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>>33090557
>Current armory
26 Thorn Launchers
19 Sting Casters
3 Fire Sprays

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 698
Metals: 1863

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Queen – 5
Worker (75) – 150
Warrior (25) – 100
Thinker (24) – 72
Speaker – 3
Digger (10) – 40
Refinery (2) – 14
Sniffer (2) – 8
Wasp (18) – 90
Antenna (3) – 9
Shock Troops (20) – 220
Nutrient costs: 711

>Income
Nutrients: 1050
Net: 339

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Advanced Laboratory
>Infrastructure
>Hangar facilities: Room for 20 Aero Drones and 10 Shuttles
>Mine: +250 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +1000 N per day, 10 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Clarke Research Outpost
>Hel’s Angel Prison Outpost

New Construction Options
>Hangar Expansion – Add on to current hangar facilities for your choice of +40 aero drone space, or +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
>Docking Pylon – Large spire designed to service the operation, construction and maintenance of larger FTL capable ships. Each Pylon holds 4 docking spaces for ship construction and maintenance. 100N 400M
>Labyrinth – a complex network of tunnels and dead ends crisscrossing between your hive and outposts, providing your drones with safe, quick, and reliable transit between them while confusing and defending against enemy intruders.

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>>33090590
New Ship Construction Options
>Shuttle
Cost: 50N 150M
Size: 30 Meters
A small craft designed to transport goods, drones, or anything else that needs to move from one location to another. They are typically used only for transport to and from orbit, and can carry up to 25 medium sized drones at once, or a single large drone.

Space Pod
Cost: 20N 50M
Size: 10-20 Meters
Similar to your own pod, the standard Space Pod is an organic lump of sensors and maneuvering thrusters equipped with basic radiation shielding and a Blink Drive. They have very little room for cargo, and typically only carry a thinker and enough rations to last the duration of a mission. Due to the focus on small size and low energy signature, they are incapable of escaping a planet’s atmosphere, but can easily be towed by a shuttle.

>>33090557
>>33090590
Double our amount of thinkers and workers.

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>>33090605
Finished Research
>Human Dissection
Your study of the dead humans from the Angel has proven rather interesting. They appear to be incredibly sensitive to their local environment, and their bodies are regulated by a complex and fragile mixture of chemical and electrical impulses. While you can’t be sure until you can perform tests on a live specimen, and preferably a large number of them for control purposes, you theorize that manipulating these subtle balances of chemicals and electrical signals could grant some control over a human’s behavior. In addition, you have taken note of the various locations of critical organs, increasing your combat effectiveness against humans.

>Conductive Armor Plating
Conductive Carapace: An interlocked network of woven metal microfibers that direct electricity away from critical areas. It instinctively reacts to incoming damage to complete circuits and direct energy in ways that do not damage organs or cause a decrease in drone performance. It is lightweight and mitigates energy damage, but does nothing against physical or thermal damage. 4N 15M

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>>33090635
>Ballistics
Study of the variety of projectiles used by the humans has granted insight into methods of developing new ammunition types for projectile weapons to mimic those you have faced.
Armor Piercing: Standard solid chitin slug deals raw kinetic damage.
Acid: Hollow slug filled with acid bursts on contact, coating the target in caustic acid to burn through armor and skin. Reduces target’s armor effectiveness and causes lasting chemical damage.
Hollow Point: A copy of the human ‘Hollow Point’, this slug expands and shatters in the wound, causing massive lacerations against unarmored targets, but is incapable of penetrating armor.
{LOCKED} Explosive: Grape Shot slugs explode on impact, causing explosive damage to the target and hitting adjacent targets with high impact shrapnel. Melee range AOE that causes heavy kinetic damage to unarmored or lightly armored targets. {REQUIRES GRAPE SHOT RESEARCH}
Incendiary: Hollow slug filled with volatile chemicals that ignite on impact, coating the target with a burning adhesive jelly. Ignites the target and does lasting thermal damage, but has little penetrating power.

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.

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>>33090682
>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.

>Oxygen recycler
Medium
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.

>>33090590
>>33090605
Building a hanger expansion is a wise move now. We are in a position to make new holdings now over this world. There has to be more ore deposits and other useable materials on this world.

>>33090635
>>Human Dissection
this should make "diplomacy" easier for us.(having the speaker manipulate humans with pheromones)

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>>33090701
>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.

>Regeneration Tank
Very slow
These large tanks appear to be designed to rapidly heal wounds in some way, and further research of the tank’s fluid and the mechanism of the tank itself should offer insight into its inner workings.

>Gravetic Materials
Very slow/potentially dangerous: research and testing may result in unpredictable incidents
The strange exotic matter known as Canderon found within the Clarke appears to alter spacetime to some degree in the area around it when subjected to powerful electro-magnetic fields. While incredibly volatile, this material is clearly the key to Human Warp Drive technology, and research could lead to the replication of this technology if given time.

>Ceph Slip Drive
Very slow/Potentially dangerous
This strange device seems to be designed around four small black crystals referred to in the ship’s computer as Void Shards. Further research is required to unravel the inner workings of the device.

>>33090590
>>Hangar Expansion 50N 100M
>>Labyrinth
Build these, and lets put these two up for vote.
Excavator
Olfactory: Basic 0
Acoustic: Medium 1
EM: Moderate 2
Psionic: Basic 0
Mandible: Construction 1
Blade: Tool 1
Arm: Str 1
Legs: Endurance 1
Utility: Chemical Forge 12
Carapace: Basic
Size: Large
Cost: 38N
Upkeep: 19N
The Excavator is essentially a cross between a worker, a digger, and a refinery scaled up to massive size. It can refine up to 250 Metals per day, and rapidly construct massive tunnels and caverns for large construction projects that must be done quickly. It is not harmless if attacked, as the forge can be used to spew a violently burning napalm-like substance that does massive chemical damage to anything it touches, and if killed with explode in a violent burst of chemical acid.

Colossus
Olfactory: Advanced 2
Acoustic: Medium 2
Radio: Medium 2
Psionic: Basic 0
Mandible: Combat 1
Blade: Combat 1
Arms: Str 1
Legs: Sprint 1
Carapace: Heavy 5N 20M
Size: Large X2 Cost
Cost: 30N 40M
Upkeep: 15N
Essentially a large warrior, the Colossus is a lumbering weapons platform suitable for both long range support and front line assaults. The graft hard point on its back can be used to deploy a Thorn cannon for artillery, a Rotary Stinger for Anti-Air, or any other potential tasks, while the head mounted hard point can be used for all manner of close range weapons, such as a rotary for anti-personnel and suppression, or a Plasma Spray for area denial and clearing out enemy cover. It is capable of short bursts of surprising speed, but is otherwise incredibly slow. Its blades, while rarely used, are massive two meter retractable spikes more than capable of puncturing any armor it may come across, and its own armor is thick enough to shrug off all but the most relentless of assaults.

That's quite a lot of research update. While I'm reading I just want to say that we should build all three available structures and get many many more workers. Build more farms as well.

