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>>32806162
Your wasp stands in the hallway leading from the cargo bay with the shredded bodies of two humans strewn about. The Ceph, Coil, has bundled into a dense knot of tentacles in an apparent effort to sooth the pain of its wounds. It pulses a bright yellow and red pattern as it passes Lyle and retreats down the hall.
“Go float it off, they grow back.” He says, his eyes locked to your wasp’s. This is the first time you have managed a good look at the man. A fresh set of bandages are wrapped around his chest and shoulder. Two small dapples of blood stain the white cloth where your drones had punctured his armor. A towel is casually draped over his shoulders, offering only a glimpse of the crisscross of scars and the set of revet-like protrusions along his color bone. His arms are covered in small metal plugs and strange tattoos. On his left is a small string of lines with a set of numbers and the line “Helviti Penal Colony” written below, on his right is a stylized and archaic looking helmet engulfed in flames with a decorative scroll inked above and below that read “Orbital Shock Troopers: 137th brigade” and bellow the phrase “quoniam bonum est, in infernum saltu”

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>>32806162
>Current armory
8 Thorn Launchers
4 Sting Casters
3 Fire Sprays

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 386
Metals: 325

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Queen – 5
Worker (60) – 120
Warrior (5) – 20
Thinker (20) – 60
Speaker – 3
Digger (10) – 40
Refinery (2) – 14
Sniffer (2) – 8
Wasp (4) – 20
Antenna (3) – 9
Nutrient costs: 319

>Income
Nutrients: 550
Net: 231

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Laboratory
>Infrastructure
> Mine: +250 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +500 N per day (1 worker per 100 N)

Current Construction
>Advanced Laboratory
>Clarke research outpost
>Connector tunnel

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.)
>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.

>>32806240
Current Research
>Small land drone
>Large land drone

Available research options
>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.

>>32806264
>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.

>Oxygen recycler
Slow
In the process of disassembling the human environment suit, the thinkers found a culture of artificially mutated microorganisms. They were able to take several samples and have set them aside for further study and application. The humans appear to have used them in a small tank to turn CO2 into breathable oxygen, you may be able to do the same, reducing the rate at which your drones need to breath, allowing them to work in areas even a filter lung would not function such as underwater or in vacuum.

>Reactive armor
Slow
While most of the human suit systems are designed to solve various failing of the human body, you may be able to learn from their chosen method of protection. The suit has a thin layer of microfibers that rapidly solidify into a dense shell when subjected to dangerous kinetic force, both serving as a cast for broken bones and protecting against blunt trauma. Developing a method of weaving a similar substance into your drones would greatly improve their resistance to impacts and ballistic attacks, however it would have no mitigating effect on directed energy weapons.

I really hope I didn't forget something again.

>>32806162
Hey i thought of an idea, of an advanced version of the workers.(also putting this here since my internet gonna get cut off soon)
OlfactoryModerate(1N)
AcousticModerate (1N)
Electrical sensitivity: Moderate(2N)
Mandible Construction(1N)
Too(1N)
Arm/graspers:Dexterity (1N)&Strength (1N)
Legs:Endurance(1N)
Wings:Basic glider(1N)
Honey Pot(4n)(might take off)
Carapace: Basic
Chassis: Standard: +Make it have 2 pairs of arms.
It can either be 10 nutrients or 14.

>>32806351

Why would we ever want to invest that much into workers?

>>32806264
>>32806240
>>32806176
>>32806162
So are we making predators?

>>32806380
More efficient workers, but i'm probably thinking too much about it.

>>32806176
>“quoniam bonum est, in infernum saltu”
My Latin is rusty, but first part is "For it is good," but the second part... presumably meant to be "to leap into hell"? if saltu is supine form of 'salio'...

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/verbals/qt/112307Supine.htm

but that's the wrong form of 'to leap', you probably wanted the infinitive? Or else I have no idea what I'm talking about.

>>32806351
That's pretty expensive upkeep wise for workers.

>>32806176
Let the wasp engage murder mode via shooting.

>>32806399

Eh, our workers are good enough as is. These guys can't do anything that 2 workers supported by specialist detector drones can't do, so it's not worth the upkeep.

>>32806382
The what?

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>>32806399
>efficient
What's it like in bizarro world?

>>32806454
It was a design proposed in one of the earlier threads.

>>32806498

Which design, give us the basics. You're not talking about the shock troop warrior variant are you?

>>32806454
this bad boy.
>>32669240
here is the QM thoughts about them
>>32669321
>>32669274

>>32806454
>>32806498
You mean the Shock Troopers?

>>32806289
Lyle spins a large knife in his hand with a single motion and smiles at your drone. "You know if I knew I would have this much fun I would have taken the job pro bono."
>Attack at range and attempt to stay away from melee. (the hallway is cramped, however.)
>Charge into melee and attack.
>Other

>>32806411
I had a busy day, so it's literally just five seconds with Google Translate. I don't expect it to be very accurate but I didn't have the time since I was already late for posting.

What the point of expensive workers at this moment?
When we get the hive to proper scale we can think about it.

>>32806548
>>32806518
I was talking about the shock troops yeah.

>>32806556
>attack at range

Run and try to get the other warriors inside?

>>32806569
I was thinking too far ahead, but yeah i agree.
>>32806556
>Attack at range and attempt to stay away from melee. (the hallway is cramped, however.)

>>32806556

>Attack at range and attempt to stay away from melee
Unless the opportunity for a good strike presents itself.

