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>>31548855

>Last thread http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31423707
>Bunch of fluff info http://pastebin.com/ucjHL4Tq

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 152
Metals: 25

>Upkeep cost
Queen – 5
First Clutch Worker (20) – 40
Thinker – 3
Nutrients: 48

>Income
Nutrients: 50
Net: 2

>Hive population
First Clutch Workers: 20
Thinker: 1

>>31548855
sweet, I love these sorts of quests.

Let's send out some drones to search deeper in the caves (5, maybe?) and some to explore the forest (10), both parties looking for more food sources. The remaining ones are on look out and we will consult the thinker about maximizing the output of the fungus

>>31548908
second

>>31548855
Let's send some drones to see if there is any edible plant or animal life around the forests. Let's say, 10.
I want to send 2 west to investigate the shifting ground that you described last thread. This should be covert. If they die it is no problem.
Some of the 10 should definitely head south to see if they can find that stampede we saw last thread.

>>31548855
Your drones have been patrolling the cave network looking for any dangers. The caves seem to all extend outwards from the spring in your chamber, which is a large circular room roughly fifteen feet in diameter. In the center is a large fungal mass that secretes a sweet, nutrient rich jelly which it uses to filter minerals it feeds on from the water. You have been able to use the jelly to support your hive until now.
There are three caves that extend from the chamber and wind through the rock of the mountain to the valley beyond, depositing the red stained water into a small river that separates the valley from the fungal forest, and leads west.
Using the thinker's processing power, you come to the conclusion that the jelly is produced at a fixed rate to correspond to the abundance of natural minerals in the spring. You cannot think of any way to increase the output, but it may be possible to grow new fungi to produce it.

>>31549059
Have the drones explore in a small radius around the cave. Take stock of our surroundings.

>>31549059

Current suggested options
>send drones west
>send drones south
>send drones to comb the forest for food

Please select a division of labor

>>31549113
Let's see if the Thinker can think of a way to farm the jelly.

>>31549113
2 west
2 south
10 to comb the forest for food

The first two are just gathering intelligence. We need to know what is there.

>>31549113
>send drones west - 5
>send drones south - 5
>send drones to comb the forest for food - 10

>>31549113
let's send 2 west, 3 south, and 10 looking for edibles. Leave 5 home to play look out.

>>31549149

Seconded

>>31549149
I don't think we should send them all away from the hive. 2 is sufficient.

>>31549151
This is good.

>>31549092
The cave's three exits go south, southeast, and southwest, but the streams they produce all converge in the river bellow. The central cave that you have made your home is fifteen feet in diameter and is flooded with a shallow pond of red jelly, In the center is a large mass of mossy textured fungus that has made for a very comfortable throne for you, and is slightly glows slightly with a faint blue light.

>>31549144
Should you gain a large amount of the minerals that it feeds on, you believe you could grow more fungus to produce more jelly, however you are unsure of the nature of these minerals at the moment, and have no way to find more. Your thinker contemplates this, and feels that a survey of the area would permit him to make a more knowledgeable guess as to where to find more such minerals.

>>31549239
In that case, lets have one of the workers staying at home take rock samples of the cave, let's try and figure out what we might be able to mine.

>>31549113
current consensus
>5 drones west
>5 drones south
>10 drones search the forest for food

please give me 3 rolls. Highest of first three.

Rolled 41

>>31549299

Rolled 75

>>31549299

Rolled 44

>>31549299
d100?

>>31549372
yes, sorry

Writing

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>>31549299
You split up your drones and send them all out, sending the bulk of them into the jungle of giant mushrooms clouded in a fog of spores.
The rest you split between south and west.

As your drones move south, the river soon tapers into a stream of rainwater, and the rolling hills flatten out to a wide plain of thick moss. You see very little in the area apart from a large cluster of shapes in the distance. It is difficult to make them out in the rain, but they seem to be quite large in size, and there are a great many of them. They appear to still be some distance from your drones.

West ward your workers follow the river. The area is thick with mud and the uneven terrain slows your workers as their claws become stuck several times. Eventually they reach what seems to be an endless plain of foamy, orange moss that pulsates rhythmically. The ground slants downward towards it, and at the edge you can see water seeping from under the moss, breaking it apart as shallow waves crash along the shore. The entire ocean has been covered by the stuff, it seems.

