>>5972530
Oh, and map.

See Joanna's picture and see if the Geologist AI can improve our mining and fuel rates. But does NEM have any tech we want before we glass their HQ?

I bet her picture is going to be some ghastly serial killer shit.

>You currently have the New Earth Missions Headquarters at heat-ray-point. They're willing to trade you the slaves for the technology.
Aw. Gloating is so much less fun when it's abstracted. Ah, well. Send them their slaves, get the tech.

Then I will hand over the controls to the killsats to my fellow subcontractors, and go oversee the construction of some starships.

>Joanna wants to show you a pretty picture.
Let's see it.

>>5972537
Is the symbol for the brown country a piece of bacon?

>>5972577
>>5972565
No, her picture is some very rough blueprints for her jury-rigged Martian jet. Materials, engines, weaponry, key components, etc, etc.

As for New Earth Missions, I believe you wanted combat drugs and the brain-burner?

rolled 2 = 2

>>5972589
You know, i thought that too.

>>5972584
(after receiving tech)
"You know what, we warned you. We told you what would happen if you attacked us, and you did it anyway. So here. I'm going to leave your fate in the hands of your god. Heads, you live, Tails, you die."

>>5972589
It was meant to be three sine waves, but sure. Bacon works as well.

>>5972605
We want whatever we can get. What're the details of her sketch?

Also, I'll hold off my hunt until AFTER we glass their HQ.

>>5972605
Can't we research a brain burner we got from the doctor? Do they have anything else?
As for Joanna's picture try running through Samson 70 and our tech core to see if we are able to make a working design. See if the other scientist would like to help figure it out.

>>5972618
"Tails. Goodnight, you sons of bitches."

HEAT RAAAAAY

glass them all and let their gods sort them out.

Yes heat ray the base. We can't allow any tech to fall in their hands.

Also, have our satellites keep an eye out for any ships leaving the planet.

>>5972627
"It's... obviously not a work of art nor the work of an engineer but it's enough. We probably won't be able to create an exact copy of a Martian jet but we should be able to mimic the less efficient one that Joanna jury-rigged. It'll be much faster than anything we have at the moment at least. Might be a bit more unstable, however."

Eighteen heat rays suddenly descend from the sky at once before the NEM Representitive can respond. Suddenly, the room you see through the screen appears to run like water - as does the representitive. He gurgles one last time and the scream goes to white.
Static.

>>5972680
(we, um, got their tech, first... right?)

>We probably won't be able to create an exact copy of a Martian jet but we should be able to mimic the less efficient one that Joanna jury-rigged.
Could we use this blueprint as a base to research a more efficient jet? We'd probably end up with one somewhat different in style from the original Martian design, but as long as it works well...


Plasma, could I get an updated summary of our current research, please?

>>5972695
Correct.

>>5972680
Expand into their territory and see if there is any salvage we can get at.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand now . . .

The hunt . . . is on.

>>5972680

Don't think the Inquisition could have done it any better themselves. That gave me a good laugh.

>>5972697
Science Division: "This is possible, yes."

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

28/3
Heavy Weapons Satellite
Light Assault Craft
Destroyer
Spacecapable Drones
Gunboat
Gamma Hyperweapon
Industrial Nanites
Atmo Cruiser
Salvage Corvette

>>5972711
Are you taking many drones with you on this hunt or are you going at it alone?

>>5972739
I'd say me and four drones. Stealthed up to the max with our most stealthy and efficient weapon, whichever that is, I don't even know anymore.

>Science Division: "This is possible, yes."
Please begin design work immediately, then. We may soon not have the luxury of access to our science labs and plentiful gas supplies.

If we begin construction of starships now, what will that do to the total tonnage we're able to construct before the scheduled arrival of the TradeStar ship?

>>5972774
You're able to construct approximately 385,500 tons per day at your heavy construction facilities, so it won't affect it.
Currently you can construct:
Freighters
Fighters
Cruisers

Also, the Jet will be ready by Day 29, Month 3.

What would be the main differences between this martian jet and the kind of ships we've been designing?

>>5972758
There's so many weapons it's difficult to keep track of it all. Lasers, gamma, flamethrowers, lightning guns, thermal lancers, etc, etc, etc.

Just go with what you think is the coolest.

>Currently you can construct:
Please construct the following:
4 Freighters
6 Cruisers

All should, of course, have the number of fusion batteries required to reduce non-FTL fuel consumption to zero installed.

