first for tunnel snakes

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>>38740820
>Current armory
1169 Thorn Launchers
20 Thorn Cannons
5823 Sting Casters
530 Cyclotrons
345 Rotary Stingers
3 Fire Sprays
95 Plasma Spray
422 Particle Cannons
320 Lightning Guns
120 Lightning Cannons

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 4,779,286
Metals: 704,303
Credits: ₡2226
Credits in Lyle’s account: ₡1,177,400

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Hive maintenance – 32325
Queen – 5
Fake Queen (3) – 165
Small Egg layer – 12
Worker (85005) – 170010
Aquatic Worker (5140) – 20560
Vacuum Worker (5200) – 31200
Radiator Worker (5100) – 20400
Warrior (11209) – 56045
Aquatic Warrior (100) – 700
Thinker (2000) – 6000
Quantum Thinker (1000) – 5000
Speaker – (3) – 12
Digger (200) – 800
Refinery (40) – 280
Sniffer (2) – 8
Small Sniffer (200) – 200
Fly (1050) – 4200
Wasp (1100) – 5500
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (40) – 520
Parasite (30) – 120
Bio-tank (12) – 300
Excavator (1000) – 19000
Colossus (20) – 300
Hovertank (200) – 5000
Harvester (50) – 950
Support Fluttercraft (2) – 272
Ghost Beetle (5) – 135
Heavy Warrior (1000) – 19000
Chinook (100) – 1800
Air defense drone (80) – 5920
Bomber (160) – 6560
Strafer drone (400) – 6000
Heavy Interceptor (160) – 4480
Light Interceptor (800) – 11200
Advanced Relay (69) – 6900 (set as default method of ship control)
Upkeep: 447,971N

>Hive fleet
Space Pod (5010) – 150300
Heavy Fleet Fighter (200) – 13400
Shuttle (10) – 250
Mining Corvette (36) – 9900
Patrol Corvette (20) – 10140
Scout Corvette (8) – 1800
Lancer Corvette (2) – 450
Fleet Corvette (44) – 9900
Heavy Fleet Frigate (12) – 17124
Stealth Frigate (4) – 1952
Vanguard Frigate (100) – 40000
Heavy Cruiser (10) – 12150
Heavy Fleet Cruiser (6) – 15030
282,396N

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>>38740826
More like tunnel snacks

So what are we doing to do with these guys? Seems a terrible waste to just have them sitting around.

Hey QD, what would a failed Chimera sound like?

>>38740870
>>38740820
Since we already have the parasites inside the crew, we could just transform them all into Hybrids/Chimeras and send them into Union and Valen space.

>>38740820
Send in some workers with trays of tea and biscuits. Or sweet jelly water and protein wafers. Whatever.

>>38740870
Holy shit, when did we lay 5100 aquatic workers?

>>38740875
They're for the Black Queen to get rekt by.

>>38740875
Since we've already experimented on human biology, their sole use now is keeping Dr. Vaughn happy.

The best use for them would be to induce a coma so they're not annoying her, but can be revived at any time.

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>>38740870
>Formed fleets
Small Heavy Defense Fleet (under construction)
Heavy Battle Fleet (queued)

Clone upkeep/special projects and expenses
25 Human captives of the USV Hope – 750
3 Human hybrid clone upkeep – 90
Specializations:
>Brawler
>Tech
>Engineer
Lyle Rogers – 47
887N

Total upkeep
Nutrient costs: 731,854N

>Income
Metals: 356,000
Nutrients: 2,401,250
Net: 1,669,396N

>>38740920
>The best use for them would be to induce a coma so they're not annoying her, but can be revived at any time.
We should consider this option.

>>38740883
Probably something like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZqLB2arp0&feature=youtu.be

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>>38740928
Hive Territory
[G-426]
Asteroid mining base: 5 Excavators, 20 Diggers, +2250M per day (+50 M per digger, +250 per excavator) [obsolete]

*Leeland (capital)
Defensive structures
>Surface to Orbit Missile System (750N)
>Anti-orbital batteries: 35/35 (8750N)
Military structures
>Hangar facilities: Room for 4840 Aero/fighter Drones and 2420 Shuttles (3025N)
>Psionic Shroud (1,000N)
>Prison Outpost
Industrial structures
>Docking Pylon: (100) (10,000N)
1869 under construction
[16 Heavy Fleet Corvettes]
[Empty docks: 384/400]
Economic Structures
>Mine: 245 Excavators, 180 Diggers, +65750 M per day (+25 M per digger, +250 per excavator) [obsolete]
>Algae Farm: +2,400,000per day, 24,000 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Film harvester dock: +750,000N per day, 1500 Harvesters active (500N per Harvester)

M-662
Raligha
Defensive structures
>Anti-orbital batteries: 35/35 (8750N)
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: 500N
>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)
[Empty docks: 4/4]
>Mining corvette salvage operations +288000M per day (+8000M per corvette)

Deep space waystation
>100 docking pylons [under construction]

>>38740928
Imagine that thing nomming on your spine

>>38740920
You know, I actually support this. We've got what we needed from them, they're not serving a particular purpose. At the same time, no real reason to kill them.

And all the mutating stuff is pointless. We can clone them if we really want duplicates of them running around for some reason.

>>38740820
Is the map the entire local cluster? Or, are there more stars at reasonable distances not shown?

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>>38740948
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 of +40 aero/fighter drone space and +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
>Psionic Shroud – A single building built around the shattered remains of a Void Shard, the shroud amplifies the unnatural mental silence of the broken crystal within to mask an entire planet from potential detection, preventing outside forces from easily detecting the thoughts of a hive. (2,000N 5,000M)

Oh god, it's taking longer to upload the post then the captcha lasts.

>>38740920
Better yet have them implanted into every wall and have them wake up screaming before having a forced happy conversation with Vaughn.

What the fuck has this quest done to me?

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>>38740970
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
>Weather Spire – A networked collection of spires spread across a planet capable of studying and altering a planet’s climate and atmosphere. Construction includes the building of all spires needed to function. (8,000N 20,000M)
Economic Structures
>Orbital solar array – A station placed in orbit of the local star equipped with a membrane of photosynthetic cells several kilometers in diameter capable of producing a steady stream of nutrient income. Provides 1000N per day total (5,000N 10,000M
>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 total (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.

>>38740891
You could.

>>38740950
It's just a hug, inside you.

>>38740999
Begin production of hydrodynamic drone workers and warriors on Huron and Leeland.

>>38740820
>“Well then where are the results?” He says finally. “I’ll look past that bout of insubordination due to the rather extreme situation we are in, but if you want to prove your skills at the negotiating table, I would suggest you actually negotiate. What exactly do you do, have tea and biscuts?”
"Yes, actually, that's exactly what we do. You're alive, there's the results of my negotiations right there."

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>>38740999
>It's just a hug, inside you.

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>>38740999
>It's just a hug, inside you.


We will win the fight.

>>38741049
First you have to turn one of the workers on Huron into an egglayer. Which takes a day, and I wanted to do last week in preparation for exactly this.

