>>26373666
>I've got to leave the house for a a bit.
Stray strong Anon. /tg/ wishes you good luck!

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>>26373666
Here's the updated map. I updated it to account for the scout that went up the mountain. I'll be going for now.

>>26373724
I'll be back some time later tonight

>>26373666
isnt our meta game basically hide underground till we have enough soldiers to swarm the enemy and by that time we should be some type of terrifying zerg, tyranid, flood, xeno(aliens) and those bugs from star ship troopers hybrid of organic death

>>26373911
Bingo. So, shall we trace out a temporary expansion line for each group?

>>26374184
sure what do ya got

Okay. FIrst off, technology concerns.

Domesticate Food Animals (Not Fish): only opening for this is finding where the wool came from. That's apparently around the cyrohydra's lair.
Cartography: I'm not sure if we don't have this. Does the hive have a map like we have the map?
Vehicles (we have the wheel): I figure it's going to be a matter of either getting some help from the elves or the workers figuring things out. We'll probably make a rickshaw first, and then we can try lashing a strong wolf to a big one.
Sub-breeds of wolves (Fighters, Workhorses, and messengers): First thing we need, more hounds. Since we bred some extra, last turn, time to start separating them by desirable characteristics? Ferocity, muscle strength, and land speed?
Explosives: Alchemists are gonna bother the elves this turn.
Axes: We need wood for the siege engines, and the workers need these. And also, they're very... thematic for how our army operates. I figure throwing the workers at trees with a scientific support should do it. I don't think we should ask the elves, but...
Non-insectile anatomy (Haul in some corpses through a side entrance?): Wait for some elves to die, and dig 'em up after?
Glass: I... cannot figure out how to bullshit this, guys. I need some help.

The suggested patterns for our castes are here, and useful for discussion.

>Hunters: spider-like
>Fishermen: shrimp-like
>Observer: human-like mimics and big brained regular observers
>Warriors: zerg roaches but with fire?
>Scouts: fly-like
>Houndsmen: insect mongols
>Workers: tunnelling bulldozers
>Farmers: honey-pot ants
>Homeguard: scorpion-like
>Alchemists: multi-armed scientists
>Scavengers: fly-like
>Clergy: baby factories and moral boosters
>Geneweavers: Abathur
>Tiny Caste (the pilots?): headcrabs? facehuggers? slither? spinal-cord worms? virus?

We're currently doing

>>Queen: Infest
>>>>Hunters: Pheremone Secretion (bait)
>>>>Fishermen: Ballast glands for neutral bouyancy in water (allows better underwater movement and deve lopment)
>>>>Observer: Perfect Mimics (8 more to go
>>>>Houndsmen: second set of eyes to watch road while shooting.
>>>>Workers: Silk spinners.
>>>>Farmers: Photosynthetic hide
>>>>Homeguard: Fireproofing
>>>>Alchemists: poison proofing
>>>>Scavengers: Active camouflage
>>>>Clergy: Regeneration
>>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>>Scouts: Silent carapace
>>>>Warriors: poison stingers

and we already have


Queen: Hivemind
>List of Caste specific mutations gained:
>>>Hunters: thermal vision, Webspinning, Fast burrowing
>>>Fishermen: water-breathing, strong waterproof grip, sonar
>>>Observer: non-insect speech,
>>>Warriors: Fire Breath, acid spit
>>>Scouts: thermal vision, active camo
>>>Houndsmen: light-weight, symbiosis with wolf, Extra graspers
>>>Workers: strength, smoke spray
>>>Farmers: plant affinity, bacterial and fungal affinity, Three pronged grasper
>>>Homeguard: claws, tough shells, Acid spit
>>>Alchemists: hands, microscope eyes, bigger brains
>>>Scavengers: better vision, better wings, Improved carrying capacity
>>>Clergy: Lesser Queens, enhanced loyalty, calming pheromones
>>>Geneweavers: Genetic storage

>>26374278
those sound good and for glass we just have to set up a situation were we use our fire breath on the beach

>>26374320
... Christ, i'm an idiot. Thank you, Red.

Do we want the hunters to get venom?

Honestly, the hunters are approaching what i want out of them other than perhaps some stronger webbing, a bit more skill with traps, and then just grind up Keen Senses until they can find someone across the universe.

Observers need to split, soon. I figure we'll make a new set with the mimics and keep the old non-humanoid ones we have and split them that way. Observers get bigger brains, keener vision, and so on.

Warriors... other than electric eeling 'em i am running out of ideas of where to put more weapons on them. I want them to have them all. Then give them resistances up the wazoo and coat them in armor, and make them bigger.
Scouts: Faster, faster, faster. And either they need eagle vision or we need lenses.
Houndsmen: At this point, i'm kind of hoping we'll be allowed to select mutations for the wolves after the infestation.

Continued.

>>26374392
If we can select stuff for the wolves, i want them to get some more legs, make 'em more pointy, give 'em acid fangs, and a pounce fast and hard enough to snatch one of our scouts out of the air, and land running. For the riders, better communications with the wolves, and maybe an internal quiver? Body producing arrow-like spines? I'm running low on ideas.
Workers: I kinda want them to produce everything we need out of their own bodies at some point. LOoking into something along the lines of bees... Paper wasps and honeybees both produce some very useful substances, wax and paper.
Farmers: That honeypot ant stuff sounded good.
Homeguard: I expect living tanks. Moar armor, moar resistance. From here to the grave. Big enough to block a hallway with their corpse. Hercules beetles.
Alchemists: Once they have some fire and poisons resistance, i'm thinking we start using them to make some awful things, and make them hazardous to be around.
Scavengers: I can't decide if i like the idea of them being scavenger flies or more cockroaches. Scurry in, grab tons of things, scurry out. Maybe go scarab and give them a way to affix things together with a natural adhesive, which they can dissolve later at no harm to the objects, and roll their haul away, and make them a pain to rob?
Clergy: Eventually seeing these guys as wandering bonuses in addition to insta-queens. Faster metamorph, and any way to make people around them happy.
Geneweavers: Crank geneweaving until Klax says uncle.
Tiny caste: Yeerks.

>>26374524
No prob man and for the warriors we can jest look up some awesome animals real or doesn't matter that much long as they got awesome shit we want in the hive

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I'm thinking, if we never come across a flying organism to infest and turn into a flying machine, shouldn't we develop a flying cast? Like giant moths that could carry loads of other insects s well. This group could branch off from scavengers. This could also lead to heavy aerial bombing, paratroopers, better scouting, etc.

>>26375215
para trooping bugs and giant moths shooting down fungal infecter spores terrifyingly awesome

we need a flying stinging class (fast attack) and maybe add armor to the soldiers for a storm trooper like class

There's been some confusion over our diplomacy with the elves.

Our goal right now is infiltration, correct? That is why we're being nice to them, right?

>>26375676

We have no hostile intentions towards the elves: in fact, we wish to extend to them out highest honor. That honor being assimilation. We do not plan on killing them, we merely wish for them to join our hivemind. Once we get infestation, I'd think they'd be our first honorary insects.

tht and they are a goldmine of skip forty fucking turns of bad rolls to understand basic stuff. God I want me some bombs.

>>26376383
Yeah, let's get the alchemists to research gunpowder. But we should probably do that in a safe part of the nest.

>>26375215


if these are called anything but mothra I will scream.

>>26376623
Kumonga is a much better name.

>>26376647
that's the giant spider. I am talking about bomber moth

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>>26376719

Actions, should the GM return today

>Hunters: Set traps in the woods
>Fishermen: Fish, continue stocking spawning pool.
>Observer: Talk to elves about explosives
>Warriors: Knowing about the concept of siege weaponry, think about big-scale weaponry. Like a gigantic bow and arrow.
>Scouts: send a small group to STEALTHILY go search the area around and past the cryo-hydra lair.
>Houndsmen: Separate current wolf cubs by primary traits, primarily most ferocious, most speedy, most strength. Breed those groups separately.
>Workers: Start chopping trees from the forest.
>Farmers: Start growing some trees in some of the new farm area
>Homeguard: Work on defenses
>Alchemists: Listen to the elves about explosives.
>Scavengers: Try to figure out a way to haul more things around, using that "wheel" concept we figured out earlier.
>Geneweavers: eat some troll-meat, learn about its traits

>>26377025
Agreed.

And also: let's say we went into battle against the undead lich guy.

What's the plan? Probably should involve more cavalry than last time.

>>26377109
the plans is >>26373911

Good Evening Brethren I have returned!
How has everything been going since Tuesday?

Should we start creating a siege caste? Something like an ultralisk?

>>26377417
From what I understand we're trying to get the Homeguard to Ultralisk size, and I think once we get them big enough we can just split the caste so that homeguard guards home and new siege caste sieges

>>26373666
>Yesterday, come home to find my favorite civ quest thread.
>See it closing up, post.
>Leave it up on auto-update. Come back later.
>Finally realize itsdeadjim.jpeg

At least I'm here this time and I can copy what I posted...


Hey guys. I'm back. I'd really like to get Fireproofing for the Warriors, that way in case of, say, starting a giant freaking forest fire, they'll survive it.

My vote for the Warriors evo queue is: Stingers (because it's a good idea) > Fireproofing (increase resistance to immunity) Oxygen independence (No death from oxy deprivation when fires consume all of it, also will allow them to go underwater. Not cross oceans, though, because water pressure.) > WINGS (Mobility FTW) > Hardened Carapace.

Long queue, but that's my vote for the order, at this time.

