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>>37781137
>Current armory
269 Thorn Launchers
20 Thorn Cannons
123 Sting Casters
30 Cyclotrons
15 Rotary Stingers
3 Fire Sprays
5 Plasma Spray
22 Particle Cannons

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 748336
Metals: 527684
Credits: ₡2326
Credits in Lyle’s account: ₡1,177,450

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Hive maintenance – 4350
Queen – 5
Fake Queen (2) – 44
Worker (25005) – 50010
Aquatic Worker (140) – 560
Vacuum Worker (200) – 1200
Radiator Worker (100) – 400
Warrior (1209) – 6045
Aquatic Warrior (100) – 700
Thinker (1300) – 3900
Quantum Thinker (355) – 1775
Speaker – (3) – 12
Digger (80) – 320
Refinery (10) – 70
Sniffer (2) – 8
Small Sniffer (200) – 200
Fly (50) – 200
Wasp (100) – 500
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (40) – 520
Parasite (30) – 120
Bio-tank (12) – 300
Excavator (250) – 4750
Colossus (20) – 300
Harvester (50) – 950
Support Fluttercraft (2) – 272
Ghost Beetle (5) – 135
Heavy Warrior (5) – 95
Advanced Relay (69) – 6900 (set as default method of ship control)
Upkeep: 84733N

>Hive fleet
Space Pod (64) – 1920
Shuttle (10) – 250
Mining Corvette (14) – 3850
Scout Corvette (8) – 1800
Lancer Corvette (2) – 450
Fleet Corvette (4) – 900
Stealth Frigate (4) – 1952
Heavy Cruiser (10) – 12150
23272N

Clone upkeep/special projects and expenses
25 Human captives of the USV Hope – 750
3 Human hybrid clone upkeep – 90
Specializations:
>Brawler
>Tech
>Engineer
10 Skyl replicant clones in production – 600 [9 days remain]
Lyle Rogers – 47
1487N

Total upkeep
Nutrient costs: 109492

>Income
Metals: 177000
Nutrients: 236250
Net: 126758

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>>37781160
Hive Territory
[G-426]
Asteroid mining base: 5 Excavators, 20 Diggers, +2250M per day (+50 M per digger, +250 per excavator)

*Leeland (capital)
Defensive structures
>Surface to Orbit Missile System [under construction]
>Anti-orbital batteries: 12/35 (1500N)
>23 under construction
>Surface to Orbit Missile System (750N)
Military structures
>Hangar facilities: Room for 40 Aero/fighter Drones and 20 Shuttles (25N)
>Spring Mountain Hive: Original hive contains decoy queen within throne room
>*Secondary Mountain Hive: Actual site of Throne Room
>Prison Outpost
Industrial structures
>Docking Pylon: (8) (400N)
>11 under construction
[16 Space Pods]
[Empty docks: 16/32]
Economic Structures
>Mine: 245 Excavators, 60 Diggers, +62750 M per day (+25 M per digger, +250 per excavator)
>Algae Farm: +200,000N per day, 2,000 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Film harvester dock: +35000N per day, 70 Harvesters active (500N per Harvester)

M-662
Raligha
Defensive structures
>Anti-orbital batteries: 13/35 (1625N) [22 under construction]
Economic structures
>Bloodroot collectors: A series of pipes and veins running from the roots of several of the nearest Bloodroot trees provide a passive and low maintenance source of nutrient income, +250N per day (5)
>Greenwall pit: Variable income (average harvest provides net gain of 500N, thinkers report testing not yet complete)
>Temple alter: A place for the Ralighan locals to worship and bring offerings to your hive, built in the likeness of your local fake queen, +500N per day

M-323
>Orbital docking pylon: Space for docking and construction of 4 sub capitals or 1 capital ship, (50N)
[2 Mining Corvettes]
[Empty docks: 2/4]
>Mining corvette salvage operations +112000M per day (+8000M per corvette)

>>37781137
Lyle, I hope you listened when it was suggested to bring us that imposter's corpse.

We need to read his brain to find out about Nikolai, if we want to find out about what went down there.

But meanwhile, gotta drop off our hybrids on Deep Song.

>>37781137
>That news report.

Ha!

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>>37781205
New Construction Options
Defensive structures
>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
>Surface to Orbit Missile System – This massive bunker complex houses a wide range of warheads and a nigh limitless number of missiles within its protective walls, allowing you to launch missiles against approaching invaders from the safety of your hive. The facility uses the ship missile stats and comes equipped with a single Cruise missile silo that can target any detected object within the system, five Stinger missile silos capable of targeting any craft within high orbit, and ten Swarm missile silos specialized in targeting high altitude aircraft and low orbiting targets. The facility itself is a massive complex spread out over several miles, and includes guidance and launch equipment, as well as the means to construct and maintain a stock of warheads and missiles. (1500N 2500M)
Military Structures
>Hangar Expansion – Construct fortified hangar facilities for your choice of +40 aero/fighter drone space, or +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
Industrial Structures
>Docking Pylon – A large spire or station that contains space for docking and construction of 4 ships, or a single capital ship if placed in orbit. 100N 300M

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>>37781242
Economic Structures
>Harvester Dock – A large pier built along the shore overlooking the spore-producing ocean film that serves as an unloading area for Harvester drones, and contains pipelines to pump collected raw nutrients to the hive’s awaiting processing facilities, includes a single Harvester which is covered by the cost and upkeep of the dock. Provides 500N per day (38N 50M)
>Orbital electroponic station – An orbital instillation built near a large source of hydrogen used to fuel a large fusion core, which in turn provides electrical power to a contained algae farm facility. Must be built in orbit of a gas giant. Provides +500N per day and doubles as a gas mining facility, refueling the tritium stores of any ships in the system. (1000M)
>Algae Farm – A carved out space used to utilize Leeland’s natural electrical field to cultivate food. +100N per day, 1 worker to maintain.

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>>37781271
Finished research

>Immolator warhead
[Can only be fired from cruise launchers]
This devastating and highly unstable warhead is capable of destabilizing the surface of a planet to cause planet wide destruction, triggering violent geothermal activity and weather patterns and rapidly turning the planet’s surface to molten slag and rendering it totally uninhabitable. The production of the weapon itself requires a lengthy and highly expensive process of condensing highly unstable exotic matter that is far too volatile for productive use and encasing it within a powerful magnetic field held within a shielded canister. Upon detonation, the canister releases the supply of anti-matter within the planet’s crust, causing a chain reaction of matter-anti-matter annihilation that ignites any atmosphere, immolates the surface, and obliterates any sign of infrastructure that may have existed.
(500,000N 500,000M[Ship])

>Molecular disassembler warhead
This warhead disperses a cloud of nano-disassemblers that promptly utilize all sources of metals and nutrients to replicate more disassemblers, which do the same. The process quickly reduces any infrastructure, ships, and life to dust in a chain reaction that can spread across entire cities. The nanomachines require a minimum amount to reach a critical mass before they begin to deactivate, but even a small warhead can potentially spread across a wide area.
(500N 500M[Ship])

>>37781271
So about that passive growth.