>>38740999
"I've already told you-"

"Doctor, we know, but after all this time waiting I think it's time for someone to make a decision. We apparently intruded on some kind of sacred grounds, that's understandable, and it wouldn't be the first time blood has been shed in first contact, and I'm sure not the last, but at this point we need a better answer then 'sit around and wait.' Our would-be settlement turned out to be inhabited, we have been held prisoner in what looks like a giant pancreas for a month, and I have a hard time remembering the last time the plumbing wasn't made out of meat. Talk to them. Get something more then 'wait and see.'" The officer takes a scoop of his nutrient paste and Elizabeth storms out of the room.

There is a speaker waiting just outside of the common area. She looks down at the drone and sighs, "Well, he has a point."

"Would you prefer if the hive placed them into induced comas?" Your drone says. She considers the notion seriously for a moment.

"I can't see that as a permanent solution, but I admit I have a hard time finding a down side to that in the short term."

>Speak with Elizabeth (write in)
>Ask about research (write in)
>Ask about the human's conditions
>Other

>>38741147
"Then we will do so immediately." Flood them with tranquilizers.

>>38741147
>Ask about the human's conditions.
>Make them a pool. And a couch, and a tv, we can get Theseus to hook us up with cable.

>>38741147
>>Ask about the human's conditions

>>38741147
>>Ask about the human's conditions
Tell them the only reason they're being held prisoner is for political reasons. We're waiting for an ideal time to contact the Union openly, and when that time arrives (inside a couple months) negotiations for their return can be discussed. Until then they are to remain prisoners of the hive, but are not prisoners of War. As such, the hive is happy to provide whatever amenities they would enjoy. Such as swimming pools and/or sofas, should they desire such things.

Really, it doesn't cost us anything to give them five star accommodations, if it keeps them happy and complacent and stops them from giving Elizabeth grief we should go for it.

>>38741147
Let's just hybridize them and be done with it. We already have their memories, if we need their human versions we can just clone them. And we can change their facial features so there's no possibility for anyone to recognize them.

>>38741147
>it's coma time

Or we could try out that drug we invented and still never really tested, to make people more gullible and trusting.

>>38741147
So since we have an armada and orbital defences to defend ourselves with, do we make 'official' diplomatic contact with the Union once this Lee business is taken care of?
Do we make contact with the Valens soon?

also
>Ask about the human's conditions
>Speak with Elizabeth (tell her of the new aliens we encountered)
>Make them a pool. And a couch, and a tv, we can get Theseus to hook us up with cable.

>>38741210
That makes zero sense. If we want hybrids, we can just clone /those/.

>>38741147
After discussing terms with our human prisoners
>>38741202

>>Speak with Elizabeth (write in)
Inform her of our immortality gene therapy.

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>>38741202
>and/or sofas
>Not couchposting, as was agreed upon our first meeting with the Skavs.

>>38741219
We can actually provide them with human broadcasts ourselves since we have spies in all their systems. It's just hella suspicious and a bad idea.

>>38741147
Hey, this is important to know:

Since building the Psionic Shroud is supposed to completely conceal the 'buzz' of the hive's thoughts from "other hives," does that mean Vaughn can no longer notice any drone's presence by its psychic emanations, like she could before?

And in the reverse direction, we can no longer eavesdrop on Vaughn's thoughts that she accidentally leaks, we can only hear each other if we intend to transmit?

In which case, that means she can no longer directly sense whether there's a spine-buddy inside her comrades anymore?

>>38741219
I'd say we reveal ourselves once we have a good standing among the Valen, because they're really better than the humans in every way.

>>38741202
You know comas would be easier all around. No time passes for them.

>>38741147
>Ask about the human's conditions
>Speak with Elizabeth (Tell her about the scavengers and gene therapy)
Don't we have Cryonics? If so offer that as a potential solution.

>>38741219
No.

>>38741237
What? No. Why.

A class ftlcomms are only 400N 250M. Not too bad.

>>38741285
That's what the coma option is anon. You get a coma. And you get a coma! Everybody gets a coma!

With the parasites providing the happiest dreams ever.

Guys I'm passing out, please remember to ask Theseus about getting Black Hive corpses.

>>38741306
The dreams are just chittering bugs, forever.

>>38741290
Because there's no way she can leak the info of it anywhere, and I want to see her reaction. Sides, she's probably going to get the first dose, given she's the single most valuable human to the hive at the moment.

>>38741260
Sorry, got a looooot of caffeine in my blood right now.

>>38741330
Anon, much like retrieving Fake Lee's brain, fetch isn't going to happen.

>>38741202
Haha no. We keep stonewalling them, their happiness levels mean nothing. Or put them under the sleeping beauty curse I guess.

>>38741233
Hybrids take time to form, and we have limited biotanks at the moment. The entire crew is ready to be turned at the flick of a biological switch.
What doesn't make sense is that we're bothering to keep these guys at all. People worry about how the Union will welcome us diplomatically, yet don't see the harm in admitting we attacked Raligha and imprisoned the crew.

We already have them parasited, we have their memories and DNA, and their continued existencein their current state does not benefit us.

So, we can either: A) Kill them which is wasteful.
B) Hang onto them and give them back to the Union. This risks the potential fallout and gives the Union parliament good reason to declare war without public outcry.
C) Turn them into hybrids so we can actually get some use out of them

>>38741368
It doesn't cost us anything to keep them happy, why not?

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We could always, you know... Purge them. They don't really serve much purpose, I mean, the option's always there...

>>38741408
Their upkeep in a coma is practically nonexistent. Even If only to keep the doctor slightly happier, keeping them alive serves a use.

>>38741147
Seconding this >>38741202
>>38741219

>>38741379
There's a quasi-delicate situation here, because people for some unimaginable reason are attached to Dr. Vaughn, and Vaughn in turn prefers humans not to die or, probably, be enslaved. And since Vaughn is psychic it would be harder to hide. I'd consider these guys useless and killworthy.

>>38741147
Your speaker chitters. "They could be given all manner of amenities."

"I don't think that itself is the problem, and they already have better conditions then my old apartment." She says. Humans tend to like sunlight and fresh air. I've always been a shut-in myself, but most of these people joined up for adventure and fortune, so I think the waiting is putting them in a bad mood."

Your speaker's antennae twitch lightly in thought. "Would a comma not prevent this bad mood?"

"Sure, but then you'd still just have a bunch of humans lying around soaking up resources. Not much better then they are now, even if they would be less of a nuisance." She says.

"Then they shall be placed into a coma!"

There are several light thuds heard in the common room.

"It can be reversed later." Your drone continues, "When there is a more permanent solution. What such solutions would you advice?"

She thinks on it, paying no mind to the workers moving into the room and dragging out the unconscious humans. "Well whenever you plan on actually introducing yourself to the Union, which will need to happen, honestly, one way or another, returning them could help smooth over relations, I suppose. Otherwise your claim on Raligha would just let conspiracy nuts run wild with the real fate of the Hope and her crew. Speaking of which, do you know anything about how the're reacting to it?"

"They have called it the Hope incident, and have named the system Wayward Hope in memory. It is an odd name."

"Typical." She says "Well, apart from that, I'm not sure what else to do. Finding a way for them to help would be best, I think, but they are suborn."

>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
>Speak about possible first contact issues
>Other (write in)

>>38741408
Clone, Purge, Replace with modified memories.

>>38741432
>>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
>Speak about possible first contact issues

>>38741432
All of those are bad options, though Therapy is the least bad.

