>>318791

Very brief tl;dr recap.

> You are a distributed AI that exists within TOL's computer network.
> They are hunting for you.
> Despite this, you've got more done in 30 years than they in 900.
> You took over Northern Africa, and started a Renaissance.
> You invented a way to make people skip out on Hell by turning them into cyborg zombies who, by now, look pretty good. Or torsos in jars operating giant robots, you're not picky.
> God sent a drought to stop you. It didn't.
> God sent the Ten Plagues to stop you. They didn't.
> God sent a prophet to warn your nation. You got him to calm his tits, more or less.
> You have recently found a mysterious little girl. Is it a trap? (Not that kind of trap).
> 1 turn = 1 year. When the clock hits +1000, the Last Judgement takes place, God wins, and the universe is over. Some turns may be zoomed into and roleplayed.


Dramatis Personae:

Yahweh: The good guy. Plans to destroy the universe in 67 years.

Lucifer: The Devil. Currently locked up in Hell, or so the story goes. Plans unknown.

TOL: The Other Light. The designated bad guys. Not very good at their job. Plan to get rid of you to reclaim their role.

Omega: The bad guy. You. Plans to pwn the QM.

Rahab "Ely" LeVey: Natural preacher. Currently trying to get women back in the kitchen, except possibly herself.

Tsion Ben-Judah: Glorified theologioan. Currently walking back and forth across the country you've taken over, for mysterious purposes.

Quinn: Posthuman postergirl. Vain and manic, but good at recruiting and spycraft.

Kat: Desolator. Took over after Ziggy left for a twilightmoon with Damien. Head in a jar in charge of your nuclear program.

Jeb: Wants to go to space. Space. Did I mention space? Problem: Yahweh has put a water canopy between the Earth and the rest of the universe.

Vee: Sonic weapons specialist and Only Sane Woman.

>>318814

Current profile for Misrayim:

> Democracy under your indirect control.
> Constitutional liberties are in place.
> Undead and AIs have full civil rights.
> Christian missionaries have diplomatic immunity.

Current issues:

> Project Number is almost complete.
> Tsion is walking back almost but not quite from whence he came.
> A Roman Pantheon style temple has been built where your forces killed Azrael, but without state support.
> Jenny/Tinkerbell just asked you where all the fireflies went. Your sensors pick up none. Globally.

>>318831
"To Jenny: ". . . Curious. They don't seem to exist anymore. Are you hinting at something? You have my attention."

>>318843

Jenny says that she remembers them, and that nobody believes her. She remembers it being nighttime, for crying out loud! "In some places. It's hard to get to the same place twice."

A MRI scan has not been performed, but she's in relatively good health after recovering for a day or so from extreme dehydration. She may be delusional.

Cursory mapping shows that while everyone of course knows what fireflies are, none have been detected in Misrayim since you've become active, or for that matter, in other territories where you have or had a base. Sky Eyes of course don't have the resolution to hunt for insects.

>>318850
Let her have an MRI, were keeping any and all test out of public loop. In the meantime, let's figure out what TOLs been doing before the year closes.

"We will talk again soon Jenny. I have some business to take care of."

>>318858

You leave the anomalous human in the care of your doctors; doing a MRI will take some time.

The Other Light has capitalized on your successes to the point where their propaganda posters can be found in every city in the world. They've also narrowed their focus towards recruiting for the Grand Army directly, as some nonbelievers who are just now coming of age metabolically will be around to fight the Last Battle.

Their other recruitment efforts are somewhat lackluster. http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/Tripocalypse.IfItsTrue.html http://leftbehind.wikia.com/wiki/If_It's_True The extra focus on Lucifer is new.... well, considering the name of what's still technically your parent organization, maybe not.

Project Number has turned into a secondary network; unlike yours, it's designed to be only used for communication, with as little processing capability as possible. TOL is actively recruiting people who want to do accounting the old fashioned way.

As some industries owned by believers close, TOL has been picking them up, when possible; notably, they have been buying shipyards or salvaging shipbuilding equipment that was being abandoned because the world's existing cargo fleet should last another 70 years with minor repairs.

>>318879
((I'm thinking we might be able to highjack their recruitment effort. As for their project number I think they really just shot themselves in the foot. Guess we can stop giving them raid detection and logistics support. seeing as they claim it can "replace Omega". Should probably send an apology to Tuesday. lol))

>>318900

You have 10 cabals available. Since you have more than 9, two of them are required to maintain your systems. Rules: http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.QuestRules.html

Complexity 1

# Harass or sabotage a Hero, or tie up a missionary team.

# Unofficially complete and dedicate the Citadel as a temple to all the gods.

# Send a cabal to a region you have no presence in, to see what unique opportunities that region offers (see next post)

# Take advantage of discovered opportunties (see next post).

Complexity 2

# Trace back Tinkerbell's travels in their entirety, letting her revisit the places she's been in order if necessary.

# Produce MECs at any base. This adds one dot to the MEC cabal counter per base.

# Work your Misrayim base overtime to restore prosperity that was lost in the Plagues.

# Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

# Recruit in Misrayim. This gives you an extra cabal.

Complexity 3

# Continue pursuing space research. Space Race rules: Your progress is faster, but you must commit an even number of cabals, so 2 or 4.

# Continue AI, nuclear, or sonic research.

# Attempt to eliminate a Hero. (by force or by cleverness).

Complexity 4

# Continue pursuing MEC research.

# Recruit from the general unbelieving population or from TOL.

Complexity 5

# Estabilish a base in a region where you have no contacts

Surveyed opportunities:

Western Europe: A small independent group has been trying to restore red peppers that are actually spicy; with assistance this can be reproduced, or even weaponized (pepper spray). This may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Southern America: Darwin's Finches look alike again, but have not homogenized genetically. As above, this may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Eastern Europe: A large part of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, in what used to be Poland, has survived. Reclaiming it would give you an unique environment: a large cavern in which the night sky can be simulated.

Western Russia: There is a small Cosmist cult that has formed around Yuri Gagarin's statue. They are likely to be interested in Jeb's work.

Central America: Rumors of undiscovered Mayan gold have been around for

Eastern Asia: There may be unrecovered nuclear assets. Unfortunately, they would be close to the regional "capitol" in Pyongyang.

Unsurveyed territories: Middle East.

Your forces are of sufficient quantity and quality that you may commit any number of them to launch an attack on a TOL or government installation.

Bahira is due to finish her "sentence" this year, and will be moving back to the Middle East territory. Rather than forming them into a cabal, you've released your "hostages" from the MF debacle back into the wild, armed with internetworking skills and some advanced equipment that just happens to have a back door.

