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>>32513626
>Current armory
3 Thorn Launchers
2 Sting Casters

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 386
Metals: 325

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Queen – 5
Worker (17) – 34
Warrior (5) – 20
Thinker (6) – 18
Speaker – 3
Digger (3) – 12
Refinery – 7
Sniffer (2) – 8
Nutrient costs: 107

>Income
Nutrients: 550
Net: 443

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Laboratory
>Infrastructure
> Mine: +75 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +500 N per day (1 worker per 100 N)

New Construction Options
>Throne room – dug in and fortified position at the heart of the hive made to withstand all but the most dedicated of attacks to protect you and your eggs. Has the added benefit of being both aesthetically pleasing and comfortable. 175M (Provides increased fortification and can withstand typical known bombardment technology.)
>Advanced Laboratory – New technology and hardware has revealed the need for more advanced testing apparatus and containment devices which will permit more dangerous testing and more advanced research projects. 60N 85M (Permits the construction of prototype weapons and armor, as well as the testing of said prototypes and accelerating research time.)
>Hangar facilities – the much needed landing and storage facilities for air and space craft. Has room for twenty aerodynamic drones and landing space for ten shuttles.

>>32513650
Research finished 1/2
>Unity Salvage 2/5 – Disassembly of the Unity drone has provided great insight into its operation. The drone itself is a very rudimentary intelligence that blindly obeys commands from its deploying ship in a manner not unlike your own thinkers. These commands can be interpreted poorly or with unexpected results if the drone encounters anything not detailed in its instructions, and will often react to such unforeseen events in a violent manner. The drone contains a number of powerful technology that should keep your thinkers busy for quite a while.
>Human Environment suit 2/5 – The human environment suit appears to contain several layers. Unfortunately these layers have been heavily damaged from the previous user’s violent demise at the hands of local predators. The first layer appears to be some kind of constrictive fiber weave that quickly absorbs liquids. A number of microfibers sewn into the fabric seem designed to monitor the user’s vital signs, and several such fibers seem linked into the suits various functions, which seem to offer the user a limited form of control over the suit. When torn, the suit “bleeds” a thick black fluid that quickly hardens over the affected area, creating a vacuum seal and make-shift cast, while several secondary layers of fabric constrict and harden when exposed to sudden and violent blunt trauma. A small device on the back serves as an artificial lung and waste disposal system, filtering waste water to a drinkable state and processing carbon dioxide into oxygen using a small culture of micro-organisms.

>>32513626
>It has been nearly a week since the humans left your world,
Oooh, timeskip.

Damn, so we were finishing Day 9 before, where Day 0 was planetfall... this makes it... what. Day 15?

>>32513704
Finished research 2/2
>Herd Beetle Dissection 1/5 – The Herd Beetle’s biology seems to be built like a massive lawn mower, with a series of blunt teeth lining a long, flat mouth that runs under its body. The beetle’s carapace is a massive layer of hardened bone that is endlessly added to with more and more layers growing over it as the beetle ages. Judging by the number of layers on the current sample, you can guess this beetle was nearly a hundred years of age. The beetle’s carapace is incredibly durable, but also tremendously heavy. It would be useful on larger drones, and as a component in ship hulls and bunker defenses, but it is far too heavy to be used in your current drone designs.

>>32513713
You can retroactively lay any new drones you wish. I just wanted to skip the boring days of waiting for your farm and mine to finish production. It has been 5 days since the humans have left.

>>32513704
>www.xenology.info/Xeno.htm
Present for you.

Yay! Rachni quest!

>>32513650
Let's get started on that throne room already

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>>32513755
Available research options 1/2
>Lightning gun
Very slow: potential of failure and destruction of sample device
This powerful weapon appears to throw rapid bursts of highly conductive plasma in a manner not unlike natural lightning. The humans of the Union call it a “CIP Pistol” which seems to stand for “Concentrated Ionized Plasma”. From what you have seen of it in action, it appears to have devastating damage potential, but is difficult to aim and holds a very short effective range.

>Ion thrusters
Slow
The Unity drone is held aloft by a series of powerful ion thrusters that use the air particles around it, or stray particles found in the interstellar medium to accelerate and change vector in a highly efficient fashion. No real fuel is needed, only a powerful electrical charge. The only major drawback is that with the increase in efficiency comes a drop in overall performance and power. The Unity appears to have gotten around this limitation by carrying their drones in larger ships that transport them in and out of combat, and by limiting the drone’s size to a bare minimum.

>Cyclotron particle beams
Very slow: Runs a potential of failure and destruction of the sample device.
Unlocks Liner particle beam research
The Unity drone is equipped with four powerful cyclotrons, a ring of superconductors that use powerful magnetic fields to rapidly accelerate a series of particles to near-light speeds, which are each attached to one of the four main weapons. The cyclotron is both compact and efficient, but is relatively fragile as damaging any one component will disable the entire system. It also requires a short but noticeable amount of time for the cyclotron to accelerate a new shot. The drone fires them in sequence to account for this and provide more firepower.

>>32513799
2/2
>Conductive armor plating
Medium
The Unity drone appears to have been designed with the energy based CIP pistol in mind. Layers of highly conductive struts frame the armor like a faraday cage, protecting the inner working components from electrical fields and directing harmful blasts of energy away from critical areas. It is much less effective against solid projectiles however, and is only as strong as the metal alloy plating covering its chassis.

>Large land drone
Very Slow
Dissection of the Herd Beetle has given rise to the question of making larger or smaller drones. Using the Beetle as inspiration you should be able to design a much larger land based drone that could prove highly effective in a number of roles and make use of much more powerful and bulky technology and devices.

>Small land drone
Very slow
While scaling your current drones any smaller would cause all kinds of problems, you may be able to develop a new base drone design that is far smaller than your current drones. While such drones would be unable to perform most everyday tasks, they would be highly effective in a number of more subtle roles, such as surveillance.

>>32513755
Could we build a psionic relay to communicate with Unity.

>>32513837
>large/small drones
ynotboth.jpeg

>>32513650

>New Construction Options
Advanced Laboratory

And I'd like to propose that we lay

13 Workers (52N up front)
9 Thinkers (54N up front)
7 Diggers (42N up front)
3 Refineries (42N up front)
5 Warriors (40N up front)
4 Radio Antennae (24N 12M up front)

Total up front: 244N 12M
Modified Net Income after hatching: 321N/Day

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>>32513848
Read the pastebin.

