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>>34539991
>Current armory
121 Thorn Launchers
2 Thorn Cannons
53 Sting Casters
1 Rotary Stinger
3 Fire Sprays
1 Plasma Spray

>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 3959
Metals: 19575

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Hive maintenance – 325
Queen – 5
Worker (1200) – 2400
Radiator Worker (40) – 160
Warrior (209) – 836
Thinker (139) – 417
Quantum Thinker (110) – 550
Speaker – (1) – 4
Digger (80) – 320
Refinery (10) – 70
Sniffer (2) – 8
Small Sniffer (40) – 40
Fly (10) – 40
Wasp (59) – 295
Antenna (3) – 9
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (40) – 520
Excavator (9) – 171
Colossus (6) – 90
Advanced Relay (6) – 600
Space Pod (3) – 90
Shuttle (2) – 50
Scout Corvette – 325
Lancer Corvette – 200
Nutrient costs: 5455

>Income
Metals: 3750
Nutrients: 8505
Net: 970

Hive Structure
>Reservoir
>General storage
>Food storage
>Advanced Laboratory
>Infrastructure
>Hangar facilities: Room for 40 Aero Drones and 20 Shuttles (25N)
>Mine: +1500 M per day (+25 M per digger)
>Asteroid mining base: +2250M per day (+50 M per digger)
>Algae Farm: +8000 N per day, 80 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Clarke Research Outpost
>Hel’s Angel Prison Outpost
>Docking Pylon: Space for docking and construction of 4 ships (50N)
>Anti-orbital battery: 2 (125N per battery)

Current construction
120 Farms

New Construction Options
>Algae Farm – +100N per day, 1 worker to maintain
>Hangar Expansion – Add on to current hangar facilities for your choice of +40 aero drone space, or +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
>Anti-orbital battery – A bunker armed with a massive Particle beam capable of attacking ships in orbit from the ground. It includes the power and sensor systems required to operate it. 250N 1500M

Ship Construction Options
http://pastebin.com/YTwGk8n1

So the new research options?

>>34540006
Finished Research
>Union culture research
Photonic matrices for dummies – A large volume detailing the technology of 3D holographic projector displays.
A comprehensive guide to the Colony Wars – A detailed account of the war between the Earth Confederation and the Colonials who would found the Union of Independent Colonies. Features detailed accounts of major battles and events, as well as an analysis of the socio-economic forces that lead the human race into one of its most bloody conflicts, and the resulting repercussions.
Foundation – The book details the efforts of a small colony as it struggles with the collapse of the greater galactic government. The book is filled with awards and praise marking it as an example of great human literature of distant past, written before humans even left their home world.
2001: Space Odyssey – A work of historical fiction detailing the journey of a slower-than-light space craft as it drifts to an alien artifact in the human home system. The crew is tormented by an artificial intelligence, indicating that the human’s fear and disdain for sapient computers even pre-dates their creation of them.
Bettering yourself: A guide to galactic harmonics – An interesting yet highly unscientific “journey into the greater galactic consciousness.”
Ender's Game – Humanity is attacked by an unknown alien race called “Buggers” and are nearly driven to extinction. After many years of preparation the humans place their military in a brilliant young child named Ender who proceeds to exterminate the Buggers, destroying their home world in the process. You don't like this book very much…

>Carbon liquid
This liquid substance appears to be a kind of carbon based crystal life form. The colony is capable of rapidly assembling their form to suit its needs, gathering data of its surrounds and food in a collective manner as one organism. You wonder if its abilities could improve your own if used properly.

>>34540006
We set up that outpost in the mountain range yet?
And any word on what that union ship doing up in orbit?

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>>34540177
Available research: http://pastebin.com/F6t39KSp

New Research options
>paralytic flower
Short
Your detailed survey of the jungle revealed an interesting carnivorous plant that appears to utilize a set of pressurized barbs to fire a stinger at prey as it wanders nearby, where its roots then react reflexively to close around the prey, constricting it as it releases digestive juices. Study of the plant would yield a greater understanding of both its toxin, and its delivery method.

>Hallucinogen fungus
Short
This small but potent fungal sample releases spores that can fill a short range before becoming inert. If they manage to enter a target’s system in time it causes powerful and overwhelming hallucinations, causing local animals set on eating it to run off in a confused stupor. The fungus uses it as a defensive mechanism, blowing the noxious gas from a small set of hollow stems growing from the fungus like thorns. Further research would yield a greater understanding of both the toxin and its delivery method.

>Panic gas
Short
Deep in the jungle you discovered a small, soft, pudgy animal that feeds on spore drifts. When threatened they constrict themselves violently, expelling a cloud of potent gas that causes immediate and violent reactions. The predator quickly flees in terror, often sending out its own defensive reaction ranging from camouflage to short range flight to even deliberate dismemberment of a tail or leg that is left writhing behind it. Further study of the chemical compound should yield a greater understanding of it and its potential applications.

have we made any efforts to further our underwater plans?
i'm fairly sure we got the most of the needed techs to proceed a bit further.

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>>34540217
>all these incapacitating agents

>>34540217
>Short
Is that faster than fast?

>>34540263
Its the jungle baby
Were all the good stuff grows

>>34539991
Can we get the speaker to if humans eat sweet/sugar based foods? I am wondering what would be the result of eating chocolate to our race.
>>34540177
>Carbon liquid
So it IS alive. Neat. This could be the basis of OUR nanite tech.

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>>34540217
>New ship adaptation
Rapid damage control +15N 20M per 100 meters
Using what you learned from the colony liquid you have developed a thick compound that is pumped through the capillaries of your ships. When severe damage is sustained the capillaries burst and the substance quickly expands and hardens into a makeshift hull, allowing your ships to survive much larger amounts of damage and healing to a small extent while still in combat. The effect is limited, however, and is only intended to keep the ship in fighting shape until it can repair.

>>34540207
Yes, although with the humans in orbit you cannot use a shuttle without exposing its location. The ship is holding in orbit with the satellite inside its hangar.

>>34540290
Yes.

>>34540309
we should offer the chef a protein bar

>>34540217
These new options! We must take them up now. we could get them done in this thread is done.

>>34540309
>So it IS alive. Neat. This could be the basis of OUR nanite tech.
Seriously fluff do you follow this quest or just post here?
We already have nanotech we could research.

