I'm in.

Gentlemen.

>>5967729
>>5967722
Awesome. Give me a few seconds to post Day 24 Month 3 in then.

god damn is this ever going to end?

So I've been thinking. You all have been pretty good at making the designs for the escape ships but... how are we going to be able to make them before Tradestar begins curbstomping our asses? They are not going to be very happy with us, and will have at least a small fleet in orbit when they come down to talk to us. So this is what I suggest we make in preperation:

AA towers. Superheavies can carry a single superweapon if I remember correctly, and lightning guns at as great AA weapons. So I suggest we make, say, a dozen superheavy combat droids, arm them with Tesla cannons, and fortify them into AA towers to stop any enemy dropships Tradestar might send our way.

Kinetic Shielding. I suggest we also set up a few Kinetic Shield generators around our bases, so that when they start trying to orbital bombard our asses (which they probably will) we can at least have some kind of chance of surviving it.

>>5967792
once we flee the planet its going to go on Hiatus for a few months, yeah. Of course we might just die from Tradestar curbstomping our asses.

>>5967820
This sounds like a fine idea to me. We bought those orbital platform schematics right? (or whatever they were called) We could use those as defenses.

>>5967846
want to make AA towers only at our main base or at all our bases?

Day 24, Month 3

1,038,972 tons
427,978 fuel

+90000 tons/day
+16465 fuel/day

Active Mines: Mothership

Active Pockets: 120

Available Mines: 387

Available Gas Pockets: 123

Due to no requests, your new subcontractors who were formerly working for AlphaRange are primarily lazing about.
The brain-burned scientist you rescued from the crashed ship, Father Albert Sharev, is currently working on your various science projects.
Samson 70 is busying himself by copying himself yet again.
Joanna has finished overseeing the exodus of Uni-Peace from the planet. They no longer have a presence on the world.

New Earth Missions is requesting more land - the location they're in hardly has any locals whatsoever.

Your computer's finished processing the tonnage, rate of fuel consumption and the speed of the three primary ships you've agreed on - the freighter, the fighter and the cruiser. View?

You currently have 14 pieces of research queued.

>>5967870
View, please. And please begin the construction of the superheavies and tesla cannons for the making of AA defenses.

Awesome, id just finished reading this via suptg

great to be able to contribute before it finishes

You know, I think we should really consider whys to screw over Tradestar just in case we die. Like, say, sending copies of all our tech to Lemmington or something before we die. I'm not saying right now- it'll just be a bit of a kick in the balls for them for other people like Lemmington to produce things like fusion batteries.

>>5967919
Since your construction facilities are building construction drones that are building heavy construction facilities, this might reduce the amount of tons of spaceship you'll be able to produce per day slightly. Do you still want to go ahead with this?

Also, about to post the details.

>>5967870
Build another base near the new excursion from New Earth (top left hand corner).

>>5967952
How fast will we be able to build the Spaceships at the rate we're going?

>>5967952
building the escape ships won't matter much if we're getting blown to bits by attack ships doing low altitude strafing runs or enemy Tradestar drop droids attacking us all the time. We need some anti-air defenses. Make the droids.

Plasma Cruiser Mk1:
10,000 storage capacity.
50,000 fuel capacity
Living space for 10.
Synth space for 10.
50 slots for locomotion.
2 FTL slots. 1 main, 1 backup.
2x armor + energy shield + kinetic shield + cloaking
10 weapon slots.
3 Hyperweapon slots.
1 construction bay
1 heavy construction bay.
1 heavy tech lab.
1 medical lab.
19750 TONS and 39500 UNITS to create
39500 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
VERY FAST

Plasma Freighter Mk1:
250,000 storage capacity.
40,000 fuel capacity
Living space for 50.
Synth space for 50.
30 slots for locomotion.
2 FTL slots. 1 main, 1 backup.
4x armor + energy shield + kinetic shield + cloaking
4 weapon slots.
1 hyperweapon slot
1 hangar
1 heavy construction bay.
1 standard construction bay
1 heavy tech lab.
1 medical lab.
21000 TONS and 42000 UNITS to create
42000 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
FAST

Plasma Fighter Mk1:
1 locomotion.
1 armor + shields + cloaking.
2 weapons: Paired weapons, forward mounted. Dual lightning guns, or dual plasma, etc.
Powered by a fusion battery rather than fuel.
1750 TONS and 3500 UNITS to create
3500 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
EXCEPTIONALLY SLOW

>>5967951
How about sending a few missiles into core and the estates as we leave? They might take it out on tradestar.

>>5967998
We're Plasma Ltd. now. We've even begun introducing ourselves as such. No, I think it would be better to try and disrupt their business plans. It's just probably better in the long term.

>>5967985
How many locomotion slots would it take to make the Fighter VERY FAST?

>>5967977
448,500 tons per day.

Construction of the AA-drones'll bring you down approximately to:

413,500 tons per day.

>>5968043
At least six more.

This will raise fighter weight to at least 3250 tons.

>>5968032
Wait that reminds me of something, have we got our own logo? I assume all our shit still has tradestar all over it.

>>5968119
This is correct.

You're still using the star of TradeStar.

Anyone feel like designing a new logo?

>>5968119
You have a point. What should our new symbol be guys?

I suggest an orb with lightning or energy coming off of it, like the picture Plasma usually starts the threads off with.

Should build bases at the points marked on the map.

>>5968168
Depends on if we're staying or going

we might wanna pool our resources

>>5968060
Do it. What's really going to kill us is creating the necessary Fusion Batteries to run these things without expending too much fuel.

>>5968152
Fine with me.

>>5968199
From what I have read so far, you seem to be going but I can't be certain.
Also, using the idea in:
>>5968152
I'll make a new map, a brief prototype.

>>5968152
Agreed

>>5968244
Not as easy to label bases with, but here's a brief prototype.

Guys, fighters are fighters.

They're meant to be cannon fodder.

Looks like the shields and the cloaking and the reinforced plating take up most of the weight so get rid of all that shit.

2 weapons
2 locomotion

DONE.

>>5968273
Yeah, looks good. You could just tag the no. next to it, that is if we even need them.

>>5968319
Working on the tagging.
>>5968298
Who agrees with this?

>>5968273
I was thinking something more like this honestly. It's just easier to number bases.

>>5968273
Bit too hi res

>>5968423
Like dees, but in a lil sphere

>>5968423
I've tagged it anyway, but you're right - that does seem like it would be much easier.

>>5968445
That one is actually blown up. here's a smaller one.

Are there any WICKED SPACE SPORTS in this dystopian future?

The alpha boys are pretty bored.

>>5968469
.gif format bro

15x15 ?

>>5968510
what can the alphaboys DO? I mean, I know they're slavers, but with the monkeys we found actually turning out to be, you know, artificial creatures we are currently genociding, slavery isn't really that important right.

You know, money would actually be pretty useful to have when we are on the run. And we do have cloning labs now. Can we start churning out monkeys to give to those religious fanatics in exchange for money?