>Advanced: A powerful FTL communication system that can beam thoughts to any other advanced relay regardless of distance. (200N 250M)

You don't know where a Unity server ship is. You would have to send an FTL relay over there and build one here, and then make first contact all over again, and so on.

Wait until you're ready to conquer space, jesus.

>>32513909

Additionally, the Unity doesn't communicate via psionics so it'd be pointless for that anyway.

>>32513897
No radio antennae.

One is more than enough, maybe two.

>>32513897
this but maybe with a few more thinkers and workers

we really should create a second base. perhaps miles to the south of the Herd Beetle plains, in that mountain that was impacted by something during the battle. >>32359754 we gotta explore and spread across this planet anyway. first priority is building a farm there. then dedicated storage for said nutrients. then surveying it for a mine. salvaging the object that fell from orbit. and building a safe bunker for the hive queen herself. the deeper, the safer from such impacts or weapon blasts from space. we want one the humans don't know the location of, after all.

>>32513951

Hive Drone stated that if we expanded our Antenna array then we would have a proper radar facility instead of just getting vague impressions. That's why I included it, because it'd be handy to know if the Union was putting down any SpecOps teams nearby.

>>32513897
>4 Radio Antennae (24N 12M up front)
Drop this.

>>32513977
Well for that, you only need two more maximum, for triangulation, don't you.

>>32513975

I concur, though an intact mountain that doesn't have a point-of-interest on/in it might be better.

>>32513848
Theseus is perfectly willing to help you in your research efforts, and admires your dedication to gathering knowledge. His only request is that you make every effort to transmit his data to the Unity after he ceases to hold sentience, although he admits that there would be nothing to stop you from not holding up your end of the deal.

You can request Theseus to boost any one research subject. You then roll, in that roll the best of 3d100 will be the progress made, the lowest of the three will be the memory Theseus used.

>>32513993

More couldn't hurt (seeing as the flying discs only come along when we broadcast) and all things considered they're pretty cheap.

>>>>32513837

birth:
23 Workers
10 Thinkers
7 Diggers
10 thinker
5 Warriors

Construct:
Throne room
Advanced Laboratory
Nursery

[]Interface with Black box and (If something is listed more then once my apologizes):
>Run Playback
>Run Clarke archives
>queries:
Dr.
Dr. Adam Seiner
Dr. Adam Seiner + Extreme measures
Colonel
Colonel William Ackerman
Commander
Commander Fredrick Juric.
Commander Swims
Commander Richard Schneider

>>32513993
Correct.
They would be most useful in orbit to detect objects approaching in space.

>>32514015

I think we'd all rather keep him around for as long as possible. It gets lonely on this planet now that Lee is gone.

>>32513975
I have been wonder if it would be possible to integrate the queen into the hive in such a way that she could grow her body even if the main one is destroyed.

>>32514047
Cont.
>>32514047

>queries :
Captain
Captain Gustav Reynolds
Captain Trevor Grey
USV
USV Clarke Manifest
USV Hope
Valen cruiser Sings Blissfully
Ryan Lee, Spaceman First class.
red cross
Networked System
SAR
SAR automated probe
USS Virtue
Texas Battle group
Staff Sargent
Staff Sargent Gustav Reynolds
IF signals
cat
mouse
horse
Earth flora/fauna
Junior
Telepathy
Spaceman
Cip pistol
Concentrated Ionized Plasma pistol
colonial authority
religious charter
Religion
Expanse Colonization project
Chandra 3
Via Maris station
Via Maris
AI research and development
colony drop
Tranquility Impact
annexed worlds
history
Proxima Convention
HR Giger
mantis shrimp
Xenobiologist
surface probes
Siegfried
Caladan
Clarke
Acheron
apples
Deckard's Claim
BLACK BOX PROTOCOL
Clarke Ship manifest
Rimward fleet
serverships
weaponized singularity devices
singularity devices
Tankred
trousers
shuttle
Queen
thinker

>>32514039
>More couldn't hurt
Waste is a hurt, man.

>>32514047
>Dr. Adam Seiner + Extreme measures
Actually, I think we all misread that very heavily.

His 'extreme measures' were 'joining the frontier expanse fleet' as a soldier, ie, on the mission to this planet where we met him.

Since his civilian, academic funding was cut.

>>32514047

If our Refiner is already struggling with the output from 3 diggers, it certainly won't be able to handle the output from 10 diggers.

23 Workers
14 Thinkers
7 Diggers
4 Refiners
5 Warriors

(2 Radio Antennae)

And I approve of the construction plans. Birthing numbers slightly modified because multiples of 5 mang.

>>32513837
Linking:
>>32514110
to
>>32514047
Also, adding:
Cont.
>>32514047 (You)
>queries :
Warrior
Domestication
Mother
workers
exoskeleton
air filters
solar panels
cardboard
Sehp
Valen
Taidarens
Theseus
plasma
Human physiology
Human nutrition
Human Society/Culture
Human infrastructure
Union laws
Earth
Colonial Parliament
Tiny
Colonization Requirements
Alien Species
Sweet Mary and Joseph
Deep Waters
SOL
HYDRA
WOLF
LALANDE
PROXIMA
HADRIAN'S WALL
TOLIMAN
ANTONINE WALL
BARNARD
SAGITTARIUS
DRACO
HEL
AQUILA
GODARD
VIRGO
NEW PORT
JURIK
DAGMAR
KOENIG
TELARUM
SENTINAL
M-199
M-662
G-426 Known Solar System bodies
DM-759
A-295
FG-883
M-323

>>32514146
Oh my god anon no.

Stop it.

You are not piling this much work on the QM to type up slowing down SHIT GETTING DONE.

"Initiate playback," at the most.

>>32514146
>>32514110
You could have prevented this.

>>32514146
>>32514110

These can be answered after the thread is done.

>>32514015
Should you wish to do so, you can vote to lay any number of drones and they will be considered retroactive, and will be available immediately. There is currently one proposed drone type you have yet to lay, the Wasp. 11N, 5 upkeep.

>>32514047
>proposed action
23 Workers
10 Thinkers
7 Diggers
10 thinker
5 Warriors

>>32514137
Correct. For some reason his views do not seem to hold much sway among other humans.

>>32514110
>>32514146
Oh god. If it's ok with you, I think I will make a pastebin for this later.

>>32514195

He should've put them into a pastebin, jesus.

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>>32514110
>Cont.
When you have to type this,

and you're not the QM,

it's time to look at your life. Look at your posting.