Also: Captain Barchetta: Does he happen to wear RED? If so, this is his theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U

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>>26377109

Ok, so I'm gonna be gone for the night. If the GM returns, I leave you this advice:

If the undead become a problem, go for the liches. The undead themselves are slow and get confused without leadership. It's their one weakness.

Also, a preemptive strike on the undead might be an ok idea once we've evolved a bit more. Start a forest fire or something as a distraction to split their troops, then blitzkrieg those zombie bastards. If we get explosives, have some flying insects drop them to weaken their line.. Split them up, take down their leadership. You could decapitate their army in one blow, even if we had inferior numbers.

Good luck, and may God save the Queen.

>>26373911
The undead will be raising the Southern Kingdoms (undiscovered) after they destroy them. It will be pretty hard to outnumber them for a while.

>>26374278
>>26374318
>>26374392
>>26374524

This guy is a man with a plan! Just remember that you can also go into improvement mutations. Fire and acid only goes 10 meters right now. You can improve their damage or range if you like. But yeah, there's also Frost, Electricity, and a few other things they could go for.

Geneweaving will only go as high as one development a turn. You can crank it up to rank 4 mutations being developed each turn, rank 1 mutations are also capped at one turn. (This will be time consuming.)

>>26377525
He does wear red and should he have a death scene where he's doing something awesome, I will try to remember that song.

>>26377025
Are people still monitoring this? Can I go ahead and start posting?

>>26378381
Fire away Senor Prime

>>26378381
hell yeah we are

>>26378381

I have 20 to 30 minutes

>>26378381
>the undead will be raising the southern kingdom

I think we need to evolve seige caste. Now.
An elephant can handle a situation where it is outnumbered.

>>26378494
they don't know we're here yet, we just need to bide our time until we have enough warriors to back up the eventual siege caste

>>26378522
Well, that's what I'm saying. We need to siege that castle as soon as possible.

Unless we do something incredibly altruistic like building the elves an underground city where they can hide out on a long term basis. Convince them to wait out the storm.

>>26378522
yeah if we do this right we could make it like that one scene from star ship troopers

>>26378547
altruistic? I think its more giving them reasons to start a cult praising us, which is exactly what we want.

>>26378522

If we wait too long who will be left for us to infest?

>>26378595
Well, then put it in quotations then.

I think that's a good plan. Convince them that there's lots of iron down here and shiny bits too. Maybe teach us how to shape iron too. They could use this as a staging ground. Sneak in troops and mercenaries at night, with their families safe and protected by the queen's watchful guards.

The fear I have is them getting cabin fever-ish and deciding to go out on their own, where they'll be killed.

>>26378626
The world is supposed to be as large as the Minecraft world. There are others out there, its just a matter of finding them.
Also I just realised is the Zombie in the Mikey pit completely devoured? We need something new for them to be initiated with

>>26378626
nothing but the undead and unless there's a land bridge somewhere they still have to cross the ocean which we should be gaining control of in a few turns

>>26378668
How's my whale been?

>>26378683
its fine from what I remember it should be in a tank in the sand hive waiting for infection

>>26378381
The hunters set traps in the woods. They may be a little obvious to humanoids.

The fishermen have enough fish to stock both spawning pools. They also manage to find a huge fish. Not as big as a whale, but still pretty big.

The Observers (94) learn that the explosives were first developed for mining. They had later been weaponized against the Highborn in the War of Nepherat. It turned the tide by evening the playing field against the spell-slinging Highborn who had once dominated these lands. It was first developed by the Dwarves who have seemed to disappear since then. To make explosives, you need an extra flammable powder, something to ignite them, and a casing to hold the reaction until it bursts at high speeds. They probably have some in the Southern Kingdoms if it hasn't fallen to the dead yet. (Observers learned how to make and use explosives. You need the materials before you can make them.)

The warriors manage to create a huge bow and arrow, but none of them are large enough or strong enough to fire it. (The elves mention something "Ballista")

The scouts search around the cryo-hydra lair. They can see it in a fight against a huge, hairy creature. The creature is gargantuan, has a pig-like snout, huge spikey teeth, and massive claws. It swipes at the Hydra, but is cut short by one of the heads grabbing its claw and wrenching it to the ground while the other heads get control of other limbs. The last thing the scouts hear as they're leaving is the crunching of bone as the Hydra snaps them up and the fierce shaking as it tries to break the creature up into bite-sized pieces.

The houndsmen try to separate the pups, but at this point, there is no telling what these pups will turn out to be like.

The workers fell trees like mad. If you didn't know any better, you would say that humans lived here.

The farmers plow the fields with their mandibles and plant the seeds. Only time (and the random number generator) will tell what will become of them.

>>26378806
The homeguard construct a double gate system they call a portcullis. Enemies get trapped in this part while guards up top spray fire through the holes.

The Alchemists hear from the Observers how to make explosives.

One of the scavengers comes up with an idea of a wheel on a container. This is yet to be tested.

The Geneweavers eat some troll meat. They learn that trolls are weak against fire and acid as well as how stupid they are. It is unproven, but maybe this is the cause of Mikey Syndrome. They also learn that trolls have no real internal organs and that is what makes them slightly stronger than other races in combat situations since a shot to the chest won't kill them outright. They also learn that a Troll's greatest weapon is his recovery rate. They believe that it has to do with an organism within their skin which is why acid and fire seem to work so well.

Should we have an expedition to the south? Might run into the lich there and give him what for.

>>26378930
>as well as how stupid they are. It is unproven, but maybe this is the cause of Mikey Syndrome.

We have to test this by having a worker eat nothing but Troll from caste-selection to see if it causes him to become a Mikey

>>26378930
study the organism more

>>26378954
naw man the lich would beat us unless we got realy lucky
also yes >>26378969 you know for science

>>26378989
Could we develop anti-magic? Is that possible?

>>26378996
We could develop immunitiys to the damage caused from magic, like fire resistance to resist fireballs but not just Anti-Magic because we're not magical beings

>>26378996
If we do get Anti-magic, I bet it would be something like Blanks vs Psykers in 40k.

>>26378996
probably not but that doesn't mean we couldn't just over whelm him through higher numbers or bug blitzkrieg or both

>>26379023
Yeah. Blanks were exactly what I was thinking. Obviously it should be a specialized mutation with some downsides, for balance.

>>26379023
I think you'd have a better chance of developing antimatter than antimagic considering you would probably have to have a knowledge of magic to know how to counter it.

>>26379040
this.
After we get Mutation and Stat-list, lets figure out what we're doing next turn

>>26378989
Your scouts have seen at least 2 litches together.

>>26379064
after we get bug whales we should look for uninhabited islands to settle and start production of more troops
also >>26379070 queen dammit there's more than one

>>26379040
I think we should do bug blitzkrieg.

Three specialized cavalry castes:
1. The lancers (current equivalent is the houndmasters). Basically the bug version of a knight.
2. The seige caste (homeguard derived)
3. The Lifter caste (airborne, carry "boats" full of soldiers or large rocks/bombs, derived from the scouts or scavengers). Bug equivilent of a Huey helicopter.

The blitzkrieg strategy isn't just about tanks, but a coordination between heavy armor, mechanized infantry, and air support.

>>26379118
my point was more do both
but your right our swarms will still need good coordination good thing we have hive mind

>>26379153
Well, I don't think coordination is the problem, it's just that if we try to do a tank-only blitzkrieg, we'll fail.

We need all three elements of it. Once we have that, and numbers, we're good to go. We'll out maneuver them, overwelm their flanks, and in some cases just straight up ignore them like the Germans ignored the Maginot Line.

So... what are we doing this turn? Probably should see what that big fish is.

>>26379100
How long till bug whales?
Also Blank list to fill out for Next Turn:
Hunters:
Fishermen:
Observer:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen: .
Workers:
Farmers:
Homeguard:
Alchemists:
Scavengers:
Geneweavers:
>>26379219
Just waiting for Statlist and Mutation Progress to officially end this turn

>>26379232
how long till infectors that's the question you want to ask I think we have like 10 (or less) turns till diminutive size at that point we can start making a yeerk bug and infest shit

>>26379232
I need to get the updated stats and EVO charts up here. You have to mutate for Evolutionary Chrysalis before you get bug whales (queen only mutation)

>>26379232
Hunters:
Fishermen: Big fish
Warriors:
Scouts: New hide and seek game: tag. Two groups: those who are it and those who are not it. Those who are it surround those who are not it and those who are not it try to escape
Houndsmen: .
Workers: Start digging a small underground city. Our hive cannot be a refuge camp forever (this hamlet will eventually house merchants and infested individuals). Include a staging area and barracks for an elvish army to stay in preparation for an attack.
Observer: try to get elves to supervise the construction of the underground elf hamlet
Farmers: Farm.
Homeguard: Practice plowing through large formations of training dummies
Alchemists: See if we can make acid bombs.
Scavengers: See if that wheeled container can't be used to carry things more efficiently
Geneweavers: See if the lack of internal organs can't be imparted in some way into our own genetic code. Eliminate a few redundancies, but leave major organs like brains and hearts and stomachs.

