>>5864165
Talk with AlphaRange, get drones (if we have any spare) on gathering gas from the pockets.

>>5864225
Each gas harvesting team produces a profit of +145.

You can produce 13 harvesting teams in a day, and not produce anything else.

This will raise you fuel income to:

+882 fuel/day.

Do or don't?

Ask Lemmington if the would mind if we would postpone any further offensive against Uni-Peace until the next month.

In the mean time, I would like to expand our mining base on both fuel and minerals.

Furthermore, we should send scouts to the remaining Uni-Peace holdings and start to launch missiles at larger gatherings of troops and infrastructure to keep them in disarray.

Rebuild any losses we sustained in the conflict with Uni-Peace and rebuild our missile supply.

Finally, let us build 50 submersible prospectors and send them off as soon as they are built.

>>5864165
Talk to AplhaRange

Start construction of submersible drones for scouting and mining.

>>5864259

Please do.

>>5864259
Do that on day 25. For day 24 make some subs and start scouting.

>>5864285
Waiting for agreement.

Anyway, AlphaRange has this to say:

"We're changing the deal. For every 1000 slaves you deliver - race does not matter - we offer one piece of technology. Call it a rip-off, but we've decided.
"In order to leave this planet, our slave quota must reach 50,000 in a six-month period. We currently possess 5,984 slaves. If you can help us bring that quota up to the full fifty-kay, we'll be out of here and we're offering you our Eastern territory. The rest'll be abandoned for you to claim.
"Also, give us the slaves you currently have and we'll share our EMP technology - we've encountered the virus again - there's fucking loads of it to the Southwest."

>>5864325
Making 50 heavy submersibles and also building 10 harvesting teams.

Raises fuel/day to:
+197

>>5864272
Or convert preexisting drones if that's cheaper.

Based on the last thread, I'd like to order some fusion batteries with our surplus TONS and have them ready to power some COLOSSUS drones. This will insanely increase our income, even if it's initially expensive.

>>5864365
Deal.

Also, let's deactivate our combat drones for the time being (I'm assuming we're not chasing after Uni-Peace) and produce 50 submersible samplers, and 5 Submersible construction drones.

I'd like to get shock collars from AR. If there are any scientists or engineers from Uni-Peace, they could be useful. I don't think we really need their EMP tech anymore.

Also, anyone else interested in stocking a few dozen batteries, and eventually runnin a Collosus off of them?

>>5864365
>>5864285
I agree.

>>5864393
That'll have to wait for next month when we purchase the HCF, colossus,etc.

>>5864365
"We're not concerned with buying EMP at this time. However, we still had an offer on the table regarding helicopter technology that we'd be interested in pursuing. We'd be obliged if you'd keep to that current deal, and in return we'll devote more of our resources to helping you with your goal, instead of taking offense at the drastically increased price per tech."

Oh, and by the way:

Gaia was a Powered Armour Colossus with 6x Explosive Bolters, 6x Lasers, 6x Artillery, 12x gravity gun and 2x kinetic shield.

>>5864414
>>5864404

WE HAVE EMP ALREADY, JEEZ. NO DEAL.

>>5864426
Seconding this.

>>5864365

Can be breed the natives to help AlphaRange reach it's quota?

>>5864437
Have we brought it back to base yet?

Have the tech labs work on his generator and the shields.

>>5864441
No we don't. We have a directional gun that shoots a cone of EMP; which is not the same and not as useful.

>>5864437
(Note to fellow contractors: this means we can't assume a Colossus drone will be unstoppable. Although Gaia had a lot of jury-rigging, it still went down like a punk. Even with that, good thing we had the heat beams, or it would have been hitting us HARD with all that weaponry.)

>>5864426
"You've found the motherlode of slaves, those little islands there. We can't just give away all of our technology for such a low price.

"Listen, how about this. In exchange for this new deal, we give you 'copter technology and one other form of technology you want, then one tech per thousand, how about that?"

>>5864470
We don't know what EMP they're offering, it could be the same. People are jumping onboard their offer when we already have tech that can do most of the job we need already. Frankly, getting flight for our drones is a much better idea. How about a chopper Colossus with a fusion battery?

>>5864481
Deal

Gentlemen!

What are we going to do with our guest from Uni-Peace, currently in our care?

>>5864450
You'll know how cloaking fields and kinetic shields work by Day 28, Month 2.

>>5864472
The reason it went down is because it had joints. We've already elaborated on how bad an idea a bipedal design is. Which is why we have treads. Also, no one else has heat rays.

>>5864481

"Now we're speaking the same language! As always, it's a pleasure doing business with you."

>>5864165
Start scouting all the islands to the east that we can.

Requesting updated map.

>>5864496
I have a few ideas. They involve some of that alcohol from AR, for starters...

>>5864533
Damnit John we arn't going to play a game of pretend with you. Just drop it ok?

>>5864393
>>5864412

I also want to do this. Since we have to get the fusion batteries ordered shortly or wait an entire month, let's use the projected surplus and buy as many as we can. They'll pay for themselves in no time.