>>32514214
No, don't bother. Voting against.

Don't type up any of that at all.

>>32514178
I don' t intend for him to answer them now. Just wanted to make a list of queries to find out about. Really should of said that before.

There is such a thing as too much knowledge gathering.

>>32514110
>>32514146
Anon, please, calm down. No need to dump all that work on the QM now. We have a hive to grow.

>>32514214

Add 4 Refineries, we'll need them.

Also, 6 Wasps because I'd rather the Sniffers had an escort.

>>32514247
>should of
captcha: have

>>32514276
>>32514214

I'll support these.

>>32514214
I should also note that you rolled rather poorly on the roll to retrieve the data from the black box. You currently have access to basic information that would normally be considered common knowledge for members of the Union. Sensitive data and time sensitive information would not be included. You essentially collected a few high traffic wiki pages that's covered in dead links.

>New drone proposal
23 Workers
14 Thinkers
7 Diggers
4 Refiners
5 Warriors
2 antennae

>>32514276
We couldn't possibly need more than 2 new refineries, surely.

What's the refinery's metals throughput per day?

I don't see it mentioned.

>>32514309
accept the new drone propsal

>>32514314

Well we've got 3 diggers right now and 1 refinery is barely/isn't keeping up pace.

A 2-to-1 ratio of diggers/refiners seems good then. Also though, Refiners take a long time to gestate while Diggers are quick and we may or may not be expanding into a new base soon.

All that aside we've got a massive nutrient stockpile and income, so we can afford slightly less than optimum layings.

>>32514314
The refinery is mostly struggling at the moment since it hatched a few days after the mine started, so it's churning through a big pile of backed up ore. I'll go ahead and say that with the current richness of your mine, one refinery can take the load of 5 diggers.

>>32514309

I accept that.

>>32514378
Not on the first day we get nutrient income. The second day, maybe.

>>32514309

Accepted.

>>32514309
>4 Refiners
2 refiners.

>>32514405

Fine then, schedule the Refineries to be laid tomorrow if it bothers you so much.

>>32514309
Remove:
>2 antennae
Then Accepted.

>>32514309

Sounds good to me, let's get into the meat of running the hive now.

Does Theseus have any ideas about how we may be able to get into contact with the Unity so he might be saved?

>>32514309
>14 Thinkers
I don't know, would we see a real outcome from that? How do you calculate our rate of research? If we get that many would our rate about triple since we currently have 6?

>>32514309
Reduce it to one or two refinery and include some Wasps maybe? How about 4?

>>32514309

New drone proposal accepted.

>>32514392
What about the tech the humans left behind?

>>32514557
What tech?

...We can retroactively go scout for the life ships near their original camp, I guess.

>>32514309
Ok, all accepted except the refineries, since that is the only one that seems not to be almost unanimous.

Your current refinery is slowly catching up with your diggers, and can at max process the ore of 5 diggers per day.

>>32514499
You quickly ask Theseus how you might find more of his kind.
"I know of a location often used to refuel our craft. You may be able to make contact there."

>>32514515
They can be used for other purposes too. You would be able to research more subjects more quickly, but they can also be assigned missions outside of your psionic range.

>>32514557
They didnt.

>>32514585
The lifeboats still have tech.

>>32514581
But us dissenters wanted to lay one new refiner, I thought.

>>32514581

At least lay 1 more refiner so we can handle the ore all our diggers will bring in.

>>32514595
We could see. We do know where they landed.

>>32513650
Hey, I realized I forgot to mention last week that you had to make sure to save it as the filename hexographer-pb.jar, and the regular demo copy was deleted/not in the same folder. Did it all end up working fine?

>>32514659
We should start at the first campsite and track them from there.

>>32514581
Ok, looks like 1 new refinery.
I saw a request to produce some wasps, covering that real quick.

Wasp. Fast air superiority drone capable of rapid flight and quick maneuvering. 11N, 5 upkeep.

>>32514690
It seems to be working wonderfully, thank's.

>>32514706

Lay 4 or 6.

I vote for 6.

>>32514700
We'd have too. Lee used it as a reference to say where they landed.

>>32514742
I'm not sure we have enough stockpiled to pay the upfront costs of anything more.

Attack drones are less a priority than productivity drones.

>>32514706
Six

>>32514706
5×23+6×14+8×7+14×1+8×5+6×2 = 321 retroactively paid upfront cost.

Leaving our retroactive current stockpiles at 65N on the first day of the farm.

So zero.

>>32514706

6, if we can afford it.

>>32514706
You currently have 65N 269M
You can afford up to 5 wasps at the moment.

>>32514769
Why 6?

>>32514906
>>32514706

Let's just do 4 wasps then.

>>32514918
I think people want to divide them as escorts for the 2 sniffers so they want an even number.

>>32514906
Where'd the 50 Metals go?

>>32514706
Changing:
>>32514769
to 4

>>32514961
Antenna and warrior production cost 56 metals.
Since you have plenty of metal I went ahead and upgraded the warrior armor.

so basically people want to run us dry on resources, when we could use it for research and building.
I think our current Hive is a bit too small, and should be spread out more through the underground.

>>32515004
What?

I'd rather not lay the Wasps, but.

You realize laying more workers is exactly what you're wanting, requiring running dry on resources to lay them?

So tomorrow, you can lay an additional 40 workers or so to expand production. But we can't afford it today.

>>32514706

I'll change my vote to laying 4 wasps.

>>32515042
I'm against the wasp mostly, and i figured diggers would be better for helping build the hive's rough shape, while workers fixes it up to save time.

>>32514906
4 wasps it is.
21N 269M
You are currently making 271N and 75M per day.

Your many thinkers and workers are eagerly awaiting new tasks.

So could we make a second queen?
And have her sent to the jungle planet?

>>32514706
I'll second 4 wasps.

>>32515122
No. God no.

If we're gonna planet conquest we are doing it ourselves, not creating a rival NPC.

>>32515122
Theres no need. A queen is simply more competition. We can run multiple planets and have egg creation chambers on those worlds so we are not required to be there as well.

>>32515145
>>32515139
True, but i figured we would want to have a queen ready at one point.

10 Thinkers on Ion thrusters.

9 Thinkers on Small land drone.

>>32515117
Here's the link to the construction options post: >>32513650


>Construction
(In this order, approximately)
Throne Room
Advanced Laboratory
Nursery
Hangar Facilities

As for the Thinkers, let 2 micromanage in general and divide the rest evenly between our current two research projects.

