for that already, right?

Okay, so we can find out where Ceph space is if we first go to Valen space and use one of their gates leading to it.

I wonder if trying to slip a pod through a gate alongside another ship would break stealth.

We just need the coordinates of the systems with those gates, now.

>>35934114
For use were a layer is not possible. its primary role is to cut down on resupply logistics.

>>35934131
So basically the fake queen egg sacc without the fake queen?

>>35934131
Resupply logistics appear to be abstracted away in this game. We really don't need more micromanaging. Literally, it's not needed because game abstractions don't get that granular.

>>35934025
>Scout new system (where, sending what ship(s))
>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
>Lay new drones/ships
>Design new drones/ships
>Other

>>35934169
>>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
Space Switzerland, hello

>>35934169
>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world

>>35934169
>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
>Lay 5 Space Pods

>>35934194
Yeah pods too.

>>35934169
>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
We really, really need to start talking to the Valen. For all we know they could be much more powerful that the humans we are investing so much effort on gathering intelligence on.

>>35934149
No? a small pod that you stick on a few drones and keep a small supply of to pass round. When needed, they turn a portion into the tools needed and keep a small stock to resupply from. Unlike the eggsack its not able to gain new designs, that would have to be a new varient.

>>35934159
It is literally a way to have a drone use a tool without having to send specific variant drones every single time. Cuts down on the micromanaging directly.
Want to know how much micromanaging it takes? choosing the initial designed and then distributing it the first time, after that the DM can just hand wave any specialist tool use (as predefined) as one of these.

>>35934169
>Scout new system (where, sending what ship(s))
One scout off the edge of the map west, and one scout off the edge of the map south.

>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
This too.

>>35934169
>>Lay new drones/ships

Small Speaker
Olfactory: Basic 0
Acoustic: Basic 0
Psionic: Basic 0
Mandibles: Vocalizer 2
Blade: Combat 1
Arms: Dex 1
Legs: Endurance 1
Wings: Advanced 4
Utility: Acid Glands 1
Carapace: Mimetic skin 2
Carapace: Adaptive camouflage 8
Size: Small

Total Cost: 5N

This design is intended to serve as the voice of the hive in covert missions in regions of the galaxy we need to keep a low profile. Which is to say, just about everywhere.

>>35934203
There is no need for a scout to be sent spinward, because we already have an ancient star chart of what's on the other side of the nebula.

We just haven't bothered visiting yet.

>>35934169
>>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
Adding this to >>35934211

>>35934169
>>Use FTLcomm to Valen banking world
>>Other
Trick Lyle into using his voice-specific password on his computer?

There might be a chart of Commonwealth space in there, who knows.

>>35934239
>Trick
Not just ask?

>>35934239
>>35934254
Isn't he still being augmented? 4 days and all?

>>35934254
Making him have a mundane dream about using his computer is guaranteed. The other has a small chance of not working.

>>35934169
"Hello. This is the Queen. I'd like to open a SPACEBAUCKS account. 40% interest."

>>35934270
The biotank he's in can visit the Hel's Angel and he can stick his head out of water long enough to say a few words between surgeries?

>>35934223
That chart showed a much larger portion of the galaxy without the local details. I'd like to map out the surrounding areas around us, look for resources, etc. Might also be useful to have areas where the humans and the Unity haven't been yet. We can trade new info to Unity, and perhaps build a fleet away from human space.

>>35934299
It specifically gave the coordinates of the stars the crystal hives colonized.

>>35933936
Well now all we need is some Tiberium-esque organism and we can turn everything into minerals and minerals into nutrients. Its all coming together perfectly...

>>35934270
Yes, and we can communicate/brain rape him through the parasite.

>>35934331
You mean Phazon/Imulsion/Tiberium.

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>>35934365
That works too

Ok, I'm going to pass out now, just to remind you all, we have 400 thinkers and 150 quantum thinkers, so it pays us to research as many things as possible. Good night anons.

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>>35934330
Is it this one? Where exactly are we on this map?

>>35934331
>>35934365
>>35934376
See the spoiler here >>35934025, son.

>>35934169
A drone moves to the small quantum communicator within the Hel's Angel and carefully types out the commands with its claws. You make the connection and in a moment what you assume to be an automated process responds.

>Welcome: DONOVAN FORESTER
Please enter your confirmation code [HERE]

You quickly rifle through Lyle's mind and pluck the code as his surgery is underway. The screen flickers and the device hums with activity.

