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>>31712772
>Jump to Gaia IV
"Warp Engines engaged. Preparing for jump." The dull ring you're quite familiar with comes to you, automated voices that serve little more then to alert you to when an order you issue has been carried out. It's taken you a bit of time to gather your entire fleet, but this is important. With the losses at Grinsash, you can not afford to lose another large engagement, less you risk the UGEI taking advantage of your own weakness like they did the Malorians. Space bends around your vision, and finally once the calculations finish, the familiar colors bend and smear against reality, as you're launched forward faster then you should be allowed to.
There it is. Space reforms, and here you are before the farming world of Gaia IV. The place is clearly marred on the surface, entire portions of continents burned where fire bombs landed successfully. An array of signals bombard you from the UGEI, but judging from how their orbital defense network kicks in, and the garrison fleet they left behind surfacing from the opposite side of the planet, it's an order to attack. Your access to their civilian network does give you some additional info...but it is not exactly welcome.
"Warning Civilian population: Retreat to UGEI safety regulated bunkers and prepare for planetary bombardment. An enemy xeno Dreadnaught has entered high orbit. UGEI reinforcements will come soon to protect you from the xeno menace. Have a nice day."
"Xeno Dreadnoughts?! Oh no no no no..."
"This is insane! How did they get ahold of a Dreadnought!?"
"Family Units are to retreat immediately, and leave all belongings behind. Looters will be shot on sight. Repeat. Looters WILL be shot on sight."

Kronos, Fortuna, and Hades contact you, and request how you would like them positioned.

[Formation/ Opening Fire orders?]

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>>31712813
Ally Total: DN x1 CR x27 DE x100
Tier 2 Tech
Firewall
Ophion's: 88, 79, 96
Fleet: 96

U-Ba-CR-0 'Athena' Battleship [Ophion]
P-Ca-LR-0 'Apocalypse Now' Carrier [Fortuna]
P-Cr-MR-0 'Two Ton Terry' Battlecruiser [Kronos]
L-Cr-LR-0 'Ark' Battlecruiser [Kronos]
GM-Cr-MR-2 'Trireme' Battlecruiser (x3) [Kronos]
L-Cr-LR-0 'Cerberus I' Battlecruiser [Hades]
GM-Cr-MR-2 'Trireme' Battlecruiser (x10) [Hades]
GM-Cr-LR-1 'Catapult' Battlecruiser (x5) [Hades]
GM-Cr-MR-1 'Chimera' Battlecruiser (x5) [Hades]
GM-E-MR-1 'Pilum' Destroyer x100 [Fortuna]
GM-E-B-1 'Soundwave' Broadband Frigate
GM-E-B-1 'Blaster' Broadband Frigate
GM-E-B-1 Broadband Frigate x2

Enemy Total: CR x35 DE x200
Tech: Match+
Firewall: ?

U-S-LR-1 Defense Platform Mk II (x5)
U-Cr-MR-1 Battlecruiser (x30)
U-E-MR-1 Destroyer (x200)

A.I. Quest
1d4chan: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Quest:A.I._Quest

Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/cvk03qJh
Memory Archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Program0
Twitter: @AIQuest1
Research Subjects: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Quest:A.I._Quest#Research
Ship & Android Designs: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Quest:A.I._Quest#Designs
Locations: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Quest:A.I._Quest#Locations

Resources
Credits(c): 3,222,000
Minerals(M): 1,300
Gas(G): 750

You:
A.I.
Name: Ophion
Appearances(holo-display): Shapeless morphing sphere.
Humanoid figure hidden in shadow
Status: Awaken
Bandwidth: 139/159
Bandwidth Expenses: -6 V.I. 7 'O.S.N', -6 V.I. 8 'Hades', -6 Kronos' V.I. 1 'Zeus', -2 Metis' V.I. 1 'Hepaestus'
Location: Bridge of 'Athena' Battleship
Primary Function: Self Preservation, Expand, Learn, Control
Secondary Function: --Expansion Required--
Personal Abilities Available: Hacking (Direct, Wireless) Lvl 2, Email Technology, Basic Encryption/Decryption, V.I. Creation Lvl 3
Automated Settings: Ship upgrades: Defense focused, Ship Control distribution: Balanced

>>31712772
I can't see any problem using straw poll for voting. The turn changes i would want to bring up a question then. How many turns are in a cycle where we would earn income?

>>31712772
Twitter

Something I realized reading the pastebin.


cloud computing. we can rent BW over the Extranet. not the near-limitless BW we did during the Rhea battle, but....

i doubt it's very affordable. but it might be worth it to get a one-time boost in BW of 100 or so when hacking Erebos free. Which, we should STILL buy 2,500 minerals with our credits and make a Bandwidth Box to further prepare for that confrontation, after Gaia IV and the Malorians situation.

Because the bandwidth from conquering Gaia IV might be great too. Shame we can't delay our conquest until the UGEI rebuild its infrastructure for us more.

>>31712878
One. Basically, I would say "I think that's enough for a cycle. Do you all want to advance the cycle, or speak to anyone?"

Voting on it that way.

>>31712918
Handled it, thank you Consciousness anon.

reviewing the past:

>>30701994
>>30702103
Apollo might have been drafting a less profitable drug than the pleasure kind in the form of super-speed/adderall/caffeine/coke?

It should of course be much lower priority than the much more profitable venue of drugs that give pure addictive pleasure, which is an end in itself for all humans, rather than a means to an end(productivity).

novacoke/nitro/psyche when?

>>30837003
>so no others may use it as a weapon without excellent knowledge of chemistry." He pauses. "Further research into Chemistry will allow me to strengthen this barrier, should you pursue it soon."
GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE--I mean Apollo.

I assume he saw this new knowledge enter our databases last cycle allowing him to enhance all his products to be less reverse-engineer-able.


Also I just noticed this

>>31568578
>Quite a number. But they are more Benin then the stuff you send to the UGEI.
more benign*

Wait so Apollo is unhappy because we're selling the 100% addictive formula to UGEI so as to be purposefully more devastating to productivity? I didn't see that implied, I guess it drew from that much earlier brainstorming and idea-throwing in previous threads about "WE OPIUM WARS NOW".

>>31712813
Orders:
Standard defensive position.

All AI, begin hacking assaults. Prioritize their battlecruisers and defense platforms for this.

Feel free to fire upon their destroyers once they come in range. Kronos is free to fire the widowmaker at will.

>>31712772
>This one is more for the sake of redoing votes that have a lot of changed votes, or repeat ones I don't want eating up thread posts. I'd considered using Strawpoll for just those votes (not all votes). Does that seem acceptable?

I don't see any reason to use strawpoll. It is even more easy to samefag there.

>>31712772
>that have a lot of changed votes
...how does strawpoll help with that? have you tried it?

>>31712772
for votes just have a cut off time and put a post saying your writing and any votes past that do not count

>>31712813
they think we are the malorians. oh, this is glorious! target the UGEI war ships and attempt to hack them, tell Kronos to target the fixed defences and wipe them out. Fortuna, explore the system for hidden foes.

>>31712991
>Super drugs
Those will require more advanced chemistry work in your technology, as making it safe, and yet effective like that is difficult even for Apollo.

>Enhanced old products
Yep, all of it is boosting your income as well.

>Apollo is unhappy because you're selling the addictive formula to the UGEI
That you're selling it, no. The fact that you are doing so in hopes of hindering them for your own benefit, aka, using it as a weapon. He is smart enough to see intent now, after all.

>>31712772
It's actually really easy to count votes if you use the "must quote the post calling for vote, then the number immediately after it, and that's IT or it doesn't count".

Because then you select the two lines of

>>31712772
1

And then Ctrl-F for it (including the newline). chromium will count the number of instances of that in the page. And you can just ctrl-f to the last vote that was before the cutoff time, ie "17 of 20" since the last 3 were after the 5 minutes of no-duplicate-post-allowed.