>>32515122
That's dumb. Making another queen means at best a tenuous neutrality and mild competition for resources.

>>32515161
>evenly between our current two research projects.
Read the thread. It's been 5 days. They're done.

>>32514146
>>32514110
Let's say we did look up some of the more basic ones (like "Captain" or cat, mouse, and other animals) during the week. With no need to write anything up.

More complex things we can learn about later.

>>32515117
How long will it take to complete the Advanced Laboratory with 20 workers working on it?

Does adding more workers make it go faster?

>>32515117
set five thinkers on:
>Conductive armor plating
>Large land drone
>Small land drone

put 4 on boosting drones.

The humans took everything with them from their second camp site right? Including the dead?
Did we Salvage the slag from the Ship crash site?
We should make sure the Lightning gun is on safety.(Thanks Lee for all that helpful information)
How much metal would we need to feed are Infrastructure to reinforce the doors and such?

>>32515117
Send workers to scout and retrieve the human life boats near their first camp.

>>32515117
Send 10 workers to the southern mountain to check the impact site, and survey it for creating a second hive there.

>>32515173

Hmm, that they are. The fractions that were by the explanations confused me. I still think those construction projects are fairly well prioritized though.

>>32515220
Sure, I can support this. Including reinforcing our infrastructure.

>>32515220
>>32515225
seconded

>>32515204
Up to a certain point, yes.
With 20 workers the advanced lab would be finished in several days.

>>32515220
Yes, the humans took everything of value. There are a few scraps here and there that were left behind, but it's mostly trash, nothing of any value.
You have not salvaged any of the slag from the Unity crash site as of yet.
Adding additional layers of fortification would cost 300 metals, and would reinforce the walls of sensitive areas, and the main doors to your hive.

>>32515322

Guess we'll skip on that for now then.

Starting on the Advanced Lab, and this research list: >>32515220

Gets my vote.

>>32515220
I don't think we need plating so much.

Put 10 on Large land drone, 9 on small land drone.

>>32515220
>>32515322
10 Large land drone
9 Small land drone

Build Advanced Lab, with ~20 workers.

>>32515369

It'll be useful eventually, and we're in no rush on anything just yet.

As an aside, when we do CIP Pistol and Cyclotron research I think we should have Theseus assist us. It'll probably vastly lower the chances of us destroying our subject material.

>>32513799
Reading the pastebin for our space ship acceleration technology.

It looks like Ion drives is a big upgrade from primitive "Chemical thrusters". And of course more generally useful than the Skid drive.

>>32515353
Your current research options are:
>Lighting gun
>Ion thrusters
>Cyclotron particle beams
>Conductive armor
>Large drone
>Small drone


Current consensus seems to be:
>Build Advanced Lab


>Split thinkers between Large and Small drones

Is this acceptable?

>>32515426
Yeah, but of the tech things, I think Ion thrusters is more useful, as we'll need proper space acceleration before we need to fight armed humans on the ground.

>>32515433
Yes

>>32515433
No

>>32515433
can we make surveillance drones yet, and what do we have as recon/scouting drone?

>>32515433
Yes

>>32515472
We have sniffers already. They're great at surveillance.

>>32515433
yes

>>32515433
Yes

>>32515479
I remember people wanted to make fly's, and something else for surveillance.

>>32515520
That's more along the lines of spying.

>>32515520
Small drone research will probably help with that.

Since the current minimum size for controllable drones is the size of a dog, two feet ish.

We could design a sneaky small drone like that with no mandibles, and no claws, but maybe with a ventral sac for storing stolen discs or samples, and enhanced senses. A stealer drone.

But we can talk about new designs at the end of the thread.

>>32513704
>>Human Environment suit 2/5
Did this not unlock any new research options at all, or offer insight into practical technologies?

>>32515433
>Build advanced lab
>Split thinkers between small and large drones

>>32515472
For recon you have the sniffers, which are flying drones capable of detecting objects and creatures at a distance using radar, echolocation, and olfactory senses. Your wasps also have rather effective radar and basic sonar abilities.

Small drone research will let you make drones that are much smaller than normal.


Your antenna array can still hear the faint pinging of the satellite left by the Union fleet. You can detect it moving across the sky every few days.
You wonder if there is anything left of value at the life pods the humans say they arrived in?
>Send drones to scout the area and find the pods (how many)
>Send drones to salvage the Unity wreck
>Other

>>32515661
Good to know, also how many workers do we have left?

>>32515570
Speaking of which i thought of a way to get around it, by have a walking housing drone for the smaller drones to be inside of.

>>32515661
>>Send drones to salvage the Unity wreck

>>32515690
5 are tending the farm
20 are building the advanced lab
15 are performing menial tasks throughout the hive, and are available for important duties.

>>32515661
Send 5 freed up drones to look for the pods, and send the remaining freed up drones to salvage the wreck.

>>32515706
I thought of that too. Hence ventral sac for containing spy fleas that crawl around, too.

But let's stop talking about this. Especially since we're researching new possibilities.

>>32515661
Send 10 of the 20 free workers to scout the life pods.

There's another wreck in the southern mountain, isn't there?

>>32515661
>Send drones to scout the area and find the pods (5)
>Send drones to salvage the Unity wreck (7)

>>32515661
>>Send drones, with warrior escorts, to salvage the Unity wreck (10)
>Send drones, with warrior escorts, to scout the area and find the pods (5)

>>32515750
You know of the life pods, and a general direction they are supposed to be, but you have never seen them. Your sniffers should be able to find them.

The Unity frigate crashed several miles south of the plains, and not far from that is the impact crater of the Union Impactor round.

>>32515661
5 can we send a sniffer with these guys?
10

>>32515661

Add:
Send sniffers with Drones searching for pods.
to my post:
>>32515810

>>32515823
With only the vague direction of Lee to guide you, you send your sniffer drones out to search for the life pods along with some of your idle workers to carry anything you find back to the hive.

Please roll 1d100 to search the country side. best of 3.

Rolled 20

>>32515884

Rolled 100

>>32515884

>>32515823

That was an Impactor round?
>>32359754
>The clouds part with a thunder clap that shakes the very foundations of your hive, and a object impacts a mountain miles away on the south side of the mossy plains.
How'd we figure that out?

Rolled 15

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>>32515906
Fuck yeah

>>32515906
Based sniffers.

Those life pods are full of scented candles apparently.