>>32806556
>Attack at range and attempt to stay away from melee. (the hallway is cramped, however.)
Would a knife thrown by a human be able to pierce wasp armor?

>>32806569
Not really ever needed, though.

You only need a minority of specialized workers for the few tasks that require greater capabilities.

We are still some tiny village when compared to what our kind can really do

>>32806638

Even if it could, the wasp has reflexes and he only has 1 knife.

I'm worried about those bionics though.

>>32806556
Shoot past him and get ready for melee

>>32806556
>Attack at range
Please roll 1d100, best of 3

>>32806638
Depends on how hard it is thrown. There is a chance, since your wasps is more lightly armored to give it more maneuverability in the air. It should be noted that he seems to have a sidearm holstered, but he appears to have chosen not to use it.

>>32806705
Stab him in the head, easy enough. Or get a thorn into his eyes.

>>32806638
This guy isn't human. He's cyborg.

Rolled 35

>>32806749

>>32806749

Rolled 86

>>32806749

Rolled 58

>>32806749

dice 1d100

Rolled 98

>>32806749

>>32806545
So any thoughts about the shock troop guys since everyone is here?

>>32806785
Hallelujah!

>>32806802
So close.

>>32806804

We'll hatch some, but after we get conquering the ship done.

The first 5 will be reserved as queenly guards though.

>>32806749
Writing.
While we wait we can all talk about my glaring ignorance of Latin.

>>32806804
My thought is not to talk about specializations until after the 300 post bump limit is reached, at the very least.

We only get this once a week after all.

>>32806829
Cool.

The standard warrior template doing fine right now,
we need something to really give us air control cause the wasp arent really armed with anything that can do damage to a ship

>>32806804
I'd like to expand our hive and start taming this world. And the warriors and wasps are sufficient enough to do that.
(I hope)

>>32806856
there was the bomber idea, that some anon threw out.

>>32806856

That's what the Ram Jet drone chassis is for.

We've yet to develop weapons that hit hard enough to bother hatching some of those yet though. We'll also need hangar facilities first.

The heavy combat robot was what killed our warriors right? there infantry did squat right?

>>32806910
Their infantry were pretty lame. Bob did most of the work.

>>32806856
>>32806878
There was also the Specter-style gunship drone that some anon suggested near the end of the last thread.

>>32806910
IIRC, their rifle rounds did squat, though they were using hollow points against hardened warrior armor.

>>32806924
>>32806910
they were being retarded and were using useless ammo on our warriors.

>>32806856
If you want to damage a ship you need the Ram Jet drone chassis.

We own the ground, its the sky that will be a problem and lets not even think how hard space is gonna be

>>32806942

Basically the problem is this: >>32806879

Until we research the CIP or the Cyclotrons or the upgraded Spike Rifle or bombs or something heavy platforms are fairly useless.

>>32806910
Armor pierce would presumable do the most damage, followed by incindiary or acid rounds.

Laser tech seems to do the most damage to us so far, though.

>>32806989
Actually we already have heavy weapons they're called railguns

>>32806989
IIRC, there was the biological grenade idea from much earlier, though I forgot the fine details of that one. My suggestion was to use Spike Rifles in a gattling configuration as a stopgap measure until we can develop better weapons.

>>32807049
We have yet to research that.

>>32806988
We don't necessarily "own the ground" yet, our Warriors could use some more armor and maybe an "overwatch" type Thinker who can direct them and accurately process battle data.

>>32807049
That would call stampedes on us all day everyday. Let's do it when we're ready.

>>32807068
We don't need to OP said our race uses railguns.

>>32807049
>>32807120
What we need is plasma bugs, a la Starship Troopers.

They're good for ground -> space shooting, and can be fired as artillery pieces, too.

We got the corpse of those giant beetle to use as a base for our heavy drones

>>32807136
I haven't seen Starship Troopers yet, is it any good?
Also to the guy saying our race uses Railguns. We still have to find the materials to build them with.

>>32807049

Those are, presumably, ship mounted.

Now please say something useful instead.

>>32807186
I see mobile artillery units in the distant future.
Or mobile bases.

>>32807202
we have a shit tone of metal and we 'build' using genetics.
were good.

frankly we should design a tank bug based off of the beetle and stick a big ass gun on it.

>>32807217
We can scale them down.

>>32807202
Read the book Starship Troopers. The movie is a parody you won't understand.

>>32806749
Your wasp chitters its mandibles, the rapid cackle briefly echoes down the hall and your wasp opens fire, filling the air with deadly barbs. Lyle drops, his legs crumpling under him into an almost bestial stance and he quickly lunges forward. Your wasp follows his movement, ripping into his arm and tearing off several large chunks of flesh. The muscle beneath glistens with a silver sheen and he quickly closes the distance. Your wasp leaps into the air, running along the ducts and piping of the ceiling as his combat knife slices through the air inches behind you.
"You're a nimble little bastard, aren't ye?"
Your wasp moves to line up another shot, but Lyle has already moved, dashing from wall to wall so fast he almost leaves the ground entirely. His boot spins in a wide arc and impacts your wasp's leg, snapping it in two as your drone leaps away.

>Continue to evade and attack at range
>Move in to melee
>Attempt to flee
>Other

>>32806989
I promise I will give you at least a choice of two basic weapons whenever you make a new design. You have some good tech available that I don't bring up because it's irrelevant to the moment. You don't need to know about starship hulls, for example, when you are focused on making your first farm. Your two basic weapons can be scaled up as needed. At larger levels the Thorn launcher becomes a cannon, and the sting caster like a heavy machine gun. For space ships the Thorn launcher becomes the rail gun, and the sting caster a close range auto cannon.