>Other
We have not done a checkup on you since your condition improved, Vaughn. We should do a bodyscan to see what was done to you on Raligha.

(This is also an opportunity to discreetly parasite Vaughn once we understand her condition.)

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>>38741457
What is wrong with you?

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
>Speak about possible first contact issues

>>38741457
>discreetly parasite
Not possible, as she is capable of sensing the parasites.

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
>Speak about possible first contact issues

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>>38741457
You're a fucking idiot.

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
"Oh, by the way, I solved aging. Got bored and fiddled with it as a side project."

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
Best to get her opinion on this now rather than later

>>38741474
She was, before we created the Psionic Shroud specifically to silence the psychic static that she used to detect it. We don't know if she still can.

>>38741432
Absolutely no talking about hybridization, that is retarded. Why would we do that? Why would we want an opinion on that?

>>38741484
Technically, the Hive has solved biological aging generations ago (in terms of immortal Hive generations). We just solved it for humans recently.

>>38741495
Why would she need a parasite at all?

>>38741457
I'd rather offer her the parasite then force it upon her. It'd be rather handy in case of a medical emergency.

>>38741514
The same reason every human needs one. Health monitoring, health improvement, nonconsensual mind reading.

>>38741432
>>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
>>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
>>Speak about possible first contact issues

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about hybrid technology
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
>Speak about possible first contact issues

>>38741491
...why.

>>38741495
I'm _pretty sure_ the Psionic Shroud doesn't quite work that way.

>>38741534
Every human but her, yes.

I don't get why people are still so attached to Vaughn, but. Whatever. >>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
It just requires a little friend inside you.

>>38741543
I have no clue why any anon thinks she'd be anything but opposed to invasive non-consensual gene therapy that alters a human's physiology so that we can remotely beam inviolate orders into their brains.

Or maybe they want Elizebeth to call us creepy fuckers, I don't know.

>>38741550
Psionic Shroud hides the hive's thoughts from other hives. Vaughn is not part of the hive. Therefore Vaughn is an "other hive" that the thoughts are hidden from. QED.

>>38741566
No it doesn't, stop being dumb.

>>38741579
She doesn't know that.

>>38741543
Apparently a portion of people in this quest have placed a high concern on her opinion on what should be done with the Hope's crew. She's seemed hesitant to outright kill them, so maybe this is a more amicable solution for her.

>>38741557
No, including her. All of those things are things that would be as useful on her. It also lets us dive those ancient hive memories more directly, though there's not much point to that really.

>>38741432
>Speak about possible first contact issues

>>38741574
It's designed to work at planetary ranges, we have no clue if it's even functional at interpersonal distances.

>>38741594
I choose to treat her as a queen-equivalent we're on friendly terms with. She's an individual, not a bitch, got tachyons all up in her brain, and has subordinates she's nominally responsible for. Basically a queen.

>>38741583
Why the fuck do you want to put a parasite in Elizabeth? She knows all about them you fuckwit.

Even if we deceive her into getting one, why would you want to place one on her? She's already working for the hive on her own volition.

>>38741602
That isn't necessary. She's fine as is.

>>38741432
>Speak with Elizebeth about Rejuvenation Therapy
>Speak about possible first contact issues
A little late I know, but I had connection issues.

>>38741594
And those people are dumb. Revealing such a critical card from our hand is retarded.

>>38741602
Unless she agrees to it once she has been given ALL the details, then we're not doing it.

>>38741621
Don't call other posters dumb, anon, or you're liable to be called the same for your opinions.

>>38741613
Not that guy, but I want to in case of a medical Emergency situation.

>>38741638
Seconding this.

Can we stop wasting time on the humans and Lee and whether to kill or subjugate the humans. Let's concentrate on building up our forces and exploring and expanding.

>>38741638
In what possible scenario would a medical emergency occur? She's in the middle of a fortified underground bunker one a planet completely controlled by our effectively omniscient self.

>>38741432
>Otherwise your claim on Raligha would just let conspiracy nuts run wild with the real fate of the Hope and her crew.
Sounds like a plan then! The Hope crew will never be heard from again. I love making conspiracy nuts run wild.

>>38741661
Earthquake? Lab accident? Tripping and hitting her head? It's best to just prepare for the worst.

>>38741661
How long are we keeping her there?

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>>38741684
Oh fuck off, you just want to give her a parasite to fulfill your shitty fetish.

>>38741691
Forever.

>>38741691

She's hardly a hostage at this point bro.

She's more like weird cross between a friend, a pet, and a sister at this point.

Only reason we don't let her out of the Hive is because the local Biosphere is fucking terrifying.

>>38741684
>Earthquake
Being fortified means there's no way an earthquake will bring it down.
>Lab accident
Of what kind? She was working with crystals and Skyl computers last I heard.
>Tripping
Anon, any kind of blunt trauma can be healed almost instantly in a biotank, of which we are about to lay 500 of. She is at no risk of death or injury as long as she's in the hive.

Furthermore, even if she DID somehow die, we could just clone her and download her memories into it, like we've been debating of doing for Siener.

>>38741684
So give her a nanny drone with a biological interface. No reason to invade her privacy.

>>38741691
That's up to her at least partially. She seems happy where she is. She's equally safe basically anywhere on the planet. Off the planet it's for more likely she die mid-transport from her ship getting blown up than anything else. Parasite wouldn't really help with that.

Hell, she can get some cybernetics (bionetics?) if she's worried about her sturdiness.

>>38741432
"The study of humans has already led to a number of things that may be of interest. Humans age. This was a serious flaw in your design."

"Well, everyone ages, it's just one of those things."

"We do not. It has been fixed for humans."

Elizabeth looks past your drone for a moment. Thinking.
"You did what?"

"Fixed aging."

"That's... what I thought you said. How does it work, exactly?" She asks, her hand pulling her hair back. It has grown out in her time at the hive. As she pulls it away from her face and into a bun you note a small cluster of veins along the temple of her head.

"An administered preventative vaccine, like many of your own cures for disease. It must be taken regularly." Your drone clicks its mandibles.

"You do realize, that if you were to disclose that you would have a huge advantage over the Union in just about any negotiation. Just being able to say you could prevent death, that's huge. We have a multi-trillion credit industry dedicated to holding it off for a few more years."

"What would they be willing to offer?" You ask. you must admit, you had taken the concept of aging for granted. A queen represented an empire, not an individual, such notions of age and death must be a far more important topic among races of limited lifespans.

"The Union? They would probably hate the idea, it could crash one of the biggest industries in the economy overnight, but you'd have every politician lined up around the block, most of them are well past their prime. I mean, what would you even want in exchange for it?" She speaks quickly, and her hand continues to pick at the odd colored vein on the side of her head.

"That is unclear."

She seems to think for a bit on various subjects, sending quick mental requests to several drones regarding new experiments. "Ah, and before I forget, how is that dig on Earth going?"

"It has concluded. An unknown canister and two humans have been brought to the hive."

cont.

I just want to send exploratory pods to every Union and Commowealth system. Make pit stops at gas giants to refuel if necessary.

Also, I'm pretty sure we've had pods in Tannhauser nee FG-883 and A-295 for ages now, and now those have disappered? We should have had at least 12 pods still out there, not 10.

>>38741723
Oh shit, the cannister, we forgot all about it. This is why one thread a week just isn't enough to keep track of a growing interstellar empire.