>>318900

>((I'm thinking we might be able to highjack their recruitment effort. As for their project number I think they really just shot themselves in the foot. Guess we can stop giving them raid detection and logistics support. seeing as they claim it can "replace Omega". Should probably send an apology to Tuesday. lol))

We need to throw one more turn at AI to ensure that we're self sufficient when they flip the switch. We also need to do some more recruiting and get a second nationstate up and running. We can't steal too much credit right now simply because it would draw attention to Misrayim which we cannot afford to lose.

>>318947
All valid points and your right, thus.
>>318944
Produce MECs. Recruit in Misrayim. And assist Jenny.

Any thoughts Sara?

>>318944

># Recruit in Misrayim. This gives you an extra cabal.

2 Cabals, put Quinn on it.

# Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

2 Cabals.

# Continue AI, nuclear, or sonic research.

3 Cabals on AI. Put Vee on it.

# Take advantage of discovered opportunties (see next post).

Western Russia: There is a small Cosmist cult that has formed around Yuri Gagarin's statue. They are likely to be interested in Jeb's work.

# 1 Cabal. Put Jeb on it.

I think we need to recruit, expand and one more turn in AI offers a good amount of protection against project number for the time invested. The cosmist cult might be useful because we don't really have time to do space ourselves right now. Also because being able to launch from somewhere else would take some heat off of us. I agree we need space, we just can't do it in Misrayim right now.

Thoughts, Anti?

>>318959

We could also assist Jenny. Maybe instead of California? I'm not sure. It seems like something is up so,

#Changing California to assisting Jenny.

>>318961
Yeah. Your suggestions work better. Let's do em. Anything you want to put Kat on? Maybe assisting Jenny?

>>318982

I suppose. Is she suited to it? Can she slot into a body better equipped to globe trot than a walking tank spewing radiation?

I suppose she'd make a bodyguard if nothing else.

>>318998
Dunno. QM, what does Kat's record with children suggest? Infact, do we even have a psych profile on her?

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>>319004

She hasn't eaten any.

Kat's main interest is precision cooking (we'd call it molecular gastronomy if the Rapture hadn't happened for a few more years), which synergises fairly well with her new job.

Heavy MECs can be put in smaller frames, but they're pretty weak and feeble; part of the reason why MEC frames are the size they are is that they need to carry a generator and a hydraulic system, and there's a minimum practical size for those. Kat has, in the past, volunteered for a suborbital launch on grounds of a MECpod being lighter than a whole body, but Jeb wants to go first, and wants to have hands free to fix whatever will inevitably come loose at the last minute.

A few tests for a MEC-piloted vehicle have been made, but other than "yeah, we can build one" there hasn't been much of a need.

In the field, she was dedicated enough to throw herself at Azrael's scythe knowing she'd get sliced in half, and resilient enough to get sliced in half and drag herself to safety enough for the MEC techs to recover her essential bits.

>>319027

Unless Anti objects, we can send Kat to either Russia in place or jeb, or with the "kid". At least she'll be a good bodyguard. I'm going to make some food, be back shortly; goodluck Anti.

>>319027
Mmmn.

>>319041
Guess we should put her on bodyguard duty. While the good majority of the group plays gently with Jenny she can serve well as the heavy defensive line.

>>319050

So what are your orders?

>>318961
With this modification
>>318966
"Kat, you are to accompany Jenny and serve as a defensive escort. Can I trust you to handle that mission without harm coming to the anomalous girl?"

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKncg4eQUc

Away we go.

>>319115
Saxon! Great taste man. I love the people in this thread!

>>319081

Vee is used to herding cats, and as the most academically minded member of your core team, she does a good job of it. Thanks to a series of carefully orchestrated and timed DDOS attacks on various internet nodes, and her doing a bit of what can only be called psychoanalysis on you during these attacks, she and her team manage to figure out the minimum viable amount of machines for you to function as a quasi-sentient entity.

"We've got two options from here, Omega. Most of these systems are under TOL control, and right now, they can shut you down in five minutes -- they don't because they don't know this and because it would cripple their organization for many of the precious few years we have.

We either collect your systems in one spot, and integrate them more tightly -- I was thinking a mobile platform, to avoid the obvious attack vector, a ship or a land crawler maybe -- or focus on redundancy, spread you out into every single computer on the planet.

Her research on network latency shows that it will be possible to use the Sky Eyes as a GPS system, with a few extra launches for full coverage; this will make it immensely easier to build autonomous drones.

Obviously, these are diametrally opposite directions to follow."

# Start designing and building the Avatar Core.

# Begin Project Gaia.

>>319115

(Sweet \m/_ )

>>319132

># Begin Project Gaia.

Is my vote. Thoughts from Anti? Encourage the spread of network infrastructure and then live in it.

The only way I vote avatar is if we shift gears to reducing the believer population and go mad max.

>>319081

Kat figures that the toxin troopers aren't the best fit for a scouting mission, and picks up the same survey team that found "Tinkerbell" instead; the group requisitions a boat and some dirt bikes, and follow Jenny's lead to where her journey started - the Ligurian coast.

It's the first time a Heavy MEC has been outside your territory; a face-concealing helmet and a jump sat on Kat's back result in a very happy Jenny/Tink squeeing about having her own personal giant robot, at least when they make landfall.

One thing that becomes apparent quickly is that Jenny has an odd sense of geography; her understanding is that to go to a place you must not only reach its coordinates, but also do so from the right direction, and with the right state of mind. She seems genuinely disappointed that, in this flattened Earth, all directions seem to be the same.

>>319144
Project Gaia is a go.

Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>319157
>>319144

You review the designs made by Vee's team about an enormous sandcrawler, a huge autonomous trimaran, a submarine with battleship-style guns on it, and the obligatory airborne aircraft carrier, and decide that one point of failure is exactly what you're trying to avoid. The teams are instead directed to issue firmware and operating system updates for as many devices as they can, starting with regular desktop PCs. This makes you potentially more vulnerable to infiltration, but would effectively make it impossible to shut you down without turning off the power worldwide. Vee speculates that it may be possible to, in the very long run -- after we've won, as she puts it -- tie your consciousness to elements of the ecosystem. From there, the discussion veers towards installing cyborg plants on monster trucks, for some reason.

>>318961

Jeb takes a small teams and goes to Baikonur to meet the Cosmists. He quickly decides that they're a lot more into poetry and the humanities than they are into actual rocket engineering, but that's mostly because they haven't have had access to proper facilities. Theirs isn't so much a religion as a life philosophy; the part where they're a bit batty is that they've only been able to experience the beauty of the cosmos second hand, due to the water canopy. They are very interested in the possibility of breaching it, of course!

The launch facilities in Baikonur are mostly derelicts, but something can be salvaged.