>>5968469
Making new stuff with that.
>>5968510
Generally, none of the sports are available on the frontier - they just lack a job really and you guys seem to be handling things pretty well. Besides, they're not all sporty-types anyway. Pretty varied bunch.
There doesn't seem to be any further contribution towards construction orders and how you want ships to be like, should I advance to another day?

>There doesn't seem to be any further contribution towards construction orders and how you want ships to be like, should I advance to another day?
Before that- do our current construction plans orders account for the number of fusion batteries needed to power each of our ships?

It seems to me that each of our vessels is around 20,000 tons. Unless we have the fuel to make a complete set of fusion batteries for twenty of them, then (which we do NOT), our 400,000+ tons of daily construction capacity is massive overkill. Instead, we should be focusing on locating and strip-mining all the damned fuel on this planet.

>>5968557
hey Plasma
hey Plasma
are you going to continue this after we, if we escape from Tradestar? Please do, this has been awsome

>>5968549
There are trade laws prohibiting the use of purchasing clones for employment reasons - creating clones for employment reasons is allowed, yes, but not purchasing them.

This is prevent employment agencies like AlphaRange and New Earth Missions from being completely ripped off.

As for what the former-AlphaRange guys and girls do, they're subcontractors, just like you. They managed shit over at the AlphaRange compound. Three males, two females, two synths (one of which lacks physical form) and one prawn. One of them is a scientist, two of them are calculation-based AI, one of them's a mechanical and one of them is a expert fighter. The others are all-rounders, like you folks.
>>5968582
You currently have 200 fusion batteries.
1 fusion battery replaces 500 fuel/day
1 fusion battery = 500 fuel to make
Core Mining Inc. is willing to exchange two units of fuel for one ton of metal.

Also: map.

>>5968645
HEY GUYS AFTER THIS LET'S BECOME SPACE PIRATES
IN SPACE

>Core Mining Inc. is willing to exchange two units of fuel for one ton of metal.
Is there a limit to this? If not, please deliver 350,000 tons of metal to them in exchange for 700,000 units of fuel.

Since we'll then have enough fuel for our sinister plans to be carried out, please end the day.

>>5968625
It depends on whether or not university grants me as much free time as I hope. If it does continue, then it'll play much differently and probably much less number-crunchy.

Less like Civilization, Hearts of Iron and Crusader Kings, more like a combination of Homeworld and X-COM.

>>5968671
Core Mining Inc.:
"Whoa now, lads. We can only offer you so much at that price. We can give you up to three hundred thousand units at two-for-one but after that, it's got to be one-for-one - we're willing to trade up to a maximum of six hundred thousand units.
"Got no idea where you got all that metal from, but our fuel isn't as easy to dispose of."

So, that's:
450,000 TONS for 600,000 UNITS

>a combination of Homeworld and X-COM.
...and each of the subcontractors gets to found their own Kiith, complete with personal waves of clone/synth rookies to throw against our enemies! How fun.

Plasma, by the way, please alter the fighter design by increasing locomotion units to 8, and rename it "Plasma Heavy Fighter Mk1". Didn't notice that that issue had not yet been resolved.

Wait, guys.

Last thread, Plasma said a hanger holds an amount of starships equal to 1/10th its weight

Our freighters can hold up to 2100 tons in each hanger then

fuck that's tiny

needs moar hangars

>>5968718
The results:

Plasma Heavy Fighter Mk1:
8 locomotion.
1 armor + shields + cloaking.
2 weapons: Paired weapons, forward mounted. Dual lightning guns, or dual plasma, etc.
Powered by a fusion battery rather than fuel.
3500 TONS and 7000 UNITS to create
7000 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
VERY FAST

Here's my idea for a Plasma Destroyer Mk1:

50,000 storage capacity.
25,000 fuel capacity
Living space for 10.
Synth space for 500.
100 slots for locomotion.
2 FTL slots. 1 main, 1 backup.
5x armor + energy shield + kinetic shield + cloaking
150 weapon slots.
75 Hyperweapon slots.
1 construction bay
1 heavy construction bay
10 hangars.

Could someone do the number crunching for this, or pass me a list of the logistics involved?

>450,000 TONS for 600,000 UNITS
We'll give you 400k metal for 600k. 1:1.5 is quite generous enough on our part.

>Our freighters can hold up to 2100 tons in each hanger then
>fuck that's tiny
>needs moar hangars
This is actually a problem, yes. We'd be forced to assume that the freighter hangars are more for shuttles than combat craft. Actually, the cruisers lack any sort of hangar, which implies that no parasite craft could move us between them without docking externally. Moving goods without landing somewhere might be a pain, too. Perhaps we're exceptionally silly.

That said, our parasite craft are remarkably expensive. Why are they thousands of tons? Can't we build drone-sized fighters?

>>5968819
I'll handle the crunch.
>>5968824
The primary reason for that is that even the slowest spacecraft move at hundreds of kilometres per second and require locomotion methods that work in space.

This locomotion is very costly and very heavy. As you saw from your battle with the Mothership, each of their thrusters took approximately three missles to destroy. That's an indicator of how big those thrusters are.

By the way, are we making the AA towers or not? I say yes.

>>5968870
Yes, but these drones would be at no combat capable speed. Simply put, they'd be sitting ducks.

>>5968874
I thought 'yes', so I was including that in the construction queue.

>>5968895
awesome. Should we try and construct the shield towers as well? Orbital bombardment will still be a problem.

>>5968885
Yeah, I deleted that.

>This locomotion is very costly and very heavy.
Ah. Well, that explains that. We should still be able to send over standard drones as boarders, assuming that we can get them there. Please give me an analysis of this design, then:

Plasma Light Assault Craft Mk1:
3 locomotion
1 armor + shields + cloaking.
250 Synth Space

>>5968904

Let's build arrays of shielding towers at every base, but keep them inactive until we're sure of impending bombardment.

>Orbital bombardment will still be a problem.
Orbital bombardment isn't going to stop being a problem. They'll be able to overload our kinetic/energy shields, almost certainly, and even if not we can't keep them running forever. There's no future in that. Our only real chance is to eliminate those threatening us.

Emplaced hyperweapon turrets are probably a good idea when it comes to this. Or satellites with hyperweapons on them- those don't require locomotion, and should thus be much less expensive.

>>5968974
I don't think even Tesla cannon turrents can strike ships in space, but the satellites should definitely get them. Saying they don't try to take those out first.

>>5968819
112250 TONS and 224500 UNITS to create.
224500 UNITS to maintain per day.
SLOW
>>5968918
2125 TONS and 4250 UNITS to create
4250 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
FAST

>>5968974

Let's also remember to have these cloaked until they're needed.

Remember, guys; if we can fool TradeStar into not trying to obliterate us for another month, we'll be able to construct an armada to greet them the next time.

>>5968990

Good god, that's expensive. Though I suppose over 200 weapons emplacements somewhat justifies it.

>>5969032
weapon placements hell- that's not a ship, that's a wall of guns someone attached rockets to.

>>5969062

Let's not forget it can also churn out fighters and parasite craft.

Also, as someone pointed out the hanger problem, would you like to increase the number of hangers on your freighter?