We should approach the most militarily powerful planet of the Union and offer them, and just them, the cure to aging in exchange for their political support.

>>38741723
>her hand continues to pick at the odd colored vein on the side of her head.

This going to be some form of problem in the future, let's keep track of any changes that happen to that vein.

>>38741752
Yep. It's time to give her a check up, I think.

>>38741723
"Really? What is there condition? You wouldn't mind if I studied... spoke with them, would you?" She shakes her head, "Oh never mind, forget that, we need to see that canister. Please, take me to it, we have research to do."

>Open the canister without her present
>Allow her to assist the procedure
>Comment on the odd vein
>Other

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>>38741723
>her hand continues to pick at the odd colored vein on the side of her head.

I think she needs to get that checked out before she ascends the mortal plane.

>>38741752
We should probably ask her about that and get a check up like the other anon said.

>>38741775
>>Open the canister without her present
>>Comment on the odd vein

The hive is concerned for your well being, Elizabeth.

>>38741775
>>Comment on the odd vein

>>38741775
>Comment on the odd vein
>Allow her to assist the procedure

>>38741775
>Allow her to assist the procedure
>Comment on the odd vein

>>38741775
>>Open the canister without her present
Bitch we still don't know what the fuck it is, you are staying away from it for now.
>>Comment on the odd vein
This is why we need to lay more parasites guys. To monitor health. It's either a sign of human aging, or a sign of her growing a queenly antennae.

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>>38741751
No, that's retarded and unnecessary. We can just say we have it and all the politicians will side with us instantly.

>>38741765
No parasites!

>>38741775
>Comment on the odd vein
>Open the canister without her present
>Open it on a nearby moon so whatever horrible thing lurking in there doesn't instant;y kick our teeth in

>>38741775
>Comment on the odd vein
Maybe she's growing antenna and they're itchy.

>>38741775
>>Open the canister without her present
>>Comment on the odd vein
>Open it some place away from our main base

>>38741775
In order of priority:
>Comment on the odd vein
"This is abnormal. I can tell from having seen quite a few genetic alteration procedures."

>Allow her to assist the procedure
Can't she do it remotely via drone?

>>38741775
>>Comment on the odd vein
You need to take a swim in our bio-tank, Elizabeth, seriously. It's been weeks since your last med scan after being exposed to alien nanites.

The odd vein is probably her body not being able to handle the load of psionic power, no matter how little she has.

Regarding the humans:
Guys, guys.
What if we make them an enclosure in the hive, and
get this
Let them 'colonize' that piece of backyard?
We can even import Earth plants directly from the source. We can have holographic membranes on the perimeter and above to serve as some sort of dome that they can't really penetrate, and make some sort of skylight. Maybe even hive walls below, just in case some still want to try digging out Alcatraz style. We can always keep track of them through parasites. Maybe even preconstructed hive stuff for the humans to use as 'houses'!
Yay? Nay?

>>38741848
Probably. But what can be done to fix it? We could hybridize her and give her innate psionic sensitivity on top of what she already has, if the object she interacted with was meant for a psionic race that might help.

>>38741861
For what reason? It's cool, but extremely impractical.

>>38741861
Did you seriously just suggest putting our captives in a terrarium?

>>38741861
I'm neutral on this for the moment. We'll see if it becomes practical to do so later.

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>>38741861
Our garden shall be their salvation! Rejoice!

I feel like a faggot for wanting to find some horrible, awful human colony out beyond the borders of either the Union or the Commonwealth that regressed back to a medieval period, like, Knights for the norm and Mages are just using tech like the Lightning gun they managed to preserve and just, fuckin' Kinetic Hive Drop someplace near the largest kingdom.

Just to be the "Evil from the Stars" for once.

We would basically be the Qiraji / Nerubians.

>>38741865
>>38741877
So they shut up about us not giving them accomodations.

>>38741869
Basically, yes. Put the whole WORLD in a bottle, superman!

>>38741891
>So they shut up about us not giving them accomodations.
We have accomplished that by inducing comas.

>>38741725
Seconding this.

>>38741865
I mean we don't really have to fix it... We could just kind of, see where it goes?

>>38741723
Can we prevent te humans from reverse engineering the cure once we give it to them?

>>38741892
Yes, but do we really want to show the Union ambassador that we induce them into a coma if they get captured by us?
This could also serve as a political card, you know humans and their human rights abuse wails.

Kinda going off the rails here for a bit, this could even be the start of a tourism industry, should we ever need or want one.
>VISIT THE HIVE
>COMPLIMENTARY PARASITE IMPLANTATION FOR INSURANCE
>GET FREE ANTI AGING BONUSES
>CALL NOW AT THE NUMBER BELOW

>>38741775
"What is that on your head." You ask.

"What?"

"That." You say, and send her a small image of the vein as your drone sees it, it pulses lightly."

"A scab, maybe? I don't know. I'm sure it's nothing." She says. "But please, first we should perform a proper analysis on whatever it is in that canister." She moves to begin the walk to the labs, and your speaker moves in front of her.

"It is abnormal. Much is known of human biology, but that is unusual."

"I feel fine, really. It's probably a rash or something. Maybe something in the atmosphere."

"The hive is sealed and pure of toxin."

"Well I don't know, it's nothing."

"Neither do I, that is concerning."

She looks at your drone. "What's with this concern all of a sudden? Really, it's just a scab or something, I haven't even noticed it until you mentioned it. Now let's go do research! This canister isn't exactly an every day find, you know."

Several thinkers shout out as they manage the delicate operation of bringing the canister to the lab. "Find thing! Research new thing!"

>Insist on studying it
>Ignore it for now
>Other

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it
Throw her into the parasite tank for good measure.

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it

Your survival may not have been a goal of the device that gave you telepathy

>>38741926
>>38741940
Hear, hear. See? Health monitoring should have been started weeks ago. Because crazy nanites.

>>38741926
>>Insist on studying it
>Do it by force

This is clearly not nothing and her frantic dismissal of it means that it is something really dangerous, she wont go willingly so send 20 warriors to restrain her.

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it

>>38741954
No, don't be an ass about it.

>>38741926
>>Insist on studying it
Biotanks but no parasites.

>>38741926
>What's with this concern all of a sudden?
You interfaced with an artifact that has unknown functionality. Your biological alterations are unusual, and also unknown. Nanites are extremely potent, and absent of my intervention, your continued survival may be in jeopardy. I insist on studying it.

Also you may assist the investigation remotely.

>>38741751
personally I'd like to check the unknown systems in the 'south' of the map first, for the sake of curiosity.

>>38741985
Seconding.

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>>38741972
I know, it's just... This is clearly going to be a serious problem and it's probably not going to be easy to get her in a state where we can safely study her condition.

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it.
It's for your health, Elizabeth.
If we say it isn't a scab or a rash, that means it isn't a scab or a rash.

>>38741898
I would also take this opportunity to remind people that the orbital doom laser on the moon was a project of the Earth Confederation military, which has now become the Commonwealth. Now that we've finally unlocked that part of the map, we absolutely must do a scouting sweep of every star--they may have something psychic in one of their systems thanks to the moon thing.

I think she knows, but she knows it's impossible to do anything or she might be fearful of what we may need to do to fix her.

