>>17637446

Send cloaklords to all known Bernie worlds and see if this possible evacuation is a widespread event

>>17637484
The other two overlords find similar scenes, but with substantially lighter guards, and fewer of the huge craft.

>>17637510

Split forces into three attack groups, two smaller ones hitting the more lightly defended fleets, the biggest one hitting the most heavily defended fleet. Time our attacks to happen simultaneously.

And there's no need to throw everything at him. Bernie's forces are inefficient and took one hell of an ass kicking at Moria. Consult Warbrate and estimate how much force is actually needed to destroy Bernie's forces. Whatever we don't send to finish Bernie can be sent back to our worlds

>>17637510
Have Gorn take two small task forces, each about 25% of our fielded forces in this sector, to take out the smaller Bernie worlds.
Warbrate is to take the remaining 50% to strike at the main Bernie concentration.
Time all attacks to occur simultaneously.
No prisoners, no survivors.

>>17637558
Don't forget nukes, nukes and carrier cannons.

I also figured out why defensebrate is back, blowing up a heighliner with a yatamo shot messes with time... so yeah not going to do that again lest we revive kingston. And out of curiosity, do we look any different from the last time we looked at ourselves?

>>17637558
Warbrate isn't entirely sure, considering there are a lot of unique units or squads of units we just haven't seen before (like the mosquitos or the huge ones).

It gives us a rough estimate, but Gorn suggests using overwhelming force. Bernie is the only thing that has ever really *disturbed* Gorn, and it feels like making sure there's nothing left.

We notice that there are antennae-bearing units making a systematic circuit through each system.

>>17637665

Oh yes, we must burn the worlds that Bernie used to own after we establish orbital supremacy

>>17637699
>We notice that there are antennae-bearing units making a systematic circuit through each system.
His version of Overlords. Make that they are targeted first to blind Bernie.

>>17637665
>also figured out why defensebrate is back, blowing up a heighliner with a yatamo shot messes with time... so yeah not going to do that again lest we revive kingston. And out of curiosity, do we look any different from the last time we looked at ourselves?

(I think we're pretty much done with temporal shenanigans since we blew up VoidGate's big time travel facility, unless there's some serious effort on your part to get that sort of thing happening)

>>17637701
Burn in nuclear fire, burn by removing the crust with carrier lasers, or burn with normal fire? Because I'd hate to waste 4 planets worth of resources on needless spite. Once we get Bernie his forces should go feral.

(So, all-out strike, or go by Warbrate's estimates?)

>>17637806
Start with an opening nuclear salvo, then warp in from behind?

>>17637792

I'd rather burn his worlds than risk accidentally reabsorbing even a tiny fragment of his conciousness. And it'll make for great propaganda for our human worlds - "If anyone fucks with you while you're under our protection, they'll burn in nuclear fire"

>>17637806
All-out strike. We don't know what Bernie has developed, and our intel regarding their capabilities is very slim.

We must create the perfect weapon to fight bernie with.

Scourge, but remade to look like completely innocent loli. It will draw in bernies /d/eviance, only to go boom on his dickmonsters.

Also nukes.

>>17637806

Go with Warbrate. Whatever Bernie has developed since we gave him (relatively) free reign is invariably going to geared for torture and intimidation. Combine his inefficiency with the losses he took at Moria and we shouldn't need to risk all of our forces to finish him off.

And if things turn to shit we'll have a backup force to ride in to the rescue

>>17637842
>BRILLIANT.jpg

>>17637806
All-out. Plus >>17637720
and assigning some forces to disabling the giant craft and their support vessels. We are not letting any rape-powered heighliners escape.

>>17637867
>>17637829
>>17637822
>>17637842
>Warbrate's estimates: 1
>All-out strike: 1
>Nuclear open followed by all-out strike: 1
>Develop some kind of weird exploding /d/ space anime thing: 1

>>17637889
>Warbrate's estimates: 1
>All-out strike: 2
>Nuclear open followed by all-out strike: 1
>Develop some kind of weird exploding /d/ space anime thing: 1

rolled 33, 4 = 37

(No more voters? Time for unilateral action! Rolling for a minor plot twist)

>>17638028

I like where this is going

>>17638028
Suddenly everyone has a pickaxe.