>2125 TONS and 4250 UNITS to create
Hmm. That's just a tiny bit too large to fit on our current freighter schematic. Please shave off transport capacity for a few synths to make it fit, and see that it's researched.

>Good god, that's expensive. Though I suppose over 200 weapons emplacements somewhat justifies it.
It's also slow-moving, and our current fleet paradigm demands that all vessels move at a speed of FAST or VERY FAST. We'd need to triple the engines, probably, to achieve that... which would make the damn thing so absurdly huge it almost wouldn't be worth building.


Plasma, if our current weapons satellites cannot hold hyperweapons, please begin research on a satellite design that can. A cloaked and armored satellite design that can, actually, with an internal fusion battery or three to power things and the ability to charge tiny little space drones off them like our carriers.

>>5968819
>>5968990
>>5969062

So, options: reduce amount of dakka or go with the fraktastic expensive price?

I think one of these might be able to hold an entire solar system by itself.

>>5969126

In that case, proposed designed #2:
Plasma Destroyer Mk1
50,000 storage capacity.
25,000 fuel capacity
Living space for 10.
Synth space for 500.
100 slots for locomotion.
2 FTL slots. 1 main, 1 backup.
5x armor + energy shield + kinetic shield + cloaking
75 weapon slots.
25 Hyperweapon slots.
1 construction bay
1 heavy construction bay
10 hangars.

>>5969157
68500 TONS and 137000 UNITS to create.
137000 UNITS to maintain per day.
FAST

>>5969126
Got it.

Current research queue:

25/3
Plasma Hyperweapon
EMP Hyperweapon
Pulse Laser Hyperweapon
Gravity Snatcher Hyperweapon
MK IV Sensors

26/3
Thermal Lance Superweapon
Anti-Laser Energy Shield
Cruiser
Freighter
Fighter

27/3
Radiation Shielding
Jericho Hyperweapon
Hyper Stealth Suit
Miniature Stealth Drone

28/3
Heavy Weapons Satellite

>>5969216

There we go. Despite more than halving the number of weapons slots, 100 emplacements is still enough for a devastating barrage, and now it's in line with our fast starship doctrine (which I didn't know about until just now).

>>5969238
Agreed. It looks fine to me, and it's much more manageable in size. Add our "Destroyer" and "Light Assault Craft" designs to the research queue please, Plasma.

Then we have but to finish off the trade deal with Core Mining and end the day.

Oi, Plasma

Make the freighter have ten hangers

>>5969228

Wait, do we have any form of Reactive Point Defense system? If not, use technology from our shield and laser schematics to create it.

>>5969259
>>5969238
Adding these to research, they'll be done by the 28th.
>>5969284
Who agrees with this? At this rate, each freighter can only carry one light assault craft.

>Wait, do we have any form of Reactive Point Defense system? If not, use technology from our shield and laser schematics to create it.
Reactive point defense against energy weapons is somewhat nonexistent, I'd point out. We're likely stuck relying on our various forms of shield.

>Make the freighter have ten hangers
Assuming that doing so will not drop its speed significantly, fine. If it does drop its speed significantly, add locomotion slots to compensate.

Hell, while we're at it, make each freighter have two of each construction bay, an examination lab (that's the reverse-engineering one, right?), and a cryo chamber. Add locomotion to compensate.

>>5969295
Weapon slots can have two different types of weapons:
Superweapons
Weapons Batteries

Weapons Batteries contain approximately a hundred of your standard weapons in the form of a battery. They're usually used for point defense and eliminating the smallest starships.

>>5969330

That works.

And before I forget, what about missiles? Are they launched from hangars modified into silos or do they take up emplacements?

>>5969364
A weapon slot can be a silo.

New freighter:

Plasma Freighter Mk1:
250,000 storage capacity.
40,000 fuel capacity
Living space for 50.
Synth space for 50.
34 slots for locomotion.
2 FTL slots. 1 main, 1 backup.
4x armor + energy shield + kinetic shield + cloaking
4 weapon slots.
1 hyperweapon slot
10 hangars
2 heavy construction bay.
2 standard construction bay
1 examination facility
1 heavy tech lab.
1 medical lab.
1 cyro chamber
25000 TONS and 50000 UNITS to create
50000 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
FAST

Day 25, Month 3

691,212 tons
1,038,143 fuel

+90000 tons/day
+10165 fuel/day

Active Mines: Mothership

Active Pockets: 120

Available Mines: 398

Available Gas Pockets: 136

You're no longer able to trade for fuel with Core Mining Inc.

You've developed:
Plasma Hyperweapon
EMP Gun Hyperweapon
Pulse Laser Hyperweapon
Gravity Snatcher Hyperweapon
MK IV Sensors
All weapons require a name.

New Earth Missions firmly requests additional territory.

YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM TRADESTAR.

>>5969421
That looks good to me, although it should probably get the stamp of approval from at least one more person.

I hate to throw more automatic design problems at you, Plasma, but would it be possible to add synth capacity/engines to the light assault craft design such that it is 2500 tons, without losing speed? I'd like to have our ships match up with one another neatly if possible.

On a different topic, did Core Mining Inc. agree to my 400k metal for 600k fuel counteroffer?

>>5969472
Oh hey, message. Click accept!

>>5969472
>YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM TRADESTAR.

Aw snap. How are those AA towers going?

>>5969475

I think they did, since we have over 1 million fuel units now.

Tell NEM we're no longer willing to trade in land, but are willing to offer natives.

Open message from our benevolent employers.

All weapon names are suggestions until confirmed by another subcontractor. The ones I've come up with are pretty generic, after all...

>Plasma Hyperweapon
Plasma Lance.
>EMP Gun Hyperweapon
Disabler Beam.
>Pulse Laser Hyperweapon
Pulse Array.
>Gravity Snatcher Hyperweapon
Tractor Beam.

>New Earth Missions firmly requests additional territory.
Inquire as to what they're willing to give us for it.

>YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM TRADESTAR.
On screen!

>>5969472
You know, I guess we can't just do the metaphorical turning off of all the lights and pretending we aren't home, can we?

>>5969515
MAIN SCREEN TURN ON

>>5969475
Plasma Light Assault Craft Mk1:
4 locomotion
1 armor + shields + cloaking.
400 Synth Space
2500 TONS and 5000 UNITS to create
5000 UNITS PER DAY to maintain
FAST
>>5969489
"You gonna order anything physical this month or you gonna pass? You've ordered no fusion batteries since your last batch, which is odd. Also, have you built more fucking spaceports? With your debt of almost sixty thousand, we don't want to land and return, land and return, land and return six time. Shit gets old."

Plasma Hyperweapon
>Directed Fusion Discharge
EMP Gun Hyperweapon
>Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)
Pulse Laser Hyperweapon
>Photonic Array
Gravity Snatcher Hyperweapon
>Gravitonic Beam

These are my suggestions.

>>5969551

Proposed reply, as in, I'm still discussing this with my fellow subcontractors:

"The plan we had for the batteries hasn't worked out as well as we'd hoped, so we're withholding on that for now. As for spaceports... we'll get right on those."

>>5969588
Sounds good. And I think we did build a couple more in the main camp.