>>32807271
>Attempt to flee
but keep shooting behind us as we do so.
denying them specimen samples is our primary goal here.

Are we gonna start the secondary breeder production yet,
we still only have only our queen breeding

>>32807271
>>Attempt to flee

>>32807271
>>Attempt to flee
Fuck this guy, let the heavy warriors handle him. Find something else in this ship to deal with.

>>32807271
>Attempt to flee

>>32807229
A Thinker enclosed in beetle armor?
Or a thinker riding in a dedicated beetle carrier platform.
That's actually a good idea for forward command in far off locales.

>>32807271
Well that takes care of the basic weapons.
>Attempt to flee
We need more numbers to take him down. My concern is that he uses the breather to call for help, if the radio signal can pierce the atmosphere.

>>32807271

>Attempt to flee

>>32807313
Why would we? Our queen is more than sufficient for all our needs for the foreseeable future.

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>>32807271
>Flee!

>>32807202
Pic related is a plasma bug.

>>32807353

Or we could just, you know, have a single super psionic relay built on our planet/in our star system.

Why do people keep wanting to stick thinkers in things they don't belong in?

>>32807313
Can you quit taking up posts with things that won't be relevant until you conquer a new planet?

>>32807359
It will boost egg laying for drones and equipment, and we can start setting up more sites father away from us

>>32807271
>Attempt to flee
Just to specify, would you like to...
>Flee the ship
>Flee to another part of the ship

Either way, roll 1d100, best of 3. The best of the first three will be taken regardless of what the vote is.

>>32807271
attempt to flee

Rolled 51

>>32807367
Link related.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9moZ0ZzhY

>ask not what your hive can do for you, but what you can do for your hive!

>>32807463
>another part of the ship

Rolled 75

>>32807463

Rolled 73

>>32807463
>Flee to another part of the ship

Rolled 64

>>32807463

>Flee to another part of the ship

Try to get the door open for our warriors.

Rolled 83

>>32807390
I'm a forgetful person anon. My memory is bad without dedicated notes.

>>32807463

>>32807463
>Flee to another part of the ship

Rolled 91

>>32807463
>>Flee to another part of the ship

>>32807353
I was thinking the beetle carrier platform.
>>32807268
Will do! But isn't that the one that's basically a propaganda piece and there-in lies the parody?

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>>32807510
>memory is bad without dedicated notes
What a fortunate thing then, that you have them.

http://pastebin.com/u/QuestDrone

>>32807530
The book has an entire political philosophy behind it.

The "joke" of the movie is "hurr durr, that's fascism," which if you read the fucking book you'd know it wasn't.

>>32807271
If we switched positions, start running away, deeper into the ship before ambushing him.

If not, slowly back away while firing, then charge forward at the last moment in a mandible tackle.

>>32807390
I don't think one super psionic relay will be able to handle the minutiae of several thousand Warriors all in battle at once.
It will however be able to direct a 100 or So Thinkers in what there general directives are and direct a couple of fights in key areas

Rolled 9

>>32807640

I'm pretty sure that super psionic relays are specifically designed for directing millions of warriors in battle all at once.

>>32807640
Look, I was in your position once: stop it. We'll deal with it when our Hive spans more than a continent AT LEAST.

>>32807578
Okay thanks!
I look forward to reading it!

>>32807558

Oh look, it's the Lord Asshole McSperg again.

>>32807640
Warriors may be dumb, but we don't have to hold their hand all the time. Think of them as actualization engines without any self preservation instinct:
They see the way the world is, understand how the queen wants it to be, then act to make it so. But they have no personality aside from that.

>>32807640
Yes it can. It's fucking space-magic tachyons.

We're nowhere near an egg laying bottleneck, and there's no limit to our psionic bandwidth. If there were, you could build a second relay.

>>32807717
It was also confirmed that we don't directly control them, but instead have them follow our will.

>>32807673
Oh okay then.
I imagine that that'll be massively expensive though and the Overwatch build could be something we use before we build it.

>>32807463
>Flee to another part of the ship

With Lyle now standing between you and the cargo bay, you question if your wasp is quick enough to get past him. You can see two small hallways leading off to either side of you, and a ladder leading directly upwards. You are about to make a decision when Lyle makes it for you. He plunges his knife into the wall under you just as your wasp leaps through the porthole above you with a beat of its wings. You can hear the grating sound of tearing metal as he pulls the knife from the deep puncture in the wall.
"Get back here, I was just getin' warmed up!"
Your drone fumbles its way above and quickly enters another small corridor, this one lined with various panels and instruments. At the far end you can see the windows of the cockpit, with a small armored woman frantically tapping at the controls, cursing all the while.

>Attack the human from behind
>Destroy the various instrument panels around you
>Ready an attack as Lyle enters the room
>Other

>>32807762
>Destroy the various instrument panels around you

>>32807758
Nevermind that. I withdraw my idea

>>32807762
destroy panels,
lets trap them on planet

>>32807762
>Attack the human from behind

Rolled 32

>>32807762
>Attack the human from behind
Well fuck, Lyle would probably attack us if we don't deal with this one quickly enough.

>>32807762
>attack the human from behind

>>32807762
>>Attack the human from behind
No liftoff.

Rolled 6

>>32807762
>Attack the human from behind
We can destroy the panels after we take her out. I'll roll ahead of you, you can just take this crit.