Opting for a Father-like moment of astonishing power, we drop out of Warp between Bernie's forces and the sun. Bernie realizes what is coming as we blot out the star at the center of the system. As our shadow falls across the enemy fleet, so, too, do we. Mantalisks slice at chitin and carapace, as valkyries destroy the antennae-bearing creatures. The mosquito-like creatures immediately turn away and those remaining after the first volley of projectiles immediately jump away. We also feel the psionic rumblings of a large Warp field initializing within the huge craft. Two of them manage to flee before out capital ships finally rain down fire on the dozen or so remaining. One ruptures down the middle, spilling absolutely massive amounts of Vespine and minerals into space. Another begins to buckle as well, when we notice something happening inside.

Something is...growing. Naturally, we keep firing until the skin of the thing breaks and out comes Bernie. Four times its previous size, Bernie lumbers into battle, its pedipalps quivering, covered in a sticky lubrication.

Immediately, we feel a combative psionic force. Two battlecruisers and a few wings of assorted Zerg units drop out of our thoughts. We watch in horror as they turn upon our forces. Bernie is wrenching forces out of our Swarm!

>>17638180
Fight him! Use all of our psionic might to bludgeon him away.

Meanwhile, get Toaster to launch those nukes at Bernie from an angle opposite our main fleet.

>>17638180
Send message: "You are huge, and have huge guts! Rip an tear!" Then rip and tear his huge guts. Kill all zerg we lost, bernie might have imprinted on them.

>>17638180

Kill Bernie! Hit him with everything! Try to bring him down from long range and have the medium and close range units fall back to defend our long range units while they take the head from this serpent.

>>17638180
Wow, we should feel flattered, first Kingston wanted to have his own little Swarm just like us, then Duran, and now Bernie!
Seconding nukes. Follow the other freighters and take those down from a distance, we don't want to give them reinforcements if they're more of the same.

>>17638296
(Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all. Also, this is probably the last one. Anyway! Roll 1d100 per missile you want to fire to see how great your accuracy is with nukes, today!)

rolled 27, 62, 6, 10, 55, 67, 77, 61, 40, 13 = 418

>>17638331

I'm hoping all ten go straight down Bernie's disgusting maw

rolled 78, 92, 45, 37, 46, 88, 71, 45, 4, 7 = 513

>>17638331
10 nuke spread

>>17638296
Nukes and carrier cannons should do the trick.

rolled 20, 29, 9, 13, 69, 20, 96, 16, 87, 95, 86, 53, 48, 54, 13, 52, 100, 85, 91, 7 = 1043

>>17638331

>>17638331
Is it acceptable to go full macross and fire like 30 nukes? Just to be sure.

rolled 28, 39, 56, 55, 72, 21, 72, 7, 32, 18, 35, 94, 10, 66, 52, 86, 73, 72, 37, 84 = 1009

>>17638356
>>17638349
Really? 10 nuke spreads, we have a few hundred and a planet that just builds them, we have plenty to use. So another 20 from me.

>>17638377
Full Macross would be using 60 reaction weapons in one go. Followed by singing, I'm sure artisanlord can whip something up after.

>>17638349
>>17638356
We once again have a moment to consider that our aim is REALLY BAD. 7 out of 10 missiles explode close enough to Bernie to coat it in nuclear fire, but three wind away, exploding in the midst of the ongoing battle. Our casualties are light, but still!

After a second of blinding light, we can see clear enough to watch a mass of gore, still mostly intact, screaming in our minds, quivering and quaking with rage, fear, and pain, gather its strength.

Bernie's forces begin to jump to Warp, though few make it out of the system.

(Roll 1d20 to see if he escapes!)

rolled 20 = 20

>>17638512
Don't let him get away!

rolled 16 = 16

>>17638512

Stop that tentacled horror!

>>17638545
Well, whatever just happened sure is exciting.

rolled 2 = 2

>>17638512
There's no escape! (hopefully)

>>17638545
We gather ourself together. We focus our psionic energies at Bernie's shaking form, and squeeze. In a moment of sublime concentration, we condense our thoughts into this attack, and manage to compress all that Bernie is into a single, perfect one-centimeter cube. We release Bernie's remains, allowing them to explode outward, as we grasp onto the retreating psionic energies. We regain control of our captured forces, as well as three of the gigantic craft.