DONOVAN FORESTER private account: 579,622 ₡

ESCROW: 2,326,688 ₡ ::ASSETS FROZEN::

SAFE DEPOSIT BOX: Your deposit box rental set to automatic withdrawal


>Schedule personal deposit
>Make digital transaction
>Account management
>SIGN UP FOR OUR LINE OF CREDIT IN CELEBRATION OF YOUR SIXTH YEAR OF PATRONAGE

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>>35934407

>>35934396
That's a fucking reference pic it has no bearing on what's actually on the damn chart.

Did you think the temple had actual drawing of xenomorphs on it too?

The star chart was never described as showing the entire galaxy. The text written by the QM is canon, the images are just flavor.

> ::ASSETS FROZEN::
How. Why?

>>35934423
>>Account management

>>35934447
They think he's dead.

>>35934423
>Account management
Time to try and unfreeze the account

>>35934436
>It specifically gave the coordinates of the stars the crystal hives colonized.
So then where are these coordinates?

>>35934423
>>Account management

>>35934396

>>35038790
>"It's... not a map at all, really. It's more like a chronicle."

>>35484928
>The chart itself is a chronicle. An overview of the history of a great stellar empire dating back for thousands of years.
>At the end of the tablet is a series of instructions on accessing the ship's systems, as well as a series of coordinates that seem to be nearby, just on the far side of the neighboring nebula.

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Anons, I'm drunk and I'm sleepy. Please try not to destroy the entire hive, ok?

QD, thank you in advance for running, Hive Queen Quest makes Mondays a little bit more bearable.

>>35934468
Why don't you actually read the quest? >>35934482

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>>35934503

>>35934482
Ok, but that doesn't help me. The whole point of exploring the surrounding area is to look for
1) resources and
2) areas outside human and unity control.

>>35934423

>Account management
Get theseus to help
Maybe away in the valen systems

>>35934423
Just like I thought. Accounts are identified by FTLComm.

We need a way to get our own FTLComm to the bank. Probably.

>>35934423
Your drone taps the small arrow key twice and hits enter. The device churns for a short while as it sends and receives data.

DONOVAN FORESTER ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

Welcome back to Deep Song bank and trust. Due to a freeze request initiated by [GET OFF YOUR SICK ASS AND GET ME MY ROACHES] your escrow account has been frozen. Please contact the aggrieved party through your own means, or via relay link [HERE]. If this is a mistake, please contact our help desk support line at relay link [HERE] between the hours of 0200 and 0800 on any applicable business day, observing all Valen holidays. [NOTICE: ALL HELP LINES CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE MONTH OF THE SANGUINE TIDE]

>Language settings
>Transfer to native Valen currency: exchange rate 6 ₡ - 5 ₪
>Contact [GET OFF YOUR SICK ASS AND GET ME MY ROACHES]
>Back

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>>35934503
>Dat fucking pic.

I too know the feel of being drunk sleepy, and hopeful that /tg/ doesn't wreck the hive as I slumber through my Tuesday morn.

If I can fall asleep. That pic will not make it easy.

>>35934600
Ha. Figured.

I really want to see if we can learn some Valen language by fussing with Language Settings, but...

>Back
Go to digital transactions.

Buy us a new FTLComm / bank account I guess?

>>35934600
>Back

This is going to be something he needs to sort out.
Or one of his first missions could be to track this chuckle fuck down.

>>35934600
>>Language settings

>[GET OFF YOUR SICK ASS AND GET ME MY ROACHES]
>ALL HELP LINES CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE MONTH OF THE SANGUINE TIDE

Mein sides

>>35934503
And thanks for playing!
>pic related
I know that feeling.

>>35934600
Have the AI help screw them over

>>35934608
>Tuesday

>>35934600
>>Back

>>35934600
Your worker sits confused at the screen, hunched awkwardly over a chair intended for a human until you decide to try something else. Your drone clicks through to the digital transactions page.

WELCOME: DONOVAN FORESTER

Recently purchased items:
>5.56x45 military surplus ammunition
>7.62x39mm military surplus ammunition
>military surplus Premium fragmentation grenades
>military surplus Premium plasma grenades
>Oldies of Earth: Volume 6

People who made similar purchases to you also purchased
>Premium depleted uranium
>military surplus personal defense armor
>Battletoads


DON'T MISS ON THESE AMAZING DEALS
>Military surplus
>Communication services and equipment
>Contract and freelance workers
>Space craft and engineering
>Misc
>Schedule wire transfer

>>35934822
>>Communication services and equipment
Now we're in business!

Although we might need that depleted uranium later

>>35934822
>Premium depleted uranium
Does that mean its unleaded?!