>>32807758

It's not that expensive, all things considered. (200N 250M, so 100N upkeep afterwards) Also our inherent psionic connection from our queen spans a continent.

>>32807762
>>Attack the human from behind
This chick seems important, i rather kill her.

>>32807762
>Destroy the various instrument panels around you.

>>32807762

>Attack the human from behind

>>32807682
The movie's good too, even if I dislike what it is trying to do.

The special effects still live up to today's standards.

>>32807682
I love the movie, but only the first one. I consider the book and the film two totally separate entities, like the Stalone Dredd film, which I also love as a comedy more than a Dredd film. Either way, the movie is worth a watch, even if it totally disregards the source material.

>>32807640
>>32807673
I didn't think it would be fun if you had to jump through hoops to be able to control a large number of drones across a vast area, so I made the relays relatively cheap.

>>32807839
>>32807784
>>32807800

I see where you're coming from, but we've already destroyed the communications dish and the propulsion system from the outside.

>>32807862
thats because its not CG bullshit.

Rolled 93

If they get away our base will probably be found and put under siege. They might even shoot from orbit. The worst part? They still have a live specimen aboard their ship.

>>32807835
Yeah I realize that now.
I just thought that the sensory overload might be too much for the Queen but obviously I underestimated her.

>>32807884
We have workers on route to do clean up right?
Also how long until they get help?

>>32807715
Also, this.
You don't direct their every muscle twitch, but feed them basic instructions. During the previous battle your instructions would have been something like "I don't like those engines" and your warriors would then respond with "MOTHER HATES THING, WE KILL THING TO DEATH" and then prioritized the engines over all else, even their own safety.

>>32807888
I want to destroy any possible self-destruct mechanism they have in place.

>>32807939
our drones are so Moe.

Rolled 89

>>32807762
Step one: Eliminate the human discretely and quickly, so it can't fight back, or help Lyle.
Step two: Prepare for the Lyle biped to enter the room, and ambush it, hopefully lethally. Position our Wasp above the door in a blind spot, and shoot him in the back of the head when he enters. If we miss, we'll be there at the door so we can at least flee.

>>32807762
>Destroy the various instrument panels around you

>>32807946

They're mercs, they're not going to self destruct.

>>32807890
nah, by the time they do another mission here we will be alot stronger

>>32807762
>>Destroy the various instrument panels around you
We're not giving him a fight until he's desparate or surrounded

>>32807762
Looks like
>Sneak attack human
Also note that you have already destroyed the engines. One of them has actually fallen out of its housing and is splayed out on the ground in a mess of wires and circuits. The human appears to be operating the turrets, mostly.

Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

Rolled 79

>>32808045

>>32807939
>>32807835
>>32807756
Thank you guys very much for explaining that to me.
Now let's kick some ass.

Rolled 97

>>32808045

dice+1d100

>>32808045

Rolled 34

>>32808045
Here is for sneaking the human.

>>32808091
I'd assume they're dead.

But the human is armored, and the wasps rolled 100 against Lyle the first time, and he survived.

Rolled 98

>>32808094
Goes in the email field.

I want to do this next:
>>32807997
Rolling for part two.

>>32808091
hue hue hue hue hue

>>32808091
FOR THE HIVE!

>>32808120
But Lyle is a former soldier and a cyborg, for all we know, this bitch is just a technician.

Rolled 79

>>32808143
I'll bet she makes excellent jelly. :3

>>32808123
>Rolling for part two.
You don't get two turns in a row just because you say so, what are you doing bro

The enemy has to go next.

>>32808019
Well they're poachers right?
And they're pretty badass right?
So I think they specialize in obtaining either newly discovered or dangerous species.
It would make sense if they had a self-destruct button in case their cargo turns out to be some sort of galactic menace.

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>>32808091
>>32808123
I'm not even going to roll.
God this planet hates invaders.

>>32808120

Lyle is Australian though, so this planet and our drones are all just like a pleasant stroll to him.

Rolled 63

there morale is shot to hell,
so is it the midpoint of the horror flick or just the beginning

>>32808189
inb4 the planet realizes we are invaders too and kills us.

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>>32808091
>>32808123
hahahahah

Rolled 64

>>32808175
Nah dude, I'm just getting ready. If we successfully kill her quickly enough by snapping her neck or something, we might have time to get in position to attack our pursuer.

>>32808205
I don't think we have the firepower to kill them all this round. We got their engines, once we kill the controls so they can't send a message any time soon we can fall back and get more troops.

>>32808187

As a general, absolute rule no job is worth your life.

Who cares if the cargo is a galactic menace? Vent the airlocks/cargo bay, or take an escape pod. Let the goverment deal with it. Self-destructs are expensive and dangerous.

'Course if they wanted to they could overload their singularity core, but I don't think they have one. I suspect that's military and/or large ship technology.

>>32808239
Oops, forgot to take off the roll code, please ignore this.

>>32808239
Getting ready? You have to wait for the QM to ask for rolls.

>>32808259
I'm planning on sending workers for clean up, either to take the ship or kill the stragglers.

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>>32808045
"Shit shit shit." The human shouts as she tries in vain to pivot the turrets to the blind spot just behind the loading bay door where your three warriors are. Your wasp quickly moves closer, it's last two legs softly thumping on the metal floor. As your drone's shadow falls over the chair she looks behind her. "Rogers, we lost Len-" She stops mid sentence as your wasp opens its mandibles and moves in, quickly tearing into her armor plating and gouging the flesh below. By the time she brings her sidearm to bear her skull has been torn in half and scattered across the glass canopy.