Several lightyears away, in dark space, we also gain control of a contingent of the mosquito-like creatures, waiting for rendezvous.

We watch through hundreds of thousands of eyes as the forces to do not control tear themselves apart in the blind rage of forsaken Zerg. Their remains float lifelessly through space, unmourned and unlamented.

Bernie is dead.

>>17638679

Let's find a nice black hole for that Bernie Cube. Consolidate our forces and see how much resource wealth we've gained from capturing these mosquito freighters.

>>17638679
Well, hand the mosquito things over to Nargil and the giant resource filled things to accountbrate. Then let's take a look at Moria, and have artisanlord start singing J-Pop.

Took us long enough. Always was a rebellious bugger. Have his brother make a monument in his honor, while he was an out of control /d/ickmonster rapist, he was still part of us.

>>17638723
>an out of control /d/ickmonster rapist
>implying thats not what we are.

>>17638713

We should also broadcast our victory to the Koprulu terrans.

>>17638730
We didnt attach dicks to everything, or defile a canyon in unmentionable ways, to name a few of his actions. We just want to rule the universe.

>>17638778
bernie sounds like a /b/tard in zerg form

>>17638732
Just say that we've destroyed their primary invasion force and foothold in this sector.
They don't know about Bernie, and I'd prefer that they never find out.
If the Terrans ever make the connection between our base DNA and Bernie's, we say that we noticed the similarities and conclude that it was most likely a Zerg brood that went rogue when the previous Overmind died.

>>17638797
Bernie was a demon straight out of /d/, /b/ can think of things other than dicks and rape.

Sometimes.

>>17638833
>>17638732
What Terran-controlled news networks are still intact seize upon the footage, and the reaction is mostly positive. While a few groups make comparisons between these insectile aliens and the insectile alien Zerg, most Terrans just appear happy that nothing is currently trying to kill them, anymore. There is some talk of sending ships into deep space to ensure the future of humanity in the event that the Koprulu Sector gets any more dangerous.

>>17638723
Artisanlord is already constructing a memorial for its twin. Despite their differences, they once shared an egg, and were, so long ago, one larva. Artisanlord tells us that it is a bond that cannot be undone, no matter the crimes one might commit.

We can't really argue with that. Well, we could, but we don't think we should.

>>17638833
>>17638713
>>17638700
After some quick examination, it becomes obvious that the mosquito creatures were made to tear through the surface of a planet's crust, drain resources, and bring them to the huge ships. Bernie was trying to strip-mine entire worlds from orbit, without the intermediate steps of constructing colonies.

The huge ships, mostly full, have massive amounts of resources in them. Accountantbrate is going to be so very pleased.

>>17638953
Interesting. Reverse engineer them, and use them to further our vespene addiction.

>>17638909

We should subtly hint to the terran leaders that space outside the Koprulu Sector is very, very dangerous. Like, there could be more of those horrible creatures lurking out there soewhere.

Instead, we should see if there are any halfway decent worlds in our territory that we could lease to the terrans if they feel they need to expand.

Now can we finally get back to the UED and Dyles?

>>17638953
Assimilated their genetic code into the swarm! Can those mosquitos be modified to survive doing their thing on world that we've purged with nukes or glassed with carriers? If so then we have a great ne tool for salvaging planets.

>>17638953
This method of strip-mining might be useful for planets that we don't want to colonize.
I wonder if they could be adapted to siphon resources and gases from gas giants.
Have Nargil begin looking into that. He's good with bio-modification.

Now that we've eliminated the problems that popped up in our backyard, let's get back to the job of grinding Dyles into paste.

Continue production of war assets in UED space at our colonies.
Assuming that the UED is in the Alpha Quadrant, and the Koprulu sector is on the other side of the galaxy in the Delta Quadrant, we should consider expanding and exploring the Gamma and Beta Quadrants.

>>17639000
>>17639047
Nargil dismisses the idea of modifying them for use on gas giants, as their bodies are simply too geared toward interaction with terrestrial planets. It suggests finding it some life forms native to gas giants if we want something along those lines.

Accountantbrate's carapace blushes a pleasant green when we give it an estimate of the amount of resources found within the harvester ships. We don't know that we've ever actually felt happiness like this from a cerebrate. It's...almost touching.