Right might as well get this out of the way for the rest of the thread.
Frigate Prototype
Frigate 800N 1600M
Spinal mount
Railgun 80M
Turret
AutoGun 150M
Fixed
Linear 160M
Auxiliary
Autogun 40M
Utility
Swarm 600N 300M
Ship Total 1400N 2330M
Crew
5 Normal Thinkers 30N
Psychic Relay 200N 250M
Total 1630N 2580M

The spinal mount is only 80 meters and the thinkers are to boost and control the weapon systems.
Its hull is just standard one cause i figured its cheaper to build in mass and repair than add the expansive options.
I saw that the linear cannons provide a bonus to kinetic attacks on the ship paste bin and are a lot faster than the railgun so we can get more shots off while waiting for the railgun to reload.
And someone please name the thing

>>34540434
That is Another race's nanite tech. I was thinking of the Hive's brand of nanites. This would be LIVING nanites, rather than robotic nanites.

>>34540378
"We find many neat things in jungle!"
The chorus of thoughts runs through your mind as your thinkers present their findings with pride. They sit idle, waiting for new research orders.

>>34540551
we could, we know study both and make something better then ether

>>34540566
>>Panic gas
>Hallucinogen fungus
>paralytic flower
>Net gun
May as well start on the these.

>>34540524
Do realize the LBP is penalize when not used as a spinal mount.

>>34540551
You know we are already using nanites in a way right?
Using microscopic organisms for industrial use is the same thing
That space organism is provided just new adaptions for our living ships

>>34540566
Regeneration Tank is extremely high priority now that we have human test subjects. Get the twins to help reverse engineer it.

With human medical tech understood, we can replicate it as our own organically controlled versions.

And then we can knock out the humans and perform exploratory surgery and medical scans to get the kind of in-depth human biology knowledge you don't get from corpses!

Once we have a baseline of the good 24 or so normal humans we'll have something to compare the evolving state of Dr. Vaughn to.

>>34540566
Has anything happened with the doctor?

>>34540566
>>34540618
Quick and simple, then we should move onto to Magnetic Levitation, Lyle’s Combat armor, and Drop Suit

>>34540571
Exactly! Robotic based nanites have to be programed like any other computer and is subjected to hacking attacks that other races could inflict and disable it, or worse, turn them. Our Hive based living nanites, should be controlled by our psychic powers and thus un-touchable by most other races.

>>34540658
We put her in the medical tank, I believe to heal her from her injuries.
>>34540638
I'll give you that, but nanites can do far more than that. we need to expand and more importantly, be able to fully control them.

>>34540633
Really cause it said nothing on the ship doc
but still it has a faster rof than the railgun and there are 4 of them so i guess it should cover for that

>>34540566
>Panic gas
>Hallucinogenic fungus
>Paralytic flower
>Net gun
>Regeneration tank
>All above
>Add other

>>34540673
Are you really that stupid? We don't build computers we create organic beings.

>>34540669
>Drop Suit
I would rather research the data cube.

>>34540735
all above
might as well

>>34540735
Add Skyl data cubes

>>34540566
Basically this >>34540618 and I love our thinkers.

They are adorable.

>>34540735
did we ever do anything with those eggs we found before? (from that underwater crab/scorpion thing)

>>34540733
Linear beams and railguns both have a damage output that scales with the length of the weapon. They will put out the largest amount of damage when used in a spinal mount. You could still add a linear beam to a fixed mount instead, but it would deal less damage and have a less potent special effect because of its lower energy output.

>>34540378
Last thread someone suggested tearing down the Docking Pylon. I can't remember if it was confirmed but I second it. Get that shit covered up before they see it.

I also vote for an internal Docking Pylon to be built at our Asteroid Base. If the dug out cavern isn't big enough yet, have our Drones focus on the excavation over oar mining.

Also, have our Drones construct an artificial cave and build up some earth-works around the Hangar facilities.
Make it so the Hanger entrance is set at the back of the cave, instead of just in the cliff-side.

>>34540735
>All above

>>34540787
Not yet. We could try to hatch them. Maybe attempt to make them smart enough to train through genetic engineering.

>>34540735
All above

>>34540744
You're probably right, it'll give us more longterm tech benefits. I figured we could use an immediate improvement in our ground combat after getting fucked up by assault rifles, grenades, and a few CIP pistols

>>34540791
i vote against dismantling our pylon
there already on the planet and no point stalling ourselves cause of them
we need to push and build as fast as possible regardless
but yeah i agree on building that shipyard on that ast base

>>34540735
All of the above
Add: data cubes

>>34540735
>All above

>>34540791
Either this or fabricate a cloak for the pylon, the longer we can keep up the ruse the better.

>>34540790
>New Drone Idea.

Mimic-Drone:
Create Drones that look just like local predators (that centipede thing).
If the Humans start snooping around somewhere we don't want them, we can drive them off in a way that won't implicate us.

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>>34540735
Current research
>Panic gas
>Hallucinogenic fungus
>Paralytic flower
>Net gun
>Regeneration tank

>Add data cubes [Y/N]

>>34540777
That they are.

>>34540906
i like the way you think

>>34540735
all above

>>34540916
Y

>>34540916
>Add data cubes Y
Yeah got a long term project at least

>>34540916
Yes

>>34540916
>Add data cubes [Y/N]
Y

>>34540740
Anon, I understand you are confused and easily upset, but we DO build computers! Our thinkers and Quantum thinkers are computers. They just happen to be made out of organic bits and controlled by psychic power. So will our hive brand nanites.

>>34540906
Good Idea.

>>34540916
>Y
>>34540906
Good idea! I love it.

>>34540916
>Y

Current research projects

>Panic gas
>Hallucinogenic fungus
>Paralytic flower
>Net gun
>Regeneration tank
>data cubes

>>34540916
Y

>>34540888
The practicality of using a cloaking field on the docking pylon has been debunked multiple times in this quest. You cannot cloak something that big and in our thick atmosphere.

>>34540906
that's actually a good idea
and since they nicely hinted they want to track us down >>34539991
we gonna need to put the fear in them and disable that machine there using to map our hive they placed

>>34540916
>New construction project.

Royal Palace:
Having our Queen sitting in the known location of our Hive is asking for trouble. If our cover fails, this is exactly where the nukes will fall.

I vote we select a location on a different continent and build a Royal Palace.
Essentially a Labyrinth with advanced Infrastructure, a Throne Room, a permanent detachment of Warriors and enough Farms to support the garrison.

Also, vote to create a Birther to take over the role here. No point having a secret base if Shuttles are constantly going back and forth with eggs.

>>34541150
Yeah its prob smarter to move the queen and just leave a birther
or dig even deeper into the planet to hole up

>>34541150
>I vote we select a location on a different continent and build a Royal Palace.
how about on the bottom on the ocean?

Can we create something that automatically launches a micro-colony away from the planet should shit go south?

Maybe station it in orbit concealed as something else?

>>34541150
that`s actually a good idea

>>34541050
>Paralytic flower
>carnivorous plant that appears to utilize a set of pressurized barbs to fire a stinger at prey as it wanders nearby, where its roots then react reflexively to close around the prey, constricting it as it releases digestive juices

I say we make our own copies of these, only bigger and meaner. Hook them up to our Infrastructure via their roots and plant crops of them in places we want the Humans to avoid.

