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>>998554
You feel the notice of a Distant Mind
>Psionic research has received a small boost
>Slip drives have a 10% chance to alert you to their usage

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 40,713,540N
Metals: 39,795,179M
Credits: ₡602,226
Credits in Lyle’s account: ₡1,175,000

Active trade routes
>Leeland – Lanway: HMS Orphan, Captain John Spreckels
[FormOther brand Fusion Reactors]

>Construction underway
[Light Fleet] x5
[Heavy Fleet] x15
[Ambush Fleet] x10
[Fast Assault Fleet] x5

>Formed fleets and orders
Citadel Hive Ship – [Awaiting orders]
Small Heavy Defense Fleet [Patrolling Leeland space]
10 Heavy Battle Fleet [Awaiting orders]
5 Missile Ambush Fleet [Awaiting orders]
25 Light Fleets [Awaiting orders]
-20 Light Fleets [Awaiting orders]
-5 Fast Assault Fleets [Awaiting orders]

Clone upkeep/special projects and expenses
25 Human captives of the USV Hope – 750
[Gemini]
3 Taidaren Hybrids (105)
4 Human flash clone upkeep – 120
18 Human hybrid clone upkeep – 540
Specializations:
>Tech
>Engineer
>Brawler
[Hive space]
100 Human Hybrids – 3,000
Lyle Rogers – 57
Jackob Eisner – 56
Dillon Reager – 30
Clone/project upkeep – 3,908N

>Income
Metals: 2,950,500
Nutrients: 7,636,000
Net:

Total upkeep
Nutrient costs: 6,294,510

(Nutrient stat + structures) * 1k * dev score + modifiers = Nutrient income total
(Metal stat + structures) * dev score + modifiers = Metal income total


Hive Territory
[G-426]
*Leeland (capital)
N 60+40
M 45
Development 50

Income:
4.886MN
162.5KM

Defensive structures
>Surface to Orbit Missile System: Uses long range missiles to attack enemy ships in the system (1KN, Additional costs per launch)
>Anti-orbital batteries: Directly attacks enemy ships in orbit (8KN)
Military structures
>Hangar facilities: Deploys atmospheric and orbital drones to intercept attackers, uses aerodynamic and fighter drone designs (4KN)
>Psionic Shroud: Conceals hive activity from psionic senses (1KN)
Industrial structures
>Docking Pylon: (2000) (100KN)
[Empty docks: 8000/8000]
Economic Structures
>Capillary Tower [under construction]
>Smart Mines active: Calculates development stat twice for metal income
>Algae Farm: +25N
>Film harvester dock: +15N
Asteroid mining base: 50KM per day added to nearest planet.

>>998554
Yay Feels good to be back. How much time do you have tonight QD?

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>>998554

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>>998554
Aw yis.

>>998554
Wait a second Virgo was the system where we had the battle over Path.

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>>998556
[M-662]
Raligha
N 90+20
M 10
Development 25

Income:
2.75MN
0M

Defensive structures
>Surface to Orbit Missile System (1KN)
>Anti-orbital batteries: 35/35 (8KNN)
Economic structures
>Bloodroot collectors: Pipes running from Bloodroot trees extract nutrient rich sap +20N
>Greystalk farms: [under construction]
>Greenwall pit: Genetically engineered plant efficiently recycles waste material, Extra N income x2
>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: 0/4]
>Mining corvette salvage operations +2,688,000M per day (+8000M per corvette)

[Farcast]
Derelict Sensor array

Glassed Hive world
N 0
M 100
D 10

Income:
0N
100KM

>Smart mine mantle excavation: Calculates development stat 3 times for metal income

Deep space waystation
>100 docking pylons (10KN)
[Empty docks 400/400]

Full disclosure, I recently threw out my back, so it has been rather painful to sit in my chair (or stand, or walk, or really do anything other than remain perfectly still on my back in bed) so a lot of my planned prep time was not very productive. That, plus the fact that we are just getting off of a hiatus on a new board means I don't think we will be having all that much crunch in this thread. Sadly, that means no tech unlocks quite yet. I am free tomorrow, however, and this board is slow as molasses in a snow storm, so I will be here in the same thread tomorrow for either a two-parter, a general discussion/QA session, or a mix of both.

>>998570
So we finally going to see things from our clone's perspectives?

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ONCE AGAIN
THE TIME HAS COME

>>998554
AW YEA AW YEA AW YEEEAAA

>>998570
Get well soon, Drone.

IT'S BACK.
Good to see you QD
>Have you finished those scouting pods?

>>998570
>Income:
>2.75MN
>0M

Oh yess. We need to get some new M sources.

Hope you Get better QD, atleast we arnt as slow as >>>/i/ They have a 2 year old thread....Though If it wasnt for autosage there might be some high month threads,.

When was last thread?

>>998554
>English
>and no Esperanto

Is this a commie planet? I thought this was the Union!

>>998591
Esperanto is a Commie language.

>>998569
We already knew Gilliam was going to study the battle remains anon. It was pretty spelled out.

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>>998586
3 months ago now, september

This is the most updated map right?

Oh this is back? I was just catching up and thought it was dead forever.

Gotta say, as a hive queen we don't seem to have zerg level of massed units. Don't know how I feel about small numbers of high tech fleets, bit too protossy for bugs I would say.

>My dick is so hard from excitement right now

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>>998595
yeah he's the Union's resident xeno-biologist now that Seiner is a head in a jar Which we still need to clone as a Chimera

Also I had an idea about the Commonwealth worlds we're helping defend from the Scavs. It would be VERY easy for us to sneak in some Egglayers for hidden hives on those worlds. So easy it would be irresponsible of us not to have Hives there

>>998605
>Which we still need to clone as a Chimera
Not going to happen.

The board is slow, excepting certain ultra-popular quests like Audit Quest.

I think you'll be fine, QD.

>>998604
We're more a Zerg/Protoss mix at this point, really.

>>998605
I think he's happier the way he is now.
In fact, I think everyone is.

>>998554
MOTHER HAS RETURNED

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>>998570
Lee sits relaxed in a freshly grown chair in the offices of the still barren embassy, the chittering commotion of construction work and landscaping rumbling from beyond the walls in the courtyard. A hologram flips through the channels of the local news, mostly consisting of off-air letter cards, old reruns, or infomercials while the news is almost entirely focused on your hive fleet in orbit over the planet. Periodically you can hear the sound of sirens in the distance, punctuated with the rare gunshot. Local radio communications indicate the planet has descended into a state of panic. Flash mobs and protests have quickly devolved into looting and riots in several districts, and local gangs and other underground elements seem to have chosen the chaos as the perfect cover to settle old scores with multiple shootouts reported in a number of rather shady neighborhoods, but widespread crime and public discontent is hardly a competitive news story compared to an alien armada blockading the capital of the Union.

“Now you can really see this insanity for what it is!” One of the commentators shouts as Lee flips through the channels. “These xenos show up with a damn invasion fleet, and these morons like Seamus and her cronies want to bend over backwards for them. They have been doing this with the Valen clans for years but this is the first time they can really twist the knife with anything approaching a decent excuse. Don't doubt me on this, they are happier than a pig in filth over this! Now we will be right back here at the Silver Mic, right after this break!” Lee shuts off the projector with a yawn.

