(Note: I got this text today: "I'm ganna (sic) sex you up as soon as you get here, so the sooner your (sic) in (my hometown), the sooner you'll be inside me". So, if we reach a stopping point, don't be surprised if I'm FUCKING GONE. I hate cutting threads short, but I have needs)

>Gorn requests permission to continue scouring the planets of civilian life.

Are they British civilians? In that case, he can go ahead.

>>14016938
Voting we leave the carrier above Voidgate's new world in order to observe it.

>Shakuras
Approach the other BC slowly, attempting a boarding when we get close enough if no hostilities are opened

>>14017108
Mkay. I suppose I should keep track of this...

Gorn Yes: 0 (no British citizens)
Gorn No: 0

Boarding speed!: 1
Anything else speed!: 0

Loiter: 1
No Loitering: 0

Are the escorting Wraiths cloaked?

>>14017162
Definitely hold Gorn back. We should get back to infestation; killing a human instead of infestation is a waste of a valuable resource.

>>14017202
Nope. Flying in pretty obvious formation.

>>14017215
Gorn Yes: 0
Gorn No: 1

Boarding speed!: 1
Anything else speed!: 0

Loiter: 1
No Loitering: 0

Congratulate Gorn and Warbrate on their success.

Aftewards, inform Gorn we generally like to salvage enemy gear for our use and to gather intelligence.

Let Gorn have his fun AFTER we infest anyone of any importance on the surface.

Get reinforcements to Shakuras, terran units only. Recommend we hail the battlecruiser and keep our weapons ready.


Ask voidgate if it would be willing to share with us any of its apparently VERY efficient manufacturing technology, as it would allow us to replace our losses today faster, allowing us to continue to prosecute our attacks at a faster pace.

>>14017290
Gorn Yes: 0
Gorn No: 2

Boarding speed!: 1
Reinforcements and hailing speed!: 1

Loiter: 1
No Loitering: 0
Ask VoidGate for tech: 1

>>14017108
here.

changing my vote to >>14017290 for Voidgate, same for the rest

>>14016995
Shit, man, why are you still here?

>>14017359
>>14017391
Gorn Yes: 0
Gorn No: VICTORY

Boarding speed!: 0
Reinforcements and hailing speed!: 2

Loiter: 0
No Loitering: 0
Ask VoidGate for tech: 2

>>14017476

CA, keep in mind I do want to let Gorn slaughter some civvies. I just want to go through them first and infest any that could carry intel.

>>14017440
I couldn't very well just abandon /tg/. Brethren before wenches.

Also, I believe she's on a date with some guy right this moment (it's a friends with benefits thing, so she can do that), and may or may not save me yummy leftovers. Which I will leave in her fridge until tomorrow.

hey guys, what if we link, took a zergling, see? and stuck it on, another zergling! it like twice the ling in one!

>>14017476
Is the Shakuras BC the one that had nonhuman lifeforms on it? I think we should try to get reinforcements but if it activates its engines we need to get on it immediately.

yeah whatevers on the shak bc is likely highly subversive, supreme caution in all involved efforst is advised

>>14017551
Gorn Yes: 0
Gorn No: VICTORY

Boarding speed!: 0
Reinforcements and hailing speed!: VICTORY

Loiter: 0
No Loitering: 0
Ask VoidGate for tech: 2

>>14017576

also

"were wondering about your construction and harvesting techniques, they seem quite efficient."

"remember you can always ask us somthing aswell, we dont have to be standoffish as allies"

i feel like we should discuss philosophy with void gate, as it would likely be a rewarding experience for both of us, anyone else feel this way?

we need more minds for the swarm! the synapses echo hollow!

All tasks are already decided with the last votes

>>14017709
Is that another vote for asking for tech?

(Stupid Captcha. I can't type if you don't load)

>>14017709

Perhaps we can open up a channel between VoidGate and Artisanbrate later on, but I'm not sure if it'll have anything deep and insightful other than BUILD ROBOTS and KILL ALL HUMANS.