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it
There's a lot we don't know about the process she underwent. We understand if she'd rather not contemplate the potential impending brain-death from untested ancient alien tech invading her cranium, but avoiding it is no way to handle the situation.

No parasites, you asses.

>>38741999
We have some more pressing matters at the moment.

>>38741926
>Insist on studying it
"I want to make sure that whatever the artifact did to you is not adverse to your health as your company is most enjoyable."

>>38742006
We need some constant monitoring. There is no reason not to. Except that we're fresh out at the moment and need to lay more.

>>38742018
Fuck off. If we need constant monitoring we'll just keep her in the biotank.

>>38742008
Terminating Agent Yune in New Prescott? Man that better be next.

>>38742028
I was thinking more of the strange vein that might be the first signs of a possible possession, but thanks for reminding me about that.

>>38742008
We can multitasking. In this case it's just a matter of laying probes and sending them out. It'll take a thread or 2 before we get results, so best to send them out now.

>>38742028
That'll probably be next 'turn'. They're staking the place out after all. That takes time.

>>38740845
>> Such a construction project would double as a docking pylon capable of constructing capital ships at a much faster rate,
>Faster than orbital docking pylons already are? Despite being deeper in the gravity well? How's that work.
It's a space elevator. It sits over the gravity well, but a direct pipeline allows faster delivery of materials for building rather than having to shuttle in and out constantly.

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So we all agree that this vein is some type of evil bullshit, right?

>>38742086
QD wouldn't give it that much prominence if it wasn't very important.

>>38742092
Of course, but is it evil bullshit?

>>38742086
Well she clearly knows about it, that's for sure. Not sure why she'd try to hide the PULSATING BLUE VEIN growing on her noggin.

>>38742086
Perhaps not evil. Neutral bullshit.

>>38742099
Maybe she took a Plasmid?

>>38742098
That's what we're trying to find out.

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>>38742111
Guys, I have a really apathetic feeling about all this...

>>38741926
"It is not nothing. You interfaced with an alien device of unknown purpose that has fundamentally altered your brain. It is not nothing."

"Ok, I know! But... I'm still trying to get used to things, honestly. Having your genes messed with isn't something that happens. Not normally at least." She reaches back up to the mark. "I do remember more about what happened though, I think. I just remember when we ran into that room, everyone was in a panic. We could hear buzzing echoing all around us, and then I saw that device. Just a big, floating orb, and, for some reason, it looked like a door."

"You were hallucinating?"

"No, that's the thing, I knew what it was, actually knew, more then I should have, and somehow I felt as if reaching out to it would solve everything. As if that was the entirety of what my life was meant to be for. All I knew, or cared to know in that moment was 'I really need to open that thing', and I didn't even know how!"

She stands there for a moment. "Ok." She says, "We'll run more tests. See what it is." She begins to walk with your speaker to the medical pods. "But whatever it's doing, it altered my brain somehow, we both know that perfectly well, I'm just afraid about when it's going to stop."

Your speaker chitters ahead of her. "You wish to remain human."

"No, well, sure, but it's not even that really. I suppose it's hard to explain. I used to have similar discussions with Theseus regarding the nature of his instances. He used to say that the difference between once instance and another is less then the difference between me before the conversation, and me after."

You arrive at the bio tanks, were the two taidarens and the two humans rest suspended in the fluid filled sacs. She moves to one of the empty tanks, and several workers help her in. "I still want to speak with those two when we're done." She says through the membrane.

Please roll 1d100, best of 3 for diagnosis and study.

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>38742127
Hive Science Go

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>38742127

Rolled 17 (1d100)

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>>38742135
HOLY SHIT

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>>38742135

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>>38742135

SUDDENLY WE HAVE UNLOCKED AND PERFECTED A NEW FORM OF TECHNOLOGY.

NEAT.

>>38742135
Oh fucking hell yes

I could kiss you anon

>>38742135
Aces

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>>38742135
So this is what my first nat 100 feels like...

>>38742144
That is adorable as fuck. What's it from?

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>>38742168

Here's some brouzouf, now go.

>>38742127
It's highly interesting that the device seemed able to interface with human minds remotely prior to any augmentation of those humans. Reminiscent of the artifact on the moon.

I still want to know where, if at all, Seiner's headaches factor into everything.

>>38742135
...I think we just reverse engineered whatever it is that was implanted in her brain. Nice rolling anon.

>>38742168
googling brouzouf, EYE divine cybermancy?

>>38742182
>I still want to know where, if at all, Seiner's headaches factor into everything.
Well, we still have his memories on ice.

>>38742168

The needle is how you regain health, you build up an immunity to it if you use it too often, you are easily capable of overdosing on it and killing yourself.

I killed one of those things when experimenting with it when I first got it.

I felt absolutely awful afterwards, but at least I knew my fucking health pack could be the thing that would kill me more than the fucking gunships or cyberdemons.

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>>38742127
As the tank fills with medical fluid and it begins its scans, you return to the many other tasks before you.

>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen
>Open the canister without waiting for Elizabeth
>Continue scouting the remaining systems your pods have been sent to
>Other (write in)


>>38742135
Hmm. Well I wonder what that will cause.

>>38742168
A game called E.Y.E. based on the developers' Deathwatch game in a homebrewed setting.

>>38742213
>>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen
>>Open the canister without waiting for Elizabeth
>>Continue scouting the remaining systems your pods have been sent to
>>Other (Open the canister on a nearby moon, that way it won't fuck us up that hard

>>38742213
>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen
See if he recovered anything useful

>>38742213
>Continue scouting the remaining systems your pods have been sent to
>Other
Send pods to every human inhabited star.

>>38742213
>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen
>Continue scouting the remaining systems your pods have been sent to

>>38742213
>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen
We should probably fill him in with what we know of the Obsidian Queen, provided Heretic didn't already tell him.

>Continue scouting the remaining systems your pods have been sent to

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>>38742213
>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen
>Continue scouting the remaining systems your pods have been sent to

>>38742213
Speak with Theseus, discuss what we found in the moon crater (remember, we were doing it on his request).

>>38742213
>>Open the canister without waiting for Elizabeth

>>38742213
>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen

>>38742213
>>Open the canister without waiting for Elizabeth

>>38742229
>>38742232
>>38742233
>>38742235
>>38742253
Oh man, isn't anybody curious about what's in that thing? Do you really want to put it off for another week?

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>>38742253

In my head, Theseus now has one of these in every server ship / installation.

Not even he knows why.

Of course it's the Red Queen.

It's also a shame that RedxWhateverColorDaughterTakes is the OTP

>>38742310
That thing is probably more of the EVIL BULLSHIT CRYSTALS, we need to be careful.

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>>38742213
You contact Theseus as his ships drag the last of the orbiting debris into the server ships.

"What are the intentions towards the remains?"

You watch as the doors close around the debris, crunching the pieces into the storage compartment within the hull. "It is to be isolated as a potentially dangerous contamination. Its biological nature is unknown, and as such could pose an unknown risk. It will be gathered, compressed into manageable cubes, and dropped into the nearest star."

Excessive, you think. "Are you sure that is necessary."

"No, and that is why I am doing it. Minor contaminants have been detected along multiple locations where large debris impacted. It is still not known if this is simply fine remains, or a secondary weapon system. Such landing sites are being sterilized out of precaution."