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>>37781320
>Thermal Blade
Conductive polymers are added to the combat blades of your drones. When an electrical current is passed through the blade it quickly increases in temperature until the blade itself begins to glow. All drones equipped with combat blades gain the capacity to penetrate thicker armor by allowing them to slowly burn through dense metal plating. This passive upgrade stacks with the Vibro-blade passive upgrade.

>Laser cooling
This concept uses a laser to bounce particles in an object back into place, effectively nullifying the energy within the object, cooling it to potentially extreme temperatures at a distance.

[Ventilation ray – Improvements in ship construction passively reduce the heat signature of all hive space craft by allowing some of the heat to be beamed away from the direction of enemy sensors instead of radiated into space and increasing the amount of time it can spend under cloak.]

>Ion cannon – This focused energy weapon is in essence a combination of CIP technology, a plasma lance, and a particle beam rolled into one device. It utilized powerful magnetic fields to funnel a stream of high energy particles at a target to cause the effect of a highly focused EMP on enemy electronics and sensors, wreaking havoc on the target’s sensors and other systems. While shields and conductive armor are highly resistant to it, the Ion cannon can pass through other forms of armor undeterred.
Dmg: Low energy
RoF: Low
Rng: Short
Acc: High
Special: Blackout – If the target is not shielded, all sensors are blinded for a short duration, and there is a large chance of a random system being permanently disabled. If a ship’s drive and weapons are disabled, it is considered a derelict.

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>>37781320
>>Immolator warhead is finished

Oh baby...

Since we seem to be starting to go all out, might be a good idea to solidify control of our home world and build hive bases across it. Rapidly expand the food and worker force.

>>37781320
>Immolator warhead cost
holy fuck. can we stick a stealth unit on that thing or something cause I'd be pissed if the guy's we shot that at shot it down before it could deliver it's payload.

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>>37781356
New research unlocked

>Laser cooled superconductors
Medium
Utilizing powerful cooling rays to maintain a temperature of near absolute zero, superconductors can be constructed and maintained out of cheap and easily replicable materials and nearly no cost. This would allow for the construction and maintenance of various mass transport and logistical systems that would improve the efficiency of hive activity.

>Quantum Entanglement engineering
Slow [50,000N 50,000M development cost, paid once]
Experimentation with the behavior of entangled particles could reveal potential uses beyond simple communication. Your thinkers have several tests ready to proceed to test the interaction of quantum entanglement with your own technology, although the tests will require the construction of multiple prototypes and test devices that will likely not survive the experiments.

>>37781331
We can certainly discuss it at the end of the thread, and I think it's a good idea.

>>37781391
So many researchs finished. So many researchs to start.

>>37781391
>>Quantum Entanglement engineering

I think this is a good time to begin researching this.

>>37781391
>>37781391
Neither of those were added to the pastebin as research unlocked though?

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>>37781391
Current research

>Weather Spire
Medium
A specialty of The Gardener which was apparently shared with the Skyl to solidify their alliance. It is a massive spire capable of analyzing and altering the atmospheric composition of a planet over time, as well as altering localized conditions to alter weather patterns.

>Psionic Shroud
Slow
Your thinkers have been working over the strange and unsettling silence of the broken crystals you have collected and several of your quantum thinkers have theorized of using them to develop a kind of mute effect. In theory it could offer a way to muffle the mental sounds of your hive's thoughts from other hives.

>Psionic fortification
Slow
Further research of the white crystal’s beneficial effects on your own psionic link to your drones could lead to some manner of defense against a psionic jammer.


>Rejuvenation gene therapy
Slow
After extensive research of the human genome, you have discovered that they suffer from a limitation to their life span based on a pre-set limit built into their cells that limits the number of times any one cell can divide. With some amount of effort, you think you could create a serum that would offer a temporary boost to that limit, allowing for extended periods of cell division.

>>37781386
Well it does destroy a planet, afterall.

>>37781503
Start researching.
>Laser cooled superconductors
Medium
>Quantum Entanglement engineering

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>>37781503
Available research options

>Psionic Cannon prototype
Very slow/Very dangerous
Detailed accounts of several experiments show the slow progress of Project Godsplitter. The cannon itself is highly volatile, and even the smallest miscalculation often results in the destruction of the ship, as well as any nearby craft. It can only be equipped to a Hive ship's spinal mount, and requires a functional Void Shard as ammunition. At least a dozen testing sizes were atomized in testing the weapon, and in the end it appears The Gardener never quite perfected it.

>Smart Mines
Medium
Replacing digger drones with programmable seeds of nanomachines allows the hive to effectively create metal trees. The nanomachines spread roots through the ground to locate ore veins, break them down and assemble them on the surface as metallic fruit-like bulbs for workers to gather.

>Liquid metal sculpting
Medium
By using nanomachines to maintain metal in a liquid form regardless of temperatures and without diluting it with chemicals, you can improve the quality of the Hive’s metallurgy, decreasing the time it takes your workers to perform metal intensive work in cramped spaces and dramatically boosting ship construction times.

>Carbon nanostructure construction
Medium
By using the ancient Raligha ship as a basis, and new construction techniques, you can implement more sturdy nanotubes and carbon based diamond filaments to slightly improve the stability and durability of your ships without impeding maneuverability or increasing cost.

>Cellular acceleration
Medium
By using advanced medical technologies to assist and boost the cellular metabolism of an organism, clones can be made to develop much faster than normal.

>>37781498
I actually stopped adding in newly unlocked research options to the pastebin ahead of time, since I felt it kind of ruined the surprise.

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>>37781559
>Photosynthetic cells
Fast
By implementing the same cells used in many of the local foliage in infrastructure, you can create stations and buildings that produce energy via solar radiation to produce energy in a manner more safe and stable than fusion, although less efficient.

>Genesis Project
Medium
By studying the practices and techniques on top of the dedicated technologies of the Gardener's hive, you can develop a method that can be used to rapidly spread foliage and life on a planet to develop a new biosphere. The process is time and resource intensive at the start, but with the use of weather spires the biosphere quickly takes root and becomes self-sufficient.

>Gun ports
Fast
Your large drones offer a great increase in firepower in many situations, but in some cases can become vulnerable to smaller opponents. By developing a series of small muscle grafts along the sides of the drone’s thorax a number of medium sized weapons can be placed to offer increased firepower against smaller targets.

>Genetic tapestry
Medium
With the development of your recent clones, you have gained experience and knowledge in organizing alien DNA into effective and desirable formations to not only reproduce an alien subject, but also improve upon it. Now you feel you are ready to go even farther with your experiments in mixing and matching alien and drone DNA.
[Unlocks Chimera clone type]

So are we still going with the idea that Theseus is Senator Armstrong with a dumb computer monitor on his head?

Because I may have made some art for that... Should I post it?

Jesus fucking christ so much research so little time! You're going to drown us in technobabble!

>>37781616
We have a lot of thinkers freed up, fortunatly. From this research update and last thread's.

>>37781593
>Genetic tapestry
>Gun ports
>Photosynthetic cells
>Cellular acceleration
>Carbon nanostructure construction
>Liquid metal sculpting
>Laser cooled superconductors
Let's research all of these.
Also when will our drones be getting a hibernation mode?

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>>37781593
Your thinkers recite their new findings to you with glee. "We have learned many things for Mother!"