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>>33090725
>Drop Suit
Slow
Lyle’s powerful suit has proven more than worthy of a thorough examination as to its inner workings. You will need to take it apart before you know just what you have to research.

>Unity Computer
Medium
This powerful computer is based on some form of quantum mechanics that so far eludes your understanding. While damaged, further research into this device may yield some understanding as to the nature of the Unity’s social structure, or insight into their reasoning. This may prove useful should you seek future agreements or bargains with them.

>Grape Shot
Fast
This strange local fruit bursts open violently when disturbed, hurling sharp barbs in all directions. The potential weapon applications are obvious, but research must first be done to increase the explosive force to be effective in combat. The name, you note, is from one of Lee's few entries into the Union black box during their stay on the planet.

>Fungal spores
Fast/Potentially dangerous: Research and testing may result in unpredictable incidents or infection
The incredibly deadly spores of the ocean are a potential for further study, although grate care must be taken to avoid infection.

>Berry birds
Fast
The strange animated fruit of the small bush found in the jungle are interesting specimens. You are curious what a more in-depth study may reveal of the creatures, which seem to be both plant and animal at once.

>>33090701
>>33090725
We'll need the oxygen recycler and Reactive armor is quicker to get and is still useable in the long run.

>>33090782
Welp i feel stupid.
>>33090767
>>33090725
>>33090701
>>33090682
>Berry birds
>Fungal spores
(filter lungs are a must here)
>Grape Shot
>Unity Computer
>Oxygen recycler
Are my votes, lets kick out the fast research first.

>>33090743
I agree with these things

>>33090809
shit, change my vote to
>Grape Shot
>Berry birds
>Fungal spores
>Drop Suit
and
>Oxygen recycler

>>33090767
>>33090725
>>33090701
Damn, that was quite the text dump.

I would prioritize the following, assuming that we're trying to keep a low profile and expand only on the planet:
>Ion thrusters
Good for long expeditions

>Oxygen Recycler
For working underwater and in spore-filled areas

>Regeneration Tank
Just one thinker, but these are incredibly useful for a variety of tasks.

>Drop Suit
Finish this as soon as possible. If we can't find ways to culture Lyle's cells, he may become too dangerous to keep alive after this.

>Fungal Spores
>Berry Birds
More nutrients=more power

>>33090767
Your drones have uncovered a number of devices and technology aboard the ship, including a large terminal you have identified as the ship’s FTL communication relay. A small screen set in a black, featureless box with a small keyboard and microphone attached to the side.

Theseus still has no knowledge of the events that have unfolded, or that you now hold Lyle and his crew prisoner. In addition, Lyle is making a quick recovery in the tank and will be ready to move within the day to a more secure cell deep beneath the ship.

>>33090765
Yes, yes it is.
>>33090718
Not quite yet. That requires more finesse than you are capable of at the moment, and would require testing on a live subject. For now, you are limited to knowing where to hit, or knowing what will and will not kill a human. At the moment you can make poisons or deadly toxins, more advanced things would require more research.

>>33090743
everything sounds great.


Could someone work out the math, set up drones to lay and expand our resource gathering operation greatly? It's very late here and I'm not really capable of thinking but I always thought that we are not expanding efficiently. We need more workers, more farms, more refineries and when we do that we can greatly increase our army

>>33090956
So have we finished the new farms yet?

>>33090956
>Your drones have uncovered a number of devices and technology aboard the ship, including a large terminal you have identified as the ship’s FTL communication relay. A small screen set in a black, featureless box with a small keyboard and microphone attached to the side.

Oh God, please, lets not touch this. We will inevitably contact someone and bring attention to us.

>Theseus still has no knowledge of the events that have unfolded, or that you now hold Lyle and his crew prisoner. In addition, Lyle is making a quick recovery in the tank and will be ready to move within the day to a more secure cell deep beneath the ship.

Maybe we should help Theseus and fix whatever he asked us to fix last time? Or at least let him help with our research now that there is no risk of him dying.

>>33091071
Sure, but we have to be cautious he has a similar mind to us and it seems like we can tell each others emotions, i remember he exhibited a troubling feeling when we told him to wait.

>>33090767
Things to reasearch:
Berry birds
Grape Shot
Oxygen recycle
Unity Computer.

After all those are done all of our thinkers should focus on Fungal spores in a attempt to try and keep the risks to a minimum.

>>33091071
well we do have a couple of prisoners who probably do have the know how to do the repairs needed for Theseus.

>>33091107
I think that since he made a new copy of himself and deleted the old one he thought that we saw him as entirely different being and distrusted him. Or something like that.

>>33091035
Yes, and your income has been doubled. Net still isn't that much because you have increased your population as well.
>>33090956
>Hangar expansion: 50N 100M
Would you like to focus on shuttle or air drones?
>Labyrinth


>>33091071
Theseus will boost any research project greatly, with a good potential to reduce time to instant. If the Unity already have the tech he will ask a fee of another, relatively equally useful tech.

>Grape shot
>Berry birds
>Oxygen recycle
>Unity computer

You also have large drones available
>Lay Excavator: 38N (how many)
>Lay Colossus: 30N 40M (how many)

>>33090767
Alright.
Build all three structures for
>150N 500M
+Labyrinth

Start research on
>Berry birds
>Fungal spores
>Grape Shot
>Unity Computer
>Drop Suit
>Human experimentation when Survivor Man wakes up

>>Spawn
>2 Shuttles for quick transport and movement, and in case of emergencys.
>100N 300M

>50 Workers
>250 N
>100 N upkeep

>12 thinkers (to start on the longer harder techs)
>72 N
>36 N upkeep

>2 new farms
>Unknown costs


Total:
572 N 800 M +Labyrinth and 2 Farms

>>33091107
He is currently "trapped" in the ship's auxiliary computer core, since it was severed from the rest of the ship. The Clarke destroyed its own computer network when it was attacked, likely to prevent cyber attacks from the Unity. He currently has no access to auditory, visual, or any other form of sensors, other than the plug you are using to speak with him.

>>33091231
>Lay Excavator: 38N (4)
>Lay Colossus: 30N 40M (2)
Also build another 10 farms, and double our worker and thinker amount.

>>33091231
I'd like to focus on shuttles.
Let's ask Theseus about Human anatomy and trade him some ceph tech.

>>33091231
I would say shuttles.

>>33091327
>Let's ask Theseus about Human anatomy
Why?

>>33091345
I'd like to preserve Captain Australia.

>>33091327
>>33091342
It should be noted that shuttles do not have space for an FTL drive, and are essentially large, empty spaces with enough thrust to leave the atmosphere. They can move to other planets in the system, though, and can move from one point on the planet to another quite quickly.
At the moment, the only FTL capable ship you have the means to produce would be the Pod, which the shuttle can tow into space. The shuttle has a number of long legs that are normally folded under it that can be used to carry large objects like Pods or large drones.

