rolled 3 = 3

Please list our numbers, price the voted-on upgrades, and repost all the latest maps.

rolled 16 = 16

suptg irc: #BugQuest

Should all join me so we can keep the thread from too much clusterfuck.

CHAMBERS:
1 Hive Chamber
1 Surface Tunnel [reinforced and waterproofed]
1 Hidden Surface Tunnel [Crevice]
2 Queens Chambers
1 Worker Hatchery
1 Soldier Hatchery
1 Breeding Chambers
1 Aphid Farm (30)
1 Pit
1 Stone Deposit
1 Iron Vein
3 Fungus Farms [1 in Crevice]
1 Redberry Farm [in Crevice]
2 Redberry/Tallgrass Farms [Outside]
2 Small Water Resevoirs [Full]
5 Mineral Deposits
10 Repositories

UNITS:
2 Queens [Hibernation]
45 Soldiers [Spine-shooters, Ironhides, Camo,Hibernation]
10 Flyers [Wings, Webbing, Camo, Webspikes,Hibernation]
10 Heavy Workers [Hibernation]
30 Workers [Webbing, Ingestion, Ironwebbing Cables, Hibernation]
2 Colony Bugs [Wings, Acid Spitter, Colossus, Transport, Hardened Carapace, Hibernation]
1Worker-Breeder [Breeder, Hibernation]
1’Colony’ Breeder [Breeder, Hibernation]
1H-Worker Breeder [Breeder, Hibernation]
1Ripper Swarm [Ripper, Wings, Hibernation
5 Grubs [Hardened Carapace, Hibernation]
1 Mimic bug [Mimic, Hibernation]
Units: 101/130

LIVESTOCK:
30 Aphids

SUPPLIES:
15 points resource, 20 iron, 2 wood, 18 units tall grass, 21 stone, 1 Teal-Back Beetle Shell,1 Teal-Back Beetle Leg.

Hive Map (see picture)

>>15661280
I've never used irc before (shocking, I know). Is it worth it for me to figure it out for the sake of the hive?

rolled 17 = 17

>>15660859
>>15660786
If I count correctly, these have both been ratified as plans of action.

>>15661407
yes.
also, i may be the only one here with "ohshit its the buggers" in the back of my mind but can we create "clever bugs" or improve the hivemind somehow?

Mine Map

>5 Scouts Retrieving Worms
>3 Scouts Follow Black Host
>4 Scouts retrieve genetic sample ( A Worker will do) from Red and Black Hives.
>Soldiers continue cleanup operations, await further orders.
>Colony Bugs Hibernate, we will need them, but not this second.

>Production Queue:
>5 squads soldiers
>2 colony bugs with Napalm breath.
>5 Ripper Swarms(I guess, I wasn't really around for their creation so I'm not sure what they do)

>Research Queue:
>Ironhide Soldiers
>ronhide Colony bugs (if not already researched)
>Soldier Venom

>Building Queue:
Improved Flood prevention.
>Elevated spire on all surface entrances to minimize water spillover.
>More Population increasing buildings.

Copied to Que

Crevice Map

>>15661491
Yeah, looks good.

Hive Surface map Posted

can we add the Brain Upgrade to Queen? would make use of the incoming prisoners (if any) and the beetle parts.
plus, it would open the aphid genes for modification, think more productive

>>15661615
At 15 points, it's costly, but it DOES look like a good idea.

Hive In Profile Map posted. (for Clarification)

Is it just me, or am I the only one in the IRC?

>>15661615
>>15661644
It IS a great idea, but it can wait until we have to use some beetle know-how or our first samples of cool enemy-tech get looted.

Quarry Map posted

>>15661766
Didn't we send some guys to collect that branch?

>>15661833
If not, it needs to be done NOW, we have almost no wood anymore.

>>15661833
We do need to collect that wood, if a scout's not busy, try to have him find the tree it belonged too.

Have a heavy tunnel into that stone, 2-3 soliders watching incase something goes wrong.

>>15661869
That's not for soldiers. Enemies erupting from stone are... improbable at best. That soldiers shall better patrol around or hibernate.

>>15661847
We should maybe even send more Scouts on the search.

>>15661890
Well, if we hit a cavern full of underground bugs that need killin'...

5 Scouts (using webhooks) Return with a drowned earthworm in tow!
+5 Resource
Scout from Rockpile reports no new activity. No beetle movement.
Scouts have not returned yet with Prisoners
Colony Bugs (2) to Hibenate
Max cap increased
15 points resource, 20 iron, 2 wood, 18 units tall grass, 21 stone, 1 Teal-Back Beetle Shell,1 Teal-Back Beetle Leg.
Units: 101/132

>>15661869
yes, ultimately, we could move most if not all of The Hive there, leaving everything still in the brown dirt (Hive profile map) as fortifications and mining.

>>15661910
that +5 resource was from the worm then?
ok, what can our Queen learn from the creatures?

rolled 6 = 6

>>15661910
Research Mud Thatching ability for workers and heavy workers.

Build Wall around The Pool to increase depth.

Bring home that Dead branch.

Produce Scout unit to find the tree it came from.

Scouts are Busy cant search for 'tree' if it exists.
>>15661869
Heavy Workers will try but progress is slow.

rolled 20 = 20

>>15661710
>>15661590
If we tunnel from the crevice to over the farms and make a watchtower. Well first is that a good idea?

rolled 4 = 4

Could we use the earthworm to create some sort of digging worm to make tunnels with?

rolled 11 = 11

Adding Paralytic Venom to Scouts, delivery via the spike shooter.

Adding Deadly Deadly Venom to Soldiers and Rippers, with the caveat that all our bugs need to be made immune.

Formal voting begins now, All in favor, say Aye.
Aye.

Aye>>15662048

rolled 10 = 10

>>15662048
Motion passed with 5 out of 7 IRC votes.

Scouts return with another drowned worm! The other worms have escaped back underground.
+5 resource
20 points resource total

>>15661982
need upgrade for Queen first

-5 points
Queens Laying 5 Squads of Soldiers

-3 Points for Napalm Breath Colony Bugs

-6 Ironhide Soldiers And Colony Bugs

Aphids eggs hatch.
40 Aphids total requires 40 tallgrass upkeeep

Remember to put this on the sup tg archive.

>>15662287
Meant 4 Tallgrass upkeep

@ next income will purchase Soldier and Ripper venom

10 Heavy workers Mining,Digging rock, Mining Iron
5 workers Gathering Stone
5 Workers Gathering Wood
5 Workers Gathering Iron
5 Workers Gathering Fungus
5 Workers Gathering Tallgrass

The IRC agrees on the following plan.

Have the Worker breeder spawn more worker sets, the 5 idle workers we have will move to harvest tall grass. As the other workers come, they will build a repository followed by a green house.

More soliders will be breed later.

>>15662382
+5 workers to tallgrass gathering

5 clutches of (5) workers being laid: 25 total

i would like to take the time to layout plans for the future construction of our other colonies...after of course our military is up to par for war.

posted is an image compilation of DM's own maps, watermarked for clarification between us (although my crappy art does a good job of that) i hope they're self explanatory, if not i don't have access to IRC (computer restrictions on Downloading) so you'll have to post questions....or just argue amongst yourselves

Scouts Return!
The 'red' scouts have captured a carpenter ant!
They report the red hill has grown only marginally but that a thin trickle of red ant supplies was arriving from the south (tallgrassslands)

>>15662569
We could probably deal with the water soaked ground by plastering the walls.

>>15662569
DERP: by "dig out" i mean dig to the surface/ create new tunnel, whatever

Scouts Return!
'Black' Scouts have returned empty handed.
They Report: The Black ant army still marches daily into the Southern Wide Plains, there target still unknown. Every day, hundreds of Soldiers, Warriors and carpenters march in beyond the green Curtain, the wounded are carried back out.

>>15662632
wait a second, what if the black ants are fighting the beetles? then again, i don't suppose the beetles would be leaving anything to be carted back to the hive.
I think we should investigate further, but when the scouts return, have them land in the tallgrass between The Hive and the redberry bush, where they will relay the message to something else (in case the beetles spot them and follow, the Scouts don't lead them right back to us!) i think we should send some heavy workers to dig out a small compound for the Scouts to stay in or something

>>15662766
Seconded

Mimic Bug consumes part of red carpenter bug, begins metamorphosis. (At this point the mimic is defenseless while it mutates but it happens quickly)

The Red P.O.W. is being stored in a repository

2 Scouts to Follow the Black Army for 2 Harvests.

INCOME
+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+4 Resource from Aphid Farm
+3 Stone from Gathering
+3 Iron from gathering
+3 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-4 units Tallgrass feeding
17 points resource, 23 iron, 5 wood, 16 units tall grass, 24 stone, 1 Teal-Back Beetle Shell,1 Teal-Back Beetle Leg.

Soldiers Hatched.
45 Soldiers total, 5 are asleep
-12pts for Soldier and Ripper, 'Venomous Bite'
-4pts for Repository
Redberry Bushes now harvestable
Fungus Plants can now be split.

1points resource, 23 iron, 5 wood, 16 units tall grass, 24 stone, 1 Teal-Back Beetle Shell,1 Teal-Back Beetle Leg.

Map Updated

I would like to join the irc, how does it work?

>>15662893
Carefully. Google is your friend. I don't even remember what I did to get it running.

>>15662893
you can also download a free client
I use IceChat, was free took 40 seconds to download and install and 8 more to join the chat room.
Install free client
insert server name
insert room/channel name
profit

General communication ideas scent trails, firefly morse code, web phone
General: The ability to mark areas with chemicals to indicate a variety of things, stronger armor, Stench so we can warn/scare of larger animals, wings for all

Scouts: Tracking Senses (would be useful to follow prey back to a nest we can raid), Poison sting, Weather detection (allows us closer timing for rain fall so we can safely work closer to rain fall anticipate its end.