Indeed they have, and you let them have their pride as you sort through the new technology, and the technology you have yet to master.

>Maintain current research list (speeds up remaining research options)
>Add additional research option (write in)
>Other

>>37781616
I have an unhealthy love of nonsensical technobabble.

>>37781696
Why would we put them to sleep? There's always work in the hive.

>>37781596
More art is always appreciated.

>>37781596

Let's keep long-term planning and fanart, like micromanaging and adaptation debate, for after bump limit. Something to look forward to.

>>37781715
Liquid metal sculpting and photosynthetic cells.

Especially sculpting. Faster construction rate is an absolute must.

>>37781729
To increase growth speed.
Hibernation would decrease upkeep cost.
>>37781715
>Genetic tapestry
>Gun ports
>Photosynthetic cells
>Cellular acceleration
>Carbon nanostructure construction
>Liquid metal sculpting
>Laser cooled superconductors

>>37781715
>Add additional research option
>Liquid metal sculpting
>Photosynthetic cells
>Gun ports

>>37781696
Actually this, along with the auto-growth and other things would be good for discussion after the thread. I have been wanting to start scaling things up and remove some of the micromanaging now that you are dealing in bigger numbers and are no longer at risk of starving.

>>37781729
Mainly for warriors who don't do much other than those on guard.

>>37781715
>Maintain current research list
Psionic research is top priority.

>>37781801
I think you should give a time on when research finishes, so that we have a general idea.

>>37781715
What this anon said >>37781788

>>37781715
>Photosynthetic cells
>gun ports
kinda want to get some of the slow stuff out of the way first and since fast is well, fast, don't see to much harm thing some thinkers at them. Mostly want to get 1 or 2 slow research projects out of the way and then have our thinkers tear apart all the medium research we have building up.

So I haven't read the quest since like...thread 22.

Is /tg/ still obsessing and diverting resources to find whatshisface? That guy we met all of twice?

>>37781715
>Add additional research option (write in)
>>37781593 #
>Genetic tapestry
>Gun ports
>Photosynthetic cells
>Cellular acceleration
>Carbon nanostructure construction
>Liquid metal sculpting
>Quantum Entanglement engineering
>Laser cooled superconductors

Faster but with lesser results? Pfff.

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>>37781756
>>37781765
Posting it is.

Oh hell fucking yeah! Best quest!

>>37781715
>Add EVERYTHING to the research list

Because why not? There's never enough research. NEVER.

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>>37781861

>>37781866
Whoops forgot to drop the name.

>>37781715
>Gun ports
>Photosynthetic cells
>Liquid metal sculpting
Have support

>Add other
>None

>>37781830
A lot of times I don't really know either though, since I roll for early breakthroughs and setbacks and the like.

>>37781861
The filename really gets me.

>>37781898
>>None
Let's just reap the benefits of Psionic Shroud and such first.

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>>37781885

>>37781898
Thanks.

>>37781898
> None
BQ is definitely biggest threat right now.

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>>37781974

>>37781391
>Laser cooled superconductors

Miniaturize the FUCK out of this tech, and we become broken beyond words.

Like, shooting out lasers capable of coring stars kinda broken.

>>37781977
You mean OQ. She ain't just B any more.

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>>37781998
That's all I made, apart from the two I did last thread.

>>37782017
Sorry, my mistake.

>>37781898
>Add more
>Genetic Tapestry
>Carbon nanostructure construction

>>37782003
This technology is the key to diplomacy with the star species. Possibly transportation to a new star as part of a deal too.

>>37782070
So we get them on our side by freeing them from the Union? I can get behind that.

>>37781898

>Add other: Quantum Entanglement engineering
If we can install a secondary communication system in our Relays, our navy will be able to tank a psionic disruption with minimal penalties- it would suck for carriers, but most ships would be ably to communicate fine with Quantum communication and direct neural interfaces.

>>37782070
>>37782113
Neither of you make any fucking sense.

Getting primitives "on our side" is useless, they have no tactical value.

Second, this is like offering 10,000 BC humans the chance to live on another planet instead of their own, letting aliens take it over.

That's not freeing them. That's exiling them.

And finally, what other star is cool enough to support chemical bonds that form life? Wolf is said to be uniquely cool enough.

>>37782188
Bitch they've been reduced to a miner species for years. Miners generally don't want to fucking mine.

We can probably jury rig some kind of living space with the laser cooling superconducter.

>>37782188
There was talk about colonisent a star amongst them after the Union made contact, and studying their unique biology could prove intriguing. Also, they could still work for the Union if you prefer it that way, but not having them get the raw end of the deal is preferable.

>>37782188
Are you saying you don't want the chance to study a being made of pure, fucking energy?

>>37782311
Supporting. Helping more primitive species might help in getting recognition from the Union. Or we could subvert their biology and be even harder to kill.

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>>37781898
>None

Your thinkers dive into the new data, but you make sure to not overwhelm them. A few quickly finished research subjects is better than churning on them all for months, after all.

Your mind is in many places at once. You watch the locals of Raligha as they make their offerings to you, you watch your drones assemble the ever growing defense grids across both your worlds, you see the strange images of distant creatures move in and out of your sensor view at the bottom of Huron's ocean atop a small plateau, you see dozens of worlds through the eyes of your pods as they lurk through alien territory, and you watch as Lyle detaches the docking clamps as the small garage depressurized. You hear Jerry shouting over the radio. "You bastard, skimping out again?"

"Don't worry mate, I'll wire you the money later. I'm in a rush right now."

"My ass. I'm too charitable, you know that? You send me that money or so help me I'll call out a hit."

Lyle lets out a chuckle. "What are you going to do, pay me to kill myself? Quit bein' a nob and I'll send the money later."


Beyond the hull of Long Island your pod drifts in silence. The clones you have prepared wait for their commands.

>Send them to Gemini to assist Lyle
>Send them to Valen space to find Deep Song
>Other

>>37782417
>>Send them to Gemini to assist Lyle
"I got you some new crew members. Any resemblance to your previous crew is purely coincidental."

>>37782417
>Send them to Valen space to find Deep Song
>Tell lyle to pay the man

>>37782417
>Send them to Gemini to assist Lyle

>>37782417
>Send them to Gemini to assist Lyle
Well.

The point is they can't arrive at Deep Song in a Pod. That would be stupid.

They have to arrive in the Hel's Angel.

Also where is that corpse's brain, Lyle?

>>37782417
>Send them to Gemini to assist Lyle
We'll send them all to Deep Song afterwords.

>>37782518
We already plumed it for info.

>>37782417
"Sweetie, I made you some new friends".
"UGH, get out of my life Mom!"

>>37782417
>>Send them to Valen space to find Deep Song
>>Tell Lyle to pay Jerry already.

>>37782653
"Lyle, I hired some new crew members to replace your old ones."
>A group of dead eyed, drooling people who look like his old crew approach Lyle.
"Oh, hey guys... how you doing?"
>They hiss and vomit acid on his ship.
"Mooooooom!"

>>37782379
>might help in getting recognition from the Union

The Union?

You mean those guys that annex species and make them totally dependent on their (Humans) method of FTL travel right? The one where they control not only the distribution of the FTL drives themselves but also the materials necessary to construct them?

That Union?

