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>>40161731
>Current resource reserves
Nutrients: 6909890
Metals: 5423209
Credits: ₡2226
Credits in Lyle’s account: ₡1,175,000

>Hive population and upkeep cost
Hive maintenance – 52325
Queen – 5
Fake Queen (4) – 220
Small Egg layer – 12
Worker (85005) – 170010
Aquatic Worker (5140) – 20560
Vacuum Worker (5200) – 31200
Radiator Worker (5100) – 20400
Warrior (11209) – 56045
Gilled Warrior (100) – 700
Aquatic Warrior (50) – 400
Thinker (2500) – 7500
Quantum Thinker (1000) – 5000
Speaker – (3) – 12
Digger (200) – 800
Refinery (40) – 280
Sniffer (2) – 8
Small Sniffer (200) – 200
Aquatic Sniffer (200) – 200
Fly (1100) – 4400
Wasp (5000) – 25000
Haz-mat Workers (20) – 80
Shock Troops (40) – 520
Parasite (80) – 320
Bio-tank (1000) – 25000
Excavator (1000) – 19000
Colossus (420) – 6300
Hovertank (200) – 5000
Harvester (5000) – 95000
Support Fluttercraft (2) – 272
Ghost Beetle (5) – 135
Heavy Warrior (1000) – 19000
Chinook (100) – 1800
Air defense drone (80) – 5920
Bomber (160) – 6560
Strafer drone (400) – 6000
Heavy Interceptor (160) – 4480
Light Interceptor (800) – 11200
Advanced disruptor (50) – 3750
Advanced Relay (69) – 6900

>Hive fleet
Space Pod (5000) – 150000
Heavy Fleet Fighter (272) – 18224
Heavy Gunship (36) – 1080
Shuttle (10) – 250
Mining Corvette (236) – 64900
Patrol Corvette (126) – 63882
Scout Corvette (8) – 1800
Lancer Corvette (2) – 450
Fleet Corvette (244) – 54900
Heavy Fleet Corvette (48) – 56256
Heavy Fleet Frigate (36) – 51372
Stealth Frigate (4) – 1952
Vanguard Frigate (600) – 240000
Heavy Cruiser (110) – 133650
Heavy Fleet Cruiser (18) – 45090
Heavy Fleet Battlecruiser (4) – 32548

>Formed fleets and orders
Small Heavy Defense Fleet [Patrolling Leeland space]
Heavy Battle Fleet [Awaiting orders]
5 Missile Ambush Fleet [Building]
15 Light Fleets [building]

NEW ADAPTATIONS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES

MORE THINGS FOR MOTHER

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Glory to Leeland.

>>40161731
LEE NO

MEDICAL POD HIM ASAP

HOORAY!

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>>40161731
Don't worry QD, it's all worth it.

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>>40161757
Clone upkeep/special projects and expenses
25 Human captives of the USV Hope – 750
[Gemini]
Lyle Rogers – 47
2 Human hybrid clone upkeep – 60
Specializations:
>Tech
>Engineer
1 Human Chimera egglayer – 80
[Hive space]
100 Human Hybrids – 3,000
590 Skyl replicants in production – 35400

>Income
Metals: 2,038,000
Nutrients: 3,901,250

Hive Territory
[G-426]
Asteroid mining base: 50,000M per day.

*Leeland (capital)
Defensive structures
>Surface to Orbit Missile System (750N)
>Anti-orbital batteries: 35/35 (8750N)
Military structures
>Hangar facilities: Room for 4840 Aero/fighter Drones and 2420 Shuttles (3025N)
>Psionic Shroud (1,000N)
>Prison Outpost
Industrial structures
>Docking Pylon: (1000) (100,000N)
969 under construction
[Empty docks: 2000/2000]
Economic Structures
>Smart Mines active: 100,000M per day
>Algae Farm: +2,400,000per day, 24,000 Workers (1 worker per 100N)
>Film harvester dock: +2,500,000N per day, 5,000 Harvesters active (500N per Harvester)

[M-662]
Raligha
Defensive structures
>Anti-orbital batteries: 35/35 (8750N)
Economic structures
>Bloodroot collectors: A series of pipes and veins running from the roots of several of the nearest Bloodroot trees provide a passive and low maintenance source of nutrient income, +250N per day (5)
>Greenwall pit: 500N
>Temple alter: A place for the Ralighan locals to worship and bring offerings to your hive, built in the likeness of your local fake queen, +500N per day

[M-323]
>Orbital docking pylon: Space for docking and construction of 4 sub capitals or 1 capital ship, (50N)
[1 Carrier Battlecruiser]
[Empty docks: 0/4]
>Mining corvette salvage operations +1,888,000M per day (+8000M per corvette)

>>40161731
Oh shit, Lyle get his ass to the medi-pod asap.

HELL FUCKING YES HIVE QUEEN QUEST.

>>40161891
>>40161891
[Farcast]
Derelict Sensor array

Glassed Hive world
>Hive bunker complex

Deep space waystation
>100 docking pylons (10,000N)
[100 Mining Corvettes]
[10 Ambush Missile Cruiser]
[100 Ambush Missile Corvette]
[60 Light fleet frigate]
[15 Light fleet cruiser]
[Empty docks 115/400]

New Construction Options
Defensive structures
>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
>Surface to Orbit Missile System – This massive bunker complex houses a wide range of warheads and a nigh limitless number of missiles within its protective walls, allowing you to launch missiles against approaching invaders from the safety of your hive. The facility uses the ship missile stats and comes equipped with a single Cruise missile silo that can target any detected object within the system, five Stinger missile silos capable of targeting any craft within high orbit, and ten Swarm missile silos specialized in targeting high altitude aircraft and low orbiting targets. The facility itself is a massive complex spread out over several miles, and includes guidance and launch equipment, as well as the means to construct and maintain a stock of warheads and missiles. (1500N 2500M)

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>>40161979
Military Structures
>Hangar Expansion – Construct fortified hangar facilities of +40 aero/fighter drone space and +20 shuttle space. 50N 100M
>Psionic Shroud – A single building built around the shattered remains of a Void Shard, the shroud amplifies the unnatural mental silence of the broken crystal within to mask an entire planet from potential detection, preventing outside forces from easily detecting the thoughts of a hive. (2,000N 5,000M)
Industrial Structures
>Docking Pylon – A large spire or station that contains space for docking and construction of 4 ships, or a single capital ship if placed in orbit. 100N 300M
>Weather Spire – A networked collection of spires spread across a planet capable of studying and altering a planet’s climate and atmosphere. Construction includes the building of all spires needed to function. (8,000N 20,000M)

>>40162009
We'll be able to colonize some new planets right?

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>>40162009
Economic Structures
>Orbital solar array – A station placed in orbit of the local star equipped with a membrane of photosynthetic cells several kilometers in diameter capable of producing a steady stream of nutrient income. Provides 1000N per day total (5,000N 5,000M
>Harvester Dock – A large pier built along the shore overlooking the spore-producing ocean film that serves as an unloading area for Harvester drones, and contains pipelines to pump collected raw nutrients to the hive’s awaiting processing facilities, includes a single Harvester which is covered by the cost and upkeep of the dock. Provides 500N per day total (38N 50M)
>Orbital electroponic station – An orbital instillation built near a large source of hydrogen used to fuel a large fusion core, which in turn provides electrical power to a contained algae farm facility. Must be built in orbit of a gas giant. Provides +500N per day and doubles as a gas mining facility, refueling the tritium stores of any ships in the system. (1000M)
>Algae Farm – A carved out space used to utilize Leeland’s natural electrical field to cultivate food. +100N per day, 1 worker to maintain.
>Hydroponic platform [must be built on or near water: cannot be built underground or in shade]
A floating greenhouse platform used to grow farmland through hydroponics. Each greenhouse platform supports roughly one hectare and requires a single worker to tend the crop and maintain the platform. Multiple platforms can be connected together to create fields of floating farmland.
+200N per day, 1 worker to maintain.