In the forest your drones find all manner of living creatures, large and small. Every 'tree' is a massive mushroom or misshapen growth and the rain is no more than a trickle of water dripping from the solid canopy. The drones are not used to such an environment and their progress is slow. You are unsure if there is even such a thing as a fruit or vegetable on this world. As your drones make their way they detect the crunching of foliage, and the sound is getting closer rather quickly.

>>31549681
I think we should resolve each group individually, first the jungle.

>attempt to hide
>attempt to flee
>investigate
>write in

>>31549715
>attempt to hide

>>31549715
>investigate

>>31549715
Try to hide. Maybe try climbing a mushroom

>>31549715
>investigate
We can afford to lose a few. Whatever it is it can probably be eaten.

>>31549715

Hide. But in a place where we can observe.

>>31549715
Let's hide

>>31549715
Just picked up this quest: Was the guy encouraging in the QTG. Glad to see you actually did it man! Read up till now, and it's awesome.

You thinking of doing a map?

Also
>Twitter
You might try updating 4chanX? It does that to me sometimes.

Bumping until OP can post again.

Captcha just got fixed.

>>31549715
>attempt to hide

>>31552360
>>31552383
Unfortunately, I think things are wrapped up due to 4chan explosion guys.

We should breed another queen to be our lesbian lover. How much it costs?

>>31552608
very funny har har

>>>/qtg/

>>31548855
>QM didn't post his twitter

you fool.

https://twitter.com/HiveQueenQuest

>everything is fixed
>thread is still up
huzzah. This will probably be a short one as it looks like the servers went spiraling through the Warp, but I will at least try to wrap up the current situation.

>>31553064
I am around

>>31553064
I am here as well

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>>31549681
Your drones quickly make their way up the trunks of the surrounding mushroom trees, their claws seeping into the spongy bark. As they near the first layer of canopy the forest explodes with life. Various creatures you had assumed only plants go spiraling into the air, and all manner of creatures disguised in the foliage sprint in all directions. As they do so a large armored creature bursts through the brush, its gaping maw devouring the slowest of the fleeing animals. It rears its head and opens its mouth like a blossoming flower to display rows upon rows of teeth. It is clearly still hungry.

>drop down on it and attack
>flee and try to out run it
>stay in the canopy and hope it hasn't seen you, and can't climb
>other


man, you guys are the best.
>>31552757
I was planning on posting it at the end, but well then all that happened.

>>31553158
>>stay in the canopy and hope it hasn't seen you, and can't climb

>>31553158
>Twitter
Best to post at the OP, and at the end. To be safe.

>Retreat back to the nest
They are not suited for combat and this thing is obviously a predator perhaps a dangerous one at that judging from the wildlife's reaction.

>>31553158
Have 1 drone drop down in front of it and keep it distracted.

The others will drop ontop or beside it and attack its underside and head

>>31553158
>>>stay in the canopy and hope it hasn't seen you, and can't climb
what are the odds, really?

>>31553158
Oh also you may want to post in twitter about your return.

>>31553195
seconding

>>31553158
>stay in the canopy and hope it hasn't seen you, and can't climb

They'll also have the advantage of height if it does attack them.

>>31548878
but what will be the nutrient upkeep of Worker and Warrior drones if we lay any?

>>31553229
good idea.

so far the lead is hiding, with >>31553195 in second.
Will wait a bit longer for any people coming back.

>>31553292
every drone has a base cost to lay, a short incubation period with no upkeep, and then an upkeep cost of half its initial cost, rounding down.

Workers are 5 to lay, 2 upkeep
Thinkers are 6/3
and warriors are 10/5

>>31553333
ok, calling it.
>stay and hide
Writing.

>>31548855
>with them you see a group of small objects flying in a circular pattern over the forest,

how did we know they were objects (technology), rather than weird creatures?

