>>5866171
Apologies for the bad spelling on the title, by the way.

Hey 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

>>5866171
>what else are you folks looking into?

Finding the way that asshole from TradeStar was able to gain knowledge of the nanovirus.

Check the guest for any diseases especially the nanovirus. And what is the status on the installation of the fusion battery on all our bases?

Turn out some Jericho Super Heavy drones (10) and 200 Missles for them.

Update our other missle types to be up to 20 of each kind in storage.

>>5866206
By virtue of scanning EVERYTHING.

>>5866220

And before we do that, have S70 check the scanners themselve.

Also, let's stop suggesting ideas to drive our 'guest' crazy, really there's no reason for it.

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.

>>5866206
There are no cameras, nothing recording your activity - you can find no additional information.

>>5866218
Way to much, our only expected enemy is the gray group on Newland, Uni-peace insurgents, and the nanovirus. We need a satellite up first before anything anyway.

>>5866234
We arn't trying to make her crazy. We are trying to make her give up information. Sometimes you have to lock the person away for a long time with little to no contact so that they snap.

>>5866234
Really? She's quite useful to us.

Uni-Peace is 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?

>>5866234

She is probably already close to breaking allow her outside for 5 minutes, say she will be allowed that amount every day, but stop after 6 days without giving her any reason.

>>5866238
We'll also want all those drones to have double kinetic shielding. No sense easily losing our very expensive units.

>>5866250
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/4591379/#4592027
And this is way we are good friends with /d/

>>5866248

Indeed. Far more effective than torture.

Plasma specifically said that what we destroyed was only Uni-Peace's advance base. That means they still have a strong presence on this planet. Which means we want to know everything about them and their history here, particularly where their main base is.

She will tell us these things. She will tell us everything.

>>5866248
Yeah, that's the first step in reconditioning. Read up on it, it's scary stuff.

>>5866213
I don't think many individuals want to install fusion batteries in bases - they're more concerned about the colossi.
>>5866220
All scans show that everything in your territory is completely normal.
>>5866218
Done. Superheavy combat-haulers with 20 additional missles each.

>>5866248
Prisoners under duress are more likely to tell you what you want to get relief than to tell you the truth. We need to make her our 'ally'; induce some Stockholm syndrome.

>>5866249
Her going crazy isn't going to help us. If we want to use her as propaganda she'll have to be sane and well fed otherwise she's just a martyr.

>>5866238
Before you can build colossi, you need to build a Heavy Construction Facility.

>>5866289

Could TradeStar have satellites in orbit?

>>5866270
Yeah we're basically doing most of this.

Also, >>5866238, we should make a couple of those into combat-haulers with Super Freeman guns for awesome native enslaving. Maybe one each of the carrier and the hybrid carrier.

Do we have any constructors not working on the underwater base?

>>5866329
You can't make Combat-Transport hybrids.

There's a faction that can make them, but you haven't interacted with them yet.

Or you could design them in one of the tech labs you only have one of.

>>5866302
Dude, we're basically following the manual. She won't go crazy. Besides, it's not a real person, this is an imaginary enemy, and we're supposed to be a soulless corp. Chill. I want a double agent.

>>5866308
It's been stated at least 3-4 times that we want several HCFs built.

>>5866270

Well, I think allowing her outside is better than beating her or jacking her off. She was an eco-terrorist, so she'll love it.

>>5866351
Right, after they're designed. And I thought you said we had two, because they were both working on Colossus Harvesters.

We can build the things we're still designing last. First we need to get the HCFs up, then go with the carriers and battleships.

>>5866356
I'd sooner not get into the details of the mental breakdown process if it's all the same to you.

>>5866356

No letting her outside.

No beatings.

No orgasms.

>>5866349
Six.
>>5866328
Could do, you don't know
>>5866354
Building three with your six superheavy constructors.

Do you want more constructors to be built and if so, how many and what would you like them to build?

>>5866368
Two scientists.

>>5866377

Agreed, we don't need internet psychology here.

Let's assume whatever we're doing is from the corporate handbook, how long would it take till she sides with us Plasma?

>>5866402
Usually takes a month after capture.

However, it also says that she should only reach the stage she's currently at after twenty days, when she's been in your custody for less than ten.

I think we're good with constructors for now.

My build order for the Colossi (all fusion powered, double shielded, with helicopter transportation mode):

2 Transports, VTOL light/medium/heavy drones with lasers (and a mix of other weaponry, but lasers as primary) that use the transport's battery for fuel.

3 Combat, with armaments as detailed by a couple people in the last thread

2 Combat-Haulers with 2+ (as many as can fit) Super Freeman guns, a heat beam, and lasers for at least 3 slots

6 Harvesters (by this time they should be developed)

2 Combat-Transport (detailed later once it's developed)

>>5866413
Progress accordingly. Notify in case of divergences from expected results.

>>5866413

Does corporate assume a trained subject or a civilian?

Has Uni-Peace anykind of structure beyond being some kind of militant greenpeace?

Do they train their personnel, or do they get their positions based on their skills when they join?

>>5866413

This was a twist I didn't see coming at all.

>>5866434
It assumes a spy.

Uni-Peace generally relies on hyped up volunteers who are denied the right to leave once they're a part of the operation.

Generally, people are placed in roles based on their skills.

Well, I'm off. As always, thank you for an extremely entertaining quest, Plasma. I wish you were my real life GM.

>>Or you could design them in one of the tech labs you only have one of.