>>32808259

You know, even if they send a message it'll be a distress/"Help, there are a fuckload of bugs attacking us!"

They're here illegally though and this is a certified deathworld with insect-esque life having been observed on it before. We're using never before seen by human eyes strains of bugs too, so there's nothing to link us to this explicitly even if they manage to transmit recording data.

>>32808308

You serve the Queen well, Wasp. Bravo.

>>32808308
Goddamnit we're terrifying

>>32808308
Glorious.

>>32808333
you mean mother.
I wonder what we thought to him.

awesome hope there is a vid recording for the next batch of suckers

>>32808314

Though I guess we have used projectile weapons. Circumstancial evidence though, not enough for the Union to justify any official action.

>>32808347
"I do not like the fact that human is still alive."
"I WILL KILL IT FOR YOU, MOTHER!"

>>32808314
They could send a message to whoever they got the contract with though. And their reaction time after the beacon was put up hints the crime world is pretty large in this universe, even with the wars.

>>32808266
You're right of course.
I could argue whether or not Lyle is insane enough or patriotic enough to actually do that or what if he was contracted out by a corporation that requires it but I'd be grasping at straws and still be wrong.

But wouldn't it be cool though?


On a different note do you think these guys are independent or contractors?

they dont havent even seen the warriors forms yet so still have denability

>>32808308
Your drone takes note of the series of joysticks and dials linked to the various turrets across the ship. You could attempt to ambush Lyle as he enters the room behind you, but he knows you are here. You could also choose to destroy these controls to save your drones the danger of such weapons being used against them as they move in to clean up the area.

>Attempt to ambush Lyle
>Attempt to destroy the weapons controls
>Other

wait this planet has alot of weird lifeforms,
the locals can detect and react to radio and electricty

>>32808400
>destroy controls

>>32808400
>Attempt to destroy the weapons controls
I don't see an ambush working. He knows we are here.

>>32808375
I love it.

>>32808381

I'm blaming the good herr Doktor with the expedition for this, myself.

>>32808384
They're contractors insofar as they didn't come here on their own for shits, giggles, and samples.

>>32808400
destroy controls

>>32808400
>Attempt to destroy the weapons controls

>>32808400
>Attempt to destroy the weapons controls

>>32808400
>>Attempt to ambush Lyle
Since I don't think we can find the 'open the doors' button in the next 3 seconds.

>>32808400
Hide above the doorway, then sneak out the corridor while he's distracted by the corpse.

We'll exhaust him before finishing him off with proper warriors

>>32808400

>Attempt to destroy the weapons controls

>>32808414
Whenever they're pumped into the air and ground respectively
>>32808400
Destroy those turrets!

>>32808421
>>32808436
>>32808440
But the weapons aren't even a threat now. The drones are banging at the door.

>>32808400
>Attempt to destroy the weapons controls
Please roll 1d100, best of 3.

Rolled 1

>>32808466

>>32808445

I think it's less trying to find the 'Open the doors' button and more trying to blindly destroy the 'Fire the turrets' button by smashing everything with claws and SMG rounds.

>>32808451
A standard tactic of Australian man-hunting spiders, he'll see it coming from a mile away.

Rolled 59

>>32808466

>>32808414
The amount of electricity is vastly different, and the other humans were channeling it directly into the ground in the open.
And I don't know how many times this is going to come up, but it took days or at the very very least a bunch of hours for planetary defense forces to arrive.

Rolled 20

>>32808475
Goddamnit.

Rolled 86

>>32808466

>>32808475
Fuck Us

Rolled 73

>>32808466

>>32808475
Fuck you buddy.

>>32808475
>The drone accidently hits the 'kill all bugs' button.

Rolled 34

>>32808475
Seriously anon

>>32808491
One post too late anon.

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>>32808466
Writing.

>>32808479
>I think it's less trying to find the 'Open the doors' button and more trying to blindly destroy the 'Fire the turrets' button by smashing everything with claws and SMG rounds.

I was referring to a hypothetical 'Other' writein I wanted, but which seemed impossible.

Destroying the consoles is pointless, since the weapons aren't even a threat anymore being inside their blindspot, and no one to man them.

Rolled 69

>>32808475

>You attempt to destroy the console, but instead you activate the auto-targeting system and electrocute yourself!
>Lyle walks in "What the fokken 'ell is goin on in 'ere mate? We 'ad an autotargetin system all along? Croikey!"

>>32808475
Hahaha. Time to learn a lesson.

>>32808540
We accidentally activate 'that'. Good quest everyone. It was fun.

>>32808544
Possible he just catches up and kills our wasp before we get anything done.

...And then he operates the weapons systems. With cyborg magic.

>>32808546
The only lesson I want to learn is How To Not Die 102.

Rolled 12

>>32808546

We all knew his spree was going to end soon/eventually.

It actually went on far longer than I ever expected. He more than made up his nutrients.

cant we just barrcaide the hatch

Rolled 29

>>32808650
A wasp doesn't exactly have the best grasping appendages.

>>32808650
Too late for ambushing/preparing for Lyle, you had your chance.

Too busy trying to cut up the console and just breaking a nail/getting electrocuted.

So, that one means he either hit the self-destruct, or turned on the turrets.

>>32808797
Or maybe he just fails completely at cutting stuff up. Crits haven't been too strong in this quest so far.

>>32808699
I imagine Wasp trying to build a barricade, it just falling over, and it getting just so adorably frustrated.