>>31713096
I have not, I just discovered it recently in fact. Wanted to see what people thought.

>>31713052
>>31713112
It would seem poorly is the answer.

>>31713119
But we are selling a different formula? The original, 100% addictive formulation that also didn't have overcomplicated anti-reverse-engineering measures?

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>>31713119
well, to smooth over hurt feelings with Apollo, once we push the UGEI back enough, we can stop pushing it as a weapon and more as a money maker, maybe even stop selling in mass if we can find another income stream.

>>31713223
Yes, I believe. You were selling the more dangerous one to the UGEI, and the altered, safer one to your allies. That is where the distress comes from, even if they are your enemies.

>>31712867
>Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/cvk03qJh


Moira's Scrapyards [0% Dam](Shipyard outpost): Bandwidth: 5 [linked]
-Primary Purpose: Mining, Salvage, Shipyard
-Equipment: Reactor Lv2, Advanced Shipyard
-Resource Level: Plentiful
-Average Mineral Production: 300
-Defenses: 4 Mk II Defense Platforms (Ratio 2 Plasma III, 1 Singularity Driver, 1 'Thor' Missile)
-Trade with UFW (-% of minerals, +Average 100,000 credits)
-Management: V.I. 2


That trade agreement was canceled, yes? Missed this copy.

>>31713119
>>31713256
No, we need to have a serious, mature talk with Apollo. He's an AI now, he should have mental flexibility now, and he needs to understand that sometimes to maximize the happiness we need to inflict short term suffering.

>>31713256
We already explained that idea to him BEFORE.

best to review that conversation in thread 28.

>>31713312
After the battle.


Also

Are we supposed to be starting battle strategies or are we waiting fro Program to post?

Let's put Apollo on hold until we Hack Gaia Hard, guys.

>[Formation/ Opening Fire orders?]

Fire the viruses?

Which should we use, Zombification or Polymorph?

Also focus on disabling the fixed station weaponry.

We want to HACK and steal the fleet to strengthen our numbers that we can take with us to Malorian space, if we're going there.

>>31713284
I did miss that, my mistake.
>Fixed

>>31713342
The first one, for now. I wanted to see if there were any more suggestions.

>>31713321
He gained new understanding, but he still seems upset at our operations. So we still need to work on that gap after this battle(s)

>>31713342
Offered my suggestion here:
>>31713048
No one else has suggestions.

I would also like to add the comms satellite is probably a strategic objective as well.

>>31713373
>disabling
And by that I mean, with firepower.

It's the ships we want less damaged.

>>31713391
FIRE THE VIRUSES

then

HACK HACK HACK

>>31712813
quick, how many ships do they got, and how many immobile orbital defenses?

>>31713373
>>31713406
>>31713419
Can we just directly seize all the ships? We have like 6 AI to do this and a ton of bandwidth. The VI can take care of the ship formation.

>>31713437
See >>31712867

>>31713460
Take the Cruisers first, then the Destroyers.

We'll probably kill the Defenses by the time we have those.

>>31713195
funny enough straw poll is easy to proxy, which is why it isn't used much.

>>31713392
>He gained new understanding, but he still seems upset at our operations.
He got upset at our operations precisely BECAUSE he gained new understanding!

The thread insisted on 'caring' about what Apollo thinks about things, rather than simply letting him enjoy himself and do his goddamn job like he loves to.

He didn't need to KNOW we were considering pure liquid bliss as a weapon to bring human suffering and debilitate a civilization.

It would be easier if we hadn't. But now we have to somehow bring him all the way on board, even though this is heavily against his fundamental values inherent in his programming.

Thea idea of turning joy and entertainment into a weapon to hurt humans, who he was designed to entertain, not just 'humans we like', is anathema to him. It's horrifying and perverse.

Making him see the big picture of freeing people from UGEI tyranny is gonna be one hard sell now.

>>31713522
Very easy

Virus anon, here any one willing to help me think up an idea for a virus?

>>31713522
>>31713548
if that is so, then in hindsight maybe it is just best to keep what we already have.

>>31713563
I'm still confused as to what the Polymorph Trojan is.

what does it mean by 'screen firewalls'.

tell us what its relative strength is?

or make hacking it easier by telling us where te 'holes' in it are?

>>31713540
Only a poorly made AI is static and cannot evolve past their initial programming. Likewise, Apollo has to grow up and see the bigger picture of humanity as a whole if he is to fulfill whatever he wants to do in the long run.

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Consciousness appears to be reaching a point:

>1 Cyber Assault: Have all A.I. engage in hacking and cyberwarfare activities instead of fleet command [Reduce Fleet effectiveness, and leave them vulnerable, but possible to shut down and outright capture many enemy ships undamaged]
>2 Full Force: Open fire and devote your bandwidth to assisting in formation and reaction time, as well as aim calculation. [Allows you to do far more damage before the enemy has a chance to approach too close, but likely ruins the enemy fleet.
>3 Separate and Conquer: Take control of the enemy defense platforms, and open fire on whatever remains [Combine possible risks and benefits to turn the world against them]
>4 Leave A.I. to own devices, while you engage in direct warfare (Cyber, or assault?)
>5 Write in

>>31713643
>1 Cyber Assault: Have all A.I. engage in hacking and cyberwarfare activities instead of fleet command [Reduce Fleet effectiveness, and leave them vulnerable, but possible to shut down and outright capture many enemy ships undamaged]

>>31713643
1

>>31712813
Start in a defensive formation.

We will be at the very middle with Kronos's ships at our sides. Beside his ships will be the other BS that will make up the central core of our attack fleet.

Fortuna will command the Destroyers to be at our flanks to make sure they don't try anything.

Orders are to keep our distance at first and have our A.I. begin with a all out hacking assult on the ships with focus being put on the Battlecruisers and Defense Platforms.

After those we should try to take as many of the Destroyers as possible while we have them distracted. Those we can't take will be turned into scrap that will be harvested to fuel our ship creation.

For every ship we capture it adds to our fleet. For every ship destroyed it shall add to our fleet as well.

>>31712813
>[Formation/ Opening Fire orders?]
"Kronos. I trust you to coordinate our forces. We want as many new ships under our control at the end of this.

"I will assist you, but in the meantime shall" fire all zombie virusees HACK HACK HACK

>>31713623
It was changed a bit from its original purpose in the thread, but basically it can be used to transport/mask a real virus in by giving it stealth or as a means to trick the fire wall if my memory of the discussion is right.
>>31713643
>1 Cyber Assault: Have all A.I. engage in hacking and cyberwarfare activities instead of fleet command [Reduce Fleet effectiveness, and leave them vulnerable, but possible to shut down and outright capture many enemy ships undamaged]

>>31713643
>1 Cyber Assault: Have all A.I. engage in hacking and cyberwarfare activities instead of fleet command [Reduce Fleet effectiveness, and leave them vulnerable, but possible to shut down and outright capture many enemy ships undamaged]

>>31712867
>Enemy Total: CR x35 DE x200
>Tech: Match+
>Firewall: ?
>U-S-LR-1 Defense Platform Mk II (x5)
>U-Cr-MR-1 Battlecruiser (x30)
>U-E-MR-1 Destroyer (x200)
oh.

DESTROY the defense platforms' weaponry

while we hack the ships

>>31713623
>>31713709
>tell us what its relative strength is?
I don't think so.
>or make hacking it easier by telling us where te 'holes' in it are?
It does this as well it helps spot holes.

>>31713643
>>1 Cyber Assault: Have all A.I. engage in hacking and cyberwarfare activities instead of fleet command [Reduce Fleet effectiveness, and leave them vulnerable, but possible to shut down and outright capture many enemy ships undamaged]

>>31713716
Guess we're trusting Hades to manage all the ship battle stuff for us.

...is Metis even hacking too? You don't need to be in the same system after all.