Soldiers: spine Venom, , Stronger Jaws, iron jaw

Workers: Prospecting ability/ Mineral detect, Water breathing
>'Mud-thatcher' Ability: Worker Bugs eat dirt and process it into hardened brown bug concrete,
>regurgitating it in semi-fluid form to be shaped into structure. Cost:6pts

Heavy Bug: Prospecting ability/ Mineral detect, ? Water breathing?

more upgrades
Ripper Swarm
possible evolutions: carry and tend queen egg start now colony, Lobotomy control large animals, eat out after being eaten whole

Colony Bug:possible evolutions: ripper implanting tentacles, long range acid, ripper breadind

new strains

>Hunter-Mantis
>Base Bug: Scout
>Abilities: Camo, Great Eyesight, IronClaws.
>Creation Cost: 3pts, 2 units Iron
>Cost per Unit: 2pts per group of (5)
can add later: flight, fast sprint, stationary(improves camo while still and allows less energy consumption while waitind)

Jar bug: holds nutrient slurry and or water digests for other insects causing less work in there digestion.

Iron Deposit @ 5%
Stone Deposit @ 5%

Mineral Deposits @ 20%

An Idle scout has spotted a squad of 5 carpenter bugs headed this way.

INCOME
+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+4 Resource from Aphid Farm
+6 Resource from Redberry Farm
+3 Stone from Gathering
+3 Iron from gathering
+3 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-4 units Tallgrass feeding
18 points resource, 26 iron, 7 wood, 14 units tall grass, 27 stone, 1 Teal-Back Beetle Shell,1 Teal-Back Beetle Leg.

>>15663108

Has anyone else seen the movie The Cave? the creatures have a built-in "clicker organ", that's how they both navigate and communicate, (echolocation)
just imagine a confused beetle, hovering high over our quarry, hearing a thousand clicks from all directions.
we could communicate across far distances, and scouting new tunnels would be much faster (rock fortress anyone?)

>>15663190
BLACK carpenter ants. sorry.
They Approach they hive meaning to pass when they stop to investigate the pool and farms.

>>15663287
clickers inside the skull frame thingy, amplifies the sound it makes.
>>15663319
fuck! kill them? how many scouts do we have? now's our chance to grab one, but if they don't come back/report in, more will come

rolled 12 = 12

>>15663319
Worker is ordered to Approach. ascertain their intentions. peaceful contact for now.

Soldiers on Standby if this goes south.

>>15663399
thank you for the posts, it seems I'm the odd man out, still stuck in the threat

<Will> Woker 23, Approach!
<BUG-GM> (Dashes are half understood or lost in translation)
<BUG-GM> Ants: Red? ---You?
<BUG-GM> Ants: Red? ---- Far---- You---- Red?
<Lillifag> Why didn't we send a Colony Bug and the Mimic as a Red?
<Lillifag> And have Red insult Black's mother/Queen?
<BUG-GM> The Mimic bug is a RED carpenter and is @ the Red hill
<Lillifag> Thus starting a war between red and black, and doing our work for us?
<TheGreatMeh> because then we can't loot red after black wins
<Lillifag> Oh, right.
*** Rillius has quit (Client exited)
<Skive> The black ants are questioning us about if we're red.
<BUG-GM> Reply to Black ants?
<TheGreatMeh> we are not red
<Skive> So, best reply seems "Nope, we're not red. We know where they are, but we haven't talked to them."

thats whats been said so far we decided not to use a scout as scouts are bamphs and look like wasps.

<BUG-GM> Ants: Know --Red?---Tell -We--Location-Red?
<TheGreatMeh> should we motion in a direction that they arn't?
<BUG-GM> (The carpenters Antennee wiggle wildly at the mention of the location of 'Red'
<RecordKeeperBug> ask why thay want to know.

>any ideas il try to pass them on
<Will> Indeed
<Will> wait
<Will> peons haven o concept of why
<Will> we could ask a queen why, MAYBE a soldier or upper caste.
<Will> not carpenters though
<Will> for now, let's get the heat off of us
<BUG-GM> Your a mutant alien bug that evolves near instantly, I think a little suspension of science and disbelife are required

<Will> ...Ok then why
<BUG-GM> Ants: Mission---RED----Location---RED---You Know Red?
<RecordKeeperBug> we didint understand first part pleas say again
<Will> Yes. Know red. Are not red. red that way. *motion vaguely in the direction of red*

>>15663505
are they after red for blood or help? they've been fighting a large scale campaign against....(beetles) maybe they heard red could fight good. (or, their fighting another red colony, and found out a second one was in the north someplace)

<Skive> Red is over there. Can't miss 'em.
<BUG-GM> Ants: want RED----Location RED!---Mission.--You Show RED?
<Skive> Can we call a scout to lead them to RED?
<TheGreatMeh> or just lead them to where red is gathering stuff
<RecordKeeperBug> where red is gathering
<BUG-GM> A scout could sucessfully lead them to the red hill

<Will> Scout 4, Ordered to show carpenters to Red Gathering Zone
<Will> Make them work for the hill itself
<Skive> Wait, no.
<Skive> Ask WHY they want red's location if we can.
<Skive> "Do you want Red's help or are you out for Red?
<RecordKeeperBug> shark bait says. are they after red for blood or help? they've been fighting a large scale campaign against....(beetles) maybe they heard red could fight good. (or, their fighting another red colony, and found out a second one was in the north someplace)
<Will> hy aidthat, it's their mission o Find Red
<Will> ftknmjt Keyboad dying. excuse crappy typing.
<BUG-GM> Ants: Red-----Location---Red, Bad Red----
<Will> So blood.

<BUG-GM> It is there mission to find the location of REDs
<Lillifag> Lead them somewhere not Red and have the scout act confused?
<Will> can we convey the desire to wait until we have..someone availible to help?
*** Rillius has joined #BugQuest
<Rillius> Stupid safari
<Rillius> What'd I miss
<Will> if so, we can wait until Mimic reports in two cycles's time
<TheGreatMeh> look at the thread
<TheGreatMeh> it's all thre
<Rillius> Ok
<Rillius> Thanks
<Will> then we can see if red is a better ally than enemy
<Will> what we say now could doom Red's species
<TheGreatMeh> yep
<RecordKeeperBug> Lead them somewhere not Red and have the scout act confused? this if we can
<RecordKeeperBug> oh oh oh the spider

<Will> Bug
<BUG-GM> What shark bait says about fighting with the beetles is a theory not a proven fact.
<Will> We don't know if red is better off dead
<Will> if we show them red, red wuill likely die off. if we don't, black may take an interest in us
<Rillius> I don't think that we want the black ants taking red down and expanding into their hive...
<Rillius> it might make them too powerful
<Rillius> though we do have superior 'tech'
<RecordKeeperBug> can we move this to the threed so i dont have to keep shark in th loop?
<Will> Do we? these are workers.
<Will> our scouts have -nothing- on black intel
<TheGreatMeh> any chance we could stall them until we have the reports from our scouts scouting the south

The Players Chat about the fate of The Hive, The BLACK ants and the possible consequences of Helping them.

<BUG-GM> Yes move this to the thread
<Will> What we need is to stall them until Agent 001 reports his findings on Red
<BUG-GM> actually dont
<BUG-GM> Ill keep Shark bait in the loop
<RecordKeeperBug> ok
<TheGreatMeh> point him at mibbit and get him in IRC
<BUG-GM> trying now
<Will> GM, ca we convey our desire to help, but that no one is currently availible to escort them, and they should come back in two of our cycles?
<Rillius> Id say lead them towards the spider hole
<BUG-GM> they dont know your cycles but you could convey time
<BUG-GM> Heres how it stands
<BUG-GM> The BLACK carpenters are the only other bugs to know of your existance
<BUG-GM> The Carpenters are the only bugs to know where your Hive May be
<RecordKeeperBug> how long will 5 mimics take?
<Will> and that's just these five...their scent would lead any trackers right here though, sodisposing of them is probably a bad idea.

<BUG-GM> If you lead them to RED it could have consequences, If you Dont lead them to red and lead them somplace else they will still know where you are.
<BUG-GM> if you kill them now it could have consequences
<Will> so it's lead them to red NOW, or Kill them to maintain our secrecy for a tiny bit longer
<Skive> We have to think the lesser of 3 evils.
<BUG-GM> if you dont kill them they will know where you are and continue on the mission anyways
<BUG-GM> Exactly
<BUG-GM> Skive is correct
<Skive> A, try and ally with the black ants.
<Rillius> Alright let's vote.
<RecordKeeperBug> well we could delay them and then replace them
<Will> Way i see it we're outed any way we look at it
<Skive> B. Fuck the blacks over and delay them.
<RecordKeeperBug> delay and replace
<Will> the question is do we Doom red to give us time to prepare for Black's eventual betrayal..
<Skive> C. Send them away.
<TheGreatMeh> delay and replace is my opinion if we can

<RecordKeeperBug> if we have to we can senf fewer mimics than 5 and claim ambush
<Will> or kill them now, and make nice with Red, to see if we can stand together against the foe
<Will> Red seems to be giving black a run for their money, if the largen umber of wounded Black si to be bleieved
<TheGreatMeh> there's so much stuff we don't know
<Rillius> I think we should kill them now and keep their genetic material for mimics, ally with red and stand against the black menace (while secretly putting ourselves in a position to assassinate and come out on top)
<Will> Rill, you're a dirty underhanded sneak. I like it.
<TheGreatMeh> ok
<Skive> Rill, I like that.
<TheGreatMeh> that works for me
<Will> Delay as long as possible.
<Skive> Worker 23 will delay.
<TheGreatMeh> delay as long as possible before we kill though
<Will> Motion: Begin Researching Diplobug.
<Rillius> Aye.
<Skive> Aye.
<BUG-GM> Your Reply to the Ants?

>>15663732
i agree with Rillius, we need mimics for both sides to get close to (all of) their queens.
GM, could we mimic a beetle?