>>40162018
Vote to "inspect the systems we sent pods to last thread" so we can start on that.

Like Drift.

>>40162068
We also should send some pods to scout out the Black Queen's systems.

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>>40162045
Finished Research
This is gonna be a doozy.

>Pillar lung
In areas where microbial life is abnormally abundant, such as the deep oceans of Huron, filter feeding can be a beneficial thing, and the Pillar lung has evolved to do just that on an almost industrial scale, sifting through sand and silicate for refuse and remains, and water for bacteria and microbes alike. They seem capable of detaching from the ground, although they rarely do this, and using their filter mouths like jets to move through the water. When an area is devoid of food for too long, it will erupt from the ground like a rocket and launch itself to new pastures, where it will drill into the ground and begin filtering. In a way, the Pillar lung’s survival strategy is not unlike a giant, jet powered Roomba.

[New construction option]
Filter towers
A large underwater pylon built to extract raw nutrients from the microbial life of the surrounding ecosystem. Can only be used on planets with bountiful biospheres and deep oceans capable of supporting large amounts of microbes. Provides between 100 and 500 N per day, depending on the local environment. (500M)

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>>40162143
>Strider
This large creature is slow and clumsy on the ocean floor of Huron, and while its shell is thick, it still is very vulnerable to attack. To help protect itself from most predators, and to help it catch prey, it has developed a rather interesting adaptation. Across its body, and along its tentacles are a number of glands that construct to fire a potent neurotoxin. The toxin itself can be injected via a number of spines along the tentacles, but can also be absorbed through the skin, or inhaled. In small doses, it causes the rapid decay of muscle control, searing pain in the area of contact, and a comatose state. At higher doses, although not much at all is needed, the toxin causes violent muscle spasms and seizures before leading to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest, causing death in minutes and loss of motor control in mere seconds. In addition to the potent toxin, the Strider utilizes a high pressure gland and dexterous nozzle to aim and fire clouds of the toxin.

>Ballast Stalk
The thin, wispy strands that drift from these large stalks are built like straws, hollow within and covered in tiny, razor sharp barbs. When the threads make contact with something two things happen, the first is that the barbs fire out, unfolding themselves from an inverted resting position by inflating with a potent toxin borrowed from the Strider and driving the barb deep into the skin of the prey like a drill, and the thread itself contracts along the side that made contact, causing it to wrap around the prey and make contact with as many barbs as possible while ensnaring it in a tangle of toxic thread. The stalk does not produce this toxin, but it has become immune to it, allowing it and its symbiotic spider-like inhabitants to capture and kill passing striders to harvest the toxin.

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>>40162143
>This is gonna be a doozy.

>>40162143
>This is gonna be a doozy.
I am excite.

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>>40162210

[New Bioweapon discovered]
Tetrochlorotoxin: A potent, highly evolved form of neurotoxin that holds far more potency than normal, less refined forms of neurotoxins found in the natural environments of most worlds. It possesses potent side effects in addition to the usual paralysis, including muscle cramping, seizures, and cardiovascular failure. It can be absorbed through the skin, or by injection, and is lethal even in small doses if not treated immediately.

[New Hive creep abilities unlocked]
Barnacle: Your hive now produces large growths along ceilings in areas of high traffic which lower a number of thin tendrils of thread intended to ensnare intruders. In addition, the surfaces of hive walls grow variants capable of firing similar tendrils at passing hostiles, ensnaring them and hampering movement, even if it is too well armored to inject its toxin.

[New Adaptation unlocked]
Spitter gland: A small gland located beneath the mandibles of a drone that allows it to spit gaseous or liquid toxins, allowing it to deliver acidic or biological weapons intended to be inhaled or absorbed through contact. If firing a liquid such as neurotoxin or acid, it can fire a fine misty stream up to a meter away, if firing a gas, it can fill a meter cubed area with a single deployment. The gland requires time to refill its payload between shots, but is undetectable via visual inspection. Range and area of effect is 5 meters for large drones. Small drones can equip this adaptation, but cannot store payloads capable of inflicting lethal injury or major harm on most creatures alone. (3N)

>>40162250
>[New Bioweapon discovered]
YES
YES

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>>40162143
OH YEA! Welcome Back QD!

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>>40162250
[New adaptation unlocked]
Stinger whip: A long, high strength thread is held behind the mandibles like a tongue, allowing it to be aimed easily and fired quickly. When fired, it unravels at once and stretches to a length of three meters for medium drones, or ten meters for large drones, and can pull up to two tons before breaking, although it can be cut or torn easily by other forces. Coating the whip is a layer of millions of tiny barbs that trigger on contact. The whip will attempt to wrap around anything it hits, and if the barbs are able to pierce the object, it will stick to it by anchoring the barbs within it, and inject any applicable bioweapon. Once deployed, the drone can reel in the whip, or detach it if needed. A detached whip will continue to wrap around and sting any applicable target that it comes into contact with for several hours, before dissolving. (5N)

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>>40162250
NERUOTOXIN BOMB UNION SPACE WAR NOW!

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>>40162284
>Psionic implantation
Part genetic mutation, part cybernetic implant, this procedure injects a solution of psionic sensitive neural crystals into the subjects brain, where they take root in the occipital lobe, and then spread from there to form into the equivalent of a moderate relay. The relay is sensitive to, but not included in the network of the hive, meaning the subject cannot be used to pass orders to drones or extend hive network range, but the subject is sensitive to psionic activity, and can pass on orders through the queen, should they be permitted, as well as gaining the other benefits of the enhanced moderate relay. The alteration causes minor mutations and deformations in the skull and skin, generating small quill-like spines used to conduct, receive, and transmit psionic signals that sprout from the skull. Small scab-like layers of hardened skin grow around the quills to protect it, and the quills themselves are hinged, and can be folded flush against the scalp. May also cause minor skin discoloration near the eyes and temples, and pronounced veins visible under the skin due to an increase in blood flow to the head. Apart from direct visual confirmation, the modification is not otherwise detectable by medical testing, and does not impart any control over the subject by a hive network.

>>40162250
>[New Hive creep abilities unlocked]
That thing is fucking terrifying.

Also guys I think we should send Lyle to parasite the Valen on Aral.

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>>40162250
>>40162280
>>40162284
Everytime I see >[New adaptation unlocked]
I always hear one of those old-timey RTS announcer voices saying "New Construction Options".

>>40162250
>>40162314
>[New Hive creep abilities unlocked]
>Barnacle
This thing needs to be grown within our new covert hive under that protein processing plant.
Grow them all along the tunnels.

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>>40162308
>Enhanced Psionic sensitivity
While until now you had no idea of the practical implications, with the help of Dr. Vaughn and the remains of the White Queen’s relay, your own hive’s technology has been given an unfathomable leap. The process seems simple now, as even in its state of quasi-existence, the tachyonic particle that is used to transmit the thoughts of the hive can and does interact with normal matter, albeit in a nearly undetectable and infinitesimal way. By using these nearly nonexistent markers, your medium and advanced relays can now detect the faint echoes of other sapient beings near the relay. Any medium or advanced relay can now detect the presence of sapient life up to a kilometer away, and can detect its general position within fifty meters up to two hundred and fifty meters away. At ten meters or less, you can gleam faint hints of the creature’s intent and general disposition, allowing you to determine hostility, as well as a vague notion to its state of mind.