Guys, i think maybe we might want to look itno making another tech lab. Just a thought.

>>5866413
Do the full procedure, we can't have any mistakes.
We'll need Air to Ground attack for the future.

>>5866456

Ok, continue per manual but have a drone ready to sedate her if she tries anything and also have medical assistance nerby.

>>5866477
Would a new lab mean increased production for this month, so it would pay for itself?

If so, we can do it. If not, it must wait.

Day 2, Month 3

7341.1 tons
70975 fuel

+3270 tons/day
+711 fuel/day

Active Mines: 34 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 50

Available Mines: 168

Available Gas Pockets: 84

HQ6 has been constructed.

A second tech. lab has been constructed beneath HQ1.

Three HCFs have been constructed.

Your amphibious slavers are active and ready for action:
30 Superheavy Combat-Hauler Drones (Freeman Gun)
30 Superheavy Combat-Hauler Drones (Double Grav-Snatch and Tear-Gas)

Your guest is desperately searching every corner of the cell, apparently looking for your concealed camera quite desperately.

>>5866484
Well, if she breaks out of the room there's a drone with a sedative/stun prod outside the building to knock her out. Heck, if you want make it two--one with the melee version and one with the ranged. We can afford it easily.

>>5866522

Any message from the scouts we send to the unknow fraction?

Send the slaver team to Monkey Island with an escort of 10 heavy laser/laser/flamer drones. The task force is now named GRAB 'N GO 1.

>>5866522
Begin constructing 2 carrier colossus and a satellite (unarmed, we'll worry about that later, let's just get some eyes in the sky).

>>5866536
All except one of them has been shot down. It's currently circling overhead - it appears to be some sort of military installation, filled with concrete bunkers and the link. Seems to bear the insigna of the Martian Supremacist Movement.

>>5866563

Requesting more information on the Martian Supremacist Movement, please.

>>5866563
Hmm can we open up communication with them? They have some mil spec blueprints that we can trade for.

>>5866522
5 more groups of miners, 5 more groups of gas.

>>5866548
There's literally thousands of chimps, apes and dozens of gorillas standing by the Northern shore of the Gurruk Empire, welcoming guests and ushering them towards the safe walls of the waiting city.
Your drones have not been spotted.
>>5866566
Mars was colonized shortly after man went into space. The planet was never truly terraformed - even today, it's nothing more than a rocky, lifeless wasteland covered with millions of facilities. The hard life bred hard people who lived honest, difficult lives.
In the first encounters with the Kil'thweq, Mars was considered a target and it suffered during the first few attacks - but then it recovered and it gathered its people for a counterattack. The forces of Mars alone were more than enough to force the Kil'thweq to sign a peace treaty.
But the Martians found that their new military strength was incredible - absolutely massive. They were strong. Why shouldn't the strong rule?
Eventually, the Martians lost the following war after several years and they have long gotten over their defeat, happy with being the ruling planet of the Solar System.
However, some of them don't like their new position. Some of them still wish to be the mighty, superhuman rulers of the galaxy. These individuals are hunted down by the Martian government wherever they go and are often forced into hiding, to conduct their plans in secret.

>>5866637

Would there be some kind of reward for handing these Martians to their government?

Gas 'em and grab 'em.

>>5866653
Seconding this.

>>5866652
Probably, yes.
>>5866653
The tear gas falls and they scream, waving at the air and desperately trying to put off strange, makeshift bird masks that they have crafted boxes and boxes of.

Nothing prepared them for one comes next.

The grav-snatchers arrive first, slowly sucking them into the slave baskets - one... two... three... four... Nice and orderly.
Then along come the Freeman gunners and fuck up any concept of order. One, three, seven, thirteen, twenty-one, gorilla, thirty-eight, forty-five, fifty-nine, gorilla, seventy-four, gorilla...
Yet nothing but the primates are sucked up, thanks to the selective nature of the Freeman Gun. Your haulers slowly collect hundreds of the poor things, bagging them and preparing them for shipment.

>>5866720

Who is awesome?

YOU are awesome !

>>5866720
>justasplanned.jpg

>>5866720
>>The grav-snatchers arrive first, slowly sucking them into the slave baskets - one... two... three... four... Nice and orderly.
>>Then along come the Freeman gunners and fuck up any concept of order. One, three, seven, thirteen, twenty-one, gorilla, thirty-eight, forty-five, fifty-nine, gorilla, seventy-four, gorilla...

I am going to be laughing all day every time I think of this.

>>5866720

I don't know what the fuck is going on since I don't follow this, but I loled my ass off.

THOUSANDS?

We're going to need to expand our operation. 60 drones isn't going to cut it. We'll need more. Luckily, the two colossi should do just fine. Let's build those once the carriers are done.

Also, add SH helicopter drones with heat beams to each carrier's fleet. Can colossus-sized transports mount any weaponry? And what's the difference between the distances of shields?

>>5866737
>>5866746
>>5866748
Total grabbage: 963

Enough for the next upgrade. Do you wish to purchase EMP, as you said previously?

After this, we can update and go to next day.

>>5866776
Yeah let's go with EMP. The Martian Supremacy may be our next enemy.

>>5866776
Yes, we'll get that.

Next day.

Could we contact AlphaRange? I'd like to know if they'd be interested in supplying ammunition or metals in exchange for slaves. They're eventually going to run out of tech we want.

>>5866801
After this purchase, I am totally cool with them trading metal for slaves. We help them with their quota, they help us with ours.