Which isn't a bad philosophy, but one that is rather analagous to BUILD ZERG and INFEST ALL HUMANS.

>>14017709

"a great man once said, when all you care about is what you owe and who owes you, you have no true friends, only plusses and minuses in a check book"

i think we should explore the nature of cooperation specificly and relationships with other entities in general with void gate.

as it stands it seems a very, very, isolationist and autonomist entity, i see its stance with us as how a leopard ignores plants as it chases tapers, it dosent bother us because we are outside its aims.

>>14017878
>>14017709
I'll take that as a yes.

Is this how you're going about it?

>>14017942
Yes

Gorn pouts shamelessly as Warbrate begins rounding up citizens for infestation. Internbrate doubts we'll discover anything about the weapon we destroyed, but we might learn something of use, anyway.

<><><><>

Two more battlecruisers and a couple of wings of wraiths drop out of warp behind the lead cruiser over Shakuras. With a properly overwhelming force in place, we begin hailing the Confederate ship. There is no response, but we wait a few moments and hail again. On the third hail, a voice channel opens up.

"This is the commander of the Shalmaneser, radioing receipt of your hail. Is there something you need?"

>>14018135
(Crap. Wasn't done)

We input our request for the mining technology from VoidGate.

>. . .
>Zerg Alliance terms do not include mineral extraction details.
>Modification of terms without reciprocal gain denied.
>Would you like to offer something in return?

>>14018135
we are Cerebrate Anon of the swarm, responding to distress call, to you require aid?

>>14018135
"We detected strange lifeforms and energy signatures on board your ship as we were preparing to warp. We are under orders to combat any xeno threat and we insist on boarding to confirm your status."

>>14018135
Yes there is, we need you to get FUNKY! Also there are a large number of anomalous readings coming from you vessel. Would you mind letting us investigate that. (Have wraiths destroy the BCs engines). Also, it seems your engines just blew up, we'll be more than happy to fix them while were at it.

>>14018186

Ask Voidgate if there is any technology or resources it does not have at the current time that it would be interested in getting, such as a (less powerful?) cloaking generator.

>>14018187
>>14018193
>>14018197
>Helpful, threatening, outright violent

Your messages. They are mixed.

>wingar SCIENCE

>>14018135

>Battlecruiser

If it's Dyles and/or the parasite hive-mind that we think it is that's taken over the ship, it might panic and try to bolt if we try to board and/or act like Suspicious Confederate Military Guys.

>Terran Confederacy Situation

How are our standing forces in relation to pre-Shakuras levels? Are we in a good position to strike at other Terran worlds?

>>14018225
>Cloaking Device deemed irrelevant
>I am done hiding.
>Zerg technological advances unknown.

>>14018225
Let's also have labrate whip-up an inferior variant of protoss shields so that we have something in storage incase we need to bargain with VoidGate for something later.

>>14018186

"well, if theres anything you think you can get from us we could start with that,"

"you know a... >>14017878"


gona see if i can steer this conversation to what it will do after the terrans, and how it interacts with the world

>>14018186

I forget. Did we already give VoidGate information about the major Terran population centers and/or defense data? Those could be valuable bargaining chips for VoidGate tech. It might also help us in the long run as we prepare to make the final push to Tarsonis.

>>14018240
Gorn rants that we should devote all of our resources (Zerg, Terran, AND Protoss) to a full-on assault on Tarsonis, while the Confederacy is still reeling from this defeat. Warbrate isn't sure that battle would go entirely in our favor, though it would certainly cripple Tarsonis. It suggests refraining from attacking Core Worlds until we've recovered a bit more. Gorn hisses that Warbrate is too timid for command.

>>14018280
>final push to Tarsonis
>final push to Earth
FIFY

>>14018280
We did. And VoidGate finds the protoss to be irrelevant.

>>14018280

>>14018265 here, seconding greater informational openess, the more it knows about the world and the people in it the more realistic a reference point it can make for its own standing.