“Feels like that guy is taking forever. How hard is it to find some decent tea?” He says, you sense a human approaching the exterior door of your embassy office. A moment later there is a loud knock as the door opens into the main floor as a sharp looking man leans in to eye up the foyer. He is wearing a loose looking set of robes covered in circular patterns and a large, toothy grin is plastered across his face. You send Lee the image from your surveying flies and he sighs as he gets up from his seat and moves to the door of the small side office and into the lobby.

“I didn't think the security would let anyone in yet.” Lee says as your speaker scurries in behind him. "Can I help you with anything?"

cont.

>>998584
Did we mine all the metals already?
I wonder why Raligha ran out before our asteroid mine in leeland.
We should convert a million of those nutrients to metal regularly.

>>998609
We could aways macro and spam a few throw away units, quantity is a quality afterall. That would turn is all the way back to zerg

GAS THE SQUIDS
NUKE THE WHALES
STAB THE MONKEYS
TRUST NOTHING
THE VOID IS WATCHING US

>>998604
I've been thinking about designing ships to be mass produced ulitizing the blaster which is amazing for mass produced fleets.

Gonna be honest, QuestDrone, was beginning to not trust your promises to run at all.

>>998620
Eh, we do that decently enough. I think we're fine not being a straight up stereotype.

Also, kudos QD for using italics/colors in the most genuinely acceptable non eye-killing actual sense-making way possible.

>>998616
We definitely should.

>>998609
Re:monster Is pretty active, if it wasnt for REqms slow typing the quests would reach 1k~ replies I bet.

>>998620
That is actually my idea for how to combat the Black queen while preventing our drone tech from falling to her hand.
Make a bunch of cheap drones that mach hers until there is a sea of them and scatter our better high tech drones in them, so if they fall the cheap ones can hold her drones back until the body is disposed of or a plasma artillery destroys it and everything around it.

>>998593
I wonder who could be behind this post

Esperanto is the official language of red blooded champions of democracy and thr Union, go back to Constantinople commie traitor.

>>998631
It's the Curse mang

>>998623
I'm glad we agreed on my suggestion to switch the swarmers from autocannons to blasters for that reason. We'll be able to melt the hulls right off of ships

>>998616
I think we opted not to mine anything from Raligha due to a combination of being both mostly mined out and having a rich biosphere that would be damaged with mining activity.

>>998623
>>998641

I'm new so I can't really come up with anything helpful. Cheap and cost efficient, thats all the advice I can give. Do your best anon-sans.

>>998633
Don't lie to me, you know you love the feeling of throwing endless fodder at the enemy. Who doesn't after all.

Also I think I have a solution for the dealing with Killinger and the void priest on Talgo.
Why don't we just tell Killinger that we think the priest guy has a void shard and that he and the rest on the population is under it's influence?

Here is the daily reminder.
>Raid OQ
>Read the locked memories of that thinker.
>Board a scav vessel for their FTL.
Also I'd like to mention that in thread 29.2 The white queen collected her picket fleets from a dozen hives to make her final stand, their numbers were

1 Hive ship
35 Battleships
150 Battlecruisers
500 Cruisers
1000 Frigates
3000 corvettes

I believe we should work towards these numbers since we're getting the expanse.

>>998655
We already gained the scav ftl drive
It was similar to our blink drive tech tree

>>998652
>Void priest

I think you're confusing DAtS with this quest.

The cyclists don't have any connection to the voidshards

>>998651
>Don't lie to me, you know you love the feeling of throwing endless fodder at the enemy. Who doesn't after all.
No. All our children are sacred and a single drop of unnecessarily spilled blood is an insult that cannot go unpunished. We win though superior tech.

>>998651
>http://pastebin.com/YTwGk8n1
Here's basically how ship building works.
Blasters are all rounders that are amazing in large numbers.

>>998651
>I'm new
>who donest love this style of shit

Go fucking read the archive you stupid whore before running your mouth.

>>998659
>We win though superior numbers equipped with superior tech
fix'd for you

>>998657
Nope. We've only ever captured non-ftl boarding shuttles

>>998663
whoa, tone it back a bit dude

>>998649
Oh, well never mind then.
>>998655
Oops, i forgot something.
>Build Orbital solar array in both planets.(It's cheap enough in nutrients to be wort it and the metal can be converted from half of it's income.
>Take Reprive (I think that is the system that our mother made her last stand and it only has mining corvetts, it would be a great test for our raiding fleet.)

>>998657
No we didn't, we know how it works but we don't know how to build it.

Man, I just want a chance to use Titans in an engagement.

Mech/Kaiju insects

>>998664
>>We win though superior numbers equipped with superior tech
>fix'd for you
yeah, to be honest, that and picking our fights

>>998658
I don't know if you noticed in the other threads but everyone was suspicious of that asshole not to mention this is a situation we can simply assume that "he's has no connection to a void shard" until it's fucking confirmed.

>>998666
Are you new? Solar arrays are stupidly expensive for what they put out. And Reprieve is controlled by BQ.

>>998672
How about a traffic light system,
Green=Confirmed no connection or anti
Amber=Nothing certain either way
Red=Confirmed connection or pro

>>998613
"Ah, yes." He says with a courteous bow. "I do apologize, I wasn't quite sure if you had set up your offices quite yet, but I wanted to be the first person to speak with you, before the general rabble." The man holds a large basket of various jars and cans, and hands it to your drone. The smell of sugar permeates it. "I couldn't help but notice your assistant is searching for a 'oil drum of honey', I figured I could at least help out as much as I could." Your speaker plucks one of the small cans out of the basket with its mandibles, quickly devouring it, metal and all as honey seeps from its beak.

"Acceptable." Your speaker says, and turns away to several workers that begin to rip apart the basket, devouring the intricate wickerfish plating design. The human moves up to Lee, resting an arm over his shoulders.

"I am Anitianus Descolade Librae, primary agitant of the Valen Clan political offices." The man says as the two walk along the rim of the room towards the courtyard.

"Do you have a nickname or something?" Lee asks. "How about, uh, I just call you Anton. I knew an Anton back in Basic." Anton looks dryly at him for a moment before resuming his grin.

"Right, in any case, I wanted to give you the welcome wagon. Show you around. We are neighbors after all, and both of us human citizens in an alien government. We should really stick together, look out for each other, you know?" The two together bump into a large warrior emerging with surprising speed from an office, knocking the diplomat away from Lee as its breath steams and it grunts in disapproval. Your drones together notice the faintest, most insignificant radio signal. A nearly microscopic device, the size of a speck of dust, within Lee's suit collar, although you missed it being placed there.

>Destroy the device, and kick the envoy out
>Mention the device and warn the envoy
>Pretend not to notice
>Other

>>998631
I literally posted my Christmas date running plans, got out of my chair, and face-planted in agony as my back snapped out of place.
It's a hereditary thing, but it's never been this bad.