>flood detection
<RecordKeeperBug> if we have to we can senf fewer mimics than 5 and claim ambush
<Will> or kill them now, and make nice with Red, to see if we can stand together against the foe
<Will> Red seems to be giving black a run for their money, if the largen umber of wounded Black si to be bleieved
<TheGreatMeh> there's so much stuff we don't know
<Rillius> I think we should kill them now and keep their genetic material for mimics, ally with red and stand against the black menace (while secretly putting ourselves in a position to assassinate and come out on top)
<Will> Rill, you're a dirty underhanded sneak. I like it.
<TheGreatMeh> ok
<Skive> Rill, I like that.
<TheGreatMeh> that works for me
<Will> Delay as long as possible.
<Skive> Worker 23 will delay.
<TheGreatMeh> delay as long as possible before we kill though
<Will> Motion: Begin Researching Diplobug.
<Rillius> Aye.
<Skive> Aye.
<BUG-GM> Your Reply to the Ants?

<BUG-GM> Your Reply to the Ants?
<Rillius> All in favor of killing and genestealing?
<Skive> "Give us a moment, we need to call someone to lead you to RED."
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<Skive> Make fake call sound or soemthing.
<Skive> Nothing comes.
<TheGreatMeh> delay as long as we can before we kill
<Will> it occurrs to me
<Will> why not just kill them now
<TheGreatMeh> because we lose nothing by delaying them here
<Will> CAN we delay them though?
<Will> and regardless of their actual time of death, thepoint at which theyare missed by the hive will be the same
<BUG-GM> it would be possible but these are simple minded workers who are set in there mission and would only forsake it if adversity or something far better came along
<Rillius> OP do we have any combat units nearby?
<BUG-GM> Soldiers can deploy very quickly
<Will> Slaugher them all.
<BUG-GM> also the scout is just inside

Deciding to Slaughter them and save the ants biomass. The GREEN worker leaves as Soldiers pour out of the HIVE Cavern and tear the Carpenters in two. No match for the huge soldiers all 5 BLACK ants are killed. Idle workers scuttle out and collect the parts, placing them in a repository for later.

The RED ant P.O.W. has escaped from the repository. It would still be some where in the hive.

>>15663814
i thought we killed him!
and now we have an agent of the enemy on the loose, if he gets back to the hive, we're humped from both sides

>>15663814
All soldiers, full alert. Find that ant, and murder him. Store his parts with the rest.

<RecordKeeperBug> if we have to we can senf fewer mimics than 5 and claim ambush
<Will> or kill them now, and make nice with Red, to see if we can stand together against the foe
<Will> Red seems to be giving black a run for their money, if the largen umber of wounded Black si to be bleieved
<TheGreatMeh> there's so much stuff we don't know
<Rillius> I think we should kill them now and keep their genetic material for mimics, ally with red and stand against the black menace (while secretly putting ourselves in a position to assassinate and come out on top)
<Will> Rill, you're a dirty underhanded sneak. I like it.
<TheGreatMeh> ok
<Skive> Rill, I like that.
<TheGreatMeh> that works for me
<Will> Delay as long as possible.
<Skive> Worker 23 will delay.
<TheGreatMeh> delay as long as possible before we kill though
<Will> Motion: Begin Researching Diplobug.
<Rillius> Aye.
<Skive> Aye.
<BUG-GM> Your Reply to the Ants?
<Rillius> All in favor of killing and genestealing?
<Skive> "Give us a moment, we need to call someone to lead you to RED."
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<Skive> Make fake call sound or soemthing.
<Skive> Nothing comes.
<TheGreatMeh> delay as long as we can before we kill
<Will> it occurrs to me
<Will> why not just kill them now
<TheGreatMeh> because we lose nothing by delaying them here
<Will> CAN we delay them though?
<Will> and regardless of their actual time of death, thepoint at which theyare missed by the hive will be the same
<BUG-GM> it would be possible but these are simple minded workers who are set in there mission and would only forsake it if adversity or something far better came along
<Rillius> OP do we have any combat units nearby?

irc crashed on me having trouble reconnecting

Suddenly IRC Quest! Read chatlogs instead of story posts : D!

>>15664085
Beats spamming the thread with us arguing over how not to end the hive... Only by a little.

Iron Deposit @ 2% remaining
Stone Deposit @ 2% remaining

Mineral Deposits @ 15%

INCOME
+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+4 Resource from Aphid Farm
+6 Resource from Redberry Farm
+3 Stone from Gathering
+3 Iron from gathering
+3 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-4 units Tallgrass feeding

HIVE SUMMARY

CHAMBERS:
1 Hive Chamber
1 Surface Tunnel [reinforced and waterproofed]
1 Hidden Surface Tunnel [Crevice]
2 Queens Chambers
1 Worker Hatchery
1 Soldier Hatchery
1 Breeding Chambers
1 Aphid Farm (30)
1 Pit
1 Stone Deposit
1 Iron Vein
3 Fungus Farms [1 in Crevice]
1 Redberry Farm [in Crevice]
2 Redberry/Tallgrass Farms [Outside]
2 Small Water Resevoirs [Full]
5 Mineral Deposits
11 Repositories

UNITS:
2 Queens [Hibernation]
45 Soldiers (5 asleep)[Spine-shooters,Advanced Ironhides, Camo, Venom Bite, Hibernation]
10 Flyers [Wings, Webbing, Camo, Webspikes,Hibernation]
10 Heavy Workers [Hibernation]
30 Workers [Webbing, Ingestion, Ironwebbing Cables, Hibernation]
2 Colony Bugs (2 asleep) [Wings, Fire Breath, Colossus, Ironhides, Transport, Hardened Carapace, Hibernation]
1Worker-Breeder [Breeder, Hibernation]
1’Colony’ Breeder [Breeder, Hibernation]
1H-Worker Breeder [Breeder, Hibernation]
1Ripper Swarm [Ripper, Wings, Venom Bite, Hibernation
5 Grubs [Hardened Carapace, Hibernation]
3 Mimic bug [Mimic, Hibernation]
Units: 126/140

LIVESTOCK:
40 Aphids

SUPPLIES:
35 points resource, 29 iron, 9 wood, 14 units tall grass, 30 stone.

INVENTORY:
1 Teal-Back Beetle Shell,1 Teal-Back Beetle Leg, Red Carpenter ant, 5 Black carpenter ant.

Hey the IRC wants to know what happened to the scouts watching the black troop movements?

Design for Diplommander bug
Base: Scout
Advanced (1/squad)
Flight
Pheromones
Good Eyes
Antennae
Jericho Wings (Can be vibrated to communicate)
Cricket Legs (Can be rubbed together to communicate)
HIA UPGRADE
Spine Shooter

rolled 4 = 4

Bill for the Formation of the Hive Intelligence Agency.


The HIA consists of The Queen, Mimic bugs, Scouts, and the Leader Caste currently named "Diplomander" whose genetic loadout will be found in another post.

All the aforementioned Bug types will gain use of a Hive Mind ability allowing for instant relay communication between other members of the HIA.

his would allow for instant information gathering, instead of waiting for the next cycle for reports.

All in favor of adding the selected tasks to the queue say Aye.

Aye.

aye

rolled 11 = 11

>>15664498
Aye.

Newcomers to the thread should Join the IRC Channel, If you cant, Post your Sugggestion here.

Price Quotes
HIA-Telepathy: Important Hive bugs grow telepathic communication tumors.
Queens, Diplomanders, Scouts, and Mimics can communicate over vast distances.
Cost:10pts

Diplomander
Base: Scout
Wings: -2pts
Communicative Abilities: Can communicate with other bug Species via Wing flaps, Auditory, Antennae waving, chemical signaling, language skills. -4pts
Spine Shooting: -2 points
Cost:8pts

rolled 5 = 5

>>15664520
A fair price estimate, I approve.

>>15664520
I aprove

So the IRC thinks we should start on shark baits tunnel idea.
Along the way we want a series of way stations that have repositories hive and hibernation chambers.
we also want a modified colony bug that is smaller can still carry loads and is very fast on webbing to act as subway cars

Scouts have Returned!
The Black hive scouts have returned.

They followed the Armies of the Black ants through the green curtain of Tallgrass into the Wide Plains (a bypassed but not yet investigated territory) There they discovered battlegrounds littered with trenches and dead ants. Black ants hauled away dead and alive alike. 3 Massive columns of Black soldier ants and armies marched on past the wastes. The target?
A single rust colored Spire atop a rock outcropping.
Before the outcropping the ground was barren dust. Here Hundreds of Black ants were met by swarms of enormous RED ants, who's carapace was covered in sharp spikes, who's great pincers crushed 3 Soldier ants at a time. For every 1 Great RED beast that fell 50 Black would be taken with it. Only when carpenters swarmed the great spiked ants did the Soldiers stand a chance. Wasps also assisted in the battle, protecting the RED hives steep slopes from intruders by impaling them on there stingers and dropping them from heights to the ground or into the nearby muddy water pit.
It appears the Black Ants have captured 90% of what would be the Red Ants land, but they cannot take the RED keep. It appears that while the BLACK ants have numbers and supplies the RED ants have superior fighters and alliances. The two are at a stalemate.

hey would iron workers cost less for digging or only work faster?

continuing>>15664651
the tunnel will use 10 heavies
as for the farms keep splitting the fungal farms rotating which one splits and only having one inactive at a time.

>>15664740
No issues here. We lose finishing off that Iron Vein, but we do need to get that tunnel going.

I agree with finishing off the Iron and moving to on to the construction of the Tunnel

Map updated

>>15664651
Suggested Unit

Centipede-Carrier
Base:Heavy Worker
Long: 1 Per Batch)
Segmented Transport: Has 8 slots (8 Squads of workers or 8 Resources or 4 Soldier squads)

>>15664763
ooos

.>>15664763
or one Queen?

rolled 2 = 2

>>15664740
Aye.

Where should Heavies get started digging tunnel?

Mine Map posted and updated

Iron Deposit 0% remaining
Stone Deposit 0% remaining

Mineral Deposits @ 10%

Captcha is calling us '(the contentr'

Captcha thinks we can do it.

rolled 9 = 9

>>15664663
>>15664663
Alright. First- Have Agent 001 (RED mimic) begin reconnaissance on the RED HILL. Not the HIVE. The HILL.