>>17639039
>Now can we finally get back to the UED and Dyles?

(We sure can! What would you like to do?)

>>17639289

Get those resource freighters to our production worlds to start cranking out more units. Start ferrying units over to UED space using our single undamaged heighliner.

While that's going on we should start scouting out Dyles territory. It'll take time to build up a significant invasion force so we may as well start looking for viable targets.

>>17639289
Produce another Heighliner.

Continue production of military assets in the Koprulu Sector. Once our forces are back up to pre-Dyles and Bernie numbers, all forces produced thereafter are to be ferried to UED space to aid in the fight against Dyles.

Colonylord is to continue our colonization campaign, and keep an eye out for anything interesting from gas giants.

I believe we still have a free Cerebrate. Delegate to them the task of expanding and fortifying our holdings in UED space.

>>17639337
>our single undamaged heighliner.

Actually, we have three. One was destroyed, and damaged spacetime around Moria enough that reconstruction efforts are still hampered by difficulty getting into and out of the system through Warp travel, and power generators continue to burn out substantially faster than they should, globally...but the other three managed to get away, and have just rolled off the line, good as new (as far as we can tell, anyway).

>>17639397

I could have sworn two were damaged during the battle. In any case, all three can begin ferrying units. Hell one can ferry resources to help build up our presence in UED space faster.

>>17639460
They were. Toaster and Internbrate have been working hard.

Troop transport begins. Are we taking the Protoss and Terran forces, too? Or just the Zerg?

>>17639511

Take some of everything. Meanwhile we need to start looking for viable targets. Start sending cloaklords out to scout Dyles's territory

>>17639511
Just the Zerg for now.
We don't want to surprise the UED with our technological prowess just yet.

Actually, that reminds me.
We need to request a high-level diplomatic meeting with the UED.
We need to inform them of the arrival of the Protoss Expeditionary Fleet in their space, that they are here to strike back against Dyles after one of their worlds was attacked. We don't want our two erstwhile allies attacking each other, when we all need to concentrate on Dyles.
And then we need to ask about souvenirs, and where we could acquire such cultural artifacts for our little sister.

>>17639343
>>17639337
I think we have 4 of them left. Still spawning more X, and constructing more Y is a solid plan. Come to think of it, with the heighliners, assuming we can make more, in the future we don't need build forward production facilities. Now that my mind is on it, we should probably build some orbital platforms around Xenta, primarily for defensive purposes. Also, dropserves everywhere in UED space!

>>17639511
Just zerg and zergleks, preferably.
>>17639564
But... is there anything wrong with the protoss attacking the UED? it certainly would make retaking Aiur and conquering the UED easier if they fight each other.

>>17639648
Possibly. but that would mean less pressure on Dyles.
And possibly create awkward situations if the two come to us for aid against the other.

>>17639648
>>17639675
>>17639564
(You both have very good points)

>>17639511
Are we bringing terrans over there? Last I remember we didn't want to tell the UED about the koprulu terrans.

>>17639696

+1 to telling the UED about the incoming protoss

>>17639696
Still saying that we should tell the UED to not shoot at the new weird crystally blue aliens. They're here to kick tadpole ass, then go home. Don't get in their way.

>>17639696
I'm for giving them a heads up about the protoss as well.

We never did smack Kerrigan for being a bitch to us when all we ever do is love her and help her.

We contact the UED embassy. Bruce Melville, the ambassador we spoke to before, greets us with some unease. He seems surprised that we're communicating with them again. It has been some time, hasn't it?

We tell him about the Protoss, a race of beings whose help we have enlisted in the fight against Dyles. He seems nonplussed at the idea that there is YET ANOTHER species of life involved in this war, and that we invited them into UED space without even checking in, first. He tells us that he will have to consult with the Directorate and its military advisers before officially responding to this action.

He cuts off the transmission after a distracted goodbye.

We're not sure he's entirely suited for his position...

>>17639874
(We did not, no. I'm not going to lie: I love the way you phrased that)

>>17639874
I was going to force us to have a chat with Kerri at the start of last thread, but... rape monsters and all.

>>17639912

Good enough for now. We'll have to keep an ear out to see how the protoss and UED get along.

On to scouting. Start sending out cloaklords

We really, really, should have a nice personal chat with Kerrigan sooner rather than later.

