get Bernie to make some cockalisks that fart acid out of there penises

>>15727529
Proper capitalization and spelling. Learn them.

>>15727497

We had a ship with a subtly-infested terran on its way there, yes?

Let's go see what happens if we treat it like the tourist trap that it seems to be. Also visit the gift shop afterwards.

Also, let us notify Kerrigan of all the interstellar happenings since we last spoke to her (i.e. Khas, our cease-fire, possible UED conflict with the UEDyles). She's probably up to date already, but it wouldn't hurt to see if she isn't.

>>15727611
Kerrigan seems unsurprised when we tell her about Khas, though our non-aggression pact does seem to catch her off guard. Also, she seems very concerned about whether the UED is headed toward the Koprulu Sector or not.

Our infested Terran is already there. He's paid for his ticket, and is currently walking past an SCV with rubber coverings that make it appear reptilian.

Also, Artisanlord has suddenly broadcast a marathon of Kung-fu movies, including Enter the Zergling and Glave Wurm of Fury.

>>15727643

Speaking of Artisanlord, how's Zerg TV doing? How are the ratings?

What are the other Cerebrates up to?

>>15727673
ZergTV is keeping up with the other networks, though it's hard to get any more accurate data without resources in the systems where it is being watched.

Cyberbrate is spending its time keeping up with the various encryptions being used in Terran space. Labbrate is working out some issues with bone formation in its cloning process (specifically, why they sometimes grow on the outside of the skin. Bernie has begun taking Labbrate's rejects for reasons we didn't ask about). The others are mostly keeping busy making sure our combat forces are up to snuff.

(I can wait. I've got Harvest Moon 64. Years can pass)

>It's ecturat
You're right, Captcha. That game was SO ecturat.

(I'm going to marry the librarian, btw. That come-hither gleam shines through her shy facade)

>>15727710

I don't suppose we have any breeds of zerg that are small and crawly, do we? That aren't zerglings?

I was thinking we could release some insect-sized zerg from the inside and have them scuttle about. There's a lot we might be able to access if we explore through ventilation ducts or whatever Xel'naga equivalents there are.

Also, notify our Science Cerebrates of this discovery. What can we expect from Xel'naga tech?

>>15727924
(As per Quest Canon, we can't control things much smaller than a Zergling, because their psionic signature is too easy to lose)

Labbrate informs us that the Xel'Naga had technology almost beyond imagining. If Father had been interested in it, the Zerg would have been unmatched technologically in the Koprulu Sector. Obviously, though, it was not perfect technology.

>>15727643
>Enter The Zergling
>Glave Wurm of Fury

Must eat Xel'Naga... also with kung-fu talk the thread number is Li.

>>15728027
(That's what I was going for, yeah. Glad it didn't go unnoticed)

So...aside from an interesting sort of disposable anti-gravity containment unit for Floating Shaved Ice, there isn't very much of interest in the Mothership's tourist areas.

On the plus side, our infested Terran's hands didn't get all sticky.

>>15728037
Enter the Zergling is not to be confused with Way of the Zergling, where Bane Lisk kills Chuck Norris.

>>15728110
Good to know the lack of sticky hands. Lets see how far we can get before stealing the thing.

>>15728142
Well, the term "disposable" is misleading. It more of "auto-disposing," as the stuff disintegrates itself when the treat is gone.

This means our infested Terran didn't have to look for a trash can, either.

>>15728160
>>15728110

Did our infested terran tourist encounter any other life along the way? Seems awful odd to put a tourist trap where there aren't many tourists.

>>15728160

Convenient. Almost *too* convenient.

Do we have any technological records of self-dissolving/decomposing containers? Seems like an awful lot of tech to put into something that could be substituted with a cheap paper cup.

>>15728182
There are fat Terran tourists milling about, leading their fat Terran children from ride to ride and concession stand to concession stand. There are Terrans in costumes playing to the crowd, and Terran tourists in costumes apparently without reason. The crowd is thin this early in the day, but Terrans continue to come through the turnstyles at the entrance.

>>15728200
Accountantbrate chips in that at 95 credits a pop, the damn things ought to be the size of a vulture bike.

>>15728233
So, let's take a look at the thing shall we. You can't have a tourist trap without a thing to see.

>>15728215

Get a good look at the tourist staff milling about. See where they go for their breaks and such. Listen in to their conversations that they hold when they're not hamming it up for the tourists.

Get one of our Dropservers over there. Get a scan of the station, see if we can get a rough idea of where the non-tourist areas are.

>>15728233
Oh accountantbrate...

Have our infested Terran get access to the worldship, and possible chip a tiny piece of it off. Maybe the dumbass humans sell shavings of it or something.

Alternatively, have him break into the security room and seal it, then cycle the airlocks. Once the people are dead we can enter and take everything.