>>5866775
If the distance is 50m, it means that all kinetic projectiles are blocked 50m from the shielded target.
If it's 500m, then 500m instead.

Kinetics shot from the inside can't go outside, kinetics shot from the outside can't go inside.

Increased area shields are only useful against artillery and missles but allow you to use your weapons against close units.
Shortened area shields basically make all kinetic weaponry useless - but you can only use energy, thermal and gas weapons.

>>5866720

...I want your babies.

>>5866816
Everyone seems to be roaring commands at each other and screaming battle orders when you contact AlphaRange.
"What..? Yeah, sure - two tons, ten slaves, you get EMP for your latest stuff - sorry, we're really kind of busy at the moment, bye."
Click.

>>5866837
Could they be under attack from the virus or maybe there is a faction further west of them?

>>5866819
I know we generally decided that upgradin AI was a bad idea, but I'd like to add in a protocol for the Colossi, if everyone agrees.

If we're still going to be putting shielding on all of them, the ones who use kinetic weaponry should be programmed to shut down their shields, fire, and then replace them immediately as soon as the projectile is out of shielding range.

>>5866837

Do we have our colossi carriers ready? If we do, send them to help AlphaRange. They probably have nanovirus problems.

>>5866846
I agree, with a small change: just synch powering up and down the shield to let the projectile through, with the smallest time window possible.

>>5866852
Send help to Alpha Range. They can't die yet, they have more stuff we want to trade.

>>5866819
Then we'll go with short range double shields on our carriers. They won't have any weapons besides energy anyways (some lasers and maybe a heat for self defense if there's space, if not oh well).

It stuck me that the transport-combat is probably the best bet for the airborne attack colossi. It makes maximum use of the fusion battery by refuelling its own drones, but also has self-defense and heavy strike capabilities of its own. It can arrive at an engagement as complete strike force, unlike the other two. Although... a battleship that has a carrier in reserve supplying smaller drones may be better off, if we deploy them in pairs.

>>5866846
Or we could just use our primary weapons which are all energy based. The only weapons that we use consistently are the missiles and artillery.

>>5866860
>>5866852

Try asking them first what the problem is, and if they require assistance.

>>5866874
Artillery was basically what I meant when I suggested that. I forget exactly what weapons we're loading on the gunships.

Day 3, Month 3

8486.1 tons
73031 fuel

+3645 tons/day
+2556 fuel/day

Active Mines: 39 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 55

Available Mines: 179

Available Gas Pockets: 96

Your satellite is up in the sky.

Your slaves have been traded away for EMP Technology.

Your two 'copter carrier colossi have been built.

Your guest has resorted to curling up in a corner and crying. All food is being denied.

>>5866852
Could be slave revolt.

>>5866885
Use the satellite to see what's going on in AR's turf.

Force feed the captive.

Are the colossus carriers loaded with their full complements of drones? (and how much would that be, anyways?)

>>5866885
Looks like we may have to move onto the next step for our "guest".
I still propose the plan of the Colossus hull mounted with a prawn propulsion unit armed with our best weapons like heat rays, lasers, and artillery with a shield on it for use as Ground attack.

>>5866898
Oh, and build the two colossi combat-haulers with Freeman Gun/Freeman Gun/heat/laser/tear gas/tear gas for mass slave grabbing.

>>5866885
Build 50 more SH harvesters (and any other drones needed for mining operations) and send them to the appropriate mines (make them submersibles if the open mines are underwater).

>>5866898
Each colossus can support 1000 tons of weight.

So, yeah, what remains of your military from the Uni-Peace fight can be shipped into it.

As for your satellite - it spots that AlphaRange are fighting off the virus from the South - there's hundreds of miles of country have been consumed by it, and it's trying to go into their territory. Napalm and fire no longer seems to function, now they're relying on EMP shells and missles. They're holding it back.
Just about.

>>5866904
Why would we use Prawn propulsion? The Colossi can be helicopters that don't need gas (which was the main detriment). That's far superior.

>>5866904
While you cannot simply make that, you can design it - not as a drone, but rather as an automated spacecraft.

>>5866939
Well dickshittles.Can any of our drones use the Decontaminant Tech we bought from Lemmington?

>>5866939
Tell them we're going to send assistance, then launch our full number of 20 EMP missiles at areas Sampson 70 deems best. Build 20 EMP missiles, 20 decontamination missiles.

>>5866947
Not only is it silent, when it hovers in one place it takes up no fuel. In addition it can stay in one place better than a rotary wing based lift so it can provide much more accurate ground support than using a helicopter based locomotion.

>>5866956
Lets do that, but maybe we should add a living quarters on it just in case.

>>5866939
Well, how much does each drone weigh?

>>5866970
Yeah, but we can't use that for atmospheric drones, and the repulsor tech from Centuri can't be used for stuff that big.

>>5866984
Like, each type from light to superheavy.

>>5866984
Light: 0.1
Medium: 0.2
Heavy: 0.5
Superheavy: 5
Supermassive: 50
Gargantua: 100
Colossus: 250

I think we're going to have to deal with the nanovirus now.

It's already adapted to fire, so it looks like we'll have to hit it hard and fast.

In response to the forcefeeding, the guest doesn't resist as much as would be expected - even if it's a negative reaction, it was still a reaction and even if it was only interaction with a non-sentient robot, it was still interaction.
Manual says she's probably ready by now.

>>5866965
"Just making sure - are you sure you want to do this? Also, the decontaminant missles won't be constructed until tomorrow, along with the new EMP."