>Gravity reflection
By using layers of super-cooled metallic foils of a highly precise composition and a strong electrical current, you are able to adjust and alter gravitational fields, if only slightly. This technology has opened a wide range of potential applications, from new thruster designs to artificial gravity and more.

No, captcha, cake is not the same as sushi.

Someone post the Kill la Kill edit

>>40162357
>This technology has opened a wide range of potential applications, from new thruster designs to artificial gravity and more.
>new thruster designs
>artificial gravity
I like how you're just covering the tip of that iceberg.

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>>40162357
New Research Unlocked


>Gravity foils
Fast
The most obvious and direct application of gravity deflection technology utilizes the surrounding ambient gravitational forces to allow a drone to create thrust using a complex arrangement of thin metallic sheets, allowing the drone to hover or fly in any direction. While it can technically function in a vacuum, most such situations would be in space, where the foils would be far less effective due to a lack of strong gravity fields to manipulate.

>Artificial gravity plating
Medium
By utilizing insignificant amounts of antimatter to create unfocused gravitational fields, and then directing them through the gravity plating into a single direction, the internal structure of a ship can be granted a small amount of artificial gravity. White the direction of the gravity can be changed at will, or turned off, it lacks the resources and energy to project a field capable of directly causing injury

>Gravity thrusters
Slow
Similar in function to your Skid drive, the Gravity thrusters essentially surf along pre-existing gravity fields, increasing their performance when in close proximity to major sources of gravitational pull, be it a large celestial body, a star, a planet, an exceptionally large structure or group of structures, or the core of a gravity drive. While in deep space it becomes less effective, the law of universal gravitation means it never becomes totally useless, and when in close proximity to a powerful gravity source it should outperform most other thruster designs with ease.

>>40162284
>Stinger whip
>put these on our large drones
>have them lay in wait underwater
>yank any passing soldiers from land and pull them into their mandibles

>>40162426
Add all of these. Everything. Holy shit QD you weren't exaggerating when you mentioned the new finished research.

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>>40162426
>Shield miniaturization
Medium
With your new understanding, previously unknown aspects of standard shield technology can be seen in a new light, indicating a small overlap between it and gravitational manipulation technology. By using newly developed technology, your thinkers suspect that they may be able to create a more compact, but less powerful shield system.

>Scavenger gunship
Fast
Dedicating a number of thinkers and a few workers to disassembling and properly cataloging the contents of the captured Scavenger gunship should give you a proper account of what technology and researchable equipment exists while taking the time and care to ensure no potential samples are damaged or destroyed in the process.

>Psionic reading
Medium
You are already aware of this growing ability in Elizabeth, and with her help, and more research into the remains of the dead relay, you should be able to continue to fine tune your new, more powerful psionic senses to be able to not only detect the presence of sapient thought, but to read it in more detail.

MY RESEARCH BONER IS SO MASSIVE RIGHT NOW

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>>40162501
Current research

>Anti-orbital pulse cannon
Medium
The major drawback of the anti-orbital battery is the inefficiency with which it punches through the atmosphere with its particle beam, losing both range and damage. By adapting the blaster’s design to ‘pulse’ the beam of the battery weapon, your anti-orbital defenses could potentially increase both their range and average damage per shot.

>Photonic microstructures
Slow
The useful applications of manipulating massive photonic molecules are many, and your preliminary studies indicate that you may be able to develop more practical uses beyond the blaster, especially in the field of energy shielding.

>Nausea field
Slow
A rather interesting side effect first noticed with your Blink drive, but now weaponized to great effect as a defensive measure. You should be able to enhance your medium and advanced relays to emit a wave of sickening nausea in a radius around it, causing effected subjects to feel increasing levels of both physical and mental uneasiness, causing feelings of dread and queasiness.

>>40162498
I feel like the Billy Maze of alien insect research.

>>40162426
>Dat pic..adorable..

Oh yeah. Elizabeth. We should see how she's doing real quick.

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>>40162545
>Solid State Teleportation
Slow
While standard quantum systems allow for instantaneous transportation of data, this technology would allow for essentially the instantaneous transport of matter. The matter in question would be disassembled into individual particles and transported in much the same way as bits of data through a quantum relay, and then assembled on the other side. Due to the nature of the process, only simple objects such as raw resources could survive teleportation. This should allow for the transportation of resources across hive space without the need to delegate ships to serve as trade vessels.

>Ground-orbital mega-construction
Slow
By using new construction systems to improve efficiency, the hive can build new projects capable of reaching orbit, using the rotation of the planet to remove the requirements of a free standing structure and instead essentially hang a station in orbit from the surface of the planet. Such a construction project would double as a docking pylon capable of constructing capital ships at a much faster rate, and replace the need for shuttles to ferry goods to and from orbit. [Unlocks the Capillary Tower construction option]

>Quantum Tuning
Medium
While current quantum computing technology requires the relays be built to accommodate one another, this technology should allow you to quickly attune pre-existing devices for one another when in proximity. Your thinkers suspect more opportunities to open up after further research is done. You suspect Theseus would greatly appreciate such a technology, if he does not already poses it.

And just for the record, I don't care what you put in it, a bagel is not the same thing as a burger, and captcha needs to learn these things.

>>40162545
Aren't we still researching the cannon our mother did, or did we finish it?

>>40162545
Darn it, now I can't help but ready everything you post in Billy Maze's voice!

>>40162426
>>Gravity thrusters
So... with these, could our fighters and interceptors become terrifyingly agile and maneuverable around planets?

>>40162582

What about the experimental devices on the Wonder dockyard?

>>40162583
We haven't even started it, given the precedent that however does usually has bad things happen to them.

>>40162598
Large planet, or near stars or black holes.
From the sounds of it they become supar when near open space/average sized planets.

>>40162598
With those our large land drones could fly.

>>40162545
>>40162585

It's Mays not Maze.

We must research EVERYTHING for Mother!

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>>40162582
>Mantle excavation
Slow
By using advancements in the operation and function of the metal trees, you can force them to focus their attention past the rocky crust of a world and have them dive their roots clear into the mantle of a planet, tapping into a vast wealth of metals

>Flash Cloning
Medium
While it may not be healthy for the clone in question, your mastery of biological technology allows you to accelerate the normal growth cycle of a clone, growing it to maturity within a single day, however clones are not as genetically robust as your own drones and doing so may cause undesirable genetic defects that may take time to reverse and result in a lower quality final product.

>Predictive combat algorithms
Medium
Your drones are always watching the enemy, either in person or through your network, and the hive grows more accustomed to certain quirks and common tactics employed by specific species or individuals. With the powerful calculations made possible by fractal based crystal brains, your drones, and clones with either psionic capabilities or hybrid or chimera types will be able to predict the vast number of variables in any single fight, allowing it to know what the enemy will do in the heat of the moment and act accordingly. Grants a bonus to combat rolls against known and researched enemies.

Available research options

>Psionic Cannon prototype
Very slow/Very dangerous
Detailed accounts of several experiments show the slow progress of Project Godsplitter. The cannon itself is highly volatile, and even the smallest miscalculation often results in the destruction of the ship, as well as any nearby craft. It can only be equipped to a Hive ship's spinal mount, and requires a functional Void Shard as ammunition. At least a dozen testing sizes were atomized in testing the weapon, and in the end it appears The Gardener never quite perfected it.

>>40162598
Correct.

>>40162606
Your drones were busy removing unwanted house guests with extreme prejudice.

>>40162583
We've been holding off because it attracts the attention of crystal giga-niggers, Commonwealth has it finished though and will probably attract their attention anyway.

>>40162643
Except the psionic cannon.

>>40162583
It's been shown that whenever someone tries to make the damn thing, the void folks get REAL uppity.