Basically, we'd be planting sentry turrets around the entrances to the Hive. Just make them look like natural flora.

>>34541206
Digging deeper sounds like a good idea.
Nukes can't pierce deep down.
All we have to do is collapse all tunnels and leave fake queen in our place, and we can fool anyone into thinking that we've died as we wait it out and rebuild.

>>34541094
>and since they nicely hinted they want to track us down
We could express to them that we don't want them anywhere near our base since we were attacked by humans.
>>34541276
Do you even Bunker Buster?

>>34541276
Well with the way we are building farms we are gonna need to go deeper anyway
plus more mining sites to

>>34541303
Why would they bunker bust us if they have no idea that we're even there. I'm talking very deep.
There's also a fake queen for a reason.

>>34541276
>Nukes can't pierce deep down.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_bunker_buster

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>>34541050
The new day dawns as the diffuse glow of the sun bleeds through the clouds in a dim, wide blanket of light. The marines gather around a crate filled with pre-packaged bars, grabbing their food as they gather their equipment. The sergeant is outside relieving himself, wearing only a hat on his shaved head and a cigar between his teeth.
"Sergeant, we have an ambassador here, what are you doing?" Smith asks through squinted eyes. The shock of the sight nearly sent him falling back into the command vehicle.
"So what? He's naked too." He replies. "You act like you never seen a man in his birthday suit, now hows about that cookout? I say we find ourselves the juiciest thing on this planet and eat it. Private! Pass me my shorts, please."

Smith walks out to the edge of the perimeter and manipulates one of the fence sensors as Lee emerges from the vehicle.
"It's a lot brighter than when I was here last." He says as he brings his hand up in front of his eyes.

>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition
>Refuse
>Speak with the sergeant (write in)
>Speak with Lee (write in)
>Other

>>34540735
>>All above

>>34541337
I meant the explosions themselves, not the piercing thingamabob. They'll have no reason to dig down deep enough to get to our real queen.

>>34541276
>Nukes can't pierce deep down.

If they throw something more creative at us, digging deem might not protect us. If the know we live in deep tunnels, they'll probably use something they know will reach an underground target.

Much safer just to move to a secure location.

If worse comes to worse, the Humans can wipe out the Hive with a singularity weapon, claim victory, and we'll still be fine.

>>34541303
Ya think they care? and telling them that would tip them off officially
We dealing with real politic and they want to intimidate us into behaving and being nice serfs
fuck them
>>34541303
>>34541337
We can prob survive if we go a 25 km under the dirt
>>34541364
>Refuse
>Speak with Lee (write in) What is the purpose of you being here?

>>34541150
As it is at the moment, your hive would take repeated, concentrated bombardment to breach the throne room, and it is nearly immune to non-atomic bombardment. You can always dig deeper, however, the only limit is how much time and how many workers you are willing to spend on it.

>>34541364
>>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition
>Speak with Lee (real purpose here)

>>34541364
>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition
Give him a choice between the Crab, the Centipede, or the Herd Beetle.

>>34541364
Agree
this way we can show off and our warriors

> digging deeper
Guys, guys, Thermosynthesis.

>>34541364
>Refuse

>Speak with Lee (write in)
"We like you Lee, but last time Humans were here, fire and death fell from the sky, we don't really want to hang around you too much."

>>34541454
yeah no showing them our warriors
>>34541453
yeah lets lead them to the the herd beetle and gauge there strength and waste there ammo

>>34541364
>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition
maybe we should send some warriors to help

>>34541364
>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition
Let them waste their ammunition.

>>34541364
>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition
>Speak with Lee
Ask Lee why humans wear unneeded clothing for. Also, see if there are any human females in the group. If so, ask Lee why bring their queens here and demand the other male drones obey them. For the Lulz and to prop up the image the hive is primitive.

>>34541441
I know we put no troops on the clark but did we at least installed the weapons on to it?

>>34541545
I am perfectly fine with this line of questioning.

>>34541364
Refuse, guys it's summer on this planet. Our speaker will be roasted in the heat.

>Speak with Lee (write in)
What is his true purpose here, they have no need for our "primitive" adaptations- they already have technology.

>>34541562
No, the Clarke has no weapons.

>>34541545
seconded

>>34541490
Save the Lee conversation until we can get him alone and make sure the other humans can't hear us.

Because Lee seems a lot more uncomfortable around us than during his last visit. A lot more awkward. Which is either caused by the pressures of his new role in the human hive, or because those pressures involve orders regarding us that he feels guilty about.

Either way talking to him where he doesn't have to keep up appearances is necessary to dig the truth out of him. He's a terrible liar.

>>34541545
God no, human sexual dimorphism does not remotely resemble eusocial division of reproductive duties, that's not even a funny joke.

>>34541545
>>34541612

I'm 90% sure women were present when they crashed. They know we've already met Human females, they'll know we're talking shit.

>>34541635
>Our speaker will be roasted in the heat.
we replaced the old one, and gave it tubes.

>>34541545
so you really are a troll
makes sense given you intentional post stuff that gets will always get a reaction out the rest of us

>>34541545
No.

>>34541665
We gave him Mimetic skin, not Radiator tubes.

>>34541545
Let's not go full retard, primitive race.

>>34541659
We can pass it off as we did not recognize them as such.
>>34541689
No I'm not, and not this time. You have to see it as we're kinda messing with the humans. But this is only IF there are human women present here. If not, forget it all.
>>34541652
These are aliens here. No one knows until they ask.

>>34541364
Your speaker clicks its mandibles in affirmation. "There are many large creatures not far from here. Large herds."
"Those things nearly killed us last time!" Lee says, somewhat shocked at the statement.
The sergeant lets out a laugh as he puts in his environment suit in the enclosed awning. "Even better! It's always more fun if they can get a good swing in! Nothing in this universe can beat the bonding experience gained from a good hunt and a good ol' barbecue. Men! file in, me and my new buddy are hungry, and we're gonna go get some food."
You hear a chorus of groans from the marines in response.

>Lead them along the edge of the jungle
>Lead them over the plains, despite the heat
>Direct them in the right direction but decline to join them
>Have (write in) drones meet them, using tunnels to move there quickly
>Other

>>34541716
The whole "full retard, primitive race" is kinda the shtick role we've been playing so the Union won't jump all over us.

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle

>>34541364
>Agree to lead them on a hunting expedition

Can we add that infrastructure improvement that adds the memetic skin combo to are hive walls and doors.

>>34541805
we have been doing primitive yes, but retard not so much. heck we even evolved a diplomat to talk to them thats not the act of retards.