The only recognition we NEED from the Union is the recognition that we are not to be fucked with, to fuck with us is courting death and destruction, even Theseus wouldn't step in to prevent them from getting their shit so righteously handed to them unless we threaten out and out xenocide.

I'm still confused as to why we are risking our highly experienced merc / agent on rescuing a guy we met twice, and the first time was solely so we could study his species.

>>37782857
Maternal instinct? We're sentimental?

>>37782565
Then quote the post where that happened last thread. >>37626749

Because it doesn't exist.

>>37782857
I just want them to open a damn bank account. Lee can wait.

>>37782857
Because he is an excellent choice to use as our species representative to the humans in a way that uses their own laws against them. Something we need to use to avoid entering a war.

>>37782857
I think it was originally a joke that transformed into a priority or something.

>>37782776
I think he meant recognition as in, once we come out to the galaxy, they can't immediately attack us because that would PUBLICLY make them seem evil.

>>37782896

It's more or less none of those reasons and /tg/ is just full of spastic retards that care about the most inane shit and drag a beaten and bloody joke into something serious.

I'm personally still kinda mad about "Leeland"; Yes, I know it's a joke, no, I don't care, it's fucking stupid.

>>37782901
Hold on, which corpse are we talking here?
I was under the impression that it was that science guy from the lab who hired Lyle, we may be on about different corpses.

>>37782857
Basically we want to use him as our representative to abuse the fuck out of their legal system

>>37782857
More cynically, his interrogation may give an idea how much the Union knows about us.

>>37782923

But he's not an excellent choice.

He's a schmuck, not even trained in any noticeable diplomatic skill, he, even if he isn't brainfucked or spinewormed by that point, would probably end up tripping over himself enough to convince people that we DO brainfuck people.

>>37782986
He's talking about the corpse of fake lee. People wanted to probe his brain for information.

>>37783004
His skill doesn't matter. His position matters, the position THEY gave him. He's high ranking in their circles, no matter how shit he is.

>>37783018
oh, righto.

>>37783004
Hes also really high profile in the media, on our side and not someone they can bump off without it looking really damn dodgy, which plays into our plans.

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>>37782417
The pod moves after the Hel's Angel as it closes in on Gemini. The binary planets are tidally locked, and close enough together to be considered the same location by most. Between the two of them, at their communal lagrange point is a small starport surrounded by a multitude of shuttles moving from one planet to another, and from the station to locations beyond. Most of them appear to be automated freighters, slowly from one gravity well to the next. Several are in the process of deploying or retracting solar sails as they drift along the space lane, and after a short wait in a parking orbit the station responds to the Angel's hail. A spiraling path is laid out along the ship's hud and it descends.

The planet is oddly lopsided in its settlement, you note, with the half facing Gemini's twin, the military capital, nearly covered in city scapes and urban sprawl. The side facing away is nearly blank, a vast rural area of temperate forests and mild jungles mixed with farmland and sparse townships.

You see the capital of New Prescott directly under the twin Gemini, shadowed by an eclipse. The position, you note, would make any long range bombardment difficult at best. You wonder if that was intentional, or simply a result of their settling both worlds together.

The flight path leads near the edge of the city, where the city is at its densest. The sprawling megacity appears almost suburban near the center, where laws and aesthetic regulations likely prevent more than a select few high rise buildings, while further out the skyline reaches upwards to scrape at the lower atmosphere.

You ponder how to get your pod to the surface unseen. There are likely many security measures in place to monitor traffic within orbit, although the rural half of the planet does appear almost devoid of traffic.

>Have your pod attempt to remain cloaked and land near the city
>Have your pod land in the country beyond the city limits
>Other

>>37783004
A 'common man' approach may work better than sounding like a slimy politician. He wouldn't be great in a formal role sure, but he could be pretty popular.

>>37782986
Why the fuck would Lyle, the character being addressed in that post, have Seiner's head.

Use your brain anon.

>>37783106
>>Have your pod land in the country beyond the city limits

I uh. I thought we were gonna dock with the Angel somewhere in deep space discreetly.

>>37783106
>Have your pod land in the country beyond the city limits

This seems like a good idea if we want to fuck around a bit before getting to Lyle.

>>37783106
>Have your pod land in the country beyond the city limits
they can hoof it. Plus we do have a tech specialist that could probably slip them inside without much fuss.

>>37783106
>Other
>Have your pod enter the atmosphere on the rural side of the planet then fly cloaked at low altitude to the outskirts of the city

>>37783106
>Have your pod land in the country beyond the city limits

>>37783106
>Have your pod land in the country beyond the city limits

Docking with a cloaked pod in deep space would make your pod far too visible for your liking, and dropping in above the city could go wrong in many ways. You decide on the safer method, even if your clones will need to find their way into the city the hard way.

Your pod descends slowly into the atmosphere.

Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>37783329

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>37783329
oh dear

Rolled 15 (1d100)

>>37783329

>>37783348
>>37783351
>>37783354
really glade we chose to land outside of the city now

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>>37783351
>>37783348
Really niggas? Your queen asks you to roll and this is what you give us?

Rolled 18 (1d100)

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>>37783581
C'mon Fluff, this getting ridiculous...

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>>37783329
Your pod feels the friction of the atmosphere as it descends, and its cloak begins to flicker. Your pod is quickly engulfed in fire as it plummets to the ground.

It is well into the night over what appears to be some sparsely populated farmland. A few floodlights reveal a number of crop fields being worked by large machines, while others remain dark. Your pod fires its thrusters in an attempt to slow its descent and grinds its hull against the soft soil as it comes to a stop. The hatch of the pod pops open and your three clones emerge. You observe the landing site through their eyes.

The pod has landed in what appears to be a kind of wheat field. The crop is high enough to offer some cover, but the smoldering hull of your pod has singed the surrounding plants, causing wispy streams of smoke to flow from the landing site. You can hear the barking of dogs in the distance and several hundred meters away a light flicks on from within a small house.

>Have your clones run to the woods nearby
>Have them hide among the crop fields and sheds
>Have them act of their own accord

>Send your pod back into space and cloak
>Have your pod hide itself in the wilderness beyond the farmland
>Other

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>>37783430
These Takarada shops always gets me man

>>37783673
>Have your clones run to the woods nearby
>Have your pod hide itself in the wilderness beyond the farmland

It's like that one movie. Signs I think?

>>37783673
>Have them act of their own accord

>>37783671
Well, I was wondering what my dice roll would be, Even though I was a bit too late to count.
>>37783673
>Have your clones run to the woods nearby
>Have your pod hide itself in the wilderness beyond the farmland

>>37783673
>Have your clones run to the woods nearby

They can act by themselves later.

>Send your pod back into space and cloak
If they need a ride, they can hitch a ride with Lyle.

>>37783673
>Have them act of their own accord
>Have your pod hide itself in the wilderness beyond the farmland
we can send it away later when no one is around.

>>37783711
I can't explain it, I just love drawing the eyes and grill.

>>37783673
>>Have your clones run to the woods nearby
>Have your pod hide itself in the wilderness beyond the farmland
We absolutely cannot afford to have one of our pods get captured on the Union's capital planet. Have our clones do everything and anything to ensure the pod is not discovered.