Just another day aboard space station 13.

>>15728270
After an hour of walking, we come near to the center of the station, where the worldship piece is held...and find a large wall. Some exploration reveals an exhibit that states that behind this wall is where the facilities and maintenance supplies of the station are kept, and where the "dreamitectures" design, build, and test the exhibits and rides that you know and love.

It appears that the public is not allowed through. Various Staff Only and Unauthorized Entry Prohibited doors line the wall. Should we enter one?

>>15728310
Don't forget to knock out the long range comms and alert signals first. Not that I'm in favor of just killing everyone there at this moment in time.

>>15728336

Let us see what should not be seen. Let's see what's behind door #1! (or whatever).

Also, get into contact with the Jael'aten and see how they're handling Khas' resurrection. Are they being coerced into joining the rest of the Protoss or are they still in mortal terror of being purged by Khas like so many heretics in WH40K?

>>15728336
Lets finish exploring the tourist areas, and did we buy Kerri a shirt from the girt shop? I suppose we could do that on the way out, when we're stealing the piece.

>>15728364
When we finally get in touch with one of our contacts from the Jael'Aten, we are pleasantly surprised to hear that they have been allowed back into Protoss society (albeit in a sort of voluntary seclusion), and they are teaching their method of Archon sustenance to the rest of the High Templar.

Their religious views on the subject, however, are tolerated only in their silence. Speaking out on the subject is frowned upon.

1 vote for walking in a No Entry door.

>>15728336
Buy souvenirs from the gift shop first! A shirt and a hat for Kerri are a must.

>>15728409
>protoss strengthened by new archons, and gain process for perma-archons
>this pleases us

Why?

At the rate we're going, this is going to be Zerg Diplomacy Quest. No more conquest for us.

>>15728466
Well I've been thinking about archons. They're basically just a big angry psionic ball, and we managed to think at the crystal hard enough to make it not work, so it might be possible to think at archons hard enough to destabilize them.

>>15728549
That's a line of thinking for another day.

What of the Mothership amusement park in space?

>>15728563
Voting to go into the restricted area, but only after making sure to buy souvenirs at the gift shop.

>>15728563
My previous plan: Infiltrate, shut down security, capture.

It's a UED station so feel free to murderdeathkill them all.

>>15728409
>>15728466

Don't jump to conclusions. Just because they're "teaching" the other high templar about perma-archons doesn't mean that the high temps are necessarily taking to it well. Also, we haven't been able to spawn tons of zerg and steamroll anything since the beginning of this quest. We're not Gorn at the helm of a bajillion and seven zerg; we're a small brood trying to carve our way through the universe with diplomacy and subtlety. Steamrolling comes later.

Speaking of which, how are the high templar taking to the perma-archon training? To me, it seemed that the Jael'aten were able to achieve perma-archon status because they were apostates. Also, is their seclusion voluntary or "voluntary"?

How about we just skip the intervening time and knockout the power and bring in a fleet to extract the chunk and take it with us. Tie a few dozen overlords to it if we have to.

>[accessed promille
But after we access the promille, what ever that is

>>15728584
The gift shops are full of stuff. We pick out a goofy-looking alien hat, a bracelet that will probably fall apart when she puts it on, a T-shirt that's three sizes too large, and a bobble-head alien. We don't know if she will enjoy any of these things.

Anyway, we approach a No Entry door with our bag of tourist crap, wait for a lull in traffic, stealthily pick the lock, and creep through.

We are now in a nondescript concrete hallway, mostly unmarked.

Roll a d20 to navigate this hallway.

rolled 3 = 3

>>15728701

rolled 15 = 15

>>15728701
It doesn't matter if she'll like any of it or not; what matters is that we keep her off-balance by arbitrarily switching between tactical genius and bumbling, well-meaning older brother.

Also, rolling.

>>15728722
We're lost in a straight hallway.

>>15728732
At least he didn't ask us to find our way out of a wet paper bag.

That could tie us up for the whole thread.

rolled 1 = 1

>>15728732

Did we fail to hear the stairs right in front of us and stumble over them?

Also, rolling (correctly this time, I hope).

>>15728732
We are lost, yes.

Thankfully, we haven't bumped into any station personnel, or security measures.

We're not really sure where anything leads.

Roll again.
(Hey, at least you didn't roll a one, or a two. Both of those are bad juju)

>>15728760
Man, oh, man, are YOU lucky your post went through first.

rolled 10 = 10

>>15728763
Come on 1

>>15728781
Should have asked for a 2.

Can we switch to DH-style rolling?

We'd be kings of the galaxy by now.

>>15728781
(This was totally just to see if I got to spring evil shit on you. Lucky bastards)

We arrive at a large blast door. Despite not knowing exactly where we are, and thus whether there is atmosphere on the other side of the door, we hack through the lock and open the door.