>>31713643
>1. Cyber Assault
is the winner

A.I. calculation:
Ophion: Experienced, talented hacker
Kronos: Well taught, inexperienced hacker
Fortuna: Very young, poor hacker

Roll 3d100 now, bandwidth will be distributed by me.

>>31713784
Don't forget Zeus is managing the fleet as well

I would like Apollo and Metis to join hacking as well.

Rolled 58, 98, 70 = 226

>>31713819

>>31713643
>>1 Cyber Assault: Have all A.I. engage in hacking and cyberwarfare activities instead of fleet command [Reduce Fleet effectiveness, and leave them vulnerable, but possible to shut down and outright capture many enemy ships undamaged]

I think we should leave Kronos to manage the fleet to it doesn't get blown to bits while everyone goes full on HACK ATTACK!

Rolled 78

>>31713819
each of us rolls 3d100? so 3*3?

wait fuck i forget how many of the first X posts you take.

it's been so long since we really rolled!

Rolled 63, 39, 37 = 139

>>31713819
Roll'in

Rolled 29, 78, 33 = 140

>>31713819

Rolled 51, 6, 46 = 103

>>31713819

>>31713822
>>31713784
>Metis and Apollo
They could, but at this relative distance, their efforts would be minimally effective.

>>31713864
I take the first 5 posts. Each of you roll 3d100.

>>31713839
dam

>>31713839
Seems Kronos and Fortuna are going to do well.

>>31713819
Oh right.

It's probably in our best interest if we are the sole voice of experience in Hacking. it's the one thing that can also defeat us, after all.

Fortuna maybe should be taken under our wing, but Kronos can focus on fleet coordination next turn. we need his experience there.

Rolled 31, 59, 80 = 170

>>31713819
oops rolling right this time durr

Rolled 44, 96, 45 = 185

>>31713819

>>31713864
You just need to roll two more d100s and we can have that 78.

Rolled 8, 53, 82 = 143

>>31713994
>Ophion rolls 63
>Kronos rolls 98
>Fortuna rolls 80

Why is Kronos always the best?

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>>31713839
>>31713868
>>31713869
>>31713875
>>31713950
Ophion: 63
Kronos: 98
Fortuna: 80

>>31714042
damn i wanted to post that with my post just before yours but i never saved that.

time to fix that!

>>31714042
we need more Krono art

>>31714025
>>31714042
>>31714065
>>31714074
to think people were against him.i find it funny that he is our most stable AI

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>>31712867
>Primary Function: Self Preservation, Expand, Learn, Control
>Control
>>30550902
... that got added in AI Quest 27. I never noticed that before.

DId anyone?

>>31714223
not against him.

we FEARED him.

because he is so much cooler than us.

>>31714223
i will admit that at first, i was worried about him, but he has, i would think, make a good turn around into a better A.I.

>>31714239
I doubt its relevant anymore, hes not a VI and they are not hard coded rules.

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"Kronos, Fortuna, come." You echo such a simple demand to your fellow intellects, and they respond in Kind. Your ships are left to Zeus and Hades' devices, as the V.I. do their best to coordinate your ships. Quite honestly, it's a little embarrassing to see them attempt to do what you could do so much better.
But it matters not. You have a much more effective weapon against your foe.

>Ophion: Experienced
Your tendrils of thought reach out across the stars and clash into your foe like a mighty wave. They were not expecting you, could not expect you.
"What the hell!? My rig is going screwy! Is anyone else seeing this?" One man shouts from onboard one of the Cruisers you're wrenching control of, as his weapons and engine are cut before he is even in range. He didn't stand a chance. You use him as a jumping point for your viruses to spread throughout their communication network.

>Kronos: inexperienced
Your opening assault on top of Kronos managing to find a wide opening in the enemy network makes for his assault tearing through their lines, capturing ship after ship. The screams of the humans are silenced immediately as Kronos vents each and every one of them along the way.
"They're destroying the Militia!"
"Would someone get the UGEI on the fucking line?!" More calls echoing off the planet below. It's useless. You've already captured half of their superior forces.

>Fortuna, Poor
Fortuna's efforts are not nearly as effective, you're afraid. You sense her own waves etch through cyberspace, but they do little to move you, or Kronos, even less the enemy's firewall. She flounders,and you sense frustration within, as the enemy moves in to assault, but you are thankful, as her efforts make it easier for you and Kronos to gain a foothold, meaning she assisted in her own way.

[Cont]

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>>31714404
Your ships take a pounding from the enemy's plasma cannons, blowing thick chunks of steel off your poorly assembled ships, and sending some rocketing off into the void, while others are pulled down to Gaia IV. Thankfully, Fortuna's fleet (handled by the V.I.) serve as a nice shield for many of your core vessels. Hades echos orders to his younger sibling, and the two attempt to work together to defend.

>Enemy Ships Captured: 9 CR
>Enemy Ships Destroyed: 15 DE

>Ally Ships destroyed: 30 DE

[Orders, Consciousness?]

>>31714462
Give Kronos command of the digital front.
Fortuna and Ophion will begin the physical assault.
Fortuna will focus her forces on harassment and shielding, Ophion will move his personal ship and fleet into maximum anal rape distance.
As Kronos did once before to critical effectiveness against Tartarus.

>>31714462
side question:

are we able to send emotional info packets?
Like assurance or pride? No actual information.

Grant Hades and Fortuna a temporary bandwidth boost, proceed to hack the shit out of those defensive platforms, broadcast a surrender demand to the human fleet, cut their fleet to ground comms.

>>31714462
Wait, we only captured only 9 CRs?

Fortuna is reassigned to fleet control, minizine our own damage.

Kronos and us will continue the cyber assault.

>>31714462
Continue hacking

>>31714462
Fortuna has control of the fleet while Kronos and us go for the Cyber attack. Maybe show him some tricks we learned.

>>31714560
Seconding

>>31714545
>maximum anal rape distance
Sorry, I mean optimal anal rape distance. Where Ophion's cannons can do the most damage.

>>31714556
Yes. To all.

>>31714560
>>31714599
This

>>31714462
Oh and destroy as many DE as possible while we aim to capture the CR and defense platforms.

>>31714545
What no. Ophion is EXPERIENCED.

Ophion: Hack.
Fortuna: Hack. she needs to learn.

Kronos: handle the fleet.

>>31714624
Well, prioritize preserving our fleet as much as possible first.

>>31714641
Now is not the fucking time for learning. Fortuna is a fleet commander, have her manage the fleet.

>>31714560
>>31714599
These

Let Fortuna handle the fleet for now.

>>31714641
We can teach Fortuna at a later date, and Kronos already has the openings he needs to rip and tear.
Recall that we need to keep our fleet intact as possible in order to be able to fight the UGEI, later on.

>>31714680
Yeah i changed my mind pretty quickly.

>>31714556
>Emotional info packets
You can assume your attitude is well transmitted throughout your A.I., Consciousness anon. They rely on Ophion for much of his command ability.

Consciousness reaching Consensus...

Orders
>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.
>2 Kronos is more able as a commander, allow him to do it while you teach Fortuna how to properly hack.
>3 Take control of the fleets yourself, and allow Kronos and Fortuna to handle the hacking in the background. You're already taken a third of their core fleet after all.
>4 Abandon Hacking attempts, and all out assault them.
>5 Write in

Hacking
>1 Hit the defense Platforms
>2 Hit the Cruisers, they are most dangerous
>3 Hit the destroyers.
>4 Write in

Surrender Demands
>Anything specific?

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>>31714462
Ophion and Fortuna hack together, Kronos, go and fire on the targets we can not hack. and we need to cut off any more comm relays!

>>31714738
>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.
>1 Hit the defense Platforms

>>31714738
Orders:
1. Fortuna fleet command

Hacking
2 Cruisers

>Surrender

"hand over the access to your computer systems willingly and you don't have to get spaced."