>Plasma Light Assault Craft Mk1:
That looks good. Thank you.

>"You gonna order anything physical this month or you gonna pass? You've ordered no fusion batteries since your last batch, which is odd. Also, have you built more fucking spaceports? With your debt of almost sixty thousand, we don't want to land and return, land and return, land and return six time. Shit gets old."
As soon as this communication is over, I'm going to laugh myself sick.

>>5969588
That reply sounds fine to me.

>>5969631
>>5969588
>>5969616
"Got it. Also, I hope this time you've got more metal. So far you've only been giving us minimal metal, not counting the shit you've given us for trading purposes. So, so far, it looks like you're not gonna get off the hole unless you're willing to give up some of the metal for no return. Remember - we need 300k in the space of six months if you want to get off that rock."

>>5969678

Cripes. Do we give them some metal to throw off their suspicions, or try and hold onto it? Best excuse I've got is 'we're still expanding operations'.

>"Got it. Also, I hope this time you've got more metal. So far you've only been giving us minimal metal, not counting the shit you've given us for trading purposes. So, so far, it looks like you're not gonna get off the hole unless you're willing to give up some of the metal for no return. Remember - we need 300k in the space of six months if you want to get off that rock."
"We have not forgotten the terms of our contract, and will abide by it. See you in a few days."

>Cripes. Do we give them some metal to throw off their suspicions, or try and hold onto it? Best excuse I've got is 'we're still expanding operations'.
We won't be giving them metal to throw off their suspicions. If the planetary manager wants us killed, they get zero and we get criminal records. If he doesn't want us killed, or we can intimidate him into not killing us, we give them their ~360k and we get no criminal records.

Or at least, that's how I understood the plan.

>>5969718
Claim "pirates". Have some of our ships hit a TradeStar convoy coming in or out of the system to make it look like there are pirates. Then request permission to begin military buildup to counter pirates. Or use pirates as excuse if they find our current military buildup.

>>5969747
"Fuck, man. There's no need to speak like a damn synth. See in five days time."
>>5969718
'Expanding operations' is a rather strange excuse, considering the highlighted area in the image will practically be completely industrialized by the end of this month, almost completely converted into a starship construction yard.

Fuck, at night, it's plainly visible from your satellite cameras, a glowing red sore in the earth churning out smoke.

A couple more weeks of living in this sort of environment and you're going to have to wear rebreathers.

Also, question:

Where are your carriers currently stationed?

>>5969783

Sounds good. Where the heck was I when you people decided this?

Proposal for Plasma Gunboat/ship Mk1:
15 locomotion slots
5 weapon slots
1 hyperweapon slot
Cloaking

Hopefully, a small craft that can dish out a shitton of damage while moving quickly enough to avoid fire.

>>5969849
Can we start investigating ways to reduce our pollution? Technology seems to be high enough that it shouldn't be all that necessary.

>>5969911
Joanna'll happily get right to work on that!

>>5969904
5500 TONS and 11000 UNITS to create
11000 UNITS to maintain
VERY FAST

>"Fuck, man. There's no need to speak like a damn synth. See in five days time."
>Subprocessor Irony
>Subprocessor
End call. How rude. That man should have looked over our personnel roster and noticed the android.

Speaking of which, is it just me or is Core Mining Inc. at war with Lemmington and Nebula? Either that, or there's some serious land trading going on. Look at those shifting borders. Can we get some satellite imagery of the area?

Regardless, we need to get certain technologies from New Earth Missions and Nebula Estates. Perhaps we should contact them regarding such.

Can we at least build more research labs?

>>5969985

Unnecessary. With the extra month we're getting we'll be able to research everything we need and get the frak off this planet.

Also, seeing as the AlphaRange people aren't doing squat, send the men, AIs and prawn to manage our outlying HQs.

Have the women managing a bit more nearby for... morale purposes.

>>5969985
Every time you request a new piece of research, a new tech. lab is built.
>>5970036
Who said anything about an extra month?
>>5969977
What technology do you want? You've got ration synthesizers, mind alteration and transmutation nanite technology from them already.

Also, as for what you see via satellite, it does appear to be a rather intense war.

By the way, where are your carriers currently place? I know one of them's over the Gurruk Empire, overseeing their enslaving and eventual destruction.

>>5970165
It's probably on patrol around the main base.

>>5970165

I was assuming that based on if we managed to fool TradeStar into not killing us at the end of this month, and they won't be coming by until the end of the next month, then that gives us a window of a month to finish up what we need.

>>5970165
>>5970036
We might be able to get an extra month by telling the guy who threatened us earlier that we've currently got the brain located, but we haven't been able to figure out to extract it without destroying it in the process.

>>5970146
Plasma didn't say they were attractive.

>>5970146
One of the women is an old, former Lemmington Pharmaceutical employee. Old, haggard and cynical. Middle-aged to pensioner. Another one is young but also underweight and filthy - also has a large portion of her face replaced with a rebreather. Also, one of the synthetics is a renegade Nebula Estates planner in a female synthetic flesh body. Looks attractive and humans but screams 'uncanny valley'.

Overall, sure, keep 'em for morale boosting if you dare.

>>5970219
Assuming there's only one other carrier that is. I don't remember how many we have total.

Ideas for tech:
Magnetic Plating
Thermal Plating
Reflective Plating
EM Shielding
Sensor Damping
High Explosive Resistant Plating/Shielding

>>5970262
Two carriers, two slavers, fifteen haulers and fifteen harvesters.

Those are your colossi.

>Proposal for Plasma Gunboat/ship Mk1:
I am inclined to put armor and shields on everything. Perhaps it's overkill... but considering the amount of tonnage that we already have to throw at every single ship, it seems a waste not to spend a few more on protecting our investment.

>Unnecessary. With the extra month we're getting we'll be able to research everything we need and get the frak off this planet.
It is doubtful that we'll have an extra month. We need to be ready to be gone in a matter of days. This means that tomorrow will in fact be the last day to issue any new research orders which we want to have done before our departure.

Speaking of which, we did research the gamma cascade (hyperweapon), right? If not, I want that done.

>What technology do you want?
From Nebula Estates, I'd like realistic humanoid AI chassis and all their AI models- secretary, planner, and one other were available, I believe? Offer to sell them weapons in exchange.

From New Earth Missions, I'd like combat drugs and brain-burners, if we haven't already gotten both of those from another source.

>>5970255

...Thanks a lot. Outsource them further than the men, if possible.

What do you guys say we call up Lemmington and ask them how the war is going? They're our bros, maybe we can provide fire support from a safe distance.

>>5970285
I'd say we have one carrier on patrol around the main base and the other hanging around Alpharange territory.

>What do you guys say we call up Lemmington and ask them how the war is going? They're our bros, maybe we can provide fire support from a safe distance.
They're winning their war, and we already got all the tech of theirs that we want AND their promise to put in a good word for us with their government. They've got nothing left to offer us and don't need the help.

I suppose that we could send them a few satellite photos of their enemy's positions, if we're feeling like being nice and they don't already have that information.

>>5970294

Valid points.