>>34541794
>Direct them in the right direction but decline to join them

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle
>Other show no other drones then the speaker and workers

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle

>>34541805
Full retard is going too far. That's why you never go full retard.

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle

>>34541794
>Direct them in the right direction but decline to join them

We don't want to get overly friendly with them, that'll make it harder to keep them at arms length when we need to. If he thinks he's made a 'new buddy' it'll be a lot harder to tall him to fuck off when he asks to visit our crib.

>>34541794
>>Lead them along the edge of the jungle
>Have (5 worker) drones meet them, using tunnels to move there quickly
the workers are to help move the bodies

>>34541848
>>34541881
Then lets change it to cheeky primitive then. We're known for cheekiness. Still, asking how the humans arrange how they line up gender/command roles for their race. I get the feeling there are no human females here now.

>>34541839
>Chameleon Doors
Seconded.

Also putting forth this idea again >>34541275

>>34541545
This would be mightily amusing. Let's do it.

>>34541762
We already know what the females look like we learned that from the handout lee gave us.

>>34541839
That should be easy enough to do.

>>34542012
In hind sight, we could have asked, which gender lays the eggs?

>>34542012
Yes, but we're trying to maintain the image of a primitive culture, and thus unaware of the gender dynamics of human society. Also the humans are under the assumption that our drones posses a degree of individuality. Its therefore totally believable to them that an individual drone would be curious about humanity, and naturally compare it to his own species.

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle
This is a decent opportunity to observe human heavy infantry tactics and capabilities.

>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle

We know that the heat is killer and the humans are not as resilient as us.

>>34541980
I'd be up for that, but I don't want to add a genetically modifed plant to the ecosystem unless we can make it incapable to reproducing. I'm completely up for cultivating the original strands around are hive though.

>>34541794
>>Lead them along the edge of the jungle
>>Have (write in) drones meet them, using tunnels to move there quickly.

Send a half a dozen workers to join in the party.

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>>34541794
>Lead them along the edge of the jungle

The short walk to the shade of the vast mushroom trees is still stifling, even in the morning air. Your speaker and the few workers that had accompanied it lead the way flanked by Lee and the Sergeant. Smith, as well as three of the drop troopers remain behind.
"How does anything live in this heat?" A marine asks.
"You ever visit Pilgrim in the middle of summer? Feels like winter here." The sergeant exclaims. "You sissies got your climate suits and you want to complain about a little heat? Back in my day we called them trash bags. You'd lose twenty pounds in a day in those."
Elsewhere, in the buried remains of the Hel's Angel, your patrolling worker detects an alert from the medical bay.
[SCAN COMPLETE: FOREIGN ANOMALY DETECTED]
Your worker examines the results. The doctor's body appears to have filled with clusters of small, semi-mechanical devices, concentrated within the brain. According to the medical tank she is otherwise stable, although there is scarring along the temporal and Parietal Lobes. You can't yet be sure what the effects would be, but her condition is steadily improving on its own.

>Return her to the captured crew
>Isolate her in a cell
>Inform the captured crew of her condition
>Other (write in)

>>34542125
EXACTLY! Well said!

>>34542107
I'd be up for asking that if it wasn't covered in the pamphlet.

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell
>Inform the captured crew of her condition

Interesting.

>>34542182
I was thinking of making our own copies, hooked up to the Infrastructure.

Not that different from the weapon attachments we make for the Drones. Just based on the Parasitic Flowers and plugged into the Infrastructure instead of a single Drone.

>>34542209
>>Isolate her in a cell
There is no Vaughn, there is only Zuul.

Man I hope they don't have superpowers that lets them break out or otherwise draw the attention of the non imprisoned humans or something.

>>34542209
We have only one Speaker.

>>34542209
>>Isolate her in a cell
>>Inform the captured crew of her condition
Might as well through the poor bastards a bone. In an exceedingly cheeky manner of course.

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell
>Inform the captured crew of her condition

She is recovering.

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell
study her asap

>>34542209
>>Isolate her in a cell

>take samples of the nanites that aren't in her brain
"concentrated" means "only mostly in the brain", right?

Also don't tell the human prisoners about this, because we don't have a Speaker, and because fuck those guys.

>>34542209
>Inform the captured crew of her condition

>>34542209
>>Isolate her in a cell
Interesting... I have no idea where to proceed from here.
>Inform the captured crew of her condition
Not like they can do anything about it.

>>34542246
I'd be up for that.

>>34542259
Yes, but you can still give a message through Coil if you wish.

>>34542125
On the other hand, does it even make sense for a hive species to even really make sex distinctions? I think you'd sooner see a discussion on differences in number of limbs, honestly.

>>34542308
>still give a message through Coil
No. Just no.

>>34542209
>>Isolate her in a cell
>>Inform the captured crew of her condition
>>Other (write in)
See if we can get some samples, if not ask Unity if they know a way.

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell

>>34542308
I could have sworn we laid more of those. Oh well. Can we do that now, just so we don't forget? Bring it up to a totally of 5, just because I arbitrarily like multiples of 5.

>>34542209
>Other (write in)
Get some samples

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell
>Inform the captured crew of her condition
> heal the severally Injured humans so they'll be more cooperative to what we tell them to do. (Need to keep the test subject health)

>>34542348
Let's not bring Theseus into this.

>>34542308
>Coil
No.

>>34542348
>ask Unity
No!

>>34542209
>Isolate her in a cell

>Inform the captured crew of her condition
In regards to the captured Humans. I vote we keep them alive and well for now. They could be bargaining chips in the future, best not to waste them.

They could also be a source of information if we could convince them to cooperate.

"We are aware of Human First Contact protocols. So long as your kind maintains an official policy of suppressing and subjugating alien races, we can not let you leave to report what you know of us. If you are willing to cooperate and provide us with useful information, we will be willing to provide you with more comfortable living conditions while you are here."

>>34542209
>temporal and Parietal Lobes
She's connected to the ship's database.

>>34542377
>>34542348
Samples of what, the shit that's currently inside of her BRAIN? Yeah how about no. Especially not before we even know what effect they're having on her.

>>34542411
You do know technology has gone pretty far, if you can bring some one back from death in the tank.

>>34542391
What if we could jury rig some sort of audio-based translation software to be used with the device we use to communicate with Theseus?

>>34542411
Its not like, we are tearing her brain apart, all we are gonna do is take a few cells with the robots.

>>34542370
Sure.

>Lay new speaker (how many)
>Don't
>Other

>>34542403
We need to research memory manipulation.

>>34542461
>Lay new speaker (how many
2 more, also give one of them radiator tubes.