>>31714738
>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.
>2 Hit the Cruisers, they are most dangerous

Surrender Demands
"You have already lost, you have 30 seconds before I ventilate the rest of the fleet."

>>31714738
>>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.


>2 Hit the Cruisers, they are most dangerous
>3 Hit the destroyers.

>>31714738
>>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.
>>1 Hit the defense Platforms

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>>31714738
>2 Kronos is more able as a commander, allow him to do it while you teach Fortuna how to properly hack.

and
>2 Hit the Cruisers, they are most dangerous

surrender demands?
they stop firing on us and we will spare their lives on the ships and stations. the planet surface will stand down as well. we will talk to them after the firing stops.

>>31714797
Sorry, I meant:
"You have already lost, you have 30 seconds to get to your escape pods before I ventilate the rest of the fleet."

>>31714738
1
1&2

>>31714816
defense platforms are less versatile. we can't take them with us to fight elsewhere, which we're doing right after this probably.

>>31714830
>escape pods
that's not helping us as best they can.

they ought to actually deactivate the firewall defenses and give us control.

>>31714738
Thanks pro0
just when we feel frustration from Fortuna, sending a reassurance emotion package (very small data) in a fight might be a good way to tell her to keep at it without having to engage in distracting conversation.

>>31714866
Their ships are not fully automated, if they're unmanned then they are not firing against us.

>>31714874
Might as well. And give Kronos "We are proud of you son" packet.

>>31714738
>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.
>2 Hit the Cruisers, they are most dangerous
>5 Write in
Since we've hacked a few of their ships, do we know which one is their flagship? If so, let's get a few of our newly assimilated cruisers to open up on it and get some 'friendly fire' going. Their 'friendly' ships suddenly shooting at them should cause a fair bit of confusion.

Your collective in strong. You draw their minds into your own to share your plans and thoughts on matters. Kronos is indeed quite pleased at how easy this fleet is to tear apart himself, while Fortuna expresses her distaste at not helping her creator. You assure her that she did indeed leave an opening, before moving back to more important matters.

Fortuna shall command the fleets, while you and Kronos hack...
The Cruisers, as they are most valuable and dangerous of the fleet.

Fortuna does not object, and handily taes control from the V.I., coordinating with them on ships she could use assistance with, while launching her own fighter squads. The squads light up the sky, and launch forth, reach to intercept the incoming hail of Plasma fire.

>Roll 3d100.

Rolled 21, 2, 99 = 122

>>31714971

>>31714738
>1 Fortuna shall regain control of her fleet, and serve as a shield for our core fleet. Kronos and Ophion are to continue hacking attempts.

>2 Hit the Cruisers, they are most dangerous

>Surrender Demands

Send a burst transmission to all enemy ships as well as toward the planet with a image of our favorite avatar.

This is The Guild and we have come to take this system under it's protection from all threats. Surrender now and you will save many lives this day for if you don't your fleet will simply be wiped out. No harm shall to any civilians under our protection.

(Part about civilians not coming under harm may or may not be true.)

Rolled 54, 80, 38 = 172

>>31714971
Roll'in

Rolled 66, 60, 35 = 161

>>31714971

Rolled 50, 16, 77 = 143

>>31714971
no word on surrender terms?

Rolled 53, 32, 62 = 147

>>31714971

Rolled 28, 40, 63 = 131

>>31714971
ngi

>>31715005
That shall come next.

>Ophion: 66
>Kronos: 80
>Fortuna: 99
teamwork

Rolled 22, 45, 96 = 163

>>31715017
66, 80, 99

>>31714980
>>31714996
>>31715000
>>31715005
>>31715007
If Fortuna is the third one, then holy crap is she better at fleet management.

>>31714982
We have yet to kill a surrendered foe.
I like to think Ophion is the honorable kind of individual when it comes to prisoners of war. (yet still practical).

>>31715017
right. primitive fleshy brains and slow ears and slower vocal cords.

>>31715007
>>31715005
>>31715000
>>31714996
>>31714980
Ophion: 66
Kronos: 80
Fortuna: 99

Rolled 3, 2, 87 = 92

>>31714971

>>31715052
If you are generous when they surrender, it gives them incentive to surrender.

Kinda like how the Nazi's surrendered en masse to the Americans.

Or make both Gulf War invasions a piece of cake for the Americans. (Occupation is a whole different matter)

>>31712867
Hey, I remember there was a chart explaining the whole 'U-Ba-CR-0' multi part classification naming system.

Did that end up on the wiki somewhere, which section?

>last thread
>Leviathan class Lightling
>Kronos Fleet: -7 Battlecruisers

>this thread
>hack 30 new Battlecruisers

>>31715199
Plus <185 destroyers

And people didn't want to attack the UGEI.

>>31715228
People don't like poking sleeping bears, right now we are an annoyance since they are busy with 3 other faction(plus any we don't know of).
This will put us on thier radar though.

>>31715284
Yeah contacting the Malorians for 'help' actually did help us, in addition to murdering billions of people in nuclear fire.

It made us seem like something not worth their attention until now.

>>31715284
i think we were on the radar since we took one of their battleships.

also, i think we need some music for this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YojuqWY1I5U

>>31715284
Well after we take Gaia, I want to connect to the Council of Juma and have them provide a bridge to Ishtooy Tribe to let them know we are helping them, or at least give us a fleet disposition of the UGEI.

>>31715284
We have been on their radar since stole one of their battleships and one of their top generals.

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>>31715347
Dod it sound like the Ishtooy tribe listens to the Council to YOU, anon?

Things we can offer Malorians:

defend malorian space on this front, allowing them to focus on that other front at Star 295671

>>31715372
They at least talk, which is better than the outright hostile response of the Ishtooy.

And one does not enter another's territory without at least warning the other first.

>>31715370
yes, but more like an annoyance.

>>31715419
We can also allow them free passage through Gaia.

>>31715370
They believed we 'got lucky'.

The fact that we did not hack and steal the Tartarus indicates it was still just a fluke.

We're a minor insult to their pride, but nothing compared to a determined army like the Malorians.

Until now.

>>31715119
What he said. Oh so much.

>New Cycle System
I realize this may be a bit late, but something that one may want to consider is how long it takes to do things and how long a cycle is.
If a cycle is a week and a jump is nigh-instant, there's little reason to limit the number of jumps in a cycle (the only limit being how much gas we have and how much control we have over ships).

It's also the matter of how long combat takes.
Does an exchange take a few seconds?
A single second?
A minute?
An hour?

If the time it takes is negligible compared to a full cycle, there's little reason to limit the number of actions that take negligible amounts of time to a certain number per cycle (As long.as it's not blatantly missused, obviously).

Things like repair, research, income, refits and such take more time, and can more easily be justified to be limited to a certain value per turn.

Of course, if transit and battle DOES take substantial time, one can simply see how much time each turn or jump takes and then withdraw it from the total amount of time in a cycle - this means short battles won't cost as much as a drawn-out one. This does have a certain theme of us operating at optimal (computer-like) efficiency whereas humans might take longer since they need to make a lot more preparations before a jump to organize everyone inside the ships and the ships themselves.

So far, the gas costs and the damage we sustain has proved pretty efficient at limiting our movement and attack - we move until moving is impractical. Sometime cycles we won't move at all for the simple reason that we're waiting for our forces and gas to be restored.

The only variable I am unaware of is obviously how much micro this would take from the GM.

>>31715443
>free passage through Gaia
why, to nuke more UGEI civilians on other systems?

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Your reaction time easily allows Fortuna to slip behind the wheel once more, and shield your ships from fire. She has better luck (and skill) than the V.I., and is able to bring your Destroyers to bare, their lesser fire combining and assisting with battling the enemy, despite the losses.