>>26379304
>>>>>>>Civ: Insects
>>>>>>>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>>>>>>>Location: Cliff face
>>>>>>>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia, Chameleon secretion, Eat and Adapt (queen), resistance to fire and acid, Acidic Mandibles, Graspers, slight tech bonus, Antidotal Chitin, Caste Specific Mutation.
>>>>>>>Breading: Queen lays the eggs
>>>>>>>Pop: The Holy Queen, 1 Underqueen, 9 Holy clergy caste, 31 hunters, 31 fishermen, 103 workers, 26 scavengers, 20 homeguard, 20 hound masters (elite), 60 farmers, 31 Observers, 22 Alchemists, 125 Geneweavers, 7 Mikeys, 82 warriors, 21 scouts, 129 eggs
>>>>Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room, Crude statues, Hall of History, Effigy to the fallen, Wolf pen, road to hot spring, Barracks, Dorms, Specialty rooms, Crafting Rooms, Agricultural room, Spawning Pool, Archery Range, Transportation tunnel, Stone Doors, Forge, small beach hive, Elf quarters
>>>>Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries, Rabbits, strongberries, mushrooms, troll, various crops
>>>>>>>Conditions:
>>>>>>>The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
>>>>>>>Fed
>>>>Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
>>>>>>>The Queens chamber is very shiny
>>>>>>>Bugs can smell other bugs.
>>>>>>> Captured troll - cattlizing for food
>>>>>>>Reputation with elves increased by a lot
>>>>>>>Cryo-Hydra lair to the east
>>>>>>>>Ocean to the southeast
>>>>>>>Swamp with Hoard of militant undead West of elves (Undead are Elves)
>>>>brought back an undead corpse (unknown if it is viral)
>>>>Battle for Elf city.
>>>Black Sand beach
>>Northern elves gone
>>Corrupted wheat fields

Rolled 31

>>26379405
>8 Evo Points All Rank 1 mutations gained including perfect mimics.
>Queen: Infest (4)
>>>Hunters: Pheramone Bait
>>>Fishermen: Ballast Glands
>>>Observer: Perfect Mimics (8 more to go
>>>Houndsmen: Eyes in back
>>>Workers: Silk Spinners
>>>Farmers: Photosynthetic hide
>>>Homeguard: Fireproof chitin
>>>Alchemists: poison proof chitin
>>>Scavengers: Active Camo
>>>Clergy: Regeneration
>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>Scouts: Silent carpace
>>>Warriors: Poison stingers

Success roll included

>>26379546
Mutation failed, however your geneweavers saved you from negative effects. No mutations gained this turn. Genes memorized by queen allow for reroll at 8 more EVO points (This includes Perfect Mimic)

>>26379611
Thank god for Geneweavers, also How long until Infest?
>>26379360
I think Observers should ask the Elves if they want an underground city or not.
Also Homeguard should make traps with the trees made, maybe like Forest of Endor like shit.
Alchemists can't make bombs yet but we can send.....MIKEYS down to the southern Elf City, we don't want to waste scouts in case Undead are there. Also Send Scouts to Black Sand Beach and beyond

>>26379700
Well, it can be their city, if they want it. But we're also building it for merchants. We want their input.

>>26379734
When did we find Merchants? I missed last session but I remember we've discovered trade but I don't think the elves have any possesions to trade

>>26379700
also
warriors should practice surprise attacks
hunters should hid there fucking traps
hounds man should let the pups grow and keep on with the ranged attack pattern practice

>>26379766
Okay, now that I think about it, the plan is a little meta-gamey.

>>26379783
we should still ask the elves if they want one

>>26379360
Hunters: Hide your traps
Fishermen: Big fish
Warriors: practice surprise attacks with those awesome traps the Hunters made a while back
Scouts: Black Sand Beach and Beyond
Houndsmen: Continue to watch wolf pups and practice Ranged Attack Pattern
Workers: (?)
Observer: ask the Elves if they want an underground city instead of refugee quarters
Farmers: Farm.
Homeguard:Traps involving Trees (Forest of Endor stuff)
Alchemists: (?)
Scavengers: See if that wheeled container can't be used to carry things more efficiently
Geneweavers: See if the lack of internal organs can't be imparted in some way into our own genetic code. Eliminate a few redundancies, but leave major organs like brains and hearts and stomachs.
!!Mikeys!!!: Head down to the Southern Elf City with a single Observer and Three Warriors

>>26379700
>>26379771
Can I get this in this format please? I use it to keep track of who rolled what.

Hunters:
Fishermen:
Observer:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen: .
Workers:
Farmers:
Homeguard:
Alchemists:
Scavengers:
Geneweavers:

>>26379842
Way ahead of me I see :P

>>26379842
Alchemists should see if we can't make chemical bombs.

>>26379869
:)
>>26379872
Don't have materials for bombs. Maybe something involving the Jellyfish (Whatever happened with those?)

>>26379872
we cant yet instead lets make a slow burning solvent we can put on swords

>>26379900
>Hunters: Hide your traps
>Fishermen: Big fish
>Warriors: practice surprise attacks with those awesome traps the Hunters made a while back
>Scouts: Black Sand Beach and Beyond
>Houndsmen: Continue to watch wolf pups and practice Ranged Attack Pattern
>Workers: Help Homeguard with super tree traps
>Observer: ask the Elves if they want an underground city instead of refugee quarters
>Farmers: Farm.
>Homeguard:Traps involving Trees (Forest of Endor stuff)
>Alchemists: Work on slow-burning solvent we can put on the swords (like we did with arrows)
>Scavengers: See if that wheeled container can't be used to carry things more efficiently
>Geneweavers: See if the lack of internal organs can't be imparted in some way into our own genetic code. Eliminate a few redundancies, but leave major organs like brains and hearts and stomachs.
>!!Mikeys!!!: Head down to the Southern Elf City with a single Observer and Three Warriors

>>26379925 yeah sounds good
also
we ate the jellyfish

>>26379925
Sound good.

We should probably tell the elves that when the undead are defeated, they can keep their underground city along with the ruined city to the west. It'll be the home away from home for their traders.

>>26379958
I think I remember seeing it at the top of a thread.
>>26380012
Shhhh. The Undead will never be "defeated" and their city will be too "desolate" and "destroyed" for them to move back in. They can stay with us. For as long as they need

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>>26380219
Why not both?

Why don't we subtly gain a foothold in the newly reconquered city with traders, observers, homeguard, and mimics and then mind control the inhabitants.

The elves are not suspecting this. They think we're lawful good.

>>26380263
Do we really know what they think of us though? I'm not saying they're plotting against us but I'm not saying they're not

>>26380263
its just easier to infect them while there in the hive now that's not to say we wont do it with others just not with the elves

>>26380311
We could lure quite a few settlers to the city, but I see your point.

We'll just have to wait and see which option is the best. If they're the last elves in the region, then infestation is good. If there are other cities that have survived, well then we'll have to be careful.

It's certainly a charade I'd like to get over with.

>>26380346
Patience brother, we've got to get the necessary mutations before we can go around controlling people. It'll probably take 30+ Mutation Cycles just to get all of them, and more if one of them fails. I love your zeal for bringing more under the control of our All-Knowing God Queen, it brings warmth to the heart of a middle-aged Admiral without a fleet to see such zeal in the younger clutches.

The hunters try to hide the traps, but it seems like they're getting more obvious.

The fishermen try to identify the bigger fish, but don't seem to know what or where it's from. Mikey throws it back into the ocean yelling "Be free, Willy!"

The warriors practice surprise attacks. They get the idea of possibly using webbing with arrows, but that would have to be done perfectly to be a success.

The scouts follow black sand beach. The stretch of it goes on for a while.

The Houndsmen practice shooting on the run. They are able to hit with both bows.

The workers and homeguard set up various tree traps involving swinging logs and an avalanche of lumber rolling down the mountain.

"Asking us if we want an underground city is like asking us if we wish we were dwarves. We wish to be under the sun though we know that this may not be possible. Should the Southern Kingdom fall to the damned, I would consider seeking out a land that has not embraced death." ~Barchetta

The farmers try to get some tilling done, but Mikey keeps messing with the trees.

The Alchemists try to work on making a slow burning solvent that would work on metal, but nothing seems to take. Mikey lit himself on fire.

The scavengers can carry heavier loads than they normally would be able to with this wheeled container. It is hard to use in rocky areas though.

The Geneweavers suspect that this strength cannot fully be gained. They hypothesize that her holiness may be able to give the hive troll regenerating properties with improved eat and adapt.

Continued with Mikey quest:

>>26380477
Oh, how far south are we going? To the first southern Elf city we see or deeper?

>>26380581
First one (?) Anyone else have any thoughts?

>>26380581
>>!!Mikeys!!!: Head down to the Southern Elf City with a single Observer and Three Warriors

>>26380477
>Asking us if we want an underground city is like asking us if we wish we were dwarves. We wish to be under the sun though we know that this may not be possible. Should the Southern Kingdom fall to the damned, I would consider seeking out a land that has not embraced death.

We do not understand, but we shall respect your wishes.
For now

>>26380634
But How far south is the >the Southern Kingdoms? And How far should we send the Mikeys?

>>26380692
I don't know didn't we ask for directions before we left or was that mickeys job

>>26380725
BAhahahahahahahahaahhahahahhhaahhahahahahahahaa

What a Mikey thing to do.

So, start with the first southern elf city you find?

>>26380751
Sure
>>26380725
I lost it.

>>26380477
The Mikeys happen upon a city that's in mid strife. Catapults throw rocks and bombs into the undead ranks and war machines. Once most of the siege weapons are gone, a dragon mad of bone descends from the sky and rams itself into the front gate as a host of undead flood into the city. The elves detonate bombs to cave the entrance in and cut down most of the dead that got in. The undead war machines, at this point out of projectiles, begin hurling heads into the city in a last ditch effort to spread pestilence. This covers the undead retreat as a litch blights the ground. The elves manage to spur some grappling hooks onto the bone dragon to prevent its escape. They splinter the wing bones with maces as the dragon fights to free itself. It bites one of its captors in half and claws another one right through the chest before the elves take out its femur and tear it down. The city safe, the Mikey Brigade decides to make this place their pet project. The Observer walks up to the walls and shouts, "We wish to know what is happening. Will you let us in?" The guards are bewildered that bugs are talking to them. "We share a common enemy. Let us share knowledge." The elves let you inside. You can tell that this city is on the front line of this war. It has fared better than some, but the walls are crumbling and the undead only relent to become stronger.