>>5867031
Move onto the next stage then.
>>5866989
We never got repulsion tech from the Synths. We are using what the Prawn mother ship would have used, scaled accordingly.

>>5867044
Next stage is interrogation.

>>5867041
Hold off for right now, were gonna need some ground forces, to you know, capture what TradeStar wants.

>>5867050
Question One:
Why are you so goddamn crazy?

Question Two:
What forces does uni-peace maintain on this world, and where are their bases?

Question Three:
WHY are you so GODDAMN CRAZY?!

>>5867063
This'll require you to bring her in front of you as in, face-to-face.

From the satellite info, are any projectile weapons being used by the virus? If not we should speed up our flying attack forces.
As for the interrogation:
Where are Uni-peace's bases located.
What is the composition of your forces.
What are your standing orders.
Have your faction come in contact with the nanovirus.

Oooh, nice.

Here's the loadout for each carrier. All VTOL unless otherwise marked, all designed to get fuel from the carrier's fusion battery.

200 light laser
50 light EMP
50 light gamma
50 medium laser/gravity gun
25 medium lightning gun/gravity gun
25 medium gamma/gravity gun
30 heavy laser/laser/gravity gun
20 heavy thermobaric/HE/gravity gun
10 heavy tear/snatcher/dart
4 SH heat (helicopter)

>>5867069
No. We stay in the cell. Give her some luxuries, minor luxuries. Chocolate.

One human goes to talk with her. Two light combat drones with shocking for protection.

>>5867083
What technologies do you possess.
Where are your scientists and laboratories located.

Proceed with the book to begin the turning process--make her question her beliefs and bring her around to our way of thinking.

>>5867086
I'd rather we dropped some of those lasers and added more artillery drones, with ammo haulers.

>>5867061
We can't give it to TradeStar. It has to be destroyed.

Soon enough, we'll be at a stage where we can escape from under TradeStar. We're advancing super fast. Soon we'll expand to other planets and then whole systems.

>>5867086
Why not ask Samson 70 about an optimized load out for the drone transports.

>>5867119
How about from now on, we use Sampson 70 as our head of Combat. He's in charge of that shit.

>>5867086
That's the standard loadout, anyways, unless someone has a better plan.

Although in this case, we'll replace 100 of the light laser with light EMP. They can just float over the virus and cruise back and forth with EMP. And we can try out gamma.

>>5867086
Hold on a sec. I've been out of the loop in Corp Quest lately and have had to catch up from suptg.

To get this straight: The carrier is a massive flying carrier, and all the minor drones are VTOL that charge from the carrier's central battery?

>>5867133
Yes. They have about a day's charge, unless they're cloaking.

Oh, that. All of those should be able to cloak. I'd forgotten.

>>5867063
"Uhm... Hi..?"
"I... What? What do you mean?"
"I... I don't know!"
Clearly, she's quite confused about the whole situation. However, she appears positively delighted to have human company.
>>5867083
"We... We've got a base on the central island. The others are for storage and construction."
"Thousands of militia... Got a few hundred powered armour suits too. We've also got Gaia, Demeter and Freyja, but that's just stolen technology, and you destroyed Freyja and Gaia when..." She falls silent and appears confused again.
"I'm here to get rid of the virus and save this planet from it... Save it from you too, I think."
"We... We got it from an unencrypted message. Sent by some Kil'thweq explorers, I think. It wasn't meant for us, but recieved it anyway. Who knows how many others got the message too..."

>>5867133
The carrier is actually a really big drone, but yes, that's the gist of it.

>>5867149
"So you came here to destroy this nanovirus?" Speak in a soft voice and give her a piece of chocolate.

>>5867105
We're also going to have a battleship colossus partnered with it as SOP. The BATTLESHIP will be bringing the heavy weapons into play. A good number of the laser-armed VTOL drones are there to give us a superb anti-air capability. The large numbers of light drones let us swarm things, while we still have strong, hard hitting fighters too. And all of these are capable of ground attack! Some are just more specialized in it.

>>5867149
Inquire further about Freyja and ask her what she means by saving us from the nanovirus.
>>5867147
Cloak is not necessary and wastes too much metal on expendable drones. Remember we have a 55k metal debt to make up.

>>5867167
So are we going across the ocean to that island in the SW sea that hit the Kil'thrweq ship?

>>5867149
"What's this Demeter? Is it like Gaia? And who did you get the technology from?"

>>5867159
"That's right. You came here to use it, didn't you, sir? That's what you corporations always do..." She offers a weak, confused and tired smile in response to the gift.

>>5867149
Describe Gaia, Demeter and Freyja.

(At some point, we'll make the case that we are the good guys--we're fighting the virus! And we have the recorded video of us fighting the virus to show her, thanks to some smart anonymous contractor.)

>>5867187
Give her another piece of chocolate. "We are not a corporation. We're a small company hired to mine for resources here."

>>5867180
Cloak doesn't cost any extra except in fuel when it's being used, IIRC. Even if it does we'll want at least a few drones with it. I completely forgot to have it for the carriers, but all future colossi should have it.

>>5867187
"You've got it all wrong. We're the good guys. We've been fighting this virus ourselves. See?"

Show her the video clips of us combating the virus.

>>5867207
We should have them installed into the existing carriers.