Amended proposal for Plasma Gunboat/ship Mk1:
15 locomotion slots
5 weapon slots
1 hyperweapon slot
Armor + shields + cloaking

>>5970284
Anyone else for this?
>>5970294
NEM: "We demand this amount of land and the slaves you have available in exchange for that technology. All of the natives have fled our land and if you don't mind me saying, we're not about to rely on you as our sole source of income.
NE: "Of course - what weapons are you willing to exchange for these four fine examples of Nebula Estates technology?"

>>5970401
6500 TONS and 13000 UNITS to create
13000 UNITS to maintain
VERY FAST

>NEM: "We demand this amount of land and the slaves you have available in exchange for that technology. All of the natives have fled our land and if you don't mind me saying, we're not about to rely on you as our sole source of income.
"The slaves we have available number in the thousands, and are more than worth the technologies requested on their own. Just the slaves for the tech."

>NE: "Of course - what weapons are you willing to exchange for these four fine examples of Nebula Estates technology?"
"Well, our range of weapons available is quite extensive- what niche do you feel that your forces need filled? We have infantry weapons, vehicle weapons, fire support, and many more."
Please look at our satellite information and have Samson 70 give a recommendation as to what would most suit their needs, while remaining within reason, so that I can make a better sales pitch.

Proposal for a Salvage Corvette/Marine Frigate:

15 Locomotion Slots
Armor + Shields + Cloaking
1 hyperweapon slot (heat ray, or something else to cut open ships with)
2 weapon slots (point defense/support for boarding party)
Hangar and complement of 100 boarding drones (humanoids plus light drones).

Nevermind on the list; I'm about to head out in a few minutes. Great job as always, Plasma.

>>5970332
Oh come on. Two of them are fairly attractive if you overlook the obvious flaws (bottom half of her face replaced with bionics and uncanny valley respectively)
>>5970520
NEM: "I am afraid there's no deal. We need a way of regulating the amount of slaves we recieve - at the moment, you control the market and if you don't mind we saying - we cannot have that. So please, give us this land and you shall have your technology. Otherwise, you can keep the slaves in your habitats and have them slowly starve. Then this world will be of use to neither of us."

S70 looks at the situation. Primarily, Nebula Estates seems to rely on slow-moving, heavily armed combat-constructors fortifying every inch of land they gain, while Core Mining Inc. responds with stone-shatteringly powerful weaponry and mining technology that renders the defenses moot.
"I'd say they need artillery, thermobaric technology, shockwave technology and I would lend them our noncombat satellite so it can locate the tunnels being constructed."

>>5970577
Hyperweapon could be Powered Prowblade

5625 TONS and 11250 UNITS to create
11250 UNITS to maintain
VERY FAST

Dang its quiet.

I don't mind trading them some weapons - we have airpower, lets trade.

>>5970785
NE: "While we appreciate this offer, we feel it is't enough - we need air superiority."
You can offer either VTOL or 'copter.

Also, HQ11 and HQ15 are spotting large amounts of humanoids approaching from the West and North respectively. Microphones are picking up New Earth hymns.

>Proposal for a Salvage Corvette/Marine Frigate:
Add more boarders to this design. Its purpose is to deliver them into the enemy ship; therefore it is reasonable to load as many as possible into the frigate, relative to the tonnage, as long as we can retain speed. I'd go with 1000, if we can manage it. Of course, that would make it substantially larger...

>NEM: "I am afraid there's no deal. We need a way of regulating the amount of slaves we recieve - at the moment, you control the market and if you don't mind we saying - we cannot have that. So please, give us this land and you shall have your technology. Otherwise, you can keep the slaves in your habitats and have them slowly starve. Then this world will be of use to neither of us."
"Actually, if all the slaves starve it won't really impact our operations, save that we'll have to divert drones to body disposal. We're primarily capturing them because it's more profitable than killing them in the first place. The land, however, contains valuable minerals and fuel which we cannot casually give to others. Are you certain that you will not reconsider?"

Give NEM the land. If we're planning on abandoning the system, what does it matter?

>>5970834
Great, drugged up humans - I forget what forces we have scattered about, but lets move our two carriers (w/ all docked forces) to the threatened area.

If I trade copter technology, I'd like to take back thermobaric from the drawing table.

>"I'd say they need artillery, thermobaric technology, shockwave technology and I would lend them our noncombat satellite so it can locate the tunnels being constructed."
To Nebula Estates, PENDING fellow subcontractor approval: "We are willing to provide you with a substantial number of powerful artillery units equipped with thermobaric and shockwave armament, and additionally provide satellite information regarding the positioning of various units and fortifications which you are sure to find useful. Naturally, the units in question are proprietary designs and we would ask that you not attempt to copy them yourselves rather than purchasing additional units. Does that sound equitable?"
I'm thinking that we send them maybe 200 heavy artillery drones with artillery/artillery/artillery/ammo/ammo. That's probably enough to win them their war, though they might reverse engineer them afterwards and make fools of us. Objections/modifications?

>Also, HQ11 and HQ15 are spotting large amounts of humanoids approaching from the West and North respectively. Microphones are picking up New Earth hymns.
Samson 70, give us a report on military readiness in that area and our potentially for immediate and highly lethal response, as well as a timetable for bringing more forces over, please.

>>5970879
We shall never give into terrorist demands! But really, if they take an inch, they will take a mile - we have nothing good from their presence anyway, I see nothing wrong with taking them out as we build our escape.

>>5970901
So give them the land, take their tech, then crash a dino-killer style asteroid right onto their HQ as a goodbye present when we leave.

Hey Plasma. What's the standard crew size of a ship? Military/civilian/cargo.

That would help with determining boarding party size.

>>5970873
"We're not going to reconsider. We need the land as well for resources - this situation does not favour us so we're going to try and change it until it does."
>>5970883
One carrier is near HQ11.
The other carrier is hours from either.
>>5970884
S70: "We can potentially defend HQ11 - but HQ15 is lost, I am afraid."
>>5970883
>>5970884
NE: "I'm afraid that this deal is quite unacceptable to my employers - if we give you our technology, we expect technology in return."

>>5970950
TradeStar vessels - and yours - are almost completely automated. However, most vessels require a crew of usually four members per kiloton.

>>5970966
Eh, 4 pieces of tech for 4 - might as well do it unless someone disagrees.

Let us concentrate on defending HQ11 - do we have any other airborne assets around (Heat Copters and such)? And any light ground forces close to outpost 15?

Damn, where are some Shadowrunners when you need them?

Do we have any real espionage capacity we could use to just steal the technologies we want?

Sorry Plasma, but is there a quick list of all our researched tech that could be posted? If its going to take to long, forget it, but I wanted to try to work on a atmospheric star ship primarily made for ground bombardment.

>>5970995
So a crew of around a hundred on average, I'd say.

>>5970966
Tell New Earth that they're going to need to remove their people from our land or unfortunate industrial accidents may befall them. Our drones are no particularly careful.

>>5971024
Too much of a hassle - trading is easier. And espionage is diplomatically damaging if discovered.

Subprocessor Online, and ready to...