>>34542209
you know if we research this >Skyl controller chip we can prob tell what is happening to her
cause you guys know when she wakes up she gonna be psychic

>>34542461
>Lay new speaker (3)

>>34542461
>Lay new speaker (how many)
I think just two will suffice for now. The upgraded variant of course.

>>34542461
>>Lay new speaker
2. One for the prisoners and one for being cheeky with Lyle.

>>34542308
>>34542370
>I could have sworn we laid more of those

Yeah, we did. One had the Chameleon skin and was learning Coils language.

>>34542503
>>34542497
>>34542496
No heat tubes?

>>34542461
>Lay new speaker, 4 more.

>>34542526
Sure why not?

>>34542526
Probably not needed. We won't be exposing them to high temps like the workers and warriors are.

>>34542526
Seems unnecessary. Sides, it'll risk cluing the humans into just how easily we can modify the physiology of our drones.

>>34542526
Not much reason to.

>>34542410
your going to end up being right, and we are going to be in for a world of hurt

>>34542567
Doesn't hurt to have one with tubes.

>>34542461
4 more. One for each of the following:
.test subjects
.coil
.twins
.Lyle

>>34542410
>>34542613
what do they control?

>>34542209
>Lay 2 new speakers
>Isolate the doctor
>Inform the captured crewmates of her condition

Several workers quickly drain the tank and carry her to a newly constructed cell. Your workers have made excellent progress on expanding the prison in the short time they have had, although there is still much work to be done.

>>34542410
And how did you jump to that conclusion anon? No really I'm curious.

>>34542703
The temporal and parietal lobes are all about memory and sensory information.

>>34542651
Double check that the prisoners have no communicators, if they broadcast with the expedition still on the planet, we will be screwed.

>>34540916
so are all of these being researched at the same time?

>>34542751
That they are, but to my knowledge nothing has suggested thus far that she is developing any connection to our ship, only that she was exposed to some kind of psionic device.

>>34542784
That's the first thing we would have done.

>>34542802
>Thinker (139)
>Quantum Thinker (110)
With 249 thinkers we better be.

Hey if any of you guys are looking for some cheap sci-fi games humble bundles doing a sell on some.
Stuff like sins of a solar empire: rebellion or space hulk

>>34542859
sins of a solar empire is what this quest feels to me to be honest
i gotten back into the game after these quests after so long

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>>34542651
"Sweet merciful mother, that is one hell of a big bug."
The sergeant seems impressed as he sizes up the loose formation of herd beetles as they roam across the fields like giant lawn mowers. "Get the anti-armor and the hi-ex. Tankred, boost over and get a good view. When I shoot, you put down the hurt and spook the rest away, we don't want them stampeding in our direction."
"Aye, warming boosters." The voice of the drop trooper is deep as it echoes from the suit. A set of thrusters unfold from the back and they slowly spin up.
The sergeant takes a long rifle from the back of the drop trooper's suit. The gun is twice as long as he is tall, and is clearly intended to be fired from a vehicle. He mounts it on a small tripod, and as he loads a solid round of metal into the chamber he turns to your speaker. "These things aren't sacred or nothin', are they?"
"No."
"Jus checkin'."
The sergeant looks through the scope of the massive rifle, and as he slowly pulls the trigger you feel the ground tremble from the kinetic force. The human slides back several inches from the force and the spores along the ground are kicked up into a dense cloud. Some distance away a beetle jerks violently as it lets out a thunderous roar and the drop trooper leaps skyward, drifting through the air on his thrusters. A quick hail of fire rains down on the others, tearing apart several smaller creatures nearby and sending the herd scattering.
"Yippee kayee, motherfucker!" The sergeant yells as he spins his shoulder. You can hear it pop back into place. "Ok boys, go fetch! That's why I bright ya!"

>>34542859
Both of those are grade A games, would highly recommend.

>>34542804
More likely, when she messed with that ancient xeno relic inside the temple, that was what did it to her. We will likely be talking to the xenos there. Or the computer network that was left behind.

>>34543000
>>34543015
Did the Shocktroopers we left behind in the temple find anything?

>>34543000
>"Yippee kayee, motherfucker!" The sergeant yells as he spins his shoulder. You can hear it pop back into place. "Ok boys, go fetch! That's why I bright ya!"
fuck.

>>34543000
>Yippee kayee, motherfucker!"
Damn it! i just read all of that in Bruce Willis's voice now!

>>34543068
Last update we got, it seemed totally deserted/looted.

>>34543000
The marines let out several curses under their breath as they stream from the forest. They remind you of your workers in a way as they move to saw off manageable chunks of the beetle. Of course your own workers are always happy to server their mother, the humans show no such eagerness in their work.
"This smells like sweaty ass, sarge, you sure you want to eat it?"
"Yes I do, and while we're at it you can keep a slice in your bunk as a freshener."
"It's oozing black pussy stuff, what if it's poison?"
"That's how you know it's fresh!"


The marines assemble a small sled that the drop trooper pulls along the ground, filled with slabs of carved meat. Pieces of carapace are carved into bowls and used to carry more of the beetle steaks.
"Don't forget the eyes, that's where the good stuff is."
Back at the command vehicle you spot two of the drop troopers flanking the shelter and the marines quickly begin digging what the sergeant calls a fire pit.

>Speak with Lee
>Turn your attention elsewhere while the humans prepare their fire pit
>Other

>>34543191
>It's oozing black pussy stuff, what if it's poison?"
Thats not what you think it means Quest drone.
>>34543191
>>Speak with Lee

>>34543191
>Speak with Lee
Go on a walk with him where others can't hear us.

"You act differently from your last stay here. Why?"

"How long will you be staying? Do you command all the others now?"

>>34543191
>Speak with Lee

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>>34543191
>oozing black pussy stuff

>>34543191
>Turn your attention elsewhere while the humans prepare their fire pit

>>34543232
No, it means that too.

>>34543191
>Speak with Lee
"Do you require help with the fire pit?"

Act excited and eager. Hopefully he thinks we want to try out the lighter and flips out a bit. Then we tell him to calm down, we're joking, and that we're glad to see him acting more like his old self.

>>34543232
It's a perfectly cromulent word.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pussy#Adjective

>>34543191
>Speak with Lee
"You do not appear to be 'scrubbing air filters and solar panels' any longer, Spaceman Lee. Your role has changed. How?"

"You hold authority. Do you command the others? Do you decide everything? Whether to stay or go?"

"You have lifted one rule. You are permitted to speak with us now. How many other rules still constrain you? What mandate governs your visit here? Who commands you?"

>>34543191
>Speak with Lee
In a mix of horror and curiosity. "Are you humans able to eat everything your kind comes across?"