>>32515906
Please to god, say this was a roll over quest, i cant remember that shit.

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>>32515906

>>32515884
>>32515906
Sweet marry and Joseph.
Writing.

>>32515910
You actually have the same tech. Rail guns are a very primitive, but highly effective space weapon. The fact that the blast had no lasting radiation meant that it had no warhead. It was just a slug of metal accelerated to such a speed so that it held the energy of an atomic warhead.

>>32515906
What have we found? An intact spaceship?

>>32516010
It's entirely possible that he's writing a response to our overwhelming success /as we speak/.

Was this our first 100?

>>32516051
Of course, I'm just excited!

>>32516065
Yep.

>>32515992
Lee gives the best fucking vague directions.

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>>32515992
Your drones spread out and scour the area, quickly picking up the strange scent of scorched metal and smoke. Before long your sniffers circle the crash site cautiously. The fires have long since stopped, but the scent is still strong in the air. Each pod appears to be a small disk shape, with a parachute fluttering from the top of each one, and scorch marks covering the metal hulls. Several appear to have been destroyed upon landing, a few others look partially dismantled for parts. Between them are strewn a number of small pieces of debris, from scraps of metal to fluttering scraps of heat shielding drifting in the wind. Your workers move in to investigate the pods, and your sniffers move up above to look for any predators, when you think you spot something on the other side of the mountain range.

You send a sniffer to investigate, and you can hardly believe what you see!
Much of the mountainside has been decimated. Some of the fires still crackle, and the shattered hull has been scattered across the ravine, but in a large set of bold letters printed across one of the almost intact hull segments reads "USV Clarke".
Judging by the size of the debris field, you guess the ship was at least a hundred meters long, although not much of it is still in one piece. The remnants of a large domed metal cap leaks water into the river valley, while several arcing ring segments can be seen cast across the area.
You can detect a very faint amount of radiation emanating from the wreckage.

Our first crit should be special.

>>32516377
Fuck everything all our workers are doing, they all must come to this place and steal the shit out of them.

>>32516377
>The remnants of a large domed metal cap leaks water into the river valley, while several arcing ring segments can be seen cast across the area.

So the metal cap probably just... filled up with rainwater, right? It's open to the sky?

But what are "arcing ring segments"? Some glowing rings with lightning arcs spontaneously appearing between them once in a while?

>>32516377
Can we fit this whole ship in storage?
If not can we expand storage?

>>32516464

I wouldn't be quite that forward with it. After all, we'll need the advanced laboratory to analyze all of these things anyway.

>>32516377
Yeah the humans are gonna come back for this shit, so i say we salvage everything before they come back.

>>32516482

We'd probably need to expand our farm, then lay shitloads more diggers in order to get enough storage for an entire space ship.

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>>32516377
Oh based QM. I love you

>>32516466
Several segments of what was once likely a large metal ring, which currently is randomly discharging a very large amount of electricity between them and nearby debris. The cap is not open to the sky, and the water appears to be little more than a trickle now, although you can spot signs of erosion and flash flooding that seems to indicate it was once filled with water.

>>32516486
Oh i know, but the radiation does bring up some problems, but good thing our workers are resilient.

>>32516482
We can have some Thinkers use some workers to explore the wreckage as a new research option.

Probably.

It's not really something we want to MOVE.

>>32516502

At least all the important bits.
Keep in mind that those lightning flashes are going to mean shitloads of predators though, so we'll need to send in warriors in addition to any workers we send.

>>32516523
Any large bugs/predators in sight?
>>32516510
>>32516533
This thought just occurred to me, why don't we make a cavern under the ship, and collapse portions of it so that the ships falls through and patch the holes up.

>>32516561
It doesn't really matter if it's out in the open though.

We can analyze it right here.

>>32516561

That's clever. We'll still need a much larger workforce than we have now to do it though.

Think we should ask the Black Box what protocol for salvage ops are, especially on stone-age planets?

>>32516597
I rather hide it from the humans, i doubt they would leave such tech/ship behind on such a planet for multiple reasons.
Plus it can allow us to expand our hive immensely, and have this new cavern( once cleared up) be used for something else.

Residual radiation, and a large structure leaking water? Sounds like a damaged reactor, to me.

>>32516636
>hide it from the humans,
The fact that it isn't there anymore would be MORE conspicuous.

>>32516631
Yeah that sounds like a good idea, plus we can safely have the workers travel underground carrying the salvage, with just warrior set at intervals prepared for worms.
>>32516638
Speaking of radiation, don't we have something that can fight back its effects?

>>32516636
Also they totally did leave it behind. It's illegal for them to come back.

>>32516636
maybe they dont know it landed here.

>>32516561
I love that idea. Slowly but surely bury it in underground in a huge cavern. Once we are finished researching it we can have it emerge as some sort of infested battlecruiser

>>32516670

It's illegal for civilians to come back, but a government-sanctioned salvage crew coming by to make sure the primitives don't get toys they shouldn't have is pretty likely.

>>32516689
They probrably have a rough estimate, plus there is a damged mountain.
>>32516647
Either way we are gonna use it up.

>>32516647
We can dig a tunnel to this site and build a cover/base/lab over it to study it safely if we can't move it. Also, post some warriors around it to protect it.

>>32516561
No, it appears that after a few days the flyers learned not to go near the loud but horribly deadly ring fragments.

>>32516638
The cap seems to be located at the front of the ship, judging by the wreckage, and the radiation appears to be coming from an active source, but it is faint. You suspect it is actually more near where most of the ring fragments are located.

>>32516667
Your warriors are highly tolerant of it due to the metal in their carapace, and a drone with filter lungs would be able to breath in a highly irradiated environment without issue.

>>32516697
It might be easier to grind up rock from the mountain range and build walls and ceiling over it with worker cement.

Cuz even burying it, it will be obvious the earth was disturbed and something big was here/buried here.

Speaking of which i hope this tech lets us attract the worms(electricity), and maybe we can even learn to make them our cattle.

>>32516709
Maybe they think its lost in space. the guys who were here didnt seem to know about it.

>>32516748
Didn't they say thier ship crash landed on the planet?

>>32516748

I'm pretty sure they would've witnessed/heard a spaceship crashing down onto the planet after they bailed from it. Of course they know it's here.

>>32516764
Dont remember, but if they knew the ship was there why were they camping out in the boonies after their power thing blew up instead of going to the ship?

>>32516800
They didn't know here it crashed, and the jungle seemed to dangerous to travel through for them.