>>5867195
"Gaia is... was a piece of old frontline Kil'thweq tech' that was left behind. We strapped a Martian kinetic shield to it and gave it all sorts of guns."
"Demeter's built from one of LP's 'mobile cultures'. We gave it all sorts of artillery cannons dedicated to firing terra-shells, not to mention armed with some Jericho missles with a terra-payload. Terra's what we call the terraforming technology, by the way."
"And Freyja - that was my jet. Named it after myself - well, not my real name but... me, nonetheless. I hijacked it and maintained it myself. Stole it from the Martian military."
"As for our technology, well... We steal most of it, really."

>>5867220
Yes, we should. Let's do that, and have the SH heat choppers + 10 heavy laser VTOLs have stealth as well. More if it's not an additional expense, or others feel it's worth it.

Also, begin building each carrier's loadout, one then the other.

>>5867236
>>my jet
>>from the martian military

Hey, guess who was right about needing anti-air drones on those carriers?

I have been so out of the game. Our tech is immense now.

God damn.

>>5867236
Okay. We should really call Lemmington and ask what a mobile culture is.

>>5867245
Fucking Martians, always trying to blow us out of the sky.

Good thing we're adding cloaking tech to our carriers, otherwise they'd be big sitting flying ducks.

>>5867207
Just checked. There's no additional cost except in fuel. We should make all the drones cloak-capable, whether or not it's used. It's not like it's a perfect technology, anyhow, they can still get seen and attacked. And no long-range cloaked missions.

Could we add a few missiles to our humungo carriers?

Like payload style bombs?

>>5867251
Well, we've been trading slaves; we just captured a bunch from the hippies; and we bought a BUNCH of schematics this month. Which means we have a large debt.

>>5867264
And aren't our VTOL drones powered by the carrier's fusion battery?

BTW!

MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR DRONES ARE SELF DESTRUCT CAPABLE!

>>5867276
Once our Colossi begin harvesting, it won't take long. I believe the estimate was 50x as efficient?

Plasma, what are our capabilities for making an interstellar ship?

Hajjar to the moons or to the other planets if necessary.

>>5867282
They all are by default.

And yes, they get their power from the carrier. And people wanted to skimp on buying fusion batteries. 15 was hardly enough for me.

>>5867285
Aren't Collosi too big for harvesting?

>>5867236
"Where is Demeter.
"What is your name."

(What's her reaction to the video?)

>>5867289
It was my suggestion a few threads back to start buying the batteries.

Ingenious idea to whoever thought up mobile charging stations though.

>>5867293
Our research labs are currently working on it. I believe the estimate was day 15?

>>5867293
By day 5 of this month, they won't be.

>>5867288
You've got the locomotion technology sorted - Kil'thweq propulsion thrusters.
You've got the HCFs.

All you need to do is design a spaceship in the tech labs, make it and launch it, really.

>>5867307
Badass.

We need to develop a massive laser to be mounted on a satellite.

Get our two scientists on it.

>>5867301
It makes me feel that any colossus not acting as one is wasting potential. Then again, harvester colossus are what's going to make our investment back for us.

>>5867298
"Demeter's by the ocean bridge. It made it."
"My name..? You want to know my name..? Uh, I'm Freyja. Well, my real name's Joanna but everyone calls me Freyja."

>>5867322
>>5867324
Correction, once we've got time, have these two scientists develop a space ship. Have 70 in on the design meetings to give his opinion on defensive capabilities.

Unless Demeter's the ziggurat (in which case LP took the tech), we now know what to watch out for when we cross the bridge.

>>5867333
Ocean bridge? Is that our ocean bridge from the mainland to Newland?
So the next thing for the Tech lab to cook up is our Propulsion based gunship.

How bout we build a firefly as our ship?

>>5867333
Give her more chocolate, "Well Joanna, we're not here to collect this virus. We like this planet. And we don't want this virus getting out." Show her the video of us destroying it. "We've been attempting to keep it at bay, but it's getting more and more difficult to contend with. Right now this planet is too scattered. With all of this infighting, there is no way that our forces can destroy it. You're a smart girl. Do you think you could help us?"

>>5867333
"Why do they call you that."

Also, did we show the videos of our drones burning away the virus? Let's prove our claim that we're the good guys here.

>>5867350
You have two techlabs now.

In response to the video and the new information about you, Freyja seems shocked.
"Oh my god! I thought... But you guys are from TradeStar! Right?!"

Ask AlphaRange for status reports. Invite any AlphaRange employees wishing to escape the chaos to join us, but they will be meticulously scanned first.

>>5867360
stand up and do a superman pose.

"No, we're... *INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS!*"

>>5867358
"No. No way. There's no chance they'd trust me after this. They'd kill me. I don't wanna die."
>>5867359
"It's just a name, I guess... Freyja was a goddess of nature back on our homeworld. So, it seems appropriate to name myself after her, as someone who fought for nature."

>>5867360
"We are working for TradeStar, yes. But we are our own men. We accepted a mining contract because we're small and needed the money. But it is becoming more and more clear that TradeStar is after more than simple mineral deposits. I believe we won't be in their employment for long."

So, today we've ordered:

2 colossus slaver combat-hauler drones (specs in thread, add cloaking. Oh man, monkeys just floating up into space, but nothing's there to be seen...)
Full complements of drones for the carriers (detailed in thread, add cloaking to all)
Cloaking for the carriers.

>>5867377
AR: "Currently, we're holding them back. We don't need help - we need you to get us some fucking slaves so we can get the fuck off this miserable planet. Please, give us a hand here."