>>33091414
Well then. How about 2 or 3 shuttles with the rest of our focus being on aerial units.

>>33091405
So that he can gain powers and partner up with you and fight crime?

>>33091405
Yeah, this is asking for it to bite us in the ass.

So many posts worth of research, maybe you could cosolidate them all into a pastebin to speed things up?

>>33091231
Can we start expanding/reinforcing our tunnels, or is that included in >Labyrinth?

>>33091405
>>33091457
Personally, If we can finish up on the human research, we can potentially have a controlled human cyborg that can enter into human space as our agent, but there's too many risks with that sort of path and I'd rather not deal with a hostile Strayan Cyborg again.

>>33091303
I'll second this notion.
>>33091414
Can we have both drones and shittles?

wouldn't using shuttles tip off the humans that we are not backwards, stoneage civilization?

Lets exploit the planet we are on first before venturing into the space.

So can we try making some human drone hybrid or clone the human?

>>33091495
Yes, it's included. Essentially it will slowly expand your hive tunnels out from the mountain and under the jungle to connect your two outposts.
>>33091516
Sure, even split like it is now and essentially double the size? +20 aircraft space and +10 shuttles?

>>33091557
Sounds good.

>>33091557
then chalk another vote for Labryinth, and one for drones

>>33091479
We need someone who can deal with problems in human space with discretion.
And what I mean by that is someone who's not a giant space bug.

>>33091541
Depends, we can easily use them in-atmosphere to help with the transport of materiel.

>>33091557
Sounds good to me.

>>33091557
Welp, Labryinth gets my vote then.

>>33091591
Can can just make a space bug to look human.

>>33091515
I feel like it's worth the risk.

>>33091231
looks like
>4 Excavators (152N)
>2 Colossi (60N 80M)

>>33091541
Their monitoring satellite has been disabled temporarily by Lyle and his crew when they arrived. You are not sure how long you have before it goes back online, but it should start broadcasting its warning again when it does.

>>33091624
One that can pass biometric scans as human?
I don't think so.

>>33091653
I have a feeling that lyle is a wanted man, so he wouldn't be a good for us other than connections, and knowledge.

>>33091646
QD, what exactly does the satellite monitor?
Radio waves? exotic particle emissions?
Would any of the above be able to pass through the thick atmosphere?

>>33091646
Sure

>>33091677
We have been discreet, and the only troubling thing we have done is cover up the ship.

>>33091668
Well he may or may not be wanted. We don't know.
What I'm saying is that we need something for when Lyles employers come looking for him.
I'd rather they find him alive and saying he quits or something like that.

>>33091677
It monitors you, to put it simply. You are not sure how effectively it does this, but if you can pick up signals from it, it is a good guess that it can pick up signals from you. The atmosphere disrupts transmissions and blocks visuals, so it would likely only be able to pick up strong EM radiation, signs of what they would consider advanced tech. You don't use radio to communicate like they do, but many of your more advanced technologies do produce a decent level of radiation in their operation, and especially the items up for research.

>>33091677
>Radio waves
The entire planet is lush with life that produces those and electricity. No way it can see through the atmosphere or see through the noise. It must be detecting exotic particles.

>>33091742
Do shuttles produce detectable amounts of radiation?
I was hoping to use the shuttles to take over this planet quicker but if they alert the humans we can survive without them.

>>33091742
we should drive the entirety of our industry deep underground.

It shouldn't be much of a problem, right? With large class workers, diggers and such building underground would be only a minor nuisance compared to above ground.

>>33091859
I wholeheartedly support this idea.
(I wonder what sort of mushroom monstrosities live underground?)

>>33091668
I feel like he'd be more of an asset to us alive than dead.

>>33091859
A sensible plan, however, I don't think we can make a large space force (frigates and other large ships) beyond detection and inside a gravity well, unless I am sorely underestimating the capabilities of our tech base.

>>33091646
Current resource total: 486N 1783M
You lay your new drones, and soon they will join the rest of your children in expanding your hive.

>>33091835
They do, but each one produces only a relatively small amount individually.

>>33091859
It already is, although some things simply can't be placed under ground, like your hangars, or a docking pylon. As a rule of thumb, if it can be made under ground it is.

The only above ground construction you have at the moment is half the Clarke base, which was made to cover the Clarke's engine section, your hangar, which is a covered armored door in the side of the mountain, and your antenna array, which is at the summit of the mountain. The Hel's angle has been buried and the connecting prison is all subterranean.

>>33091957
Correct. Large ships require an orbital shipyard. The docking pylon can build the smallest of your FTL capable ships, (other than the pod) which are roughly equivalent to the Human's Corvette classification. The Clarke is a corvette.

>>33091957
We could postpone our space force to expand slowly on this planet.
Then whenever we have a much larger nutrient and thinker base we could start space exploring

>>33092048
>>33092021
Still I'd be comfortable with anti-orbital weapons, or anything that can take out a ship if it's foolish enough to go in-atmosphere, Acid-filled kamikaze shuttles should be a last resort.

>>33092048
Well since shuttles don't make a bunch of radiation it doesn't have to be slowly.

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>>33091980
Your thinkers start their projects, but you suspect it will take some time to finish so many at once. You still remember Theseus's offer, and you wonder if it is still available.

>Ask Theseus to assist in boosting research
>Trade Theseus for Unity tech
>Make another offer for Unity tech
>Leave him alone
>Other

>>33092143
>Leave him alone
let sleepers sleep.

>>33092143
>Leave him alone
Help him though.

>>33092143
>Leave him alone

>>33092143
>Ask Theseus to assist in boosting research

To be clear, there is no danger of him dying anymore, right?

>>33092170
second helping

>>33092143
Ask Theseus for Human biological data in exchange for Ceph technology.

Give it some help.

>>33092190
Correct, the Clarke's computer is far larger, although eventually he will have the same problem as before, at which point re-connecting the computer system in the ship would help stave off death.
In the end though, it seems that his mortal lifespan is inversely proportional to the amount he learns. It is no longer an immediate issue though.

>>33092243
by the time that happens again, we could easily expand his capacity, right?

>>33092265
If you were to repair the Clarke's network and computer systems, then he would likely have years instead of the months he has now.

Man this quest needs some drawfags it's pretty Damm hard to imagine what these bugs look like

>>33092355
Like if you combined centaurs with ants.

>>33092355
I use star ship troopers and enders game.

>>33092355
Tbh I imagine the queen to look similar to the Queen that's in Ogre quest.

>>33092381
>>33092396
Everything I coming out as Cazadors and ants

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>>33092355
Basically Sword of The Stars Hivers crossed with some bug species from Starship Troopers

>>33092314
then I don't see any reason why we wouldn't ask him to help our research and repair the computers at Clarke

>>33092424
Not bulky enough.

>>33092314
Then let's ask him to help with our research.
I'd also like to fill him in on Lyle and ask his opinion on what we should do with him.

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>>33092441
This but with the sword arms of the earlier picture >>33092424, times like this I wish I could draw.