>>34543328
>In a mix of horror and curiosity. "Are you humans able to eat everything your kind comes across?"
Have you ever considered renaming yourself shit bringer? Because that's all you ever bring.

>>34543322
>>34543314
Huh didn't know that, i guess i'm wrong. but there is a better word to use for it, or a better structure.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pus?s=t

>>34543379
Huh i just noticed he changed his name from provider to bringer.

Do we have a genetic sample of the twins?

>>34543379
You seem to be upset tonight anon. Why is that? I was aiming to present the image of a being rather shocked by how eager a xeno race like the humans are to eat something that could well be toxic to them with out testing such things. The last time the humans were here, they decided not to eat the local fauna.

>>34543388
Maybe. But it WAS dialogue, so the distinction would be clearly evident in speech, and the form used was the more casual.

>>34543473
That just means this sergeant fellow is FUN. Besides, Lee's seen us eat ourselves so it's kinda weird.

>>34543524
pussy is used less often to describe pus in dialogue since it is often associated with the slang term,but okay

>>34543524
Eh, i guess i have a different vocabulary then, since its the first time for me its ever been used in that connotation.

>>34543191
>Speak with Lee
As you walk up to Lee you notice he looks rather nervous. He speaks before you get the chance. In a hushed tone.
"I think we should talk somewhere quiet." He points to the remains of several molding gord trees. You remember when they had been hollowed out huts for the survivors of the Clarke crash. All that are left now are three moldy chunks, hardly still standing on their own roots, and a rain-worn crater. Lee turns to the others. "We're gonna... go find some water... for putting out the fire."
The sergeant gives him a passing glance, "Sure thing, Romeo. Just keep your pants on."
>Speak (write in)
>See what he has to say first
>Other

>>34543388
Sorry, I was in the mindset of an underpaid and poorly trained low ranking enlisted soldier who wants to be absolutely anywhere but waist deep in giant dead insect. You're right though, it was awkward wording.

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first

>>34543563
They're not said the same way.

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>>34543639
>>See what he has to say first

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first

>>34543639
>>See what he has to say first

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first

Incoming heartfelt confession.

>>34543639
>>See what he has to say first

>>34543639
Better remove his pants. For cover.

And to study pants so we can make hilariously awkward looking suits for our diplomat drones.

THE HIVE MUST ASSIMILATE PANTS TECHNOLOGY.

>>34543639
>I was in the mindset of an underpaid and poorly trained low ranking enlisted soldier who wants to be absolutely anywhere but waist deep in giant dead insect.
We should bring them crab hunting next.

>>34543682
More like, the scientist pulled some strings to check out what happened to lyl and also the clarke.

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first

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>>34543682

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first.

Do we have a genetic sample of the twins? For cloning purposes.

>>34543783
go back to >>>/d/

>>34543639
>See what he has to say first

>>34543808
That isn't really /d/.

>>34543712
>We should bring them crab hunting next.
I don't think they'll be up for underwater adventures. But you did give me an idea.
We should have a Drone gather some of the white spore-powder. If shit starts going bad, we can have a Sniffer or Wasp dust the Humans with it.

They all die to local fungus. Completely natural and not traceable to us.

>>34543842
Soon your gonna ask to make hybrids or have thinkers with the parasite upgrade made inside to have a portable spy drone.

>>34543867
>https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/slippery-slope

>>34543848
What about Lee?

>>34543902
What about him? The Hive comes first.

>>34543808
I was thinking more about growing some clones for biological testing and possibly studying their species for any adaption possibilities.

>>34543848
The marines will all be wearing environmental suits to protect them from contagions dude, as will Lee. The only one who wouldn't be wearing one is the batshit insane sergeant, and I like him and his barbeques to much to kill him.

>>34543933
Wiping out the ground forces is still going to cause shit. Dudes up in the ship probably wont be too happy, whether or not it's our fault. After losing their senior diplomats and their badass sergeant guy, they'll most likely carry out an investigation that will uncover our surface structures. And then everything comes toppling down.

>>34543639
Your speaker follows Lee to the gords. The heat is unbearable, but the shade makes a great difference in temperature, despite the humidity. Lee fidgets back and forth as he assembles what he wants to say.
"Ok. Well." He gulps quickly. "You know that Smith fellow, right? Well. Ok, first off, I guess I should explain ranks. See, humans are very much individuals, and we need to make strict rules for what we do and who tells who what to do and when, that's what ranks are for. You go up in ranks for doing impressive things and with it you get more pay and- well I can explain money later I suppose. My point is that John doesn't have a rank. He technically doesn't exist at all, and when we leave no record or report in the Union will say he was ever here. I don't even know why he's here and I'm supposed to be the ambassador on this mission." Lee looks back to the shelter, then back to your speaker.
"He isn't here, along with one of the drop troopers. I'm not sure why he's here or what his mission is, but I'm pretty sure he works for the Ministry of Intelligence... well I guess you don't know what that is... but that's not important. I just don't trust the guy, and he's missing."

>>34544063
fuck we know who sent lyle

>>34544063
We have a general idea, on why he here.

>>34544086
We already knew that basically.

>>34544063
[sniffers patrolling intensifies]

We smelled the humans, we were very close. Track that scent down.

He must die.

>>34544063
>I just don't trust the guy, and he's missing
Have the Sniffers search.

>>34544086
I'm still thinking that the scientist pulled some strings.
>>34544126
We need to use our Fly drone actually.

>>34544063
if he disappears it not a problem eh?
>>34544126

>>34544130
>>34544126
Sniffers are on a different planet.
We still have the better flies and small sniffers though.(why do we have regular sized sniffers?)

>>34544063
He's probably going to check on the last known location of the Hel's Angle. Time for Sniffers and Flies.

>>34544137
If he disappears then the humans will notice why TWO of their agents disappeared on this planet.

>>34544063
Well hopefully he's being sneaky enough to maintain radio silence when we kill him.

Anyway, thank Lee and tell him we trust him and that we like the Sergeant.

>>34544063
"He's been giving me this stink eye for a long time now, ever since we first met. I even remember seeing him when I was promoted. He was standing in the back of the crowd in a Major's uniform, looking right at me the whole time."

>Ask a question
>Speak
>Other

>>34544019
>they'll most likely carry out an investigation that will uncover our surface structures

The point of my suggestion is to do that if they ALREADY found something we don't want them to and need to silence them in a non-incriminating way.

Although, the Mimic-Drone idea from earlier would be better for that. QuestDrone, that got a few supporting votes, we working on that?

>>34544170
>>Ask a question
What were to happen if he were to disappear...permanently?

>>34544155
Too lazy to recycle them. Also, realistically they'd be able to move faster/farther which might be useful in some situations.

>>34544170
>>Ask a question
would his death be a problem?