>>5867360
Then begin research on the gunship. We'll need it for the upcoming fight against the nanovirus.
>>5867384
Hmm so Uni-Peace won't even try to side with anyone. We will just have the conquer them at a later date.

To Joanna.

"If it isn't possible for you to return to Uni-Peace, you are free to stay here and provide us for information. Information that is needed for survival."

>>5867405
"We're working on it. You've given us a pretty hefty order."

Ready to progress the day to our slaver colossi launching and attacking monkey island. Time it to coincide with a repeat of the last slave attack (only this time, triple their escort).

>>5867415
Gunship as in, space capable one?

Joanna is free to stay with me. I'll make up for her lack of human contact.

OPINION:

No matter how mighty we make our military, we need a final escape plan in case this planet is lost.

For that, I propose we first get a space ship designed and built. And then on one of the moons, we construct a base where we can fall back to if needed.

Once that's ready, we need an ARK that we can use for a mass exodus of ourselves: the contractors/70/possibly Joanna, as well as some minerals we can use as currency and some tech.

>>5867432
Outlined here with the addition of a cloaking device and a laser based CIWS for use on the topside against missiles.
>>5866904

>>5867429
Yeah, I'm ready to go to the next day.

Just tack on another 100 harvesters to our build order, set to build whenever nothing else is being built, and send them to open mines.

Lemmington's been pretty quiet.

Plasma, can we message them and get a status report? As well as ask if they have some sort of terraforming technology that could make a moon hospitable?

>>5867460
Build order for today:

2 colossus slaver combat-hauler drones (specs in thread, add cloaking. Oh man, monkeys just floating up into space, but nothing's there to be seen...)
Full complements of drones for the carriers (detailed in thread, add cloaking to all)
Cloaking added to the carriers.
100 Harvesters
20 EMP missiles
30 Decontaminant missiles

Build the firefly shaceship. Backup 70 on the ship's computers, and upload all of our schematics onto it as well. Also, enough room for all 20 contractor power suits would be nice.

>>5867464
And what a mobile culture is, and how much we should fear it.

>>5867426
"... Thanks. I really appreciate this."

In any case, today we're:
- Building 2 Slaver Colossi
- Filling up the Carrier Colossi with the requested drones.
- Building additional missles.

As soon as we go to Day 4, I am stopping this quest for today. I'm willing to continue interaction with other corporations and characters, but no more mechanical shenanigans.

>>5867481
I would like to know more about the universe we are living in. How big is known space, how many systems does TradeStar Control?

I just realized that I like all the NPCs in this quest. I like Sampson. I like Joanna. I like to dislike our boss.

None of them are flat or annoying.

>>5867494
I would also like to know how big of a player TradeStar is.

If they're massive, any amount on insurrection from us would be moot.

If they're from the B squad, then it could be possible for us to escape from their clutches.

I mean, slavery and genocide I'm all for, just so long as we're the ones with our fingers on the button.

This nanovirus, if TradeStar gets it, all bets are off. Suddenly they're the kings of the universe.

>>5867515
That said, I'm finally going to sleep. Nice job Plasma.

>>5867481
We'll keep Joanna in isolated containment. But we'll provide her with more luxuries. Books, more time outside (with armed escorts of course, and still within our containment walls), better food, et cetera.

Day 4, Month 2

9306.1 tons
70302 fuel

+4020 tons/day
+3281 fuel/day

Active Mines: 44 + Mothership

Active Pockets: 60

Available Mines: 184

Available Gas Pockets: 102

Constructed everything in:
>>5867475

I'm out for the night. Another good quest, keep it up Plasma.

>>5867549
Game over for today?

Or can we get some slaving and Lemmington contact in?

>>5867464
LP: "I suppose we could rig up a terraforming unit for a price and as for the mobile culture... It's a facility where new life is grown. It can deploy new clones straight on to the battlefield, or it can be used to terraform large areas of land - it's like a gigantic tank. Why?"

>>5867600
"We heard you made those. They sounded nifty, and we'd like a price on them, too."

>>5867600
"Hypothetically, what kind of capability would the mobile culture have as a weapon? Say it it were used against combat drones?"

>>5867612
I doubt they are even going to consider ever selling one of those.
Also we should expand our mining infrastructure till we are getting more than 50% of available mines active.

>>5867637
We should focus on keeping back this nanoplague.

>>5867637
(I'M LYING TO KEEP INFORMATION FROM THEM. IT'S A SECRET.)

MAN
WHAT KIND OF AQUATIC LIFE IS ON THIS PLANET?

WHAT IF THIS NANOVIRUS HAS SPREAD TO THE SEAS?

>>5867661
WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLEEEEEEEEESSSSS!

>>5867612
"Currently, we don't really want to sell it."
>>5867533
Joanna seems ever so happy with her treatment. After several days of solitude, it's as if she's in Heaven.
>>5867519
>>5867494
TradeStar is a very big player. Whenever anyone buys any raw materials, usually TradeStar has something to do with it. Industrial equipment? TradeStar. While every other company specializes, TradeStar's all about efficiency and in the end, because it owns the primary resources everyone else runs their businesses off of... Well, TradeStar has a lot of grip over other corporations and even over governments. It owns 21 planets and has a branch in every civilized world. It is pretty damn huge and if you want to take all of TradeStar out for good, you're pretty much tearing apart the galactic economy.
As for the size... Well, hundreds of systems are inhabited, thousands of planets have been terraformed (LP's attempts are simply trying to improve on the already existing terraforming model) and generally, it's a pretty varied galaxy with countless places to explore.