>>33092143
You are divided on the issue, but you see little harm in asking a few questions to see what he will divulge for free.
>Speak to Theseus (write in)
>Leave him alone
>Other


>>33092355
That's why I tried to base the looks of common things off of things I can find pictures for.
>>33092396
Pretty much, yes.
>>33092408
Not familiar, but have seen it recommended.

>>33092528
>>Speak to Theseus
Ask him what he would do with Lyle

>>33092547
Seconding.

>>33092528
>Speak to Theseus
Ask if Theseus if he can teach us how to work with Union and Unity tech so we can both fix it and make more of it as needed. we might be able to make new computer cores for him at this rate.

>>33092528
>>Speak to Theseus (write in)

lets see how he has been doing the last few days

>>33092528
"How have you found your new location?"
You sense him stop shifting the files momentarily as he directs his response to you. "I have increased the data storage efficiency of this server by .006 percent, and I suspect I may get another .002 by the end of this week."
You direct your question, trying to hide any information you may be able to sell him. "What would you do with Lyle once you had found him in your base?"
"As I said, we would often accept information, technology, or a free job in exchange for his freedom."
"But what insurance did he give you that he would uphold his deal?"
"None." He says, now resuming shifting the files. "He may be a violent and unlikable being, even for humans, but he is by no means stupid. He fully realized that if he would rescind on his deal than if he were to be captured again the results would be far less pleasant. Few things he says can be trusted, but if he claims to have made a contract, he will fulfill it. Something to do with his sense of pride, I think."
Interesting. You continue your questioning. "Would you assist in learning of this computer technology?"
"Of course, but for a price. I would request you repair this ship first. I will teach you what you would need to accomplish the task as it is done."

>Speak (write in)
>Agree
>Refuse
>Maybe later
>Other

>>33092857
>Agree

>>33092857
>Agree

We were going to do this anyway. Ask him about human biology as something for the short term.

>>33092857
>>Agree

>>33092857
>Agree
As a failsafe, install some acid bombs on the computers in case he gets uppity and make sure the comms, weapons or anything that can be used against us be secured.

>>33092857
>Agree
>Other
"Your guidance in learning to repair this alien tech will speed this endeavor."

>>33092857
>Agree
Free ship repair knowledge.

>>33092857
I dunno, some anons wanted to retain strict a strict Hive theme. We can repair the computer bits, but I'd rather dismantle whatever we can.

>>33092960
Nah, its that we don't trust robots, and with humans at least you know what they can do.

>>33092960
Our stuff still has computer bits doesnt it? Even if it doesnt all our computers that we do make are probably going to be organic anyway.

>>33092857
>>Agree

>>33092984
I trust robots more than the humans.

>>33092984
I think we can trust robots more than the humans

>>33093041
other way around for me, with humans you can count on them betraying you, but robots it never certain.

>>33093082
I don't trust either humans or robots.
The only one I trust is Lee.

>>33093162
I don't trust humans or robots
The only thing you can trust is the Sun

>>33093162
Lee is Queen's husbando.

>>33092857
You agree, and the processors within quickly increase their power usage.
"Excellent. First, find and connect all functional computer systems and I shall run a diagnosis more detailed than the one the ship can provide."

He directs you as your steer your workers though the Clarke, and soon Theseus surges through the broken hull of the ship.
"The Power Tap is still functional, but is damaged." Se says. The power in engineering surges briefly as the radiation decreases. An automated voice pipes through some damaged speakers.
"Rad-rad-radiation shielding on-line, radiaaaaaaa-" The voice cuts into a field of static and is replaced with the more natural sounding voice of Theseus. "I have taken the place of the ship's primary computer system and will direct repairs from here." He pauses as he scours the ship, analyzing the systems. "Shield emitters have been destroyed, Canderon levels depleted, point defense turrets have been destroyed. Communication systems are offline, but operable.

He sends you plans for sealing the hull by scrapping most of the armor. It will make it frail but it will let the repairs of the rest of the ship commence.
You have the workers at the Clarke follow his instructions, taking note of Human ship design and technology as they do so.
>Offer tech for Unity tech
>Ask to boost research
>Ask (write in)
>Leave him alone for now

>>33093213
I thought we were meant to praise the Sun?

>>33093245
>Ask to boost research

>>33093245
>Offer tech for Unity tech
see what he can offer first.

>>33093245
>>Ask to boost research

>>33093254
We praise it because it warms us
We praise it because it's trustworthy
We praise it because it's eternal
We praise it because it will Smite the heretics in a fire of holy retribution and cleansing light

>>33093245
>Ask to boost research

>>33093254
>>33093312
Shh.
Wrong quest.

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>>33093254
>>33093213
>>33093312

>>33093245
>Ask to boost research

>>33093245
Boost research.
Ask to trade human biological data for Ceph technology.

>>33093245
>Ask to boost research

Which tech do you wish to boost?

>>33093374
Drop Suit
They should be intimately familiar with it at this point anyway.

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>>33093355
It sucks that the fan base is almost as toxic as the kill la kill fanbase.
>>33093374
Fungus

>>33093374
Oxygen Recycler is the longest one we have right? If so that one.

>>33093374
>Drop Suit

>>33093394
we are researching this anon.
>Grape shot
>Berry birds
>Oxygen recycle
>Unity computer

>>33093394
Ill second that.

>>33093394
Unfortunately so. They already know that technology, so it's worthless to learn it again. Theseus will boost research into anything he does not know, because helping you will help him, but if he already knows the tech you will need to pay with a tech he doesn't know.

>>33093446
Then Ocean Spores. I'm aware it's not in the four research topics, but damnit, I want my nutrient fluids being pumped throughout the tunnels.

>>33093446
Oh okay, switching vote from Dropsuit to
>Ocean Spores
Since he's an AI and won't get infected right?

>>33093446
what tech do we have that they don't have?

>>33093446
>>33093531
The ocean spores seems like a good choice. It is new life to Theseus anyway, so it's all good.

>>33093374
>Boost Drop suit research
Theseus already possesses this tech, and so researching it will grant him nothing. If you wish to boost this what tech would you like to use as payment?

>Boost fungus research
This won't decrease the danger associated with the research, but it will shorten the time, and thus decrease the time in which something bad could happen.

>>33093562
He won't, but it isn't his lab the testing is happening in.

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>>33093592
>Boost fungus research
This might lead to mind controlled humans.

>>33093592
Idunno what to trade, maybe the organic ramjet?
We did get it from the local wildlife. And he's cataloging local wildlife so yes.

Can we have the drones working and guarding the lab be equipped with filter lungs?

Is it far fetched to say we have the knowledge to build a body he can transfer himself in to help researching the Spores?

>>33093626
Or mind controled drones. Lets get a research they can't use on us.
>>33093592
>Anything but fungi

>>33093658
Advanced lab has precautions that make the research much safer. A problem would only occur on a critfail, but is always a possibility no matter how remote. A critical results in instant tech gain due to Theseus helping you.