>>5864533
I thought that image was the cover of "I Am the Cheese" for a moment.

>>5864546
I'm just saying, I'd be willing to do my part for the company by housing her in my personal area, freeing up a habitat for other use.

Oh, and I like shock collars. :D

Day 25, Month 2

38,846.1 tons
26,548 fuel

+1395 tons/day
+197 fuel/day

You've discovered 12 new metal deposits.
You've discovered 25 new gas pockets.

You have recieved 'copter technology.
You can still aquire one type of technology of your choice from AlphaRange.

>>5864569
I'm going to need to to record all interations with her for security reasons.

>>5864582
S70 butts in:
"It might be handy to have a base down in the South."

>>5864582
Build as many teams for gas collection as we can. Is the army (not the slavers) powered down for now back at base?

I want to place an order for 16 fusion batteries. I've checked, this is within our surplus, even being on the safe side just in case of minor difficulties. Plugging them into colossus drones (or even before we have those, we can still use them) will give us a major production boost and no corresponding gas decrease.

>>5864598
>>5864582
Please build the base between the base at the south eastern tip. That way it is between both factions to the south.

>>5864586

Let's call Lemmington and ask if they can turn her into a catgirl. That should out for her, with all that eco-crap, as well as us. (My lack of Bad Guy Quest is showing, isn't it?)

>>5864602
We can also use them to power builds and mining / gas operations to help cut down needs.

>>5864602
How about just 10 for now.

>>5864602

Second. This makes having Colossus choppers viable (5x normal gas is anything but viable otherwise... it's kind of ridiculous). We can have a colossus flying slave grabber for MASS slave grabs all on its own, then (in which case the superweapon gravity gun is a good thing to research). Or Colossus helicopter harvesters on the mothership working 24-7, able to relocate at a moment's notice. And of course colossus chopper combat drones.

>>5864602
Alright, if 16 is within our budget, I'd like to propose We make at least 6 of these combat drones, and the other 10 dedicated to our resource gathering. Or 8 and 8. Also, 70 should get one.

>>5864636
See, then we've got to wait a MONTH till we can get more. We can easily use all 16.

How long till the modifications to the normal gravity gun are completed so that it's a dedicated slave snatcher gun? And if we've done that, how long would the research be to superweaponize it?

>>5864636
If we need more, we have to wait another 30 days. I'd like to have excess, since we can afford it.

>>5864602
They only act as haulers for slavery and ammunition purposes.
Any hauler larger than superheavy is too big for mining or gas extraction.

>>5864653
Do slaves count as resources? Because these would be literally perfect for harvesting Monkey Island. They could just pluck natives from up high with their gravity guns after popping a few tear gas shells down. Well, as soon as we scout it and make sure that Uni-Peace hasn't fortified the area with anti-air, that is.

>>5864665
Flying artillery platforms that can reload themselves? FUCK YEAH.

>>5864665
What about transport? Could we cram a ton of VTOL light/medium drones into a Colossus copter and have a flying carrier?

Let's get a base started in/on the ziggurat.

Also, let's call up A-R's list 'o' tech and claim the second half of our reward.

>>5864621
Agreed

>>5864665
Does a hauler = harvester?

Did we ever discover if any of the UP prisoners were scientists/engineers? If so, I want shock collars from AR. Hide the prisoners we want, and put em to work later.

>>5864685
That's awesome.

>>5864685
Completely possible, yes.

5864621 Here

>>5864686
Changing to this about base building.

>>5864703

Could one of those carriers refuel it's drones with energy from it's fusion battery?

>>5864711
Oh nice idea.

>>5864697
No, since you killed off Centauri Synthetics, you do not have access to hauler-harvesters.

You cannot have any harvester that's larger than heavy.
You cannot have any sampler that's larger than heavy.
You can't have any constructor that's larger than supermassive.

Haulers, combat and transports can be any size.

>>5864711 here

If not, could we add a second battery to the carrier for refueling purposes?

>>5864711
Fusion battery transports can act as a energy-chargers, yes.
However, the drones must be designed to be charged at these transports - if the transport leaves them, they run out of energy after a day.

>>5864719
There goes my idea of actually making a dent in the amount of metal the mothership has by having flying colossus harvesters able to get at more of it.

Taking out Centuri has really screwed us over. Maybe we should try to get them to send a new operation on-planet.

>>5864740

Can't we research that stuff by ourselves?

It seems like people like my carrier idea. I'm flattered. Anyway, is there some way we can work satellites and a HCF into the budget for next month? Orbital strike capability would give us a MASSIVE advantage over everyone on the surface.

Okay, unless AR is offering anything new for tech, I'm good with either shock collars or EMP (assuming it's different than ours). Even if it means sharing our own EMP advances with them.

>>5864753

Rods from TradeStar?

>>5864749
Er, yeah. That's true. We should build some more Tech. Labs at the start of next month. Wasn't there an option to build a combo Tech. Lab (4 in one) that sped research without needing more scientists?

>>5864753
They're part of it. Colossus drones, HCF, satellite. We'll be able to make it all back with undersea exploration, and maybe with researching harvester-haulers so that we can have Colossus drones doing massive metal harvesting.