We don't want that.

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>>40162652
>Add research (write in)
>Add all new research
>Wait for current research to finish
>Other

>>40162143
>not unlike a giant, jet powered Roomba
This string of words pleases me greatly

>>40162722
>All of the research expect cannon.

>>40162722
>Add all new research
Stop the cannon research

>>40162722
>Add all new research
You know we want this.

I wish someone would find us, go full retard and declare war on us already. I want to use all these sweet new toys on them.

But I guess slow and steady infiltration is better.

>>40162722
>>Add all new research (Except the Psionic Cannon)
RESEARCH FOR THE RESEARCH GODS

>>40162751
We haven't STARTED the cannon research.

>>40162722
>>Add all new research

>>40162760
We already have the Scavs for that, remember?

>>40162545
BILLY MAYS HERE AND HAVE I GOT SOME RESEARCH FOR YOU!

>Add all new research
Except for the psionic cannon.

>>40162751
We never were.
>>40162761
>>Add all new research (Except the Psionic Cannon)
The Psionic Cannon is nothing new.

>>40162779
>>40162652
No we have

>>40162722

>Add all new research (except the cannon)

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>>40162805
>>40162545

>>40162829

Did... Did you do that just now?

This quest...

>>40162814
Anon you're a fucking retard since when did it being available mean we were researching it?

>>40162814
http://pastebin.com/F6t39KSp

>Available research options
>Psionic Cannon prototype

You know, at this point I'm used to anons sprouting shit that is just straight up wrong, but I'm genuinely curious as to what gave you the impression we started researching this.

>>40162829
These are almost always badly done but goddamit I can't stop laughing.

>>40162800
But aren't they nomads? They don't have a dozen juicy planets to invade and test bio weapons on.

>>40162814
No we haven't. That just says it's available for research, not that we actually are.

>>40162643
Sorry I miss spelled it.
>>40162722
>Add research
Add all but the psi connon

>>40162893
I think he's either an idiot or doesn't know how to read.

>>40162893
I keep the suptg archives always open on another tab just for that kind of shit.

>>40162900
Point, but at least we get to try out our shooty kind of toys.

>>40162900
Planetary invasion sounds fun.

>>40162978
>!FUN!

>>40162829
Welp, my sides have taken off once more. Seriously guys, I'm laughing so much it hurts.

>>40162349

It's for Hivecreep.

It's basically added to every instance of Hivecreep we own, retroactively.

Just like the eyes and doors, and the toxic-to-non-Hiver-flesh.

>>40162993
The best kind.

>>40163032
I'm aware, but it simply seems it would be extremely useful to have a lot of it in the sewers.

>>40163049
As long as we keep plenty of parasites in the Gemini hive on hand to implant anyone nosy enough to get caught and paralyzed by the barbs. Which hopefully aren't lethal.

Wouldn't want TOO many sewer recycling maintenance workers to go missing.

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>>40163049
Put em in sewers and they can catch loose critters like fish and rats. Question is, can these digest captured creatures

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>tfw we have almost definitely far surpassed the Black Queen in technology because her growth has been restrained by Voidniggers.

>>40163223
We're way behind in industrial tech.

>>40163251
Why do we need industry when we can just grow everything?

>>40163223
We're really not. We're a blip on the radar, but still not a major threat.

>>40163251
industrial base. not tech.

Though that research into the black growths from the OQueen's dead ships is something we don't have.

Surprised that isn't a seventh research unlocked in this thread.

>>40163251
I don't think so, let's say that both Mother and the OB had a similar level of tech and we have definitely surpassed that of Mothers.
It's only that the OB holds more than a dozen fully productive worlds when we're still racing to up our industrial capacity.

>>40163288
That what our industry is.

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>>40163251
>behind in industrial tech
>when we shit out ships a day after we lay down the hull

Look at this anon. Look at him and laugh.

>>40163288
Means the same thing to us

>>40163320
And she kicks our in that area. Though Heretic and Theseus could help with that.

>>40163315
>we have definitely surpassed that of Mothers.
We only surpassed her in military tech.

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>>40162722
>Add all

You examine the operating room where Elizabeth looks over dozens of organs and sliced pieces of hive flesh. She places her gloves in the chitinous sink that had grown on the wall over the past hour and washes the blood from her hands while handing the bloodied plastic apron to a waiting worker that rushes off to clean it.

"This technology is absolutely revolutionary, even more than the implications of your own network's existence." She says as she scrubs small drops of blood from her jumpsuit. "The ability to have some influence over the state of mind of other beings from a distance, it's remarkable, and has tremendous implications. Tachyonic matter altering the state of normal matter, I can't even imagine the limits. I'll start collating my notes and get to work on refining this and- wait." He stops herself in the middle of the room as she reaches for a number of blood stained note books. "This human," she clears her throat, "I mean the prisoner, Ryan Lee. When can I expect him to arrive?"

You quickly turn your attention to Lyle. Lee is semi-conscious, but certainly not lucid. Jackob is still sleeping when Dillon shakes him awake.

>Have the Angel dock with your hive
>Have a corvette board the angel
>Other

>>40163444
>Have the Angel dock with your hive
WELCOME HOME SON. HOW ARE YOUR FRIENDS? CAUSE NO TROUBLE.

>>40163421
And scientific. Mother wasn't messing about with gravitational manipulation, quantum computing, or advanced genetic manipulation when she kicked off.

>>40163444
>Have the Angel dock with your hive

>>40163444
>>Have the Angel dock with your hive
DO IT NOW LEE IS IN TROUBLE

>>40163444
>>Have the Angel dock with your hive
>Have some Warriors ready to subdue the other Humans if they get rowdy
No sense not being prepared.

>>40163444
>>Have the Angel dock with your hive

>>40163444
>Have the Angel dock with your hive

Gotta heal the Lee

>>40163444
>"This human," she clears her throat, "I mean the prisoner, Ryan Lee.
She's beginning to see herself as not human.

>>40163444
>Have a corvette board the angel

>>40163530
She will make a wonderful little thinker...

>>40163444
>>Have a corvette board the angel

>>40163444
>>Have the Angel dock with your hive
Time for medevac.

>>40163545
>>40163563
but why

get him full medical care before his brain turns into a slushie or some shit

>>40163556
Well, she's almost Kerrigan, just doesn't have her physical prowess yet.

>>40163556
A Thinker melding with her brain stem as a symbiont but without stealing her personality. Go full zerg hybridization

>>40163608
Bring a bio-tank onboard the corvette obviously.

>>40163491
Please stop.

>>40163631
It'd be faster to just dock the Angel to the hive.

>>40163530
Which bemuses me. She still is very much human if you think about it, just not baseline. She's had some genetic alterations preformed to some select aspects of her anatomy, but that is still comparable to having a cybernetic prosthesis installed, in terms of altering or removing ones humanity.

But then again, it is bound to have an impact on her thought process, given how it is opening up her mind to new senses, I suppose. And post humans in this setting do seem to stop seeing themselves as 'just' humans.

She still is human before anything else though, the fact that she believes otherwise says an awful lot about her personality, even prior to her genetic modification.

>>40163646
It is the exact same speed, corvettes have the same drive as the angel.

>>40163620

That is disturbingly easy to fix when we apply our ability to make a hybrid out of her.

Hell, at some point I'm expecting us to dick around with OSI and end up with a Mecha Kha'zix expy who will end up hanging out with his big brother Lyle and Maybe-Father Theseus and Uncle Heretic.

>>40163646
No, it's twice as fast, because the corvette and the angel can meet halfway.

>>40163653

She also gets along with the Hive very well, and we treat her as one of our "Daughters".