>>32516764
Considering that they left the leave this place alone beacon and they didn't salvage it, they probably thought it was too much of a hassle to remove. They probably didn't even think we'd find it.

>>32516764
Lee claimed their "ship was destroyed." >>31613658

>>32516816
*where

>>32516818
That is what the ship is, it probably would cost more to fix it up, then to just scrap it and salvage whats left.

>>32516734
How long does it take to birth filter Lungs?

>>32516866
The same as regular workers probably? 2 days iirc.

At least we can afford them now.

Any plans for what to do with the ocean?
Or are we just gonna dig under it?

>>32516922

Beats me, we need more ecological study before making a decision.

>>32516377
The hulking corpse of the Clarke still hums occasionally, as if to stubborn to truly die. The flashing bolts of electricity arc from metal chunk to chunk. You wonder what could have survived the crash within? It clearly still has some form of power, although it is quite obviously beyond repair.
>Leave it for now
>Send in some warriors to investigate (how many)
>Other


>>32516866
Depends on the drone you design it with. Only a small segment near the rear of the debris field seems to be eradicated to a dangerous level, and even then it doesn't seem to be too severe, although what is causing that radiation could prove to be dangerous.


>>32516922
The wreckage is east of the original human camp. The life pods are near the base of a mountain range while the Clarke has crashed several miles on the other side of the mountain. Regardless of whether or not they knew about it, you doubt they would have been able to scale the mountain range. Your drones, however could scale the small mountains rather quickly, or even dig a tunnel through it.

>>32516993
Yeah, what ever the fucks in there, has parasitic properties, and seems to want to spread.

>>32516377
Okay, so.

Tomorrow, when we get more nutrients in.

Because of course we used every single last scrap retroactively.

We lay 20 filter lung workers, to try and help explore this place and safely deactivate the damn radiation sources so we can study them more.

Everything will still be poisoned, but it'll be a start.

>>32517007
Can we make a cavern in the mountain and just move the parts of the ship inside the giant cavern?

>>32517007
Stop all work on all workers send them controlled by 4 thinkers and with half our warriors as escorts. Loot the shit out of the thing. The thinkers are there to make sure nothing goes to hell.

>>32517007
>Send in some warriors to investigate (how many)
4

>>32517007
>Send in some warriors to investigate (how many)
Send 4.

>>32517053
radiation will hurt the health of the workers in the long run, and can make recycling a bad idea.

>>32517007

>Send in some warriors to investigate (how many)
4

Anyone think we should ask Theseus something about this for insight?

>>32517053
>>32517061
>>32517068
Four seems to be our number. One of those racial quirks, perhaps?

>>32517007
>Send in some warriors to investigate (4)

>>32517053
Patience anon.

We have workers here already.

Also we want to analyze all the danger sources first before we make a decision.

>>32517007
send in 4 warriors

>>32517007
4 it is.
Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

>>32517081
I had actually pictured you having four digits on your claws for some reason. Base eight number system maybe?

Rolled 3

>>32517136

Rolled 10

>>32517136
GLORY TO FOUR

Rolled 70

>>32517136
Love it

>>32517136

Rolled 62

>>32517136
Rolling

Rolled 71

>>32517136

Rolled 23

>>32517136

Rolled 15

>>32517136
Base 12 is so much better. Seriously. Base 12 is the shit.

Rolled 75

>>32517161
Saved

>>32517136
Sounds plausible to me.
>declares lprimo

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>>32517136
Your warriors move forward, making their way up the mountain towards the wreckage of the Union vessel. It takes most of the day to get their on foot, but as the sun is setting your warriors make it to the edge of the crash site. You scan the area for a safe way in and find a ruptured bulkhead near the front of the ship. As you enter you note the cramped hallway makes even your hive seem spacious by comparison. Sparks fly from the overhead paneling with irregularity, and a light breeze seems to flow in from the ceiling carrying a scent of burnt rubber.

>Split up your warriors
>Send your warriors aft (back of the ship)
>Send your warriors Fore (front of the ship)
>Other

Rolled 86

>>32517532
>Send your warriors Fore (front of the ship)

>>32517532
>>Split up your warriors
fore and aft time

>>32517532
>>Split up your warriors

>>32517532
>>Split up your warriors

>>32517532
>>Split up your warriors

>>32517672
We know how radioactive it is and where it's deadly already.

>>32516734
>Your warriors are highly tolerant of it due to the metal in their carapace,

>>32517007
>Only a small segment near the rear of the debris field seems to be eradicated to a dangerous level,

Reading comprehension.

>>32517672
Warriors have natural resistance to radiation.

>>32517532
>Split up your warriors

>>32517672
Why the fuck do you think we're sending in warriors in the first place instead of the workers who were already at the crash site?

>>32516523
>Several segments of what was once likely a large metal ring, which currently is randomly discharging a very large amount of electricity between them and nearby debris.

So these had to still have connections to...something linking them to the power source then, right?

>>32517672
>do we have those flying sonars thing?
Uhh, yes, the sniffer drones are present, because who do you think found the crash site? Really did you read any of the thread before this?

>>32517532
>Split up your warriors
Will handle them one at a time.

You send two in either direction, marching single file down the cramped hallway. The two you send towards the large cap quickly make their way to a small junction that connects to a number of other hallways that sprout out in all directions. Most of the halls have been torn away or caved in. One hallway leading upwards seems to lead to a small alcove where you see what looks like a floor, with several consoles and a chair bolted down, and hanging upside down. To the left is a small hallway that has been torn in half, and now leads to a seep drop to the ground below, and to the right is a large yellow door covered in black and yellow stripes. In what you consider to be the floor is a another doorway, with a small ladder leading to a poorly lit room of some kind. Brief flashes of malfunctioning electrical equipment give you only the faintest idea of its size. Directly in front of your two warriors is a large circular hatch, with the inscription "Bridge" plastered along the rim.

>>32517826
We can ask Theseus for input. He may know if there's any place in the wreck we might find additional compatible memory.

>>32517759
>>32517876
>>32517733
>>32517717
Shieeeet, it is like 04:32 here and i am tired as fuck. Sorry.

Rolled 44

>>32517896
Will you have a vote, on what to do once we finished the scouting?

>>32518029
Confound these bulky, muscular yet clumsy warrior arms!

They won't be able to type into a console if that comes up probably. We'll have to wait two days.