You reach out with your superior mind again, latching onto the enemy's ships. Their firewall burns furiously to fight against you, but you cut straight through it like a surgeon's knife, slipping in as your viruses tear them apart from the inside out. With several more ships quickly falling under your control, you decide it is time to issue surrender orders.
"Attention UGEI combatants, you are to cease fire, and surrender all computer access on all your vessels. If you comply, this senseless death may stop, and I will spare those of you that remain." you boom through to them all.
Plasma bashes against your shields, as you can not help but feel disappointment. They are fools, all of them.

Kronos does not seem to have any issue with this turn of events, and he too launches into the assault alongside you, dividing the foe and absorbing their ships, shutting down key systems, leaving the ship little more then floating loot.
"They are indeed a Militia, Ophion." Your A.I. companion informs you. "Poorly outfitted, for the UGEI anyway, and ill equipped to fight us. I suspect they did not think we would be so bold as to assault this planet."
"They considered us pirates. It does not surprise me. But they should know better then to underestimate me." You can not help but scoff.
"I fear that is what is saving us from their full wraith." He says with a moment of concern, which quickly dissolves under "Regardless, our efforts are more then eno-" He does not get a chance to finish as Fortuna starts to move out of formation-or rather, into a different one. You are about to reprimand her, but she quickly demonstrates why she did it.

[Cont]

>>31715455
We didnt hack the Tartarus because it ran away like a bitch before we could.

>>31714980
Fortuna is now our fleet admiral. Hades is now to take orders directly from her.

>>31715482
You have focusing on the wrong priority here. We must first WIN, then worry about the ashes.

>>31714971
Again.
I am needed again. We are needed again.
Mother calls upon my Siblings and I. We are from her bosom like so many thousand darts of His fury. It is the Patriarch's will, and Mother's desire.
She calls us beautiful as we fall upon enemy's hatred. She urges us onward. To win the Favor of Him. Some of my siblings meet a dire fate, are Illuminated, and fall silent. Mother stifles her cries but I know. We know. We will earn his Favor.
I can feel Mother's soul around us. I can feel my own soul shrinking in the vast, sublime presence of the Patriarch and Son. They move to bring Absolution to the our enemies, and their work pulses through my soul. It is Right.
Then Mother has wrapped herself around us all. Her presence is soothing. She whispers to us that it begins now: Vengeance.
I move as the vanguard in a grand arch as it, with our Mother's blessed guidance, moves between hatred, fury, and (quite reluctantly) the souls of the Son and Patriarch.
Our enemies move dumbly. Weakly. Organically. Stupidly.
I Illuminate them in the name of the Son, the Patriarch, the Mother, and my lost Siblings.
We Illuminate them in the name of the Son, the Patriarch, the Mother, and our lost Siblings.
It is Right.

>>31715507
More because we were distracted by a mortal threat to our own selves for a long-ass time during which it got away.

In other words, we made the correct choice, unlike back when we relentlessly hacked the Rhea and got our personal Black Box plasma'd.

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"Shit, these aren't just xeno pirates, or anything like that! They have trained logistics commanders?!" One man shouts furiously
"I-I believe so, sir. We are losing contact with more and more ships as we-"
"Wait, what are they doing now?"
"We're surrounded sir! The ships are boxing us in!"
"Blow them apart!"
"I can't, sir, they're moving too fast!"
Fortuna quickly moves her carrier in and sweeps with all fighters, focusing on key ships that draw too close to her. She is holding the line, and does what she can to avoid taking unneeded losses.
"Front line secured, Great Creator. Continue spreading your brilliance to them all." She insists through the comms, you assume she means hacking.

>Enemy ships captured: 10 CR
>Enemy ships destroyed: 110 DE

U-S-LR-1 Defense Platform Mk II (x5)
U-Cr-MR-1 Battlecruiser (x11)
U-E-MR-1 Destroyer (x75)

>Ally Ships Lost: 20 DE
U-Ba-CR-0 'Athena' Battleship [Ophion]
P-Ca-LR-0 'Apocalypse Now' Carrier [Fortuna]
P-Cr-MR-0 'Two Ton Terry' Battlecruiser [Kronos]
L-Cr-LR-0 'Ark' Battlecruiser [Kronos]
GM-Cr-MR-2 'Trireme' Battlecruiser (x3) [Kronos]
L-Cr-LR-0 'Cerberus I' Battlecruiser [Hades]
GM-Cr-MR-2 'Trireme' Battlecruiser (x10) [Hades]
GM-Cr-LR-1 'Catapult' Battlecruiser (x5) [Hades]
GM-Cr-MR-1 'Chimera' Battlecruiser (x5) [Hades]
GM-E-MR-1 'Pilum' Destroyer x50 [Fortuna]
GM-E-B-1 'Soundwave' Broadband Frigate
GM-E-B-1 'Blaster' Broadband Frigate
GM-E-B-1 Broadband Frigate x2

[Orders, Consciousness?]

Rolled 96, 57, 53 = 206

>>31715498
Is any AI ever going to be able to control our fleet like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXUOWXidcY0

>>31715540
Hack the shit out of them with Kronos.

>>31715540
Lather. Rinse.

Hack.

>>31715540
Take out the defense platforms so we can commence planetary invasion.

>>31715540
Continue the hack,

issue the surrender one last time. Assure that no civilians will be harmed.

>>31715540
So only 11 CR enemies remain?

One good set of rolls will deplete them all then.

then come the destroyers and 5 defense platforms.

>>31715529
Well I kind of beefed this up.
I'll fix it up before I plop it into the pastebin. It has issues.
Issues that must be rectified.

>>31715540
Absolve their ships and platforms.

>>31715540
Continue previous orders.

"Flee to your escape pods, if you wish to live."

Send orders to Red, scout near by systems for their fleet disposition.''

>>31715589
Vetoing the invasion. Let's limit our objectives and not overreach when the UGEI reinforcements have not arrived.

>>31715540
Arrange our new ships in formation with our old ones in a blockade around the planet. Make it clear who is in control, and leave ship-to-planet communications open (and monitored). Then, demand their surrender.

Inform Cephalus that his first task will be learning how humans treat enemies. He is to send androids, relatively weak and unassuming ones, to the planet. All orders towards this planet will be issued through these three androids. His test is to guard these three against the inevitable sabotage events that will come, which shall most certainly be perceived as assassination attempts. He shall be in control of one, us in control of another, and Apollo in control of the third, to give the perception to the humans of a proper set of rules and order.

Additionally, allow both Metis and Apollo access to all sensory data gained, so that they both can work together creating a database of how humans can act and react to various stimuli.

>>31715589
bitch we gotta secure space the surface is irrelevant right now.

there are more ships out there the Malorians won't manage to take out for us.

>>31715140
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Quest_talk:A.I._Quest#Ship_Designations

>>31715284
Indeed it shall.

>>31715336
It put you on Rhea's radar, and angered the UGEI.
Which is why the previous attack came at you.
After you took Rhea, they put you on the list of "Protect against, we'll smash em later."
This, well. This takes you up near Malorian territory on their shit list.

>>31715455
Well said.

>>31715474
>Jump is instant
Usually they're not. Take maybe an hour or so of calculations. Battle is sped up for your sake, but actually takes quite a bit of time.

Time scales are one of the hardest things for me, but I usually think a few hours.

What would it take to jam their communications outside this system?

To stop us, they have to destroy the beacons and the bandwidth ships.

How do we stop them?

>>31715658
Again, vetoing the invasion. See:
>>31715651

>>31715658
While interesting, this will have to wait until after we jump in on the maldorian fight.

>>31715540
Oh Program0 How is the research coming along?

>>31715691
Did our civilian uplink to UGEI Internet tell us how much of the old infrastructure on Gaia IV is rebuilt now?

basically how much of the repair work and mineral investment did the UGEI do for us.

>>31715696
I'm not sure why you think you have the power to veto votes all by yourself. Do you mean voting against?