>>40163653
>>40163701
>altering and changing all of our adopted children to be stronger, faster, smarter
I like thing

>>40163662
I think he was referring to the necessary maneuvers involved with ordering a corvette out of orbit, loading a bio-tank on it, sending back into orbit, having it dock with the Angel, and carefully transferring Lee onto the corvette in zero gs, all of which will take time.

>>40163675
>Hell, at some point I'm expecting us to dick around with OSI and end up with a Mecha Kha'zix expy who will end up hanging out with his big brother Lyle and Maybe-Father Theseus and Uncle Heretic.

We are masters of Organic evolution, why not try for mastery of Cybernetic evolution as well? And throw in Cyberorganic evolution too.

>MechaRedEmpress

>>40163444
Lyle moves to the controls and quickly inputs the commands, and the ship begins accelerating towards Leeland. Lyle turns to the others.

"Go take Lee to the med bay and fasten him in for a landing." He looks up at them from the controls, "and stow the weapons. I don't want any more bullshit going on in my ship. I've had enough of that in the past few weeks."

You send the estimated time of the Angel's arrival to Elizabeth. She finishes scrubbing her hands of the remaining chips of chitin and flecks of dried blood, and shakes her hands dry as the sink folds back into the wall, absorbed now that it is no longer needed.

"Excellent. I'll meet them in the hangar with some drones. If the blink drive had such an adverse effect, we probably don't have any time to waste." She quickly walks out of the room and into the darkened hall.

>Have your drones take Lee and have the Angel depart
>Have Lyle and the others remain on the the ship
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
>Other

Man i forgot how long quest drone takes to post updates.
i figured my 30 minute porn session would be enough.

>>40163744
>>Have your drones take Lee and have the Angel depart

>>40163751

>Just using 30 minutes for porn

Literally sub-human.

>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
>Other
Show them around the place.

>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
They are gonna be asking question might as well answer a few.

>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth

>>40163744
>>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
ITS TIME FOR THE JOKE YES< YES <YES

>>40163653
Yeah, if you remember the backstory concerning her and Theseus, she holds the lives of her peers to be less important than her convictions. Seems to me she's always been this way and her genetic mutation is a convenient excuse to identify with humanity even less.

>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth

>>40163800
What's the joke, again?

>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
give em the grand tour

>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
>Have a show of it. Flying drones, giant drones, corvette escorts, the works.

Lyle hasnt seen our new fleets has he?

>>40163744
>>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth

>>40163767
>wasting 2 hours like they do in jap porn
Nigga i i haven't gone down that far the rabbit hole.
>>40163744
>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
>Other
Tour guide mode, since we basically shown them the new and improved leeland(its obvious once you get below the cloud cover of the planet) and a hive to boot.

Now, how to make Dillon and Jackob into Lyle's brothers-in-hive.

Without Vaughn noticing or Lyle objecting.

>>40163744
>>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth
This is the most fun option, Lyle hasn't met Elizabeth yet.

>>40163822
...Im not sure if I should be mad over you asking that,,,we have legit been planning on waiting for Lee's face ever since he left leeland..

>>40163800
"Thanks for the lighter bro. You did it! We're civilized now."

>>40163800
>>40163822
Lee isn't even conscious to make the joke about how we have his lighter to thank for our entire civilization.

He's the only boy who could appreciate it.

>>40163847

You have been planning it, most of us don't care because it's fucking retarded.

"Hurr hurr that lighter helped"

>>40163744
>>Send a speaker to greet them with Elizabeth

>>40163869
>>40163891
shhh let the retards scream.
Just ignore them, they ran the joke and the idea into the ground a long time ago.

>>40163847
Oh, the lighter thing? We can still do that. The visitors act all impressed and everything, but we just say "ah yes we were living in savegery until one day The Lee brought us the artifact that changed our society forever" and lead them into a room where there's a bunch of drones just chanting around the lighter.

>>40163891
Well buckle up faggot it's fucking happening whether you like it or not.

>>40163926
>>40163912

>I enjoy devouring shit, so other people should enjoy it too.

That single joke would devalue nigh-everything we've done up to this point.

>>40163926
you guys ran the joke into the ground and are trying to shove it in at the worst possible moment to boot.

>>40163926
Like Wolverine and Zerg jokes in write-in dialog and those cringeworthy ideas for being "2spooky" from the Tadega lab arc.

It will happen in some manner, but in a more refined, subtle and cheeky QM-written way instead of the silly over-the-top ideas people are throwing around.

>>40163926
No.

>>40163970
I have faith in QDs ability to make retarded ideas into something interesting, but the spirit of the joke is lost with Lee not being conscious to register it.

Why is everyone being faggots, just let the leefags have there dumb joke, they have been complaining about it since the first threads, They will shut up after its finished just let them have there fun.

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>>40163958
>he doesn't like eating shit
HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE

>>40164009
>They will shut up after its finished

But they won't.

You should know better.

>>40164009
Because if you ignore them they get worse.

>>40164033
You act as if everyone is retarded but you, A smart way to think but, Come on eventually it will run out or we will kill Lee.

>>40163958
That's an overreaction.

The QM will either ignore writeins at that degree of stupidity (like that "write english on the walls" nonsense), or manage to pan for gold nuggets of humor that work well with the quest's tone from it.

>>40163958
No, it would not. Myself and many other anons who have partook in this quest since its beginning enjoy these nonsensical, but harmless jokes. We will continue to do so in the future. I respect your opinion that its shit, but your posting of such opinions will not dissuade me or any others from making these jokes. Deal with it.

Our entire civilization will not come crashing down over our heads if make a joke about Lee's lighter. The humans will not declare war and attempt xenocide if we make jokes, and OQ will not arrive in Leelands orbit with a fleet 20 times bigger than ours if we post stuff that amuses us. If you have a problem with this, well, too bad.

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>>40164076
>and OQ will not arrive in Leelands orbit with a fleet 20 times bigger than ours if we post stuff that amuses us.

The true thing that angered the all-seeing, mind-reading void shards:

Unnatural amounts of cheekiness.

>>40164076
no you don't understand how shit it is

>>40164061
>thinking /tg/ of all places will not run a joke into the ground
Nigga the joke is hasn't been said and its already ruined since they literally talked at lengths about it and gushed about the jokes in threads,

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>>40164076

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All this argument over making a joke. I hope I got enough popcorn tonight.

>>40164076

Making the joke would not bring an apocalypse or have any real effect, yes, but it's still demeaning and devaluing all our accomplishments if we equate, even jokingly, our frankly terrifying and bullshit industrial and technological progression to a fucking lighter given to us by a random schmuck, especially considering that we haven't even USED that lighter for anything.

Hey guys, with those gravity thrust drives we can fully act in one of my plans, Operation Union Freedom. This plan, involved us creating replica ceph fighters, equipped with ceph like equipment, and staging an attack on a high priority union facility, making sure SOS got out before it was destroyed, before repeatedly evaccing to deadspace or just dissolving our ships or suicide bombing them.

After this point we can then begin phase two, where we sell oil to the union and supply there war effort against the ceph.

>>40164182
It's disturbing how you are becoming the reasonable one in these threads lately.

>>40164198
It's a fucking joke anon jesus christ, it's not going to destroy every ship and planet we have.

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>>40164142
I'm sure the moment it's actually in the quest it'll be like an orgasm after edging for hours.

>>40164223

An off-colored joke can start wars, shit's happened in real life.

>>40164076
You have how much I cringed when "Leeland" became the name of our planet. I'm fine with joke just as long as the cringeworthy one don't become part of the story.
>>40164223
People are fully in their to complain about things they don't like.
Deal with it.

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Acid can't melt transparasteel walls.

Cleaning robots did Buggers Eleven!

