rolled 78 = 78

SCIENCE!!

rolled 46 = 46

It's got both!

MAGITECH HOOOOOOOOO~

rolled 49 = 49

magic!

rolled 56 = 56

Neither. It's all natural, baby.

rolled 48 = 48

>>13154658

>Genius.
>I think in words.

not sure how would work

Moar scifi, it would appear.

Let´s determine INT before moving on.

>Mindless.
>Animalistic.
>Sentient.
>Sapient.
>Genius.
>I think in worlds.

>>13154673

My bad. Meant to type ¨worlds.¨ Clearly, I am not in that intelligence category myself.

rolled 93 = 93

sapient

rolled 72 = 72

>>13154692

i see rerolling then
>Animalistic.

rolled 44 = 44

Mindless

rolled 62 = 62

Sentient

>>13154700

¨You tellin´ me a bug can think? I find that notion offensive!¨

What´s the critter made of?

>Flesh.
>Synthetics.
>The tastiest part of both.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 49 = 49

Mindless but containing two instincts to eat and defend its territory

rolled 5 = 5

>Other (please specify)

wood

rolled 36 = 36

Other: Jelly

rolled 65 = 65

>>13154783
diamonds!...the exoskeleton at least. Insides made of Meaty goodness.

rolled 65 = 65

>>13154783
Organics.

rolled 8 = 8

>>13154783
Polyvinyl

>>13154850
now thats just silly

>>13154818
>>13154830

An exoskeleton of crystalized silicon around a carbon-based interior? My but what can´t biochemistry do?

Before going further into its physiology, it would help to know what conditions the creature is adapted to.

>Terrestrial.
>Flying.
>Aquatic.
>Vacuum.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 13 = 13

v-v-v-v-v-vacuum

MAGIIIIITECHHHHHHHHH

>>13154880
Flying

rolled 55 = 55

>>13154880

Well, since it's sciency, it has adapted itself to live inside cyborgs! Hence the need of being meaty and silicony!

Flying

rolled 64 = 64

>>13154880
Other (HYPERSPACE WHOOOO)

rolled 63 = 63

>>13154926
fffFFFFFFFFFFUCK YOU...

good roll

rolled 52 = 52

Other: inter-dimensional space (as in, between dimensions ;D)

rolled 92 = 92

Lives on planets that have have high amounts of radiation (Nuked planets)

>>13154926

This species inhabits hyperspace, and is likely to be encountered by warp-capable ships.

I guess there´s carbon and silicon in hyperspace. Who would have thought. How does our species survive in these otherworldly conditions?

>They leave hyperspace to gather resources.
>There´s an ecosystem in hyperspace that supports them.
>They prey on starships that enter their realm.
>Other (please specify)

>>13154967
Never mind nukes; any planet with a strong magnetic field should do (c.f. Jupiter and its moons). Or areas of dense star formation.

rolled 36 = 36

>>13154989
They prey on starships. They're actually very tiny and they swarm.

they leave hyperspace

rolled 39 = 39

>There´s an ecosystem in hyperspace that supports them.

rolled 34 = 34

>>13154989
Leave hyperspace

rolled 2 = 2

>Other (please specify)

they eat suns

rolled 2 = 2

they feed off the emissions of starships, while leaving the ships themselves unharmed.

They are part of an existing ecosystem in hyperspace, but they leave hyperspace now and then while migrating. Recently, they have begun attacking passing starships after discovering that starship fuel makes them high.

rolled 44 = 44

They can exit hyperspace and enter nearby suns, in order to recharge their energy.

rolled 48 = 48

Roll for this:

>>13155076

>>13155048
>>13155018
>>13155045

There´s a crazy hyperspace ecosystem that supports them. However, these creatures have also been known to menace passing ships occasionally, and there are unconfirmed - perhaps merely mythical - rumors of them sometimes entering normal space for brief periods.

What is their role in the fucked up hyperbiosphere?