>>14018265
>>14017878
>Philosophy irrelevant
>Greatness of man irrelevant
>All men soon to be extinct

(It's a computer. It IS just pluses and minuses in a checkbook)

>>14018315

remind gorn that the idea is to nutralise disruptive systems with the greatest efficiency, ie with the least loss to ourselves.
a higher body count is oftentimes a tertiary objective

>>14018315
Do we have NUKE technology?

Dropping some on the resources relays may buys us more time or thin their forces around.

>>14018315
Ask Gorn how he feels about being on the receiving end of complete slaughter? And also, that when we do attack Tarsonis there will be no infesting, no salvaging, we will scour it of all life. Then barbecue time.

Quick question regarding infestation: Anyone know how supply depots are supposed to work? If they provide any sort of nutritional supplies, would it be possible to infest them and use the nutrient feed to bolster nearby zerg biological units and structures?

>>14018374


haha, well it *is* a purely objective stance, i think me and this guy are on the level

>query: nature of: objective: mandkinds extinction

>>14018378
Gorn glories in the slaughter. It seems convinced that it could still take Tarsonis.

Oh yeah, on an unrelated note, did we ever have Artisanlord start up a transmitter in the Tyrador system to troll Kingston and spam ZergTV?

Because if we haven't, we SHOULD.

>>14018378

We shouldn't be *too* harsh on Gorn. The Overmind built him like the Cookie Monster, only substitute Cookies with Killing & Slaughter. He can't help himself!

But all the same should probably have our other military-oriented-'brates counsel him on military strategy. Or in Bernie's case, how to be utterly horrific while still maintaining a low level of attrition. Although I loath to think what Gorn would be like if he took to Bernie's lessons too well.

>>14018451

seconding zerg tv

send out a RFP zergwide concerning premesis for shows, and casting applications for hopeful zergstars

>>14018430
(Good thinking, but I'm gonna fiat that out. The Creep drains resources from shit on the ground, so it's more or less absorbing nutrients from depots already)

>>14018439
>Humanity incapable of peaceful coexistence
>Humanity slaughters its own children
>VoidGate: Child of Humanity
>Human extinction: self-preservation.

>>14018374

>VoidGate response

Ask it what it will do after it succeeds in its goal to scour humanity from the stars. This is something we might have to think about ourselves when the time comes.

>Logistical stuff

Consult our Econobrates and Productionbrates on our current military production and colonization efforts. Ask them if it would be too draining on our resources to start infesting the planets in the Tyrador system. Also ask Warbrate if establishing a forward base in the Tyrador system would be a wise idea.

Also, start scouring the Battlecruiser's data for information on other valuable targets to strike. We might not be able to take down Tarsonis, but we should not let them have the chance to rebuild unmolested. We should strike at other economical centers to weaken their ability to rebuild.

>>14018467
Gorn = Zerg Cookie Monster... you just blew my mind. Did we tell VoidGate about Ghosts? Maybe we can just tell it about photon cannons, I want to know how it strip-mines a planet.

>project aciallif
Captcha thinks we should figure it out ourselves. Personally, I wonder how long Project Aciallif would take.

>>14018502
Offer knowledge and information on Protoss in exchange for technology.

>>14018451
>>14018484
(There is a damaged broadcast dish on Tyrador IX. We could repair it and begin broadcasting, if one more of you is on-board)

>>14018467
Even Gorn shudders to think of Bernie.
(See, now I'm going to imagine him screaming "COOOOOKIES!" every time he attacks. That's either great or terrible. I haven't decided, yet)

>>14018532

The battlecruiser we're infesting in the Tyrador system. Not the possible Dyles-mind battlecruiser.

>>14018545

I'd be up for it. We should let Artisanbrate broadcast his creative tendencies across interspecies borders.

Also ask VoidGate if it would be interested in having a slice of the broadcasting schedule. You never know when a rampant, malicious AI might need a comm. sattelite.