>>5864775
Four exam labs or four tech lab built in unison makes heavy exam lab or heavy tech lab. Research time is halved.

Remember: If research time is 5 or less, scientists cannot reduce it any further.

Is there any possible way to adapt larger drones for resource extraction? Maybe adding smaller spider-type limbs , making the drones bulk irrelevant?

>>5864804
Or with that modified gravity gun that should be about done now.

Day 26, Month 2

40,041.1 tons
32,084 fuel

+1395 tons/day
+6576 fuel/day

Active Mines: 9 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 62

Available Mines: 110

Available Gas Pockets: 49

You have finished inventing the Gravity Snatcher.

You have deactivated your combat drones.

You have built HQ4 - with two construction facilities, two habitats one refinery and one storage facilities.

>>5864792
Why not use our tech lab to make a harvester-hauler hybrid while our examination labs should reverse-engineer the cloaking, shielding, and explosive bolt tech.

>>5864821

Could we build a few light flying scouts and send them to scout the unknown faction?

>>5864821
Let's talk to AlphaRange.
A: We want our second tech now, why not, and
B: THIS BOOZE IS AWESOME, GAIS.

>>5864821
Build 5 mining teams for metals

Keep searching the islands

How is the slave gathering going?

AlphaRange is also offering:
Shock Collars Technology
EMP Technology
Explosive Bolt Technology
Skimmer Technology
Sonic Technology
Jericho Technology

>>5864826
I agree that we should do this, but first I want it confirmed that it will let Colossus drones harvest.

Also, begin researching the superweapon version of the gravity snatcher.

>>5864865

Could you be so kind and elaborate this "Jericho Technology"?

>>5864865
plz for to explain how their version of EMP works, and what Jericho is, thanks.

>>5864865
>>Jericho Technology

Wait, what's this now?

>>5864855
What is a cute AI like you doing in a dirty place like this?

Plasma - are we able to send a sub or a scout all the way to the crash site on the west end of the map?

Also I would like to have a base built at the location pointed out on the map.

I'm betting Jericho Technology is similar to "Earthquake" shells, or some sort of seismic activity producing weapon, similar to the British Earthquake bomb in WW2 that would bury itself about 100 ft or so into the ground and then detonate.

>>5864908
The reason behind the base is to help have a refuel point and help expand / scout farther out.

Turret the 4th base as per the others, have 6 light flamer combat drones patrolling it and several heavy laser drones ready to be activated for backup.

>>5864753
I'm going to outline my Satellite Plan here before I sleep. First: Obviously, obtain the facilities to manufacture and launch satellites. Second: Make large satellites capable of holding heat rays and missiles. Third: Equip the satellite(s) with cloaking, making them difficult to locate. This effectively eliminates the chances of the satellite being shot down by a surface to orbit missile. In regards to the satellite's armament: Contrary to popular belief, tungsten rods are not better than warheads. The "Rods from God" system is discussed more often because WMDs are currently banned from earth orbit by the SALT treaties.

tl; dr:
Make awesome satellites, actual missiles are better than tungsten rods.

The Jericho is a superweapn. Takes up 3 primary weapon slots and 2 auxiliary weapon slots.

It comes with five rockets. After being fired, each rocket opens up to reveal the concealed payload of eight warheads.

This allows you to bring missles to the battleground and with devastating effect.

>>5864935
The satellites do have anti-missile flares, it's been said. Cloaking would still be nice so that people wouldn't know they were there (or where they were), so that they could plan activities around their orbits (avoiding our eyes, in other words).

We'd have to research those mods, I'd bet.

We should seal up the remaining tunnels that we find to prevent insurgents by the remaining hippies.
A fun gun idea would use the gravity gun in repulsion mode and fling explosives at the target. It could be used with ball bearings to cause havoc.

>>5864959
Jericho it is.

>>5864959
So a multi-missile or cluster bomb?

>>5864959
Oh score.

Is it significantly better than superweapon artillery in any way? Also, how is AR's EMP designed?

>>5864979
Sold, by the man in the red and yellow.
Jericho it is, shit shall be detonated.

>>5864987
Multi-missle
>>5864989
Superweapon artillery has much more ammunition, but much less devastating payload.

AR EMP doesn't function as a gun - instead, it needs to be put inside a shell or a missle.

>>5864908
Good Idea. A foot hold out in the water should come in handy.

>>5865013
Multi-missile? Fucking sold! MIRV weapons are the best kind of weapons.

>>5865013
Cool, we'll buy EMP with the next batch then. Jericho is just too cool to skip.

methink pissing of AR would be VERY bad

>>5865046
They just said they want off the planet. We're their only way of obtaining said goal quickly.

Can we skip several days, to the next month? Unless something comes up, we are pretty set with our purchases and plans. Just keep expanding the undersea operations with scavengers and harvesters as appropriate. Also build another 45 superheavy amphibious combat-haulers, and equip those and the other 30 with gravity snatchers and tear gas versions of the flamethrowers.