Then I broke my toe on the stairs a few days later. They still look blue.

>>998683
>>Mention the device and warn the envoy

>>998683
>>Mention the device and warn the envoy

>>998683
>Pretend not to notice

>>998683
>Pretend not to notice
Let them think they can succeed and feed stupid info

>>998683
>Mention the device and warn the envoy

>>998683
Shit man, what the hell.

Never heard of that before.

>>998683
>>Destroy the device, and kick the envoy out

>>998683
>pretend not to notice

Glad to see them already trying shit.

>>998683
>Pretend not to notice
we'll play their game, for now
besides its not like they can pick up telepathic comms, we'll let them hear what we want them to hear

>>998683
Have the deviced attached to anton as he leaves.

>>998683
>>Pretend not to notice

>>998683
>>Pretend not to notice
Let's not tip our hand too early, though we should let Lee know.

Welcome back QD! You've been missed. Sorry to hear about your back problems.

>>998704
>Let them think they can succeed and feed stupid info
This.

>>998683
>Other
Inform Lee as such, as there's nothing genuinely compromising here that would be shared through him anyways. Having them think we don't have the capability to notice it is more valuable.

>>998683
>Pretend not to notice
Have a fly take the device and attach it onto Anton when he leaves

>>998677
The solar arrays pays for itself, 5 days to make 5,000 nutrients and 10 to make 5,000 metals.
>>998683
>Mention the device and warn the envoy.
"Please do not play your political games with us, we consider it very rude and a little sad."

>>998709
Sciatic nerve. It's essentially a nerve running from the spine through the hip into the leg that does nothing but occasionally fuck you up for no good reason.

Every single person on my father's side of the family has it.

>>998683
>Pretend not to notice
Feed them fake information.

>>998724
Yes that is stupidly inefficient compared our fusion farms.

>>998683
>>Mention the device and warn the envoy

You really should know better than to attempt espionage on first contact? Did the Valen learn such poor manners from the humans?

>>998726
Get it cut out?

>>998741
To the Valen that isn't necessarily poor manners, and to the Valen it would be impressive to use this against them at a later time.
They're weird/cool like that.

>>998741
Backstabbing is a thing Valen do a lot anon. Hell it's a fundamental part of their culture.

>>998683
>>Pretend not to notice

>>998726
Man that's shitty.

Thanks for still running the quest!

>>998747
>>998741
The Valen thrive on political intrigue and backstabbing

>>998735
I agree, but nutrients are nutrients and we can still make the fusion farms if we buy it.
Speaking of fusion farms i was thinking about Dyson swarms/spheres and i believe we should build a Dyson swarm on leeland's gas giant and look for a sun to make solar Dyson swarm, which i need help to make.

>>998735
Literally swimming in resources, untwist your panties.

>>998726
thank you for still running the quest

>>998759
Ultra high-orbit ship platforms skimming energy into n/m in gigantic swarms around gas giants/stars sound cool until you have to defend them.

Actually they sound cool regardless but I think we can do one better. There is a supermassive blackhole's worth of energy at the center of the galaxy up for grabs.

>>998761
That's not a reason not to choose the more efficient option. There's an argument to me made for diversifying your income but you're not going to change anyone's mind with
>just do it we have loads of nutrients anyway

>>998683
>>Pretend not to notice
We can feed them misleading info a few times before they catch on that we're onto them, let's save this for a rainy day when we need it!

>>998761
Then why choose the most fragile and inefficient method?
>>998759
I can understand that sentiment but we should wait until we get shields for structures so we can at least defend it.

>>998783
The point is basically that your arguing over efficiencys when your going to do both and nutrients is not a bottleneck yet.

>>998683
>Pretend not to notice

The envoy backs away slightly from your drone as Lee pats its shoulder.

"They can be a bit jumpy. It's alright." He says. The envoy nods nervously.

"Of course, I apologize. In any case, please, if you need anything, don't be afraid to ask me. You may have the number of the officials who work here, but I have the numbers of the people who fund their campaigns." He says, his smile becoming genuine. "It's not often that adding a degree of separation can improve your efficiency, but when it comes to Union politics..."

"Right, I think I get it. And what would that cost us?" Lee asks. The envoy seems almost insulted.

"Oh, no no, I'm only trying to be friendly." He says. "you should visit our office some time, I would be more than happy to host dinner." He eyes up your group of workers as they finish devouring the gift of honey jars, scraping up and eating the last scraps of basket as one of the workers crunches a metal can in its jaws, swallowing the honey covered metal shreds with ease. "We can accommodate Valen and Human biology, I am sure we could manage with the Hive, if you wish." Lee squints at him slightly as you try to riffle through his mind. It is foggy, almost deliberately so, and filled with pointless information shrouding his intent as he loudly counts up and down in his mind, then recites several recipes and a number of nursery rhymes. You attempt to judge his face, but his practiced emotional baseline is so rehearsed you suspect it has some underlying cybernetic maintaining it.

"I'll keep that in mind." Lee says finally. "And thanks for the gift basket. I'll be sure to send a fish or something." Anton lets out a hearty laugh.

"Excellent! I hope to see you soon!"

cont.

>>998744
Essentially it's caused by the hip pinching the nerve, and then the nerve gets all inflamed.

It's actually one of the few things independent study has found Chiropractics to be more effective in treating than standard primary medicine. Bit of a fun fact there. I also have had to crack my dad and grandmother's spine back into place before for the same thing, (in the middle of a thread once, in fact) but mine won't go back in as easy.

>>998792
is foggy, almost deliberately so, and filled with pointless information shrouding his intent as he loudly counts up and down in his mind, then recites several recipes and a number of nursery rhymes. You attempt to judge his face, but his practiced emotional baseline is so rehearsed you suspect it has some underlying cybernetic maintaining it.

Fucks heads know about the psi tech tree

>>998780
>Ultra high-orbit ship platforms skimming energy into n/m in gigantic swarms around gas giants/stars sound cool until you have to defend them.
They would be a fleet, they are capable of defending themselves, except for the smaller, solar farming dedicated ships. Other than that the big ones and the fleets that will be fed by the swarm will be enough to defend the system.

>>998792
I think we should start talking about how we dislike Killinger.

>>998794
Shit is bad.

We have to presume that they have a rudimentary method of utalizing it then, we should start installing our usual counter measures and protocols.

>>998794
>Fucks heads know about the psi tech tree
I think it more has to do with the fact they are trying to hide their emotions then them knowing about Psionics.

>>998759
I believe I brought this up way way back, but I think we should make a Dyson sphere and transform it into a capital ship, using our ftl tech to transport the entire star. We could find a star with barren planets, and completely mine out their mantles for the resources, and once the sphere is up and tuning we could just produce the metals.

>>998792
>Lee squints at him slightly as you try to riffle through his mind. It is foggy, almost deliberately so, and filled with pointless information shrouding his intent as he loudly counts up and down in his mind, then recites several recipes and a number of nursery rhymes.

Is this training for resisting nerve stapling interrogation?