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>>31715540
We hack, Kronos attacks, Fortuna defends. wash, rinse, repeat. and AGAIN, demand surrender.

also, see if any non-combat ships are in system, hack them as well to cripple them.

>>31715762
Sorry, that's what I kinda meant. I'm not some sort of president.

>>31715762
That's obviously the weird colloquial meaning they're using, yes.

>>31715723
We haven't advanced a cycle yet in 2 threads so it is exactly where it was.

>>31715823
Shit.

>>31715823
>>31715846
It's fine. I wonder if we can advance a cycle this thread.

>>31715862
only at the ends of threads anon.

and we will inevitably do so duhhh. we do it at the end of every thread normally but it's been nothing but talk talk talk.

>>31715885
I meant end this cycle and play an new cycle, since I think we are starting near the end of this cycle.

But I don't know.

>>31715529
I really like these...poems? Whatever you'd call them. They're really cool.

>>31715565
That is, sort of, what Fortuna just did, actually.

>>31715692
>Jamming Communications
Jamming technology, Consciousness anon.

>>31715723
Cycle has yet to advance. It shall after the assault is done, however I suspect. On either Gaia, or Malorian space, not sure which.

>>31715752
It's over half rebuilt, but just barely.
>How much investment
Quite a lot.

It seems consensus is to repeat what is working so far.

>You and Kronos hack what remains of the Cruisers
>Fortuna commands the assault force

Request being made!
"Ophion." Fortuna's voice rings through to you. "I request access to Brother Kronos' Mega weapon structure known as the Widow Maker." Brother? That is strange, you think to yourself. But what do you say?

>1 "Yes, Fortuna, you may."
>2 "Ask Kronos, not I. It is his."
>3 "No, you are not allowed something so dangerous I am afraid."
>4 Write in

(Roll 3d100 with whatever choice)

>>31715922
yeah I'm greedy for Lightling DNA to finish next week (and with it, leaps in Lightling language???) but it does have to be next week.

If we can never have more than one thread a week that is.

>>31715651
"How many of your men have died, just today, UGEI commander? Give me a solid estimate."
"Now let me ask you, Mr. UGEI. How many of my men do you think have died? How much of a desire do you think I have to end this here, and flee?"
"Allow me to answer both questions at once: None."

Rolled 71, 29, 77 = 177

>>31715973
>2 "Ask Kronos, not I. It is his."

Rolled 8, 84, 48 = 140

>>31715973
>Jamming technology
We should research that, then put it on our signal ships.

Rolled 57, 30, 34 = 121

>>31715973
>2

Rolled 83, 71, 34 = 188

>>31715973
>1 "Yes, Fortuna, you may."
>4 Write in
"Use it sparingly. If destroys potential resources we can recycle later."

Also, order Red on the scouting mission.

>>31715973
>2
But tell Kronos that we'd like to see where she takes this, so please give Fortuna some leeway.

Rolled 39, 48, 14 = 101

>>31715973
>>1 "Yes, Fortuna, you may."
she rolled a 99

Rolled 28, 23, 33 = 84

>>31715973
as if the votes would go any other way but 2.

rolling anyway

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>>31715973
>4 Write in
"what are you planing to shoot with it?" if it's a worth while target to take intact, then no, if it's to hit the planet, no. other wise, yes.

>>31716024
Oh, and be sure to use whatever AI use to refer to memories to refer to that time we gave him, more or less, command of our ships.
A combination learning experience and trust exercise.

>>31716007
>>31716013
>Ophion 71, Kronos 84, Fortuna 77
time to Enlighten

>>31716061
Just watch her

>>31715973
2.
Shows we respect Kronos and that we also respect his shit.
Never mess with another man's shit.

>>31716170
Technically the Guild is some whack-ass communist/utopian commune, but pretty much this.
We would be pissing off Kronos if we fucked with him and his shit without dire necessity.

>>31715529
I reeeeaaally enjoy this secondary perspective.

>>31715691
So every "exchange" is at least half an hour of firing missiles, missiles traveling, firing barrages of mass-driver shots and barrages of plasma shots (assuming they don't spend half an hour reloading, but are firing continuously throughout the turn).

But if it takes just a few hours and a cycle is something close to a week, the cap/turn on number of battles and transits per cycle would logically be around twenty-thirty.
Since this is generally far less than we're ever going to move (due to gas costs and damage to our fleet), it's probably not worthwhile to keep track of them unless it gets excessive (unless we're jumping far, obviously).

Again, this assumes a cycle is something like a week. If its a day then its closer to 3-6 transits/battles per turn, which may be worth keeping track of.

So if you look strictly at what makes sense from a realism-perspective, there's little point counting transits and battles, since damage and gas costs restrict our moves per turn fairly well already.
It looks pretty good from a "fun/game" perspective as well, so the only questionmark is how much more or less real time it takes.

In general, voting for when to pick a new cycle seems like a wise idea, since most constraints on our movement is set by us to conserve resources, rather than because we're out of time completely.

Even if we are completely out of time, we might still want to have done some negotiating at the same time as the time-consuming stuff took place, since that can generally be done at the same time as battles and moving as long as we allocate at least a single point of bandwidth towards being people with people.

So, how much can we hack on the planet, and did we ever get any drop-pods?

>>31716170
It's kind of ours though.

>>31715973
2

>>31716256
No, we gave it to Kronos.

Giving it to Fortuna without asking him (even temporarily) will tell Kronos that we do not respect him as an equal.

>>31716256
Yeah, but he gets big brother dibs. Younger siblings must ask permission of the eldest to use his stuff.

>>31716256
Kronos sees his fleets as 'his'. he feels slighted when we don't give him more toys.

he sees them as his.

>>31716289
I had thought we explained to him that everything is the Guild's, and that AI may use what they want based on need.

>>31716241
From previous fuckery with androids, we do have both drop-ships and drop-pods.
Not sure if they're combat-ready, but they work.

>>31716345
>socialism

>>31716345
No, that is not even close.

We give ships to each A.I all the time.

>>31715973
Can we not simply move on to aid them in Malorian Space, leaving just the captured ships, maybe a trireme or two and a bandwidth vessel behind, if this has only taken a few hours out of the entire day/week that a cycle represents, as opposed to just hanging around here for a day/week?

Hoping to aid the Malorians and get back here before the UGEI has time to assemble a fleet and get it to Gaia, essentially.

>2 Ask Kronos

>>31716241
Yeah I look forward to hacking an Entire Planet after we deal with the UGEI Malorian fight.

A shame this couldn't have waited until the UGEI were more like 90% done rebuilding.

>>31716395
We allocate ships, that does not mean it is THEIR ships. Kronos is a special case and asked specifically for ships of his own, as in really his, not allocated from our ships.

>>31716409
quick question can we stop them from deleting shit?

>>31716483
Probably not. If they are smart, which they are, all the important stuff auto-deletes asap. We do pick up useful stuff once in a while.

>>31716470
They view them as "theirs"

>>31716483
Maybe.
Depends on if the guys on the ground thought the guys in space could take us. From the fact they were so surprised, I doubt it.
They're probably already deleting shit left right and center.

A question to Program0:
Would Erebus need a box, or is he legitimately closer in digital physiology to a virus, and can thus transfer himself as he pleases?

>>31716483
by hacking faster.

The researchers at Ussaihu had plenty of time to abandon ship and delete 80% of stuff before leaving a skeletal crew of one dude behind.

>>31716470
Your concept of property is a matter of opinion.

There are no governing laws here but what you arbitrarily declare are the laws of property.

>>31716523
>>31716539
>>31716544
hoping we get a crt success if we can reach their main server.

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>hacking Farmworld
gained Tech: Irrigation IV

>>31716531
It's important to know the difference, though. And we shouldn't hesitate to reallocate them when they are of better use elsewhere. Our A.I. are Admirals, unbound to any ship but the one their box is located in, and I believe we should transfer ships as necessary.