Day 27, Month 2

41,236.1 tons
40,495 fuel

+1395 tons/day
+8436 fuel/day

Active Mines: 9 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 75

Available Mines: 127

Available Gas Pockets: 46

TradeStar wants to know if you want to purchase any additional produces. Your debt is currently at 37500 and two scientists will be coming at the end of the month. AFTER TODAY YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ORDER ANYTHING FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH EXCLUDING SCHEMATICS.
You're also informed that the Hajjar Operations Manager will be coming down to chat with you.

Base 5 is constructed, following the build of Base 4.

You recieve Jericho schematics.

You send 5 light 'copter samplers into the claimed territory East of HQ3.

>>5865062
On that note, what is the status of our slaver drones? And have we already shipped off our slaves to AR?

"We want 16 fusion batteries, please."

>>5865099
Make 20 SH Jericho drones.

Make 250 Jericho missles.

Restock all current missles types to 20 of each kind.

>>5865099
How is the slave operation coming along?

>>5865106
Your slaver drones haven't been activated or armed yet, they're disabled with the rest of the combat drones.

All slaves excluding the leader have been shipped to AR.

>>5865141

How is our guest?

>>5865133
Do this after the month progresses, please. Let's hold off on massive building until then.

>>5865099
Make 5 more mining teams

>>5865133
Do the math, make sure we can afford to get the batteries and still build this. Otherwise, postpone jericho production until the 1st.

>>5865122
I don't think we'll be able to afford that, come end of month.

>>5865141
Let's not have her visible when our boss is here. Why we have a random terrorist woman tied up in a shed is not a conversation that's likely to have a healthy end for our paychecks.

>>5865133 Here

I agree with >>5865148

>>5865122
"That raises your debt to 45500. You ready to pay that? If not, we won't be very pleased.

>>5865166
We can afford it, the math's been done, even with some to spare. Just hold off on any massive projects until the next month.

>>5865170
No more purchases until after the first. Well need the metal for any build up and let's not piss off our employers when we have to pay them.

>>5865170
Make that only 8 for now please.

>>5865170
Make that 15. By my math, we'll end up 80 metal short. Also, don't build anything until post-pick up.

>>5865170
Guys we can't afford it. With our production as is we'll reach just bellow that.

>>5865190
Agreed, 15.

>>5865190
>>5865187
>>5865170

Crap, we spent a lot more than I budgeted in the initial math. Make it 15, we'll use them all.

>>5865190
That is a bad idea. Lets just go with what we have for now. If anything only 2 to 4 batteries.

We are going to need some starting metal. We don't make that much per day after all.

Once we expand our metal mines we should be ok.

I'll admit it, I have been making rough estimates of the stuff you've been making in terms of tons. Just did the maths and I have actually been taking way too much from you.

Your current metal is raised to:
42,236.1 tons

We really shouldn't spend all the metal

>>5865207
Look, 30 days is practically an eternity. We're going to be wanting more batteries as it is. The things are bloody useful. I say 15.

>>5865226
Ok 15 it is.

>>5865147
She's irritated, but alive and well and eating the food she's given. She's been completely silent.

>>5865241
Continue solitary confinement, don't attempt to initiate contact, ignore it if she initiates contact. Given enough time, she'll be begging for human interaction.

Well with the little boost in tons I am willing to stop saying no and agree to 15.

>>5865234
>>5865226
>>5865206
>>5865205
>>5865190
"Sixteen it is. That debt'll be 45500. Judging by the values you've given you should... just about make it. You're playing it way too close to the chest to be decent employees. Wise up, shitheads."

15, so that we can keep making minor expansions to undersea operations with the last few days of the month.

Query: is a hauler-harvester hybrid able to be built at colossus size?

>>5865263
Just in case we run short, we we dismantle some of our drones to make up for the difference?
And since we are going to get the fusion batteries, well need to put one in each base we have to reduce fuel costs.

>>5865263
Build as many mining teams as we can so we can try to get out metal count up before the end of the month.

>>5865263
*cough*
>>15
>>15
>>15
>>15
>>15

>>"Sixteen it is."

>>5865278
All units that guard the base can be recharged from the battery. So all units that are being used as defense can stay active at all times. I like this plan!

>>5865270
No, only combat-haulers, hauler-transports, combat-transports and these individuals ones.

Yes, it's possible to invent larger-than-heavy harvesters but it'll take 30/15 days, at tech labs / heavy tech labs respectively.

>>5865290
What exactly is a transport's job? Hauling people in comfort?

>>5865281
15, then.
>>5865248
Done.

Skipping to Day 30, then.

>>5865290
I think it'd be worth inventing colossus harvesters.

The gravity snatcher science complex got to work on superweaponing the device, right?

>>5865298
A transport carries other drones at a faster rate than a drone would travel at. Also ferries non-amphibious or non-flying stuff around.

Since fuel is becoming less of an issue, I would like to vote that our undersea mining operations focus more on metal than gas.

>>5865307
Correct. Should be complete by Day 1, Month 3.

>>5865311
Seconded.