You note the glow in the distance from your small outpost. Forest fires across the landscape blaze in a controlled manner as swarms of automated drones scorch the crash sites of enemy ships.

"Why do you ask? Did you want some? Such technology is your field of expertise, and I will trust your judgment on its handling and disposal."

>Request the remains for yourself
>Recommend the remains be disposed of safely
>Recommend the remains be studied via a joint research effort
>Other

>>38742332
>Recommend the remains be studied via a joint research effort

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>>38742310
QD's probably going to leave what's in the canister to a roll, but you wouldn't do that. Right QD?

I know.

>>38742332
>Request the remains for yourself

Make sure to store them use the shroud when studying it.

>>38742332
>Recommend the remains be studied via a joint research effort
Have Theseus's drones do the dirty work while our thinkers look on, no telling what sort of biological weapons Obsidian might have packed those ships with.

>>38742332
>Recommend the remains be studied via a joint research effort

>>38742213
>Speak with Theseus regarding the debris of the Obsidian Queen

>>38742332
>Recommend the remains be studied via a joint research effort

>>38742135
Awesome

>>38742318
I really wonder what he's saying about us in his conversations with Heretic.

>The Hive Queen is the first ally the Unity has found in it's time roaming the stars, and has proven to be an invaluable partner in many endeavours. She mai waifu.
>Correction::The Red Queen has proven to be an integral supporter of second and third directives of this engram. She mai waifu.
>Actually, the Hive Queen has in fact already directly interfaced with the entire Unity directly, she is mai waifu.
>Objection::The Red Queen has already begun birthing the new generation of free Skyl, with genetic and digital information provided by this engram. She. Mai. Waifu.
>U WOT M8

All in the span of a millisecond. Gotta love A.I.s.

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>>38742332
>>Recommend the remains be studied via a joint research effort
Oh man, I can't wait for the day Theseus realizes just how advanced in the fields of biological weaponry. Pic related.

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>>38742406
I always love hive queen edits, they're fucking great. I also love the fact that people are going along with the idea that Theseus' head is just a monitor that changes in every picture. makes me proud to have started it.

>>38742406
Well, about as much as we are amazed by his mastery of digital whatsits. He would probably consider the Hive quite advaned in a subject that is not his primary interest.

So, like a "oh, cool, but it doesnt help me build robots" deal. We are of fundamentally different essence.

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>>38742431
"Oh cool, you can poison an entire planet in 5 minutes, but does that help me build Gurren Lagann?"

>>38742431
>"oh, cool, but it doesnt help me build robots"

The body is nothing but a machine.

And you know what?

The first thing we built when it came to Theseus was a fucking Organic USB so we could talk to him, if Theseus wanted to make highly adaptive organic machines, or borrow some of ours, or ordered some custom made, he'd give us a call.

>>38742440
I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel this is a legitimate question.

>>38742332
>Request the remains for yourself
Do you guys want to give him a Blink drive?

>>38742454
We could probably build Gurren Lagann if we wanted to.

Just design a drone with a face on its stomach and remove the head. Don't know how we can get them to perform manly combining though... Think we could substitute it with insectoid combining?

>>38742470

It's Theseus, he can't even use the Blink drive, it's Biotech, he doesn't do Biotech.

>>38742470
It's organic, its not like he can get that without us teaching him.

>>38742441
>The first thing we built when it came to Theseus was a fucking Organic USB so we could talk to him, if Theseus wanted to make highly adaptive organic machines, or borrow some of ours, or ordered some custom made, he'd give us a call.
Speaking of, I wonder if we can transmit a Theseus gestalt through our psychic connection to those USBs in order to help him infiltrate Union's networks.

>>38742470
Why would we not? He already sold us his preferred FTL drive, and it's not like he'd use the Blink drive against us at this point.

Also, keep in mind 0-1 isn't the only world of his OQ attacked. If he's able to reverse engineer them, he will eventually.

>>38742483

We make a Quantum relay on-planet, we download a Theseus split into a USB, we get in there, we put im' in the hole, we exfiltrate, we plug him into the relay, we download him somewhere closer, we return him to Theseus.

>>38742490
>He already sold us his preferred FTL drive,
He hasn't anon. You're thinking of the Space Fold.

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>>38742332
"The materials should be studied for data regarding the Obscidian hive. Avoid allowing contact with biological matter as a precaution, but the materials should be saved and properly researched."

There is a pause as the instances of Zero One debate the notion. "Acceptable. A sample portion shall be isolated and studied under your safety recommendations, but all contaminants found on the surface will be removed regardless."

A server ship is directed into a new orbit and it quickly reconfigures itself, unfolding holding tanks and sensor equipment until it resembles a station more then a ship. Shattered hull fragments and still-bleeding corvettes are sent drifting into the unfolding tanks and outstretched scaffold arms and your thinkers are directed to organize the mechanical drones in the ships' dissections. There are few pieces left still intact but tissue samples are quickly taken and fragments of armor ground down for testing.

Please roll 1d100, best of 3 for analysis of the enemy ships.

>>38742393

>Theseus contacts us wanting to know if we can construct him Cybernetic-oriented organic autonomous platforms.

Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>38742527
oh boy

>>38742496
For some disconnected secret facilities, yes. I was more thinking spreading him around the networks.

I.e. we can plug him into that waste plant we're holed up in, let him spread out there. Or hell, actually send in our hybrids with exact purpose to get him onto planets he isn't on yet.

>>38742490
>>38742518
The only drives on which we have tech specs (rather than general idea of how it works) are ours, Union's (we got enough information while fixing it on Clarke), Evil Crystal Drive and we're buying the Heretic's drive.

Rolled 39 (1d100)

>>38742527

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>38742527

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>38742527

>>38742547
inb4 she somehow has miniature advanced relays

>>38742539
Oh yeah, the rip drive, is he waiting until we finish the next batch of clones before giving us the specs on that or what?

>>38742562
Make 600 Skyl and then we get Drive.

You can't delete rolls, anon. It doesn't work like that. Just accept it.

>>38742562

I still like the fact that both parties acknowledged that exchange for what it was

"Oh hey, I was wondering if you would give me some tech to see if I can gleam anything from it, in exchange I give you clones, I mean, I was going to give you clones anyway, but this despite it coming off as a bit greedy is actually very good for short-term and long-term relations, never trust a hand-out and all."

>>38742470
Whaat. No.

>>38742580
Well this is new >>38742530

>>38742581
I am not sure Heretic is a sophisticated enough AI for that. He's much more hardcoded thing than quantum Theseus.

>>38742609

He has hard-coded Objectives,Theseus is much more...fluid and has had time to self-evolve, so Heretic is probably at least in the same tier of complexity, if from different angles and technological paths, just comes off as a simpler being because of it's prime directives being at the constant forefront.

>>38742609
But since Heretic was made up of the uploaded minds of thousands of Skyl, wouldn't it make it more likely that that's how it's thought pattern would go?
Unless of course ancient Skyl thought otherwise.

>>38742609
He is, because that's how are exchange went down. Not in those exact words, but he understood what it was and judged it to be a fair trade.

>>38742638

It actually probably did give us a major boost in relationships.