>>31553158
(I'm afraid the site may break again so I just rolled for the creature's perception)

Your drones duck down and hug the trees, hoping to avoid detection. The creature lumbers about, thrashing its claws into the dirt as it tears at something under the surface. A large tail emerges, squirming in the creature's grip as it tears at its slick hide. It appears to extend further into the ground, but the predator seems satisfied with his work and begins to eat the strange worm. You think it may be distracted by its kill and use the opportunity to move away, but as you do so you notice a strange wound on the creature's tail. It appears to be a burn mark that has seared through the thick armored hide and out the other side. You can't think of any natural way such a wound could occur. Could this creature have had a run-in with the bi-peds?

>>31553516
you don't, they are too far away to see clearly through the fog and rain, but you were able to identify 'things' that can fly.

>>31553637
nice, we managed to hide all stealthy like.

>>31553677
and we found out there are sources of food to dig up and eat under the mushroom forest floor.

we need to hatch a truffle hunting speciality drone! it will have all the antennae.

>>31553637
With the dangers of the jungle more apparent then ever, you proceed in hopes of learning more about this place. Your thinker is eagerly processing the data, breaking down every moment of data.
>keep moving through the forest
>move to a specific location
>return to the hive

>>31553693
Find and investigate the biggest Tree/Landmark

>>31553693
keep going.

>>31553693
>>keep moving through the forest

>>31553693
>Keep going
Our drones are acting as scouts, yes? Keep going till all that fog of war is clear!
Will you be adding a map ever btw OP?

>>31553693
how far through the forest does the queen's telepathy reach?

i remember before, the Thinker at the meteor crash site just outside the forest was out of telepathy range.

>>31553733
I would like to, yes. I am really bad at drawing though. I will hopefully have a very ugly mess of colored blobs next time that I will claim to be a map, and I apologize in advance for it.

>>31553745
Your telepathy has a very long range, it would take several days of non-stop walking to reach the edge of it, and even then you will be able to build relays.

>keep going

>>31553799
Hey, a blobby mess is better then nothin'.

>>31553799
>I am really bad at drawing though
Use a hex based map creator. It will make it significantly easier. Certainly its better than drawing it anyway

>>31553839
you mean like http://www.hexographer.com/ ??

only free or something?

what did the AI Quest guy, Program0 use...

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>>31553637
Your drones continue their march, now with much more caution as the sounds of gnashing teeth fades behind your group.

Before long, you encounter a small clearing. The area seems to have been cleared, flattened in an artificial way. The moss has been torn up and the foliage pressed in a circular pattern, and in the center are a small pile of bones and fabric. You recognize the fabric as the suits you saw the bipeds wearing.
On a patch is a series of symbols.
SPACE MAN 1ST CLASS LYON STEVENS

the pile is at the base of a small tree, and there is still blood on the forest floor.

>move in to investigate
>circle the area but keep your distance
>NOPE (back to hive)
>write in

>>31553947
Throw some dirt/moss/mushroom balls at the pile.

If it's safe, ONE guy goes in to loot the corpse.

If it's not safe, well, we'll know more about these traps and what makes them.

>>31553947
>Circle the area, cautiously
This is perhaps the den of something nasty. Don't want to get all our drones eaten.

>>31553886
Yeah something like that. Obviously you could fairly easy find a torrent for it too.
>>31553947
>circle the area but keep your distance

>>31553947
>circle the area and keep your distance
please roll

Rolled 15

>>31554036
Here you are.

>>31553947
>>circle the area but keep your distance
so it's a clearing...

...with a pile of bones and fabric and the center...

and the pipe of bones and fabric is at the base of a tree.

the only shroom tree in the clearing?

it must be up there then.

Rolled 58

>>31554036

Rolled 2

>>31554036

>>31554036
Your drones fan out, scanning the perimeter for any sign of activity. As you circle the area you make note of other remains, mostly shells and lumps of cartilage. It appears bones are a rare adaptation on this planet.

As you finish the circle one of your drones spots a small stain of red spattered on one of the trees near the edge of the clearing, with the sign of a struggle. Burn marks like the one you saw on the predator earlier are scattered across the area, and a trail of dried red fluid moves away from the clearing and into the thick of the forest.