For the love of space jesus, is there anything you people WON'T strap more rockets to?

Anyway, mobilize carriers to bases 10 and 12. If NEM won't play nice, they'll die like everyone else that's attacked us. and some people who haven't.

>>5971057
We have a Carrier at base 11 already.
I dunno where the other one is - I'm afraid to move it if its at a strategic spot.

>Do we have any real espionage capacity we could use to just steal the technologies we want?
We have stealth suits. We'll even have more incredibly awesome stealth suits in a day or two, but things are kind of time-sensitive here.

>Eh, 4 pieces of tech for 4 - might as well do it unless someone disagrees.
Very well.

>NE: "I'm afraid that this deal is quite unacceptable to my employers - if we give you our technology, we expect technology in return."
"Highly unfortunate. We can offer you associated useful technologies, then- thermobaric, shockwave, and artillery schematics. We will not be constructing any units of your behalf, then, of course."

>"We're not going to reconsider. We need the land as well for resources - this situation does not favour us so we're going to try and change it until it does."
"Very well, although you should be aware that we have a very good track record when it comes to killing people who threaten us."

>S70: "We can potentially defend HQ11 - but HQ15 is lost, I am afraid."
In that case, strip everything we can from HQ15 and evacuate it. When enemies occupy it, hit the base with a barrage of missiles so that they get nothing. Send all relevant defenders to HQ11.

And for the record, i liked the plasma ball base icon more than the little spikey gadget we've got going on now. :D

>>5971037
Too long.

For orbital bombardment, all I can really suggest is big ship, lots of heat rays and missle silos.
>>5971017
You've got everything that a carrier has at your disposal at 11.
15 has nothing but various AA turrets that can be used for ground combat.
>>5971041
"We won't have to remove our people if it becomes our land. Give us our land and the natives for enlightenment and you shall have your technology. One last offering."

>marine frigate
I envision the thing to be armed with a prow blade, an EMP weapon, and a point-defense laser. It rams enemy capital ships while stealthed, fire EMP into the breach to temporarily disable them, ditch boarders real fast, and then get away ASAP instead of being sitting ducks like the Homeworld 2 version. If it's done right the enemy wouldn't even know what hit them.

on top of normal weapons (probably gamma, heat and EMP) the boarders should be spraying enough tear gas to fill up the rooms wherever they go, since they don't need to breathe. neutralize whatever interior defenses the ship would have, get to the bridge, upload a control program that lets us remote-control the ship.

also I agree there should be more boarder drones, so that it can ram several ships before going empty.

>>5971108
We don't need their tech. IF we are using robots all the time, there's no point to combat drugs or brain burners. Human purity movement! heh. But seriously - lets get set to fight.

>>5971108
Let's give them this, and then claim everything else.

If they ever move again, we torch them.
When we leave, they get all our leftover stocks of cruise missile, pointy ends first.

>>5971108
So I think we're going to need to teach New Earth a lesson.

>For orbital bombardment, all I can really suggest is big ship, lots of heat rays and missle silos.
Actually, it occurs to me at this point that we have a double handful of orbital bombardment satellites. I say we deploy them against the New Earth Missionaries- I don't want anyone escaping alive from the group that they sent to take HQ15. Missiles and heat rays from space should be more than enough to ensure that no one gets out intact.

To clarify my hasty post:

We really don't need a meatgrinder war against a bunch of zealots right now, we need to be building our escape fleet. Hell, we'll even get techs if we don't kill them.

So, let's bide our time, and sucker punch them on our way out the door.

>>5971155
I'd say configure our AA turrets for ground deterrent, and aim our missiles at incoming forces to base 15.

Our carrier at 11 should release light flying scout drones (hopefully cloaked) and scout on advancing enemy concentrations. Following said scouting, if they are still intact, they should check on forces advancing on 15 for threat assessment.

>>5971183
Correct, you have eighteen heat ray attack satellites at your disposal at the moment. Good memory.
>>5971184
>>5971168
>>5971155
>>5971154
Fight or no fight?

>>5971213
Nice job on remembering the satellites dude. I vote war.

>>5971213
Ask Samson how protracted a fight might end up being.

>>5971213
I vote no, we have REALLY IMPORTANT SHIT to be doing instead...

but i'll serve cheerfully even if overruled. :D

>>5971108
Quietly seed the land with our combat drones. Give them the land in exchange for tech. Give them the slaves with posthypnotic commands implanted to ruin NEM's shit. Then activate the drones and the sleepers once we no longer care what NEM thinks about us.

>>5971248
We can do that while fighting, no? I assume we are still building fusion batteries en masse?

>>5971184
A war might be good cover to any passing by Tradestar ship as to why we are building up our industry. Plasma please add to the research queue those transmutation nanites. Hopefully we could get repair or possibly recycling nanite types in our disposal.

>I vote no, we have REALLY IMPORTANT SHIT to be doing instead...
I'm pretty sure that we can eliminate the New Earth Missionaries without actually diverting any units from said really important shit. None of our combat units are aiding in the construction/ research/ mining process.

>Fight or no fight?
I am inclined to fight, although a quick demonstration of power first as a final incentive for them to make peace and trade with us in a civilized fashion might be in order.

>>5971245
"We should be able to defend HQ11, like I said - an almost certain win with our cloaking technology.
"Even with satellites, HQ15 is most likely lost - but we should be able to butcher any large concentration of NEM zealots. Even better, they're in a position where they can't defend against our heat rays."

>>5971249
This sounds like a cool idea, but going to war again is fun.

To war! Wheeeeee!

>>5971184
I love your plan

War it is.

It appears that New Earth Missions lacks diversity or decent weaponry. Most of their forces are composed of tens of thousands of zealots that you've provided a sizable number of, pumped full of combat drugs and with wailing hymns screaming into their ears. Just from looking at them through the cameras, you can tell they're deluded. They're armed primarily with assault rifles and many of them ride in stripped-down APCs.

So, where do you wish to deploy the heat ray satellites?
What tactics do you wish for your carrier to use?

>>5971374
Send some cloaked drones in for a closer look before we commit to a real fight. I want to see if they're hiding anything in that mass.

>>5971354
Why thank you!

>>5971374
Oh shiny happy space jesus, three genocides wasn't enough for this month? Dammit.

*sigh* Vape them all. Start with anyone holding anything cooler than an AK.

>>5971374
We still have tons of artillery sitting around right? Couldn't we just nerve gas 'em?

Use the Heat Ray copters to cut them down in large numbers prioritizing the vehicles. Otherwise use the lightning gun drones cloaked up and instagibing the organics.

>>5971374
Also, did we build any more spaceports?

If not would it be possible to build them over the infrastructure we're using to build our spaceships, to hide them from prying satellites?

>>5971184
I like this idea. Take the techs now, slag the entire planet as we leave the system for good.

>>5971407
Your artillery has been disabled for over a month near former Uni-Peace territory.
>>5971398
There's just under a hundred rather shiny looking tanks that most of the hymns appear to be coming from. They're also releasing a barely visible mist into the air.

>>5971449
Take out the tanks first.