Research Queue: HIA Mind-Link, Diplomander Strain
Production Queue: Diplomander, 5 Ripper Swarms.

Begin waking the hibernating units.

>>15664880
In case you can't see it, the black lines are the 'transit' system.

rolled 7 = 7

>>15664882
I second this motion, and propose another motion.
I propose that all former queues be stricken, and the new queue starts with this motion. Our backlog of work is irrelevant to the situation at hand, and now only serves to confuse and distract.

>>15664893
yes I also approve the centipede if it can haul a queen.

>>15664882

Aye. Begin Recon, Research and Production. Wake the Warriors.

Also, Skive's plan looks fine for beginning the Subway.

can we give the queen some rock so that the colony bugs have even harder Rockey shells that camouflage them as large stones?

>>15664882
RED mimic had already been deployed to the hill and met with scout that just returned.

The Red Hill is an outpost, not yet a full hive, RED ants are quietly supplying it from the south and attempting to build outposts all over the quarry to create power seeds should the HIVE fall. They are looking into importing some of the Elite Spiked Ants up to the out post after the wasps reported seeing BLACK carpenter squads sent out to root out outposts. RED and BLACK ants still unaware of our hive.

I'm going to assume that 'agents 002&003' went back with 2 scouts to BLACK hive to be deployed.

Units: 126/140
Waking hibernating units will mean that will be 136/140 (not enough to make diplomanders OR ripper swarms)

-10 Points for HIA-Telepathy
-8 points for Diplo bug Research
-1 point for Diplomander egg
-5 points for Ripper swarms

11 points resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 14 units tall grass, 33 stone.

>>15665023
When all units hatch and all units are awake you will have 142/140 over the unit cap, You can do that temporarily bug some bug will starve or go sleepless. To rectify i will keep 2 Soldiers hibernating (you should have 2 sleeper guards anyways)

we need more repositories divert enough workers for two.

did we kill the read POW?

Centipede-Carrier
Base:Heavy Worker
Long: 1 Per Batch)
Segmented Transport: Has 8 slots (8 Squads of small creatures or 8 Resources or 4 Squads of medium creatures or 1 Queen)
-4pts to research
-2pts per unit.

>>15665117
yes his dead bits are with whats left of the Black ant dead bits

rolled 10 = 10

you know what would be a good upgrade? pressurized water or pressurized quick dry resin. they have both combat and non-combat utility.

rolled 20 = 20

Bill for the Proposal of Alliance with RED Hive.

I propose an alliance with RED against our mutual enemy BLACK. BLACK has a clear advantage of numbers, and probably too many queens to assassinate them all. BLACK must be killed with Brute force, which RED seems to excel at.

Therefore I say we dispatch a colony bug and diplomander to RED Hive with relief supplies, to secure our alliance. We will offer them supplies, and limited military assistance, as well as intel we gather from BLACK Hive.

During the war, we increase the HIA presence in RED's various hills and hive, eventually setting them up for a mass-assassination of all their breeding units.

All in favor?

>>15665227
Can't argue with a Nat 20.

Aye

rolled 13 = 13

>>15665227
Aye. Nat 20, nice.

rolled 20 = 20

>>15665227
aye for the nat 20

rolled 16 = 16

>>15665227
This plan is calculating, paranoid and ruthless.
I love it.

>>15665265
You should see most of our plans. The plan before this, featured us framing Black for butchering Red's outposts.

rolled 18 = 18

>>15665271
we could probably get away with that seeing as the blacks are doing it already

rolled 20 = 20

>>15665023
>>15665057
If our HIA uplink is up, we should be getting reports back from our scouts and infiltrators every cycle, btw GM.

rolled 10 = 10

>>15665184
or what about a literal fire bug? something that spits burning death at our enemies.

>>15665084
-8 points and 10 workers for Repositories.
10 Heavies are making progress on the tunnels.
Map updating.

INCOME
+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+4 Resource from Aphid Farm
+6 Resource from Redberry Farm
+3 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-4 units Tallgrass feeding

19 units resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 14 units tall grass, 33 stone.

Diplomander hatched
Ripper swarms Hatched
All units awakened

rolled 15 = 15

>>15665312
Dispatch Colony Bug laden with 3 points resource 2 points iron and a Diplomander. We make peace with the RED Hive this day.

rolled 16 = 16

>>15665348
It can only carry 4 points res.

rolled 9 = 9

>>15665348
Slow your rolls there brother, let's decide exactly what we're bringing.

Diplomander, 5 aphids, and a ripper swarm, i say.

rolled 6 = 6

>>15665376
yay

rolled 10 = 10

how much for lithographic gut bacteria for the heavy workers so that they can subsist on dirt and rock?

>>15665376
Agreed, let's not give them something too valuable.

rolled 9 = 9

Final Diplomatic Mission Proposal, please vote:
2 Scouts
Colony Bug loaded with:
Diplomander
Ripper Swarm
5 Aphids.

I vote yes.

rolled 12 = 12

If we ever find aluminum, we should rust some iron and make us some Thermites. Haha, bug joke.
We fill the mass of ground iron oxide and aluminum into bugcrete canisters with a little initial napalm charge. If we make a hole in the bottom, we get an excellent weapon against even the heaviest ground units.
If they were hit by the thermite and thus by 3000°C hot molten iron slag, it burns through any shell and will instantly make the insides vaporize. Thus the enemy will be cooked and ripped from inside at least and exploded at best.

>>15665435

Agreed

rolled 2 = 2

>>15665435
Aye

rolled 5 = 5

>>15665435
RED has not demonstrated the capability to Aphid Farm, due to their dusty home. Iron is not as valuable as you think, we HAVE 33 after all. I still support my original proposal.

rolled 7 = 7

>>15665437
Hey Hodo, should get in the irc channel.

rolled 7 = 7

>>15665457
Actually, I should be learning by now.
Well, I'm off now.
Will return later.

rolled 17 = 17

>>15665437
that is so bad it is good

rolled 2 = 2

Changing Aphids to 1pt Honeydew.

Captcha; kcignin 004
I think captcha wants more infiltrators.

>>15661208

Aye on Honey Dew.

Flying Rovois. I think Captcha wants more Scouts

Reading the previous postings...I will like to return to the idea of creating another colony by the Redberry Bush and gaining control of the Rock Fortress

I don't mind if we engage in diplomatic means to the reds and blacks at the moment but we need to strengthen our current locations a little. My example is the Red Spire even though completely outnumber they have a fortified position and its success shows its value.

rolled 15 = 15

New Proposal, Send CB with Diplomander, and a portion of our Honeydew income to RED Hive.


All in favor?

rolled 10 = 10

we should send out 1 diplomander 2 scouts 1 colony bug and 1 unit of minerals or honey dew whichever is easier to move.
to negotiate with red

rolled 11 = 11

>>15665531
>>15665536
>>15665540
>>15665538

4 Ayes.

rolled 6 = 6

>>15665538

I support this on the conditions that our envoy is not seen by any black ants and that we do not have to engage in action that would reveal our presence to the blacks as well

also diplomander and scouts side missions will be to observe red for any weakness and if possible retrieve a bio sample

>>15665435
Black Scouts contacted Mimics
INTEL: Black is constantly gathering to support war effort, the Hive goes VERY deep but not very Wide. Lost of Soldier Hatcheries and Ant Storage. Black has lots of Stone, Wood, Aphids, Tallgrass, and Strange Underground farms the Mimics have never encountered. The plants from there are stored away the mimics don't yet know the purpose. BLACK HIVE can support and almost Indefinite Stalemate.

rolled 18 = 18

>>15665546
i vote we also add a ripper squad

rolled 15 = 15

Final Diplomatic Mission Proposal, please vote:
2 Scouts
Colony Bug loaded with:
Diplomander
Ripper Swarm
1pt Honeydew

>>15665585
Yes

rolled 18 = 18

>>15665585
More honeydew, at least 3 points, we need to show we have the goods to back their war effort.

rolled 14 = 14

While we are being diplomatic with the Red Base.....we need to secretly wipe out their Red Outpost

1 diplomander 2 scouts 1 colony bug and 1 unit of honey dew. Dispatched to RED HIVE

+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+3 Resource from Aphid Farm
+6 Resource from Redberry Farm
+3 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-4 units Tallgrass feeding

34 units resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 20 units tall grass, 33 stone.

rolled 7 = 7

>>15665644


Begin Research of Sonics and Mantis Guards

rolled 9 = 9

>>15665670
Research these >>15665437
>>15665184
>>15665307

>>15665707
We have a fire bug, our Colony Bug spews holy fire at our enemies.

The Water idea works, but we'd need to some how be able to produce water. (We have a small amount.)

Making Thermites is going to cost us. A lot.

rolled 17 = 17

>>15665437
>>15665707
liquid nitrogen bugs

rolled 13 = 13

>>15665720
the workers have that cement spit skill that could be replaced/upgraded with/to pressurized quick dry resin which severs the double purpose of defensive weapon and bonding agent.

rolled 13 = 13

>>15665754
>severs
serves as*
as a bonus it would totally screw over enemy fliers

>>15665754
Our scout units can shoot webbed hooks.