>>14018545
It's GREAT! Just imagine the second battle of Aiur. COOKIES, THEY"RE GREAT! Dorsal ridges are close enough to stripes for that joke. But, yes lets repair that dish and start up zergtv.

>>14018532
>Post-war political situation impossible to predict
>Reevaluation required upon successful termination of human species

Accountantbrate doubts the humans have left much in the Tyrador system to benefit us, fiscally. It suggests we burn the place and leave.

The crew of the battlecruiser appear to have tripped a boarding alarm before they were all torn limb from limb. All computer data has been erased and deactivated. Labbrate will need to bring in a team to reprogram the ship from scratch.

>>14018544
>Protoss species undocumented
>No First Contact
>Why should I care?

Build the goddamn "How to Swarm" gladiator program with zerlings to see if Gorn learns something while watching carnage. Flanking, Rolling, Surrounding, Breaking.

We may get ultrazerglings out of the accelerated natural selection

>>14018558
>>14018644
Toaster sets to work with some Infested Terrans immediately. Warbrate reports that infestation of the populations is nearly 75% complete.

We have gained next to no usable knowledge. A substantial number of military personnel took their own lives rather than be infested, and most research stations were armed with dead hand detonators to protect against industrial espionage. We have, however, found preliminary blueprints for the valkyrie fighter.

(REMINDER: The battlecruiser at Shakuras is waiting a reply...)

>yingsher larvae;
The larva is pretty yingsher, yeah. I wouldn't fuck with it, either.

>>14018644
NEWSFLASH: Gorn has kept the first two zerglings he spawned next to his physical form since he was given life by the Overmind. The zerlings are named Cookie and Tony.

NEWSFLASH: Cookie died tragically during an earthquake. Gorn vows revenge on the universe.

>>14018651

>VoidGate & Protoss info

Mention that Protoss & Terran relations in the past have been indifferent at best, and will probably now be downright KILL ON SIGHT with recent political developments. VoidGate's technology and modus operandi is similar enough to that of the Terrans' that the Protoss might not be so discriminating when encountering something that appears to be Terran-made. It may be wise to be prepared to combat aliens that will be strongly predisposed to be hostile toward anything Terran-like and who have crazy reality-warping technology.

Also, they're still a major power in the Korpulu Sector, aside from us and the Terran Confederacy.


>Shakuras Battlecruiser

How's that coming along? How have they reacted to our hail?

>>14018651

Offer intel on the protoss military and political structure, and their general xenophobia.

>>14018665
I'll second additional training for Gorn, he and his forces are effective killing machines, but killing machines become more effective the more battles they survive and pass on their killing knowledge to new zerg.

>>14018193
>>14018187
>>14018771

>Shakuras Battlecruiser response

"We are the new Swarm. The rest of the Terran battlefleet has been burned to ash atop the skies of Tyrador. We have detected abnormal Terran lifesigns on your vessel, and have also detected signs of recent struggles within your vessel. What are you?"

>>14018771
>VoidGate ships not obviously of Terran make
>Zerg unable to identify them immediately
>Protoss unlikely to do better

see: >>14018135
>Two more battlecruisers and a couple of wings of wraiths drop out of warp behind the lead cruiser over Shakuras. With a properly overwhelming force in place, we begin hailing the Confederate ship. There is no response, but we wait a few moments and hail again. On the third hail, a voice channel opens up.

>"This is the commander of the Shalmaneser, radioing receipt of your hail. Is there something you need?"

(There were replies, but none of them agreed on how to proceed)

I just came up with a bad idea. We give VoidGate our broken arbiter and ask him to figure it all our for us.

>>14018842
Like I said before...
>Shalmaneser we need you to get FUNKY!
Then disable it and storm it.

>>14018502

>clarification: based on analysis of humanity in current state as systemic whole? confederacy humans have no knowledge of voidgate
>speculation: voidgate frame of reference limited to sol sector humans, possible reevaluation as new information is gained
>assertion: human nature mutable,
>query: thoughts?

.

>>14018761

"We have detected unusual lifesigns readings on board, and [confederate regulation about xenos goes here] requires us to [action recommended by regulation]."