>>32808797
turrets were already on.
bug dies, or hits the launch button.

we got a 59 remember so bare pass

>>32808868

Crits override. Also this isn't a retarded quest with flat DC.

>>32808540
Your wasp quickly stabs at the displays, tearing at the wires and dials. Sparks fly as you rip open the paneling and slice into the sensitive equipment. You can't be sure how much damage you actually do to the device without knowing how it works, but as you bring down your blade one last time you feel a sudden jerking motion. Your drone is lifted into the air and brought down backwards onto its head, a bloodied arm wrapped under the mandibles. Lyle drives your drone's face into the floor and quickly rams a knee into its thorax with a loud crunch.
"You know how much one of ya buggas is worth alive?" he says, his elbow pressed hard against the back of your wasp's head. "Fifty thousand creds a piece, thirty if dead. I don't know why and I don't ask, all I know is you and your buddies' little tantrum out there means me an' coil get to keep that much more of it."
Your wasp lashes out with its claws, reaching in vain for Lyle's head. A knife quickly pins the arm to the deck while the other is pulled up behind the wings and crushed beneath his knee.
"Now, I'm gonna go take a piss, and then I'm gonna think on all the things I can buy with thirty thousand creds. Now for givin me such a fun ol' time, I'll let bygones be bygones, but if I see ya start making somthin personal outa this, I'll have to get serious." He leans in close. "Hear that, ye' majesty?" With a quick jerk of motion and a loud crunch your drone's head splits open and the wasp's senses become blank.

>>32808971

Haha, they know.

Alright guys. Rapid militarization is required.

Rolled 15

>>32808971
Fuck him, he is dead meat.

>>32808971
>A single drop marine and a squid think they can threaten us
HAHAHAHAHA

>>32808971
>ye' majesty
HE KNOWSSSSS.

I think we should retreat, pop out a bunch more warriors, then go back in for the kill.

Rolled 79

>>32809014
So shock troops is a go?
Also who is up for letting this guy live, and just research him while he is alive?

>>32808971
Welp its time to send in the workers.

>>32809042
Shock troops go.
And we're killing this Aussie fuck, make no mistake.

Withdraw, we are not ready for this shit.
salvage what we can via items and bodys. take everything we can carry.

>>32808971
He's a dead human! But see if we can take his body mostly intact. Those cyber parts might be worth studying.

>>32809073
I was thinking that, torturing him and give a slow death would work, but okay.

>We are going to have to rush military after we only get a single good food tech spat out

>>32809087
We can't retreat right, now.
We have 3 warriors inside, our only objective is to cause as much damage as possible.

>>32808971
>Pull back your warriors
>Send in workers to salvage the area (retroactive, I assume you sent them earlier, just say how many and they will arrive immediately.)
>Have warriors stay at the door and siege the ship
>Ask Theseus about this topic
>Other

>>32809033
Warriors take something like 3 days to hatch. Definitely need a larger standing military force though.

And more Thinkers and a bigger farm and... things.

>>32809138
>>Send in workers to salvage the area (retroactive, I assume you sent them earlier, just say how many and they will arrive immediately.)
>>Have warriors stay at the door and siege the ship

>>32809121
our warriors are outside not in, we cant risk losing them and leaving the queen defenseless.
we have lost this fight.

>>32809138
>Pull back your warriors
>Send in workers to salvage the area (retroactive, I assume you sent them earlier, just say how many and they will arrive immediately.)

>>32809138
Ask Theseus and seige the ship

You could have prevented this.

You could have not transmitted that SOS signal for them.

You could have let them vanish and never be heard from again.

>>32809138
Keep the warriors going. Maybe we can wipe them. If we can't kill Aussie with the three then pull back and wait for more warriors. If we kill him the rest should fall.

>>32809138

>Send in workers to salvage the area (all of them sans 5 to tend the farm and 10 in addition to that.)
>Ask Theseus about this topic

He would know much about cataloging new species, that was his job in the Union after all.

>>32809138
>Have warriors stay at the door and siege the ship
>Ask Theseus about this topic
>Other
birth a new batch of warriors asap!

>>32809157
30 workers
>>32809166
They are inside the ship, last thread we voted to rush in.

>>32809172

Oh shush you. It doesn't matter now anyway.

>>32809199
That would take three days.

>>32809138
>Send in workers to salvage the area (20)
>Have warriors stay at the door and siege the ship
>Ask Theseus about this topic
Ask him,if SOS signal is being sent out.

the door was sealed and they were trying to break in

>>32809138
>Tell the warriors to make sure the engines are totally destroyed.
We ain't letting this fucker leave the planet till he's fucking dead.

>>32809138
>Send in workers to salvage the area
>Have warriors stay at the door and siege the ship
Warriors should stick around at least as long as the workers do.

>>32808971
>Have warriors stay at the door and siege the ship
>Ask Theseus about this topic

We definitly need more warriors, more are going to come soon.

Rolled 42

>>32809138
>Pull back your warriors
We have no idea if the turret controls are down, and with at least two of them still alive inside the ship, they could fix it probably. >>32809247
This too for good measure.

>>32809253

We're not letting them go. We're going to dismantle this ship around them with workers if we have to, but they're not going to live.

>>32809166
We kept 2 warriors back at base.

>>32809138
Would asking Theseus kill him?

>>32809166
> she tries in vain to pivot the turrets to the blind spot just behind the loading bay door where your three warriors are
We are basically inside the ship.

>>32809291
Theseus is in mental bleedout mode. If we get him to research, he dies faster. But asking a simple question is liable to only speed up the process by a few minutes at most.