(speeding up the cycle a bit to get to the part where they do stuff)
A day goes by.
INCOME x2
+10 Resource points from minerals
+4 Resource from Fungus Farms
+8 Resource from Aphid Farm
+12 Resource from Redberry Farm
+6 units Tallgrass from gathering
+8 units Tallgrass from Farming
-8 units Tallgrass feeding

68 units resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 26 units tall grass, 33 stone.

rolled 5 = 5

Here is a list of the upgrades under consideration \
iron mandalas for warrior
bio-brain for queen
poison on warrior spikes
mud thatch
metal spikes on warrior
warrior wings
iron thatch
water breathing
razor wings on warior

rolled 10 = 10

>>15665799
Proposed Queue:
1. Iron Mandibles for Soldiers
2. Mud Thatch
3. Iron Mud Thatch
4. Bio-Brain
5. Wings for Soldiers?

rolled 6 = 6

>>15665799

iron mandalas for warrior
bio-brain for queen
poison on warrior spikes
razor wings on warior

and don't forget the Sonic weaponary or the Mantis things Guards

rolled 1 = 1

>>15665810
I support this list, with the exception that Wings be moved ahead of Bio-Brain.

rolled 16 = 16

>>15665840
Sounds fine to me. I support my list with Will's addition

rolled 20 = 20

i vote this list or whatever s top is cloasest
iron mandalas for warrior
bio-brain for queen
mud thatch
iron thatch
poison on warrior spikes
metal spikes on warrior
lithovoric bacteria for h workers
warrior wings
mantis guards
sonic for mantas guard and scouts
water breathing
razor wings on warior

68 units resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 26 units tall grass, 33 stone.
-2 points for Aphid farm
-10 Units Tallgrass for Aphid breeding expansion

100 Aphids, 2 Farms, 10 Tallgrass upkeep.
66 units resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 16 units tall grass, 33 stone.

SCOUTS from the ROCK PILE Report:
TEAL-Back Beetles, 10 of them, Flew Over Rock Pile Headed North in the Direction of the 'Silver Cliffs' Have not yet returned.

I vote for
Iron mandibles
Mud thatch
Bio-brain
then whatever else because I don't care past that point.

Voting for Iron Mandibles, Wings, Mud Thatch and Brain.

Diplomander bugs Arrive at RED HIVE.

H-Workers have made great progress in the softer soil of the grasslands

rolled 18 = 18

One last time back before off for the exams.

I would like to see Iron mandibles, mud thatch, Bio Brain. Our warriors don't need wings.

We should streamline a special breed for that job.
Also we should make a tunnelfighter-only variant of the ripper with no wings to make them ever cheaper and easier to cram.

negotiating adventures

rolled 3 = 3

Well that could have gone better.

Heading off for tonight.

Research list:
Iron jaws for Soldier, Bio-brain, Mud thatch, iron for rippers (teeth), wings for Soldiers, lithovoric bacteria for Heavy Worker

Mineral Deposits Depleted

INCOME
+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+4 Resource from Aphid Farm
+6 Resource from Redberry Farm
+10 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-10 units Tallgrass feeding
83 units resource, 33 iron, 9 wood, 20 units tall grass, 33 stone.

rolled 18 = 18

>>15666395
Tunnel some Moar. We require more minerals.

So to summarize the Nights Progress.
-The GREEN HIVE Discovers that RED and BLACK ants are also living in the Quarry.
A Diplomatic Mission is Sent to RED HIVE to negotiate.
-RED is based in the mid-south in 'The Spire' and is under siege constantly from BLACK ant armies.
-RED has hired WASP mercenaries, and pays them in goods and valuable Clay, from a liquid reservoir hidden deep beneath the Spire, harvested by enslaved termites.
- RED HIVE Head Spire official, Representative to the Royal family meets them proposes that if the GREEN hive will break the stalemate and destroy BLACK hive that RED will pay them in Clay.
-GREEN Diplomats decide to think it over and return later.
-GREEN hive meanwhile digs tunnels towards the Redberry bush and Rock Pile on the other side of the Quarry and prepares an army for the coming conflict.

Game Progress Ends Here for tonight.
Tomorrow: BLACK Hive.
Get your IRC chat clients ready people.

Could anybody also post the IRC logs of the diplomatic talk?

rolled 13 = 13

>>15666479

Man, please stop. I'm worried about your health

rolled 19 = 19

Thread archived at
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15661208/

Did the IRC channel get closed down or something? I can't seem to find it anymore.

To all of you reading this thread up until now: everyone with ambition joins the channel #BugQuest on the IRC-server irc.thisisnotatrueending.com and types away.

rolled 6 = 6

Proposed Force Organization Chart.

Design for Commando Bugs:
Base: Scout (No Hive Mind)
Burrower (heavy claws that allow for fast digging)
Camo
Acid Spray
1 Shot Deadly Venom Needle (can regrow at Hive)
Consider Wings for maximum mobility?

Light, fast, and deadly, the Commando works with Scouts to set ambushes for supply lines and to assassinate key figures.

>>15669712
Not to be a total noob, but how do I into IRC?

Get this tool IceChat, it's the easiest thing I can find. Download, install, enter those two values, there you go.

But if you can't be bothered, try using the integrated IRC client in sup/tg/ to acess out chatroom. Go here and join #BugQuest:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/chat.html

>>15670604
Ok, I try the DL.
But with my wooden connection this will last a bit.

So after working out a new strain of Aphids, the so called Drugphids, which contaminate their own honeydew with Insect-Heroin, and planning out to sell these to the other hives and make them addicted to our new shit, this little bit of writefagging popped into my head. There you go.


[00:10] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> oh god I just had the most evil idea
[00:10] <HiveLordWill> our mimics can ensure the Drug gets into the hands of all the breeding members
[00:10] <HodoAstartes> But, but, no killing is no fun. Also the Blacks need to be dealt with first. Otherwise they just overrun the valley.
[00:11] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> let me writefag for a minute ok? silence in the channel
[00:11] <RecordKeeperBug219> not if we drug them too
[00:11] * Skive shuts up.
[00:11] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> so the RED hill is supplied with the drugphids and the production is booming
[00:12] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> unknown to them, we are already preparing the final strike.... but with /style/
[00:12] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> one day, a diplomatibug comes over to the hill and demands talks with the queen
[00:13] * HiveLordWill Imagines Diplobro with a pimp hat and cane, riding pimp'd our purple and gold colony bug.
[00:13] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> so they let him in, and he struts in there (be free to imagine him with top hat, monocle and moustache)
[00:13] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> *>two idiots, one thought
[00:15] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> so he gets to her, and starts to talk about relationships, control of the hives, bla bla boring diplomacy, until the queen, obviously imagining herself above him because of much stronger forces (haha) pisses him off slightly
[00:16] * d00dz (chatzilla@sux-48782504.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #BugQuest
[00:16] * Skive imagines the idea of Bug-Pimp Cane turns out to carry DEADLY VENOM SPIKE LAUNCHER.
[00:16] * HiveLordWill munches on popcorn eagerly.

rolled 19 = 19

Bill for the Creation and Distribution of DrugPhids.

Using our newly accquired Bio-Brain, i propose we assimilate an aphid.

The aphid unit we will produce will have a doubled breeding rate, a halved Honeydew production rate, and the dew produced will have an addictive quality.

We will then export these aphids, passing them off as Special Aphids with a higher quality Honeydew to both RED and BLACK Hive. RED and BLACK will be taught how to farm Aphids, and will become increasingly addicted to the honeydew, breeding more and more DrugPhids to keep up with demand. This will put a big strain on their economy, forcing more workers to go to Tall Grass farming, and away from other endeavors.

Eventually every member of the Breeding caste of each Hive will be addicted, and the food will no longer merit inspection. At this point our Mimics inside each Hive will spray a pheromone, which will activate the sleeper toxin in the DrugPhid's Honeydew, killing the entire breeding population of RED and BLACK hive in one fell swoop.


All in favor?

cont. from >>15671585

[00:16] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> so he just says a few choice words, 'so you are the majestic queen, whose foces reign supreme over all else? so you think, pathetic worm?!'
[00:17] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> this is the moment where all the queens guards and soldiers close in on him
[00:17] <HiveLordWill> ((BECAUSE I'M HOLDING A THERMAL DETONATOR.))
[00:17] <d00dz> I have no idea what's going on, but I like it
[00:18] <HodoAstartes> (y)
[00:18] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> and he just goes 'lets put that to the test, shall we?' snaps his pheromone glands, and a special scent wafts through the air, straight to the drughphids pens
[00:19] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> instant release of ludicrous amounts of drugs, and the completely addicted soldiers and guards notice
[00:19] <HodoAstartes> The Spice must flow!
[00:20] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> they, together with the workers and other ants, stream to the pens, tearing apart the walls, trying to get more and more of the stuff
[00:20] <HiveLordWill> ((Writefaggotry or no, I would like to point out that RED's military will still rip ours to pieces.))
[00:20] <HiveLordWill> ((They have fucking Antlions for GREEN's sake.))
[00:21] <Skive> (( Even if we drug them up, we still have to wipe them out. ))
[00:21] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> all the while our diplomatbug just stares the RED queen in the eyes. as the last warrior rushes out of the room and towads the pens, he cracs a smirk with his madibles

cont. from >>15671595

[00:22] <HiveLordWill> ((Which is why i supported collapsing their economy, then letting the two sides kill eachother off, then mopping up the rest.))
[00:22] <RecordKeeperBug219> well that idea is fun on a bun will is right let them kill each other
[00:23] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> he turns around, to leave. as he reaches the tunnel to the surface, he faces her for a last moment, and speaks the words, 'looks like your control system...
[00:23] <HodoAstartes> Their strength is meaningless if their hives burn.
[00:23] <d00dz> do the red's have flying, fully matured antlions or the burrowing larva?
[00:23] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> a swarm of rippers rushes down the corridors, pooling around his six legs, approaching the queen rapidly...
[00:24] <@TheBalloonBugGuy_> '...still has a few bugs to work out'
[00:24] <HiveLordWill> YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
[00:24] <Skive> Fucking BBG.
[00:24] <HodoAstartes> Just as anticipated.
[00:24] <Skive> I was drinking something.

rolled 20 = 20

>>15671593
aye

rolled 16 = 16

>>15671593
Aye.

rolled 8 = 8

>>15671593
Aye.

>>15671593
Fine.

The Game will continue in the IRC chat with regular updates to the thread of the progress.

Current GREEN Hive Agenda
Research Queue:
Iron jaws for Soldier, Bio-brain, Mud thatch, iron for rippers (teeth), wings for Soldiers, lithovoric bacteria for Heavy Worker
Ideas
Improved Flood prevention.
Elevated spire on all surface entrances to minimize water spillover.

>>15671593
Pricing Now

rolled 16 = 16

>>15670206

Can you also price >>15673669
No wings.