>>17639934
>>17640012
(You can do that now or later. Either way's fine with me.)

(On a sort-of related note, I'm ok with running another thread tomorrow, if there are going to be people there. It'd be a little silly to try running it if you guys are going to be busy, though. Thoughts?)

>>17640074

I'm down for another game tomorrow. If we're gonna have another game tomorrow we could have a chat with Kerri tonight and finally get back to Dyles tomorrow.

>>17640074
I should be there as well.

>>17640074
Though:Muffins
Thought:Kerri needs to explain herself, specifically how she could loose control of a ghost.
Though:Muffins
Though:Indifference to tomorrow, it it is I will, if not oh well.
Though:Muffins

>>17640133
Less pony, please. I think /co/'s got enough for the whole site. No need to bring that to /tg/.

>>17640133
>>17640119
>>17640093
(Neato! Then we'll do two this week! My schedule says I'm going to be free for Quest on the 1st, but I'll make double-plus-sure tomorrow)

(So, we haven't got too long before I need to sleep. Do we have something we want to do before then?)

[I should be able to be on tomorrow night, what time?]

Guys. Guysguysguys.
Guys.
We have a spacetime anomaly. We should be studying the shit out of this and learning how to replicate it under more controlled conditions.
>(I think we're pretty much done with temporal shenanigans since we blew up VoidGate's big time travel facility, unless there's some serious effort on your part to get that sort of thing happening)
We CAN use it. And what have all our problems been recently? Not being able to control the Swarm well enough. Hell, with a big enough psychic presence maybe we could even turn the tide against this Dyles thing too.
Guys, let's get Dad back.

>>17640230

Talk to Kerrigan.

We are transparent as shit, she on the other hand acts like she doesn't even love us as a brother and wants no part in the Swarm.

>>17640230

Talk to Kerri. Ask her why she never calls us. We always have to drop by and see what she's up to. Does she not love us?

>>17640230
Time to play the dopey, lovable and well-meaning but kinda stupid older brother to Kerrigan's prickly rebellious younger sister.

And we still needed to get her souvenirs from the UED. Like a UED Navy baseball cap and I love Earth t-shirt.

>>17640241
>What time?

(8 central, as usual)

>Guys, let's get Dad back

(TUCAMP already worked out how you could do that)

>>17640243
>>17640271
>>17640278
"Cerebrate, I am very busy. Is this something important?"

We ask her why she doesn't love us.

"I...love? What are you talking about, Cerebrate?"

We recount all the ways she's distant from us, harsh with us, how she doesn't seem to respect us or treat us like the Overmind's elder child, how she refuses to join our Swarm.

(Roll yourself a d20 to see how she's taking this)

rolled 18 = 18

>>17640404
Well, it's more like, "You never call anymore, sis! I worry about you."

rolled 17 = 17

>>17640404

Rollan!

>>17640241
You mean the anomalous behavior surrounding Moria? We should study that. As for bringing dad back, unless we can get the protoss to look the other way for while we use a super secret crystal of theirs to bring back the entity that they blame for their near extinction, I say we continue to hold off on that.

>>17640404
Join in the sense of not being a lone wolf, not in the psionically dominated sense.
>>17640404
My other idea was time travel, but voidgates time machine went kablooie and I don't know if we have the plans for it.

>>17640419
(Hm. Apparently, she's taking it well. Was not expecting that, really. Give me a second...)

>>17640464
True time travel to change the past, probably not, it'd undo everything we've accomplished, but if we could replicate the hole we punched in reality over Moria in a more controlled way, maybe we could get some kind of psychic connection going, yank Dad's consciousness into the present right before his death? Just a thought, might be more likely to go unnoticed by the Protoss.
Unless they notice gaping holes in spacetime.

>>17640473
Clearly having one of her plans nearly kill her, and only being saved by our sudden decision to say hi, has made her reconsider how distant she wants to be from the rest of the swarm. Also the fact that we pulled a full planetary blockade out of a hat helps.

>>17640526
But the Morian Anomaly isn't necessarily temporal. Sure it probably is, but it might not be. Still have internbrate figure it out, and tell him to write a paper on it, tell him figuring it all out is his thesis.