>Primary producers
>Herbivores
>Carnivores
>Scavengers
>Other (please specify)

>>13155076

...also, add this to my last post.

rolled 88 = 88

>>13155120
Carnivores. Ommin' and nommin' anything that passes through.

rolled 89 = 89

Scavangers. They look for any material or equipment that their kind can use for their own purposes, or learn from.

rolled 16 = 16

>>13155120
Scavengers.

rolled 11 = 11

Scavengers

rolled 11 = 11

Other: Their roles/needs/intentions are a complete mystery and possibly incomprehendable to humanity

rolled 56 = 56

>>13155120
The hyperbiosphere is actually dead interlocked bugs that have formed a pocket in hyperspace. Without them, the hyperbiosphere would not even exist.

>>13155153
>>13155140

Opportunistic scavengers. They will eat just about anything, but prefer meat (carbon or silicon based, they both have their nutritional value). They are also eager to take new things apart and learn about them after noming any edible bits.

How big is the creature?

>Microbial.
>Insect sized.
>Cat sized.
>Person sized.
>Bear sized.
>Federation shuttlecraft sized.
>Ship sized.
>Big enough to eat any of the above.

rolled 13 = 13

Cat sized

rolled 78 = 78

>>13155223
Bear sized, but numerous enough to pose a threat to a medium sized starship.

big enough to eat any of the above

rolled 85 = 85

>>13155223
They are microbial but have the ability, in hyperspace only, to fuse together and act as a collective whole, in order to scavenge anything that requires a larger body.

federation shuttle craft

>>13155269
>>13155252

A colony creature, able to discorporate into microbial organisms and then reassemble into larger, bear-sized forms.

Since the individual microbes are too small to be independently intelligent, they must form a collective brain. What means of communication allows this?

>Some kind of particle beam (please specify)
>Electromagnetic (specify wavelength; visual, ultraviolet, etc)
>Technobabble hyperspace pulses.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 43 = 43

>>13155339
Electromagnetic: Gamma wavelength.

rolled 10 = 10

>Other (please specify)

They dance like bees

space bees

hyper space bees

rolled 83 = 83

They have the capacity to create various electromagnetic waves by vibrating their bodies. This can incidentally cause ships to lose communication before being attacked/scavenged by them.

>>13155402
I gotta ask, are you that same guy that's beaten me in the last three rolls?

>>13155402

They can shed EM radiation all across the spectrum. In addition to allowing the swarm to think, this interferes with ship communications.

Once your comm systems are out, how do they attack?

>Drill or tear through the hull.
>Corrode the hull with many, concentrated magnetic pulses.
>Use their stolen technology to blast it open.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 1 = 1

>>13155464
A combination of the first two. Corrode the hull to weaken it, then rip it apart.

rolled 31 = 31

>>13155402

diamond creating eletromagnetic pulse doesn't make sense

make it just radiation

>>13155498

They have other organs inside that aren´t diamond.

rolled 52 = 52

>>13155464
Other

They attatch themselves (possibly magneticly) to the hull and release large ammounts of gamma radiation. Eventully, with enough of the little bastards, the entire ship will be backed in deadly radiation so strong even the largest, most protected ships.

Its the same process they use to communiate, but MORE. If you try to use the communication systems, they are washed out with a sound that is vaugely similar to screaming.

rolled 87 = 87

>>13155464

Concentrate their efforts to corroding/breaching a part of the ships hull then swarming inside to devour everything, starting with anything carbon based.

>>13155537

I think you failed to finish a sentence properly. Do they use the radiation to destroy the ship itself, or to kill the crew inside? In the latter case, how do they eventually gain entry?

And, if the microbial form does all the damage, what are the bear-sized aggregates for?

>>13155574
They try to corrode a piece of the hull through small concentrated pulses, while in microbial form. If this fails, then they fuse together into their bear-sized form and create a collective burst pulse.

I would like to see these guys versus the octopus people from the other thread

>>13155574
>>13155612

Okay, let me try this.

Their first approach is to swarm the ship and try corroding it magnetically. This isn´t enough to penetrate the hull on its own, but it weakens it to the point where the bears can cut through.

Once they´re in, they get fucked up on the fuel and sometimes eat the crew as an afterthought. What is their preferred means of doing the latter?