Well it makes sense hey know about it, they are running the smuggling route for the ceph escaping there trapped home world

Elements in the valen probably have some idea what the void shards are

>>998806
See the part about
"and filled with pointless information shrouding his intent as he loudly counts up and down in his mind, then recites several recipes and a number of nursery rhymes"
Doing that shows they think we can read their minds cause he is intentional doing it

>>998814
>We could find a star with barren planets
We can terraform barren planets you know.

>>998792
>It is foggy, almost deliberately so, and filled with pointless information shrouding his intent as he loudly counts up and down in his mind, then recites several recipes and a number of nursery rhymes. You attempt to judge his face, but his practiced emotional baseline is so rehearsed you suspect it has some underlying cybernetic maintaining it.

This kinda makes my hunch about Valen maybe being at least partially psionic seem more likely

>>998794
They have the spine machine torture thingamajig so they probably know how to hide their thoughts and body language even without knowing about psi

>>998792
Quick have a child to crack your own stuff!

Also fuck, They know we can read minds.

>>998794
That's impossible in a number of ways.

For one they wouldn't have installed the cybernetics in his brain in the time between now and the time they found out we were in orbit.

It's for something pre existing they want to guard against. Fucker is trained, he's not new at maintaining this kind of psychic static in his mind.

>>998802
Isn't most of counter psi-tech kinda physically large? That might be something we could look into researching actually.
>>998806
The reciting songs and recipes implies they're trying to block some sort of mind reading. They mightnot know if it even works: it's a common defence in fiction.

>>998792
The fish we send the Valen should be the sort that predates via luminous bait.

>>998829
Im sure we can miniturize it, just we have yet had the need to.

The valen knowing about psi might actually be a good thing, we can sell them the tachyon blocking helmets(That conveniently deteriorate in a year or two) for big favors.

>>998829
I think the call it disassembling in the Ciaphas cain novels?

>>998823
Which is kind of pointless if your going to block out the sun.

>>998839
And advertise by having Lee attend a dinner with one!
And we don't tell him what it is- just that he has to wear it. "Hive's recommendation," etc.

>>998846
Unless you make the swarm behind the planets, letting them have sunlight.

>>998839
>>998829
>>998827
>>998826
>>998820
Did it ever occur to you that it's for protection from neural interfaces?

>>998854
Did it ever occur to you to prepare for the worse and hope for the best?

>>998846
Check out the wiki page about them, there's all kinds of variants: nets, bubbles, rings...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

>>998854
It's a very genuine possibility. T b h, it would be more helpful if it was psi protection, but I don't think we can be too careful when it comes to the Valen.

We really should come up with stuff the valen will want so we get frienenemly with each other until we can make a shared research protect for improving the gates.
I'd suggest starting with asking them for a valen body for research.
>>998854
The possibility of them knowing about tachyons is still there though.

Remember guys, most species are apparently even just slightly psionicly sensitive with a few altered exceptions like humans. When dealing with aliens we should assume they have psionic potential

>>998802
>We have to presume that they have a rudimentary method of utalizing it then, we should start installing our usual counter measures and protocols.

We would hear them if they ever used tachyons. You're both leaping to conclusions.

The Valen may be paranoid that the alien hivemind might be psychic, but we can't know for certain that they know for certain.

The more likely possibility is that this is standard training for controlling your own thoughts and keeping a poker face for Valen representatives.

>>998854
Anon, that's what I said. Stop agreeing with me. It's impossible for them to know we can read minds.

>>998841
Dissembling is the word they used, but not specifically in regards to psychic defense. It just means lying, obfuscating, or misdirecting

>>998854
Well lets see, the humans were taking the first steps in the psi tech tree

And some valen have underground routes to the ceph homeworld that is under the control of the psi using void shards that like to mind control people

So its a good bet that they have some idea about the psi tech and have been researching it

>>998849
Ok, admittedly that would be interesting, but would drastically increase the cost for materials. I was thinking it would be cool to first create a Dyson sphere with our solar arrays, connect them all with cables, and the slowly grow out a photosynthetic film between them all, creating a giant solid structure. We could then terraform parts of the interior of the sphere.

>>998870
A receiver can still hear without sending out signals.

All they have to do is have something listening and then we have problems with orders being listened in on. Hence its still a good idea to put in the counter measures.

>>998866
>asking them for a valen body for research.
Anon, are you sure?
I like the idea, but I don't like the idea of what they'd ask for in return.

>>998792
Sounds similar to a herniated disk. Had that once, kept me bedridden and unable to walk for a month. If its chronic you have my sincerest condolences.

>>998870
>The more likely possibility is that this is standard training for controlling your own thoughts and keeping a poker face for Valen representatives.
This seems pretty likely since the Valen are described as "particularly empathic"

>>998846
Yes but planets are more practical and defensible.
>>998855
Of course it did it does however it's very unlikely.
>>998882
If you're so fucking worried then research the damn thing.

>>998814
Dyson spheres are very big. Even with the resources it would take a looong time to construct.

>>998887
Unlikely has bitten us in the ass before mate, We gotta be ready and prepared.

>>998868
>most species are apparently even just slightly psionicly sensitive with a few altered exceptions like humans

I'm pretty sure QD said the exact opposite of that. Ancient humans were slightly psychic, and the White Queen removed that ability. Even turned them into antipsychics.

Psionics developed in the species, and were ripped out.
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/49010398/#49013314
>You are unsure by how much, but it does seem that psionic sensitivity in one way or another is actually less uncommon than you at first believed. The Humans and Phantoms seem proof at least that psionic sensitivity can develop in nature.

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Oh shit it's back!

>>998889
>Unlikely has bitten us in the ass before
Look at my post history. I fucking know that but if you are so worried then just study the damn thing and it'll eventually tell us.

>>998847
Doesn't that mean we wouldn't be able to coach him and he would act like a idiot?

>>998895
You're the one trying to tell us its fucking fine, When we should be on edge even more so with the Void being able to sense us now.

>>998888
very, very big. The earth has a ~4,000 mile radius. The sun has a ~435,000 mile radius, and it's not very big as far a suns go.

>>998866
Checked!

>>998896
Ah shit, you're right. Shame.

>>998896
The parasite is in his abdomen not his skull.

As I said, humans were altered to not be psionic. They are an exception.

>>998878
I'd rather keep it a Dyson swarm so it has mobility.
Sun expanding? Get father back.
Debris coming in, have some of the ships move out of the way.
An attack, have them regret their actions when they are swarmed by solar farming frigates while our solar capitals shoot them.
>>998883
What they ask will depend on how much they think we're profiting from it, which will probably be a lot as they will know from our bio ships we are masters of genetics.
They work through favors and dept so we can set up a form of specific I.O.U's, like a promise to lend a hive fleet for a specific task or a terraforming ticket.

>>998901
Now what's the radius of the earth's orbit?

>>998917
A bit bigger.

>>998917
>radius of the earth's orbit
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is 149.60 million kilometers (92.96 million miles), and a complete orbit occurs every 365.256 days (1 sidereal year), during which time Earth travels 940 million kilometers (584 million miles). Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.0167.