>>17640526
>>17640568
(You guys should really discuss these plans with Labbrate and/or Cyberbrate before you start messing with it. Just saying)

>>17640542
"Alright, so maybe I haven't been playing nice. I do not like the idea of being controlled again, like I was under the Overmind...and if there's anything in the galaxy that could do that, it's you. I think you can imagine why that might make me cautious about getting close to you."

>>17640601

Dear sister, if we truly wished to control you, we would have have done it when you were first born. All we are asking is for you to work with with us as an equal as our father wished. True, we would prefer if we were of the same swarm, but if you want to remain separate, that's your decision.

>>17640601
Not sure how telling the scicorp to do science to the Morian Anomaly would upset them. Understanding it is the first step in fixing/recreating/improving it.

"I think you give me too much credit, I just had to kill one of my pseudo-cerebrated when it went rogue. And I'm a space slug of my word, at least when it comes to zerg, and I made a promise to our most exalted Father to not try to dominate you."

>>17640601
"Sis, I'm honestly hurt that you think that I would ever do something like that.
"The Overmind, Father, gave you his blessing to forge your new path, and I will respect that. I just wish that you would let me help out sometimes and keep me apprised of how your're doing. I do worry about you, sister."

>>17640696
>recreating

(That would be the part to talk with them about)

>>17640696
>>17640686
>>17640717
(Aw, how sweet)

"Alright Cerebrate. That's fair. How do you want this to work?"

>>17640601
"Come on, Sis. I may be many things, but 'subtle' is not one of them. If I had any interest in controlling you you'd know by now. I miss having siblings to work and talk with as equals, don't you?"

>>17640739
"Oh, just call and let me know how you're doing. Once a week's alright. I just want to know that you're doing okay."

>>17640739
Not recreate by blowing up another heighliner, but maybe making a device that creates the battery draining effect. It's SCIENCE, you're not supposed to know how it's supposed to turn out, that's the fun of research.

"Not sure. You could hop into our swarm, or you could just keep me updated with how you're doing. Oh, would you rather have a UED Navy Football hat, or a Lord Robotorinator tee? Actually I'll get both for you."

>>17640739

I don't think you'd want to move in with us just yet. So for now, we should have a close alliance. We'll keep each other appraised of our goals and plans, share news of interesting galactic events, technology, useful new strains, etc. Mostly we need to talk more. Your problems with Duran may not have spiraled out of control if you'd had us watching over your shoulder and we would certainly benefit from having an equal to discuss matters of politics and diplomacy with.

>>17640818
>>17640805
>>17640767
She sighs. "Fine. If it will make you happy, I will keep you informed of the things I do." She quickly outlines her modest spy network inside the Protoss Empire, which she believes to be mostly exposed and ineffectual, and what was, up until a few days ago, a decent collection of near-officials in the Morian government, which she intends to fill up now that so many higher-ups are dead. She gives us the rundown of her decent-sized Protoss battle fleet (stationed in dark space until they are needed), and her recently-depleted ground forces.

"If there's anything I can do to help you, just...well, we'll talk about that when it comes up, alright?"

We get the feeling this is as much as we're going to get from her. It's a pretty big step, really.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17637446/

(Ok. It's sleepytime. Tomorrow night, 8 central. Zerg Quest 71. In the spirit of the 70s, feel free to get really high on blow and make horrible, hairy porn and embarrassing but still catchy music)

>>17640885

See you tomorrow night

>>17640885
I want to give her the psionic equivalent of a great big hug.

>>17640885
Need to work up to her wearing a three-piece suit. This is vital.

>>17640955
>>17640986
I like to think these are part of the same comment.

>>17640955
Just gotta warn her first. Last time we engaged in psionic touchy-feely, we threw her off-balance in the middle of a fight. She probably interprets such things as attacks.

>>17640986
We will continue our effort to bring Kerrigan's swarm some class. Dapperlord was merely the first step!

After everything I've read in these threads, I can only conclude that Kerrigan thinks we are truly mad, or that we think in such a way that our sanity appears to be madness.

The latter is probably true.

We could always ask if she wants Raynor put under her control.

I'm sure that'd brighten her day.

>>17641654
I dunno. i kind of like the idea of Raynor being independent.

>>17641685
Give her Rayner and ask her not to enslave him too much? We've let him have a pretty loose leash, and he hasn't fought us too much.