And there it is: a chunk of Xel'Naga technology. Perhaps the last remaining piece of a worldship in the universe. It is massive, with crystalline structures lining some of its hull and held in place by a Terran support, as the piece is lopsided. There are multiple access points to its interior.

There do not appear to be any Terrans in the area, though our cloaked overlord outside still detects two Terrans inside.

(Damnit, why is it that nobody in my state plays 3.5? I swear, the entire market for 4.0 books lives here. It's not even that I dislike 4. I just want an opportunity to play a different version!)

>>15728872

Can the Overlord pinpoint where they are in relation to our Infested Terran? Should we be able to see them from where we are?

>>15728872
I say we kill everything and anything thats in there. If there is any that is.

>>15728890
You could go with Dungeons The Dragoning: 40k: 7th Edition: Book II: For A Few Subtitles More.

So, just how big is this chunk? In terms of Overlords.

>>15728906
There are two Terrans in there. You'll have to find them to kill them.

>>15728894
They are definitely inside the piece, though it's hard to tell where. We haven't actually entered, yet.

>>15728934
(Hell, I'm trying to break into a group that's already underway. I can't make them change versions)

It would probably hold several hundred overlords.

>>15729014
Take one of the access points to the interior of the worldship fragment.
Labbrate is going to want to see this.

>>15729024
>>15729014

Seconding. Stealthily approach the Xel'naga ruins and enter.

Also seconding patching the Zerg Science Corp. through on the Infested Terran-o-vision.

>>15729014

Also, prepare a quick strike force. With the worldship being so big, are we going to have to infest the station and hold it for some time? Or is it possible to have enough Zerg tug it through hyperspace and/or put enough Zerg in it so we can recall it to our space?

>>15729024
After a short elevator ride, we arrive in a large corridor, lined with crystals contoured into the walls perfectly, almost as if the ship had been built around them. The only light comes from evenly-spaced Terran floodlights, some of which have gone out.

The corridors are marked with some kind of cataloging system, but we can't make any sense of it. We follow some of the turns indicated by a certain marking, and after a few minutes, we come upon a half-opened circular door, through which we can see a larger room of some sort, though we duck out of sight when we hear voices.

"--completely irresponsible! If General Hawk knew what we were talking about--"
"Hawk is an idiot, Dmitri. We've been poring over this relic for thirty years, and what has come of it? Some pop guns and party tricks? By all indications, this derelict's systems are capable of things we can't imagine. If the device works, we could--"
"It doesn't matter! If it fails, it will destroy the whole damn station! We'd destroy ourselves, the derelict, and a couple million unsuspecting tourists!"

We aren't entirely sure what's going on, but it sounds interesting.

>>15729014
Since we're using fluff scale, I'd say a few BC with a few dozen overlords should be able to move the thing. THough going with a few hundred overlords would make getting it into warp easier.

>>15729160
Quick we need to lure them into a trap!

>>15729160

Look around the room for equipment and such. Are there any insignias or emblems that we can recognize? Or any particularly unusual looking Terran devices?

>>15729234
We could kill them with the bobble head if so inclined.

Kill them, shut down security, invade, seize worldship.

>>15729234
There are a lot of highly technical devices, as well as assorted notebooks and tools.

Nothing appears to be branded with any insignia or logo of any kind, actually. It's almost suspiciously bereft of identification.

>>15729160
Couldn't we...knock one out, and Infest the other, then Infest the knocked out one?
Get both of their delicious memories?

>>15729298
That's the zergy way to do it.

>respearg slope
Now remember when infesting you have to keep spearing them in the slope with your proboscis.

>>15729298
>>15729316
>>15729292
So, 2 votes infest, 1 vote kill?

>>15729298

Alrighty, let's infestinate them.

The whole noise-distraction thing might attract both of them, and one or more of them might be armed enough to take out our Terran (although they both sound like scientists, it probably would not be uncommon for one or more of them to carry sidearms). It would probably be the fastest solution as far as ambushing goes.

We could also wait for them to get done talking, then hope that just one of them leaves while the other one remains at the site. Then nom whichever one is more convenient.

Alternatively, we could sneak up behind them, thrash one of them into the wall/blackjack him, then infest the other person.

>>15729357
That's...three or four different plans.

You should choose one.

>>15729388
I like infestation. It neutralizes the guards and increases our own forces. Then we can shut down thrice as many security systems before the thiefy fleet gets here.

>>15729388
Well, I was just planning on sneaking closer to an open door, charge in silently to give no warning and knock out one guy then pin the other. Infest the second, then as he's being Infested, Infest the first.

>>15729538

Let's go with this.

Seconding stealthy disabling/infesting of one of those Terrans, then infesting the shit out of the other one while the former is wrestling with spores or is taking an induced violent nap.