>>32809278
They need to engage in some serious engine repairs before they can leave. There's not much of a rush.

We can probably take systems of the ship to improve Theseus

>>32809138
>>32809138
>Ask Theseus about this topic
How to effectively take out cyborgs, and any useful info on ships.

>>32809302
were at the doors, not inside. The difference is there.

>>32809326
>We can probably take systems of the ship to improve Theseus
None of you ever learn. The reason we need to deal with these guys and maybe more is because we decided to involve ourselves with humans. Fuck the AI, they would probably be worse.

>>32809138
Your workers arrive at the clearing around the ship and quickly find some items of interest.
Roll 1d100, best of 3 for salvage

Also please note that falling back will only send your warriors back to the jungle and out of sight of the ship, not all the way back to the hive unless you were to specify that. You have three warriors at the ship, one warrior defending your hive, and one warrior defending the Clake crash site. You also have two wasps at the ship, and one healing at the hive.

>>32809291
No.
what >>32809316 said.

Rolled 34

>>32809360

Rolled 77

>>32809360

>>32809354
Nothing saying we have to actually return the AI to its...elf. Giving it memory banks so it doesn't die while serving us though? Useful to us.

Rolled 62

>>32809360
I an hephaestus, god of scrap and metal. Watch as I forge wonders.

Rolled 16

>>32809360

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>>32809360

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>>32809223
I know, but this fight with this human might drag on. Also, we will need to replace our losses.
>>32809360

>>32809377
nice.

>>32809360
Falling back is fine and prudent then. We inflicted non-repairable damage to their defensive perimeter so maintaining our current foothold is not vital.

>>32809321
Preventing samples from getting off the planet is of the highest priority.

Get the workers to cut up openings in to the ship so we can end this fight

We also need to save the injured scout by a worker carrying it back.

>>32809360
The warriors are still banging away at the entryway then?

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>>32809219
>learning from the past doesn't matter
Now anon you know that's not how it works.

>>32809447
That goes without saying.
Maybe not now though. Considering he's pretty much inaccessible to our workers

>>32809429
It is important, yes. There is also no imminent risk of such a thing occurring.

>>32809476
It's not like it's going to change anything at this point.
When we expand to other planets, sure. But not now.

>>32809452
Yes, although the door is quite durable. They don't seem to be making all that much progress other than a few dents.

>>32809360
QuestDrone, what are the armaments of our remaining warriors at the ship?

>>32809476
Dwelling on the past will only slow our progress.

>>32809476
If they found out that we'd destroyed the SOS they would've tried to kill us.
They also might have set up data caches classifying us as developed and hostile.

>>32809518
Two thorn launchers and a fire spray. The two wasps have sting casters.

>>32809514
If we can't knock the door down, can we tear it off the sides of the ship? Work around the door?

>>32809531
> that we'd destroyed the SOS

Destroy?

The SOS was a radio transmission transmitted with the radio drone at their request. The drone in the system that received it was destroyed by the Unity server ship, not us.

If the humans never get rescued, no one knows any bugs exist. It's trivial to hide--we were hiding just fine except when we chose to reveal ourselves.

>>32809493
Alright.
As long as we're on the same page as to what the priorities are.

>>32809571
Let's have the warriors outside search for an alternate mode of entry. Windows that can be shattered, like the canopy or "windshield" of a cockpit.

>>32809571
Can we get a confirmation that we laid more warriors? regardless of if we need them currently we will need to restore the lost numbers.

Rolled 38

>>32809622
Also the shock troops.

>>32809601
Consider that it is quite possible that revealing ourselves to the extent that we have and the ensuing events that happened as a result has prevented a more thorough investigation on the part of the human government. It is difficult to predict precisely how things would have turned out.

>>32809601
The SOS was destroyed by Unity. They would have been coming whether we wanted them to or not.

the engine dropped off right,
there should be an opening there then for a worker to start digging through it

>>32809601
I'm sorry.
I thought you meant distort the message instead of just telling them we couldn't broadcast it.
Again I'm sorry.

>>32669240
>>32806545
Legs/mobility: Endurance: (1N)
Any reason why these guys have endurance for legs, instead of sprint.

>>32809669
problem is, might bring them in range of the guns.

>>32809641
> It is difficult to predict
Not really? Like, the current course of events was predicted. It's not hard to reason about at all.

Said investigation would have been possible to hide from, especially once they found what they were looking for and stop looking. And if they did find the existence of the hive, then it would still be an objective win, because it delays the discovery by however long it took them to get here.

>>32809683
I made them like that since, i thought of them as trackers, and so that they can last in long distance fights(chasing some one or hours of constant combat)

>>32809360
Your workers quickly scrounge up what they can from around the ship and move away as quickly as possible. You are still unsure of you disabled the weapons, but they don't seem to respond to your workers.
>Bob
Your workers quickly find the remains of the massive defensive walker named Bob, hoping to find anything of use. The frame has been torn into tiny pieces, the bits of metal shrapnel tossed around the area. You find nothing of use, but plenty of scrap. +78 Metals.
>Human bodies
You find the two humans you had killed. The first has had its torso ripped open. The ribcage has been split apart like a flower, and the insides scrambled into a thick paste, but the head and lower body seem intact. The other has been split in two, and you can't find the legs anywhere. The torso is found a short ways away from the ship in the jungle. Between the two you should be able to perform a proper dissection.
>Sniffer
Your sniffer drone is found not far from the human torso. Half of the thorax has been ripped apart, and the legs and an arm are missing. It is still alive, but you are unsure if it will survive its injuries for much longer.
>Take it back to the hive
>Recycle it and lay a new one
You feel it is time you had a talk with Theseus to see if he knows anything on these matters. He is still unaware of your discovery of the Clarke, or the arrival of the hunters.
What do you ask him?