>>26381030
OH MY ALL KNOWING GOD QUEEN
Also we have Hive-mind right?

Should we bail these guys out?

>>26381113
yes
also we should see if we can get a sub queen here and start using this as a place to make more troops it will be even better when we win cause the elves will like us more for helping them

>>26381113
We do. Our Holy Matron's all-seeing eyes are upon this quest. She knows.

>>26381158
There is no way in hell we're telling the elves about this. Also That is really really risky, and I love it. We've got wheelbarrows we can wheel one over there.
Also here's the blank slate for planning:
Hunters:
Fishermen:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen:
Workers:
Observer:
Farmers:
Homeguard:
Alchemists:
Scavengers:
Geneweavers:
MIKEY'S QUEST:

>>>>>>>Civ: Insects
>>>>>>>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>>>>>>>Location: Cliff face
>>>>>>>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia, Chameleon secretion, Eat and Adapt (queen), resistance to fire and acid, Acidic Mandibles, Graspers, slight tech bonus, Antidotal Chitin, Caste Specific Mutation.
>>>>>>>Breading: Queen lays the eggs
>>>>>>>Pop: The Holy Queen, 1 Underqueen, 9 Holy clergy caste, 31 hunters, 31 fishermen, 103 workers, 26 scavengers, 20 homeguard, 20 hound masters (elite), 60 farmers, 31 Observers, 22 Alchemists, 125 Geneweavers, 7 Mikeys, 82 warriors, 21 scouts, 129 larva, 45 eggs
>>>>Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room, Crude statues, Hall of History, Effigy to the fallen, Wolf pen, road to hot spring, Barracks, Dorms, Specialty rooms, Crafting Rooms, Agricultural room, Spawning Pool, Archery Range, Transportation tunnel, Stone Doors, Forge, small beach hive, Elf quarters
>>>>Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries, Rabbits, strongberries, mushrooms, troll, various crops
>>>>>>>Conditions:
>>>>>>>The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
>>>>>>>Fed
>>>>Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
>>>>>>>The Queens chamber is very shiny
>>>>>>>Bugs can smell other bugs.
>>>>>>> Captured troll - cattlizing for food
>>>>>>>Reputation with elves increased by a lot
>>>>>>>Cryo-Hydra lair to the east
>>>>>>>>Ocean to the southeast
>>>>>>>Swamp with Hoard of militant undead West of elves (Undead are Elves)
>>>>brought back an undead corpse (unknown if it is viral)
>>>>Battle for Elf city.
>>>Black Sand beach
>>Northern elves gone
>>Corrupted wheat fields
>Southern Front discovered.

>>26381264
>10 Evo Points All Rank 1 mutations gained including perfect mimics at 16
>Queen: Infest (4)
>>>Hunters: Pheramone Bait
>>>Fishermen: Ballast Glands
>>>Observer: Perfect Mimics (8 more to go
>>>Houndsmen: Eyes in back
>>>Workers: Silk Spinners
>>>Farmers: Photosynthetic hide
>>>Homeguard: Fireproof chitin
>>>Alchemists: poison proof chitin
>>>Scavengers: Active Camo
>>>Clergy: Regeneration
>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>Scouts: Silent carpace
>>>Warriors: Poison stingers

>>26381158
Just so you know, each sub queen spawns 1-20. A reliable host of warriors will take a few underqueens.

>>26381222
Hunters: for the love of the queen hide your dam traps
Fishermen: get back to fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts: ?
Houndsmen: keep at it try to have one bow shooting while the other reloads
Workers: expand dig down and make some more fungus rooms or general expansion down
Observer: ?
Farmers: farm
Homeguard: practice guarding
Alchemists: keep at it i want fire swords
Scavengers: keep at it with the wheel thing
Geneweavers: ?
clergy: get some one and a hound master ready in-case the elves say yes
MIKEY'S QUEST: Ask if they want bug based help

>>26381264
How many of the Mikeys did we send on the quest? We're up to 10 from the three failures this turn.
>>26381311
What does Regeneration for Clergy do for us? I must've missed that from yesterday's session

>>26381401
didn't see that make it four hounds man and a clergy each
>>26381442
Dont know I would rather up the amount of eggs a sub queen can spawn maybe 25-50 range

>>26381442
They consume bark and secrete regenerative sap. It's a pseudo-healing ability. It doesn't work like the trolls.

>>26381438
Houndsmen: See if you can attach one of the containers with wheels to the wolves and how they respond
Scouts: Scout the area in between the City and here.
Observer: Talk with Elves more, apologize for offending them with Underground City comment
Workers: Start digging a large deep tunnel towards the Mikey's Be careful about doing so.
Geneweavers: Focus on Mutating (?)

>>26381126
Could work well. Especially if, after a succesful bailout, we introduce the elves we selflessly rescued to them and offer to help rebuild the damage in their city. One big act of kindness and their doors are open to us. This is, of course, when we take them all for the hive.

>>26381527
Righteous, Can we put the regenerative sap in containers or do we need them to be there to apply it?

>>26381527
never mind then medics are important we can up sub queen spawn rate later also

>>26381568
It can't be left out in the open or it hardens. Think of it like a cast. Also, you sent 7 Mikeys. I'm impressed you noticed the decline in EVO points gained when the Geneweavers weren't focusing on mutating.

>>26381438
Hunters: for the love of the queen hide your dam traps
Fishermen: get back to fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts: Scout the area in between the City and here.
Houndsmen: keep at it try to have one bow shooting while the other reloads or See if you can attach one of the containers with wheels to the wolves and how they respond (Let's talk about this one)
Workers: expand dig down and make some more fungus rooms or general expansion down or Start digging a large deep tunnel towards the Mikey's Be careful about doing so. (Lets talk about this one)
Observer: Talk with Elves more, apologize for offending them with Underground City comment
Farmers: farm
Homeguard: practice guarding
Alchemists: keep at it i want fire swords
Scavengers: keep at it with the wheel thing
Geneweavers: Focus on Mutating (?)
clergy: get some one and a hound master ready in-case the elves say yes
MIKEY'S QUEST: Ask if they want bug based help
Two points of contention: I think putting the Sub-Queens in a cart and having the wolves pull it would be smart and an advancement and having the workers dig the tunnel instead of the Sub-Queens and Houndsmen travel overland is safer. As long as there's no sudden strikes of Mikey
>>26381627
Of course that was my plan all along (I really didn't notice just decided they needed something to do)

>>26381438
>>26381545

These lists are neither full nor agreed upon. What are we doing here?

>>26381662
I'd like some input from others on the Houndsmen and Worker plan I came up with but
>>26381657 is so far the fullest list

>>26381657
For hounds men lets do the cart so we can move the clergy guys faster
for workers lets expand first then use where we expand as the begging as the tunnel

>>26381706
Yeah that's smarter and prevents the elves from finding it. So Finalized Turn Plan:
Hunters: for the love of the queen hide your dam traps
Fishermen: get back to fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts: Scout the area in between the City and here.
Houndsmen: See if you can attach one of the containers with wheels to the wolves and how they respond
Workers: expand dig down and make some more fungus rooms or general expansion down
Observer: Talk with Elves more, apologize for offending them with Underground City comment
Farmers: farm
Homeguard: practice guarding
Alchemists: keep at it i want fire swords
Scavengers: keep at it with the wheel thing
Geneweavers: Focus on Mutating (?)
clergy: get some one and a hound master ready in-case the elves say yes
MIKEY'S QUEST: Ask if they want bug based help

>>26381757
Nobody objects I don't think. Writing it up.

Mikey's Quest has the potential to be either the greatest thing ever or the worst thing ever

>>26381988
as so many other great things do
but for now it just depends on how we play it and random number generates

>>26382030
Do you think the screeching sound that made our Houndsmen shit themselves when they were checking out the Northern Elf City is the undead dragon? And should we check it out again?

>>26382097
I don't know but I do know when something scares you elite unites you don't send a strike squad to take care of it you send a fleet

>>26382140
A fleet you say?
That gave me the best idea I've had yet. Once we turn whale into a bug boat, and hopefully using Geneweaver-dickering we can make more of them. We take some of the bugboats, and put wheels on them. We then have Trojan Horses, but that are made of whale

>>26382194
Trojan whales oh god
but seriously we could just pop out of the ground in the middle of the night underground tunnels and all

>>26382194
I agree with this idea. We need to move our armies around better.

>>26382256
I'm a sucker for using whales for purposes they shouldn't be used for.
Also I have a strange question: Is it possible to cross the castes? Like a caste that has the mutations of both castes. I.E: Clergy and Warriors: Inquisitors/Paladins. Warriors and Fishermen: Marines/Sailors. and other various strange ideas that I can't think of yhet

>>26382341
Hopefully it will be possible without too much micromanagement.

We should really start organizing them into workgroups/armies.

>>26381757
The hunters, thank the queen, hide the traps correctly this time.

The fishermen catch some fish. This is the first time in a while that fish have gone directly to the hive.

The warriors practice their surprise attack method. It's starting to show some promise.

Your scouts happen upon an elven caravan going from north to south.

The hound seems to be able to carry the container well.

The workers expand downward into the mountain. They find a type of stone that glows red. It is brought to the queen right away.