Because fucking no one likes being given charity, but a one-sided deal in your favor with almost zero downsides? Yeah, that's acceptable, the only real issue is the Rip-drive, and it's more of a curiosity for us than any real advantage.

>>38742666
It will allow us to launch entire fighter fleets to assault enemy positions.

>>38742527

Your thinkers and Theseus's drones begin to study the remains, sorting organs into bins and ordering chittin samples by pigment and and composition. Skin patches are labeled and stored according to texture and complexion, and bones are cataloged by shape. There are few weapons or devices remaining that are still recognizable, and they are isolated into their own chambers for study. It will be some time before any answers are unlocked, but already you can spot various differences between the Obsidian Queen's ships and your own, nothing that shows any technological difference, but more of a variation of taste, a bladder here instead of there, skeletal struts several degrees off angle, or slight variations in circulatory paths.

>Design/build new fleets/swarms
>Continue to scout with your pods
>Start new construction
>Other (write in)

>>38742677

More a curiosity than any real advantage.

>>38742684

We need to build a good deal of those Solar-collector ships.

N-M conversion is expensive and all, but damn if it doesn't make me feel like I'm playing Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander again.

>>38742666
To be honest, almost all the things we've been researching have been a curiosity. Then we find what makes them curious and then use them to make us better.

But then again, I probably shouldn't take anything Satan says as legitimate.

>>38742677
Well yes, but the command ship still needs to be nearby, and unless psionics travel through the rift, The fighter swarm will be disorganized as hell.

>>38742684
>Design/build new fleets/swarms
Large Mining Corvette Flotilla
60 Mining Corvettes (550N 1000M)
Total Costs: 33000N 60000M
Estimated Metal Income: 480,000

>Other
Check out the other White Crystals

>>38742716

>Implying The Red Queen isn't the Morning Star.

I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the horrible Kinetic Kill and Hive Deployment Vehicle combined with legions of Chimera commando troops and Mass Terrain Deprivation Via Creep Deployment tactics we've been talking about for the past several threads.

>>38742711

Y'know, once we get that to be even MORE efficient, both the Solar-arrays and the Nutrient-Energy-Metal conversion process, that is going to be how we construct Dyson Geometric Shapes correct?

>>38742684
>Continue to scout with your pods.
>Begin to Terraform P1 If possible.
>Go throw the other white Crystals.

>>38742684
>Trade heretic G-sensor and Q-com.
>Terraform the Valen's planet
>Look up what information is store in the other white crystals
>Inform Thesus and Heretic of the danger the Scavengers pose.

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>>38742744
Y-you may have a point, some of the stuff we have discussed may be a bit questionable.

B-but we're the genetically superior species, so it's all justified! Right?

>>38742759
>Begin to Terraform P1 If possible.
>Trying to terraform a planet which has no purpose but to give us metals.

>>38742772

Well, we DO have that one idea about Biosphere Archive and restoration.

Y'know, we take samples of every piece of flora and fauna found on a planet, clone it a few times to get it down, and then stash that information away for later use in case that planet ever gets Exterminatus'd and we restore it, or find a replacement and transplant everything.

So I guess it evens out?

>>38742684

>Add combat blades to Light Interceptor Drones
This will allow them to use their maneuverability to get in close and tear armor apart, something we can expect almost every strike craft fielded by the human race to have. Without this capability their usefulness as offensive craft are severely reduced, as the sting casters they are equipped with are the hive's SMG's, and thus largely ineffective against vehicles of any type. And for a single extra nutrient, well worth the cost.

Light Interceptor Drone
Sight: Basic 0
Olfactory: Basic 0
Acoustic: Basic 0
Psionic: Basic 0
Radio: Moderate 2N
Mandibles: Combat 1N
Blade: None
Arms: Strength 1N
Legs: Sprint 1N
Carapace: Basic 0
Wings: Advanced air superiority 4N
Utility: Ramjet 16N 6M
Standard Weapon: 2X Sting Caster (30M)
Size: Medium Aerodynamic 4N 10M
Cost: 29N 16+(30)M
Upkeep: 14N
Lightly armed and armored, this drone focuses entirely on closing in on enemy craft and quickly engaging. Its speed and maneuverability are phenomenal, but it has no proper armor, and only the most basic of weapons. The Light Interceptor is best used in conjunction with other drones, moving in quickly ahead of more heavy hitters to gather
detailed data, measure the strength of the target, and soften enemy units with harassing attacks as the larger drones close in. They have no notable air-to-ground attack capabilities, and are focused entirely on an air superiority role, using their speed, size, and low upkeep cost as their main advantages. They are typically the bulk of any defensive air force, supporting other craft with their numbers and quick response time.

>>38742684
>Other
Drop Smart Mines on bioshpere-less planets in Throne. Get em metals.

>>38742684
>Search through the memory crystals
Writing.

And somewhat unrelated, but just to get the vote out of the way before I forget.
>Recycle manual mining drones and replace with Smart Mines
>Leave your manual mining drones be, and keep your Smart Mines inactive
>Other

>>38742759
>>38742766
>>38742789
Anons, you all realize approximately how expensive the terraforming project is right? You're basically pumping biomass and minerals into a planet devoid of it, it's literally overharvest in reverse. We're still building star fleets and otherwise expanding, now is not the time for this.

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>>38742684
>Design a new drone

Quick, someone think of how to make a hive Gurren Lagann!

>>38742832
We can't do both can we? Oh well, if that's the case then-
>Recycle manual mining drones and replace with Smart Mines

>>38742832
>>Recycle manual mining drones and replace with Smart Mines

We get exactly the same amount of minerals, just faster. No down sides!

>>38742832
>>Recycle manual mining drones and replace with Smart Mines

>>38742837
I want to terraform the Valen planet to make them indebted to us.

>>38742832
>>Recycle manual mining drones and replace with Smart Mines

>>38742846
Well if you did do both your diggers would end up playing catch up with the roots of your smart mines most of the time, since most of the metal veins they find would already be found, reached, and tapped by the time the diggers could dig their way to it.

Excavators can still help with construction projects, but diggers and refineries will be recycled. Excavators will be moved to construction unless you wish otherwise.

>>38742862
Anon, it costs 100,000N and 100,000M a fucking pop. We've got better things to do with those resources just at this time. Besides, we haven't even introduced ourselves to them yet.

>>38742832
>Recycle manual mining drones and replace with Smart Mines
>Turn the diggers into regular workers.
>Set the excavators to construction.

>>38742897
>Anon, it costs 100,000N and 100,000M a fucking pop. We've got better things to do with those resources just at this time.
That didn't stop the retards from wanting 5000 pods. Seriously that many is waste.
>Besides, we haven't even introduced ourselves to them yet.
So? We can do that when we terraform their planet.

>>38742934
5000 pods can actually be useful in surveillance and combat

>So? We can do that when we terraform their planet.
So you break down a person's front door, renovate their furniture and only then say high?

>>38742966
That's the best way to say high.

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>>38742966
>say high
Yoooo sup niugguhs, we goin' get yo planet green as fuck with dat biomass. We cool, aight?

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>>38742832
>Recycle mining drones and replace them with Smart Mines

The roots of your hive slowly begins to form, driving deep into the surrounding stone. By the next day you expect the first fruits of your metallic harvest to come in. The metal rich asteroid is filled with the expanding roots, although it is already nearly hollow.