Light Atmospheric Cruiser Proposal:
Role: Mobile Air to Ground Attack Platform - space worthy but only useful in atmosphere.

5000 TONS Cargo Space.
20000 UNITS Fuel Tank.
10 Persons Living Space.
100 Synth Space.
20 Locomotion Slots (or whatever will move this ship speed to very fast)
10 Weapon slots - 6 on the bottom of the ship - ball turret configuration for maximum surface coverage. 4 on top of ship in ball turret configuration (1 turret per slot of course)
2x Reinforced Plating
1x Anti-Laser Shields
1x Kinetic shields (if we have it)
1x FTL Slot

Weapon slot configuration:
Bottom:
4x Superweapon Heat Rays
2x Superweapon Plasma
Top:
2x Superweapon Electricity Guns (for anti air)
2x Superweapon Plasma

Start butchering the NEM troops around 11, targeting the vehicles and troops with special weapons first. Offer them a deal for 15.

>>5971449
Aim our heat rays for those tanks.

>>5971449
Ha. Knew it. Keep the drones searching for any other tricks while the sats take out the tanks.

>There's just under a hundred rather shiny looking tanks that most of the hymns appear to be coming from. They're also releasing a barely visible mist into the air.
Those should probably be our priority targets.

>So, where do you wish to deploy the heat ray satellites?
Prepare for satellite deployment against the force approaching HQ15. Attempt to identify any unusual or key units, such as the tanks noted in the other force, and eliminate them first. Subsequently, target any large groups moving forward, particularly in an organized fashion.


Good call, whoever said to look for advanced units.

Have all the VTOL drones make the most of their mobility, constant attack runs after the tanks go up. Oh, and launch all of them now, in case they've got a trick up their sleeve.

>>5971473
No deals - if we can route them at 11, we can drive them into the ocean and then flank 15. Our orbital satellites can hopefully hit any tanks coming at 15.

As for our idle artillery, who votes on reprocessing them for shipbuilding materials? Not much use for them anymore - they won't reach 11 or 15 in time.

>As for our idle artillery, who votes on reprocessing them for shipbuilding materials? Not much use for them anymore - they won't reach 11 or 15 in time.
I agree that we don't need them anymore, but how much metal would we actually get from reprocessing them? I was thinking that we'd throw them all in our cargo bays when we take off, in case we engage in planetary conflicts at a later time and need a ready-made army.

>>5971539
Depends on how much we'd get from them - tossing meatshields into a fight isn't too bad, but I'd prefer top of the line units with more advanced tech.

target the tanks at 15 as well. kill all their good stuff that we can see.

You select the tanks as the priority targets for your heat ray drones and immediately they buzz over the battlefield as they approach HQ11, showering them with heat. There's no explosion - the poor bastards in the vehicle don't even scream. The music just comes to a sudden halt as the metal melts.

The advance stops - suddenly, thousands of them begin to fire randomly into the air. Tens of thousands of bullets are flying in a matter of seconds, filling the air and it's not long until some drones crash and fall. However, that's not the primary threat.

Cases that the zealots were sitting upon in the stripped down APCs are suddenly opened and they take out rather complex looking RPG-launchers. You recognize a crude version of AlphaRange's homing technology - heat-seeking. The RPGs are launched blinded but they definitely begin to hit their targets, eliminating your forces a few handfuls of drones at a time - meanwhile, they're simply dying in droves - and quickly losing morale. Many of them are already losing morale, converted natives firing upon their 'allies' and trying to run away into the wild.

The situation near HQ15 is even more hilarious - eighteen beams from the sky begin to burn pretty patterns in the mud, leaving steaming ditches and molten vehicles in their wake. The poor monkeys and zealots look ever so confused, screaming about the end of days and running around wildly, trying to locate their assailants but to no avail. However, the APCs break away from the confusion, racing towards HQ15.

I vote we build a handful of SUPER SMALL escape ships as a final resort.

500 tons storage
However much fuel storage for an FTL jump
1 person living space
10 locomotion
1 FTL
2 weapons
Kinetic/Energy shields + cloaks
Powered by as many fusion batteries as possible

>However, the APCs break away from the confusion, racing towards HQ15.
Target those APCs. Don't let any of them reach HQ15, if possible. Then rake the rest a few times and see if they can be dispersed/forced into a retreat.

>RPGs
Those seem to be the only significant threat, so we might as well eliminate them where possible, and clean up everything else later.

>>5971646
solid plan is seconded.

>>5971640
Or increase the living space to make them for more than single person.

>>5971603
Mwahahahahahahaha! Burn little delusional zealots, burn!

Are the natives just scattering wildly or heading en mass in one direction?

>>5971664
If we can't haul along our resources with us, it would be pointless.

>>5971646
I'm for this, too

I'm interested to see how this turns out, but alas, it is time. night.

>>5971677
It's a final final FINAL resort kind of thing. An escape ship. Survival. It has 500 tons storage space, which is enough for some minimal metal. But it would have all of our tech. It could be like spreading seeds throughout the galaxy.

Hit a spaceport, sell some designs, pocket the cash and set up on a planet or retire.

Final resort, hence the super speed and lack of storage.

>>5971706
So basically a Screw You to Tradestar by letting out thier fusion batter schematics? Seems somewhat unnecessary as our tech is our biggest advantage other than our TACTICAL GENIUS.

>>5971728
Nah, nah. As a means of survival, that's all.

>>5971646
The natives are going in all sorts of different directions when freed from the pheromones.

As soon as the APCs come in range, the lightning turrets of HQ15 begin to rattle away, frying the stripped down vehicles and their unfortunate inhabitants. However, then the RPGs are launched. One by one, the turrets are blown into smithereens as the APCs approach, being eliminated by heat as well as lightning. Ten of the APCs reach HQ15, blowing holes in the walls. Then twenty, thirty, forty... There's just too many for eighteen heat rays and those turrets to handle. HQ15 is being swamped.

HQ11, however, is not. It's absolute carnage. You value the death of the RPG-carriers above the end of the pheromone tanks so it isn't long until the APCs are quickly being bogged down in a cocktail of ranged weaponry. The last of the APC threats are eliminated and all that's left is an unfortunate host of zealots all in a panic.

>>5971777
I'VE TAKEN ALL I CAN TAKE, AND I CAN'T TAKE NO MORE!

IT'S TIME TO SUIT UP!

Stealth suit: Maxed cloaking. Kinetic shield. DUAL LIGHTNING GUNS!

NO ONE FUCKS WITH US!

>>5971777
I believe the technical term for what's at HQ 11 is a 'Turkey Shoot'. Let the drones go wild.

HQ 15 is more of a fish volunarily puttng itself in the barrel. Let's shoot it!

>>5971808
Archer, don't be a dingbat. Sit your ass down and be satisfied watching from the monitors.

>>5971808
It would be easier to gas the place using our artillery drones. And make sure no one leaves the base alive and disable all communications as to not let any of our tech out.

FUCK THIS NOISE.

Let them take HQ15.
Defend HQ11.

Realign satellites over NEM HQ.
"BEND. OVER."

Haha, yeah.

Hit the NEM territory HQs with our heat rays.