>Swarm of radioactive microbes that eventually breaches your suit and eats you.
>BEARS.
>Both.
>Other.

rolled 95 = 95

>>13155678
BEARS, BEARS EVERYWHERE.

both. Sort of. RADIOACTIVE BEARS

rolled 7 = 7

>>13155704
sorry,forgot roll

rolled 28 = 28

Well shit, my original post failed hard.
MAGIIITECHHHHHHh

rolled 17 = 17

>>13155678
Both. Bears wreck shit and scavenge big things to take, while the microbes fuck up the crew clandestine style.

rolled 48 = 48

BEARS WITH BEARS RIDING THE BEARS AS BEAR CAVALRY

>>13155686

Making sense of this whole thing...

The microbes cannot feed on their own. When the cloud intersects with something potentially interesting, it latches onto it (bombarding it with radiation if neccesary) and forms the big creatures to manipulate and/or digest it.

Let´s get into the aggregates now. What do they look like?

>Bizarre geometric shape (please specify).
>Superficially similar to some earth creature (please specify)
>Mass of semisolid gel that forms itself into different shapes.
>Other (anything goes at this point)

rolled 23 = 23

>>13155776
BEARS. BEAR-SHAPED BEARS. BEAR-SHAPED, BEAR-SIZED BEARS.

sort of a newfag. Can I noko and roll?

>>13155776

this:
http://voxelshow.com.br/images/uploads/creepcrw5.jpg

>>13155799

Yup. Use the + sign.

rolled 19 = 19

bizzare geometric shape that looks like a bear if you squint

rolled 75 = 75

>>13155776
They look like D20 dice. They roll themselves for the amount of damage they do in fights.

rolled 9 = 9

>>13155819

forgot my roll

rolled 64 = 64

>>13155840

damn, the dice hate me D:

rolled 87 = 87

>>13155833

this.

But with d6s and d8s too

rolled 69 = 69

>>13155833
thanks a lot! I'm goin for gel

rolled 99 = 99

>>13155776
Other: Each is uniquily shapped. Like snowflakes

rolled 43 = 43

>>13155871
Oh god damn it! Finnaly get the highest roll and I'm past 5

rolled 67 = 67

>>13155871

i approve of this
snowflake bears

Haha, good luck figuring out what to do with that.

rolled 43 = 43

this how the noko dice work?

rolled 55 = 55

where did op go?

So this is how you noko dice?

My apologies; my roommate urgently needed the computer.

>>13155833

A bit like a cthulhu mythos star-vampire. Shaped like a twenty-sided polygon, each side occupied by a sea urchin like spike with a feeding orifice at the end. They can fly in hyperspace, but in 3d space are limited to rolling.

What´s their means of attack?

>Impale with the spines and drink fluids.
>Some or all of the spines have a gnashing mouth on the tip.
>Concentrated radiation beams, plus one or both of the above.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 26 = 26

>>13156018
I'm all for impaling.

rolled 54 = 54

>>13156018

they all swarm the victim till you can't see her anymore
then they just get together as in bear form and victim stays there
Being digested

rolled 90 = 90

All 3

rolled 84 = 84

>Other:

They open up like a gaping maw and chomp down on their meal, crushing it.

rolled 38 = 38

>>13156018
spikes

one a microb level, they are like a virus: stabing into the membrane wall of the cells and sucking out the good stuff.

At bear level the spike are the size of your head and are their claws.

rolled 45 = 45

Impale themselves into the target before shooting a blast of radiation, when in microbe form.

Bear form can shoot electromagnetic pulses, radiation pulses, or maul

rolled 93 = 93

Bears shoot lasers from their eyes and mouth!

>>13156055

This, plus their finishing move which is

>>13156059

Overall attack pattern: swarm of microbes permeate the arena, clinging to prey to slow it down and weakening it with radiation. Polygon forms fly in and stab, bite, and blast the debilhitated meal.

This is what Voyager would run into if the writers weren´t fucktards.

Now, earlier in the thread we established that the swarm is intelligent, can use the technology of its previous victims to some extent, and has made incursions into normal space. How much tech has it figured out so far?

>So far, its had no success except for occasionally using a stolen hyperspace engine to invade normal space.
>It can use the ships it disables to a limited extent.
>It can use its disabled ships perfectly.
>It can use its disabled ships perfectly, and is building more of its own.
>Other (please specify)

rolled 40 = 40

made me remember this

rolled 31 = 31

>>13156122
It can use the ships it disables to a limited extent.

rolled 70 = 70

>It can use the ships it disables to a limited extent.

rolled 14 = 14

>>13156122
They can use and create copies of ships. However, in order to use these ships outside of hyperspace, they have to set the ship for auto pilot, since they can only roll in normal space.