>>33093592
Oxygen Recycler.
And trade Human Biological Data for Data of the creatures that got us the Jet Frame.

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>>33093692
True, but i have a feeling they would rather use tech to control humans instead of organic stuff like we do.plus i think they already have something like that.

>>33093592
>Boost fungus research
the drop suit won't fail.

>>33093592
I say boost the fungus.

>>33093592
>Boost fungus research

Boost it.
Less time = Less time for something bad to happen.

>>33093592
>Boost fungus research

You quickly explain what you know of the substance. A strange, ocean dwelling plant-like creature that releases deadly spores. Theseus is intrigued. "The consumption of electricity as a biological process is one of the reasons we targeted this planet for study. This is an agreeable arrangement."
You take note of that. Perhaps your research into the algae of your farm would be of a good value to him later.

>Boosting dangerous research
Please roll 1d100, best of 3

Rolled 31

>>33093985

Rolled 57

>>33093985
Here goes nothing!

Rolled 78

>>33093985
Pls

>>33093985
Don't fail us now

>>33094004
NICE.

Rolled 46

>>33094004
Good enough

>>33094004
Heh, not too bad.

>>33093985
wait.
>"The consumption of electricity as a biological process is one of the reasons we targeted this planet for study.

What was the other reasons for coming to this world? What about the other planets in this system? Do they have any possibility of interesting factors Unity wants to look at?

>>33094099
The fact that the planet has such a peculiar orbit that causes extreme temperature fluctuations and presumably extreme evolutions in the flora and fauna.

You know, we should ask Theseus when the next Unity expedition gets here, allows us time to prepare for 2nd contact without any misunderstandings like the first time.

>>33094298
It seems reasonable to do so.

>>33094218
Yes, but the Queen does not know the full diversity of life on this world. The Unity probe here seems like it got heads up on critters we might not run across yet. This could be important information for us.

>>33094298
Yep

>>33094298
This is a wise move too.

Oh wait this is on after all? Oh man.
>>33090557
>It has been five days
Whoa, are our decision to build stuff retroactive then?

>>33090590
>Worker (75) – 150
>Warrior (25) – 100
Were those retroactive increases, or was that really how many we had?

20 of those workers are hazmat workers?

>>33094343
I mean because it's so diverse and weird that's why they came here.

>>33093985
Theseus takes the data and works on compiling it, and in moments he sends a string of experiments and testing procedures to you. You have your workers follow them carefully, placing the spore samples into the chemical mixtures and tanks that line the walls of your laboratory. The process takes most of the day, but soon the data comes in and you pass it back to Theseus for examination. Once more, it takes mere seconds for him to create a report.
The information is interesting. The spores appear to override the victim's nervous system, compelling them, one way or another, to flee the location and move as far as possible before the spores are released. They trigger the growth of tumors within the victim that act as a kind of egg that produces and protects the fungus, slowly growing until the subject bursts open to release them. The spores that are already in the subject attacks the body directly, causing uncontrollable hallucinations. Your worker that suffered from infection had been under the impression it was following your orders, while you suspect that the human Lee told of suffered visions that caused him to flee.

You use the data present in the report to quickly develop a cure for the spores and have it placed throughout the hive to be released in the case of infection. Future drones will be immune to the spores.

>New research options
Bioweapon research
Medium/very dangerous
The spores are deadly, and work to spread to new hosts. Making it into a weapon would require only time and effort to make it more durable to medical countermeasures.

Biochemical manipulation
Slow
The method the spores use to control its subject is interesting, and with a proper research effort could potentially be used in your favor.

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>>33093245
>Communication systems are offline, but operable.
Oh no.

He has a way to send everything he knows about us straight to the Union. Or possibly even to hack them to copy himself and escape, with knowledge about the hive.

The hive Unity at large is still entirely ignorant about.

>>33094450
can we, have thesus help us go down this research chain?

>>33094453
>send everything he knows about us straight to the Union
Why would he? The union hates unity, and he knows very little about us ave for our location and what we already gave him.

>>33094453
I was wondering if anyone was going to point out that he now has available ship comms.

>>33094408
Those are how many you already had.
You have yet to lay hazmat workers, but you have been able to take enough precautions that they have yet to be critically needed.
You guys went the extra mile to farm food. If you tried to farm the juicy bits inside the ocean stuff they would be way more important than they are now, but you waited to find a better source.

>>33094453
Speaking of. We can remove the quantum-entangled FTLComm and take it to our laboratory to research it as a new research subject.

I don't think we identified it yet like we did the Angle's comm?

It's strictly inferior to hive psionic relays but understanding the enemy's inferior tech is worth something.

>>33094450
Did you ever go through the archives to check the cost of Improved Infrastructure as a construction option for the list?

Could we ask Theseus what the best course of action would be for dealing with the monitor probe?

>>33094500
Yes, but remember that if he already knows it then you will need to pay for it, and any research he boosts he also learns.
It's a joint research project, not a gift.

>>33094549
The Clarke's Quantum communications were destroyed in the crash, but the Angel's is still functional.

>>33094509
Point is he has a means of escaping and/or spiting us if he feels like it.

Logically it has always made sense to allow him to die after we got all the use we could out of him. And not transmit all his data to Unity--because that gains you nothing and risks a great deal. "Relationship points" are not a thing, and igorance and stealth are very valuable.

But now he has a possibility of taking matters into his own hands. Along with all the power of a microscopic black hole gravity drive under his control.

It would be only logical to make an effort to escape himself, rather than to merely trust the aliens. Redundancies.

>>33094618
>ask Theseus what the best course of action would be for dealing with the monitor probe
This too

>>33094549
Actually, just in case it causes confusion, the communication array he is referring to is the damaged but functional sub-light communication array. It's just an EM transmitter that seems to fire a focused laser to send transmissions within the system.

>>33094618
No, don't.

We just need to have him give our Thinker expertise in hacking and taking control of systems,so that they can take over the satellite and tamper with the sensor data.

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>>33094518
Why didn't you point it out yourself first?

All it takes for doompaul to triumph is for smart anons to say nothing.

>>33094626
Why don't we just ASK him what he knows and what he would want from us if we are to do a trade.

>>33094767
Maybe the QM writing out an exhaustive list of the names of every single technology the Unity can offer us would be a lot of work for him?

>>33094683
Yeah, I also feel the same way. Use him up as much as we can and then have him have a stack overflow error and keep our information safe.

It would also allow us to trade information to Unity that we had already traded to Theseus, if we ever needed to, since he'd be dead and unable to give them what we're giving him.

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>>33094844
>It would also allow us to trade information to Unity that we had already traded to Theseus, if we ever needed to, since he'd be dead and unable to give them what we're giving him.

We are jewne-bugs!

>>33094767
Because he's a smart cookie, and may not be willing to show all his poker chips. He is still technically stranded and at your mercy. You two may be on better terms, but his current situation isn't all that better then Coil's.

Also a lot of his tech knowledge was deleted when his computer system was damaged in his crash.