>>37783673
>Have your clones run to the woods nearby
>Have your pod hide itself in the wilderness beyond the farmland
If anyone sees us go back into space, it could be very bad for business.

>>37783784
It doesn't help that this is what I think the Queen looks like now.

>>37783673
>Have them act of their own accord
>Send your pod back into space and cloak

>>37781137
>“Local astronomer hobbyist claims sudden increase in visible novae ‘unnatural’, officials dismiss findings as coincidence.”
Our blink drive?

>>37784073
That or our cloak.

>>37784073
>>37784091
I can only hope it's just that.

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>>37784073
no you think.

>>37784091
isn't our cloak based tech based off ceph tech?

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>>37784113
AH SHIT. ITS THE FUCKING CEPH.

>>37784073
I don't think a couple or so of visible novae would count as a huge increase, considering that we visited each union system barely half a dozen times at most.
Unless those blink signatures aren't ours....

>>37784175
What is the black queen doing?

Does anyone have an image of the Ceph?

I'm gonna do a "AROUND CEPH DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH" pic.

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>>37783673
The thrusters of your pod hum to life and it lifts itself into the air as your clones gather their things. A sudden urge enters their mind as they pack their gear and they sprint away from the fields to the treeline. You can hear animals barking and the shouting of voices, and your pod quickly sends itself into the forest. You hear the sound of treetops cracking and branches snap as it passes through the dense foliage of a pine forest.

By the time your clones have entered the treeline you can see flashlights behind you within the fields where your pod had landed. You feel confident in your clones' survival skills on such a hospitable world, and you turn your attention back to Lyle.

The Angle cruises over the metropolitan districts of the Gemeise megacity on a course for a small docking facility. The area is worn in appearance, with towering buildings covered in machinery and infrastructure. Residential blocks, factories, and low class market streets cover the ground in a mix of old buildings of all sizes and designs. Sandwiched between a hydrogen processor and a warehouse is a small circle in the ground. A large elevator rises from below and the Angel slowly lands on a set of outstretched docking clamps before lowering the ship into the circle and sliding it into one of the many small hangars within.
Cont.

>>37784172
I love it.

>>37784225
As far as the very limited intelligence that we gleamed tell us, nothing on this side of the nebula
And judging from how isolated Reprieve was, I'm hopeful that her actual territory is FAR FAR away from this sector.

>>37784238
Here's what imagine when I think of Coil.

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>>37784385
Wait, no, here it is.

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>>37784408
>Those fucking ads on the Citadel for Blasto.

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>>37784259
A quick stutter of static precedes a simple broadcast.
"Welcome to Moe's starport. Fair is paid prior to departure.
We reserve the right to impound your craft in the event of non-payment."

You look to Lyle. "Have you been here before?" He grimaces.
"Yes, I have, and no, Moe had that policy before I met him."

Lyle moves to the locker where he takes a small sidearm and tucks it in a dark brown jacket. A "privy coat", you realize. Made of a special cloth designed to defeat customs scanners. They often could only reliably conceal a basic sidearm before becoming a liability, and even then they always had issues with more advanced scanners typically found around high class starports, another reason Lyle had chosen this as his port.

Just outside the ship is a set of gates leading along a labyrinthine rout from the center of the port to the customs booth. A bored looking man sits within.

"Hello Mr. Forester." He says, "Do you have any freight to load or unload, or is there a possibility of you requiring the need of a loader?"

"No, I have a visa already, can we speed this up?" Lyle passes a forged document to the official, who glances over it and passes it back. "I would also like to register my ship for protection under the Homestead act."

"Yes sir. What items would you like to register?"

Lyle seems to think for a moment. "Ah, let's see. Several pounds of plastic explosives, a combat hard suit with move asist capable of several times the legal force, a high capacity autocannon, six micro-pod guided missiles, and a sonic sledge."

The man looks far more attentive. "What exactly-"

"I don't need to tell you why I have it, so long as I tell you it's there and it stays in the ship." Lyle says smugly. The man quickly presses several keys and passes a ticket through the window. As the gate opens your ghostly figure gazes at him sternly.
"What? Homestead act makes honesty the best policy, unless you plan on smuggling."
Cont.

>>37781137
ITSSS BAAACK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS I WAITED SO FUCKING LONG CHECKING EVERY DAY FOR ITS RETURN YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

>>37784740
Now i'm curious of what the Homestead act is.

>>37784742
You do realize it's every Sunday at 7pm est, right? Checking every other day is redundant.

>>37784742
You know you could just follow the quest twitter, right? Or just put it in your bookmarks if you don't want to make a twitter.

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>>37784740
"So long as it's disclosed, a man's ship is considered immune to local law pertaining to the ownership and use of any item, product, substance, or commodity." Lyle rehearses it like a well practiced verse. "So long as it never leaves the ship. It's a great policy, if it weren't for the fact that not invoking it also waives your right to privacy. Of course, not many people actually know about that one-line earmark in that particular law."

Lyle steps outside into the strange light of Gemini. It was frigid and windy, with a partial eclipse overhead as the planet's twin hangs in front of Tau Ceti. The sounds of trains and passing shuttles is deafening, punctuated by periodic curses shouted from the sites of fender benders.

Elsewhere, in the depths of Huron's ocean, your corvettes have sealed the leaks in their hulls and have settled into the reef and rock outcropping of the plateau. Your drones are waiting for your orders, and are eager to prove themselves on this new world.

>Have your drones scour the plateau
>Send drones to the edge of the plateau to explore the surroundings
>Send your drones closer to shore to search the shallows of the coast
>Other

>>37784742
I always try to announce ahead of time on the twitter.
https://twitter.com/HiveQueenQuest

>>37784939
>>Have your drones scour the plateau
Secure the area first, then we go sight-seeing

>>37784939
>>Have your drones scour the plateau

>>37784939
>Have your drones scour the plateau
secure the immediate area around the shuttles first and then spread out.

>>37784939
>Have your drones scour the plateau

>>37784939
>Have your drones scour the plateau

>>37784939
>Have your drones scour the plateau

Your drones emerge from the airlocks of the two corvettes and begin to explore the reef. They are slow in the water, but once they reach the rock below they can easily move with their claws.

Please roll 1d100, best of 3

Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>37785127
hydrophobia

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>37785127

Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>37785127
Let's not do shit this time.

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>>37785148

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>>37785127

>>37785148
Not today anon. Today we are the sea monsters.

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>>37785165
>>37785154
>>37785148

Ooooooooh...

>>37785196
Oh holy fuck that was close.

>>37785196
O_O
holy fuck that was close

>>37785196
Sweet jesus anon

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>>37785196
were you trying to ruin us?

Rolled 42 (1d100)

>>37785287
>>37785274
>>37785252
>>37785229
>that being close, when it was a minute late

>>37785320
I watch youtube videos between updates I just saw all the results at once.

>>37784801
>>37784838
you do realize I didnt give a fuck about that line of thought since he said he was going away for a short time for holidays and had not returned when planned due to "computer trouble". Also I dont use social media so stop wasting thread space and save it for after the bump limit. >>37785196
oh boy this is gonna be a fun read this time! I havent seen a 1 in a while.

>>37784939
>Space lawyers, not even once.