>>998898
If they could sense psionics then why haven't they found our drones on Aral? And there is no way they could miniaturize psionic detection to our level. However the only way you could convince me otherwise is if they have had contact with the Skyl in their early history.

>>998921
They do smuggle ceph through their gate, they might have been told of psi through them.

>>998891
>>998906
Humans aren't an 'exception' to most species being psionic. Humans and Phantoms evolved psionics naturally before they were altered and nobody else has developed that that we've seen. You just misinterpreted.

>>998928
Coil pretty much proved to us that they don't even know what psionics are.

>>998921
Gee whiz, you mean them using the gate system that the skyl were developing before being destroyed or declaring aral a religious world isn't hint enough that some valen know a hell alot about some secrets of the setting, like the void shards and psi?

>>998921
>no way they could miniaturize psionic detection to our level.

I'm not so sure of that. Remember how the Union psionics lab (which Lyle destroyed) was detecting and using tiny tachyon levels by our standards? Or how having our drones in the area instantly threw their tachyon monitor off the scale?

If the Union has that ability (albeit not fully utilized), there's a pretty decent chance the Valen have started investigating that tech-tree as well.

>>998935
I've already suspicious of this anon but that of and in itself is not conclusive.
>>998942
That's Skyl tech genius not human tech.

>>998935
>the gate system that the skyl were developing
This again?

Ripping an unstable, bleeding wormhole open ex nihilo is completely different from an entire stargate network that all constantly are connected to each other in a big superstructure. There was a whole ask.fm about how every FTL is nothing like the others.

>he loudly counts up and down in his mind, then recites several recipes and a number of nursery rhymes.

https://youtu.be/4mokhjML3C0?t=208

>>998950
>There was a whole ask.fm about how every FTL is nothing like the others
Not quite anon. QD said each one is unique and each have their own niche.

I thought the valen did dig up skyl stuff and that was partly why they choose that shitty planet for their new colony.

>>998921
Just going to toss out an idea I've had since before the hiatus for if we decide we want to backpedal to any degree on our stance on claiming the frontier planets.

If we decide to revise it to be less aggressive, we can claim Lee convinced us that our initial demand was unreasonable for non-hive creatures. Doing so will make us seem open to compromise, Lee will likely gain points with the Union and be seen as a means of appealing to us, and any repercussions from changing our minds will be reasonably minimized.

>>998792
Anton quickly makes his way to the door, turning to give a slight bow again.

"I hope you will join us for dinner sometime. You and the Hive Speaker are both invited, it's a standing offer." He adds, and leaves with a quick wave of the hand. The door seals shut behind him.

"Well, he came off a bit like a care salesman, but was nice enough. Shame about the honey." Lee says as your speaker collects the remaining bits of metal scraps stuck to its mandibles. "You know that's not free, right?"

"Yes, but it is cheap. As you say, we can give them fish." Your speaker chirps. Lee reaches behind him, struggling to find the right spot, and a fly quickly swoops in to pluck the dust mote sized device from his collar. He offers a wordless thanks as your drone takes it away to be examined as quietly as possible. Lee exhales as it leaves the room.

"I doubt it would go undetected if I tried passing one of the security checkpoints around here, but still, that's a bit obnoxious." He says. "I mean, they're trying to bug bugs!" He says with a dumb grin, your speaker looks back in silence for some time before a wall is smashed in by a heavy warrior's charge. A dozen workers quickly drag away the debris, chewing it into paste as they begin assembling the small hive in the courtyard. Lang is dodging drones as they zoom past in every direction holding a small cup.

"Sorry, I'm still working on that... barrel of honey. But I found a machine in the cafeteria that has tea." He says as he hands the small cut to Lee. He takes a quick sip and scrunches his nose in disapproval.

"Thanks." Lee says. "This is... great. Thanks."

"Also, I let the word out that you were open for interviews." Lang says quickly as he pulls out his data pad. "In the time since then, you have received seventeen thousand separate requests from individual broadcast stations and news channels. The Daily Eclipse, the Gemini Times, the Savanna, UNN, and... the Data Wars? I haven't even heard of that network." Lee vaguely remembers the network's name blaring from the holo-screen at home back on Talgo.

"That's the network that, uh, what was it. They claimed there was some Union-Valen research thing keeping fish people in tanks or something. Mostly conspiracy stuff. I bet they're having a blast today." Lee says.

"Right. Well, here is the list. In short, every network in the system wants an interview, or a press release, or anything really, so you get the pick of the litter." Lang says as he hands Lee the data pad. "Also, Secretary Morgan has said he's in his office just about all day today and you can head up to meet him any time you want." He says with some confusion. "A meeting with someone on the Council isn't usually that relaxed..."

>Assemble a press release to the Union public (write in)
>Organize an interview with a Union media network (write in)
>Head to Morgan's office right away
>Other

>>998949
>That's Skyl tech genius not human tech.

Well, we already know the Valen have access to the Ceph homeworld. Maybe they have some Ceph tech?

I'm just speculating, of course. It's completely possible they are well behind the humans in psionic tech (and of course they must be well behind us). I'm just cautioning that assuming they are more capable than they are is probably safer than assuming they are incapable of an ability they may have.

>>998888
There are ways to make it not take as long. If we produced just 60 solar arrays, for instance, and placed them at the vertices of a truncated icosahedron (a soccer ball, essentially), and had the all connect to each other like a truncated icosahedron, and each "face" slowly filled in from the edge using the energy produced by the solar array, we would be covering about 1/32 of the surface of the shell with each section. And it would create a self strengthening effect, where the more surface area that is produced, the more energy is being produced, and the faster we can create the shell.

>>998980

>Head to Morgan's office right away

>Data Wars

Let me guess, They sell Filter's and Vitamin/male enhancers to make you a Alpha?

>>998978
Actually I have a better idea. We can in excruciating detail explain to them that the Expanse is going to be bumfucked by 2 alien races each capable of wiping out the combined might of the Valen and Human empires.

>>998980
>"I mean, they're trying to bug bugs!"
Aww Lee, you're doing the universe good.

>>998980
>Head to Morgan's office right away

>>998980
>Assemble a press release to the Union public
Send speaker B to do it
>Organize an interview with a Union media network
Have speaker C do it with lee

>Head to Morgan's office right away
Send Speaker A to bitch out the security council

>>998980
>Organize an interview with a Union media network (write in)
See if we can get in with one that's reasonably pro-xeno so they won't do one of those asshole interviews with loaded questions.

>>998980
>Head to Morgan's office right away.
We want to know what we wants to keep secret, and what he will offer to keep it so.

>>998980
>Assemble a press release to the Union public

nothing to big and flashy, but enough to make a point we come in many sizes. I'd prefer our kerrigan to be there but that's unlikely right?

Also we are awfully close tooo
>>1000000
Hope it's a good one.

>>998984
You know we already have Dyson spheres as fusion reactors right

>>998980
>Data Wars
>"That's the network that, uh, what was it. They claimed there was some Union-Valen research thing keeping fish people in tanks or something. Mostly conspiracy stuff. I bet they're having a blast today."

Holy shit guys do NOT let Alex Jones in our embassy, he'll blow our shadowruns wide fucking open.