Just finished class.
To the anon asking about the lewdfic, I have it done but it's on my laptop which I won't get again till later today. If the thread isn't still up I'll sent it to QuestDrone through twitter.
I would have posted it before but I missed the start of this and last thread.

>>35934822
>Battletoads
My siiiides

>Contract and freelance workers
We should mix up our hybrid/clone crew with authentic humans, maybe?

>>35934822
>Battletoads
What?

>>35934822
>>Communication services and equipment

Wait how did we not find plasma grenades and frag grenades in Lyle's combat suit or something?

We never did research anyone's grenades. If that's a thing.

>>35934885
Anon...

>>35934894
Oh, right, thanks for reminding me. I had completely forgotten about the grenade + launcher research unlocked from the drop suit.

>>35934858
Bless you anon, you doing God's work.

>>35934858
You have like an 8am Monday class? Fuck.

>>35934922
>grenade + launcher research

I am honestly considering pulling an all nighter right now just to see this get voted on. How much longer you plan on running QD?

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>>35934822
mfw battletoads

>>35934822
>Communication services and equipment
>Space craft and engineering


>>35934948
Yea, every M Tu Thr. It's a high level CHM class too. Chemical Kinetics.
Its rough.

>>35934822
>Communication services and equipment
>Contract and freelance workers
>Space craft and engineering

>>35934822
>>Communication services and equipment
>>Space craft and engineering
More things to reverse engineer, c'mon shields....

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>>35934822
>>Misc

>>35934822
Your drone taps the keyboard several times.

COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES

>Quantum relay rental: Our premium Quantum Communications network access offers relay connections to all of the most lively regions of space! Supply is limited, reserve yours today!

>Purchase Quantum Comm box set: Own your very own Quantum Comm set! Comes with TWO pre-linked PREMIUM C-Grade Quantum Communicators

>Replace/repair Quantum Comm box set: Proof of purchase necessary.

>Access Relay network [PURCHASE MONTHLY PLAN NOW!]

>Back

>>35935089
>>Access Relay network
ha
haha
HAHAHAHAHA

>>35935089
>>Purchase Quantum Comm box set: Own your very own Quantum Comm set! Comes with TWO pre-linked PREMIUM C-Grade Quantum Communicators

Oh sure, don't list the price till we click it. I see how it is.

Man I thought for sure they'd sell an FTLComm with one end already at the bank.

>>35935089
Look, I just want to browse, so can we look at but not spend any money on
>>Access Relay network [PURCHASE MONTHLY PLAN NOW!]

>>35935193
You can't look at it, you have to purchase the first listed thing:

>Quantum relay rental

It's just that when you actually want to use your purchase, you use that "Access Relay" option.

>>35935089
>>Purchase Quantum Comm box set: Own your very own Quantum Comm set! Comes with TWO pre-linked PREMIUM C-Grade Quantum Communicators
At least look at the price.

Then check out what was under

>Misc

Back there. Maybe Misc includes setting up new pseudonymous bank accounts?

>>35935089
You think Theseus has access to all this? If we're running for parliament with him we might as well let him know what we're looking at.

>>35935243
Of course he already has access to it? He has tons of his own false bank accounts.

>>35935089
Gotta question: How hard would it be to give him some roaches to examine? Only these roaches would be designed to give hilariously inaccurate conclusions about our biology.

>>35935271
I like this, but not sure if it's a good idea.

>>35935271
If by 'hilariously inaccurate' you mean 'explode at the slightest touch' then sure.

>>35935089
Your drone looks through the options, looking up the prices available for the listed items.

>Purchase Quantum Comm set: 2,000 ₡
>Access Relay network NOW ONLY 199.99 ₡ PER MONTH

You look over the other options. It appears Lyle has already purchased the rental plan, which you are currently using. Your drone moves back and investigates the alluring "misc" option.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND SERVICES

>Place items for sale
>Place public buy request
>Post public contract listing
>Back

>>35935297
I was more thinking deliberately leading them down a blind alley with regards to our capabilities, probably to one of the less disturbing theories about us in the scientific community.

>>35935336
>>Back
Spacecraft!

Probably shields are there.

>>35935336
>Space craft and engineering

>>35935336
You click through the menus again

SPACECRAFT AND ENGINEERING

>File insurance claim
>Search new and used spacecraft
>Search new and used ship components
>Find mechanic near you
>Back

>>35935459
>>Search new and used ship components
Shielding?

>>35935459
>Search new and used ship components

Huh, no section for commercial-grade holo-projectors apparently.