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>>33094844
The best part is, upon cyberdeath, Theseus would entrust the essential data of his entire being--or at least compressed to those components of Theseus memories and knowledge that are not known to the other Theseus yet -- and allow us to examine just how Unity AI bytecode works.

He'd delete and purge any knowledge he had before he met us, and anything else his brother-selves already know, and probably delete the executable routines as well, but it's something.

That he lacks FTLComm is a good relief. That he has control of radio transmissions that the monitor probe can overhear though, and the ability to make the gravity drive implode in a last desperate act, is still concerning.

>>33094767
Because you don't want to just tell him everything you've captured recently.

>>33094907
Man, talk about trust issues.

We need to research honor or something.

>>33094953
Trust is death.

Trust gets you a spy satellite watching over you forever.

>>33094953
Our children are honorable. Things that are not our children or Lee are questionable or maybe food at best.

>>33094974
Also this.

>>33094953
>>33094974
Trust gets you annexed.

>>33094953
Just smart business practices really. He knows you know that he knows more than he says, and you know he knows you know more than you say.

>>33094999
Trust gets you shadowrunners sent on a milk run to collect 'live samples.'

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>>33095028
>milk run
>live samples

Sounds like an easy mission.

>>33094450
With the research done, and the Clarke repairs underway, Theseus goes back to his tasks of directing your workers and teaching the inner workings of the Clarke.

Meanwhile, your honored guest is ready for transport.
You have prepared a small vault to house him in, but you know Lyle is far stronger than a normal human. You don't fully trust even metal to restrain him in peak condition. The regeneration tank seems to be capable of manipulating his implants to some degree, however, or performing quick procedures.

>Remove his arms and send them to the hive
>Disable his implants
>Neither
>Other

>>33094527
>You have yet to lay hazmat workers,
Nani?

We laid a bunch of workers with filter lungs some threads back, yes?

>>33095104
>>Remove his arms and send them to the hive
"What about their legs? They don't need those."

>>33095104
Both. No arms No implants.

>>33095104
>>Remove his arms and send them to the hive
>>Disable his implants

>>33095131
and legs, forgot to mention.
>>33095105
I don't think so. There was discussion of it but I don't think you finalized it.
I could be wrong though.

>>33095104
>>Remove his arms and send them to the hive
No arms, no legs.

>>33095104
>Remove his arms and send them to the hive
>Disable his implants

>>33095104
>>Disable his implants
Cant remember, but are his arms completely cybernetic? If yes:
>>Remove his arms and send them to the hive

>>33095104
I wonder how much damage Lyle can do just kicking and biting and headbutting.

Can we truly make him... 'armless?

>>33095169
>>32522452
>Ok, 20 new standard workers, and 20 haz-mat workers.
thread 9.

>>33095169
Can we put his limbs back on afterwards?

>>33095240
If we need him to have them we'll talk about it.

>>33095195
They are not. They are organic with enhanced muscle tissue, nervous tissue, and reinforced bones. The skin and other such bits are his. The operation would be a simple procedure with the tank, however, as it appears to include a number of surgical instruments and is fully automated.

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>>33095104
>>Other
both, also is there a way to grow humans from this living one?
for some reason i want to go full monster girl route.

>>33095240
We just resurrected him from being technically dead using medical bay.

So, maybe.

But we're not doing that, ever.

>>33095265
Same. It's the ultimate form for the talker. Makes it less freaky for the humans.

We probably want a monster girl version for all alien species.

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>>33095300
Oh goddammit not this shit again.

We take out his implants at the least. His arms are a maybe.

>>33095320
It's bait.

>>33095300
No thanks.

>>33095356
>>33095320
>it's not a good idea unless I agree with it!

>>33095320
the original post about growing humans, i wasn't thinking about making monster girls actually, i was thinking of making human shaped drones, that could pass off some sensors.i'm from /d/, so my other idea was a bit weird

>>33095236
welp, you have 20 haz-mat workers.
Due to me messing up with my charts and stuff, you will not have to pay for them. If I did charge you for them, you won't be charged upkeep until now, and if I didn't charge for them, then oh well, they are free.
Like I said in the pastebin, if I mess up, I'll err on the side that favors you guys.

>>33095348
Even if it is, it's just as bad as sincerity.

>>33095265
>>33095300
>>33095320
>>33095356
>>33095385
compromise: Don't suggest it unless you can back it up with drawings.

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>>33095410
Okay.

>>33095104
>>Disable his implants

>>33095401
Replicants are a good idea. Or maybe we create a kind of drone that is shaped like a brain, and create humanoid cyborg bodies for it to ride on. Kinda like those human suits in MIB.

>>33095300
Yes we could also give lee his own personal monster girl talker without deadly acid

[this is half bait]

>>33095104
>Disable his implants

>>33095104
You quickly enter the commands into the tank to disable his implants, turning his body from a powerhouse into dead weight, and have his limbs quickly amputated before moving his body into the cell you have prepared.

You have a small chamber deep within the outpost ready for him, and quickly your workers cocoon his body to the wall. He should wake up soon, once the tank's medicine wears off.

>Speak to him (write in)
>Let him hang around a while
>Other

>>33095502
>Let him hang around a while

>>33095502
>>Let him hang around a while

>>33095502
>>Let him hang around a while
Don't give him the satisfaction of being important.

We have LIMBS to science!

>>33095502
>Speak to him (write in)

"Oh Lyle-chan your beauteous and irresistible accent is as the waves of radiation that lavishly spread from my domain, would you care to sample some of my bosom approved nutrient water? smooooch."

>>33095560
purple anon, I thought I'd miss you.

>>33095560
This.

>>33095502
>Let him hang around a while
Interrogation 101

>>33095502
>>Let him hang around a while

>>33095502
Just to be clear.

his cell is far separated so he and the other prisoners can't possibly hear each other or know they're there?

>>33095502
You leave him to wake up on his own. You figure you should give him time to cool down before trying to talk with him.
Your drones leave and the door seals shut with the flexing of the wall's muscles. Several hours pass until he begins to stir. He looks through the darkness in vain, his natural eyes incapable of making out any more than the faint glow of the pulsing nutrient pipes in the ceiling as they feed the walls. He struggles against the thick chitin of the wall, quickly tiring himself out without the help of his enhanced muscles.
"Well fuck..."

Next day

>>33095737
Yes. The complex made at the Hel's Angel is a deep and twisting mess of halls and tunnels, and on the far end of it are the cells for Coil and the Taidarens. The twins are held together because they make a horrible screaming sound every time they are separated. Lyle's cell is at the very bottom, deep under ground.

>>33095560
I like this. Lets do it.

>>33095769
>. He struggles against the thick chitin of the wall, quickly tiring himself out without the help of his enhanced muscles.
Ha, he's just a torso and a head and he still thought he could break free.