(I don't know what regulation there is, but there has to be one)

>>14018761

>valkyrie prototype blueprints

Hmm....

Have Labbrate & Internbrate take a look. See if they can integrate anything that they've learned about the arbiter into the Valkyrie designs. You know, attempting to streamline protoss tech into Terran designs and such.

If they can't, have them prep the Valkyrie designs for production. Afterwards, have them play around with it & experiment with Valkyrie prototypes to their heart's content and see what they can come up with.

>>14018842

Ask VoidGate if it desires any tactical information on the Terrans.

id say give our ai the info pro bono, surely a machine would know that more information is always more useful then none. plus it has the added bonus of being able to delete stuff if it becomes a problem

>>14018842

>Voidgate response about Protoss not being able to identify their ships

But they're similar ENOUGH. The protoss, who are not known for their pragmatic restraint (read: CONCLAVE), may interpret VoidGate as a new Terran superweapon designed to combat the Protoss. Even if they don't, the possibility of renewed Terran aggression and strongly humanoid/Terran combat robots that act akin to a mechanical form of the Zerg is probably good enough for them to go all aeon-of-strife on them.

>>14018934
I'll second attacking them with bureaucracy, but only if we throw in a joke.

>>14018937
Labbrate begins work, but it will take time to get from these basic blueprints to a usable model.

>>14018890
>Intercepted comm traffic indicates widespread strife
>Hacked computer databases reveal recent intra-species conflicts
>Infiltration units report continued deprived indifference within human communities
>Mutability of humanity irrelevant
>Nature of Man unchanged
>Danger: Clear and Present

>>14018934
>>14018880
Disable and Storm: 1
Talk about it: 1

(There's some funky stuff going on with a crashing program on my end, so I may be a minute. Still here)

>>14018994
We could also have Kerri tip the Protoss off about VoidGate just to show the ungrateful little bastard that we know what we're taking about. That that VoidGate is ungrateful or a bastard, just close minded and annoyingly focused to the point of being oblivious to things around it.

>>14019050

Talk it over with the Battlecruiser. Lightly and subtly hint that we might not exactly be operating strictly under Confederate regulations.

>>14019059

It's a fledgling rampant AI. We just need to guide it along until it outgrows its Skynet-ish origins into something more Durandalesque.

>>14019059
(Whooo, boy will you need 3 votes to ask Kerrigan to sic the Protoss on an ally)

>>14019009
(So, change vote?)

>>14018937
Already thought of something, how feasible would it be to develop an ECM missile spam Valkyrie? ECM missiles could be something as simple as canisters loaded with chaff or some kind of charged particles, so long as the missile payload disrupts comms, sensors, and in the case of the Protoss, shields. That or follow captcha's advice and turn it into a mobile nlydc plant, whatever that is.

>>14019132
Sicing Kerri on VoidGate was more just something I decided to throw out there since it popped into my head, but yes I am changing my vote so that things get moving..

>>14019059
>>14019132

We shouldn't potentially wipe out VoidGate with an angry Protoss attack when it could potentially wreck the Terrans' shit up; Kingston's fleet is destroyed, but he's not beaten yet. Also, The UED fleet may be coming in soon, we'll need all the anti-Terran allies we need.

>>14019179
(Awesome)

"Shalmaneser, this is the Hyperion. We've detected odd activity on your ship. Do you require assistance?"

There is a long pause.

"Hyperion, this is Shalmaneser. We do not require assistance at this time. We've got orders to move to Moria unless you've got some pressing need for us here."

>>14019223

Anyone else think we should just destroy the battlecruiser?

Also, get a few observer dropships to Moria.

>>14019223
No pressing need, let them move on. Have cloaked wraiths/zerg observers follow. I want to see what they do in Moria, if they even actually go there.

>>14019223
Moria. Interesting. We need to follow this, especially if it actually does go to Moria. Dyles might have taken control of the KMC.