Cmon dice gods, you know this is the only logical answer.

rolled 47 = 47

>>13156122

>other
They don't actually use it
just assimilate the ships and other materials to try to gain more resistance or other abilities
They did this to diamond ships, that's how they got their exoskeleton

also, given the nature of the species, it should have a hive mind, the little ones are not smart, just the species as a whole

rolled 100 = 100

>>13156122
It can use the ships to a limited extent, as the small amounts of radiation they put off throw the warp drives out of whack eventually

rolled 30 = 30

It can use ships to a limited extent, depending on how much non-radiated brain matter they were able to absorb.

rolled 56 = 56

>>13156177
the dice god commands it

>>13156161
>>13156140

The ships it takes can be used for only a brief period before the overexposure to radiation and hyperspace elements take their toll. However, studying its captured ships has taught the swarm to better use certain materials, such as its own diamond shells.

The two things it CAN reliably use the ships for is to lure other ships in, and to attempt to get into normal space (it can also fly the ships for a while, but it uses all the fuel to get high so that doesn´t last long).

How much of an impact has the swarm had on normal space so far?

>It hasn´t been able to aim very well, so it keeps ending up harmlessly in deep space.
>It can aim well enough to place itself close to ships and space stations, but it can´t survive planetary conditions. Fucking gravity.
>It can and has attacked planetside colonies.

Also, how long can it stay in normal space?

>Seconds
>Minutes
>Hours
>Days

rolled 15 = 15

Can't survive typical planetary conditions. Duration of most visits is measured in minutes, on rare occasions manifestations have lingered for hours or days.

rolled 81 = 81

Hours at a time.

rolled 53 = 53

>>13156238

They can only stay in for a few minutes. So they use a captured ship to pop in, grab another passing ship, and pull it back into hyperspace to subdue. They can´t survive planetary conditions.

rolled 18 = 18

It can survive in planetary conditions, but then it can't leave. It avoids planets to keep from getting trapped.

rolled 51 = 51

>>13156238
They last only for hours in normal space. Because of this, it is only found in deep space.

rolled 7 = 7

>>13156238

>It can aim well enough to place itself close to ships and space stations, but it can´t survive planetary conditions. Fucking gravity.

>Minutes

After that it's just empty diamond dust...
Sometimes it's so much that atracts bounty hunters and people trying to collect it

rolled 50 = 50

>It can aim well enough to place itself close to ships and space stations, but it can´t survive planetary conditions. Fucking gravity.

>It can survive in normal space in microbe form for months, but can't turn into d20 bears without help.

rolled 69 = 69

>>13156285

This.

newfag here. What's the command to roll?

>>13156285
>>13156288
>>13156282
>>13156278
>>13156293


This all results in a logical combination.

It can last for hours in normal space before having to return. If it ends up in a planet´s gravity well/magnetic field/whatever, it can´t escape, and will be forced to stay until it dies. For this reason, it avoids planets and attacks only ships. It uses its captured ships to get to others, both in normal space and in hyperspace.

If it is prevented from returning home (for instance, its stolen hyperspace engines are disabled) it dies, leaving clouds of diamond dust that can be harvested.

Well now. I think this is one of our best species to date. What do we call this terror from beyond space?

rolled 40 = 40

>>13156327

it's on the first post
don't be retarded

rolled 19 = 19

>>13156335
The nickname that people use for it should be "God's Dice"

rolled 45 = 45

DIAMONDMON

rolled 84 = 84

>>13156335
>>13156357

I like it, except it should be 'The Dice of God'

rolled 89 = 89

>>13156335

liked it very much too :)

the name should be...
Acarus Adamas
just a name humans gave it as they encountered it

terror from space (with dimonds)

rolled 31 = 31

angel dust

rolled 26 = 26

Diamond Snowflake-20-sided-bears from outer space

rolled 96 = 96

Diamond Death

rolled 87 = 87

glass mites

>>13156383

Acarus Adamas. The Dice of God. The Diamond Man.