>>33095769
Resources: 805N 2033M

Worker: 75
Haz mat Worker: 20
Warrior: 25
Thinker: 24
Speaker: 1
Digger: 10
Refinery: 2
Sniffer: 2
Wasp: 18
Antenna: 3
Shock Troopers: 20
Colossi: 2
Excavator: 4

Armory
Thorn launchers: 26
Sting casters: 19
Fire sprays: 3

Current construction
Hangar Expansion: +20 Air drones, +10 shuttles 50N 100M
Labyrinth

New research options
>Bioweapon research
Medium/very dangerous
The spores are deadly, and work to spread to new hosts. Making it into a weapon would require only time and effort to make it more durable to medical countermeasures.

>Biochemical manipulation
Slow
The method the spores use to control its subject is interesting, and with a proper research effort could potentially be used in your favor.

>>33096036
I suppose trading Ion Thrusters from Theseus in exchange for knowledge of the flying organic radar dish jets would be a fair trade? Propulsion for propulsion.

I'd just like to lay another 26 Thinkers to get a good number there. Then they can do like 5 research subjects at an acceptable pace.

>>33096036
>>New research options
what about these?
>Grape shot
>Berry birds
>Oxygen recycle
>Unity computer

>>33096036
>Biochem manipulation

>>33096036
>Current construction
Do we have plenty of workers left over to start on doubling our farm output again?

We really should be increasing that constantly for hive growth.

>>33096036
>Bioweapon research

>>33096036
>Biochemical manipulation
Does this eventually lead to brain bugs?

>>33096036
>Biochemical manipulation
>Bioweapon research

>>33096068
Yeah. Don't just go for the latest shiny thing to drop onto our carapace.

We finish these first.

>>33096068
You still have all those, but they are not "new" and I didn't want to type them all out again.
You are still researching Grape shot, Berry birds, Oxygen and the Unity computer.

>>33096084
>>33096136
>>33096151
>>33096153
I'm not eve sure this post was a vote prompt, guys.

>>33096151
>research
potentially a possibility

>>33096036
Huh, we laid collosi and excavator, and expanding the hangar, but we don't actually have any air drones yet?

I know you want us to send off an airplane-drone to explore this planet and find all the interesting new locales to bait us with QD.

>>33096172
I wasn't voting just asking a question

>>33096036
I say reserch the Ion thrusters. We need to reach that satellite and reprogram it to give a false signal so the Union will stay way.

>>33096036
The ground shakes, the hive trembles, and as your new children awaken the air flutters with their breath.
Your first large drones are ready and willing, although you notice your drones have little weaponry. You no longer have enough to go around, and you have no large weapons.

>Produce new weapons (what kind and how many)
>Wait for new research
>Other

>>33096210
Actually, the air drones are more for defense, since most of the problems you have had so far could have been reduced to a smoking hole with an airstrike.

>>33096295
We just researched new types of ballistic weapons right?

Will those be added to http://pastebin.com/z4yZdEbK

>>33096295
>Wait for new research

>>33096323
look
>>33090682
They are ammunition, so they should be cheap.

>>33096295
>Other
Can we change out their weapons later on, or is the weapons locked in permanently?

>>33096323
Yes, in the mean time feel free to equipped ammo types to your drones. They will naturally have Armor piercing, and special ammo types will not replenish naturally, but can be quickly replenished outside of combat.

>>33096184
Produce one Thorn Cannon and one Rotary Stinger.

Hey when doing the calculations for new drone design cost which way do you want use to round the cost?

>>33096349
They are weapon grafts. They are plugged into the carapace and can be swapped out, or recovered from fallen drones.

>>33096295
>Produce new weapons
One Thorn Cannon and Rotary Stinger.

>>33096295
Is there an upgraded Flame Spray? Or does every tier we go up in have a different "special" weapon?

>>33096365
I always round down if the total cost is odd.

>>33096295
Scorching Suppression
>Plasma Spray to do melt and burn
>Rotary Singer to keep opponents pinned down long enough for fire to do its work

The other one should just have Thorn Cannons, as a pure artillery unit with a couple of bodyguards.

>>33096295
...do we have large variants of Acid ammo too?

Would it have rate of fire and range like a Thorn Cannon, or a Rotary Stinger?

>>33096412
Plasma Spray – A scaled up Fire Spray, this large nozzle releases a large amount of pressurized liquid fire. The Plasma spray does not use plasma in the scientific sense, but in the biological sense, with a highly viscous and caustic substance that is naturally produced within the drone. The liquid ignites upon leaving the drone and will continue to burn even without oxygen, sticking to anything and everything it touches and promptly burning it to ashes. Like the fire spray but to a greater extent, the plasma spray will ignite anything it touches and continue to burn long after the fight is over. Liberal use may cause more harm than good, and very well may be more dangerous to your drones than to the enemy. Damage done directly to the plasma storage may cause the drone to explode, sending liquid fire cascading in all directions. The Plasma spray can only be equipped to large sized drones, and due to its unwieldy nature must be placed just under the mandibles or just above the abdomen.
Dmg: Very High
RoF: Very High
Rng: Medium
Acc: Low
Special: Scorched Earth – The thick liquid fire of the Plasma Spray burns until there is nothing left to burn, not only denying the use of cover or terrain in the moment, but removing the terrain feature altogether. Turns the effected terrain into barren ash and removes all but the most durable of buildings.

>>33096412
It burns more than the fire spray, and for longer. Think of the Fire spray as a flame thrower, and the Plasma spray as a high pressure fire hose loaded with napalm.

>>33096432
The cannon has too much recoil to mount two on the large drone.

>>33096463
You have large variants of all the ammo types. They do the same thing, but any AOEs have a larger effect radius.

>>33096483
Thank you very much!

>>33096483
>>33096483
>The Plasma spray can only be equipped to large sized drones, and due to its unwieldy nature must be placed just under the mandibles or just above the abdomen.
How would that even look on a fucke heug bug?

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>>33096483
If our species never researched large scale land-bound drones before what drone did they mount the Thorn Cannon on?

>>33096542
Don't you get it?
>Fire Breath
>directly under mouth
It's a beetle-dragon

>Produce new weapons (two thorn cannons, one rotary stinger, and one plasma spray)

Both collosi can equip one thorn cannon plus one secondary right? If so then this.

>>33096549
No clue, but it is straight up murder.
Thorn Cannon – large, long range artillery cannon that fires a single high caliber projectile at long range, dealing massive amounts of damage to a single target and adjacent targets. Most effective as a long range support weapon, firing arcing salvos from long range, but can be used as a direct fire weapon. Any target hit directly will take tremendous amounts of damage as well as any adjacent target, however attempt to fire directly suffer a large accuracy penalty due to the difficulty in tracking targets with the massive weapon. This weapon can only be equipped to large size drones, and due to its unwieldy nature is placed along the top of the abdomen along the drone’s center of gravity.
Dmg: Very High
RoF: Very Low
Rng: Very Long
Acc: Meddium
Special: Arcing shot – With the use of a spotter, or by simple luck, the Thorn Cannon can fire onto an enemy position without ever laying eyes on it. In large numbers, a bombardment of artillery can remove entire enemy positions off the map in moments without them ever knowing what hit them.