>>5865309
Oooh, and the tech is only 1000 TONS... I'm loving the carrier idea. We'll have an expensive initial month, but with enough progress we should make all that back.

>>5865339
Stop buying shit we cannot afford. I move that no more purchases until the first of next month.

>>5865345
Agreed.

Requesting we move to day 30.

Day 30, Month 2

1421.1 tons
65928 fuel

+1395 tons/day
+8461 fuel/day

Active Mines: 9 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 75

Available Mines: 153

Available Gas Pockets: 79

The transport ship has arrived and has taken your tribute. Also, the Head of Hajjar Affairs has arrived and wishes to discuss the situation with you.

Your debt's reset to 2500.

Research of cloaking technology and kinetics shields is complete.

>>5865377
Shift 25 gas groups to metal mining please.


Also lets hear what the dude has to say.

>>5865377
Ok, what does he have to say?

>>5865377
Install a Kinetic Shield along with a fusion battery on our bases. And don't we have personal Power Armor for us? If we do we should install the cloak on them and Samson 70's armored unit if he wants.

Okay, here's my plan (subject to change depending on what the man from corporate says).

Purchase:
Heavy Construction Facility - 15000 TONS
Colossus - 20000 TONS
Satellite - 15000 TONS
VTOL - 5000 TONS
Transport - 1000 TONS

56000 TONS total. Quite doable, we almost made that much this month even with building a drone army.

This gives us MASSIVE superiority in combat with huge boosts to intelligence gathering (satellites) and air superiority + rapid response (Colossus helicopter carriers with VTOL drones). We make sure to equip our carriers with shielding, and we equip a good chunk of the VTOL drones with cloaking.

We also build several Colossus helicopter combat-haulers equipped with the superweapon gravity gun and have them pluck natives from high up for rapid enslavement opportunities.

>>5865401
I vote Samson gets a colossus once we begin producing them. As such, I vote a skip on installing the shield in his current drone.

Kinetic shield also counts as a superweapn, 3 primary slots, 2 auxiliary slots.
One kinetic shield prevents small arms fire.
Two kinetic shields is enough to stop missles and artillery as well.
Kinetic shields doubles the fuel cost of a drone if used.

Cloaking doesn't take up a single slot.
But it doubles fuel consumption if used.

I may have missed this, but... How many subcontractors are we assuming are playing, since the number varies? How many power armors did we build?

>>5865410
Ack, I meant to order him a nice synth body from Centuri (like, from their normal retail/sales dept) and have it delivered this month. Ah well, next month I guess.

>>5865433
We don't have power armor. We never go in the field. Basicly we never leave the safety of the base.

>>5865429
Oh, and the range on a kinetic shield is variable when you construct it, between minimal distance (the radius is as small as it can be yet still cover the entire drone) and half a mile.

>>5865429
Does this increased fuel cost for kinetic shields mean we would need two fusion batteries to replace fuel costs?

>>5865459
In the last thread we built power armor as a last-resort defense kinda thing. May have been the one before that, I forget.

>>5865449
Just this once, the body is delivered for Samson to use.

And in case it really is needed, you have 20 suits of heavy powered armour, with lightning guns, shockwave guns and gravity guns.

>>5865472
No.

>>5865482
I swear I mentioned it in a previous thread or 2. Just never said it at purchase time.

We may be a heartless corp, but we pride ourselves on taking care of our employees. Also Sampson 70 is a bro.

Anyway, the Head of Hajjar Affairs comes to your conference room and sits before you, observing you with a pair of heavy combat drones beside him to guard him - just in case.

"So. What have you discovered on this planet? Biologically, I mean - besides the natives. An exotic form of animal? Some rare form of bacteria? A virus of some sort? Or something else perhaps? Have you discovered anything of the sort?"

Message from the boss?

>>5865508
"Oh, sir, you landed at the wrong sector. LP is over thataway."

>>5865508
You sack of twenty bastards, you lot KNEW.

>>5865527
He clicks his fingers. The lasers on the pair of heavy drones are charging.

"I said - have you discovered any peculiar form of life? Such as an animal or a virus?"

>>5865508
Could we use our EMP weapons on his drones him knowing. What would happen if we used them on his shuttle? Would it be traceable?

>>5865508
Anyone else getting Dead Space vibes, where the brass already knows everything but won't tell you.
How are the guard drones armed? Because we may have to run for it to another base in the power armor.

>>5865551
"You already seem to know that we have, so, yes. Some sort of nanovirus. Burns *real* nice, hope it wasn't a project of yours or nothing.

>>5865567
Yes. If the shuttle wouldn't arrive if a few days time, they'd end up finding out.

At this stage, you kind of have to comply - if you don't, you're planet-stranded.

>>5865583
Too bad the drones are pointing lasers at us right now.

>>5865551
"Sorry, didn't realize your time was so limited, sir. We found--well, more like Centuri found, we only encountered it after they did--a rather insidious nanovirus. We have footage of our extermination efforts if you'd like to see."

>>5865567

I missed a "without" in that post.