>>15729551
>>15729538
Ok. Somebody roll 2d100 to see how this turns out.

rolled 17, 71 = 88

>>15729565

rolled 31, 15 = 46

>>15729565
oh god I hope I don't kill us all.

>>15729565

Roll for the Swarm!

>>15729604
Thank you for rolling before me. Although that first roll is going to hurt.

rolled 54, 21 = 75

>>15729565
Rolling.

rolled 97, 49 = 146

>>15729607

I should probably include the roll in there.

>>15729614
>97

Go drink 4 cups of coffee and take a hit of epinephrine. We need you posting faster.

My last roll was the critical fail in navigating the hallway.

Which would've been hilarious, but oh so counterproductive.

Readying the only item we have that can double as a sap, our bobble-head alien, we rush into the room and attempt to bash in the head of the closest Terran.

The bobble strikes true, smashing squarely between a gray-haired man's eyes. He stumbles into a corner, dazed and injured, as we grapple with the other Terran. The young, fire-eyed man has managed to get a firearm loose from his side, and we struggle to keep it aimed away from us.

As we struggle, our infested Terran's proboscis extends, like a giant, bloated amber-colored tongue, toward the young man's face. The pistol goes off, and we hear a ricochet and a cry of pain as the bullet fires wide, bounces off of the walls, and imbeds itself into the flesh of the older man.

We see terror in the young man's face as the proboscis latches onto the first opening it finds (by chance, his left eye), and begins pumping its vile spores into him. After a few minutes of this, his body begins convulsing with the infestation, and we release it to its labors.

We turn toward the old man, his face a mask of terror and pain. It will be a few moments before our agent is ready to release another load of spores. Shall we speak to this human?

>>15729660
Really, really, really counterproductive.

>>15729707
No. Grapple checks, only grapple checks.

>>15729707

Witty taunt, foreboding speech, or actual interrogation?

Decisions, decisions...

>>15729707
Is his wound fatal? If so, we should use ZERG POWA to heal it when we infest him.

We need to move quick so we can control them and explain the gunshot as an accident. Even better, he'll get sent to medical and we can use him to infect all the medical supplies. Got a cut? Go to medical and get your bandaid covered in zerg spores. Got the flu? Go to medical and get your shot mixed with zerg spores.

Yuck.

No asking anything, act immediately. We'll know everything when we infest him.

Sleepytime approaches.

Choose end-of-thread post carefully!

>>15729730
>>15729707

Yeah. Let's just subdue him and make sure he can't do anything as we prepare another batch of infesty spores.

Also, make sure that the Zerg Science Corp. are ready to receive any/all information that we can glean from these two maybe scientists.

>>15729749
>>15729749

Also this. Once they're good and infested, let's see if we can't patch them up (aside from the 'accidental' misfire).

>>15729707
"Don't worry, good doctor. It'll only hurt for a little while. Oh, the things you will see. What you will experience through our memories.
"Attack ships on fire off of Antiga Prime. Yamato Cannons wash away the dark near the Tannhausser Gate. A Starforge sucking away stellar material to create a fleet, like a newborn babe at a mother's teat.
"Come along, Doctor. There's science to be done."

>>15729749
Fast infestation make HORRIBLE HORRIBLE GROWTHS EVERYWHERE! But brain noming is good.

(That was eerily unanimous...)

Our infested Terran stalks silently toward the old man, his hands putting pressure on a grazed knee. He stutters a warning, a question, and then a plea, but we take no heed. He is just meat for the Swarm.

We hold him down as we wait. He fights feebly, insisting upon his freedom, begging for his life. Our fleshbound servant wait, emotionless and irrepressibly firm, as his reserves of spores regenerate. His proboscis swells with his pulse, preparing for the act that will end his victim's individual life.

As the old man's companion begins to struggle to his feet, newly reborn into the Swarm and weak at the transfiguration, the questing proboscis weaves a path to the man's face, and finds purchase over his mouth. The sickening taste of a billion genetic monsters scrabbling into his body is the last stimulus he clearly receives before the changes to his nervous system begin.

This man, as he was, is no more. Our consciousness rushes to fill the gulf where his mind once was.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15727497/

(You guys didn't end up revealing yourselves to the UED, which was seriously on the table. I'd call that a win)

>>15729846
The real win will be warping this Xel'Naga chunk back to the Korpul sector without the UED noticing.

>>15729865
>Without the UED retaliating

FTFY. They're definitely going to notice.

>>15729879
Leave behind a note saying, "Now we're even."?
Like, an actual, physical, hand-written piece of paper floating in the middle of space, where the worldship used to be.

>>15729948
"Once there was a worldship here.
Now it isn't, that is clear.
Where is it now? Where did it go?
All I know is, your mom's a ho."