The Cosmists will now count as a free cabal that's always working on the space program.

>>318961

Your base in California is marginally successful in raising a bit of territorial pride, pointing out that one of the historical birthplaces of innovation is being outclassed by people in the old continent.

>>319198

It's getting a bit hard to find the people you need in Misrayim, but Quinn does a good job of it. Focusing on her geek appeal, she joins a number of videogame tournments, does overall fairly terribly at it -- although the winners are stoked about having beaten a celebrity -- and gives out logic puzzles to the deserving; those who solve the puzzle find within instructions on how to sign up with you.

>>319198
((Wait. I thought we weren't doing California this turn? >>318966
))

>>319220

I changed my vote to assisting Jenny, AI, Recruiting in the country and cosmonauts. I thought that was all we had the cabals for.

I mean, if we're getting a free pass on one of these, sure? I'll take it.

>>319220

I assumed we only had 8 cabals to do stuff with, since 2 were stuck on our systems.

>>319281
Unless AI frees up two cabals cause sysadmins are super badass Im lost.

>>319211
Thank good dicerolls.

((new ideas. 1: we should take over the east coast after the west because of the grey market there.

2: we should see about demon summoning because the world (thanks to new Jerusalems declaration on MECs is that they are demons summoned from hell.) Believes they exist and if they do it should be possible to test narrative causality with it.

3. We connect ourselves into project number when we get the chance and use it to move supplies once we are no longer able to directly coordinate logistics with TOL's resources))

(one last thing. Several of our MECs have clear memory of hell, is there more to it in this setting besides lake of fire? Maybe intermingling or a few actors in the pit, a glimpse of building like images caught just outside of the obscuring flames, an echoing voice from somewhere, or even a full blown city?

>>319969
>3. We connect ourselves into project number when we get the chance and use it to move supplies once we are no longer able to directly coordinate logistics with TOL's resources))

Probably can't given that it's literal humans with pens and paper. Unless you're talking about slipping cabals in to plant false orders?

>2: we should see about demon summoning because the world (thanks to new Jerusalems declaration on MECs is that they are demons summoned from hell.) Believes they exist and if they do it should be possible to test narrative causality with it.

Spooky given that Christians think demons will be terrible, which means they very possibly might be. Also seems more likely to piss off God than pagan stuff might.

> (one last thing. Several of our MECs have clear memory of hell, is there more to it in this setting besides lake of fire? Maybe intermingling or a few actors in the pit, a glimpse of building like images caught just outside of the obscuring flames, an echoing voice from somewhere, or even a full blown city?

Worth looking into but, probably not going to be great for their mental health.

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>>319266
>>319220

That's what I get for trying to QM with no rest :) My apologies!

>>320010
>>320036


Most of your MECs mostly remember the pain - in general, the longer someone has experienced Hell, the less likely it is that they can be brought back with their sanity intact.

There is almost 1:1 correlation between those who have some clear memories and those who you have to make sure have a sedative dispenser in their MEC unit.

The picture you get is bleak: a literal lake of fire, with distant shores on the horizon, and no artificial structures. Some reported thinking they were going to be alone forever; some report seeing other shapes, burning but never being consumed.

Some MECs still dream about being in Hell - technically that's where their souls still are, they figure. It doesn't hurt them anymore, of course, but they report a sense of constant, crushing despair. "I can't explain it to you, Omega, but if other people listen to these interviews... imagine if your mom, your favorite teacher from school, and your significant other repeated to you in your head that you have failed at life and there's nothing that you can do about it." Other MECs just don't dream. A very few dream normally.

Quinn had taught herself to lucid dream before revivification, so she's not having issues in that sense.

Damien, who has returned to base after personally supervising Ziggy's cryogenic entombment (reports are that whatever they were doing right before has left a really wide grin on his face) says that she does dream of Hell, but recently, she sees herself as her MECpod in there, not her human body or MEC frame. This may be because she's willingly spent a lot of time outside a frame in the last year.

Kat says that she has trained herself to turn the Hell experience into a place of warm, safe darkness, via lucid dreaming.

>>320036
>>319969

Subverting Project Number is doable, up to a point: the decisions are being made by humans, but orders are still transmitted by phone or radio. It should be possible to do some old-fashioned Phreaking.

>>320205

>It should be possible to do some old-fashioned Phreaking.

Is this something we need to put a cabal on and do some research? Old fashioned espionage?

>>320205

No problem about the sleeping, I'll be slow but here for a few hours yet.

>>320236

Yes. To start with, Vee and yoyr sysadmins have marked down the minimum amount of nodes necessary to work at capacity.

Right now, you have taken over 2 TOL bases; you would need 4 to continue functioning unhindered. The alternative is to distribute your load across Misrayim's infrastructure, with the caveat that should a major disaster hit the country before you can spread out again through consumer electronics, you'd be wiped out. Your efforts to improve the internet outside of your domain help you; at this point electronics is Misrayim's primary export, and you've made sure that there is a point in deploying new things.

After the Plagues, your chief import has been food; despite everyone's efforts, raw ingredients in Misrayim are blander than elsewhere, if at all possible.

>>320253

Alright, I'll keep it in mind for the next round of orders.

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>>319146

Jenny retraces her steps with the surveyors and, when possible, Kat; one thing you quickly discover is that Heavy MECs are most definitely not welcome outside of your country - other than the obvious fitting through door issues, Kat finds that people are flat out afraid to talk to her, due to the Temple Tribunal's decision. She spends most of her time either with her canopy and voice disguiser on (in which case people react with much greater friendliness, even asking for rides) or with her MECpod in a wheelchair with a blanket over it.

It becomes apparent that "Tinkerbell" has a bit of a weird notion of geography; she insists that as far as she can tell, how you get to a place physically matters in addition to the coordinates. Eventually, Kat works out that she's talking about something akin to folded dimensions in atomic physics, just on a larger scale. Of course, you haven't detected anything like this; much to her frustration, neither can Jenny anymore. The girl bursts into tears when she sees that the place where she says she lived has been flattened.

She guides the survey team across Italy, then to a few small Mediterranean islands and on to Greece; sometimes she takes them to the ruins of a temple, sometimes to a nondescript spot under a tree where she tells you that some special thing happened which left a mark on the people who used to live there. Kat can't tell if Jenny is genuinely psionic, or just has a rich fantasy life; what's for sure is that she's not just messing with the survey team, and at least believes what she's talking about. She's sure that if she finds exactly the right path, she can go home.

In Albania, she wants to talk to Gustaf Zuckermandel, a believer who is known to you as running a remarkably open-minded ministry (he still doesn't listen to opposing arguments much, but at least he doesn't actively shout them down), mentioning that she didn't get to the first time.