>>5972820
Martian jets aren't starship locomotion, but they're still capable of spaceflight. They also move faster than anything else in atmosphere. We're talking getting from one side of the continent to the other in an hour.

>>5972835
Let's just go with gamma.

Being a synth, Can i spend the rest of the day to back myself up? I'd rather like to be able to survive a suicide run or two :D

>>5972858
In that case, you and your drone companions come across a small encampment of natives who have freed themselves, untouched by the rest of your force so far.

Other subcontractors can take remote control of the four drones accompanying Archer. Suggested tactics?
There's approximately thirty of them, all armed with assault rifles. Five of them stand at guard at the gate, five more in trees.

>>5972910
Only natives? Have they got any of our stolen shit?

>>5972896
Sure.

>>5972924
They've got a torn-out turret on an APC.

I suggest we spread out, fire at them, move, fire, move, fire move. Circular motions. Shark them.

Oh, also build 16 fighters, please.

That should be enough of an initial fleet to do well for us. We can add more cruisers and destroyers over the next couple days.


I would like to redirect our other construction capacity to making more harvesters and haulers. We have enough heavy construction capacity, I think, and should make it a priority to mine as much of this planet as possible in the remaining few days before we depart. Our ships have massive fuel tanks that I'd like to see us fill.

>>5972943
The monkeys shriek and dance about in panic, running about wildly as they begin to fall down dead one by one for some mysterious reason.

Approximately ten are left, firing randomly - one of them accidentally bringing down one of your drones. Finally, something lying in the APC sits up. The sight of it is absolutely terrifying.

It's a gorilla.
With goggles.
Grinning straight at Archer, with a pair of assault rifles, pointing straight at him.

>>5972963
Understood and proceeding with buildan.

>>5972972
Holy shit.

Wait, don't we have kinetic armor on to deflect the assault rifle rounds?

Also, uh, gorilla with goggles and two rifles. Well, if I have my kinetic shield, then I don't worry as much. But still, I fire full bore and take evasive action. Shoot, dive behind a tree or rock or anything. Hopefully a drone will take it out if I don't.

>>5973025
That was the only thing saving you.

It suddenly opens fire, a thousand rounds hissing through the air - but all of the impact on the kinetic shield and fall to the earth. After being hit with gamma, the drugged-up gorilla froths at the mouth - and then he's hit again. Finally, the big old monkey collapses.

The rest of the natives, with their leader dead, immediately scatter and scream, desperately trying to leave.

>>5973043
Clean them up and send a replacement drone for the one that was taken out.

>>5973073
Yes, this.

Then send in a team to clean the site of any tech. Meanwhile, I and the other drones go out looking for more NEM folk.

>>5973073
Mm. The day's practically going to continue like that - with your kinetic shield, against these guys, you're practically invincible.

So, day advancement, if you don't mind.

Day 27, Month 3

596,712 tons
24,984 fuel

+90000 tons/day
+22765 fuel/day

Active Mines: Mothership

Active Pockets: 120

Available Mines: 405

Available Gas Pockets: 143

The following are developed:
Radiation Shielding
Jericho Hyperweapon
Hyper Stealth Suit
Miniature Stealth Drone

The following are created:
6 Cruisers
4 Freighters
16 Fighters

And I feel like we should give this a break today.

>>5973105
Very good, sir! do you have a planned time for the next one, that i might not blunder in halfway through the day's adventures?

>>5973105
Are those ships fitted with Fusion batteries?

>The following are created:
>6 Cruisers, 4 Freighters, 16 Fighters
That's it, ladies, gentlemen, and genderless beings. We officially have our fleet and can get out of here whenever required.

Now we just need to figure out where we can get another couple hundred thousand fuel, so that we can build a destroyer and some more parasite craft before departure.

>>5973116
Yes, all of them are.

>>5973130
Larger scale stuff will have to wait.

I say, we get this fleet armed to the teeth, and when TradeStar comes, we give them the 600k we owe, demand payment, and CLAIM THIS MOTHERFUCKING PLANET FOR OUR OWN!

FUCK YEAH!

>>5973142
Also, we'll need to start advertising for colonists to come live here. I mean, 30 or so people, that's not much of a population.

>>5973113
Oh, yes.

GMT:
Midnight, Thursday-Friday. That's approximately 39 hours from now.