>>32809823
>Recycle it and lay a new one
Ask him,if SOS signal is being sent out.
How to effectively take out cyborgs, and any useful info on ships.

>>32809797
Except said investigation might have lead to a full scaled war with us at dangerous disadvantage.

>>32809823
>>32809874
Ask him what he knows about any organizations we've seen mentioned, like the penal colony or whatever.

>>32809823

Theseus, you used to catalog new species yes? Can you give any examples of secret operations performed by Union forces against newly discovered races?

Take it back to the hive, this Sniffer deserves better.

ask if he know the ship design

>>32809797
As >>32809886 points out, it's possible we wouldn't have gotten the civilization designation we ultimately received if we had delayed contact.

>>32809823
>Take it back to the hive
If we can save it, so much the better. If it dies, we'll lay a new one and eat the body.

>>32809823
>>Take it back to the hive

>>32809886
How so? Would it be somehow more difficult to pretend to be stonesmashers?

>>32809901

I can support this line of questioning.

>>32809823
>Take it back to the hive
Muh hero ect.

Ask about the human governments and how shifty they are. See if they are likely to set something like this up under the table. The fact that survivor man knows about The Queen means he had information directly from the group of survivors that we helped off. Also, only our human friend knew about the Queen and likely told his friends. Once again, we have already lost yet another advantage now that they know of the Queen. Damn it guys.

>>32809823
Lay warriors. Lots and lots and lots of warriors. And wasps.

>>32809797

Look, if we hadn't helped the humans we'd be dealing with the Unity. Personally I prefer dealing with the humans.

>>32809823
I'm against talking to Theseus about the Clarke, it's irrelevant.

Describe the ship design of the bounty hunters, and as about its weaknesses or communication capability.

>>32809965
They would've figured it out when they noticed our drones don't have reproductive organs.

>>32809823
Can we lay some wasp worker variants?

So who here thinks that the scientist sent these guys?
We know he was laughed at for thinking of a hive mind species, but when he finally finds one he can't take a sample.

>>32809962
Depends on how far our infrastructure and general influence on our surroundings had advanced. It's worth noting that the arrival of a later exploration ship might not involve its crash on the planet and having all of its survey instruments destroyed.

We were super lucky to not have to hide from any real high-tech scrutiny.

>>32810014
He sent these guys.

>>32810014
I feel more like it's the government myself.

>>32809965
To be fair, we don't know for sure they DO know of the queen. This guy's statement could easily be colloquialism couched in personal assumption/misunderstanding of his briefing. I mean, when you see giant space bugs you think "queen" and "hive".

>>32809996
>prefer dealing with the humans
The Unity does not have an obvious conflict of interest with the hive.

>Unity
>hide in distant star systems
>blood feud with creators
>no ill will to other factions
>science all day every day
>willing to respect hive's right to secrecy

>humans
>expansionists, rivals for territory, manifest destiny over the whole Frontier Expanse
>blood feud with Unity
>desire control over all other civilizations in their way
>hire bounty hunters to discover the hive's secrets

>>32809823
>Recycle it and lay a new one

>>32810092
you forget, that these unity robots want samples of our species, and could view us as something that obstructs their chance to advance in science.

>>32810089
I didn't consider that. Next time I see a space bug race I won't immediate fall towards assuming that horrible always true stereotype.

>>32810092

Nonsense, the Unity would've moved in to harvest us and there would've been little we could've done about it because they don't have a bureaucracy to delay action.

Oh wait, is conjecture on what could've been different annoying you?

>>32809823
>take it back to hive

>>32810130
We checked that possibility.

If the hive refuses to share bio samples, the only consequence is they will not share their treasure trove of research and data in return.

Quid pro quo.

Hence the "willing to" etc.

>>32810130
How?
"Can genetically engineer selves and creations at will. Suggested action: map genome, assume they can do everything."

>>32809823
>Take the sniffer back to the hive

You direct your thoughts to Theseus, although you still find it strange how naturally you seem to be able to do so. His response is a brief pain in the back of your mind which you seem to feel is something called a "handshake protocol", you're not sure how you know that.
"What do you know of this design?" You say, to the point. Direct thoughts tend to be much more direct than what you have experienced from the strange dance of verbal speech.
"It appears to be a customized Spartan patrol cruiser outfitted with a Ceph Slip Drive. Some of the modifications are different but the design seems to match that of the Hel's Angle. How did you encounter it?"
You can't help but be shocked at the response. You were expecting a far more vague answer. "How do you know this ship?" You ask, although the urgency seems to make it more of a demand.
"We have made dealings with the owner in the past. A man named Lyle Rogers. I can assume you have met him?"

What do you say?

>>32810203
"He is attempting to capture hive drones to obtain items called 'creds'. His artificial body modifications make him very difficult to kill."

>>32810203
"Recently."

so the rest of the unity is screwing with us,
and this merc cuts deal with everyone

>>32810203
"We have. He attempted to capture one of my drones. I deployed my warriors, and fought him, believing him to be a threat to the hive. So far I believe my drones have slain all of his crew members, except for himself and the Ceph aboard his vessel.

>>32810261

Concur.

>>32810169
In fairness, we've as little guarantee that the AI was telling the truth as it has that we'll return it.