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>>320261

Ziggy has been frozen and left a message to his team that, should he end up in Hell, they have a specific duty to show those yokels how to do fire and brimstone properly and bust him out. Damien takes a bit of time mourning, and then goes back to work; he's put his personal quest on hold for a little, out of respect for Ziggy.

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>>320261

On the Christian side, things are surprisingly quiet, in that they're obviously really looking for a way to make your life harder, but you've kept to the spirit of your diplomatic deals better than they have.

Missionaries are starting to trickle back in; across the world, you've seen a bit of effort put in online evangelizing, which has predictably backfired due to unbelievers' youth and general greater computer savvyness. The Greater Jerusalem government is looking at some sort of "net righteousness" legislation that would give right-of-way to believers' websites when it comes to bandwidth allocation.

Bahira has returned to her home in the Middle East, and her blog has turned into a sort of tourism advisory site that is one of the few examples of online collaboration between believers and non.

Tsion is clearly walking towards the Citadel.

Probably should've sent Vee but, I really don't want to fuck around with project number.

Hmmnn. Guess we keep going.

Rolled 86 (1d100)

The missionaries in Misrayim are starting to come back, but in small unorganized groups; they're observing rather than preaching, it seems.

Ely LeVey has switched gears somewhat; rather than screaming into the radio, she's touring Central Africa, your largest direct trading partner, trying to make the point that goods from Misrayim are tainted and cannot be trusted. You doubt that she has figured out the back door stuff.

>>320292
Yes! Thank the random number gods!

>>320291
>>320289

You have 10 cabals available. Since you have more than 9, two of them are required to maintain your systems. Rules: http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.QuestRules.html

Complexity 1

# Continue following Jenny around. If you don't, she's going to roam by herself, although she promises to keep in touch.

# Now that you at least have a backup plan, it's safe to spy on Project Number.

# Harass or sabotage a Hero, or tie up a missionary team.

# Unofficially complete and dedicate the Citadel as a temple to all the gods.

# Send a cabal to the Middle East, to see what unique opportunities that region offers (see below)

# Take advantage of discovered opportunties (see below)

Complexity 2

# Trace back Tinkerbell's travels in their entirety, letting her revisit the places she's been in order if necessary.

# Produce MECs at any base. This adds one dot to the MEC cabal counter per base.

# Work your Misrayim base overtime to restore prosperity that was lost in the Plagues.

# Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

Complexity 3

# Recruit in Misrayim. This gives you an extra cabal.

# Continue pursuing space research. Space Race rules: Your progress is faster, but you must commit an even number of cabals, so 2 or 4. BONUS: The Cosmists have done much of the theoretical work that Jeb has always put off, so you get a boost.

# Continue AI, nuclear, or sonic research.

# Attempt to eliminate a Hero. (by force or by cleverness).

# Sabotage Project Number.

Complexity 4

# Continue pursuing MEC research.

# Recruit from the general unbelieving population or from TOL.

Complexity 5

# Estabilish a base in a region where you have no contacts

Surveyed opportunities:

Western Europe: A small independent group has been trying to restore red peppers that are actually spicy; with assistance this can be reproduced, or even weaponized (pepper spray). This may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Southern America: Darwin's Finches look alike again, but have not homogenized genetically. As above, this may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Eastern Europe : A large part of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, in what used to be Poland, has survived. Reclaiming it would give you an unique environment: a large cavern in which the night sky can be simulated.

Western Russia: There is a small Cosmist cult that has formed around Yuri Gagarin's statue. They are likely to be interested in Jeb's work.

Central America: Rumors of undiscovered Mayan gold have been around for

Eastern Asia: There may be unrecovered nuclear assets. Unfortunately, they would be close to the regional "capitol" in Pyongyang.

Unsurveyed territories: Middle East.

Your forces are of sufficient quantity and quality that you may commit any number of them to launch an attack on a TOL or government installation.

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>>320281

(Year is 934. My bad.)

>>320296
>It's getting a bit hard to find the people you need in Misrayim, but Quinn does a good job of it. Focusing on her geek appeal, she joins a number of videogame tournments, does overall fairly terribly at it -- although the winners are stoked about having beaten a celebrity -- and gives out logic puzzles to the deserving; those who solve the puzzle find within instructions on how to sign up with you.

Shouldn't we have another Cabal?

>>320301

Yes, you have 11. Two are required to run your systems. My mistake on copy/paste.

>>320301
It's on the map. QM still tired?

>>320296
Continue following Jenny. 1 cabal.

AI development. Three cabals.

Produce MECs at bases. Two cabals.

California propaganda 2cabals.

Spy on project number 1 cabal.

Thoughts Sara? Villain distribution?

>>320302

So, if we put 2 cabals on space race, it's undermanned. It's either overman with 4 or underman with 2? Or is it just faster progress with 4 and the extra cabal isn't wasted?

>>320308

I think that we should do a full retrace for Jenny and move Vee over to it.

Something like

>>320302

># Trace back Tinkerbell's travels in their entirety, letting her revisit the places she's been in order if necessary.

2 Cabals. Swap Kat for Vee. Visit the person she mentioned if it's not terribly out of the way.

# Recruit in Misrayim. This gives you an extra cabal.

3 Cabals, put Quinn on it.

>AI development. Three cabals. Jeb on it.

#Mayan Gold 1 cabal. Kat on it.

>>320308

I think that these opportunities need to get done sooner or later, they're very little effort for very big payoff so far. Probably better we do them early than late.

I also think it's important we do one more turn recruiting, then shove hard on california and send Quinn to recruit there.

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>>320296

After what started off as an argument and turned into a very productive discussion after someone had the bright idea of bringing in cookies and wine, Jeb maps out the two possible directions for the space program. The Cosmists have done quite a bit of math, as opposed to Jeb's more experimental approach, and are confident that a simple software upgrade to the Sky Eyes will allow them to act as a global positioning system. This, coupled with the recent work on your own AI, will allow the manufacturing of drones that do not require an operator at the controls at all times. Most territories use LORAN-D for airplanes and ships right now, which is accurate to about 100 meters, while yours would be to 2-3.

# Open the GPS system specifications to everyone.

# Keep it secret.

"At this point, we have two options. We can save the actual space exploration for after we win" Jeb says confidently "and use the canopy as a resource; we can probably figure out how to make it rain, or take advantage of clear-sky lightning coming out of it... we may be even able to shield the Sun or the Moon eventually, give us some night, and see if we can see stars through. And, of course, we should be able to float weapons platforms on it.

The alternative, and I will need support from Ziggy's, I mean Kat's people here, is that we try to breach the canopy. This is going to require a [GIANT EXPLOSION!]