As you contemplate the nature of these things, you can hear the familiar crunching sounds of the beast approaching from behind.

>run into the forest
>hide and watch
>follow the trail away from the clearing
>other

>>31554166
>Hide and watch
Knowledge is power

>>31554166
>hide and watch

>>31554166
Lure it into the clearing

>>31554166
>hide and watch
please roll

Rolled 56

>>31554242
gogogo

Rolled 26

>>31554242

stalking their wounded prey for later

Rolled 60

>>31554242

>>31554242
Your workers take position at the edge of the clearing and the armored creature moves into the clearing and under the tree. It begins to move in a circular motion, rampaging in a tiny circle around the single tree before curling up around it. With its large claws it begins to scrape at the ground in an almost ritualistic manner and you see chunks of flesh rub out and into the dirt.

In the middle of this strange grooming ceremony it stops, abruptly, and casts its alien gaze to the ground. It lumbers across the ground and as it does so it become clear it is moving in your direction. Your workers back away, and it slowly follows, swinging its head from side to side in a scanning motion. Your drones give it room, and as you fear it has found them it lets out a thunderous roar as steam flairs from a series of holes along its side. It charges forth, almost trampling one of your workers as it rushes past its hiding spot. Something has its attention, and it isn't you.

>follow it
>return to hive
>write in

>>31554358
>follow
fucking steampunk monsters

It following the dried blood trail?

>>31554358
follow it

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>>31554358
>Follow
This thing is...most intriguing, my queen. Perhaps we may acquire it's unique adaptations for ourselves one day...?

>>31554358
Investigate the corpse

>>31554392
it just has misty breath, and yes, your drone makes note of the blood trail. The scent of wounded prey must have attracted its interest.

>>31554408
roleplaying note: drones don't have even the intelligence of a dog.

they fall into comas without constant telepathic control.

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>>31554484
>Not going full Hiver
Dang it.

>>31554484
Queenie should improve her drone's intelligence. And/or getting a telepathic controller for distant missions

>>31554580
why the fuck would we do the former? ever? that's stupid.

we have the latter anon.

they are called Thinkers.

read the pastebin before mouthing off about how we lack X when we already have X.

>>31554358
The beast thunders through the forest so quickly it is more akin to burrowing. Your workers have a difficult time keeping up and soon you are left to just follow its trail, and quite the trail it makes. Your thinker is giddy at all the new data.
"Queen, Queen! Thing does not hide, does not care who follows. Other things fear it!"
You agree, it is loud and leaves a massive trail behind it. You pat the thinker's head for its deduction and it beams with pride. You hope there isn't anything even more aggressive on this world.

The sound of lightning interrupts your thoughts. Six blasts of thunder accompanying six blinding flashes from within the forest, and you hear the creature scream. Your drones move carefully, doing their best to not be seen, and soon find the creature...or what remains.

The creature has four large holes in its body, and behind it more burn marks are blasted into the thick mushroom trees. Two other burn marks are scattered on the ground, the dirt around the point of impact has become red-hot glass.

One of the bi-peds is sitting against a tree, its bubble helmet has shattered and torn chunks of its face into strips. Its legs appear to have been gouged by something, and are set at odd angles. Both of its arms are held straight out, and are struggling to hold a small round object it its shaky grip.
It screams, and as it does a bolt of lighting erupts from its small device, grazing the side of one of your workers. Several more bolts are loosed and they arc wide, its arms no longer able to hold the weapon as it begins coughing up thick globs of blood soaked spores. and slumps to the ground.

No longer a threat, your workers move in around it as it stairs up into their eyes. It is terrified, but quickly loosing consciousness. What do you do?

>Take it back to the hive
>leave it
>kill it
>eat it
>write in

>>31554621
bizarre alien technology!

time to analyze this alien.

let thinker examine it. maybe dissect it a little.

since i doubt we can read its mind.

>>31554621
>>Take it back to the hive

Take the carnivore back to the hive as well.

>>31554621
>Take it back to the hive
For ssssssscience

>>31554621
>>Take it back to the hive
Take the dead creature as well

>>31554621
>Take both creatures back to the hive

>>31554621
>a bolt of lighting
lightning?

or was it a laser.