>>5971859
I second this course of action. Preferably just before we heat ray their main HQ.

>>5971859
>>5971870
Should I go with this?

>>5971859
No, cruise missile their HQ for now.
We'll have time to move the satellites after HQ 15 is a glassy plain.

>HQ15 is being swamped.
Missiles, please. With nerve gas, decontaminants, or something similarly friendly to us but not to them, if we have such on hand. I imagine that since our bases are built to be automated, we don't have much in the way of conventional buildings for them to hide inside; if nothing else, we can automatically seal all the doors while we flood the streets with such forms of death.

The missile flight time should be enough that the place will be good and full before they get hit, too...

Before we fuck their shit up, we send a transmission admonishing them for taking what wasn't theirs.

Okay, consesus:

Satellites or missles over HQ15?

Bear in mind missles have a delay and may come too late.

>>5971951
Do both? Missile Base 15 and heat ray the NEM HQ.

>>5971966
Sounds like a plan

>Bear in mind missles have a delay and may come too late.
Actually, I'd rather count on the delay to increase casualties. "Too late" for what, after all? I suppose that they're going to force us to self-destruct our data cores and such, but those can be replaced.

So, missiles on HQ15, killsats at the NEM main base, is my take on this.

>>5971966
This

There's only one way to describe HQ11's situation.
Beneficial havoc.

As for HQ15, one after another, the cameras deactivate as the place is brutally dismantled and torn apart, your satellites moving away from the location towards the NEM HQ. 10 tear gas missles are launched to HQ15 but you've got no idea what the situation there will be like by the time they arrive - all cameras are offline. There are no satellites in the sky. You have no information on the situation in that area.

Eventually - the missles lands. But the result? Who knows.

>>5972040
do a scout pass with carrier drones.

>>5972040
Let's get a non-combat sat there to give us some intel.

>>5972040
Don't we have some unarmed observation satellites? Cause I thought we did.

>10 tear gas missles are launched to HQ15 but you've got no idea what the situation there will be like by the time they arrive - all cameras are offline.
Uh, I was hoping for something slightly more lethal than that. I know we saved a whole pile of extremely nasty tricks when we were firing them all at the nanoplague- there was a bit of debate about it.

And can we have one of our non-weaponized satellites observe the place? We do have non-weaponized satellites, right? Or maybe satellites armed with something other than heat rays? Whatever- if not, have one of the others observe it after they have some fun mauling the main base.

>>5972082
>>5972074
You're about to move your only noncombat satellite over HQ15 - it'll take a few minutes and by tomorrow, you'll have traded it over to Nebula Estates.

It appears that at least 75% of the enemy force has been incapacitated, while the rest are spreading out, making themselves difficult targets and hiding amongst the nanite deserts.

>>5972105
Do we really have no Auxiliary forces nearby that can hunt down the NEM forces?

>>5972103
5 Herbicide Missles
5 HE Missiles
5 Napalm Missiles
5 Pulse Missles
5 Thermobaric Missiles
10 Tear-Gas Missles

This is what you have remaining. Anything other than tear gas would've been considered damaging to your facility, so tear gas was selected.

>>5972105
We only have ONE observation sat? And we're about to trade it away as well? Bugger.

Quickly build two dedicated observation satellites and launch them. They should have better sensors now than the old one, anyway.

>This is what you have remaining. Anything other than tear gas would've been considered damaging to your facility, so tear gas was selected.
Hmm. A pity. Ah, well- how long will the tear gas last, relative to the amount of time it will require for our nearest carrier team to relocate to the HQ15 site? We might still be able to use it to facilitate a rapid reconquest.

>>5972121
None.
>>5972161
Not enough. If you wish to keep them incapacitated until the arrival of combat units, it'll take at least 5 more missles.

>>5972188
Fire the missiles then to keep the enemy forces in one location. And rebuild all our missiles back to a stockpile number of 20. If we leave we could always take them with us at ammo.

>>5972188
Make it so

There's no other way to put it. By the time your carrier arrives to clear up the mess, the missles have barely just arrived and the distant mist can be seen on their cameras. Finally, they're at the ruins of HQ15 and immediately slaughter the zealots. Unfortunately, all of of the others are scattered throughout the wilderness - it'll take quite a while to hunt them down.

Your heat rays are now over NEM.

>>5972248
We have time, send the carrier to make sure no cohesive survivors remain.

And I'm out. Hope to catch you next time Plasma.

>>5972248
How about broadcast to them " I beleive stealing is a sin. And you not only did that but also were armed and did not listen to reason. At least we will give you forgiveness in a sense. Now, BEND OVER." At which point the Heat Ray satellites activate destroying the NEM HQ.

>>5972314
Need consent from others before you destroy a faction.

Who else is for it?

Get our drones out there looking for the thieves.

This time, I AM suiting up to go look for myself. Cloaked, hunting through the wilderness in my jet assisted stealth suit, killing any NEM I see.

>>5972326
Kill 'em

>>5972337
S70: "Archer, you are one sadistic motherfucker."

Aw, S70 approves.

>Who else is for it?
Actually, I'm inclined to re-offer them a few thousand slaves in exchange for their technology again. We had fun, played with them for a while, and they are surely bad children who will not misbehave again.

Also, I really do want their tech and we might fry it.

>>5972367
They stole from us.

They die.

>>5972374
>>5972367
>>5972314
2-1. Anyone else?

>They stole from us.
>They die.
If you get your fun playing hunter in the wilderness in a stealth suit, why don't I get my fun toying with and making fun of weaker factions? Where's the justice?

Besides, we can always kill them later! One toe out of line, and we'll glass their base.

>>5972361
"I will hunt the most dangerous game of all: man."

>>5972374
Yes we cannot allow any form of Technology leak. One of our biggest strength is our tech. So we must keep our edge. Also, Archer, I think that excursion for the nanovirus whetted your appetite for war. But we need a good range of people so go for it.

>>5972389
Why not do both?

>>5972404
Damn straight it did.

Booyah

>Why not do both?
Fine. Let's bluff them into thinking that if they give us the tech we'll give them more slaves and won't glass their base, because in true supervillain style, they aren't worth bothering with... then we glass their base anyway, because we're sadistic fucks.

Since it's only really a one-vote difference, I will go with the most neutral option - which is, sparing them. For the time being.

What course of action do you wish to take before the next day?

>>5972464
Allowing them to get away with this is only to invite disaster. Also have a carrier support Archer to hunt down those who stole from our base.

>>5972464
Regardless of the official Plasma Ltd. choice, I'm gonna go hunting. Predator style.

>>5972457
agreed

>Since it's only really a one-vote difference, I will go with the most neutral option - which is, sparing them. For the time being.
Plasma, I don't think they're living through this. I'm perfectly willing to kill them... I just want to wrangle their tech out of them, first. Even if we let them live, it would only be for the thrill of gloating at their impotence, because that's where all the fun in being super-powerful comes from.

So! Open communications to the NEM. "Greetings. We are given to understand that you may be experiencing a slight personnel shortage. Our offer of several thousand slaves in exchange for the technologies we requested earlier stands."

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>>5972530