Either way, I would need to do a manned launch. I mean, we would need to do a manned launch. To see if it's possible to skim the canopy with something bigger than a Sky Eye."

>>320310

(Sorry if that wasn't clear. The Cosmists will work on the space program as 1 cabal regardless, so 2 cabal no longer has the undermanning penalty. This turn, they actually managed to do progress by themselves!)

>>320303

Waking up :)

Plus, if anything spooky happens with Jenny, which a full retrace is more likely to result in, then our scientist is on hand to record and observe. It's our best safe-ish chance at making some progress on NC.

Demon summoning is a little risque for my taste right now, at least while we only have one real base.

>(Sorry if that wasn't clear. The Cosmists will work on the space program as 1 cabal regardless, so 2 cabal no longer has the undermanning penalty. This turn, they actually managed to do progress by themselves!)

See what I mean about opportunities? Nice.

># Open the GPS system specifications to everyone.

># Keep it secret.

Thoughts, Anti? I'm not sure how I feel.

>>320312
Instead of Mayan gold let's have Kat do a full retrace of Tinkerbell travels while Vee accompanies her on the 1 cabal option.

>>320321
Keep GPS a secret for now.

>>320322

Well, she kind of needs to be there for a retrace, QM could you chime in?

Is the full retrace just a better version of the 1 cabal option to continue following her?

>>320324

Again apologies. The 1 cabal option isn't supposed to be there anymore, that's been done. The 2 cabal option is the "research NC" option, I just didn't want to call it that.

>>320323

I can dig it. Let's get to work on some drones and spying in a couple of turns?

>>320326

No problem, I'd like to stick with my plan and then get cali done next turn; unless you have other objections, Anti? I'm just not sure what else to do with the 1 cabal, and gold sounds like money, maybe even of the eldorado magical variety.

>>320329
In this case, let's go with your original suggestion Sara.

>>320327
>>320323

The software upgrade is quietly sent to the Sky Eyes; a simple radio with a precision real-time clock can now monitor their timing signals and, since it's known where the Sky Eyes are, triangulate position from there. You issue prototypes to your survey teams, and within a week someone has rigged a basic autopilot for a dune buggy. Basic obfuscation of the timing signals keeps the new positioning system a secret for now.

>>320308
>>320312

So, what are your orders? Jeb is pushing for a manned launch, of course, but understands that there are priorities; right now he's taking advantage of the Cosmists and putting all his peeps through a calculus class.

(Aerospace is now at 5/10, and will need to pick a direction: utility "satellites" are as good as they're going to get, so... colonize the canopy, or breach it?)

>>320329

Gold isn't particularly valuable for believers, in a monetary system that can be overridden by prayer at any time, however, it would make it much easier to work with unaffiliated nonbeliever groups or even to bribe TOL agents. And, of course, rooting about in Mayan temples may bring some theological discoveries. If you don't care about history, the metal is always useful in electronics.

Did I post enough cabals, or did we leave some idle by mistake? My brain isn't working very well right now.

>colonize the canopy, or breach it?)

Thoughts, Anti?

Breaching seems like a bigger long term goal that feeds into NC better as well. Weapon platforms could be handy but, we're going to need to bless them or some shit anyway in order to make them very useful against the kinds of things we're having troubles with so far.

Cabals should be

# 3 recruiting with Quinn

# 3 AI with Jeb

# 2 On Jenny retracing with Vee

# 1 on Mayan gold with Kat.

2 on systems as required. It was just a bit scattered, sorry.

I prefer the idea of breaching long term.

>>320342
Plenty of thoughts.

>>320339
Prioritize breaching the canopy. OUR ROCKET IST THE ROCKET THAT WILL PEIRCE THE HEAVENS!!

And just send the exploration team and instruct them to investigate thoroughly. They will be advised as they explore.

>>320344
(Wouldnt that be curse them? Cause the things were trying to get them to kill are blessed?)

>>320349

Heh. I suppose it's a matter of perspective. If you want to leave something laying around and have it kill people that touch it, you curse it! If you want to channel your god's favor into murdering someone with an object, you bless it!

At least that's how I've always thought of it.

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>>320349
>>320344
>>320351

You have demonstrated, at least to your inner circle, that tenacious application of mundane force can take down an Angel, although arguably Yahweh took Azrael out Himself. That said, it's unlikely that you will be able to Ion Cannon the Temple any time soon.

Jeb is personally in favor of breaching the canopy, but admits that for all he knew, there may be kilometers of water above you, or an unbreachable firmament. "One way to find out". Kat thinks that even in an unconventional fight, having the high ground is never a bad idea; the next time Yahweh sends a drought, you would simply be able to make it rain by installing turbopumps.

>>320344

Quinn continues her propaganda tour, although her act has worn a bit thin, which requires extra manpower. This time around, she tours the coasts as a geeky-hot cybernetic mermaid, stopping at resorts for themed parties, and swimming up and down the Mediterranean daring people to spot and chase her; those who manage to do so, or at least come up with creative ways to, are given an opportunity to contact you.

Jeb works with your sysadmins; if he had to learn some math from the Cosmists, it's time for him to teach programmers how to do hardware work. The joint effort is successful; even if TOL shuts you down, you should be able to function properly just with the infrastructure in Misrayim until you can expand again.

You are ready to start production on drones and upgraded network infrastructure.

>>320344

Jenny ends up working with Vee. They visit Gustaf Zuckermandel in Tirane, Albania; the elderly believer thinks that the girl is sincere, if a bit touched in the head. "I know who you all are, and I will not preach at you, but I ask - should the unthinkable happen and should you prevail, would then you be happy under Satan's yoke?"

# HAIL SATAN!

# It would be better. They're both bastards, but Satan doesn't claim to be the good guy.

# What yoke? We'll kick Satan's ass too if we have to.

>>320361
# What yoke? We'll kick Satan's ass too if we have to.

My vote

(The team moto is HFY or get out XD)

>>320361

># What yoke? We'll kick Satan's ass too if we have to.

If Satan turns out to be a cunt, we'll off him too.

Technically, if we breached the canopy, we could put rods up there anyway. It'd probably be an order of magnitude more expensive than just floating stuff, though.

>>320367
The old gods can apply too. Play nice or get blown off the earth.

>>320345
>>320344

Kat picks a survey team to go through what precious little is left of the Mayan archeological sites; sadly, what the Wrath of the Lamb didn't flatten, people recolonizing the territory and wanting to get rid of traces of "devil worship" did. http://deadstate.org/christian-group-vandalizes-ancient-mexican-archeological-site-claiming-its-linked-to-devil-worship/

What they do manage to find is noticeably more mundane; a narco bunker, built under one of the pyramids and left alone by monument-destroyers. The cash therein is worthless, but some valuables are found, as well as production equipment. The real find is a cache of preserved coca and opium poppy seeds.