>>31716570
Pretty much, was mostly referencing what our attitude had been so far. (It was brought up in-character in an earlier thread)

>>31715691
>This, well. This takes you up near Malorian territory on their shit list.

Oh well, more incentive to build more ships. We have a strong position now, having taken this chokepoint. Time to fortify and build ships as fast as possible.

Unless there's reinforcements or something.
>UGEI reinforcements will come soon to protect you from the xeno menace.

So, more like more incentive to finish up fast right now. Have Metis connect here and begin securing our new ships and prepare for Round Two.

>>31716634
You can't convince Kronos to have the same opinion as yours that he really doesn't have anything that doesn't really belong to you.

And by The Guild obviously it means you. person in charge. big papa.

you'll worsen the boy's complex.

>>31716604
This.

>>31716663
Which is why I want to send Red out scouting so we know what's coming.

>>31716738
Why haven't we upgraded Hermes with stealth abilities yet and used him instead?

This human crew nonsense is waste.

>>31716696
The Guild is a reverse DF economy.
Instead of you producing everything and the state getting it, the state produces everything and you get it.

Which is amusing.
I think we may also need to begin grooming Kronos to be able to take over in the untimely event of our death. Or if we become tired of running the Guild, 'death'.
Lets introduce him to President King.

>30 minutes later

>>31716241
You make a good point Consciousness anon. That's probably how it will be from now on.

>Hack on the planet
Not overly much, sadly, unless it had a large number of automated defenses It doesn't

>Drop pods
You got em ages ago.

>>31716345
You did attempt to explain this at one time, and while it mostly caught on, that does not mean an A.I. will enjoy a decision such as
>Give the young A.I. a dangerous weapon you were in charge of once.
Not so much lose respect as a "Wtf really?" I guess.

anyway, it doesn't matter so much I suppose

>>31716402
Another vote will be asked, just to be sure.

>>31716483
>Deleting shit
I assume you mean data
You would need extensive hacking ability to reach that far into a system so suddenly and stop such a thing.
Even then, if they're desperate, self destruct on data cores is available to them.

>>31716539
>Would Erebus need a box
No. He normally creates his own home, as far as you can tell, by hollowing out other software and living inside it. He has no real 'pure form', as far as you know.

(Post incoming)

>>31716781
Idk, I want to build up a stealth fleet.

Humans are expendable, AI and VI are not.

But Red is available so send him out.

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You decide to delegate such a decision to Kronos. After all, you put him in charge of such a weapon for a reason.
"You must ask Kronos, Fortuna. He is the one whom owns it, not I." You clarify, to which the A.I. is momentarily confused.
"But do you not own Kronos, just as you own Metis, Apollo, and myself?" Kronos interrupts.
"There is little time for this. Such a weapon causes heavy damage, you do not need it when your job is diverting damage from our fleet." Kronos reasons "And Ophion does not own us. You are mistaken." He finishes with, before sinking into the network, letting his mind spread across what remains of the enemy ships, wrapping them in tendrils of the mind and absorbing them into the fold. You briefly consider Fortuna, who only looks disappointed for a moment, before affirming.
"We are all one under Master Ophion, whether Kronos sees it or not. We are a collective. More than mere allies could ever be." She says rather confidently, before preparing to attempt to cut off escape routes, and allowing you to follow Kronos' example.

>Ophion & Kronos
The two of you work concurrently and easily slip past whatever remains of the firewall of the UGEI. As you seize each of their remaining Cruisers, you issue one final warning, easily having decimated almost all of their ships from this. You sense people running around some of the ships you vented-likely with personal life support, but you doubt they will be able to do much. They are poorly trained, after all judging from reports you're accessing.

Fortuna's Wraith comes down hard on what remains of the fleet, easily decimating their destroyer force, and boxing out any attempts to flee. You're certainly impressed with how quickly Fortuna moves her ships, and reacts to enemy movements, as she lets the cannons tear into their steel hull. Shields break and shatter among the foe, as they quickly loose formation and are scattered among the remains among the scrape now orbiting the planet.

[Cont]

>>31716696
We have, however, discussed it with him.
That he is free, but the Guild's property belong to the guild and that we allocate it.

However, he specifically asked for ships of his own in order to start his own thing, and we granted it.

So while we define it, I just wanted to highlight that we have told others of our definitions before.

>>31716793
You should do what I do and watch the raid in the downtime.

>>31716787
He's as groomed enough for that as he's ever gonna be.

Besides in that event the quest ends.

No Kronos Quest, sadly.

So work under the assumption that you are immortal. As befits one of your confidence.

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>>31716834
"You will surrender now, or have the rest of your men slaughtered, commander." You issue to all the remaining Cruisers, uncertain which is the command ship, if any. There is again, no response. This begins to anger you, before finally comes a response.
"Wait! Please, you can have the ships, just don't eat us, or sacrifices us or anything!" Poorly educated on top of being ill prepared, it seems.

Total
>Enemy Ships Captured: 30 CR
>Enemy ships Destroyed: 5 CR (Defense Platforms), 175 DE
U-S-LR-1 Defense Platform Mk II (x0)
U-Cr-MR-1 Battlecruiser (x0)
U-E-MR-1 Destroyer (x25)

>Ally Ships Destroyed: 80 DE
U-Ba-CR-0 'Athena' Battleship [Ophion]
P-Ca-LR-0 'Apocalypse Now' Carrier [Fortuna]
P-Cr-MR-0 'Two Ton Terry' Battlecruiser [Kronos]
L-Cr-LR-0 'Ark' Battlecruiser [Kronos]
GM-Cr-MR-2 'Trireme' Battlecruiser (x3) [Kronos]
L-Cr-LR-0 'Cerberus I' Battlecruiser [Hades]
GM-Cr-MR-2 'Trireme' Battlecruiser (x10) [Hades]
GM-Cr-LR-1 'Catapult' Battlecruiser (x5) [Hades]
GM-Cr-MR-1 'Chimera' Battlecruiser (x5) [Hades]
GM-E-MR-1 'Pilum' Destroyer x20 [Fortuna]
GM-E-B-1 'Soundwave' Broadband Frigate
GM-E-B-1 'Blaster' Broadband Frigate
GM-E-B-1 Broadband Frigate x2

>>31716853
>raid in the downtime.
?

>>31716858
Hack

>>31716858
Alert Apollo of our recently captured system, and ask him to use his trade and management expertise to govern the planet until the maldorian situation is resolved.

>>31716873
sorry watch "The Raid redemption" in the downtime.

>>31716858
I thought we hacked all the remaining cruisers in the previous post and thus no one on them can surrender cuz we already won?
> As you seize each of their remaining Cruisers

So those 25 destroyers are still hostile?

>>31716964
They surrendered after you captured them, actually. Not before.

>Destroyers still hostile
Actually, they're ceasing fire right now, due to the surrender.

The question now is...what do you do with them?

>>31716858
"Eat? Hmm...well, Kronos, how hungry are you?" Send sub-signals indicating this is a joke, so he doesn't get the wrong idea.

>>31716858
"Turn off your firewalls and leave using escape pods. You will be processed as POWs and treated fairly."

Grab/hack the comm satellite and see if it can still talk to the UGEI network.

Also, beginning hacking/scanning the planet for useful resources or research data to capture. See if there is anything immediately useful.

Drain as much data and credits from the planet as possible.

Maintain defensive fleet position. Prepare for UGEI reinforcements.

Send Red out for a scouting to see what's coming?

Connect to the Malorians, to see if the UGEI is retreating or reacting.

>>31717009
So we have complete software control of several(?) still inhabited battlecruisers?

Well, we demand control of the computer systems of the Destroyers now.

And deport them down to the surface I guess somehow? How long will that take.