>>32517896
Your warriors jab their blades into the door to the bridge, and after a short time manage to pry it open. It opens with some effort and your warriors see what was once a command bridge. The walls have been torn open by the rock wall of the mountain, which has punctured the large cap and the bridge behind it. The room is flooded with almost a foot of water, and a number of computer panels spark as stray circlets hit the water. Some of them seem to still be operational, to some extent at least. Another hatch can be seen above and below. The hatch above is ajar, and a dim red glow emanates from within, while the one below is sealed shut and labeled "Maintenance access."

Your warriors could attempt to interface with the consoles, although it may prove difficult.

>Enter the maintenance shaft
>Enter the room above
>Enter one of the corridors in the junction
>Other

>>32518353
>>Enter the room above

>>32518353
>Enter the room above

>>32518353
>interface the fuck outta those consoles

>>32518353
>Enter the room above
and
>Other
it might be worth it to grow a new type of bug to make and improved interface with human tech like this.

>>32518353
I suppose next time we come here we should bring a spare interface device.

>>Enter the maintenance shaft

Rolled 23

>>32518432

Or make a weapon-symbiont type thing of the prototype interface we have.

>>32518353
>>Enter the room above

>>32518432
>>32518454
You're both dumb.

A wrker can just carry the damn Future USB Thing. It effectively is a drone itself, connected straight to the queen.

Rolled 2

>>32518485
>Future USB Thing.
?

>>32518485

Why would we want to send a worker carrying another drone along when we could just make something that hooks into one of the warrior's plug'n'play weapon slots?

You're pretty dumb.

>>32518502
It's made of jellyfish brains.

>>32518514
Because it is exactly as efficient, and does not take away a weapon slot that is actually needed to use weapons with.

There are vanishingly few circumstances we'll be sending warriors alone into places like this, especially once we have radiation-filtering workers laid.

>>32518548

There are vanishingly few times we've used both the weapon slots on a warrior, and that aside when we (nearly inevitably) come into conflict with the humans it'll be handy to have a way for our combat units to interface with their tech already developed.

>>32518548
>>32518514
I was thinking more along the lines of a hybrid warrior and thinker bug. The interface wouldn't be a part of the weapon slot. Might replace the antenna and/or wings slot with a bio-USB device.

>>32518651
Occupying the second weapon slot causes a drop in effectiveness.

Interfacing is not for the middle of battle. Which is a fine time for accompanying workers to do their interface thing.

>>32518674

There's no need to combine a warrior and a thinker when one is linked to the other psionicly.

>>32518353
You find it difficult to move in the bridge. The floor is rounded off, with no clear difference between the floor and ceiling. Your warriors make their way to the damaged hatch, and scramble in. There doesn't seem to be a ladder of any kind, so your drones are forced to climb over each other and pull themselves up into the small chamber. Beyond the hatch is a small vertical hallway leading to a small doorway. The door slides into the wall, then jostles back and forth as if the mechanism is stuck on something. Your warrior scales the small corridor and pushes the door to the side with a metallic groan to reveal a square room of paneling covered in small lights, buttons and dials. A screen is embedded in the wall just opposite the door and a chair is bolted to one of the walls. The screen flashes periodically with various walls of text and flashing red readouts.

The consoles you find are designed to serve as an interface. Unlike the computer you salvaged it does not require a direct connection, although such a thing would likely prove useful.

>Attempt to interface with the computer
>Investigate the rest of the bridge
>Investigate the hallways in the junction
>Other

>>32518674
No.

Rolled 39

>>32518729
>Attempt to interface with the computer

Rolled 54

>>32518729
>Investigate the rest of the bridge

>>32518729
Oh no. Time to roll and self destruct everything

>>32518729
>>Investigate the hallways in the junction
Leave this for when we do have the interface device pls.

>>32518755
Wait changing "hallways" vote to bridge vote.

>>32518729
>>Investigate the rest of the bridge

>>32518729
Your warriors drop down from the small computer room. You can save this room for later.
The bridge itself is in very poor condition. Wires and conduits hang from the walls and water still trickles in from the large hole blasted in from the large cap. Your warriors get an excellent view of the interior of the ship from the hole. A massive, empty space divided by a number of shattered metal walls. A few of the more intact areas still hold some amount of water, but it's mostly empty. In the center of the room is a small couch buried under a pile of debris. Your warrior tosses the heaps of slag to the side and find a charred and torn corpse, still clutching the console.

After looking over the room piece by piece you find no real threat and move your warriors out. It should be safe for your workers to pick the area clean at this point, so long as they avoid some of the active wiring. They return to the small junction to finish their search. The hallways that lead down and up each seem to lead to a small bunk area, each one covered in scattered debris and personal items of various kinds. You wonder if there is anything of value hidden in the piles of junk.

>>32518729
Add:
Send are interface device and a Thinker carried by wasps to interface with the bridge tech. Send are guarding wasps and a sniffer to meet with them midway. Keep are Sniffer with are noworking workers.
to:
>>32518918

>>32519130
>and a Thinker
No, what were you thinking?

Send a wasp with an interface device, maybe.

Rolled 86

>>32519172
the thinker can survive, the only problem is making sure he doesn't get near the radiation.

>>32519226
But why is the Thinker's physical location relevant? Telepathic network, remember.

>>32519127
Near the rear of the ship your other two warriors have found a number of rooms and corridors that move off in a maze of bulkheads and looping hallways. A small, white room covered in plastic labeled "Medical", a series of cloth cocoons lining a cramped, long and featureless room, and a large padded room filled with heavy metal slabs and bulky mechanical devices. Near the back is a large, heavy door labeled "engineering" which seems to lead outside, and into the next section of hull."


>Send a wasp with your interface device to attempt to access the ship's computer.
>Send your warriors into engineering
>Retrieve the human corpse
>Other

Rolled 48

>>32519253
>>Send a wasp with your interface device to attempt to access the ship's computer.
>>Send your warriors into engineering
>>Retrieve the human corpse
All
>>32519250
I figured,that the tinker would have a better bonus.

>>32519253
>Send a wasp with your interface device to attempt to access the ship's computer.

>Retrieve the human corpse

Do not open door to engineering where the radiation levels get higher yet. Not until we get details from computer interfacing.

>>32519285
>>32519253
Seconded

>>32519172
Honestly. I was just sending it to see if anyone would catch the pointless endangerment. Good Job anon.

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>>32519253
>Retrieve the human corpse

Humans might have interesting genetic abilities (I'd be curious as to what makes them special), and we can obviously improve our speaker by making it more human-like.