After apologizing, you talk to the guard a little more. Your language skills improve. You can now speak more advanced elven language. Ghrindis, a female elf, teaches you about all of the different kinds of Mer (elves). JukMer, wood elves from these lands. They have an attunement to the wood here. It's not that it's magical, but this is where they chose to make their home. The GiganMir, Dwarves, shaped the underground to the west. They were known for their overflowing coffers and mugs. It has been a long time since anyone has heard from them. The OrMir, Drow, are suspect for the GiganMir's downfall. They were known to fight the Dwarves from time to time over the underground. The RueMir, Snow Elves, live far north of here in a tundra plain. They mostly keep to themselves. And finally, the Highborn, said to be the direct descendants of the oldest of Mir. Once a proud people, brought to their knees when the others rose up and fought off their tyranny. Not many of them exist anymore. The Undead's use of magic makes them a prime suspect of being risen dead for the old war.

The farmers do some more farming. It doesn't seem like any of these new trees bare any fruit though.

The Homeguard practice guarding in the case of a siege. They do a horrible job.

The Alchemists use strands of hunter silk to adhere a slow burning solvent to the sword. It works like a charm.
Word limit. Continued:

>>26382341
well we could give the whales organic canons and legs and well there you go
also probably genetic dickerry knows few bounds

>>26382408
I think thats the closest thing we could have to a siege caste. I'm laughing just imaging bug/whales with legs firing giant balls of acid at a city

>>26382406
The scavengers figure out that the container can support more weight with more wheels and that if put on a spinning axis, the container can move more freely.

The clergy get ready to set off to the Southern Front.

Mikey quest will be done separately.

>>26382460
Why don't we just go full retard and add genetic thrusters? That whale will be flying through the air, eating birds, scaring the jumping jesus out of our enemies and launching missiles that dispense indiscriminate justice in her holy name.

>>26382460
that would be awesome also don't think acid think infecter fungus why acid a city when you can siege it and have infected bug hummantype thing tear it apart from the inside

>>26382603
its okay I don't need those sides anyway

>>26382603
I think we just found the true origin to the Zerg.

>>26381657
Your observer asks if they would like assistance in fighting on this front. You are brought to see Commander Sig, the sole survivor of Tethe'Alla. A gaunt elf stares through you. "I remember you from the battle. Your kind held the front during the battle. You wish to aid us again? We're losing people every day and the dead show no signs of stopping. It seems that when a strategy works, they march all of the way through with it, but when it fails, they back off and reform their ranks. Their ranks are endless so I don't see why they're pulling back even when a strategy doesn't fully pan out for them. If there is any assistance at all that you can give us, we will take it.

>>26382864
Oh, those poor bastards.

Guys, for the record, i really think this race should be the last that ever sees a queen. I don't like them knowing our weak points so much.

>>26382864
good true battle experience and a new hive place
send four sub queens I want to be shitting out troops
>>26382912 yeah that's probably a good idea

>>26382864
actually I just thought of something and we might want to tell them were sending sub queens instead of warriors and explain a bit

>>26382912
The Divine Sage returns to us! With Sagely Advice!
>>26382864
What are the Mikeys up to while the Observer talks to the Elves?
>>26382942
We still going with the tunnel plan?
Blank Plan Base:
Hunters:
Fishermen:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen:
Workers:
Observer:
Farmers:
Homeguard:
Alchemists:
Scavengers:
Geneweavers:
MIKEY'S QUEST:

>>26382864

I think this proves the theory that the undead cannot think much on their own. The liches plan it all, and must communicate the whole plan beforehand. In the heat of battle, the undead can't improvise - they simply follow through with their plan. Being on the defensive against the undead is problematic. A surprise attack would devastate their ranks, as they'd have to wait orders. Bug Blitzkrieg is the path to follow.

>>26382864
>"If their ranks are endless, then we must find their source. Their hivequeen and master. When she dies, then their warriors will scatter and be hunted down."

Ultimate plan: we strike their flank where they least expect it and catch the lich when he's trying to figure out what's going on. He does not think us sentient and will assume that his minions are having trouble with some stupid bugs. Like most villains, he will think that it's a job that has to be done by him if it's to be done right.

>>26382912
Probably a good idea to build the nest in an area separate from the elves. That hive should produce mostly warriors and be fed with a small fungal farm or by caravan from the central hive.

>>26382982
The Mikeys are all present. They're not causing havok this early. They might start eating the undead in front of the elves soon.

>>26383020
This also proves that the elves are vulnerable to mass wave tactics. A strategy we might wish to employ ourselves should the need arise.

>>>>>>>>Civ: Insects
>>>>>>>>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>>>>>>>>Location: Cliff face
>>>>>>>>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia, Chameleon secretion, Eat and Adapt (queen), resistance to fire and acid, Acidic Mandibles, Graspers, slight tech bonus, Antidotal Chitin, Caste Specific Mutation.
>>>>>>>>Breading: Queen lays the eggs
>>>>>>>>Pop: The Holy Queen, 1 Underqueen, 9 Holy clergy caste, 31 hunters, 31 fishermen, 103 workers, 26 scavengers, 20 homeguard, 20 hound masters (elite), 60 farmers, 31 Observers, 22 Alchemists, 125 Geneweavers, 7 Mikeys, 82 warriors, 21 scouts, 129 unassigned, 45 eggs
>>>>>Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room, Crude statues, Hall of History, Effigy to the fallen, Wolf pen, road to hot spring, Barracks, Dorms, Specialty rooms, Crafting Rooms, Agricultural room, Spawning Pool, Archery Range, Transportation tunnel, Stone Doors, Forge, small beach hive, Elf quarters
>>>>>Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries, Rabbits, strongberries, mushrooms, troll, various crops
>>>>>>>>Conditions:
>>>>>>>>The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
>>>>>>>>Fed
>>>>>Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
>>>>>>>>The Queens chamber is very shiny
>>>>>>>>Bugs can smell other bugs.
>>>>>>>> Captured troll - cattlizing for food
>>>>>>>>Reputation with elves increased by a lot
>>>>>>>>Cryo-Hydra lair to the east
>>>>>>>>>Ocean to the southeast
>>>>>>>>Swamp with Hoard of militant undead West of elves (Undead are Elves)
>>>>>brought back an undead corpse (unknown if it is viral)
>>>>>Battle for Elf city.
>>>>Black Sand beach
>>>Northern elves gone
>>>Corrupted wheat fields
>>Southern Front discovered.

>>26382942

I think we should keep the queens safely in our hives. We don't want any of our sacred mothers to fall into the hands of a necromancer. If we are going to attack, we should breed a massive amount of warriors and houndsmen first. At this point we should have weaponized explosives as well - we can have our flying scavengers work as aerial bombardment, lighting and dropping bombs on the undead ranks.

The reason why their ranks seem endless is because every assault on the elven city yields new undead as well. They hold all the cards while on the offense, but will crumple if caught off guard.

Until then, lets lay low, evolve, and breed.

Hunters: Hunt
Fishermen: Fish
Warriors: Keep practicing
Scouts: Figure out which way they're moving, and how fast, and bring an observer in.
Houndsmen: Take the hounds least fit for battle and set up several such containers, and teach some workers the commands.
Workers: Practice hauling things with the wolves.
Observer: Think about a tool that could chop trees easier
Farmers: Sort out which seeds caused which trees, and catalogue them
Homeguard: Work on defensive practices
Alchemists: Work on finding the "materials" the elves spoke about with bombs
Scavengers: I hate to say this, but... search a battlefield for a dead elf. Flee at first sign of trouble. leave one at home so we don't lose the fucking caste. sneak it in through one of our secret entrances.
Geneweavers: Eat some elf, if the elves didn't see it come in. If they did, keep working on mutation.
Clergy: Go among the distraut elves, seeing if your pheremones are cross-species
MIKEY'S QUEST: Go outside the walls and dig a place to put the queen. One of them was a scout, i think. Have him hide the entrance.

>>26382982
yeah
Hunters: hunt
Fishermen: keep fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts:?
Houndsmen: good the containers work try shooting one bow while reloading the other and riding the wolves now
Workers: start the tunnel
Observer: ?
Farmers: farm, farm good
Homeguard: keep practicing
Alchemists: make a crap-tone of fire sword kits
Scavengers: keep at it
Geneweavers: keep focasing on geneweaving
MIKEY'S QUEST:explain what the elves are getting as back up also ask for a place to set up shop

>>26383118
>>13 Evo Points All Rank 1 mutations gained including perfect mimics at 16
>>Queen: Infest (4)
>>>>Hunters: Pheramone Bait
>>>>Fishermen: Ballast Glands
>>>>Observer: Perfect Mimics (8 more to go
>>>>Houndsmen: Eyes in back
>>>>Workers: Silk Spinners
>>>>Farmers: Photosynthetic hide
>>>>Homeguard: Fireproof chitin
>>>>Alchemists: poison proof chitin
>>>>Scavengers: Active Camo
>>>>Clergy: Regeneration
>>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>>Scouts: Silent carpace
>>>>Warriors: Poison stingers

>>26383159
We've been at "8 more to go" for some time.

>>26383152
>>26383156
I'm torn between these but I think we should wait for the tunnel to be built before we send castes over there.
>>26383241
Just look at the top we need 3 more for Everything

>>26383147
Agree with this, but we're running out of time. If you think the lich won't investigate our hive, you're nuts. He'll try to use us as fuel for his next campaign.

>>26383147
Thats the over all plane but if we can stop them at this city we lesson the troops he can get we can also burn them and stop them from re raising the dead not to mention if we make him think we are at the elves city we can keep them away from the main hive

>>26383156
>>26383152
Which one of these sets are we doing here?

Also, geneweavers don't gain anything from eating other races. Only the queen gains the power for newborns.