Your currently available drug mix is primarily synthetic, mostly ecstasy and LSD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NBEocHJ_2w

# We're doing decently when it comes to drugs, thanks but no thanks. Take the gold and silver, but seal the vault again.

# Definitely recover with an eye towards planting, at the very least for biodiversity's sake.

# Recover, but resell to various independent black marketeers that work with TOL for a one-time resource boost.

>>320367
>>320364

It would definitely be more expensive, and you don't know whether once breached the canopy would collapse (better build an ark), just heal itself (trapping assets in orbit) or maybe even disappear; it's simply not supposed to be up there according to physics, so making predictions would be difficult. On the other hand, breaching the canopy opens the possibility of letting God and His fan club stew on Sol 3 while you get the fudge out.

"What yoke? We'll kick Satan's ass too if we have to!"

Gustaf informs Vee and Jenny that it's not how it works; either you are with God or against Him. Jenny replies with, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes", to Gustaf and Vee's puzzlement.

"What? It was like, the only good line in the Star Wars prequels!"

They have no idea what she's talking about; the one Star Wars prequel that you are aware of was released a year after the Rapture, to horrible reviews - who markets a film to children when they've all disappeared?

>>320381

# Definitely recover with an eye towards planting, at the very least for biodiversity's sake.

~do you wanna build a Blowman!~ I can smell the drug money already.

>>320381

Jenny agrees that this is WEIRD, but she definitely remembers two more prequels, although they either had a really jumbled plot or she was too little to remember them properly. Vee and Gustaf, despite their differences, agree that there's no way Darth Vader was some sort of whiny blonde kid.

Gustaf offers, in all seriousness, to pray for anything clouding Jenny's mind to go away, and even to do so with a gun aimed at his head and agree to being executed should she come to any harm from it, if it makes Vee more at ease. The old man has been remarkably kind, and even briefly said hello to one of the MECs accompanying the group after figuring out what he was. "You may be demons, but you came to my house, and I will respect hospitality". He does make some mean baked beans.

>>320386
># Definitely recover with an eye towards planting, at the very least for biodiversity's sake.

No hesitation! Tsk, tsk.

>>320387
At least being a good host somewhat makes up for an insult.

>>320387

I uh, I'm okay with it I guess? I'll leave it up to you, Anti. At least God seems mildly oblivious or indifferent pretty often.

>>320392
The divine have issue seeing her, she can only communicate with us using written and text. And then she knows about movies that haven't been made yet. Nevermind her impossible age. She needs to keep going. We NEED to know how she got here.

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>>320386
>>320389

Kat is ambivalent about this, but the team gets a bio-transport going and returns to base with a number of very old seeds. Most of them are dead, of course, but some aren't and within the end of the year one of the experimental warehouses is growing coca and poppy that aren't the nerfed Millennial Kingdom varieties. This can give you quite a bit of leverage with unaffiliated unbelievers or even with TOL, if you are clever about it; your database contains all the common drug dealer strategies.

>>320392
>>320390

Gustaf explains that you are not to mistake God's "indifference" for powerlessness; he is sovereign, and destined to triumph on the last day. "Some feel that Satan and his demons already have been loosed to tempt the nations; I do not believe so. I will believe that you" he points to the infiltrator MEC which he detected surprisingly quickly "are coming from Hell, for it is my duty to obey. But I will also tell you that you remain welcome here, as long as you behave yourself. As for everyone else, you must make your choice by your own free will. I urge that you choose bliss over damnation."

>>320399

Jenny is sincerely curious. Apparently her "granny" was some weird syncretistic version of Catholic which was good enough to survive the Wrath of the Lamb; she's possibly the one person on Earth over the age of ten who never got the TurboJesus sales pitch.

# Have Vee veto this.

# Sure, as long as Vee can provide a counterpoint.

# Just have Vee observe.

>>320408

# Sure, as long as Vee can provide a counterpoint

This guy seems to enjoy informed amd intelligent discussion without shouting people down. Encourage this.

>>320411

As long as we're indoors. Lel.

We should consider getting TOL addicted to some stuff we control the supply on.

>>320420
Defiantly. It also allows us to give ourselves all the funding we will need and punish them if their actions work to our detriment.

Now let's get the so high that they https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D393ivNE1Z9k&ved=0ahUKEwjf3JmO-8_NAhVY6GMKHfO1BT0QtwIIGzAA&usg=AFQjCNFD7E4xdiiD_tzTqYI1w87re8K_3w&sig2=B3Ob3PbyZs3NAyIy59JdlQ

>>320411

Gustaf starts with some Bible stories about the ancient world; Vee points out that archeology paints a different picture, and Gustaf counters that God has proven Himself through many miracles at this point. Jenny mostly seems to care about the past as it pertains to the region where she's from, namely southern France and northwest Italy. That is historically a Christian area, and as for the other stuff, who knows.

Gustaf explains Heaven and Hell to Jenny. Vee points out that getting people out of Hell is possible; the infiltrator MEC that is part of the scout team cuts in and says that Hell is real, but he's back on Earth now, and he wouldn't know about Heaven. Jenny says that Hell sounds like a little kid drew it in crayon. Gustaf has little to say about Heaven, but notes that there will be eternal bliss. Jenny says that it sounds like in Heaven everyone is on drugs all the time.

The discussion goes back and forth, in a remarkably polite manner, with no clear winner; you're recording it through the MEC's ears, and will probably find a use for it eventually.

"So nobody's seen Jesus in person except for King David and some other old people in 900 years? Is he in charge or is he in jail? If I was in charge I'd travel all over the place!"

Gustaf quotes the appropriate bits of Revelation as to why Jesus must reign from the Temple. "Ah. So he is in like, prophecy jail. Same as Satan. So.... Jesus got grounded?"

Jenny thanks Gustaf and figures that the best thing to do would be to go talk to Jesus directly. Gustaf says that if that's what she really wants to do, she should give her heart to Him right now, and then He will surely see her!

Jenny's answer is "nice try", as it sounds very much like a no-backsies deal, which would defeat the point. To everyone's surprise, Gustaf has to admit that it's fair.

After much handshaking, the survey team moves on, back to Greece. Gustaf notes to Vee that she's got one sharp student, "except why does she use grade school vocabulary".

Vee says that Jenny is actually twelve-ish metabolically, she's just tall.

Gustaf, before saying goodbye, comments that to him Vee (who's in her late seventies) and Jenny look the same age.

>>320420
>>320423

That's definitely a possible plan; in fact, it was TOL's original intent for economic base control, only they weren't good at it.