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>>37785423
It doesn't count, Fuck knuckle.

>>37785532
what's that gif from?

>>37785557
It's a Fnaf tumblr.

Made the purple dude, with the ponytail.

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>>37784408
You realize Coil is a weak cowardly traitorous religion obsessed easy to manipulate piece of shit right?

>>37785659
we're trying to help him get better

>>37785659
Yes but he's weak cowardly traitorous religion obsessed easy to manipulate piece of shit.

He's also this weird squid thing, like cthulu but shit.

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>>37785127
Your drones march along the sea floor. You find all manner of strange creatures drifting along in the darkness. They find small, spinning creatures like fluorescent strips of living rubber, a long, snake like creature stuck to a rock like a leech, and a number of gossamer specters dragging tendrils behind them as they pulse light jets of water behind them.

There is more crunching, like grinding stones against bone, but it is from a great distance beyond the ledge of the plateau, and your drones are perfectly happy where they are. You move to investigate a small creature that bursts open in response, spilling its innards over your drone's claw. Your drone moves away and to your surprise it sucks its organs back into its belly and quickly swims away. Fascinating.

As your drones search the area you hear a loud ping from under a drone. It stops to move the silt away with its claw and dig below, and you find heavily worn letters. You continue to wipe away the silt until you can make out what it says.

USV Spirit of Huron

Your other drones find similar pieces of wreckage scattered along a line, a corvette sized shipwreck of an ancient starship. You detect no signs of unstable matter, and no apparent blast from an imploding Power Tap. You wonder if this wreck is old enough to have been before the Union's use of such technology.

>Begin excavating the ship
>Salvage the metals of the wreck
>Other

>>37785806
ooooh
>Begin excavating the ship

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>>37785717
Forgot to include the word "our."

But yeah, he's all those things but we're basically pulling a more subtle Medusa on him.

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship

>>37785806
>>Begin excavating the ship

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship
New tech!

>>37785806
>>Begin excavating the ship

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship

Oh boy, research a best.

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship
and on a side note I have to say this world is going to be really helpful for building better underwater drones for when we eventually find the ceph home world.

>>37785648
>>37785532
>still wasting thread space on me when the bump limit has not been reached

>>37785806
Was it ever made clear the kind of tech humans used before power taps for interstellar travel? Also thank god that 1 didnt do something hellish like make the drones land on a giant sea monster as they touched the bottom.

>Preventing Lyle from getting his warriors death
>Clones/mind parasites
>Humans are people too though!
>Muh husbando
If people push to open diplomacy (Read: Take care of) with lesser races I might start getting upset about this.

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship
Might as well, don't know what we would find though. Doubt it's tech.

>>37785939
>Humans are people too though!

When did that happen? We slaughtered the fuck out of the last bunch of Humans we met.

>>37785939
Well so far the opinion is mostly leaving the lesser races alone and telling the humans to not fuck with us and a vocal ASSIMILATE and EXTERMINATE minorities

>>37785919
>Also thank god that 1 didnt do something hellish like make the drones land on a giant sea monster as they touched the bottom.
Are you retarded? The 1 obviously didn't count anybody who follows this quest knows that.
>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship

>>37785806
>Begin excavating the ship

We sent Bio-tank with these drones correct? If yes,Then have some collect samples to place into the tanks for dissection.

Also, I think you removed the Bio-tanks stats from the drone details QD.

>>37785939
eh, I kinda want to build up a decent space fleet before we start any talks and mostly just try and keep the union away from us because I feel once it becomes public knowledge that we're actually advance and not stone age hicks the ceph will probably find out about us and I rather not fight a war on two fronts.

>>37786019
The humans we have stuck sitting around in the hive that the doctor knows about. I admit it's more of a general mood thing I've seen written a few too many times.
>>37786034
The first lesser race we have had contact with, the hand balls, caused a major discussion in the thread for hours about how to help them 'in return for all the food' via knowledge and hive tech.

>>37786064
That's what we're trying to do.
Also, I think the Ceph don't really have any intelligence assets outside of their homeworld, what with them being ultra-religious and the only
Ceph offworld are outcasts and dissidents who would be killed otherwise. Of course, i'm just speculating.

>>37786108
I thought we agreed to give them basic agriculture to jumpstart them but otherwise just let them be.

>>37786155
>I thought we agreed to give them basic agriculture to jumpstart them but otherwise just let them be.
We agreed on nothing.

>>37786155
I remember that thread. We kept arguing till the thread closed.

>>37786155
about the ceph, while I don't think they have an in-depth knowledge on the union I feel like they have enough ears to the ground to at least hear about common knowledge topics. I mean they seem to have some kind of relation with the space banker race who's name I can't remember. You know the one that controls the warp gates. Though I will admit it's mostly just a feeling I got

>>37786064
Have you ever considered the possibility that the Ceph might not give a damn if they found out about us? From what I've read in the threads I get the impression that the Ceph just attack whoever They order them to, and the Ceph don't seem to think much about their targets once the battle is over. Coil had no idea of our existence, even though his people had engaged in a major military offensive against the White Queen shortly before he encountered us.

>>37786265
It's my understanding that almost all off-world communication with Valen smugglers is handled by Ceph dissidents, who would have no reason to report anything to authorities.

>>37786307
Yeah that's the impression I got.

>>37785806
>Excavate the ship
Your drones proceed to dig into the sea floor, quickly finding and entering hull fragments to take account of the wreck. The debris is scattered over several miles of the plateau and not much remains intact. Eventually you do find several modular cargo pods containing processed food. While you doubt any of it is still acceptable to eat, your drones have little problem digesting it.
+623N

Your drones continue to search for anything more among the segments of hull and discarded cargo pods.

Elsewhere, in another expedition site, your drones have finished repairs of your damaged corvette, and your workers have freed the chunk of lunar debris from the lakebed in the center of the swampy crater on Earth. Your warriors have split their patrols between the corvette's crash site and the dig site, but apart from the occasional movement from the brush, the swamp has been calm in the past few days.
While your workers have removed the debris from the mud of the lakebed, it is still far too heavy for them to lift. You could have them simply pry open the object within the water, or have your ship lift it.

>Cut into the capsule under the lake
>Lift it out of the water using your corvette
>Other

>>37785919
According to records, they used nuclear fusion, which meant ships were very limited in speed. According to records, ships of the day were often around a light year per day, sometimes less.

Many civilian ships and freighters still use fusion, although advancements mean they can go somewhat faster.

>>37786307
And how long was Coil away from his? The attack was only a year ago which was after he left his kind.

>>37786307
well I mostly just use the word ceph since we actually haven't got a damn clue who's pulling there strings.

For all we know it's the black queen since back in the thread when we saw here talking to Gardner and the other queens she claimed to have access to the black crystals. Not that I really believe that just saying we really don't know who the ring master is.

>>37786407
>>Lift it out of the water using your corvette

>>37786407
>>Lift it out of the water using your corvette
Wouldn't want to risk damaging any electronics in there.

>>37786407
>>Lift it out of the water using your corvette
Pray that no one is watching

>>37786407
>Lift it out of the water using your corvette

>>37786407
>Lift it out of the water using your corvette
I want to see this thing intact... or at least as intact as we can get it at any rate.