So in how many turns are we attacking the lich?

>>26383280
Hunters: hunt
Fishermen: keep fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts: Figure out which way they're moving, and how fast, and bring an observer in
Houndsmen: Take the hounds least fit for battle and set up several such containers
Workers: start the tunnel
Observer: Think about a tool that could chop trees easier
Farmers: farm, farm good
Homeguard: keep practicing
Alchemists: make a crap-tone of fire sword kits
Scavengers: keep at it
Geneweavers: keep focasing on geneweaving
MIKEY'S QUEST:explain what the elves are getting as back up also ask for a place to set up shop
Clergy: 4 of you start morphing into subqueens

Is this a good plan? Also we have 129 unassigned. I would like 1 of them to be fed nothing but Troll to see if eating troll causes them to Mikey. Any ideas on how to split them would be appreciated

>>26383152
I vote this one.

The houndsmen could carry sleds that hold several warriors, thus increasing our army's speed.

>>26383159
Oh, happy day.
>>Queen: Infest (4)
>>>>Hunters: Keen Senses
>>>>Fishermen: Mantis Shrimp Claws
>>>>Observer: (splitting into Obs and Mimic): Bigger brains
>>>>Mimic: Active Camo (to get out of bad situations)
>>>>Houndsmen: fast growing spines (for throwing)
>>>>Workers: Wax production
>>>>Farmers: Honeypot Ant Body Chamber Thing
>>>>Homeguard: Bigger
>>>>Alchemists: Fireproofing
>>>>Scavengers: Stronger
>>>>Clergy: Faster Metamorph
>>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>>Scouts: Faster movement
>>>>Warriors: Electric Eel Hide

>>26383289
The lich are unaware of our presence, so far as I know. Our hive is perfectly camouflaged on a cliff face, only we know where the entrance is.

But yeah, if we're going to preemptively attack, we should do it before this elven city falls. If they fall, the undead gain even more manpower.

>>26383381
i like this

>>26383241
Mutation failed. The Geneweavers and Queen managed to save some EVO points. It should be this turn that they get it (provided rolls are done right.)

>>26383289
As right as you are, there's more than one litch

>>26383444
This is why next major mutation (queen mutation) is going to be to have our dead bodies fall to pieces on death. I'm thinking that, with all the fireproofing and how we have no wooden infrastructure, bursting into flame might be a good idea.

>>26383381
Looks like it's this one.

Where is this sub-queen morph going on? At the elf city or one of the hives?

>>26383399
We failed one earlier so we just need 3 more EVO points don't have tose yet.
5 Holy Clergy, 53 Warriors, 30 Homeguard, 4 Scavengers, 4 Observers, 4 Hunters, 4 Fishermen, 20 HoundMaster 4 Scouts, and 1 Alchemist to be the test dummy for only eating Troll.
Is that a good Caste split to you guys?

>>26383497
yeah but not like a bomb more like they just disintegrate

>>26383497
That's a good idea.

>>26383521
at the elf city. Queens aren't mobile.

>>26383521
elve city if its under attack just hid out till its done

>>26383524

Can we pull 10 off the homeguard to start our new Mimic caste? or five from warrior, 5 from homeguard? I want them practicing tomorrow.

>>26383570
Of course
5 Holy Clergy, 48 Warriors, 25 Homeguard, 4 Scavengers, 4 Observers, 4 Hunters, 4 Fishermen, 20 HoundMaster 4 Scouts, and 1 Alchemist, 10 Mimic
That good to everyone?

>>26383524
We want more houndmasters. Cavalry all day, erryday.

>>26383597
Perfect.

>>26383614
I doubt we'll have the wolves to more than double our houndsmen all at once.

>>26383639
Oh, right. I can't wait till the wolves are infested.

>>26383639
I wonder if they've gotten used to breeding while dubstep is playing

Oh great and holy Queen, I've missed so much. Do the lifeless fleshies still dare walk a blasphemous march against you?

>>26383381
The hunters come back with a lot of food.

The fishermen have a relatively bad haul today, but with both spawning pools, they don't have to do all that well anymore.

The warriors keep practicing their surprise attack. Nor real progress made.

The scouts don't know how fast or far the convoy is going, but the observer notices that they are transporting gray grain. (I can't believe you managed to find this)

The farmers catalogue all of the tree seeds that were planted. They continue tilling. The crop this time around isn't bad.

The workers begin work on a tunnel going from the hive all of the way to the Elven Front. They manage to go quite a distance.

The houndsmen set up the most docile of wolves to containers.

Observers think of how to chop a tree faster than our ridiculous mandibles. They come up with a hatchet for those trees that are too big for us to cut.

The homeguard keep practicing, but they're still lacking.

Mikey tries to mix the flammable material into the hot liquid. It ignites in a funny way and harms the production.

The scavengers don't know how to improve this container.

>>26383399
>Houndsmen: fast growing spines
Are these in place of arrows? So they pull them out and fire those as arrows or are they like Hydralisks?

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>>26383808
>fast growing spines for arrows
That's an amazing idea.

>>26383825
I"m going for javelins at first, but wanting to make them arrows eventually. After the acid-injection-on-strike is added.

>>26383917
You're a madman Altrax but I'm glad you're our madman
>>26383798
And they do Antonymous and they have a dragon.

>>26383805
>grain
Oh holy shit. This is bad.

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>>26383917
Maybe we should give the acid spikes to the homeguard. Make them kind of like roaches.

>>26383805
>>26383966
WE HAVE TO STOP THAT GRAIN RIGHT THE FUCK NOW

>>26383966
why ? can you explain

>>26383805
Mikey Quest: "We are going to bring in a few of our underqueens to give birth to new warriors to aid the town with. Is there anywhere suitable" the observer asks. Sig, with a slightly disturbed look, recommends the house towards the back of town. Many of the people who lived in that area fled the city when things got bad. The Mikeys start digging a basement for the place and barely cover it when the clergy arrive. They start their underqueen transformation right away.

>>26383966

Why is this bad? Does the grain infect them because the undead have corrupted it? I missed something

>>26383989
I think we're going for an Ultralisk feel with the Homeguard. Our Warriors can spit fire and acid at the same time and our resident Roaches

>>26383998
Do explain. I don't understand how them bringing them the blighted grain.....oooooohh

>>26383998
>>>>Corrupted wheat fields
never mind yeah we got to stop this shit

>>26383998
Basically, that grain is coming from the north (where the undead rule). That grain is blighted to make the elves sick. It is also the reason that the undead pulled back. They want to weaken the elves at the front so that they can march right on through. Honestly, I didn't think you guys would have caught this, but the observer was a beast.

>>26384035
Seige caste is ultralisk, but the homeguard will still be around.

>>26384044
Just to be the devil's advocate here, what if they're bringing it to them to research it? Also should we bring the South City food if we have the chance

>>26384099
If they are bringing it for science well that suck for them
also the tunnel can help with that

>>26384092
Them working smart is only one part of them being a CR 99.

>>26384092
Or not. I think we have a new caste for those who are the complete opposite of Mikeys. Any idea for the name of this new Heroicly Competant caste

>>26384099
That could be the case, but we need to warn them and burn the grain if they don't know. And I don't think there's anything they can do.

We may have to start a "feed the elves" program.

>>26384139
syekim how bout this

>>26384158
This Observer shall be the first in the new Competent Class Syekim. Should we have them teach the Mikeys how to not suck? Or should we keep the Mikeys incompetent?

>>26384185
No the Mikeys are our special caste. They are useful for fodder in dangerous expeditions that other castes aren't stupid enough to sign up for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcNLuH1XWfI

>>26384185
well we do need suicide squads of fanatics and honestly a fanatic trying to regain there's gods blessing might be more useful then someone who just got a pat on the head

>>26384259
Yeah. Mikeys are a redemption through death kind of caste. They will die one day. And it should be a glorious death.

>>26384225
>>26384259
You guys are right. If they serve no special purpose I think we should ignore the super competent caste. I also just remembered Armored Mikey. May his rest in the God Queen's Womb be eternal.

>>26384294
This is gonna be a little controversial, but if we can figure out how he survived the shinification, i want that to be the new mikey joining ritual.

Basically, i think the ritual should be "The Most Unpleasant Repeatable Task A Mikey Has Gone Through"

>>26384331
This mainly because I want fanatic bugs encased in metal beating the shit out of the undead

>>26384331
So He falls into the forge and jumps into the spawning pool?
Also Blank Slate Plan while we wait for Stats and Mutations:
Hunters:
Fishermen:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen:
Workers:
Observer:
Farmers:
Homeguard:
Alchemists:
Scavengers:
Geneweavers:
MIKEY'S QUEST:

Rolled 67

>>26383597
>>>>>>>>>Civ: Insects
>>>>>>>>>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>>>>>>>>>Location: Cliff face
>>>>>>>>>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia, Chameleon secretion, Eat and Adapt (queen), resistance to fire and acid, Acidic Mandibles, Graspers, slight tech bonus, Antidotal Chitin, Caste Specific Mutation.
>>>>>>>>>Breading: Queen lays the eggs
>>>>>>>>>Pop: The Holy Queen, 1 Underqueen, 9 Holy clergy caste, 35 hunters, 35 fishermen, 103 workers, 30 scavengers, 45 homeguard, 40 hound masters (elite), 60 farmers, 35 Observers, 23 Alchemists, 125 Geneweavers, 7 Mikeys, 130 warriors, 25 scouts, 10 mimics, 45 eggs
>>>>>>Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room, Crude statues, Hall of History, Effigy to the fallen, Wolf pen, road to hot spring, Barracks, Dorms, Specialty rooms, Crafting Rooms, Agricultural room, Spawning Pool, Archery Range, Transportation tunnel, Stone Doors, Forge, small beach hive, Elf quarters
>>>>>>Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries, Rabbits, strongberries, mushrooms, troll, various crops
>>>>>>>>>Conditions:
>>>>>>>>>The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
>>>>>>>>>Fed
>>>>>>Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
>>>>>>>>>The Queens chamber is very shiny
>>>>>>>>>Bugs can smell other bugs.
>>>>>>>>> Captured troll - cattlizing for food
>>>>>>>>>Reputation with elves increased by a lot
>>>>>>>>>Cryo-Hydra lair to the east
>>>>>>>>>>Ocean to the southeast
>>>>>>>>>Swamp with Hoard of militant undead West of elves (Undead are Elves)
>>>>>>brought back an undead corpse (unknown if it is viral)
>>>>>>Battle for Elf city.
>>>>>Black Sand beach
>>>>Northern elves gone
>>>>Corrupted wheat fields
>>>Southern Front discovered.