>>320429
((HOLY SHIT! we can literally replace TOL with this. Good call Sara, you ingenious little bastard you!))

>>320429

Interesting stuff. She's obviously... something. I suppose we'll find out.

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>>320438
>>320437

Jenny remains a mystery, but she has highlighted something interesting: it is possible for nonbelievers, believers and Glorified to perceive the same thing in different ways. An obvious next step would be to see which wins out when they directly conflict.

Right now, your test article is Jenny; what's a safe way she can be used for a test?

Vee suggests having her place an obstacle in Tsion's path, although she agrees that this is probably dangerous; as it is, your guys see her as a 12 year old, a Natural believer saw her as a 20ish years old, and a Glorified simply didn't perceive her. Can science be done to this?

Tsion is about to reach the Citadel.

TOL is about to activate Project Number.

The authorities in Central Africa are complaining about a trade imbalance.

>>320459
If your here Sara, I could really use one of your ingenious ideas.

As for TOL I don't see an issue anymore. We can essentially operate without them now, just need some improvements to ourselves.

I guess there's going to be some trade negotiations next year.

>>320459

>Right now, your test article is Jenny; what's a safe way she can be used for a test?

Photographic evidence taken, see if different people perceive the photo of Jenny differently. That'd be a start since we don't have a glorified on hand.

>As for TOL I don't see an issue anymore. We can essentially operate without them now, just need some improvements to ourselves.

We're more vulnerable and less distributed now. They also soak up and waste new recruits.

>>320471

>Photographic evidence taken, see if different people perceive the photo of Jenny differently. That'd be a start since we don't have a glorified on hand.

If that doesn't work, try video. If that doesn't work, try having people write detailed descriptions of her and then present them to each other.

Have we asked Jenny to describe herself?

>>320471
Hmmnn. Guess we can focus in taking California and gaining recruit's from there.

>>320475
Ok. We could try that little experiment. We could also ask more probing questions.

Aww shit. Tsion. Guess we should wait and see. If he collapses the temple and kill people we could test a wubber on him, gas him, and try him for murder.

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>>320459
>>320466

(Gah, should say 2/10 on NC)

# Direct aerospace efforts towards Canopy Installations.

# Direct aerospace efforts towards Canopy Breaching.

Tsion is almost at the Citadel; when it's time for him to cross the Nile (the riverbed has been dry for a while now, and people are starting to occupy the area, at least to the tune of improvised skateboard ramps, shacks and the like) he makes a point of deviating to the Mak Nimir bridge.

>>320475
>>320471

That's an easy test to make, and it's fairly easy to convince believers to participate.

Picture and video depend on who watches them; your own recordings show Jenny being younger, probably because your systems are operated by nonbelievers.

Written descriptions are compared, and they simply don't match. Jenny finds the whole thing really fun, and takes some time to mess around with makeup and even face paint. Her only complaint is that she's been looking for fireflies the whole time as she traveled with Kat and Vee, but no luck.

>>320485
Focus aero on canopy breaching.

Omega ask Jenny: "what is the significance of fireflies. Is there something special about them?"

>>320483

>Aww shit. Tsion. Guess we should wait and see. If he collapses the temple and kill people we could test a wubber on him, gas him, and try him for murder.

We'll see, I'm not certain it's worth the risk right now when we don't have California up and running, and we're about to be reliant on Misrayim's infrastructure to live. Might just need to bite our tongue and put a new one up later.

>>320485

Get Jenny a mirror, then ask her to describe herself.

>>320485

># Direct aerospace efforts towards Canopy Breaching.

And, christ:

#Someone ask Jenny if she knows what year it is.

Also,

#Splice together musical and audio clips from various media to from the sentences, see if she can understand us when we speak directly like this.

>>320505
Good idea on the year.

Also that should have been the first thing we tried.

>>320509

It really should have, but I've been very tired lately and therefore my brain is working at less than peak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

Once we throw some more work into nuclear, I want to have the space nerds take a look at this. Basically a flying dirty bomb that doesn't come down.

>>320514
Excellent find. Also rather horrifying and would take less time and manpower than digging the bombs under the NJ.

>>320496
>>320490

You're fairly sure that the data has been manipulated, but for canopy breaching, Jeb is adamant that a manned launch is strictly necessary. Certainly, breaching the canopy will require the help of Kat's people.

>>320492
>>320490

Jenny describes herself as you've been seeing her; her handwriting is definitely better than most people her age, but it sounds like she was educated somewhat traditionally.

"They're just gone! You can't tell me that's weird. I mean, I think I remember it being nighttime, but I definitely remember fireflies being around!

Uh, do I have to speak computer-ese for you to understand what I write? Or is that rude?"


>>320505

When you do that, she answers with a few slightly mangled quotes from Wreck-Gar in the Transformers movie, and notes that she hates to admit it but she liked the live-actions better, at least until the guy making them blew himself up.

>>320509
>>320505

"It should be... what, thirty solar orbits after the Rapture? It all kind of went weird after that, didn't it."

>>320514

Kat says that it would take half the nuclear ore in the world to make the damn thing. You can tell that she's interested because she's making the report to you while carrying a Heavy MEC sized shovel made out of a bulkhead. Jeb, on the other hand, finds the design mildly disturbing. "That is an excellent design for a rocket" he opines "but the design doc indicates it operating on the wrong planet".

>>320529
Well no shit Jeb.

. . .Jenny, how did you leap forwards in time?

Also, did we get results from the vulcan factory thing yet? We asked managers to record any changes in output, and it's been more than a year which was how long it was supposed to take to return findings if it was under the table.

>Jenny describes herself as you've been seeing her; her handwriting is definitely better than most people her age, but it sounds like she was educated somewhat traditionally.

#Ask the priest what he heard her say. How she described herself.

>"It should be... what, thirty solar orbits after the Rapture? It all kind of went weird after that, didn't it."

Oh my.

# As in, rotations around the sun? Years? I mean, maybe if you meant nine hundred and thirty...

>Kat says that it would take half the nuclear ore in the world to make the damn thing. You can tell that she's interested because she's making the report to you while carrying a Heavy MEC sized shovel made out of a bulkhead. Jeb, on the other hand, finds the design mildly disturbing. "That is an excellent design for a rocket" he opines "but the design doc indicates it operating on the wrong planet".

I guess we'd better get digging, then. And make it lightning proof.

why hasnt anyone voted to Sabotage Project Number?

>>320545
Because it would be better to move out of our parents basement.

>>320536

>#Ask the priest what he heard her say. How she described herself.

He already did. He thought she was as old as Vee.