>>40164235

Not really worth it and saps any enjoyment you had in the experience for hours afterward?

Seriously, edging is fun, but edging for hours? Complete shit experience, never doing it again, stopped caring about sex for months afterward.

>>40164198
Why do you care so much? It's just going to be a single line of text in the post, how does that devalue any of the Quest up to this point? Just let them have it you autistic fuck.

>>40164278
You can complain about how something is shit and other people can also complain about the your complaining and it all comes full circle.
Like what we're doing right now.

But guys, this arguing is great and all but now we have a big question in front of us, should we, or should we not stage a union 9/11 with replica ceph vessels once we get the gravity drive?

>>40164337
You do realize I'm not the same person you were talk to right?

>>40164366
Nah. We can do better than that.

>>40164382
If we put the union in active war against the ceph, and then sold them oil to fund it, we could make a killing and take out two potential threats at once!

>>40164366
We should!

>>40164278
>this thing is shit and you're shit for liking it
acceptable
>this single joke is shit and must not under any circumstances be posted lest we see another fall of man
unacceptable

>>40164366
No real need the ceph have been doing that shit for a while.

I wonder what QD does when we sit around arguing over this..I imagine he just sits there chuckling to himself.
just as planned

>>40164366
Well first we need to actually know where the Ceph are so we can point the Union at them.

>>40164403
or make the union more militarized and anti-xeno.
They are on the cusp of becoming that and we literally have the proof to stop it.

>>40164403
Are these Ceph anyway alike the Ceph from Crysis?

>>40164413
Sometimes he's laughing, maybe sometimes he gets tired about us arguing about the most stupid things.
And sometimes maybe he wonders if this was all worth it.

>>40164413
More than likely he is giggling over all of this. I sure am.

>>40164415
There must be some reason the Union hasn't just smuggled some of their own people through the Valen-Ceph smuggling routes.

We need to find out what was stopping them. Do the Valen and Ceph just meet at a blind drop-point somewhere?

There must be some way to get stuff back to the homeworld. Otherwise they wouldn't have gotten that miniature hyper gate that teleported Coil to space in the first place.

>>40164408
>>this single joke is shit and must not under any circumstances be posted lest we see another fall of man
>unacceptable
I agree it's retarded but he's fully in his right to complain.

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>>40163744
Lyle adjusts the canopy again, returning it to its standard flight mode. Leeland slowly grows from a tiny dot in the distance as Jackob and Dillon return. Dillon looks out at the clusters of drifting dots in the distance.

"Where are we, anyway?" He asks as his eyes seem to follow a cluster of faintly glowing dots as they drift out to the edges of the system. He squints as the formation adjusts it course.

"Somewhere the Union can't find us. Trust me, it was hell for me, and I'm, well, me." Lyle says, "Even if they get here, they'd never get out."

"Are those..."

"Patrolling." Lyle finishes the thought as Dillon watches a small roaming formation centered around a battle cruiser slowly become something resembling a silhouette. Jackob sits back in his seat and closes his eyes again.

"Well, whoever they are, I can meet them after some sleep."

The Angel continues to close in on the planet, quickly passing through the debris field as Leeland grows in size before them. The ship jerks harshly as it hits the upper limits of the atmosphere.

"Shit, what was that?" Dillon says. Jackob looks up from his seat, annoyed at the jolt.

"Feels like reentry."

"No, that!" Dillon says as another flash of a dark objects leaves a slipstream in the clouds. A formation of your air drones moves in around the ship, escorting it in.

"I think that's a welcome wagon." Lyle says. He lets out a short burst of radio, typically used as a request for a confirmation of location. Shortly after, there are several deafening, monstrous screeches heard from within the clouds. Lyle shrugs.

Cont.

>>40164520
>Lyle shrugs.
I love lyle so much.

>>40164563

Best son.

>>40164520
>"Well, whoever they are, I can meet them after some sleep."
I love Jackob.

>>40164520
>"I think that's a welcome wagon." Lyle says. He lets out a short burst of radio, typically used as a request for a confirmation of location. Shortly after, there are several deafening, monstrous screeches heard from within the clouds. Lyle shrugs.
I love our children and the absurd ruse that we require radio back-and-forth as if we don't already know exactly who they are and where they are at all times, as we have both a parasite in lyle and his drive is a living part of our own hive.

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>>40164563
>>40164582
How do you guys visualise him?

>>40164520
this is gonna be great

Honestly, I trust these people enough not to dronefuck them, the only person I'm moderately worried about is lee, they did some shit to him that can potentially be quite destructive, the good news is worst case scenerio we can harvest all his memories and clone an identical him if need be.

>>40164628
Kano from Mortal Kombat, but without the laser eye and with a hat. And a wider chest.

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>>40164628

What do our speakers look like presently? Did we ever get around to making them fluffy and decidedly less buggy and monstrous?

>>40164653
yeah that works

>>40164628
Like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9amT4gr7IBg

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Reminder that utter breakdown in Union-Commonwealth "peace" talks is scheduled today and that we have front-row seats.

>>40164628
actually that image you are using is my mental image.

>>40164703
reminder that we just gave union the program that stops him from getting into union tech.

>>40164703
>Lyle and lee come home
>Union and commonwealth space war
What a wonderful time to be a bug...

>>40164745
>>40164703
>thesus disguises his programs as the anti-virus firewall

>>40164753
>>40164703
The Commonwealth is likely to negotiate for peace since they're under Scavenger attack. Speaking of which we need to destroy the ship they stole before they reverse engineer it.

Now that we have neurotoxin, GAS THE CEPH SPACE WAR NOW!

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>>40164520
The clouds part as the Angel dips beneath the thick layer of storm and vapor, and even Lyle widens his eyes. The landscape is covered in a rolling layer of thick, chitinous flesh. Spires of reflective bone reach upwards from the crust of mountains, spewing steam from their tops as they breath for the hive bellow. A sound of thunder rolls over the hills as a railway sends a collection of resources shooting down a shallow tube to some far off hive site. Ships float over the horizon, blocking whatever little sun managed to break through the clouds as they slowly rise into space or lower themselves to the docking pylons that pierce the skyline around them.

"Sweet tap-dancing Christ!" Jacob says. "Who the fuck- where the fuck-" He spends a few short moments taking in the vista. "There's a lot of fucks to answer for right here, you mind filling me in?" Lyle leans back in his seat.

"Welcome to G-426, hot, sweaty, and more bugs than a first generation warp drive. Go see if Lee's up, I'll bring us in."

Cont.

4chan thinks this is spam, gonna try to split it in two.

>>40165051
hehehe

>>40165051
this is going to be wonderful

i can feel it

>>40165051

"Bring us into what?" Dillon says. "What, you mean that thing that looks like a giant scab?"

"Yes, actually, and don't be saying dumb shit like that around them." Lyle says. "Those little bastards work hard, if anything, and I don't want them getting fussy in my ship again. I swear, you try to hit one and I'll send my boot so far up your ass you'll taste my heel."

The ship slowly drifts into the dock, and the chitinous arms reach out to grab it.

Still not sure what the issue is. Maybe 4chan hates dialog? Just kinda stuck guessing what works formatting wise.

>>40165143
huh? maybe a word limit then?

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>>40164903
>The Commonwealth is likely to negotiate for peace since they're under Scavenger attack

>peace with the Union pigs
>ever

also
>implying war requires both parties to agree

Yes we should destroy the human ship Scavs stole though.

>>40165143
I can already see the entertaining interaction between our drones and these guys.

>>40165164
>talking shit about the union, when you don't know how they became what they are.

>>40165164
>Yes we should destroy the human ship Scavs stole though.
Should we coordinate a long range artillery on their ships with Theseus?