>>26384398
>>>16 Evo Points All Rank 1 mutations gained including perfect mimics
>>>Queen: Infest (4)
>>>>>Hunters: Pheramone Bait
>>>>>Fishermen: Ballast Glands
>>>>>Observer: Perfect Mimics (8 more to go
>>>>>Houndsmen: Eyes in back
>>>>>Workers: Silk Spinners
>>>>>Farmers: Photosynthetic hide
>>>>>Homeguard: Fireproof chitin
>>>>>Alchemists: poison proof chitin
>>>>>Scavengers: Active Camo
>>>>>Clergy: Regeneration
>>>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>>>Scouts: Silent carpace
>>>>>Warriors: Poison stingers

>>26384414
>Hunters:
>Fishermen:
>Warriors:
>Scouts:
>Houndsmen:
>Workers:
>Observer:
>Farmers:
>Homeguard:
>Alchemists:
>Scavengers:
>Geneweavers:
>Mimics:
>MIKEY'S QUEST:

Adjusted for mimics

>>26383399
This good for next mutations?
Also How will we find out about the Alchemist eating only troll for science?

Hunters: hunt
Fishermen: keep fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts: Observer, explain what's wrong the with grain. Scouts, figure out where they're coming from and go back there.
Houndsmen: Train with charging in to melee with the swords and axes and charging out (Pass-by attacks/jousting)
Workers: Tunnel tunnel tunnel.
Observer: Think about how to move heavy things up heights (Talking the basic engineering methods: Block and tackle, the ramp, and the pulley)
Farmers: farm, farm good
Homeguard: keep practicing
Alchemists: Work on figuring out the Materials for explosives
Scavengers: Grab any spare food and run it to Elf City
Mimics: Talk to elves about "ballistas"
Geneweavers: keep focusing on geneweaving
MIKEY'S QUEST:explain what the elves are getting as back up also ask for a place to set up shop
Clergy: See if your calming pheremones work on the elves.

What should the mimics do? They're more suited for peacetime diplomacy.

Maybe try to learn etiquette from the elves in the hive?

>>26384462
I imagine we need a con-troll group. an alchemist who eats no troll.

>>26384485
Or just introduce themselves. I'm sure the elves are in for quite a shock.

>>26384466
We have Hivemind, one of the Mikey Quest Observers can explain it. Though it would suspicious with he just coming over and saying it?
And I agree with all of this, except the Mikey Quest hasn't been changed.

>>26384485
Dude, we need to use them to figure out all the elf things, and leave the observers to go back to working.

>>26384466
like this but we might want to change the Micky one to figure out tactics or something for when the warriors are good to go

>>26384503
Dammit, i knew i missed something.

Hunters: hunt
Fishermen: keep fishing
Warriors: keep practicing
Scouts: Observer, explain what's wrong the with grain. Scouts, figure out where they're coming from and go back there.
Houndsmen: Train with charging in to melee with the swords and axes and charging out (Pass-by attacks/jousting)
Workers: Tunnel tunnel tunnel.
Observer: Think about how to move heavy things up heights (Talking the basic engineering methods: Block and tackle, the ramp, and the pulley)
Farmers: farm, farm good
Homeguard: keep practicing
Alchemists: Work on figuring out the Materials for explosives
Scavengers: Grab any spare food and run it to Elf City
Mimics: Talk to elves about "ballistas"
Geneweavers: keep focusing on geneweaving
MIKEY'S QUEST: Talk to the elves about their tactical setup and where they need support. And also, see if there are any bombs you can look at, mikeyobserver.
Clergy: See if your calming pheremones work on the elves.

>>26384548
I concur, right now I'm fishing through the archives looking for exact Armored Mikey process

But we are going to have the mimics introduce themselves, right?

>>26384573
I assume that comes before the whole asking questions things.

>>26384567
Aaaand found it
>>Mikey, ends up being covered in liquid iron. He runs around screaming in pain until he lands in the whale pool. This cools him off but he can't swim. Fortunately for him, the whale throws him out. (Mikey can no longer fly, but is super damage resistant).

>>26384583
Yes. We have to get them used to the idea that the bugs look like them now.

>>26384596
That's why i sent the clergy in. Keep 'em from getting a bit too "uncanny valley" on us

>>26384596
I don't want to waste a turn having the mimics and elves exchange pleasentries

>>26384624
Well, they can be polite then ask questions. It's not like each turn takes up a half hour. It takes up a day or a week or something.

Okay. Whatever. I'm just trying to avoid them freaking out.

>>26384647
If it did, we are the scariest damn things ever. I mean, jesus. We can reform our entire biology every few hours.

>>26384548
Is this what we're doing?

>>26384683
Yup!

We should have four Mikeys at the Hive right now do we put them through the new initiation now or wait?
>>26384683
Yes

>>26384683
Yeah. Just add in a "hello we're the new diplomacy caste" and my complains are done.

>>26384705
By all means. Klax, i assume you're okay with noting that instead of a repost to add "Introduce selves to elves, and"

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>>26384548
The hunters come back with a relatively poor haul.

The fishermen, also get a poor catch.

Warriors don't believe that they can do better at this point. They feel like the only way to find out if it works is to actually use it.

The observer tries to explain what is wrong with the grain and the man driving the cart dashes off. Neither the Observer nor the scouts were able to catch him.

The houndsmen try a charge, but they miss. This is new to them after all.

The workers continue tunneling their way over to the Southern Front.

The observers try to think of better ways to move things up heights, but all they seem to think about is using a stupid amount of birds. They're sure it doesn't work, but their curious minds want nothing more than to test it.

The farmers do not farm good.

The homeguard are getting better, but damn do they need work.

One of the Alchemists suggests crushing up dried flammable herbs into a powder.

The scavengers scavenge a bunch of food from the forest and haul it over to the Elven city. They use it to help feed the Mikey Brigade as well as the underqueens.

The mimics introduce themselves to the elves. They're a little startled at first because they look something like the picture, but take to the mimics better than expected. The elves tell them how a ballista works (This can be made next turn).

Will continue with Mikey Quest separately.

>>26384911
Things to consider: Ask elves if there's anything disturbing or upsetting about the mimic's form. Fixing now will make lives much easier.

>>26384911
>but all they seem to think about is using a stupid amount of birds. They're sure it doesn't work, but their curious minds want nothing more than to test it.

I am so down for this if anyone else. If not I'll just laugh at it and forget it like I did earlier with Landwhales

>>26384979
Yes, it is good to get better. It can be among the small talk at meetings.

>>26385001
What if we assimilated birds and made them bigger?

>>26385001
We'd spend... so many turns getting the birds together

>>26385015
What if we got more Eggs? and started farming birds? It could be a side project. Speaking of side projects, Should we try to make Armored Mikey V2 next turn?

>>26385008
"What if two swallows carried it together" "What, on a line?" "They could use a piece of crepon."

>>26385042
That's my plan for the observers, but i wanna see if the mutations go through.

>>26385048
What about an African swallow?

>>26385042
I suppose we need some source of feathers for fletching, which should make our arrows more accurate.

>>26385066
Moot point, african swallows are non-migratory.

Just had a brilliant idea.

Alchemists: Work out an antidote to the gray grain.

>>26385096
But that might require test subjects, unless they get lucky.

Wait! The Mikeys!

>>26385096
GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL! We just need to pray to the God Queen that another Mikey doesn't arise. We can send the scouts to the Northern Fields to get some more.

"Put those bones over in that pile to be consecrated," and elf orders as many more elves pick up the dragon bones and move them into another pile. You can see them hard at work repairing the wall.

"May I ask about your defense strategy here," your observer asks. The elf looks over at the observer with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, rebuild, re-equip, re-prepare. We smooth out the walls so that the undead can't climb it. That didn't stop the wraiths or the dragon though. We're lucky we can cut them off from the rest. We thought the wraiths were our biggest problem because physical attacks go right through them and there are a lot of wraiths, but seeing the kind of structural damage that dragon did makes me think otherwise. Sig had it all figured out though. He knew that the undead would try to knock our front wall in so we rigged the sides with explosives to collapse any breaches. After that, the undead started running. Probably because their cannons were busted. Our overall plan? All I want to do is survive as long as I can."

"How can we be of assistance," your observer responds.

"If you ask me, any way you can. If you can build a sturdy wall, if you can fight, whatever!"

"May I inspect the bombs? I may be able to reproduce them." Mikey chimes in.

"Here," he says as he hands Mikey a bomb, "just don't blow yourself up."

Observer Mikey inspects the bomb. He pulls out the fuse and shakes out the inside. It appears to be some kind of black powder that is very flammable. He figures that the pressure causes the iron to burst, sending shrapnel in all directions at high speed.