>>998980
>Other
Ask Theseus if there's anything he'd like us to say to the public. We can probably get away with saying quite a lot the first time before someone tries to censor us.

>>998980
>>Head to Morgan's office right away
Let's have something more to say for when we meet the press.

>>999007
Problem is that nobody's going to believe that.

Talking about horrors from the void that will consume all existence isn't the sort of thing they're going to accept without firsthand evidence, no matter how much of our own evidence we show them. Remember that what went on at the research station presumably isn't public knowledge.

>>999007
YES, explain explain that they are bordering a insane, genocidal queen, have angered the ceph masters (The council will know what we are talking about) and have repeatedly pissed us off, they must take the deal or get fucked by 6 factions.
Welcome to the big boy club, where apocalypses are daily.

>>999013
This too.
>>999034
Hell

>>999037
That actually a really good idea.
>>999042
I was talking about BQ and the Scavengers dumbass.

Rolled 16227 (1d17000)

>>998980
>>Organize an interview with a Union media network (write in)
Can I even roll a d17000? Trying it!

>>999034
We should do it anyways, so when he airs all our shadowruns everyone will dismiss it as crackpot conspiracy theories.

I'm also deeply curious about what he'll get wrong. It would be hilarious.

>>999049
>>999034
>Hell
My post apparently fucked up somehow, please disregard.

>>999020
Also, we might want to actually. Uh. Probe to find out how feasible his coverup of the incident at Nowhere is, and how much everyone in the system might have seen of it.

I mean we might secretly want that coverup to succeed. The void "to see, must first be seen," and all.

>>999056
Or we could say we like his ideas and will try them out. That would screw qith people

>>999053
I guess this is a write in for one of the most obscure ones. Let's go with that.

>>998980
>Head to Morgan's office right away

It'd be nice to meet with Morgan in a setting where he is more comfortable and to show that we aren't necessarily going to demand the entire Expanse region without offering something in exchange.

>Assemble a press release to the Union public (write in)

We have no hostile intentions here and we hope for a peaceful and mutually beneficial relationship both with humanity and with the Union as a whole.

However, your government has been meddling in powers far beyond their comprehension. Their actions, while not intentionally malicious to our knowledge, will have severe repercussions. It may already be too late for your civilization to avoid being drawn into a conflict it is not yet ready to face.

We hope for your support and will support the Union in exchange so when the time comes we can stand strong together.

>Organize an interview with a Union media network (write in)
Pick all of them. We certainly have enough speakers. Any that mis-represent us or our positions will likely know such actions could have dangerous consequences.

I would like to have Lee be interviewed on the network of his choice, however, if Lee will be doing any of the interviews.

>>999067
>Imb4 "HIVE HAS TIME TRAVELING CAPABILITIES!"

>>999043
Assuming people are agreeing on this course of action, here's some suggested phrasing:

"Union research into higher dimensions has now drawn the attention of beings the Ceph refer to as gods. Now humanity as a whole will be drawn into a galactic scale conflict as a direct result, regardless of whether or not it is desired. The Hive is attempting to assist, defend, and make humanity ready for such a conflict. To this end, the Hive has already made allies of the Commonwealth, and would prefer for the Union to willingly engage in this alliance. To refuse this would be wasteful."

>>998980
>Organize an interview with a Union media network (write in)
The most down-the-middle news network

>>999083
I would prefer to not mention the commonwealth alliance until we have one with the union already. I approve of encouraging better relations in the face of a common enemy at all stages though

>>998980
>Head to Morgan's office right away

>>999085
But then not only will they be a lying press, they'll also be fake news. There's no winning.

>>999083
No. none of that
>>999070
>However, your government has been meddling in powers far beyond their comprehension
Don't even mentioned that.

>>999086
Correct me if I'm mistaken, as it's been quite awhile, but don't they already know?

>>999091
Dammit, I'll need to archive binge until I remember who knows what.

>>999094
I'm absolutely certain at the very least that the Commonwealth is aware that we're making waves in the Union right now. Someone specifically commented about it.

>>999091
No they dont officially, but their spies have probably gotten hands on our joint defense battles in commonwealth against the scavs

But they do know we have relations with the unity but that has been declared to the public either yet

>>999091
They know something happened in the commonwealth when we sent all our ships to take down scavs (conveniently finding the shield dome research) but they don't have the details yet. They will probably find out soon.

We should be careful when we tell them about "powers beyond their comprehension". We should make it sound more like technology and less lovecraftian brain crystals.

>>999043
Yes, I agree to explaining this. However, I think it's probably wiser to explain this to the Union counsel first before doing a press-release.

I really, really DON'T think it's a good idea to mention the Commonwealth as our allies. The Commonwealth is essentially Soviet Russia to these guys. Imagine a bunch of aliens showed up during the Cold War and said they were allied with the Russians and were helping them fight off another threat. That's not a really good way to get the trust of the Union (the Americans in this analogy).

>>999088
>But then not only will they be a lying press, they'll also be fake news.
Surely you cant be this cynical anon? There is a market for impartial news

>>999106
>They will probably find out soon.
Wouldn't it be better if it came from us then?

I suppose we have leverage over the spooks of the Union because Lee could blab to a news agency about the man who doesn't exist, John Smith, who was on the mission that got him as the fall guy.

He could blab about the human experimentation lab he was prisoner in.

But what can they give us to incentivize him to keep it buried?

Mind that if we actually do out them and destroy them politically, it leaves an immediate power vacuum which that suspicious cult preacher might fill. It would take more time if we want to set up our own puppet.

>>999102
Yeah they know, we had a conversation with the admiral about it, he backed off on grilling us but we promised to go into detail about what happen with the head admiral

>>999104
meant to say that unity hive relationship hasn't been declared to the union public yet

>>999110
Oh, I'm not. It's a reference. And sure there's a market, but the consumers for that aren't very loud.

>>999070
They want an interview with Lee, not the bugs. They freakin' love that nerd.

>>999083
Let's keep a lid on it.

>>999037
>>999043
supporting.

>>999063
eh, I would rather tell them first so that we can go 'told you so' on them. after that they won't be able to dismiss our claims so easily.

>>999108
how about 'skills beyond your kind'?

>>999109
>>999111
they will find our either way, but I don't think letting the public mass know right now is a good idea. especially when both of them went into open conflict recently. I can't imagine all the negative ways the media can spin this in.
I could agree on letting the higher ups know if we can establish that we are being reasonable to them. dunnof if that doesn't work.

>>999116
I'm not saying do it just yet but someday I want the Hive to try bringing up the peace between the Union and the Commonwealth. Then do that with the Unity.

While the Union is being made to play nice with everyone we could possibly introduce the Unity to the Commonwealth. Get Theseus some more friends and places to expand his network

>>998980
>Head to Morgan's office right away

"Well, I don't want to keep him waiting." Lee says. He turns to your speaker which is having some difficulty removing the thin film of honey from its claws and mandibles, passing a cluster of dirt and metal shavings from one to the others as it quickly rubs its claws in frustration against its mandibles. It pauses momentarily to look back to Lee.