Huh. I had assumed we already reported the nanoplague to TradeStar. Oh well, I guess we didn't.

>>5865587

Say what this guy wrote.

>>5865587
"Luckily for you, it wasn't. I presume this nanovirus was rather intelligent, if it was of any importance to you. Let me to tell you how these sort of nanoviruses work. There's a central organism somewhere that runs everything - it's not a hive mind, the individual viruses are far too small and weak for this. They're most likely controlled. My request is this - if this nanovirus has a central organism, I want you to locate it, extract it and send it to us. Otherwise, you're not getting off this world alive. Am I clear?"

>>5865551

Play ball for now. Tell him we eradicated any sign of that virus.

>>5865627
Understood.

>>5865627
I say we call the central organism the Red Maker.

>>5865627
"You're entirely clear, sir."

>>5865627

"Sure thing, boss. If we manage to find the thing, we'll do our best to subdue it."

"Out of curiosity, how did you find out about the virus? Perhaps you have some more intelligence that would be useful in the pursuit our new objective?"

>>5865647
>>5865654
"Very good."
He climbs to his feet, outside and on to the shuttle, which promptly takes off.

Just because we say we'll do it, doesn't mean we have to. If we never test for a controlling center, we'll never find one. And then if it's destroyed, well, we never found a control center.

>>5865627

Sir, yes, Sir!

Plasma, please give us a quick overview of the hierachy of TradeStar and where this guy fits in it.

>>5865627
We would gladly accept any tech you could give us toward completing this reqest.

Soon as he's gone, we need to call AR and Lemmy. We can't trust TradeStar to get us out of here anymore, so we're going to want to see if we can get spaceship specs out of either of our good buddies.

>>5865667
You get absolutely no response.

I believe it's relatively safe to assume we should begin this mission on the island where the Prawn spaceship was first attacked by the virus. The one in the southwest corner.

>>5865409
Let's do this.

Although I'm tempted to build our own shuttle and use our Repulsor drive to say "nyah-nyah corporate jerk," let's continue with the expansion for now.

>>5865687

Could you describe the other planets in this system?
Are they colonised, worthy of exploitation, claimd by other corporations?

>>5865713
Don't forget moons. Holy crap, if we could get some drones on a moon or two...

>>5865672
Each planet has a head of affairs, a director, a planetary chief executive, so on and so forth. These various individuals form a board of directors, a senate of some sort.

This guy's in a position where he has everything to gain and everything to lose. He needs Hajjar to come out as a success or else he's a low-ranking scrub again.

Send a message to AlphaRange and Lemmington. Tell them we have urgent things to discuss, pertaining to the nanovirus and possible conspiracies.

>>5865732

Would TradeStar accept if an accident happend to him after threatening his subordinates?

>>5865713
Five other planets, with Hajjar being the third in a series of five. There are two asteroid belts, one between second and third and one between fifth and sixth. Hajjar has two moons and is the only planet that is being exploited. This is a frontier system.

>>5865744
Nah, let's keep them out of this for now. Unless you want to pay LP to blast the crap out of the virus.

>>5865760

Does any kind of teleportation technology exist? If so, what range can it be used at?

>>5865751
The real question to ask is, can we get one of our guys in his place if an accident happens to him?

Or even someone else who is less of an ass.

>>5865761

The humans need to coordinate their efforts if we want to beat the virus. Remember in the Alien movies, how the humans always stomp the aliens until some jerk in the human camp betrays them? This is just like that. We need to handle this situation together.

>>5865751
You'd be left to rot on the planet, maybe with a brief orbital bombardment to ensure you're dead.

>>5865409
If we do this plan, what else would we need to begin moon operations? And will TradeStar frown upon that?

By the way, if all else fails this coming month, I suggest we make plans to seize the next TradeStar shuttle and escape the planet with it. Not saying we should do it, but we should have a plan for it ready as a contingency.

>>5865794
We need to start a mining project in the main base. We need to dig many miles down and setup our bunker.

>>5865794
>>5865799

Ok, so our revenge will have to wait. Maybe the containment unit for the nanovirus will be damaged, well ... this can be decided later.

Anyway, TradeStar seems like quite a shitty deal for up-and-coming entrepreneurs like us. Would we be able to send cloaked prospector drones/satellites to the other planets/moons in this system. Most importantly, without TradeStar or the other factions noticing?

>>5865698
>>5865698
>>5865698
>>5865698

>>5865809
That's a shuttle. Probably not interstellar-worthy.

We have a REPULSOR DRIVE. That IS interstellar-worthy. We could build a shuttle of our own, have our constructors lifted into space, build a ship there, load it full of our stuff, and gtfo to some other system and sell the lot.

>>5865777
Centauri Synthetics has pretty much the monopoly on teleportation and pretty much over any distance in space.

>>5865838
How about for now let's cooperate with AR to help fill their quota of slaves so we can get their territory. Also ask them about the area west and southwest of them if there are any traces of the nanovirus there.

>>5865858
Man, we sure ought to get another Centuri presence on this planet. Some of the tech they've got is worth slobbering over.