>>31554669
>Electrolasers

>>31554621
>take it back to the hive, plus the carnivore
ok guys, I think this is a good place to stop.

Thank you all for putting up with all the technical issues. I promise to try and run again this weekend to make up for it.

I archived the thread when I thought 4chan died. http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/31548855/

I hope everyone enjoys these as much as I do. If I can run on friday I will try to post a few hours in advance on the twitter
https://twitter.com/HiveQueenQuest

>>31554669
I guess we will find out next time

>>31554621
The thinker was able to decode their language so we can understand it, but can we communicate back to them? Or can we only communicate with our own drones telepathically?

>>31554721
Alrighty. Looking forward to next thread OP.

>>31554721
Cool man. Glad to see you ended up doing the quest and all. Been hoping for one like this for a while. night.

>>31554725
we have no vocal chords.

aliens are highly unlikely to have co-evolved compatible telepathic antennae.

>>31554725
You can only communicate with your drones via telepathy as far as you know, but you could develop other ways of communication.

Take care everyone, I'm gonna get some sleep before work.

>>31554747
>>31554755
So maybe we could develop a drone that does have vocal chords and communicate through it. A diplomat-drone, essentially. If it's possible, it's probably a good idea to try to talk to these guys, find out what their intentions and such are. They're intelligent after all.

>>31554614
I meant: Getting more of them.

>>31554782
>A diplomat-drone
no. no talking.

for once, no diplomancing.

we just eat this guy that was dying anyway, learn what we can from his corpse and his technology, and stick to the shadows.

we are far too weak right now.

we want to learn their intentions, we can send spies to listen in.

>>31554824
If we could talk to him, assuming that he doesn't die during transport, we could learn far more, right now. If it's possible, why wouldn't you want to do that?

Maybe we could trade stuff to the humans for their lightning guns.

Or take this one apart and grow biological versions in each of our drones.

>>31554878
It might be prudent not to let them know where our cave is.

They might try to attack us, or make us slaves.

>>31554923
He's alone, and will be in our captivity. They don't have telepathy, so he won't be able to tell anyone anything. I don't understand what you're afraid of.

>>31554878
a q&a session right before he dies would be productive yeah. in a perfect world, we would have an interrogator-drone available quickly.

but how long does it take to lay and incubate a new Specialty drone? it might be more time than we have. we'll have to check.

talking to dead men is cool, yeah. revealing our very vulnerable presence to entirely unevaluated threats isn't.

>>31554942
>and will be in our captivity.
and will be in our stomachs*

how can the whole world be noting but fungi?

fungi can't produce energy on their own, they only feed on what's there.

where's the actual source of energy on this planet?

the start of the food chain? the equivalent of photosynthesizers?

>>31555007
It's alien fungus. Just because it looks like a mushroom doesn't mean it is a mushroom.

>>31554942
>What is a homing beacon.
>What is landmarks he can remember.

>>31555125
I for one don't mind killing him, but if we keep him alive, we don't have to be nice about it:

-strip him of all clothing and weapons
-cut off feet, maybe hands too
-wait for him/her to stop screaming, THEN interrogate, bribing with clothes(that we let our thinker scan for tools) and food other than what we serve him(jello)

>>31555007
I'd assume some of the fungi looking things are photosynthesizers

That or animals do it and the fungi eat them
would be a weird reversal

>>31554782
So long as we're talking about wild new mutations, we might as well try to create some sort of parasite/infiltrator drone that we could slip inside him, before healing him and letting him toddle off home.

I for one am against taking it to the hive, we don't know these creatures don't have telepathy or the ability to follow a scent trail. I would be for just taking the thing's technology (the lightning generator) and the carnivore's body, but leave the biped uninjured to be found by its kin. They're clearly pack animals and that means the survivors would retaliate against violence.

In fact, it may be best to take a roundabout route to the hive to discourage these creatures from finding it.

>>31556946
Again, these things are clearly evolved from prey creatures and capable of violence. Arousing their fear seems unwise. Frankly, I don't see what's so fascinating about this species besides the fact that it seems non native. We can always collect the other one's bones if we want a DNA sample.