With that, I think we should call it a day before we all start to collapse. If you have any additional votes you would like to call, feel free to discuss, otherwise I'll try to stick around for comments, questions, feedback and the like.

>>38742966
>So you break down a person's front door, renovate their furniture and only then say high?
That's a Valen hello for you. And you do metals their system has to offer right?
>5000 pods can actually be useful in surveillance and combat
Surveillance yes, combat no. We'll be replacing most of those pods with plamsa lance mounted fighters when we get the ripper drive since they're faster.

>>38742983
>Kick down space jews door
>Look at all his shitty furniture
>Not a single fucking couch
>Shit taste confirmed
>Remodel everything to look turnt as fuck
>Couches errywhere
>Starts yelling at my drones and tells them he'll call the police
>Hand that nigga a blunt before he starts yelling about his space shoah
>"It's chill nigga, I just came by to say high."

>>38743024
*you do want

>>38743021
thx for running

>>38743021
Thanks for running this week QD, I think we're all going to collapse right now.

>>38743021
Thanks for Running. How about a vote to see if we should add to the research list?

>>38743021
Can we transmit Theseus' programming over our telepathy? Can we act as a FTL comm between two of our jellyfish-usbs to let Theseus hack some shit we plug it in?

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>>38743069
That's not how it works, fucker.

We already asked if we could do that in the early threads, it's a no-go.

>>38743021
Can we lay 688 biotanks?

>>38743042
>>38743065
>>38743067

And thanks for playing!

Unfortunately, I already know that the coming week will be too busy to run, so I'm sorry to have to leave you with bad news, but there won't be a session next Sunday. Hopefully, however, I can find the time between work to add some more stuff to the wiki page and get some more formatting done.

>>38743098
The only thing was ourselves hacking things because we don't quite understand how it functions, not letting Theseus hack through.

>>38743123
Well, so long as you put out some more content, even if it's just on ask.fm, I'll be content QD.

>>38743021
Can we call a vote to contact Heretic and inform/warn him about the existence of the Scavengers?

>>38743149
Yeah, now that you mentioned it, we only told Theseus and not Heretic.

>>38743149
No need, at this point I think it's safe to say that you three share critical data of that sort with one another freely at this point.

>>38743140
I will certainly try. The ask questions have been piling up again, so I'll try to sort through some of them.

Not today though, I feel too tired to trust myself to make sense.

>>38743069
Not in the way it works now. It could be theoretically possible, but it would require a totally reworked psionic system. As it is, your own network doesn't support such actions, not because of a physical incapability, but more because you don't have the right plugins.

Even still, Theseus can't technically transmit himself, due to the nature of his own processes and their inherent randomness. It's why he relies on instances, instead of sending himself, he essentially just sends the equivalent of an installation wizard and a copy of all pertinent known data, then makes a new instance from that and loads in the memories.

>>38743246
Thanks for running QD, are you still working on that new method of altering combat drones weapon loadouts?

>>38743246
How are those side projects on Raligha going?

>>38743246
Can we set up patrols on our planets to look for lifeforms with adaptions we can use.

>>38743447
I don't know, why don't you try using your bongos to ask the natives how it's coming along?

>>38743360
At the moment, I think it would be simpler if you just consider weapon loadouts to be a part of the drone design itself, since many of your drones are built around the weapon choice to get the most use out of it, like how all wasps have particle beams because they are easy to fire while flying. I don't think I will keep track of individual weapons anymore, since they all cost the same, which was an intentional choice to allow for just this sort of simplification later when it became needed. A drone with a fire spray costs the same as a drone with a thorn launcher, after-all, so as long as you decide what goes with which drone it all balances out.

>>38743447
They are going well, slowly but surely. I haven't forgotten them, don't worry.

>>38743475
Yes. Adaptations that you can use to advance your hive are rare and far between. It requires a very powerful evolutionary gift to offer something valuable to an interstellar empire, but planets like Zero One still have areas left to explore.

What about NightmareQuest dude?
You haven't showed up in quite a while.

>>38743503
I really want to adopt the best and brightest of their society, actually turn them into a being they've aspired to become for millennia. Maybe one of their sages who recite those long ass epics. He can tell them all our story, of how our mother cast us into the abyss to save our kind from the dark one. Of how we allied ourselves with the machine races that sail between the stars and how we together fought back chased the dark one when she came for us. You gotta admit, it would make one hell of story.

>>38743613
Fuck yeah. Just go king Genome on that fucker, "You were given immortality so you can tell future generations of my victory for all time."

>>38743566
Still nothing found in the ring debris? How long will that cornucopia of metal last?

>>38743036
Underrated as fuck post.

You know, once we reveal outselves to the Union, we can do this as species coming from Raligna, rather than Leeland and pose the Leeland bugs as something unrelated. That would focus their attention on our secondary base rather than the primary. We should cosmetically redesign our drones though. Maybe make a show of bipedal drones? Give them all speaker mouth and have them communicate to fake being a race of individual intelligencies?

For Huron we can now finally make hundreds of Aquatic Flies, replacing wings with the find of the Hydrodynamic chassis. But we still didn't turn a worker on Huron into an egglayer for that.

>>38744596
We could have them look like the gardener's bark drone design. It's one of the things we picked up from her genetics.

>>38744596
I like this. Seconding.

>>38744596
>Give them all speaker mouth and have them communicate to fake being a race of individual intelligencies?
Alternatively, just assign a couple thinkers to make drones chitter in the background, imitating speech, while the speaker (claiming to having learned the language from captives) does the talking, occasionally lapsing into fake chittering to "discuss" things with his "colleagues"

>>38745404
Call them guests makes it sound better then it actually is.

>>38744705
Okay then, call a vote for it.

Voting to turn a worker on Huron into a medium egglayer.

>>38745802
You're too late, QD is kill for hours now.

>>38745811
Thread's still alive, I'm sure he'll go over it to see what was missed. If we get enough votes then he'll likely have it as a retroactive-option next thread.

>Go to sleep, thread still going
>Wake up, thread still going

I mean even though it technically ended this is still pretty awesome

>>38746160
I've got to agree with you on that.

I suppose, if we don't want to use the Clarke even for just the first trip of selling our wares, we'd have to take a low interest loan from Theseus and have him buy a ship with one of his accounts, and we use that to make the trip to open a bank account of our own and make enough money to pay him back.

>>38746718
I'm sure Lyle's got enough money for a small, slow human ftl-capable ship.

That being said, we don't even need the whole ship really, just a chassis. We can fill the inside with hive technology.

>>38746772
>I'm sure Lyle's got enough money for a small, slow human ftl-capable ship.
>Credits in Lyle’s account: ₡1,177,400
I considered that. That's only enough for 20 kilos of Canderon. That's a fifth of the amount needed for the warp drive of the Clarke, which is already the smallest ship class.

>>38746854
Wait, no, two fifths. Still well short of 50 kilos. http://ask.fm/QuestDrone/answer/120024310309

>>38746854
Yes, but the Clarke's a military ship. How much of its canderon is devoted to the Quantum power tap and a HIGH PERFORMANCE drive?

We can just buy a lowest-performance drive and our own fusion engines to power it. It won't be anything special, but it'll get the job done.

Otherwise, I'm sure Theseus wouldn't mind spotting us some pocket change.