Biochemical Brain: The queen develops the ability to consume biomass and replicate some of the genetic code into synthesized upgrades for bugs.
Cost:15 Points

Mud-thatcher' Ability
Worker Bugs eat dirt and process it into hardened brown bug concrete, regurgitating it in semi-fluid form to be shaped into structure. Cost:6pts

Iron-Jaws: Increases the attack strength of biting creatures significantly Cost:2 Points resource 2 Iron, +2 Iron per Strain Upgraded.

Lithovoric Bacteria: Heavy Workers stomachs contain a bacteria which draws nutrition from soils consumed. Heavy Workers with supplemented food require half as much Population Cap. Cost: 6pts

Soldiers Wings: The large hefty bulky bugs require large wings to carry there form through the air. Cost:3pts

Waterlung: Bugs with this ability are capable of remaining underwater at lenght. Cannot be coupled with flying. Cost: 6pts, +2pts for each strain Upgraded.

Commando Bug
Base: Scout
Burrower:heavy claws that allow for fast digging 2pts
Camo: 2pts
Acid Spray: 2pts
1 Shot Deadly Venom Needle (can regrow at Hive): 8pts

>>15674183
Commando bugs are also 6pts per bug

Proposed tunnels

SPENDING
Biochemical Brain 15 Points
Mud-thatcher 6pts
Iron-Jaws2 Points resource 2 Iron, +2 Iron per Strain Upgraded Soldier and Ripper.
Lithovoric Bacteria 6pts
Soldiers Wings 3pts
INCOME
+5 Resource points from minerals
+2 Resource from Fungus Farms
+10 Resource from Aphid Farm
+6 Resource from Redberry Farm
+10 units Tallgrass from gathering
+4 units Tallgrass from Farming
-10 units Tallgrass feeding
64 units resource, 29 iron, 9 wood, 20 units tall grass, 33 stone.

At a certain pre-determined point, when a strain of bug becomes complex to make with loads of upgrades, it will cost more Resource to create a batch.

we send one scout. Orders are: If probe finds the area abandoned the rest of the squad moves in, survey site and gather stuff. If probe does not survive, squad is retasked to elsewhere.

>>15675470 Clarification
the rest of the squad is holding near by to join the
first scout

>>15675470
Squad of Scouts Dispatched to Rock Pile.

<BUG-GM[A]> Squad of Scouts Dispatched to Rock Pile.
<S-Hive> I have no idea, record.
<S-Hive> But we will find out.
<S-Hive> For the Friend Hive Mind, the Inquisition will root out the enemy.
<RecordKeeperBug> ok so the backup settls in near by and teh luck one flys up and heds in to view teh pile.
<BUG-GM[A]> Scouts Can see the general location of RED hill to the north
<BUG-GM[A]> Scouts continue to ROCK PILE target coordinates
*** BUG-GM[A] is now known as BUG-GM
* BUG-GM is no longer away : Gone for 17 minutes 29 seconds
<ThunderousRoar> Ghostbug recon
<BUG-GM> Scouts have can see Redberry Bush far to the east
<BUG-GM> Scouts are almost to ROCK PILE Target
<S-Hive> SCOUT BACK UP, HOLD POSTION. SCOUT PROBE, PREPARE FOR ARRIVAL.
<RecordKeeperBug> ok so the backup gets in place and now the vic-volinteer is heading in.
<ThunderousRoar> lol.
<BUG-GM> Scouts holidng position, can run interception pattern over Rock Pile at 1500 centimeters
<ThunderousRoar> You mean the HERO, rkb! The GLORIOUS HEROBUG OF THE GREENTIDE EMPIRE!
<RecordKeeperBug> INDED THIS WILL BE A DAY LONG REMEMBERED...
<Think_TankBug> ((So we just ordered a Scout to Volunteer for recon? Nice....))
<ThunderousRoar> ...Unless we need to hush it up, in which case, it'll be a day not remembered at all....
<S-Hive> SCOUT BACK UP, SET UP FOR INTERCEPTION PATTERN AT 1500 CM. WATCH FOR POSSIBLE INCOMING THREATS.
<RecordKeeperBug> he should go in low
<BUG-GM> Hang on fellows I have something I have to complete before we can continue
<RecordKeeperBug> amongst teh grass

the agreed production Que is
3 scouts 4 grubs a diplomander a mimic
and breeders can make 2 colony bugs

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<TheBalloonBugGuy> hello there
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<RecordKeeperBug> hey
<BUG-GM> HEy sorry my internet flopped
<RecordKeeperBug> ah
<BUG-GM> did Will get on?
<TheBalloonBugGuy> good morning, gm
<RecordKeeperBug> well lets get going with the stone pile
<BUG-GM> Morning GGG
<S-Hive> Will's not back.
<BUG-GM> BGG
<BUG-GM> BBG
<BUG-GM> jesus
<BUG-GM> right! to the stone pile
<Think_TankBug> Cool
<TheBalloonBugGuy> huh what?
<RecordKeeperBug> read the second to last post on the thread
<BUG-GM> Scouts Holding position at ROCK PILE

<BUG-GM> Scouts Holding position at ROCK PILE
<S-Hive> SCOUT BACKUP, HOLD AT 1500 CM, PREPARE FOR INTERCEPTION PROTOCOL, PROBE SCOUT, MOVE TO PROBE.
<RecordKeeperBug> probe stay low and in grass
<BUG-GM> Send in (1) Scout?
<RecordKeeperBug> yes
<S-Hive> SEND IN PROBE SCOUT (1)
<BUG-GM> The Scout cirlces the High Rock Pile, it resembles an Aztec Ziggurat
<RecordKeeperBug> any sign of othe bugs or spider silk?
<BUG-GM> The rough rocks makeing levels with balconies and tiny light holes
<BUG-GM> No sign yet
<TheBalloonBugGuy> send scout in closer
<TheBalloonBugGuy> keep webshot at the ready
<BUG-GM> The Scout Spots the Upper Entrance
<BUG-GM> and lands near the top
<RecordKeeperBug> hover in front and look in
<TheBalloonBugGuy> move in there
<RecordKeeperBug> anything smell funy?
<BUG-GM> Peering down the passageway the Scout can make out the shapes from here.....

<BUG-GM> The Stench of bug death
<BUG-GM> Shells
<TheBalloonBugGuy> do we have heavy firing support in case shit gets hairy?
<BUG-GM> Shell bits and broken limbs
<BUG-GM> And Web, Web everywhere
<BUG-GM> Signs of struggle
<BUG-GM> The passage takes a dip and a turn and the Scout can see no further from ere without going in
<TheBalloonBugGuy> lets risk it
<RecordKeeperBug> is there any sign of a spider and how old dose teh web look
<S-Hive> SCOUT PROBE; Process WEB. How OLD is WEB."
<RecordKeeperBug> Besids teh web of corse
<BUG-GM> No sign of spider(s). Scout is unable to tell, the web looks old
<BUG-GM> Unable to tell for sure
<RecordKeeperBug> do the shells look rotten or desicated?
<BUG-GM> The bug bits are old and discarded. There is a curved piece of bug chitin laying face down a few inches further down the tunnel

<TheBalloonBugGuy> move in, fly if possibe. in fast, out fast.
<BUG-GM> and do?
<RecordKeeperBug> PROCEED AVOIYD contact with WEB
<BUG-GM> (the scout wont intentionaly contact any webbing)
<TheBalloonBugGuy> check out what is in there, thaen flee
<RecordKeeperBug> yes quick exaninatin then retreat
<S-Hive> SCOUT, PROBE ENTRY. SCOUT BACK UP, MOVE TO HOVER OVER ROCK TEMPLE.
<BUG-GM> The Scout scuttles over picks up the shell and scuttels back to just inside the entrance
<RecordKeeperBug> CONCURED^^
<BUG-GM> The Scout scuttles outside
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<RecordKeeperBug> examin the SHELL
<BUG-GM> In the bright day sun, the scout flips over the shell bit......
<BUG-GM> .......its motteled surface
<BalloonBug> THEN WHO WAS SHELL?
<BUG-GM> ......is TEAL
<S-Hive> SCOUT PROBE, TAKE MOLTED SHELL.
<S-Hive> SCOUT BACK UP, MOVE TO ESCORT SCOUT PROBE AT 1100 CM.
<BalloonBug> wait, this is the rock pile fortress, right?

<BUG-GM> (mottled not molted, this shell was not naturaly taken off the bug)
<BUG-GM> yes
<BalloonBug> well we knew as much already, ther were obvious signs of struggle before
<S-Hive> What ever fucked up TEAL is still there.
<BalloonBug> what, you sure?
<BUG-GM> You sure?
<RecordKeeperBug> deposit shell near edge of teh clearing return to fortrace
<S-Hive> We can't be sure, and do we want to risk a scout squad?
<BalloonBug> they may have killed it deeper inside. We can sacifice the scout if it benefits the hife. Move back in there.
<RecordKeeperBug> no but i fee like we can send the one in deeper
<BUG-GM> you'd only be risking one scout if you sent him further down the tunnel
<BalloonBug> go, we wnat input
<RecordKeeperBug> have teh others waight just outside the enterqancee
<Think_TankBug> ((Send one in deeper and have the rest start gathering parts from near the entrance?))