>>37786444
We really need to know more about what happened back then. Didn't we still have two more White Crystals that we have yet to review in depth?

>>37786407
>Lift it out of the water using your corvette
Best not spoil any sensitive innards.

We might want to check the moon to see if it was destroyed by the remnant of an experimental psionic cannon or something similar.

>>37786407
>Lift it out of the water using your corvette

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>>37786444
We know exactly who's pulling the strings, it's the void god we saw when we Hermit Purple'd their crystals.

>>37786484
Water only damages electronics that are on.

>>37786444
The same question could be applied to Them themselves I suppose. They don't seem to actively attack military targets without provocation. In her memories our mom was rather surprised she managed to gain Their attention when the Ceph (or whoever they were) attacked her. Maybe They were already aware of her existence long before they killed her.

>>37786533
> remnant of an experimental psionic cannon or something similar
This is the part that intrigues me. So far only the Hive and it's allies are the only ones who have developed the psionic cannon. And the destruction and power of the weapon used on Luna matches that of a psionic cannon.
If what the humans found on the moon were the void shards, They wouldn't have any reason to give the humans tech that uses one of their own as ammunition.
Unless, what was at the moon wasn't a void shard.

>>37786527
which reminds me I have a question. remember when we found Gardner's body and through her we learned all of her drone designs. Think if we could actually find our mother's body it would help us develop the psionic canon?

>>37786660
Most probably, if we ever mount an expedition to Repreive again, and if QD doesn't say that the 1 we rolled means no more chance of finding mom's body.

>>37786645
It might have been a large void shard like what the Skyl had.

>>37786645
They found the shards, the void gods presumably wanted them to do... Something. They used the shards for a canon. Since Humans aren't psionic sensitive the crystals opened Steiner's dad's ears or something. In Steiners memories his dad mentioned "They want to be found." Alluding to the crystals wanting to get back to the void gods or something similar.

That's all the knowledge relating to the moon and crystals being related

>>37786407
Your corvette lifts from the ground, sending plants and mud spraying into the air as its thrusters come to life. It drifts over the lake and soon your workers have hooked a series of tendon wires to the sunken capsule. It is quickly plucked from the water and placed on the shores.

Your drones slowly carve into the thick shell and eventually pry open what appears to be an eroded hatch. Water pours from the capsule and spoiled paperwork and ancient lab equipment spills onto the shore. The bones of a human collapses into pieces in front of you, and your drones move into the small chamber to search its interior.

Various forms of plantlife hang from the walls, and everything is covered in a smooth layer of algae. Near the center is a collection of machines and tubes running into a large canister, within which is a faint mental signal. Somehow after all this time, a select few of the machines still seem to hum with life. A skeletal hand from the human remains clutches the side of the canister.

There is a familiarity to the signal, like an echo, but it is far too weak to hold meaning.

>Open the canister
>Take the canister and leave the planet
>Leave the canister for now
>Other

>>37787007
>>Take the canister and leave the planet
Alright I think we got what we wanted

>>37787007
>>Take the canister and search remains for indication of what this man was working on.
I think this may be Seiner's grandpa.

>>37787007
>Take the canister and leave the planet

>>37787007
>>37787064
Backing

>>37787007
>>Open the canister
fuck it

>>37787007
>>37787064
>Take the canister and leave the planet
Yeah, this and take whatever working devices that may be able to shed light on what was going on, like a hard drive or somehting

>>37787007
>Take the canister

>>37787007
>ancient lab equipment

This a research vessel. Is there anyway we can take the entire ship with us? Cause if not >Leave the canister for now.

Wait until we get all the research specimens we can take back with us.

>>37787064
This is good but I think we should set up a base here.

>>37786039
I remember a 1 fucking us at one point in the past, its been some time since I have gone over the archives so ill just look em over after this.

>>37787007
>take the canister and leave
can we take all of the nick nacks we found and maybe clone the remains?

>>37787007
>Take the canister and leave the planet
>Collect the human remains, the lab equipment, and samples of the various plant life.

>>37787315
As far as I can remember, the 1s we had were
>Going up against Lyle for the first time ever
>Letting the Union cyborg agent run loose around the hive
>Not finding mom's corpse
Anything else i'm missing?

>>37787007
Your corvette descends for your drones to begin to load the newly found relics. As your drones prepare to load the materials you hear a crack followed by a loud ping as something ricochets off of your ship's hull.

Your warriors quickly take positions along the edge of the swamp, and one of them spots movement among the trees. There is a muzzle flash and you feel a small slug slap against your warrior's carapace, leaving a small crack along its arm. Your workers pick up their pace, but the materials are heavy even for them.

>Take only the canister
>Take everything (will take longer to load)
>Other

>>37787007
If we take all the lab equipment, will we be able to make an educated guess on what they were researching based on the type of stuff they were using?

>>37787393
>Take everything (will take longer to load)

>>37787393
>Take everything (will take longer to load)

>>37787393
>Take everything (will take longer to load)
we have warriors for a reason. fire back and scare them off.

>>37787393
>>Take everything (will take longer to load)
Have the warriors try to keep the prims busy.

>>37787393
>Other
Just torch the bastards then
>Take everything

>>37787419
Potentially, but at this point you can only guess.

>>37787465
oh and make sure not to leave behind any drone bodies if we can. Don't think anyone from the union or the common wealth actually pays attention to earth anymore but at the same time I don't want to take the chance.

>>37787393
>Take everything (will take longer to load)
>Lay suppression fire with an auxiliary weapon.

We've got air support, might as well use it.

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>>37787393
>Take everything

Time to show these guys a party.

>>37787393
>Take everything

Your warriors are advanced, they have the advantage in both strength and speed, but you have a hard time seeing the natives before they can fire, and they clearly know every inch of the swampland by heart. Several more rounds slap against your drones, each one leaving a small crack. These weapons are not powerful, but it appears there are many more than before.

Your drones open fire, filling the air with chitinous slugs and tearing into the foliage. Shots continue to ring out as they move from bush to bush and tree to tree, with weapons fire coming from what seems like all directions.

>Return fire with your corvette's weapons
>Defend the position with your warriors until the cargo is loaded
>Have your warriors move out to engage in close quarters
>Other

>>37787513
Come to think of it, let's not leave their bodies behind either. Telltale wounds and so forth.

>>37787655
>Defend the position with your warriors until the cargo is loaded

>>37787655
>Return fire with your corvette's weapons
that should run them off

>>37787655
>>Have your warriors move out to engage in close quarters
These are prims, they can't stand against something that will give drop troopers a run for their money.
Be sure to leave a couple to watch over the workers though.

>>37787655
>Defend the position with your warriors until the cargo is loaded

>>37787655
>Defend the position with half your warriors until the cargo is loaded
>Have the other half of your warriors move out to engage in close quarters

>>37787393
>>Take everything (will take longer to load)

>>37787655
>Return fire with your corvette's weapons
Lets leave an impression on the primitives.

>>37787733
>>37787655

Supporting this.

We still have those humans in a hold correct? could we take them outside to show them that they are still alive?

>>37787655
>Defend the position with your warriors until the cargo is loaded
>Have your warriors move out to engage in close quarters

Our Speakers gave augmented security personnel, our fucking warriors are leagues stronger than them. So the primitives are fucked.