"Why don't you stay here and... work on your public image." He says. "Maybe we can get a short list of news networks and you can start working on that while I'm gone." He says and adds with a mental thought, "Keep in contact and give me my lines. I don't want to look like an idiot here."

>Have Lang find a pro-xeno news program
>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network
>Have Lang find a partisan pro-xeno commentary network
>Other

Lets not bring tell the masses about gods or other dimensions. Be vague, but not outright opaque.

>>999131
>Have Lang find a supposedly balanced news network

>>999131
>>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network

>>999131
>Have Lang find a partisan pro-xeno commentary network

>>999131
>>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network

>>999131
>>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network

>>999126
>tell them first
Tell them what first? That has nothing to do with burying something that has already happened, with the giant 6-dimensional death blossom and shit.

>>999131
>>Have Lang find a pro-xeno news program

>Have Lang find a supposedly balanced news network

>>999131
>Other
Have lang find a wack job outlet

>>999131
>>Have Lang find a partisan pro-xeno commentary network

Just because.

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>>999131
>your speaker which is having some difficulty removing the thin film of honey from its claws and mandibles, passing a cluster of dirt and metal shavings from one to the others as it quickly rubs its claws in frustration against its mandibles
Poor Speaker. Somedrone get her some paper towels

Also
>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network

>>999131
>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network.

>>999131
>Have Lang find a supposedly balanced news network
A network that maybe doesn't normalize human-on-human crime and discrimination.

We can look for a partisan network afterwards to mess with everyone.

>>999131
>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network

>>999131
>Have Lang find a pro-xeno news program
We want reach, but we also don't want to be working with loaded questions for our debut, and a pro-xeno program will be less likely to deliberately fuck us over due to the whole "annexing the Expanse" thing.

>>999131
>>Have Lang find a partisan pro-xeno commentary network

>"Keep in contact and give me my lines. I don't want to look like an idiot here."
Why does this sound like it's setting up psi-blocking?

>>999131
>Have Lang find a pro-xeno news program

>>999083
Eh, I don't think mentioning the Ceph or the higher-dimensional research explicitly is a good idea (especially in a public release). For example, that could easily lead to lynch mobs attacking the Ceph or some loonies kidnapping the ceph to learn more about these higher dimensional enemies and then end up as slaves of the Void God.

I'd suggest something more like this:

"Union scientists made a grave 2[?] days ago in a secret research facility. We do not blame the citizens of the Union for this blunder, but you need to understand the ramifications of their blunder now makes large-scale warfare in Union territory all but inevitable. Yesterday enemy scouts probed the defenses of the planet Path. This is only the first wave of a conflict that is certain to envelop the entire Expanse region of a minimum. The enemy you will be fighting is not sane by our standards, and is extremely dangerous - having already driven galactic civilizations to their grave.

For the stability and security of the sector it is imperative that our species be granted immediate access to the entire expanse region to prepare for the war to come for your safety as well as ours.

We wish for this to be a peaceful transition, but will use force if all other means of negotiation or trade fail.

We urge your immediate militarization in the face of this urgent threat*, and will be briefing your leaders on an as-needed basis.

*the reason I urge their militarization is that asking for them to grow their military is the last thing an invading species would ask for them to do. Asking them to mobilize as quickly as possible should impress upon decision makers how deadly we consider this threat to really be.

>>999131
>Have Lang find a suposedly balanced news network

The big players should know enough to realize being hostile or spinning our words is a mistake when we have an invasion fleet in orbit. At least I hope so....

Someone remind me later when we're doing crunch to bring up the suggestion about making hidden nutrient farms on Huron since we have the filterfeeder towers. Not enough to make it noticeable of course

>>999182
Seems mostly good all around, though I ponder the wisdom of directly stating that we'll resort to force if they refuse. Outright saying that will likely inflame tensions more than an obvious implication would.

>>999195
Not anymore.

Why don't we just use this first interview to say hello to the bipeds and keep all the secret spilling and manipulating till later. It's not like they are going anywhere.

>>999195
>... spinning our words is a mistake when we have an invasion fleet in orbit.
Watch them take our words out of context, somehow spinning it as proof that we've been planning an invasion all along. These interviews are just an attempt to keep the populace ignorant and glued to the screen.

Wake up, sheeple!

>>999217
Why not also talk about our race? We must be dying to brag about the superiority of the hive.

>>999195
Remember, they can't allow themselves to be seen as weak.

I've little doubt that under the circumstances they can and will portray us as evil invaders if they think they can win against us with a sufficient surge of patriotism.

What >>999223 said.

People will spin all the time and for any reason.

>>999205
You say that as if we think a war against the union is bad, any ground combat is an assured victory, they are already fighting the commonwealth, the worst it will do is occupy the time of some of our fleets and we can ask Theseus to help share the load.
It's funny, the union is the one who would profit from giving us the expanse if they knew what we would could to them.

>>999182
There's no need to be that detailed or forthright.

We can spin it much simpler and keep it on-message with the whole, the so-called Expanse must be put in hive custody.

Recent human intrusion into hive territory has to be reversed. Human activity has drawn the attention of the hive's enemies to this sector of space. (Which is true, the Tartarus reactor was human activity.) The hive must prepare for war, lest humans too be consumed by the enemy like so many other species.

>>999131
>Have Lang find a supposedly balanced news network.

Lee quickly leaves the courtyard, having no idea where he is going as a warrior follows close behind, its sensors mapping the halls ahead as he finds his way to the next security checkpoint. A guard examines the drone, unsure of himself or his actions as you listen to his mind weigh his orders against his common sense.

"Only representatives allowed inside." He squeaks.

"I think it's going to try to follow me in anyways." Lee says. The guard, a man far less armed or armored than those further outside, grips a stun baton nervously at his side.

"I don't think he will fit in the scanner. And for sure not in the elevator." He says as he takes a step back. Lee just scratches his head.

"Alright." He says and turns to your heavy warrior. "Just stay here." He says and walks through the scanner. The warrior inches forward in mild concern, the drone's function as a body guard seemingly in jeopardy.

"No, stay, right here. In fact, probably best you stick to the embassy, I'll be fine." The warrior groans, its chitinous armor flexing as it squirms in indecision until you recall its security duty until after the meeting.

"See." Lee says to the guard. "They just take their jobs very seriously." The man only nods.

"You have a good day sir." He says as he returns to his spot beside the security scanner.

Cont.

>>999228
>>999217
I like the idea of initiating our first interview with low-key things.

>>999233
Like the Russian hackers meme.

>>999228
Well yeah, they are going to have questions. But no need to bring up nigger queen out void faggots. Not unless it would gain us something.

>>998554
FOR MOTHER!

A bit late to the party but so great to see HQQ

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>>999239
our warriors a qt

>>999244
>>999240
I think they find each of the Hives pretty interesting. I bet a lot of Greens will like Gardener and come to think of it we're a lot like our aunt.

>>999257
Funnily enough, if you consider our mother to be human's "mother" (given her genetic tampering in them), we can be humanity's aunt as well.