If we do end up deserting, I think AlphaRange would welcome us aboard. We seem to be better at slaving than the schmucks they've got now.

>>5865838
You have a propulsion thruster. That's a method of spacial and atmospheric locomotion, but it's not a FTL drive of any form.

>>5865878

I think we have to be careful what we buy from TradeStar from now on. I bet we'll get that orbital bombardment as soon as we deliver the nanovirus control unit, no matter what we do.

>>5865838

Its the ship they've been using to reach us. That says interstellar to me.

>>5865409
>>5865409
>>5865409

Tossing in my vote for this.

While we're building the facilities for the Colossus drones, let's send the 75 slaver drones we have already to Monkey Island.

Specced: Amphibious SH Combat-Hauler drone. 2 snatcher guns, flamethrower modded to spray tear gas instead. Reinforced hauler cage.

Send 10 large laser/laser/flamer combat drones with them.

Only way i can figure them finding out about the nanovirus is that this place is bugged.

>>5865902
Shuttle isn't really that correct word. It's a rather small cargoship. This month, it's had to make five trips back and forth from the primary ship in order to send up the entire payload.

You've also been given this advice:
"Build more spaceports, you inconsiderate little shits."

>>5865902
Well, with what we have now, we could -probably- hijack the thing. I'm thinking swapping some Gamma guns in place of the shockwave guns on our personal powered armor might be good.

>>5865913

Ask S70 to run a security scan on all our assets(at least those that matter), as a military AI he should have sufficient knowledge of such matters to help us. Btw, does he like his new body?

>>5865924
"We love you too, corporate."

>>5865913
That's my guess. Unless they could see the nanovirus from orbit or on the way down, because it's gotten that widespread or something.

>>5865910
If this is the plan we need to do it piece meal or we will be in massive debt. At our current rate of metal extraction well only have about 41k metal which means we will fall short about 15k metal. So we can't do it all this month as it will likely take about 2-3 months.

>>5865926
Yeah well in that case contractors not needed on duty ought to practice using those suits in simulated combat scenarios, especially shipboarding.

Does AR have any fast-learning combat software? Like, plug yourself in and become a super soldier?

Can we get an updated income after moving 25 of the gas mines to metal?

Could we design our own satellites with heat rays to act as both a wmd and anti space defence?

I currently wouldn't trust TradeStar designs in any way with our safety.

>>5865946
Right, but we're expanding our metal production constantly. Also, we got more than 41k last month, even after spending a boatload of it.

Total debt of 58500 TONS is not THAT much if we're not buying stuff for the rest of the month. Better to have it all from the start, too.

Day 1, Month 3

4691.1 tons
68764 fuel

+3270 tons/day
+2836 fuel/day

You have recieved heavy construction facility schematics.
You have recieved colossus construction schematics.
You have recieve VTOL schematics.
You have recieved satellite schematics.
You have recieved transport schematics.
You have invented the super gravity snatcher - which can be given a better name, if you wish.

Your debt is currently at 58500 TONS.

>>5865978
And cloaking, perhaps.

Yeah, that would save us a nice amount. As would designing the HCF. Trying to design the Colossus would probably be pushing it.

>>5865978

We're not going to war with TradeStar. We are one small private army. They are an empire, with dozens or hundreds of colonies like us (and probably some a lot bigger). At the MOST, we can hiijack one of their ships and escape with it, and that's only if we really take them by surprise.

>>5865978
Heat rays only work in atmospheric conditions. In space, motherships move too fast to require any form of defense.

But in order to get any weapons on your satellites, you'll need to tech lab it.

>>5865984
Wait, what?

Why is our tonnage per day so high suddenly?

>>5865984
I may have missed with but have we installed batteries at all bases and have their guards set to refuel from the batteries?


Also bring base 4 and 5 up to the same ammount of turrets as base 3.

Bring base 5 up to the same amount of guards/defenders as 4.

>>5865984
Send the 75 slavers and 10 escorts as per >>5865910.

Build 2 HCFs.

What are the specs for a Colossus transport? How many drones can we fit aboard, and still give it shielding?

>>5865984
>You have invented the super gravity snatcher - which can be given a better name, if you wish.
The "Freeman" Gravity Snatcher?

Satellite should be the first on our list to build then launch. As for the second we should use our largest hull, mount it with the Prawn Propulsion unit, fusion battery and arm it with heat rays, artillery, guided bombs/munitions, lasers and make it the love child of an AC-130 and B-52

>>5865984
I move that the super gravity snatcher be designated the "Fuck You" system.

Party with our new scientists.

>>5866008
We moved 25 mines worth of drones off gas and put them on metal.

>>5866004

TradeStar itself is not the problem, our boss is.

However, we need to think bigger. Exploit this system without them knowing is step1.

>>5866008
Because previously, you only had 9 mines and the Mothership being mined.

Since you swapped over 25 teams, you now have 34 mines being mined.

>>5866007
Begin researching satellite weapons (with a focus on heat rays, kinetic bombardment, and missiles) and cloaking.

>>5866007

Can we research the mothership's ftl-drive?