This hybrid organic/silicate lifeform evolved in a zero-atmosphere hyperspace ecosystem. An intelligent swarm of microscopic creatures, Acarus Adamas used their composite intellect to outwit the other creatures of its home dimension, strategically using its swarms and dice to overwhelm its prey and defeat other, less intelligent swarms.

Its simple existence changed when it discovered starship fuel, which had a narcotic effect on the swarm.

Since then, it has been driven to capture FTL starships in hyperspace by battering down their defenses with radioactive bursts and tearing into their hulls with its dice. It kills the crew, uses all the fuel, and often eats the corpses as an afterthought. It does battle by weakening and slowing the enemy with its microbes while the large polygons tear them apart and blast them with energy beams.

Eventually, Acarus Adamas figured out how to use the ships it claimed. It fills these damaged ships with parts of itself and sends them briefly into normal space to attack others of their kind.

>>13156433
Awesome, this one turned out better than the last.

>>13156408

20-sided bears! Jesus Fuck!

>>13156433

When one of Diamond Man´s wrecks makes it into normal space, the swarm will spread out and engulf nearby vessels that are lured in to investigate. The creatures can only survive briefly in normal space, so they work quickly to penetrate the hull and make off with the fuel before returning to hyperspace with one or both wrecks. If their new target is smaller than their current ship, the swarm might even grab the target, latch it to their wreck, and use the wreck´s FTL drive to pull both ships back into hyperspace, where they have all the time in the world.

Fortunately, the Diamond Mites can get trapped by planetary conditions, so they can´t attack surface locations (such as fuel mines or factories). They are only a threat in space.

>>13156433

Awesome

You're compiling these somewhere?
Would like to read all of them

>>13156465

Most Diamond Man attacks take place in orbit, where ships are easy to ambush. The best way to defeat the swarm is to take your ship into the planet´s atmosphere, where they can´t follow without getting stuck.

If you happen to fly into the swarm while travelling through hyperspace, you are most likely fucked. Even if you drop out of hyperspace, you´ll be in deep space where they can safely follow. Your only options are to do enough damage to the swarm to discourage it (wide energy beams and explosions are key), or to attempt communication.

Though the swarm´s radioactive language is hard to understand, some spacefarers have managed to communicate on a very basic level. Some have escaped death by convincing the entity that it would be less trouble for it to let them go in exchange for some of their fuel. Dark rumors persist that some nefarious beings are even beginning to conspire with the swarm, offering it endless supplies of fuel in exchange for attacking their enemies.

The swarm is a single entity, but can detatch parts of itself to send them into normal space on raids. These mini-swarms have their own intelligence, but are eager to return to their fellows, merge back into the single consciousness, and share the fuel they´ve captured.

>>13156465

OP? Where can i find the others?

>>13156548

If a cloud of Acarus Adamas are prevented from returning to hyperspace within a few hours, they die. If this happens, their stolen ship can be recovered, and the organisms themselves are valuable on account of their diamond shells. The remnants of a failed Diamond Man attack is one of the luckiest finds a fortune seeker can make.

The biology of the organisms is very complicated. Every microbe in the swarm communicates with its neighbors via radioactive bursts. However, they can only feed when assembled into their signature polygons, or ¨dice,¨ which use the ingested materials to create more microbes. It is also in the ¨dice¨ form that they can experience the narcotic effects of ship fuel.

When engaging Diamond Man, radiation gear is a must. Use wide-burst weapons, like plasguns or explosives. If you´re fighting them in a place that still has atmosphete, use incendiaries. Fighting, however, should only be a last resort; if at all possible, flee. If you can´t do that, try to bargain for your life and hope it can understand you and feels like listening.

If attacked in normal space, you can at least teach the swarm a lesson by firing on its stolen wreck. Even if it kills you, you´ll have sentenced it to death in a few hours if its FTL engines are destroyed.

>>13156550

Others are in the suptg archives. Unfortunately, there is NO tag that will bring you to all of them.

Others I´ve run include the Helltree and the Blue-Green. Others I´ve participated in include the Zxyksy, the Trilosnakes, the Demonweb Dancers, some old testament angel things whose name I forgot, and my personal favorites, the nightmarish Snakish Men.

Archive?

>>13156643

Awesome, will look them up thanks