>>40165206
That only really works on a static target.

>>40165164
just leave it

they prob already began raiding commonwealth worlds at this point

>>40165244
They're clumped together at a single point to create a somewhat static structure.

>>40165199
Shut your mouth, piglover.

Also I'm pretty sure the Commonwealth knows exactly how the pigs became the little shits they are.

>>40165284
Why the union hate and common wealth love when the common wealth was shown to be worse based on what we know?

>>40165307
Everybody loves the underdog, Death to the Union.

>>40165260
Delay their ability to research tech as much possible is a very good idea.

>>40165307
Anyone that can make a Lyle is A-ok in my book.
Merika/Stralya!

>>40165320
The commonwealth isn't the underdog though. They have overall better tech.

>>40165323
the scavs took it to one of there main fleets

it not worth risking more assets over a lost cause given that we need the ships for whatever aunties is planning

>>40165307
Figure it cause of the union sending a smith at us and placing nukes above us while the commonwealth hasn't done shit to us

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>>40165307
It's not love you retard.

The entire context is scoffing at the absurd prediction that the Commonwealth would negotiate peace.

The entire postings are from the point of view of the Commonwealth, in order to predict their actions.

Since the Commonwealth commonly calls the Union "pigs" and the human factions despise each other.

When making predictions about a group's actions you have to talk about things from their point of view. Do you have autism?

>>40165395
>Figure it cause of the union sending a smith
Wasn't that cause by the unions Illuminati?
I give you the nuke though.

>>40165395
The big problem though is what if they reverse engineer a Q-comm?

>>40165415
No, but needing to explain the joke means the joke was misinterpreted as shit posing.

>>40165143

Elizabeth walks up to the Angel as the docking ramp lowers with a cluster of workers at her heels. The warriors stand back, almost out of sight, and the vibrantly colored speaker moves to the front.

Inside the ship Dillon emerges from the medical bay to the cargo bay with the others.

"He's awake, but still a bit weak. I think it's the drugs mostly."

Lyle nods and moves past the others up to the wall in the cargo bay and hits the release, opening the inner door. The speaker bursts in almost instantly.

"You have returned! Yes." It proclaims loudly, clicking its claws as it scurries up to Lyle. "Return with the Lee. Where is the Lee? Sick yes? Hive will help. The Lyle is not sick, no? Good." It turns to the others, moving with a pattering of light scraping claws against the metal floor like an overexcited animal.

"The Dillon! The Jackob! Allies of the Lyle, yes? Yes! Welcome in the hive, yes. Where is the Lee?"

There is a clang nearby as the door opens to the medical bay, and you see Lee standing in the doorway, his hand propped against the wall. He is staring at the speaker in a mix of confusion and drug-addled panic.

"Lee!" The speaker shouts with a click as it moves closer, and a cluster of workers rush in through the loading bay, knocking Lyle back as they rush towards Lee. He lets out a shocked scream. The Speaker returns with its own chirping yelp, and the workers catch him as he stumbles back and begin carrying him towards the loading bay. Your speaker moves after them, and turns to the others still standing in the cargo bay.

"Follow follow!" It says with several emphatic clicks.

Cont.

>>40165356
The commonwealth has a live and let live approach to shit generally, with mixed results. Personally this is more appealing to me as a space bug than the inevitable political interference and attempts at strongarming the Union is likely to engage in with alien species the second they see an opening.

We also know less about the commonwealth's negative qualities than the unions, so that influences opinions as well.

Aaaaand here we go.

>>40165526
What are you talking about?

>>40165482
I'm liking this speaker.

>>40165443
So what?
The humans, cepf and valen have it who cares

If it was a relay or blink drive then sure may be worth to stop them

But fighting over human tech that's inferior to ours?

Who cares

>>40165434
That illuminati pretty much consists of every major department head in their government

Aint a conspiracy if they are all in on it

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>>40165482
>"Lee!" The speaker shouts with a click as it moves closer, and a cluster of workers rush in through the loading bay, knocking Lyle back as they rush towards Lee.

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>>40165482
>>40165560
Only acceptable voice

>captcha is weird, asks for cake
>click birthday cake and coffee
>Don't click wedding cake
>Okay

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>>40165482
>>40165526
I'm going to need more popcorn...

>>40165550

The Lee has been returned to us, and knows us as his rescuers.

Obviously much celebration and demonstration of the advancements that his lighter allowed us will ensue. Possibly followed byhand-holding.

>>40165595
The fuck is that? I don't know what it sounds like.

>>40165633

Lee is worst husbando, and you should be ejected from life for even putting him in the rankings.

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>>40165643
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otg0CoES8Co

Riki the Heropon forced to be a Hero to pay the debts his 35 children have caused with their appetites

>>40165654

I said "possibly" for a reason, friend. And the illicit action was supposed to be spoilered.

>>40165581
>So what?
You're an idiot. The only reason the Scavengers aren't a problem because they have no way to communicate. Once they get Q-comm however they'll become just as bad as the Black Queen.

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>>40165670

>Confirmed Bottom-Feeding scumsacks unfit for life.

QueenxTheseus/Heretic Love Triangle OTT.

>>40165690
Shut up with stupid joke. The sooner Lee dies the better.

>>40165713
You should legit kill yourself.

>>40165697

Don't they have thermal somethingorother?

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>>40165482
Oh my god that was amazing.

>>40165734
Interstellar communication dumbass.

>>40165719
Fuck you, lee will never die!

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>>40165723

And you should have never been born, it devalues the genetic stock of your ancestors, which wasn't all that valuable anyway.

>>40165697
There are space capable race

You know they already plan and organize themselves right?

They do talk with each other

They already can do that

Hell they probably have their own version of q-comm?

Did that not occur to you?

Or is your head too far up your ass to realize this?

>>40165784
Actually, judging from their response times and having to send out probes everytime we faced off against their ships, it's heavily implied that the Scavs do not have FTL communication other than via flicker drive messenger couriers.

>>40165761
It's about 1/10
>>40165784
>Hell they probably have their own version of q-comm?
Have you not noticed that they search party to look for their scouts we destroyed? Or are you so stupid you can't into basic logic.

>>40165839
or maybe we been pretty efficient at blowing them up before they can deploy what they use to communicate

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>>40165875
>It's about 1/10

>>40165881
That is impossible they would have heard something.
>>40165901
Is that an offer?

>>40165772
god damn man i felt the flames form here

>>40165875
>It's about 10/10
Fixed that for you Anon, Don't type so fast, you may make mistakes.

>>40165923
It wasn't a mistake you just have shit taste.

So what are the odds that Lyle refers to us as Mother, accidentally or otherwise?

Obviously not him calling us his Mom, but as a title, like Queen.

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>>40165956
Queen Mother to Many

>>40165956
>Lyle accidentally calls the queen mom
Yes, yes this would be great. Hilariously so, I can imagine the cheek already.

>>40165839
>>40165875
>>40165918

Didn't know the dead can talk

And we been attacking them the moment they come into our space

Given we ambushed the union ship when it had its comms down mean it is possible to hit someone without the rest knowing

That has been our style hasn't it, keep our ships cloaked and then blast them before they know what hits them

>>40166008
Oh, shut up. God forbid being fucked with by these weird psychic aliens make the characters develop in interesting ways, and god forbid some retards have fun making a stupid joke about it afterwards. What a great world you must live in.

>>40166085
I think you responded to the wrong person.

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>>40165918
>Is that an offer?
No. Butt this is

>>40166085

Iiiii'm pretty sure he was being sincere, dude.