>>26385107

Hey, hey, they're the mikeys.. and people say they mikey around...

>>26385146
Okay, when the scavengers are leaving, they're taking the bomb parts with them, for testing at home.

Blank Planning List while we wait for Stats and Mutations
Hunters:
Fishermen:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen:
Workers:
Observer:
Farmers:
Homeguard:
Alchemists:
Scavengers:
Geneweavers:
Mimics:
MIKEY'S QUEST:

>>26385146
>>>>>>>>>>Civ: Insects
>>>>>>>>>>Gov: Theocratic monarchy
>>>>>>>>>>Location: Cliff face
>>>>>>>>>>Mutations: Mining Mandible, wings and Arolia, Chameleon secretion, Eat and Adapt (queen), resistance to fire and acid, Acidic Mandibles, Graspers, slight tech bonus, Antidotal Chitin, Caste Specific Mutation.
>>>>>>>>>>Breading: Queen lays the eggs
>>>>>>>>>>Pop: The Holy Queen, 1 Underqueen, 9 Holy clergy caste, 35 hunters, 35 fishermen, 103 workers, 30 scavengers, 45 homeguard, 40 hound masters (elite), 60 farmers, 35 Observers, 23 Alchemists, 125 Geneweavers, 10 Mikeys, 130 warriors, 25 scouts, 10 mimics, 45 eggs
>>>>>>>Building: Deep Burrows, Queen's room + Shiny , Larva Room, Crude statues, Hall of History, Effigy to the fallen, Wolf pen, road to hot spring, Barracks, Dorms, Specialty rooms, Crafting Rooms, Agricultural room, Spawning Pool, Archery Range, Transportation tunnel, Stone Doors, Forge, small beach hive, Elf quarters
>>>>>>>Food: Scavenged meat, Elk, Fish ("fishing hurts the health of the hunters, can't do it every turn), eggs (hunters can get hurt doing this), berries, Rabbits, strongberries, mushrooms, troll, various crops
>>>>>>>>>>Conditions:
>>>>>>>>>>The cliffs are cold and harsh, but everyone is well sheltered
>>>>>>>>>>Fed
>>>>>>>Caste based on what do most, or what the queen tells you are.
>>>>>>>>>>The Queens chamber is very shiny
>>>>>>>>>>Bugs can smell other bugs.
>>>>>>>>>> Captured troll - cattlizing for food
>>>>>>>>>>Reputation with elves increased by a lot
>>>>>>>>>>Cryo-Hydra lair to the east
>>>>>>>>>>>Ocean to the southeast
>>>>>>>>>>Swamp with Hoard of militant undead West of elves (Undead are Elves)
>>>>>>>brought back an undead corpse (unknown if it is viral)
>>>>>>>Battle for Elf city.
>>>>>>Black Sand beach
>>>>>Northern elves gone
>>>>>Corrupted wheat fields
>>>>Southern Front discovered.

Hunters:
Fishermen:
Warriors:
Scouts:
Houndsmen:
Workers:
Observer:
Farmers: Farm Moar
Homeguard: Get Better.
Alchemists: Work on an antidote to the grey grain
Scavengers: Search the battlefield around Elf City for any remnants of undead weaponry.
Mimics: talk to elves about magic. If any of them have it, we might be able to learn how it works (and how to resist it)
MIKEY'S QUEST: Talk to the elves about the grey grain, and ask what Consecration means. Active mikeys do work to help based on your old specs. Whenever the queens start up, half workers, half warriors until stated otherwise. Workers build the wall, and if our stuff worked, coat it in wax. That should be nice and impossible to climb. Warriors pad out the garrison, and get into position to use acid shots on incoming wraiths.

>>26385283
>>>>19 Evo Points
>>>>Queen: Infest (4)
>>>>>>Hunters: Keen senses
>>>>>>Fishermen: Mantis Shrimp claws
>>>>>>Observer: Bigger brains
>>>>>>Houndsmen: Regenerative throwing spines (2)
>>>>>>Workers: Wax production
>>>>>>Farmers: Fermentation Chamber
>>>>>>Homeguard: Large size
>>>>>>Alchemists: Fireprofing
>>>>>>Scavengers: Extra strength
>>>>>>Clergy: Faster Metamorph
>>>>>>Geneweavers: Better Geneweaving (3)
>>>>>>Scouts: Faster movement
>>>>>>Warriors: Electric Hide
>Mimic: Active camo

>>26385345
Hunters: Use your webs to get some birds and eggs
Fishermen: Practice Swimming
Warriors:
Scouts: Go to Northern Elf City and get some blighted grain
Houndsmen: Keep Melee Charging
Workers: Continue tunneling
Observer: Prepare Armored Mikey V2 (?)

>>26385396
Warriors need to train to get out of surrounds.

>>26385345
Dammit, pressed submit on accident. Stupid fucking fingers

Hunters: Go out egg-hunting, and gather them together.
Fishermen: Explore the waters by the black sand beach, looking for a source of heat. I assume the volcano is underwater, since we didn't get mentioned one on the land.
Warriors: Figure out how to make the hatchets more suited for combat.
Scouts: Trace the tracks of the convoy back to where it came from.
Houndsmen: Keep Trying.
Workers: Keep going
Observer: Try making the Armored Mikey process repeatable.
Farmers: Farm Moar
Homeguard: Get Better.
Alchemists: Work on an antidote to the grey grain
Scavengers: Search the battlefield around Elf City for any remnants of undead weaponry.
Mimics: talk to elves about magic. If any of them have it, we might be able to learn how it works (and how to resist it)
MIKEY'S QUEST: Talk to the elves about the grey grain, and ask what Consecration means. Active mikeys do work to help based on your old specs. Whenever the queens start up, half workers, half warriors until stated otherwise. Workers build the wall, and if our stuff worked, coat it in wax. That should be nice and impossible to climb. Warriors pad out the garrison, and get into position to use acid shots on incoming wraiths.

>>26385412
This but have the Warriors spar with the Homeguard

>>26385364
>>List of Caste specific mutations gained:
>Queen: Hivemind
>>>>Hunters: thermal vision, Webspinning, Pheromone bait, Fast burrowing
>>>>Fishermen: water-breathing, strong waterproof grip, sonar, Ballast Glands
>>>>Observer: non-insect speech, Perfect Mimic
>>>>Warriors: Fire Breath, acid spit, Poison stingers
>>>>Scouts: thermal vision, active camo, Silent carpace
>>>>Houndsmen: light-weight, symbiosis with wolf, Extra graspers, Eyes Behind
>>>>Workers: strength, smoke spray, Silk Spinners
>>>>Farmers: plant affinity, bacterial and fungal affinity, Three pronged grasper, Photosynthetic hide
>>>>Homeguard: claws, tough shells, Acid spit, Fireproof chitin,
>>>>Alchemists: hands, microscope eyes, bigger brains, Poison proof chitin
>>>>Scavengers: better vision, better wings, Improved carrying capacity, Active Camo
>>>>Clergy: Lesser Queens, enhanced loyalty, calming pheromones, Regenerative Amber
>>>>Geneweavers: Genetic storage

>>26385412
Everyone agreeing on this one?

>>26385456
Yes but with Warriors spar with the Homeguard because the Warriors really need something productive to do

>>26385427
I would, but i kind of want battle axes soon. They're very in line with our aesthetic. And then i can make halberds for the mounted troops. Which will be awesome. Since halberds are best polearm.

>>26385456
Yeah, but I'd like some surround training so we don't have a repeat of last time.

>>26385490
Shit. Um. Yes.

Hunters: Go out egg-hunting, and gather them together.
Fishermen: Explore the waters by the black sand beach, looking for a source of heat. I assume the volcano is underwater, since we didn't get mentioned one on the land.
Warriors: Train one-v-many tactics, and how to deal with being flanked and surrounded.
Scouts: Trace the tracks of the convoy back to where it came from.
Houndsmen: Keep Trying.
Workers: Keep going
Observer: Try making the Armored Mikey process repeatable.
Farmers: Farm Moar
Homeguard: Get Better.
Alchemists: Work on an antidote to the grey grain
Scavengers: Search the battlefield around Elf City for any remnants of undead weaponry.
Mimics: talk to elves about magic. If any of them have it, we might be able to learn how it works (and how to resist it)
MIKEY'S QUEST: Talk to the elves about the grey grain, and ask what Consecration means. Active mikeys do work to help based on your old specs. Whenever the queens start up, half workers, half warriors until stated otherwise. Workers build the wall, and if our stuff worked, coat it in wax. That should be nice and impossible to climb. Warriors pad out the garrison, and get into position to use acid shots on incoming wraiths.

>>26385479
Didn't we already make Halberds?
>>26385510
Homeguard can practice surrounding The Wariiors

>>26385412

Guys... what if we live inside the volcano? The cliff is on a mountainside. The water we drink is from deep within and is warm and smells of sulfur.

>>26385522
Nope. Hatchets. Don't have anything axelike other than that.

>>26385537
Then our beach would be black sand.

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>>26385537
OP wouldn't do that, right? The ground water just has a bit of dissolved sulfates in it.

>>26385538
Wait, they were shitty stone halberds yeah Hatchts are cool.

>>26385570
We're NEAR a volcano. not in one. It's too cold.

>>26385510
Is this okay with everyone? I kinda want to move on.

>>26385549

If you look at the map, it seems like that beach is also just east of us. Then again, the map is MS paint

>>26385599
It's apparently far enough we couldn't see it from our mountain

>>26385538
Actually, you guys managed to make stone halbards a while back but it's stone. Not iron.