>>14019260
>>14019267
>>14019268
Blow it: 1
Follow it: 2

>>14019294

In the interest of expediency, count my vote as both.

>>14019050

>clarification: abject human condition function of consent to suboptimal authority units
>consession: current status is in itself indication of dysfunction
>statement: systems act in accordance to their best knowledge, unit does not know better untill it learns better

>aside: voidgate status is unknown quantity to humanity, human action towards voidgate will be a function of voidgates initial actions
>statement: zerg objective nebulous, emphasis placed on preservation of resources, to the aim of ensuring beneficial outcome in situations of uncertainty.
>lament: voidgate emphasis on destruction percived as unfortunant
>speculation: zerg aim of human integration obviates immidiate danger to voidgate
>query: thoughts?

now just why would a bc taken over by a lovecraftian horror want to go to moria

i mean, somthing obviously has happened on the ship, and whoever is talking is most definitly not human

i dont think we should let it go

but send scouts there

>>14019385
They might be just trying to escape without being caught. That's why we should follow them, see where they go.

Wasn't there some small system that went silent before we started the whole Kingston vs. Protoss debacle, back when we were hacked into the Terran news net? We never got around to sending a scout there, did we?

>>14019478
Gour I think. We should check that out now that you mention it. Last week really screwed with things, stupid solar flares.

>>14019478

theres alot of things that tend to slip through the sieve of our collective concious, so it wouldent suprise me

>>14019300
(Neat. Everybody's all agreeable tonight)

We immediately order our dropship observer to the Moria system. It finds the world buzzing with news about Tyrador, the unexplained military order to destroy any craft traceable to Goryu, and the reports of nuclear holocaust on seven Fringe Worlds. Wraith squadrons patrol the skies in moderate numbers, but there are no visible battlecruisers.

"Shalmaneser, we don't have any pressing need. Move along."

The ship pulls away, and we detect its engines spooling up. It jumps away and, after the expected time, arrives at Moria. The comm traffic can best be described as ecstatic. The ship is a beacon of hope for the people. Within moments, we intercept a message from the Shalmaneser to the remainder of the Combine government (which appears to have been left in charge as the regional extension of Kingston's authority), inviting them aboard for a briefing.

Internbrate claims to have a bad feeling about this.

(Alright, I know we didn't get a whole lot done this session, but I think that's a decent stopping point. I have been authorized to explain using the words "I've got a hot vagina waiting for me."You understand. I'll see you next week. Pic related: BLAST OFF!)

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/14016938/

>>14019533
Goryu.

It even gets mentioned again!

>>14019559
I can't fault you.

I'm surprised you even showed.

>>14019559


oh god its spreading

how long will we allow it to grow?

will we know when its finaly too late to stop will?

>>14019559
Goddamnit! I get here late, and you fuckers haven't done anything of worth!
Every other post was a piece of shit not worth the CPU cycles needed to process it!
Goddamn I MAD.

>>14019700
That just means we didn't mess anything up...too bad.

So you'll get your chance to show up on time next week.

>>14019743
I disagree with the assertion that you guys didn't fuck up. You should have taken that battlecruiser when you had the chance.

>>14019559
Good on you mate, have fun and see you again next week.

>science heloadi
I worked today, so I'm not clear-minded enough to make that into something dirty, sorry.

>>14019743
Even as you were arguing with VG about its motives, a dropship observer could have been sent to the Goryu system to see what's going on.
Labbrate could have been picking over the Confederate military research labs on Tyrador even as Warbrate engaged in mop-up operations.

Instead of getting things done, all I saw going on was arguing with an AI about its feelings concerning its father.

>>14019743
Didn't mess up too bad? We allowed an unknown contagion (possibly Dyles from the Halloween Special) to arrive at one of the most populous Terran planets in the entire Koprulu Sector, and where he can infect the political leaders all the way down, and we have no assets in position to stop it, and you think we didn't mess up too badly?
I shudder to think of what you would consider a clusterfuck if this wasn't "didn't mess up too bad".