>>5867661
>>5867670
Ohohoho.
>>5867634
"Well, I suppose it could accelerate the growth of surrounding biomass at such an alarming rate that it could smother and crush drones."

>>5867710

Why take it out? we are businessmen after all.Taking it over sounds more like it.

>>5867710
>>5867710
I was speaking about the capability of escaping from TradeStar's wrath.

Anyway, tell Lemmington about the proposed fall back position on one of the moons, and that terraforming it would provide for a relatively hospitable escape.

>>5867730
FUCK!

Did I just give you an idea?

>>5867737
TradeStar isn't an arms dealer or a military company. You might have hitmen after you, but that's about it - if you're a true pain in the side, then they might take drastic measures and call in a few puppet states to try and wipe you out. If you're not, then you don't have too much to worry about.

Plasma, I have a question concerning AlphaRange and Lemmington.

Are these forces here actually parts of their corporations, or are they contractors hired like we are?

>>5867737
"Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. Why, are you thinking of running from TradeStar? Is there going to be a bounty we'll be able to cash in?"

It's obvious that he's just teasing you, really.

You think.

Maybe.

>>5867755
The only person that we have to be concerned about is the guy that wants the nanovirus core. Tradestar itself is no the enemy.

>>5867774
AlphaRange's bunch is a group of private contractors, correct.
It seems like Lemmington Pharmaceuticals have sent an official expedition to the planet without a name - that TS has called Hajjar.

>>5867777
What a brilliant idea, running from TradeStar by moving a measly 300000km to a moon of the planet we were supposed to mine.

What kind of mistake did you do to end up here?

We are just joking of course.

You should think that.

Maybe.

>>5867792
Maybe the Alpha contractors and us should team up to make one firm.

Hrmm.

I definitely think a moon as a fallback position is a good idea for now. We can use it as a place to retreat to if things go bad. Not if we want to just escape from TradeStar. For that we'll need to get some distance and for that we'd need some FTL travel.

Inform AlphaRange of our ideas for a moon retreat as a possible plan.

>>5867810
Has Lemmington made any further research into the nanovirus? Any info at all could help us fight it.

>>5867810
"Well, I suppose we might be able to construct some sort moon resort. The terraforming process would take at least a year, but we would be able to construct a secure, completely inhabitable dome within less than two months. Of course, we're not so suited for that - you construct the dome and we shall terraform it."
>>5867826
"Sounds good. Just in case the shit turns sour over here, it seems like a good idea to get off-planet. Choosing this job was risky in the first place - we had to get as many slaves as possible before the virus consumed the world."

Apparently AR knew about the virus beforehand too, although not in full detail.

>>5867851
"We've made a basic network defense, that should prevent it from infiltrating and completely destroying us from the inside out - we've already shared that with AlphaRange and we can share it with you.
"The main problem is that it infects everything. Data, mechanical, biological - even something as inanimate as soil can be contaminated and infected. We've captured a few live samples and are keeping them contained - it'd appear that they recently became resistant to fire - my theory is soon they'll become resistant to EMP, then to decontaminants, then to gamma radiation, then to just about everything.
"We're going to need to rip its heart out, kill it off in one fell swoop. We came here to get as many biological samples as possible before the virus ruined the world, but now I realize that it needs to be killed."

OK,

Suggest to the Alpha contractors about possibly merging our groups into one company if shit hits the fan. Not an immediate action, but a possibility for the future.

Get a space ship built ASAP. Our scientist should start using our heaviest tech labs in desigining that shit.

Once it's in operation, get the schematics for a moon dome from Lemmington and get to building it on whichever moon seems best.

Also, what is the relationship between Lemmington and TradeStar. If it isn't the best, maybe Lemmington would provide us with an FTL drive if we want to get the fuck out of here without dying. We could run some protection for them. Especially if the Alpha contractors join up with us.

>>5867925
Sounds like a Catch22. We need the core to escape or we need to kill it to survive. What is the possibility of changing employers because our Tradestar boss is not going to be happy if we destroy the core.

It's time to share with AlphaRange and Lemmington the data we got from the Kil'thweq ship. About the virus hitting their ship from that island in the sea.

>>5867953

Do you think our boss has even the basic responsibility to handle this if virus, if it can be contained that is?

>>5867953
See this post above yours.
>>5867947
We can't give this to TradeStar. We need to destroy it.

And since we need to destroy it, we need some means to escape from this planet to escape TradeStar.

First stage of that is the moon base. We can escape to that even if we haven't destroyed the nanite source.

We need an FTL drive. Hopefully we can fanagle one from Lemmington and build a ship to get out of this system eventually, because TradeStar won't be the ones airlifting us out of here in the end.

>>5867979
I meant between Lemmington and TradeStar.

Since this is an official Lemmington outfit, and not a contractor like us, if Lemmington isn't so cool with TradeStar, they may be willing to give us some FTL capabilities if we manage to prevent TradeStar from acquiring this nanovirus.

>>5868007
A kind of best deal situation.

Whereas the best deal would be either giving this nanovirus source to TradeStar and they do whatever they will with it.

Or we destroy it and risk our lives. So we need to get the fuck out of dodge.

>>5867991
>>5868007
"Despite the fact we're an official expedition, I doubt our employers would appreciate us bringing home what they would consider to be a bunch of strays."

>>5868082
"But we're AWESOME strays. Have you *seen* what we can do?"