>>34544155
>Sniffers are on a different planet.
No they aren't. We only left the Shock Troopers behind.

>>34544170
We have their scent. Track them. We have 40 small sniffers and 10 flies to get close to them when we find a scent trail.

Ask him what the official orders for this mission were, exactly? When exactly were they supposed to pack up and leave this world again?

>>34544205
>Also, realistically they'd be able to move faster/farthe
The flies have advanced wings, so they lost there/

>>34544202
NO! Don't ask that you fucking idiot. Don't TELL him we're going to kill anyone.

>>34544170
>Ask a question
What exactly is the goal of the diplomatic mission anyhow? Yeah, 'cultural exchange', but what is it his superiors actually want him to be accomplishing here? If it's not too much trouble to just GIVE it to him, we could cut the mission- and by extension sneaky sneaky spy missions- short.

>>34544282
This

>>34544202
>>34544218
He wouldn't know the answer to that, you retards.

You'd have to ask the Intelligence office who sent him. Obviously, the ideal thing is for him to only find a bunch of worker drones that react with hostility and ensure he goes back to the camp.

Then we guard the perimeter very closely and keep track of every single human who tries to move into the jungle.

Fuck the jungle cover from the heat that we chose as a path is how he slipped away.

>>34544282
Lee's "official mission statement" is completely goddamn irrelevant to the real reason the intelligence officer came here.

Which is fucking obvious. He wants to find the Hel's Angel. And double check that the Clarke is really destroyed in a crater. And that the satellite wasn't lying about anything else.

>>34544170
>Other
Deploy survey drones to find the trooper. 'John Smith' doesn't seem like a huge risk, comparatively. Also probably less conveniently located for 'disappearing'. Trooper wanders off and gets eaten by giant beetles? Not our fault.

>>34544376
He took the trooper as a bodyguard against local wildlife.

He could be heading for any of our three bases. The Hel's Angel clearing, the Clarke "crater", or the mountain hive.

We need to start a fanning search pattern from them, starting with the closest one.

Or follow their trail starting from where we last saw him.

>>34544351
Yeah but if we can satisfy Lee's official mission, maybe he can pull it early be declaring it finished. Playing dumb plays to Lee's strengths, after all.

Besides, don't you want to know more about our husbandos job? And, you know, the official party line that we can use to manipulate our relations with the humans favorably.

>>34544351
He's here as a ghost. If the Official Mission is complete, they'll have no justification for being here and have to pull out. Then the spook will have to go with them.

Granted, they could just move the goal posts and tack on some extra mission objectives. But depending on what kind of oversight they have and how much discretion the have with their orders, they might not be able to do that.

>>34544170
In a swarm of buzzing a cloud of drones fills the air around your hive. They will not last for long in this heat, but the person you are looking for will likely be in the shade.


Your speaker lets out a quick chitter as it speaks. "Truly, why are you here."
"I... don't know for sure. After I was promoted someone from Fleet Command talked to me and said he had a diplomatic mission for me. In the briefing they just told me to smile and wave, and let the agent deal with everything. Then you stonewalled him and I guess he's off to... shit. We need to get to your hive, quick! Do you know a shortcut or something to get there quicker than through the jungle?"

>>34544487
this cant be any good

>>34544487
"Why would you need to go to the hive?"

No.

>>34544487
Get naked first, then you can come with us.

>>34544487
>Show Lee our secret moist tunnels.
Kyaaa~ sempai don't look~

>>34544487
The Hive can hear you from here.

>>34544487
NIGGA I AM THE HIVE

GET YO SHIT TOGETHER

>>34544487
"When Humans visited before, fire and death fell from the sky. We do not want Humans in our Hive."

>>34544487
The Hive can hear you from here.

>>34544487
You can only come, if blind folded and naked.

>>34544487
Have all our drones on high alert, and damn, from what Lee said, it looks like this was a Ministry of Intelligence job, which means that they'll keep boots on the ground until their curiosity is satisfied.

>>34544645
We need to lay more sniffers, wasps, and warriors. This ghost is likely to be on par with Lyle.

>>34544487
stonewall lee and send out the troops to the tunnels and pylon
get contact with theuses for knowledge
>>34544678
ambush this fucker and prep for an assualt on that ship
and hes right

>>34544487
>They will not last for long in this heat, but the person you are looking for will likely be in the shade.
But small sniffers and flies both have radiator tubes. They should be fine.

Lee:
"Then how do you make your humans leave and take 'John Smith' with them? What is the time limit?"

>>34544487
If this guy has a bodyguard in a drop suit, we'd better rally our collusi, or at least the ones that are armed, in addition to the warriors and sniffers.

>>34544553
Add Except for Lee and it would be golden.

He is different.

>>34544764
I wonder if we should tell Lee about the Skyl.

yeah for now do not bring lee to the tunnels
he prob was known to have sympathy for us and may have a tracking device on him without him knowing
but thank him for the knowledge

>>34544825
Whoa slow down anon, one thing at a time. He probably doesn't even know we're space-faring yet.

>>34544487
"I am the hive."
Lee begins to pace back and forth, muttering to himself. "Ok. Ok. He must know where the entrance is... what if he's just on a nature walk? No, that's stupid. Dammit, why are we here?" He turns back to your drone. "Look, union stuff is... complicated. People almost never mean what they say, and never say what they mean. I never wanted any part of any of this. Hell, I told them it was best if we just left the whole system alone."
"Then tell them to go." Your speaker says simply.
"I can't. I'm only in charge on paper. Wait, shit, I'm so stupid! I bet I'm a fall guy here. He goes off and violates protocol, I get blamed and they make the best of it!" Lee starts to shake visibly. "Hell, I'm violating protocol just by saying any of this right now! Forget criminal incompetence, they'll charge me with treason." As he paces in a small circle his legs buckle and he slumps to the ground, his back sliding down the side of the soft gord tree roots. "I'm screwed." He says as he covers his visor with his hands. "Either he does whatever crazy spook mission he has, and I get blamed for him making you mad, or you stop him and I get blamed for an international incident, or worse, leaking critical mission data."

Your sniffers of all sizes and flies cover the skies across your hive in a cloud of buzzing chitin.
Roll 1d100, best of 3.

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>34544988
Poor Lee

Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>34544988
yep

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>34544988

>>34544988

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>34544988
Lee "can" always stay with us.

>>34545028
Welp.

>>34545028
Seriously. FUCKING NOW? WHY?

>>34545028
...

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>>34545028
Fuck

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>>34545022
FUCK YE-

>>34545028
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCK
SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR ANCESTORS

>>34545022
>>34545028
Fuck. that was so close.

>>34544988
Given that trouble...

Theseus, some facts, in exchange for your consultation on likely outcomes.