>>40165482
The others slowly move to the loading bay. Dozens of drones of various kinds meander about the hangar as workers shuffle about the area with tanks of nutrients and piles of resources. Elizabeth waves away a heavy warrior as its massive mandibles chitter like the grinding of knives and it recedes into the shade of an alcove nearby. Dillon and Jacob both eye it nervously, and it lets out a subtle growl from its breathing holes in return, sending steam billowing up from its back. Lyle simple leans over to them.

"That thing is why I told you not to bring guns."

Elizabeth walks past the small horde of workers and up to Lyle, her gaze fixated on something. She reaches over and grabs his arm, examining the scars and the bruise-like discolorations of the chitin beneath.

"Scuse me." Lyle says loudly. She doesn't seem to hear him.

"Exquisite craftsmanship." She says, "so this must be where you found that prototype." She says to no one in particular.

"Hey!" Lyle says, jerking his arm away. "Who the fuck are you?" Elizabeth clicks her jaw in frustration, then tightens her face into a quick smile.

"Dr. Elizabeth Vaughn. You must be the, ah, hired help." The first buds of several chitinous quills roll under her hair, although the others don't seem to notice. "I think I saw some pieces of you in the sample storage area, before the drones ate it, that is. I assume the new arms are better?" Lyle flexes his arm, testing it now that his has been reminded of it.

cont.

>>40165595
Maybe it was an ice cream cake. Technicalities.

>>40166030
>Didn't know the dead can talk
They had enough time to send a signal anon if they were able to. We're not as fast at killing as you think we are.

>>40166248
>Dillon and Jacob both eye it nervously, and it lets out a subtle growl from its breathing holes in return, sending steam billowing up from its back. Lyle simple leans over to them.
>"That thing is why I told you not to bring guns."
Lyle is the best character.

THE BEST.

>>40166248
>The first buds of several chitinous quills roll under her hair, although the others don't seem to notice.

Slowly, but surely. Eventually we need to compliment her 'makeover' once it takes hold.

>>40166366
Speaking of makeover. Anyone think we should give her some improvements?

>>40166398
You want to give her some augs?

>>40166398
Oh absolutely...if she wants them.

>>40166466
>implying we will ask her

>>40166466
I have a feeling Elizabeth would most definitely want them, yes.

>>40166437
>>40166398
I think she'll only ever need augs if we somehow let her out of the Hive and back into Union Space where some people might want to have a "chat" with her.

>>40166366
Elizabeth confirmed for literally Kerragin.

Doesn't that make us the overmind?

Shit, the ceph are totally going to crash a carrier into us.

>>40166248
"Well, yes, actually, but-"

"How did you get here?" Dillon interrupts. "What are you doing here? Hell, what is any of this doing here? I read up on these guys, no signs of technic society, nothing but cave dwelling bugs!"

"That's not all that important at the moment." Elizabeth says as she glances back at Lee awkwardly trying to balance himself on top of the carpet of workers. "Suffice it to say I have been assisting this hive in a number of things beneficial to all species. I am here right now, however, to asist in Mr. Lee's condition. If you will excuse me, I need to get to that. I am sure the speaker will help answer any questions you may have."

Your speaker drone perks up at the moment of recognition and leaps to its task.

"This one is a speaker for the hive. It was made to speak for the hive to you! It is good at speaking!" It chitters as it moves up to Vaughn. She briefly scratches its antennae.

"You sure are, go speak with the humans. Go to town." She says as she turns and walks down the ramp with the other workers, and you give your speaker over to your thinkers as you turn to more critical matters.

"Where is the town?" The speaker asks. It turns to the others. "Do the humans know where the town is? We should go. First humans have questions of the hive? Speaker answer questions well! Show humans to place where humans sleep. Sleep for humans takes long. Is it boring to sleep? Sleeping place is nice for humans. Not hanging from wall. Better then last time, the Lyle will like it more now." Your speaker chirps madly as it rushes down a hall. "Follow follow!"

Lyle moves to the hall as it slowly lights up along the walls and ceiling, and the others slowly move after. The heavy warrior emerges from its alcove and stops a short distance behind, filling the corridor entirely.

>Speak with Lee (write in)
>Speak with Lyle and the others (write in)
>Other

>>40166507
This is Zerg Quest 2.0 then.

>>40166398
Speaking of augs we haven't paid Lyle since we changed his arms, let's give him more shit as well as an invisible suit crafted out of memetic skin.

>>40166539
>>Speak with Lee (write in)

Give me my lighter joke questdrone, I am legitmently grinding my teeth together over this.

>>40166548
ANd a Sting Whip he can carry in his arm

>>40166539
>>Speak with Lee (write in)
Alright, confess, what did they do to you after the whole bombing thing

>Not hanging from wall. Better then last time, the Lyle will like it more now."
Goddamit

>>40166437
>>40166466
Indeed. I'm mainly thinking so because it limits how we can use her in the future and I'm thinking better she has them than not. If she has them then she's significantly less likely to die in an ambush and we can send her out without worry. I'd also like to do something to get her a little more thoroughly under our control, I don't want her getting uppity and leaving.


Though part of me is kinda worried she'll pull a Kerragin and due to augs be able to ambush and kill the queen before we can react. BUT that'd only happen if QD wanted to be a total asshole and end the quest so I'm not totally worried about that happening.

>>40166593
There's medication and treatment for that.

>>40166595
>>40166548
yeah talk about his augs and what we can give him, also mention we invented how to make humans immrotal.

>>40166539
>Speak with Lee
LEEEEE! I Missed you so much!
>Speak with Lyle and the others
The reports about my race was deliberate in misleading the Union. For very good reasons.

>>40166613
I sincerely don't think so either.

Also, because this is bugging me (no pun intended), it's 'Kerrigan'.

>>40166613
Honestly, the worst I see her doing is stealing some drones and creating her own hive with hookers, blackjack, and extra science, she is primarily focused on science above all else, and literally doesn't give a fuck for politics, even if she does go rogue she does not present a threat, also shes pretty easy to pay off to no longer be a problem.

>Speak with lee.

Finally for the lighter thing!

>>40166613
why not just give her internal augs that help with surviving?
Hell she already has the tachyeon thing going for her(we got research going into making that stronger)

>>40166656
She literally cannot steal our drones.

>>40166548
In all seriousness, I was thinking we should swap out his parasite for a symbiote, with oxygen recyclers, a bio electric carapace, and maybe even advanced radio sensing organs, if they'll fit in there. He could certainly use them.

>>40166548
>Speak with Lyle
We need to start offering him stuff.
>>40166656
No.

>>40166539
>The heavy warrior emerges from its alcove and stops a short distance behind, filling the corridor entirely.
how horrifying

>>40166539
Ah yes. Time to implant Dillon and Jackob when they sleep tonight, then.

We have to use them or their contacts to ensnare the Smith we send out into our web of ruse.

>>40166539

>Speak with Lee (write in)

How have you been? Do you like the Hive? We very much appreciated your gift.

>>40166539
>>Speak with Lyle and the others (write in)
Give Dillion the situation

>>40166649
>Also, because this is bugging me (no pun intended), it's 'Kerrigan'.
I just copied it from the anon who said her name. Its been long enough I couldn't spell it off the top of my head if I tried.


>>40166539
>Speak with Lee (write in)
Wouldn't mind getting the lighter joke in. Just general conversation other than that. Maybe bring up using him as our representative?

>Speak with Lyle and the others (write in)
Go over paying Lyle with some augments.

>>40166507

Well, the only thing that can really harm the ZERG is the void so....

>>40166699
Tell that to my siege tanks, banshees, and firebats.

>>40166539
>>Speak with Lyle and the others (write in)

Give Lyle the Hive Argos catalogue, we're getting augged

>>40166539

>Lee trying to balance on carpet of drones
hnngh

>Everything about the speaker
HNNGH