<RecordKeeperBug> this^^
<S-Hive> SCOUT PROBE, DEPOSIT MOLTED SURFACE NEAR CLEARING. SCOUT PROBE, MOVE INTO TUNNEL. GREENSPEED.
<RecordKeeperBug> only one goes in
<RecordKeeperBug> MAY GREN BE WITH YOU
<RecordKeeperBug> *GREEN
<BalloonBug> IN THE NAME OF GREEN
<BalloonBug> GREEN LIVES IN DEATH
<BUG-GM> The bug bits around the entrance are worth no resource and you have Teal-Back Beetle biomass already
<RecordKeeperBug> oh tehn ignore it
<BalloonBug> FOR THE BROTHERHOOD OF GREEN
<BUG-GM> The scout drops the shell bit
<BUG-GM> and heads into the tunnel
<BUG-GM> it only about 30 bugfeet before the rock shape causes it to turn right
<BUG-GM> The scout continues down the tunnel
<RecordKeeperBug> go to left wall and side stepp till you can just see round teh corner
<BUG-GM> At the right turn it becomes clear that there is a central shaft, down, down the Rock pile

<RecordKeeperBug> are ther 2 options right and down?
<RecordKeeperBug> or just down?
<BUG-GM> The scout stands at the edge of the shaft, he can see other tunnels leading off away from the central shaft
<BUG-GM> The only way is down
<BalloonBug> ONE VISION, ONE PURPOSE. STRENTGH TROUGH UNITY, PEACE THROUGH POWER
<RecordKeeperBug> send anoter scout in to watch tis junction send teh probe down teh next tunnal to teh right
<BUG-GM> Continue Scout?
<BalloonBug> of course
<BUG-GM> Another Scout lands and waits at the spot were this one stands
<RecordKeeperBug> 1 scout prosedes right
<BUG-GM> the central shaft is wide enough to fly down
<RecordKeeperBug> stay on this leval untill it is explored
<BUG-GM> There is only the entrance tunnel to the main shaft and you've have seen all the entrance tunnel
<RecordKeeperBug> oh i thought th branchis wer on this level procead down via air
<RecordKeeperBug> slowly feeling for weeb acroos teh shaft

>>15661280

wanting to joing the irc but dont know how do so, download a client or use suptg's?

> i use sup tg come join us it is awsum
<RecordKeeperBug> we could dangal a web line wit some small waight to check
<BUG-GM> Flittering his wings
<BUG-GM> the scout proceeeds down slowly
<BUG-GM> as he passes offshoot tunnels
<RecordKeeperBug> go into teh first tunnal
<BUG-GM> he sees fiberous near invisible white lines waving in the displaced air
<BUG-GM> The scout lands at the mouth of the first tunnel
<RecordKeeperBug> the webing crosses this tunnal?
<BUG-GM> The tunnel is dark but light from the central shaft reveals the tunnel walls have webbing
<BUG-GM> but do not criss-cross the tunnel
<RecordKeeperBug> if so cut it gown it that can be done without being caught in it
<BalloonBug> move forward by foot, be careful
<RecordKeeperBug> if not ^^
<BUG-GM> Moving carfully though the web lined tunnel
<BUG-GM> The scout eventualy comes to a chamber formed by the rock

>>15676309
im trying to but im using the embedded and cant connect should i get the team speak?

> no thats voich chat il ask if aone els knows another way
<BUG-GM> the chamber is empty and the walls bare sav for the light hole created buy a gap in hte rocks
<RecordKeeperBug> return to shaft
<BUG-GM> The scout returns
<BUG-GM> At shaft, now what?
<RecordKeeperBug> proseed to next passage
<BUG-GM> The scout flies over across the shaft to another tunnel
<BUG-GM> This one too dark to see into
<BalloonBug> we should have researched the firefly bug
<RecordKeeperBug> i think we should risk it it is likly weebed so proceed slowly
<RecordKeeperBug> too late now
<BalloonBug> jup proceed slowly, try not to ge stuck
<BUG-GM> The scout almost immidiately runs into a few strands of web, invisibly thin
<RecordKeeperBug> send aid to cut him loos
<BUG-GM> it is not stuck and pulls back but the webs cling to the scout before snapping back
<BUG-GM> The scout is free of the web
<BalloonBug> alright, fuck this. New strategy: get a CB here, burn p the web. If the cavern is large enough to fly in, the CB will fit in it

>try the client link under the chat tab thats all i can tell you
<RecordKeeperBug> goo back up grab a pice of teel back shell and use it to probe for webing
<RecordKeeperBug> How fast can we put glow on teh scoughts?
<BUG-GM> The scout grabs what looks like an antennae to probe for web
<RecordKeeperBug> prob away
<BUG-GM> Were should the scout head now?
<RecordKeeperBug> the tunal he was just in
<BalloonBug> back into the same tunnel he got stuck in, swat the web away
<BalloonBug> meanwhile call for CB backup
<RecordKeeperBug> know what send them all in and serch this place sistumaticly
<BUG-GM> The dronning of the wings of the scouts outside can be heard from the central shaft, faintly, but the shape of the shaft acts like a megaphone
<BUG-GM> The Scout has no luck swatting the web away
<BUG-GM> it springs back each time
<RecordKeeperBug> could he bite teh edge away?
<BUG-GM> The Scouts tries to bite the web
<RecordKeeperBug> and does teh antena stick?

<BUG-GM> The scout is able to sever a strand of webbing, and has given up the stuck antennae
<BalloonBug> i told you to call for Firebats
<BUG-GM> Send the other 4 scouts into tunnels to investigate
<BUG-GM> tthere is a CB on the way
<BalloonBug> ooooh yeeeaaah
<RecordKeeperBug> send one of teh scouts all teh way down
<BUG-GM> The scout flies down, down down the Shaft
<BUG-GM> To where the bottom should be
<BUG-GM> The shaft opens up into a chamber
<BUG-GM> Shaped like a vase
<Think_TankBug> ((Filled with unspeakable horrors?))
<BUG-GM> The scout gets caught up on a few stands of invisi-web
<BUG-GM> for a few moments it tries to pull away from the web
<BUG-GM> it is unsticking itself
<BUG-GM> and then it sees where the strands lead
<Think_TankBug> ((Eight legs and too many eyes?))
<ThunderousRoar> (I make it back just in time!!)
<BUG-GM> one second, trying to dfind someting

<ThunderousRoar> (So, we're at the bottom of the main shaft...we're still inside, so that means our heroic scout has not yet been nommed on by anything. This is good!)
<S-Hive> (( FFF... ))
<RecordKeeperBug> The webs seem old
<BUG-GM> was tryiying to find that ( think its called sticcacdo or something music)
<ThunderousRoar> (staccado? as in a fast rhythmic drumming?)
<BUG-GM> no not drums, pluckking violin stings (the sound movies play when ever the hero turns around and sees someting creepy)
<ThunderousRoar> (Ahhh, I know just the sound! xD)
<BUG-GM> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyv6t3OS3c&feature=player_embedded#at=18
<RecordKeeperBug> GET ON WITH IT IM DYING
<BUG-GM> Waterphone
<BUG-GM> thats it
<ThunderousRoar> (hahahahahaha)
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<BUG-GM> The strand leads into the darkness
<ThunderousRoar> (ooooohhhh shiiiii-)
<BUG-GM> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFyv6t3OS3c&feature=player_embedded#at=18but ligt from the shaft still glints of the shining webb
<RecordKeeperBug> AND!!
<BUG-GM> A white lump of webbing, supended from the celing
<BUG-GM> two white lumps
<BUG-GM> 5 white bundles
<BUG-GM> 8...no 10 white buldes of web
<HodoAstartes> Wak up in the morning with the bugs still at it. Feed the queen, mine for food and have we yet invaded?
<ThunderousRoar> (...how many beetles didn't come out?)
<RecordKeeperBug> like 7 i think
<BUG-GM> There on the scouts right is another bundle, but this one is open
<S-Hive> (( 20 went in.. ))
<S-Hive> (( 5 came out... ))
<BUG-GM> Inside sits the carcass of a Teal-Back Beetle
<BUG-GM> its guts scooped out clean

<S-Hive> SCOUT PROBE, EVAC. I REPEAT, EVAC.
<RecordKeeperBug> PULL UP!
<HodoAstartes> Bail Out!
<ThunderousRoar> (May as well finish looking around. It's not going to outrun the spider if she's still there.)
<BUG-GM> the scout now stuggles quickly to free himself
<BUG-GM> the Thrumming of Scoout wings can be heard form outside
<RecordKeeperBug> waight frees
<ThunderousRoar> (LOL! So much for ALL GLORY TO THE GREEN TIDE!)
<BUG-GM> The scout freezes
<RecordKeeperBug> FREES! all oters come here kelp cut out
<RecordKeeperBug> waight you said the web pulled away
<RecordKeeperBug> Quote"<BUG-GM> it is unsticking itself "
<BUG-GM> the scout was unsticking himself when he stopped and saw the mummified beetles
<RecordKeeperBug> oh that makes sense
<BUG-GM> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMfoRqbS-Ko ROCK PILE THEME MUSIC
<HodoAstartes> Bite off a leg if need be
<RecordKeeperBug> though we should frees any way to not vibrate and bring teh spider

<ThunderousRoar> (...and then it panicked, which isn't the most efficient way to get loose)
<BUG-GM> youd panic too :)
<BUG-GM> The other scouts have freed the scout
<ThunderousRoar> (Pfft! My single life pales in comparison to the glory of the hive!)
<BUG-GM> it only took 2
<S-Hive> EVAC. ALL SCOUTS, BAIL OUT FROM ROCK PILE.
<RecordKeeperBug> well the oters should come and cut/pull it out unles the spider shows then run like hwll
<BUG-GM> All scouts are now free in the 'Vase' Chamber
<ThunderousRoar> (Wait, check the carcasses first! Are they old? Have they actualyl been eaten?)
<S-Hive> REPEAT, ALL SCOUTS, IMMEDIATE EVAC. DO NOT STOP, DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT 200$
<RecordKeeperBug> BELAY THAT
<Think_TankBug> ((Continue scouting? Call for a Purge Swarm?))
<Think_TankBug> ((Come in from the underground tunnel??))
<ThunderousRoar> (If the Spider is here, we need to localize it for the heavies!)