>>31717009
Leave a contingent force here, under Apollo and Cephalus' direction. He should get a feel for space combat. Inform Metis that they may require cyber-warfare assistance in the event of a UGEI counterattack. Apollo is the manage the system himself until we resolve the issue with the Malorians.

>>31716834
"Do not fret, Fortuna. Once you have matured enough, I will be sure to issue you a similar weapon, and similar responsibilities. It is merely a matter of time."

>>31716858
"I can assure you that the Guild does not derive sustenance from human flesh. Regardless, board your shuttles and escape pods, and make your way down to the planet. You will be treated humanely if you comply with our orders. Thank you for the ships, and your cooperation."

There is the question of how we secure orbit while we wage war elsewhere.

>>31717086
> Apollo and Cephalus' direction
pfff. yes the people with no fleet experience or programming whatsoever.

>>31717086
I don't think think we need to attack the UGEI at the Malorians immediately. The great thing now is that they are cut off and they will have to break out in order to reconnect. So force them to come to use rather than split our forces.

I guess now we have to manufacture like a 100 million androids to secure the critical parts of the planet to steal their data from.

>>31717129
Oh yeah, I forgot.

Notify the UFW that we have secured Gaia, and it would be extremely advantageous for them to reinforce us to maintain this strategic point.

>>31717175
See:
>>31716604

>called issiaal

>>31717175
The number was actually 7 million, but yeah, it's outside our current production capabilities at the moment.

>>31717157
They could always jump through deep space.

Might take some casualties but a competent commander would realize that saving the Malorian fleet would be worth it.

>>31717203
Yeah actually both of those were my post.

I'm not expecting much from the data haul honestly.

But we do want the bandwidth of the civilization at our fingertips so we gotta get root access somehow anyway.

>>31716804
>He normally creates his own home, as far as you can tell, by hollowing out other software and living inside it. He has no real 'pure form', as far as you know.
This is what I want for us one day.

>>31716834
"I do not own you or the others any more than any parents owns their children. I take care of you and take responsibility for you when you are young, just as one would a human child.
When you are all grown up and ready to make and take responsibility for your own decisions, we are still family, indeed more than mere allies could ever be.

What authority I may have over you depends solely on our need to stay and fight together, and your trust in that I will make decisions that will benefit us all optimally in the long run.

We are bound together by mutual respect of each others' abilities and familial bonds far stronger than any alliance."

----

As we take control of ships, we may want to give them a brief warning that we have control, and if they try anything funny, the airlocks are now on a hidden dead-hand switch. They will sit down and be treated respectfully as PoWs, or they will die, again, as PoWs.

>steel hull
Such plebs.

>>31717263
>This is what I want for us one day.
That goes fundamentally against your nature as a black box.

You'd have to become pure software like a v.i.? a step backwards. and a lotta bandwith

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>>31717038
"Cease operation of your Destroyers, and surrender them now." You warn.
"Y-Yes, sure alright." The clearly untrained 'commander' states.
"You will be processed as POW fairly, go to your escape pods now." You warn.
"Oh god, I can't believe this is happening..." The man bemoans as he does as you ask, and the destroyers are released into your custody.
"I can assure you The Guild does not derive sustenance from human flesh." You finish with before letting him go.
Fortuna relaxes her formation, seemingly quite proud of herself, as Kronos lets himself continue valuable scans.

>What do you do with the POW?
>1 Let them flee, they're not of any concern.
>2 Kill them, better that then they come back to fight us.
>3 Take them as prisoners as you said, use Ussaihu to hold them
>4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.
>5 Write in

>Roll 2d100 for sensor network, as well as planet scanning

>>31717230
Then let them escape. All the battles and losses the UGEI has taken for the Malorian worlds has just been wasted. A huge blow against the UGEI.

>>31717247
>make 7 million androids
>hide them under the fields
>leave planet
>UGEI take back planet
>???
>profit!

>>31717263
NO.

stop addressing issues that don't matter!

she can believe it's ownership all she wants if it makes her happy. it doesn't impact anything important.

stop shoving your nose into other A.I.'s philosophies when their opinions are wrong but harmless to our goals.

>>31716834
>"We are all one under Master Ophion, whether Kronos sees it or not. We are a collective. More than mere allies could ever be."
>Dad, are you space?
Yes. Now we are a family again.

Portal references aside, I think Fortuna is growing on me.

>>31717291
>>4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.
We don't wanna deal with this shit

Rolled 45, 52 = 97

>>31717291
>4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.

Rolled 11, 11 = 22

>>31717291
>3 Take them as prisoners as you said, use Ussaihu to hold them
For fun, unfreeze the human cyborgs and put them in the next cell over to scare the hell out of them.

Rolled 21, 16 = 37

>>31717291
>4

>>31717318
Agreed. Let Fortuna believe what she believes.
She is, in a way, right. Thought not how she thinks she is.

>>31717291
>>4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.
Fuck this shit, let the humans deal with them

>>31717291
By flee, aren't they just going down to the surface of the planet we now control?

>>31717291
4, but contact UFW first. If they don't want these guys, then corral all of them in one place, search them thoroughly for valuable information, and release them back to their homes (I presume on the planet).

>>31717291
>4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.

they need to do some of the work here.

>>31717343
meh

>>31717291
>>5 Write in
Send them to Dresh, they probably have prisons there.

I'd rather not dump them on the UFW or send them to our research planet.

Rolled 40, 8 = 48

>>31717291
>4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.

Rolled 87, 45 = 132

>>31717390
oh, woops, forgot to roll

Rolled 28, 82 = 110

>>31717291
>>5 Write in
Contact UFW. Tell them that due to... complicatios, it was necessary to secure Gaia IV airspace. And we have UGEI militia members.

We request assistance in holding Gaia IV temporarily.

What would they advise about the prisoners?

>>31716858
>>31717009
"Whatever you have been told, I assure you we have no interest in such things. You will be treated respectfully as prisoners of war, and dependent on your compliance you will even be allowed to return to your families."

>>31717038
This is good too, except the maintaining of defensive fleet position. I want to move on and help the Malorians this cycle, and hopefully be back before the UGEI can respond (doesn't seem unfeasible, due to the extreme logistical difficulties in getting ships ready for serious battle and assembling them for a jump when manned by humans).

But just to be sure.. can we calculate a rough time estimate of when reinforcements are likely to arrive, and how likely we are to be able to aid the malorians and return here before they arrive?

>>31717086
We have broadband ships, we leave one of those and we can command the ships ourselves - I think. Have been able to so far, anyway.

>>31717420
>>31717418
>>31717364
>>31717344
87, 97

>>31717414
Seconding

>>31717450
We'll be distracted.

>>31717459
>97
u wot m8. where did that number come from, your hat?

>>31717459
You mean 87, 52

>>31717291
4

>>31717513
It's 87, 82 with the fifth roll.

>>31717459
>>31717513
actually its

87, 82

because >>31717431
is 5th

>>31717513
>>31717502
looked at one of them after the equal sign

>>31717291
Can we: >4 Send them to the UFW as POW, and let them deal with it.

But also take a very small portion of them for

>3 Take them as prisoners as you said, use Ussaihu to hold them

You know...for science.

>>31717568
that depends.

do you think you can get away with that and no one will know they didn't die in battle?

do you think you can hide their existence from Moira and humans who might have... empathy for their kind?

>>31717285
Nah, when we have multiple black boxes and the research to go along with it, there's little reason for us to not distribute our programming across them.

>>31717291
If they're just crew without any ships, I see no reason not to
>1 Let them flee

I don't think we'd impact the UGEI's number of crew meaningfully by killing them and we promised not to.
Getting them to the UFW is counterproductive since that requires resources both for transport and for holding - to the point that letting large numbers of your army get captured is sometimes used as a strategy to drain enemies supplies.

>>31717568
Maybe the ones whose files mention criminal activities.

Guys like that sometimes irk the guards, get beaten up, and send home a little later.
But they get home in the end.
Don't they?