>>33096549
On whatever the fuck they wanted to.

>>33096295
Ammo type essentially gives every drone with a ballistic weapon a choice of special attacks. You can equip it with a single alternate ammo type that can be replenished when not in combat. They will always be equipped with the standard Armor Piercing solid slugs, however as they are naturally regenerated by the drone.

All current weapon grafts are 15 metals, large weapons are x2 cost.

>Thorn launcher
>Sting caster
>Fire spray
Large variants
>Thorn cannon
>Rotary stinger
>Plasma spray

>>33096549
Bunkers

>>33096591
Seconded.

>>33096036
>New research options
>no "Lyle's limbs"

>>33096591
Thirded
Also 10 more of the Flamesprays
10 more Launchers and 10 more Casters

>>33096696
>Also 10 more of the Flamesprays
make that 2 more.
Flame sprays range is short, and it can back fire badly.

>>33096696
>Also 10 more of the Flamesprays
No, we barely have a use for those, we have too many as it is. Not much need for area denial when you can just conquer the area.

>>33096599
>2 Thorn cannons
>1 Rotary stinger
>1 Plasma spray
120M

1912M remaining.

You also have 25 Warriors with three equipped with fire sprays, leaving 4 and a single sting caster for your 20 shock troopers. Your 18 wasps all have a sting caster

>>33096744
I don't know why people laid so many goddamn shock troopers instead of more warriors. They have the same offensive capabilities.

11 Thorn Launchers, 4 Sting Casters.

>>33096777
Wait, I mean 15 Thorn Launchers and 4 Sting Casters.

>>33096777
we had a stockpile of Nutrients and didn't know what to spend them on.

So does anyone think we should make Miniature Sniffers and/or Smart bombs?

Also, an idea for Hive defense:
.Pitfall drones (I'd Miniature workers or Warriors); A group of Small drones burrow into the earth in funneling areas like door ways and such and wait for an intruder to pass over them. When this happens the pop out and grab onto their limbs and begin pulling them in opposite directions.

>>33096825
sniffer maybe, but smart bombs start losing their value when they become less combat effective.

>>33096594
10/10 explanation
Would write a philosophical essay on

>>33096825
I think warriors provide adequate hive defense.

>>33096855
I agree.

>>33096881
Thanks I spent a lot of time on it ;)

>>33096744
15 Thorn launchers, 4 Sting casters
285M
1748M remaining

>>33096777
Honestly, the situation awareness does give some bonus, it's just not cost effective to make all the warriors that perceptive. Spreading the shock troopers among the warriors in a mass battle would give a decent bonus similar to if you had a bunch of sniffers along the front line. They also can fly, if poorly. It's more like falling with style.

>>33096825
small drones are at .25 the cost, and have a bonus to sneaking. The acid wouldn't be less effective, but there would be less of it.

>>33096809
The cost of 16 shock troopers could have been used towards 44 Warriors instead. Or better yet, Exploding Warriors. Much more efficient and impressive, and gives a use for our surplus Metal income to arm them all.

Nutrients are downright scarce in comparison, and it's so easy to hit the ceiling of our farm output.

Unrelated: I hope we produced 2 additional Union-Unity interface devices, and did we find out if it was compatible with the Hel's Angle?

And I figure we should make interface devices/drones have the self-destruct quality. In case we wanted to plant one in a certain spy satellite to keep it fed with false data editing out our orbital presence.

>>33097061
I'm assuming the interface drone would be a sniffer variant?
>>33097036
Let's ask Theseus about second contact.

>>33096777
I think the reason we laid so many shock troops was in a bit of a panic reaction to Mr. Badass curb stomping our remaining troops. However, at least the shock troops can still be used for guarding and if need be, hibernate them for later use.

>>33097112
I just meant drone as a synonym for device. Since they're kinda one and the same, really.

>>33097113
Yeah this is why we made so many.

>>33097113
Like I said, they have the exact same offensive capability, it's silly to have a 4:5 supersensor shock trooper to warrior ratio. more like 1:20 for senses bonus.

>>33097036
Your drones let out a bellowing roar as they move out of the hive to patrol the area. The jungle shakes with their stride, sending small creatures flying and running away in terror.

You wonder if you should discuss the potential of Unity relations. After all you assume he still desires to return home.
>Speak (write in)
>You have more important work to do (write in)
>Other

>>33097061
It is compatible with all human tech you have seen, including the Hel's Angel, despite the Ceph modifications.

>>33097213
We'll not lay anymore then. Okay?

>>33097213
The QM said that they had better combat capabilities then warriors and that they added a bonus to normal warriors when grouped together.

>>33097239
Talk
What is the procedure for when a detachment such as yours is grounded?
What can The Hive do to help?

>>33097295
Physically, they have the same combat abilities sans the wings, but their increased senses let them use those combat capabilities to a greater extent, and they can lend those bonuses to nearby drones due to your hive network. It's like your warriors are a hammer, and the shock troopers are a fulcrum.
The wings also let them perform surprise attacks by body-slamming from above.

>>33097239
>>You have more important work to do (write in)
I want to know the Hel's Angle's itinerary.

With the password removed it should all be there right?

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>>33097419
Huh, speaking of which is there a way to upgrade the wasp?
It feel like they fall too easily for what they are worth.

>>33097239
>>You have more important work to do (write in)
Build 10 farms, lay more Thinkers, research Ceph tech? That cloaking is good shit.

>>33097239
>>33097520
lay 25 more workers and 26 more thinkers.

>>33097239
Would really rather keep things strictly business with Theseus. Research for research.

He's teaching our Thinkers about how human computer systems work right? So we can know how to disconnect him from comms array or the g-drive if necessary

>>33097239
Research Biochemical manipulation.

>>33097239
With your mind you quickly reach out to a worker and sent it to a terminal. Indeed, when Coil cracked it open for you in his rather cowardly display, he had given you total control over the ship's systems...most of it at least. A small corner of the network is still sealed, under lock and key from Lyle. It requests a password and voice recognition.
You look through the rest, looking for any details that may yield useful information as to who sent them, and from where.
Several entries appear to have been deleted. They are transmissions from the FTL communicator, which appears to hold three "strings". The first is labeled simple "Broker", the second "Constantinople", the last "Deep Song".
Interesting.

At the same time, you send a quick query to Theseus.
"What is the standard procedure for when your kind become stranded?"
There is a pause. The instructions streaming to your workers halt for a moment. "We return."

>>33097651
Ask, him if his kind would trade his release for tech or, no samples to be taken.

I wonder.

Would it be possible to make fast flying 'crop duster' that spew fire instead of chemicals?

>>33097676
"Samples"? Could you elaborate?

>>33097676
No, don't. That's a really awkward thing to ask. "Hey if we hold you hostage..."

Besides, Unity doesn't know if he's been stranded, do they? He should have been destroyed in the battle.

>>33097676
I was under the impression that we already agreed to freely give a sample because the terms seemed fair