<RecordKeeperBug> do we see a spider beacus this web seems all old
<RecordKeeperBug> and that thunderous roar said
<BUG-GM> shit hang on imm being called away, figure out your plan of action (The white bundles are newish)
<RecordKeeperBug> while hovering look and see what else is here
<Think_TankBug> ((I say gather the warriors in the Subway and bust a hole in here, Swarm out and take this place for the glory of the Green Horde.))
<ThunderousRoar> (So so so so. New-ish bundles of ready-to eat beetle. The spider may still be here. If the scouts can find her, we can call down the fire.)
<RecordKeeperBug> well givin that in a fight spiders still tie up there pray this is still consistant with teh teals wining or tie ing
<S-Hive> (( We have colony bugs that shoot napalm. Let's get the military freaking out and get ready to strike.
<RecordKeeperBug> also if teh spider were here we would hav atractid her just now
<S-Hive> (( I'm not in the mood to give a spider more food that could be breeding more spiders. ))

<RecordKeeperBug> strugling in her web
<ThunderousRoar> (true enough, rkb. She should have nommed a scout by now.)
<S-Hive> (( We shook the spider's web, and made loads of noise. The SPIDER knows we're here. She's coming up for food. ))
<S-Hive> (( We need to Evac before she arrives. ))
<RecordKeeperBug> or she is dead
<S-Hive> (( A bunch of technicals with PKMs can not handle a T-55 tank. ))
<ThunderousRoar> (I don't know. spiders build webs to jump on prey quickly...)
<S-Hive> (( Spiders move on webs much quicker then they do on the ground. The Spider most likely built a web-network to move around. ))
<ThunderousRoar> (The scout's been kicking over pails and banging on her cookware and she still hasn't eaten him. There's still a possibility that the Spider was injured fighting the beetles.)
<RecordKeeperBug> web spiders dont usualy jump
<ThunderousRoar> (jump = pounce in this instance.)
<S-Hive> (( And what if she's waking up from her nap and walking to smack our shit? ))

<RecordKeeperBug> and jumpers dont weave like this this is some tipe of orbe weaver
<ThunderousRoar> (then we build more scouts.)
<RecordKeeperBug> ^^^
<ThunderousRoar> (shrugs...no great loss.)
<Think_TankBug> (^^^)
<S-Hive> (( I don't feel right sacrificing something over a hunch the spider MAY be wounded. ))
<ThunderousRoar> (they don't have names. they serve the will of the hive. right now they are performing their constructed function. no greater honor may be bestowed upon them. xD)
<S-Hive> (( But I'm out voted, so I'll conform. This OP doesn't feel right. Maybe the music, but something's not right. ))
<Think_TankBug> (Lets continue our Subway tunnel here and just swarm this place with Jaws, Claws and Napalm....Ok that last bit didn't rhyme but its the thought that matters.))
<RecordKeeperBug> why not split teh diferance all but one pull out let the ones who were stuck leave the last scought Huvers to out of range of teh web in the Vase and waights for teh CB
<S-Hive> (( Web's flammable right? ))
<ThunderousRoar> (it is indeed!)

<S-Hive> (( Have a CB come over here at least. ))
<S-Hive> (( I want to know that if this Spider DOES appear, we can at least burn the webbing and set it back. ))
<RecordKeeperBug> one is flying in right now hence my plan
<RecordKeeperBug> is to waight and wath
<S-Hive> (( Send in the scouts deeper, but if that spider shows up, I'm telling the CB to burn that web. ))
<S-Hive> (( If you want the scouts to go deeper. ))
<RecordKeeperBug> no i just say dont all leae
<RecordKeeperBug> OH i just had an idea we can tie a line of our web to her web where we were caugth then fly up and hank on it to fake strugling if a few minits of that dont bring her nothing will
<RecordKeeperBug> we can ditch our line at will so bug out is easy
<ThunderousRoar> (BRILLIANT!)
<ThunderousRoar> (If there be spider still in these murky halls, she would do well to leave! The. Hive. Will. Feed!)
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Game Progress halted for tonight
Questions and comments are welcome. Also anyone (that means you lurkers) who would like to submit write or drawfaggotry would be welcome. (You don't have to be "good" at either, just submit it)

This is a piece of creepy writefaggotry from yours truly concerning last nights adventures searching the Rock Pile.
For the best story effect please follow the [prompts in the parenthesis] starting with opening this address to ambient music in another tab and listening to it as you read.
http://youtu.be/exKwPZIR5v8
Enjoy!
(Picture is the the map of the rock pile)

Green hive having sent a Squad of Socuts to investigate the Rock Pile approached cautiously.

Zyrx peered into the darkness of the shaft. It was a very long way down and though he had wings the fear of falling into anyting down there terrified him.
He glanced back at the mouth of the tunnel where two of his brood-brothers stood watching, there wings occasionaly buzzing in frustrated anticipation. He had to go down there.
Squatting he hopped into the air, the vibration of his wings causing a slight stir in the air, the humming noise echoing down to the very bottom of the shaft. As he decended his own shadows worried him, and at each side hole in the shaft he felt eyes watching him. Down he went, untill he came aross the first shaft hole that would fit him. There were many here and more still down below, mouths of tunnels that opened into the shaft, dotting the rocky wall. The tunnel he had chosen was lined in more of the fine white stands he'd seen at the entrance. At the end of it, a shallow room where a spear of light pierced the celing, nothing here and so he returned to the Central shaft. He tried again with the tunnel across the way but found it barred by thin wispy stands of web. Giving up he turned and flitted out into the darkness, decending into the very end of the shaft. Here he saw that the shaft opened into a wide chamber whos sloping roof and walls curved out and away before faling down to meet again near the bottom. The whole of it like the inside of a vase. Zyrx was about to push on when suddenly his wings ceased to flap. His legs dangled in the air until they struck something, something they could not see. A fillament, an invisible thread that clung stickily to his legs. He clipped at it with his mandibles and managed to get it off, he wriggled about trying to free his wings from the invisible trap. It was no use, he was stuck.

Zyrx clicked his mandibles crying out for assistance. Far above the two Scouts decnded into the shaft to help. Zyrx wriggled more, he wished to be free of the web and leave this place, when his front leg caught a white strand or web floating in the air. Zyrx pullled the strand hoping to gain purchase, then he saw where the strand led. Cabled to the celing, in thick white cords, a bundle, glinting slightly in the dim light. A bundle like spun glass, at least 3 times his size. and there behind it another, and another and another. Zyrx looked out across the chamber, they were all over, 14 in all. Zyrx tugged at the line struggling more now to free himself. He tugged and tugged when suddenly the line tore off. With the creak of bunched cord the bundle nearest to him slowly spun around. Zyrx stopped stuggling and peered over to the exposed object now facing him....A chill flowed through him.

[open this in another tab but immediately keep reading] http://youtu.be/DuIQJ-l16b4?t=30s
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There half wrapped in web... the body of a Teal-Back Beetle, its eyes staring lifelessly at Zyrx, its chest torn open and its entrails scooped clean out....

Zyrx Paniced and beggan fluttering and flaing wildly. His brothers had arrived and clipped him from the trap with there mandibles, together they started back up the shaft.
When they heard it, The flapping of wings. Feathered wings.
The Scouts stopped.
The Scouts had sometime earlier, spotted a bird circling the south end of the Quarry. If there was a bird living in here, if the spider webs were old or even if the bird was trapped, it was valuable, its biomass would serve the Hive nicely. Zyrx would have to go back. Alone.

Down again he went, this time keepin a watchful eye for any signs of the ultra clear traps. He hit the bottom. The cool of the stone floor sending shivers into him.
Zyrx heard the flaps, closer now and moved towards the wall. There in an enormous white bundle, pinned to the wall, was a bird. One wing protruded from the spool of webbing, flapping now and again irraticly. Zyrx stepped closer. He could not tell if he'd be able to grab biomasss from the bird. And then the wing stopped moving.
Zyrx eyes were drawn up to the top of the bundle, where from it stood a thick, needle-like leg. Zyrx looked up and saw his own reflection staring back at him...from 8 souless eyes.....

[Play this now] http://youtu.be/eaJDLZZV5GQ
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The enormous Spider stepped silently down the web, onto the floor, towards him. Zyrx stood, paralized with fear. Fangs dropped out from behind thick mandibles with a hiss. Zyrx snapped out of his trance a moment before it was too late, whipping his abdomen around he fired a Spike into the spider a moment before it pounced. Zyrx Lept into the air his wings beating with alll the strength he could muster. Up up, up he went, to the top of the shaft. He reached the entrance tunnel when he could go no further, he turned to see the spider already right behind him, the webline of his spike hooking him to it. Zyrx kicked the line free and scuttled to reach the outside again. He'd gone no further than a few steps when a cord of web shot out and caught his rear legs. The spider began dragging him back inside. This was it, he was going to die and be entombed in web like the Beetles, his insides liquified and sucked out.
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The Thud of the Colony Bug landing was muffeled by the whoosh of its breath. Right over Zyrx's head and down the tunnel. Chemical fire burning its way past rock and web. Zyrx felt the tug of the line go slack and hurried to join the others who waited now behind the Colony Bug. When the fire cleared there was nothing left in the tunnel, and no sign of the spider. Perhaps it had perished, perhaps not, either way Zyrx and the Scouts would return to the hive, and once again the Fortress would stand silent.

End of Story

Also heres the pic I forgot before.

>>15678478
EMPIRE EARTH PLAYER DETECTED! Am I right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFxBeoBnAPE&feature=related

Yes my brothers, i know i have been away from the hive mind for some time now, but in that time, i have seen visions of the future, a great and beautiful world of which I can scarcely describe.

>>15680879
....I have seen a vision of an unstoppable Host, made of our incarnate warriors.....

>>15680895
links:
1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zopherinae
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_marine_isopod
...more to come...

Also in my many journeys, i have seen the face of this arachnoid threat....
.....Oh God.....

>>15680960

Yep. that's the one we dodged.

Oi Shark Bait, you want to contribute? Join us at the IRC chat on irc.thisisnotatrueending.com, the channel name is #BugQuest.

CONTRIBUUUTE.

THE HIVE NEEDS YOUR BRAAAAINS.

Giant Bat-Eating Centipede:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UROVfmY3NTA

rolled 3 = 3

16 hour shift today. Dear gods in heaven my feet are on FIRE.

Anyway I'll probably be on around 2pm CST tomorrow (give or take) to contribute and catch up.