>>37787795
No, they don't care about the hostages we have. They were attacking us before we had them.

>>37787655
No reason we can't do it all

>Return fire with your corvette's weapons
and seconding >>37787733

>>37787655
>Defend the position with your warriors until the cargo is loaded

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>>37787655
Your warriors split, half huddling around your workers and the decrepit, sensitive equipment that they carry while the rest charge headlong at the nearest source of gunfire. You hear several screams of surprise as your warriors close the distance at the speed of a human vehicle, and you quickly spot the first of them, although even now they seem to be slipping away into the swamp. They know the terrain well, and they know how to use it to their advantage.

Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

Rolled 34 (1d100)

>>37788016
Fuck locals.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>37788016
FOR THE HIVE

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>37788016

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>37788016
pls

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>37788016

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>37788016
ALOHA

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>37788016
for the red queen!

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>>37788045
GODFUCKING DAMMIT FLUFF

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>>37788045

>>37788045
well fuck, thanks fluff

>>37788045
Lucky we didn't send quantum brains to that location right? Or are we screwed?

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>>37788045
The dice has failed me!

>>37788045
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE

this is because we were talking about 1s earlier isn't it?

>>37788084
Yea pretty much
We had it coming

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>>37788045
FLUFF, PLEASE.

>>37788076
>>37788045
>>37788016
>>37788080
>>37788082
>>37788083
>>37788084

Inb4 the prims go full haji and rigged the place with IEDs

>>37788084
I guess so.

>>37788045
This is haraam

>>37788045
Fluff, it's time to stop rolling.

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HOW THE FUCK DID PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIVES FUCKING A ROTTED LOG MANAGE TO BEAT OUR WARRIORS?

On the bright side it may be a combat roll but we aren't fighting anything important.
On the other hand we could lose the container. Forever.

Yeah we are going to lose it all. It's falling in the muck onto a mine that blows our ship up and alerts the space patrol, calling it here.

>>37788184
quicksand

>>37788139
Time for me to get a fresh set of dice and sacrifice those on the alter of the dice gods.

>>37788184
IEDS AND MILSURP
THE ANCESTORS OF THESE HICKS PROBABLY SURFED /K/

>>37788184
I know right? Even if they had full automatics they shouldn't be able to take us on. With our senses they shouldn't even be able to hide unless they go swimming.,

>>37788213
Just get the fuck out you piece of shit.

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>>37788213
NO! At this point you're just a beacon, designed to let the dice gods know when to push our shit in.

>>37788214
Well then, there's our answer on how to fight them.

Can't beat them drones man.

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>>37788045
Oh, Fluff...

>>37788184
Because of fucking fluff, that's how.

>>37787367
your forgetting whatever hilarious stupid failure our warriors are about to get into, that or I am going to hope that "1s dont affect us much" really is correct in this case.....

So... I'm going to make a piece of art based on Fluff fucking up, is anyone opposed to this?

>>37788530
Make it mean.

>>37788542
>>37788530
I'm not, go ahead

>>37788530
Fluff's charge
Like Pickett's charge, but with drones, and more death

>>37788530
Shit, go ahead and do it. It'll be something to look back and laugh at.

>>37788530
Make it painful.

>>37788509
Well, We could at least hope that only charging warriors are fucked up and not the drones handling the cannister.

>>37788585
Fluff's last stand
The charge of the fluff brigade
Operation Desert Fluff

How is QD going to write us losing our superior master-race warriors to a bunch of bumfuck humies with antique glorified slingshots?

>>37788588
Nobody's going to look back and laugh you shithead. The day you get banned is the day everyone will celebrate.

>>37788734
Probably just have us lose the majority of our warrior drones due to IED trap.

>>37788740
You seem to be mad there anon. There is no need to get your jimmies russled.

>>37788734
Suddenly, giant mutated croc attack.
IED-riddled, gigantic, mutated crocodiles with armor plating.

>>37788016
The first of your warriors sprints at the enemy position, and you see the native reel back in panic as your warrior brings its blades to bear. You watch the native fall back and vanish beneath the algae encrusted water, and before you can plunge your claws in after him a set of large mechanical jaws clench around your warrior. You feel its legs crumple and the metal spiked teeth sink into its carapace with the grating sound of rusty springs. The drone sees a spiked tooth enter its compound eye, and it winks out of your mind.

The other drones blanket the area with chitinous slugs, but the natives have already managed to move. A slug pierces the wings of a warrior as it leaps through the canopy, and you watch from its eyes as the straw covered ground gives way to a pit of lined spikes and sharpened wooden stakes. Most of the stakes break against your warrior's carapace, but enough don't, and your drone becomes pinned in the ground.

You see a shot rupture the eye case of a warrior as it searches for the source of the incoming fire, and you call your warriors to pull back to the corvette.

"Mother! Bad things have tricks!" A warrior calls to you in anguish as a spring loaded spike pins it to a tree like a mouse trap. It struggles to free itself, forcing the spike further into the cracked carapace until you feel it fade. "Could not kill for Mother..."

Your drones call back, forming around your workers as they continue to take heavy fire from the primitive rifles. Each shot stings, but your warriors are well defended against it. They bounce off at best, leaving a small crack for the next to find its way in, but they seem to have learned from their past battle. They aim for the cracks along the legs and arms, and the soft casing of your drones' eyes.
cont.

>>37788813
I'm still mad that you killed AI quest and you expect me to stop hating your ass.

>>37788822
>a set of large mechanical jaws clench around your warrior. You feel its legs crumple and the metal spiked teeth sink into its carapace with the grating sound of rusty springs.
Blast. We're up against the unstoppable beartrap security from AI Quest!

The crossover from hell.

>>37788822
fuck it, have the corvette blow this fucker back into the mud.

>>37788872
explain

>>37788907
>>37788872
What happened there?

>>37788917
*these
not this, these

>>37788872
Um, no. No I didn't 'kill' anything. Program0 needed time off due to personal/family reasons and he's coming back this Friday. He said so on this twitter account.

>>37788822
You can see some of them moving closer to improve their aim, and you begin to pick off their forces as they advance. Your warriors manage to cut down at least a dozen of the howling humans as they move from cover to close the distance, and as the foliage grows thinner closer to the dig site their advantage wanes. They are forced to halt several hundred meters from the lake, and they dig into cover behind the trees and thick, gnarled branches.

Red and green mix in the murky waters as the bodies of human and warrior fill the swamp.

-11 warriors
6 gilled warriors, 40 gilled workers remain.

>Have your warriors dig in and attempt to suppress the natives
>Bombard the natives' position with your corvette
>Other

>>37788917
>>37788822
Agreed, burn them all.

>>37789000
>Bombard the natives' position with your corvette

>>37789000
>Bombard the natives' position with your corvette
no more fucking around

>>37789000
>Bombard the natives' position with your corvette
Kill them, get the thing, blink out before anyone comes to investigate. Jobs done.

>>37789000
> send in spare workers

>>37789000
Wait, mistyped, you also have 10 normal workers and 10 shock troops.

>>37789000
>Bombard the natives' position with your corvette

>>37789003
More importantly. burn all the warrior corposes.

Leave nothing.