>>999274
wouldn't that be sibling?

You know all our diplomatic encounters with the union have been of military orgin we first meet them while they were invonflict with the union then they sent soldiers to do froced recon on the hive as well as sabotage our infestructure know we have a feet above ther homeworld.

>>999274
Wouldn't that make us sibling species though?

>>999274
Sibling, but yeah, probably shouldn't open that can of worms for them.

>>999234
We just jumped a massive armada larger than their entire standing fleet into atmosphere over the capital planet (conveniently bypassing their defenses aimed at stopping the approach of ships from outside the system). They should be well and truly spooked.

>>999281
>>999284

Yes, my mistake (I guess I didn't get enough sleep last night).

I suppose in that case we're humanity's little sister. Although we probably shouldn't bring that up at this point.

>>999285
>>999274
Yeah I doubt humanity's gonna react well to the news that they were the genetic experiment of our mom

not to mention the shitstorm that would happen if it was discovered that the White Queen used humanity as a testing chamber for the Psionic Cannon leading to the Exodus of Earth

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First thread! I caught up with the archives 1 HOUR after the last thread fell and I've been waiting for months!

I wonder what the new sewer hive under Path is doing!

Anyone remember what our plan was last thread? if so would you mind sharing?

Did we ever find out what happened when we critfailed looking for OQ contagion in that one space battle?

>>999305
There's none right now, our agents are hiding with that rebel group but hopefully we get to see what BQ spores can do, maybe good Intel on what a ground invasion would entail

>>999322
That's what happened. We didn't find out what happened.

>>999300
Earth was turned into a shithole well before the moon blew up anyway, they should thank Mom for giving them the excuse to leave and ending the war.
http://ask.fm/QuestDrone/answers/127735709221

>>999318
Um let's see
Hold the line against the scavs in commonwealth space
Secure the shard in the mirage
And some discussion about a either recon in force or a raid into BQ before
She makes her next move

>>999305
It's Gemini anon. The planet that we are currently on. Wait how is the Taidarens in the sewer doing?

>>999346
They were pretty much loving the parasites last I remember.

>>999346
Snug as a Taidaren in a sewer.

>>999343
A raid to be honest is a bad idea. It would cause her to attack harder.
>>999353
>>999356
I kind of want to see their perspective on this shit.

>>999254
FormOther plushie line when?

>>999358
Ever heard of a Spoiling Attack?
Its not as if the OQ isnt already planning to attack us anyway.
If we fuck her up the sooner, the more breathing room we can get.

>>999324
>>999346
That's why the word 'new' was there.

It's new. And on Path. And it was about to be established 5 in universe days ago.
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/47978791/#47980639

>>>/tg/48096387
>A point of light flickers in the sky, a single, glowing dot growing in size shooting across the sky. It grows closer, until its passing offers a distant thundering roar. The space pod arcs over the valley, illuminating it only briefly with a faint glow of atmospheric friction before bouncing off the top of a terrace and landing in the distant pine covered forests beyond with the sound of rolling thunder. It has scarcely cooled from its landing before the inhabiting drones consume it, fleeing into the wilderness in the direction of the distant skyline.

>>999358
She already preparing her forces, either hit now to buy time or let her gather enough to do a big push

We don't have the initiative right now and if she decides to launch forces at us and the unity and union we won't be able to stop her

Raiding her at least some buy us time and let's us Guage what she is doing

So how them nano missiles work? the ones that dismantle ships. couldn't we just make an even bigger one of fire them in large numbers at one of her planets?

>>999361
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>>999358
She doesn't know where to attack

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>>999239
Lee quickly finds the elevator, and a conveniently placed map next to it. He flicks his hand over the screen and finds Morgan's office, and calls the elevator with a click to the screen.

The office floor is near the top of the towers in the parliament building, but there are no windows, at least beyond the holo-displays. Oddly enough, it is possible to be too important to have a window office, it seems. You begin to suspect that all such offices are filled with people appointed as a favor, or to return such a favor, as opposed to their competence.

"Well, that would explain all the people you had to deal with up till now." Lee thinks. You find it to be a flattering statement of Union bureaucracy from what you have seen of it.

The door slides open as if expecting him, and it likely was, as you notice the biometric scanners above every door. Morgan is sitting behind his desk, papers strewn about, with a bottle of clear liquid on his desk with a half-full glass in front of him, and an empty one across the table in front of an empty chair. He looks up to Lee as he takes a long sip of his glass.

"Ambassador Lee." He says. "Here, take a seat. I assume you have something akin to a detoxer?"

"A what?"

"A detoxer. Like a fake liver, or an implanted dialysis machine I suppose. Fights poisons, including, sadly in this case, alcohol. Standard issue for public officials of any importance, and your Hive certainly has leagues better medical tech than we do. I figured you'd have some kind of engineered organ implant that does the same thing. Probably better than mine."

"Oh, right." Lee says. "I guess." Morgan begins filling the second glass.

"Well then here." He says. Lee slides into the empty chair and takes a whiff of the glass. It smells almost like rubbing alcohol. Lee glances at the bottle. It has a large image of Earth's moon, its face cracked like a mirror, with a line of large text wrapped around it reading "Cracked Moon Spirits Private Select, Brewed on Talgo, 75UC: 130 Proof" With a hand-scrawled note near the bottom reading "Welcome to the Lion's den. Watch your back, Conrad."

Lee takes a reluctant sip and nearly chokes on it.

"What is this?" Lee asks. Morgan chuckles to himself for a moment before taking another long sip, and begins to refill his glass.

"Some manner of un-aged corn whisky. Apparently it's a thing on Talgo. Killinger gave it to me when I was first appointed Secretary of State. He called it moonshine."

"Never heard of it." Lee says, then after a moment. "But I got a sudden feeling I know someone who would like some." Morgan shrugs.

"Well, he said it used to be a big deal on Earth, but never really caught on in the mainstream. I can see why." He says as he swirls the liquid in his glass, then takes another sip. "Now, let's talk."


>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union
>Discuss the Expanse Ultimatum (write in)
>Other write in

>>999373
Oh yeah, we already picked up some furby things

>>999368
She can't attack us. Our capital planet has a psionic shroud. However she could try taking over other planets to preoccupy us.

>>999380
>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union

>>999380
>>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union

>>999380
>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union

>>999380
>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union
Start with the (relatively) small talk

>>999380
>>Discuss the Expanse Ultimatum (write in)
Are you imbibing because of the discussions with the rest of Parliament about the Expanse?

What have they been saying? Does the press know yet? None of the Parliament reps have visited Lee yet.

>>999380
>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union
>Discuss the Hive's relations with the Commonwealth

>>999384
A shroud doesn't mean she can't attack us. She can still use optical sensors and big rocks.

>>999380
>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union.
>Discuss the Expanse Ultimatum (write in)
Well add in the skyl language.

>>999380
>>Discuss the Hive's public relations with the Union

>>999384
>She can't attack us. Our capital planet has a psionic shroud.
>>999403
>optical sensors and big rocks

That's not even what that shit does anon. A psionic shroud has nothing to do with psionic cloaking.