>>32519253
>>Send a wasp with your interface device to attempt to access the ship's computer.
>>Send your warriors into engineering
>>Retrieve the human corpse

>>32519253
>Send a wasp with your interface device to attempt to access the ship's computer.
and
>Retrieve the human corpse
engineering might be flooded with radiation.

>>32519253
I hope medical kept the corpse fresh and researchable.

>>32519253
Your warriors halt at the door. The radiation seems to be at relatively safe levels bu you don't want to take any risks. A pair of wasps quickly make their way to the ship from your hive with your interface device while your warriors pry the corpse from the small, burnt couch. A good deal of the head is missing, and what is left has been charred beyond recognition, but the torso is in surprisingly good condition, apart from several deep puncture wounds. After nearly an hour your wasps have arrived at the crash site and enter the ship, interface in tow.

Roll 1d100, best of 3

Rolled 26

>>32519482
Come on baby

Rolled 85

>>32519482

>>32519482
Let's hope lady luck is on our side

Rolled 54

>>32519482

>>32519482
>Thou Matthey

>>32519511
>>32519512
I guess so. Not bad!

>>32519511
Hopefully that's good enough.

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>>32519482
Your drone plugs in the interface and you attempt to gleam some data from it. Almost immediately the screen lights up with a series of numbers and text, with several flashes of detailed schematics.

>Primary system offline, analog backup engaged
>Life pods deployed
>Multiple system failure detected. Hull breaches detected in...Primary habitation ring, Command bridge, Engineering auxiliary containment, Primary Warp ring, maintenance shafts number six through twenty nine.
>Weapon systems offline
>Shields offline
>Gravity drive operating at minimal capacity
>Primary data core removed, unable to find archive
>FTLcomm offline
>Alert, gravity drive containment leak detected, reset containment fields to avoid catastrophic breach.

A map of the Clarke, or what the Clarke is supposed to look like is displayed on the screen. Most of it is highlighted in red while a flashing yellow circle appears over the engineering section.

>Enter the engineering section.
>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.
>Take the corpse and whatever metal you can carry, then abandon the ship.
>Other

>>32519773
>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.
>Take the corpse and whatever metal you can carry

I really don't want to know what will happen when the gravity drive fails. And I kinda want the gravity drive for study, too.

>>32519773
>>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.
catastrophic sounds bad

>>32519773
>>Enter the engineering section.
Time for warriors to reset containment field... somehow.

But still.

>Take the corpse and whatever metal you can carry,

At least get some of the loot outside in case it explodes.

Rolled 51

>>32519773
>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.

>>32519814
>>32519816
Let's wait till we at least explore engineering before turning it off.

>>32519773
>>Enter the engineering section.
>>have workers take the corpse and whatever metal you can carry.

Save this for later if containment cant be be reset:
>>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.

>>32519773
>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.
>Take the corpse and whatever metal you can carry, then abandon the ship.

Oh man, I want to try to save this from imploding.

>>32519865
It sounds like it's going critical NOW

>>32519773
There are no instructions for how to reset containment field?

...Do you think the black box would tell us?

>>32519773
>>Enter the engineering section.
>>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.
We must save the ship!

>>32519773
>>Enter the engineering section.
>>Attempt to shut down the gravity drive, whatever that is.

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>>32519773
You take what drones you can spare and have them collect the body and whatever scraps they can carry out of the ship.

>>32519920

You attempt to research what exactly the problem seems to be.

>Containment field misalignment detected, Hawking radiation reaching deadly levels
Odd, the radiation levels you detect seem to be harmless in short doses. Your warriors would have to sit in there for several hours to actually be harmed by it. Perhaps humans are more susceptible to radiation?
>Containment breach imminent, containment fields must be realigned and reset to prevent singularity breach
>Estimated time to breach in, two hours and thirteen minuets
That doesn't sound very good at all.

Your warriors open the hatch to engineering and make their way down the hall. They almost tumble over as the hall seems to slope downwards without warning. The hall remains perfectly straight, yet the farther the warriors move down the hall the more it feels like they are climbing downwards instead of walking across a mostly level corridor.

Roll 1d100, best of 3 to shut down the gravity drive.

Rolled 83

>>32520099

>>32519903
No it doesn't. Soon, yes.

But you can take 30 minutes to explore, at least.

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Rolled 25

>>32520099
Nat 1, please!

Rolled 86

>>32520099

Rolled 58

>>32520099

Rolled 19

>>32520099
Shit. We're not gonna just realign the containment then?

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>>32520099
You attempt to shut down the device, and as you enter in the various commands you hear a loud rumbling noise from outside the ship. The hull of the Clarke lurches forward, grinding against the side of the mountain. Your fleeing drones can see a large, glowing sphere, like a small sun flicker into existence just in front of the Clarke's shattered cap and grind into the mountain, devouring it piece by piece as the Clarke is slowly dragged forward. Your warriors are almost torn from the walls as a tremendous thumping sound emanates from deep within the ship and the feeling of falling increases. As they enter the chamber at the center of the engineering section you can see a massive ball of...nothingness, trapped in a cage of spinning rings. The large orb glows lightly, bathing the chamber in a deep purple light.
You can see a large chunk of debris has fallen into the device and has become pinched between several of the spinning rings, forcing them to stop.

>Warning, singularity unstable. Warp not advisable
>Gravity drive breach in thirty minuets


>Attempt to shut down the drive again.
>Have your warriors attempt to repair the containment rings manually.
>Other.

Rolled 16

>>32520379
Are you serious, 86 wasn't good enough?

You should be giving us DC's so we can make better decisions.

>Attempt to shut down the drive again.

Rolled 21

>>32520379
>Have your warriors attempt to repair the containment rings manually

>>32520379
>>Have your warriors attempt to repair the containment rings manually.

>>32520379
>>Have your warriors attempt to repair the containment rings manually.

>>32520379
Manual repair. Send them one or two at a time, to remove that piece of debris.

>>32520404
The computer was clearly not advising "shutting it down".

It was telling you to fix that shit.

In fact considering the black hole could well be self sustaining, rolling high might well mean failing to shut it down, as shutting it down might just mean.... disabling the containment field and freeing it.

>>32520379
Reair containment rings.

>>32520379
>>Have your warriors attempt to repair the containment rings manually.

>>32520379
>attempt to repair the containment rings manually.
Please roll 1d100, best of 3

>>32520404
It was by far the highest DC in the quest so far, and even still you almost got it.