We need to destroy the virus and get the fuck away from here somehow.

Tell Lemmington and AlphaRange that TradeStar wants the virus. That we don't want to give it to them. That we want to destroy it. But if we do that, we're dead. So then we need some means to escape out of here.

>>5868097
"... That has to be the first time I have ever heard a synthetic speak like that."

>>5868113
Both factions seem disgusted - but AlphaRange returns to handling the virus situation. Meanwhile, Lemmington Pharmaceuticals have more interesting information to offer.

"You're not the only one who has uncovered secrets that should remain hidden. There is something incredibly abnormal about the natives, if you're prepared to listen."

>>5868175
Always!

>>5868175

Of course we're interested.

>>5868175
Of course.

Also, tell both of them that we need to pool our resources if we want to survive this.

Also, the Martians will have to be dealt with. We can probably take care of them. They obviously have some interstellar travel and we don't want them to get the virus, or worse, to get infected themselves and then spread it to the stars.

What does Lemmington have to say?

>>5868186
>>5868196
>>5868210
"We're look at the genetic material of the natives. It's incredibly stagnant - barely enough to keep them breeding. Ten human families would have more genetic variation that these creatures. We're looked at tribal sociology and there's absolutely no traditions revolving around the elderly - that's because there are no elderly. The oldest natives are eight years old - but they're nowhere near dying due to old age. They didn't evolve here - I think they were created. Probably by the virus, to keep its existance a secret."

>>5868250

Ask Freya if she knows the location of the native's "father". It could be the centre of the virus.

>>5868265
THE FATHER IS THE NANOVIRUS!

OH FUCK!

>>5868273
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

>>5868273
>>5868276

Eh. She said she was there to protect the planet from the virus, so, unlikely.

[subroutine:// "FFFFF".exe]: Active

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>5868293

Well, they allied with the natives.
+
They are the future's equivalent of green peace.
+
Only using stolen tech
+
No trained forces
=
Too stupid to see the father/natives connection

>>5868265
"There's a location inside the city of Gurruk, sir. They called it the lair of the old ones, the cave of the father, the ancestor-cavern, all sorts of names. I saw it once but I wasn't allowed anywhere near it, unfortunately, let alone inside of it. They're all going crazy these days - screaming about how an apocalypse is coming, how a black tide is covering the land and how the evil ones are coming from the heavens to revel in the dark water. They have all sorts of legends."

>>5868336
>>5868336
> a black tide is covering the land
Oh shit.

Tell Joanna that the monkeys are artificial and probably made by the nanites. If she doesn't believe it, ask her what the monkey have asked for help in doing.

>>5868336
I know this won't happen in this update, but relay this info to AlphaRange and Lemmington.

Afterwards, shoot at it with EVERYTHING we have. And I mean EVERYTHING.

When we are finished with this start mass-producing the kind of missile S70 thinks well be most effective against our enemy and launch them at the position until we have glassed it completely.

>>5868367
We've got to wait until we've got a better understanding of the situation and a means to escape.

First we need to take out the Martians and get their space ships. FTL we need.

Also, in case we haven't, tell Alpha our idea for merging into one contracting company if the need arises.

>>5868358
"They wanted us to protect them while they gathered in their holy city, they wanted us to show that we were not as evil as the rest of our kind while they prayed for the iron seal to shatter, so that the gift of the Father may emerge and cleanse the black tide. It's all nonsense and gibberish."

>>5868396

You have to make this complicated, don't you?

>>5868396
"Here's how it looks to me. Either these natives are a part of this black nanovirus and were lying to you. Or they were created by another force. An opposition to the nanovirus. Also, what was this iron seal?"

>>5868410
"No - I find it difficult to believe that they were created by a virus. A virus exists to consume, not to create. A virus only infests that which already exists. If they were made by anything, they were made by the opposition you speak of.

"As for the iron seal - it's hidden in the darkest, deepest parts of the cave, beyond the chamber of sarcophagi, beyond the court of cold where the Father resides. That's the myth, at least."

Hrmm.

Plasma, are you going to advance any days? Or is just going to be RPing the interactions for this one day?

This is just social interaction. There's no mechanics, no advancing of days at the moments. Just adding more and more posts to the thread.

Ok.

Then what's the Alpha contractor's reaction to us possibly banding together permanently to get out of this?

>>5868513
They like the sound of it.
They want a name for the resulting firm, though.

>>5868551
Well that's more of a group decision.

I'd suggest something low key though.

Haha. How about we call it Plasma Limited.

>>5868561
Winners of Things.

Discussion will be continued next thread.

>>5868596
Goodbye, and thank you for your time Plasma.

I hope you will continue at your usual time.

>>5868596
New thread tonight? Or the next session?

Someone archive this thread.

Lots of good development here that other players will need to catch up on.

>>5868606
Next session. In Approximately 36 hours from now.

>>5868637
So about 3 PM on the Pacific coast of the US on the day after tomorrow. Hrmm.

>>5868648
Or by 4chan time, 18:00 on Thursday.

I fucking love this game.

>>5868656
>>5868648
Or, in British time, 10 PM, Wednesday.

By the way, I ran the math and whoever did the carrier drone estimates dropped a 10--that number of drones only comes up to 100 tons, a mere 1/10 of the carrier capacity. Those numbers should all be multiplied by 10 to make 1000 tons.

>>5870629
Then change the order so that all those are built. That's a lot of drones; we can probably stand to convert most of our ground forces that are suitable.