- A few stranded humans briefly observed our Pod at the impact site, before fleeing noises in the jungle. The Hive disposed of the pod and it was not present when they returned to investigate again.
- The humans found the flaming wreckage of two of the Unity drones, all 3 destroyed near the hive in battle. They appeared suspicious and asked if we had seen the drones again, we denied this.
- We told the humans we heard their rescue probe from space, and offered to convey their SOS to it. We did, and summoned the Texas. Though their First Contact questioning established us as class 0, their SOS listed us as classification unknown. We overheard conversations that indicated suspicions that the Pod was ours, but they have no further evidence.
- The bounty hunter Lyle never returned from his mission to obtain specimens. You also suspect the Union intelligence office put out the bounty, yes?
- Now they sent this John Smith no-doubt intelligence agent. Who has vanished with a drop trooper from the human 'diplomatic mission'.

Given this and what you know from the satellite, what is Smith's likely first investigation priority, and what are the consequences if he disappears in the jungle and does not survive? He no doubt maintains radio silence, but might they have equipped him with an FTLComm for this reason?

>>34545028
YOU BLEW IT! WE HAD A 98!

>>34545012
>>34545022
Yes! YES!
>>34545028
GOD DAMN IT!

>>34544988
There any extra electro-fence? If we can smuggle some out of their camp and set it up at the site of our murderin' then we can pass it off as the dumbass going on his 'nature hike' and retardedly turning on the electric fencing he brought along. Native (nondescript, and largely undocumented) wildlife went berserk, killed em. The Hive of course doesn't care, so there is no international incident.

i think we should start plan b and figure a way to blow that ship and let none of them leave alive

cause lets face it our cover already pretty much blown

since we rolled a one, I say put everything on hard lockdown, after we see how fucked we are

>>34545028
Hahaha. Priceless.

>>34545088
Theseus doesn't need to know that and his advice isn't likely to be very useful.

>>34545152
Better.

If we can't track down scent, we can just stonewall them. We have 1200 workers. We take enough off farm construction and put them onto jungle duties.

They will appear to be "foraging for food", but will in fact be presenting a barrier it should be difficult for those humans to cross without being noticed.

The barrier combs through the jungle.

>>34545146
Am I alone in thinking that reacting with indiscriminant deadly force is the worst way to deal with our cover being truly 'blown'?

Killing people to keep secrets makes sense to me because if we're successful, nobody knows. It mitigates risk.

Killing people because our secrets are widely exposed is silly because it will only cause tension. It is risk for no benefit.

>>34545028
WE ARE SO SCREWED

>>34545229
killing people who have 16 nukes above us and have a history of conquering weaker species is a smart move
to the masses we are primitives but to the higher ups we aren't and must be dealt with
push them out of our system and rush a fleet buy us space and hope we can ambush the Texas when it shows up to kick our asses
that's all we can hope for since they are not idiots and arent falling for our ruse

>>34545363
Why did we give them the nukes back again?

>>34545363
After this, we HAVE to put up a docking polyon up on the asteroid base. That way we can create bigger ships to take on the Texas.

>>34545409
cause we warmongers got out voted

>>34545409
We put them back so they would be less likely to discover our nature. Missing nukes would definitely have triggered an investigation.

>>34545426
Stop saying that. It is a different structure of similar function.

>>34545428
You mean the smart people.

>>34544988

Lee is busy punching the faceplate of his helmet and doesn't even seem to notice the radio click.
"We're picking up some activity on the scanner."
"I can hear it, what the fuck is that?"
"Spawning season for a native species?"
Your cloud of drones expands over the jungle in a frenzied search pattern, their collective buzzing fills the air as the cloud roams some ways past the camp site.
"Looks like it's passing by. False alarm, but I'd stay out of the open air."
"They can smell it. Even the animals love my cooking. Besides, what's a barbeque without a swarm of skeeters? Why I feel more at home here every minute. Maybe I'll get a summer home here when I retire."
"Sarge, it's a restricted planet with natives."
"And after one taste they won't ever want me to leave!"

Your drones cover a large swath of ground quickly, but there is simply too much jungle to cover, and not enough time.
Suddenly you feel a ping. A burst of radio waves and a blast of high pitched noise from the jungle, then another, and another. The three pings are tremendous, briefly blinding your drones of radio and sonar alike as they pulse.

>Investigate the sources
>Attack the pings immediately and with prejudice
>Other

>>34545474
>Attack the pings immediately and with prejudice

>>34545474
What?

That sounds like a distraction. Only put three drones on that.

>>34545458
No, keeping the nukes would not help. They can't use them against us, Theseus will blow them up before he allows that order to go through.

>>34545474
>Investigate the sources

>>34545474
>>Investigate the sources
Have a few check them out. But still keep the other drones on high alert. They probably remembered our sensitivity to radio and let those out as a distraction.

>>34545474
They're trying to detect shit with radar and sonar?

They're trying to find underground tunnels. And/or above-ground infrastructure like the docking pylon.

>>34545474
>Investigate the sources
Send the Flies.

>>34545474
Have warriors guarding both the mountain hive entrance and the hel's angel prison outpost.

They'll probably find the latter in the jungle with that radar.

>>34545474
Maybe they're trying to disassociate the Hive? They don't know about Tachyons but seem to suspect we're interconnected. Trying to blind us, I bet. Maybe to get close.

>>34545474
>Investigate the sources

>>34545474
>>Investigate the sources
Send in flies and sniffers, have the warriors and wasps ready to dive in at a moments notice.

>>34545474
>three pings
Triangulation.

>>34545565
hes signaling the ship in orbit remember
hes found something

>>34545660
He wouldn't have three different pulses simultaneously to do that.

He'd also have actual data on his transmission.

>>34545474
If they set those transmitters one by one and then waited for them to go off simultaneously...

Maybe they were waiting in the center of the triangle? Or at one of the points.

>>34545690
we got a 1 remember

>>34545758
That has nothing to do with this being a signal.

It's obviously not a signal. You wouldn't have three to do that.

>>34545792
Wait, could he be attempting to locate the Angle?

>>34545817
No shit.

He's trying to locate anything and everything.

He'll find anything aboveground and underground with sonar like that.

>>34545474
A hundred warriors. Ready to burst from the ground near where the Angel is buried.

Small Sniffers, in a ring around it, please.

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>>34545474
Your drones move in to investigate. The pings freeze your senses with each pulse, slowing the progress of your flying drones to prevent them from crashing out of the sky. As they arrive they each find the same thing, a small cylindrical device on the end of a long metal rod, stuck deep in the dirt. Every ten seconds they let out a burst of raw signal and sound that echoes through the jungle.

>Destroy them
>Leave them, as if you never found them
>Other

>>34545878
>Destroy them
other try to pick up the scent from here