>>5866026
Your new scientists are particularily bemused and are waiting for an assignment.

S70 is enjoying his new body - which is basically a stylized humanoid skeleton made of white plastic, except with most of the front of the skull being replaced with a single bright red light, combine elite style.

Your "guest" is currently desperately looking for any method of escape. Every time she's fed, she desperately tries to crawl through the panel.

I nominate gravity gun as Opportunity, following the names of Liberty and Freedom.

What's the status of our underwater assets?

>>5866019

Just make it a chopper, fusion powered means it's no problem. But yes, we're going to build a floating battleship or several. Double shield/cloak/artillery/heat/lasers, hoo yeah.

>>5866054
>>Your "guest" is currently desperately looking for any method of escape. Every time she's fed, she desperately tries to crawl through the panel.

Have a light combat drone with a shock prod stationed specifically to guard her.

>>5866039
You blew up its primary engines in your conflict with it, eliminating its FTL facilities.

TradeStar also has no reason to provide you with FTL technology - so it's obvious you will not obtain it from them.

Have we begun expanding into the ocean yet?

If not I propose we build 5 Submersible Heavy Construction Drones along with 10 Submersible Light Sampler Drones. Then have the HCDs start building a facility for storage/construction of harvesters and haulers as deep as they can and begin searching for deposits.

I second Freeman Gun as the snatcher's name.

>>5866054
We want them working on Colossus harvesters.

Then satellite weaponry and cloaking.

Then super heat, or if that's not an option super artillery.

>>5866073
Already being done - although the base isn't made.

>>5866058
I was thinking more of a ground attack vehicle since the Prawn propulsion unit take no fuel if it is not moving. Well need for any hostilities as not only do we have a air to ground attack but also a bird's eye view of the battlefield. And the heat ray should do wonders against the nanovirus.

>>5866064

No.

Station the drone on the OTHER side of the feeding panel. We don't want to give her any confirmation, any recognition. If we let her know we're reacting to her, she won't be broken as easily.

Let her life go by, day after identical day, with no change and no human contact. She'll be ready to betray UniPeace's secrets eventually.

>>5866079
Both of them are working on the Collosus Harvester design.
This will be complete in 15-10 = 5 days.

>>5866054

We don't want our guest to have a mental breakdown. Allow her to talk to us for 15 minutes per day via video-feed. Oh, and give her a copy of "I have no mouth, and I must scream".

>>5866084
Lets get us the underwater base going then. Can we make it to the west toward the crash site? Say half way toward it.

Begin harvesting natives with our new Freeman Gun equipped group.

Build 2-3 HCFs, and 2 Colossus transports, double shielded, helicopter, with VTOL laser light, medium, and heavy drones that use its fusion battery carried.

The other HCF should begin building and launching satellites. We'll get 2 up at least and then start arming them.

>>5866109

>>We don't want our guest to have a mental breakdown.

I'd like to know how our superior knew of the nanovirus, any Ideas? Should we start looking for any kind of listening devices?

>>5866109
Actually, we want her at just about that point at least. I learned this from /tg/. No contact, keep the drone guarding her but not visible (when I posted it I meant more like patrolling her building).

>>5866096
What the hell do we need of Uni-Peace's secrets?

>>5865927
Has this been done?

>>5866136
Yes. Let's examine everything Tradestar for bugs. You know what, let's examine everything we didn't build ourselves for bugs. Wait, schematics might include bugs. Scan everything, everywhere.

God dammit. Break out the scanners, this is going to be a long day.

>>5866134

I'm sorry, that fact that she's femal impaired my judgement. We should however be careful that she won't take drastic measures to leave us before we are ready to let her go.

>>5866142
Did we check her for any diseases? Especially the nanovirus?
Btw do you mean this?http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/4591379/#4592027

Plasma I know it is a lot to ask but can we get a full update + map for the next day update? All units, mines, etc

We should determine how to allocate the fusion batteries. Presumably, we'd want them in Colossus drones only, unless a base takes more than 1000 fuel/day. To maximize their effect, we'll want those Colossus to be copters.

I'd like 3 as dedicated carriers, 3 as dedicated weapons platforms, 3 as a hybrid of the two, and 6 of them harvesters above the mothership.

>>5866109

Wait. Why would we care about the mental conditions of our guest?

Keep it in total isolation. No contact with other sentient beings.

It also strikes me as the type that would be vegetarian. Make sure that the meals are all ape-meat based. If it refuses to eat, force it down its throat.

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>>5866152
They're still on-planet, you know. They also have tech we don't. (Or at least, that was the case before.) And if we hadn't traded everyone we captured away before examination, we'd have some scientists too, presumably. Luckily, based on the combat reports we mostly captured soldiers. The civilian personnel fled and weren't captured. We'll get them and their secrets later. She can give us info, be propoganda or a bargaining chip, and if we break her enough she may even become a double agent.

Of course, all /tg/ really wants to know is: is she hot?

>>5866182
If we install batteries in the bases, we can run security drones 24/7.

>>5866239
We can do that anyways, they barely cost any fuel.