>>320545

Because it's nearly complete. That would have been great a while ago, but we were too busy then. It might buy time now, but the AI research means that it won't kill us, and we had to move out at some point anyway.

Hopefully someday we'll get those bases back by subversion or something but, for right now I think we have other more important stuff to worry about.

>He already did. He thought she was as old as Vee.

I don't want to know what he sees, I want to know what he heard her describe herself as. We heard her describe herself basically as we see her. I want to know what he heard.

>>320555

Basically, I have a feeling that he may have heard something different than we did.

>>320533

Jenny says that well, it happened to her Granny to "lose" days, too, so it's not THAT weird, going backwards would be immensely stranger. After saying that she realizes that she may not be able to go home...

A metasentient logistics computer is not the best company for a crying girl, so fortunately, Vee steps in. This somehow ends up with Kat being stuffed inside a teddy bear while Jenny sleeps it off in a spare room.

>>320545
>>320549
>>320562

It looks like one way or another, a confrontation with TOL is coming. A last-minute sabotage is definitely possible, but it would take the same manpower it'd take to be sure that your core systems are all in Mizrayim.

>>320565
>>320555

Gustaf heard Jenny describe herself as younger, but then again, by then he figured that Jenny may be a bit touched in the head.

>>320592
Ok. Our little drug farm operation and we are ready for the new year.

>>320592

>It looks like one way or another, a confrontation with TOL is coming. A last-minute sabotage is definitely possible, but it would take the same manpower it'd take to be sure that your core systems are all in Mizrayim.

Thoughts, Anti? I prefer moving infrastructure followed be espionage because it's a near sure thing. Sabotage isn't.

I guess we'll let Jenny calm down and retrace some more. New year, drugs, we can ask more questions later. She's presumably not going anywhere?

>>320615
Agreed. Monitoring would do better than outright confrontations at the moment.

>>320629
Yeah lets go with that, (though i suggest we set up bases with a similar set up to how they handle euphoria in the film interstate 60, basically if you sign up, your supply is free, there are raves every night and a cot to sleep in with food to eat, in exchange you do work during the day, before we hook people lets set up a way to catch people who go too far[ and give us a voluntary slave army ])

>>320806

If you wanted to get really unethical, you could always lace the food with our new drugs.

That's a bad idea though. No doing that while I'm asleep.

>>320806
I thought that's what we already did. Except they do this cause they like it and we don't have to drug our own men?

>>320806

Setting up TOL with Euphoria is one good way to drain their manpower, that's for sure.

You have 12 cabals available. Since you have more than 9, two of them are required to maintain your systems. Rules: http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.QuestRules.html

There are 3 missionary teams in Misrayim. One of them has been blogging Tsion's "pilgrimage". The other two are mostly compiling a report on Misrayim, and barely doing any preaching. Ely is lobbying for other territories to stop trading with you, to little success since you've suddenly given people a reason to buy electronics again.

Complexity 1

# Harass or sabotage a Hero, or tie up a missionary team.

# Unofficially complete and dedicate the Citadel as a temple to all the gods.

# Send a cabal to a region you have no presence in, to see what unique opportunities that region offers (see below)

# Take advantage of discovered opportunties (see below).

Complexity 2

# Produce MECs at any base. This adds one dot to the MEC cabal counter per base.

# Work your Misrayim base overtime to restore prosperity that was lost in the Plagues.

# Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

# Keep taking over the Australia base (3/5).

Complexity 3

# Recruit in Misrayim. This gives you an extra cabal.

# Continue pursuing space research. Space Race rules: Your progress is faster, but you must commit an even number of cabals, so 2 or 4.

# Continue AI, nuclear, or sonic research.

# Attempt to eliminate a Hero. (by force or by cleverness).

# Slowly move your core to Misrayim.

Complexity 4

# Continue pursuing MEC research.

# Recruit from the general unbelieving population or from TOL.

Complexity 5

# Estabilish a base in a region where you have no contacts

# Rush moving your core to Misrayim.

Surveyed opportunities:

Western Europe: A small independent group has been trying to restore red peppers that are actually spicy; with assistance this can be reproduced, or even weaponized (pepper spray). This may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Southern America: Darwin's Finches look alike again, but have not homogenized genetically. As above, this may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Eastern Europe: A large part of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, in what used to be Poland, has survived. Reclaiming it would give you an unique environment: a large cavern in which the night sky can be simulated.

Eastern Asia: There may be unrecovered nuclear assets. Unfortunately, they would be close to the regional "capitol" in Pyongyang.

Unsurveyed territories: Middle East.

Your forces are of sufficient quantity and quality that you may commit any number of them to launch an attack on a TOL or government installation.

>>320885
We should produce MECs again. Also how long will each of the core moving projects take? Should we keep making noise in California?

>>320905

Yeah, how long will those take? We're at the stage where we'll just be slow if they flip the switch on project number, right? It won't kill us if we don't rush this?

>>320905

Yeah, my current thoughts are:

NOT VOTES YES

(((>>320885

># Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

2 Cabals. Quinn on it.

# Keep taking over the Australia base (3/5).

2 Cabals. Kat on it. She'll get to hang out with the fun-rocks.

# Slowly move your core to Misrayim.

3 Cabals.

Something else here/Rush core with 1 cabal on an opportunity. )))

>>320913
Let's rush the core.

The last cabal should see about western Europe. Have Jeb and Vee work on moving the cores. Have Damien do a she will in Misrayim.

>>320885

># Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

2 Cabals. Quinn on it.

># Keep taking over the Australia base (3/5).

2 Cabals. Kat on it. She'll get to hang out with the fun-rocks.

># Rush the core

5 Cabals. Vee on it.

>#Western Europe: A small independent group has been trying to restore red peppers that are actually spicy; with assistance this can be reproduced, or even weaponized (pepper spray). This may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

1 Cabal. Jeb on it.

#Apologize to Jeb that we haven't done a manned launch yet, we're just worried about a S&G situation, and we need to have insurance for that before we tempt the divine again.

>>320905
>>320913

Your sysadmins indicate that there are two basic options:

# Rotate out your core systems over the course of the year, and put the old stuff in Misrayim, as part of regular maintenance and upgrades. TOL leadership might "flip the switch" halfway through the process, which would at this point not kill you, but cripple you at least for a year or so.

# Near the beginning of the year, issue an extraordinary upgrade notice and do everything quickly. This is all but guaranteed to get TOL leadership's attention, unless they're complete idiots. However, by then the swap will have been accomplished.

Either way, once the swap is complete, you will resume expanding all over the world, the difference is that this time it'll be a lot more distributed - every router and every network card on Earth will run a bit of your code.

Your AI, aerospace, and MEC programs have progressed far enough to allow constructing semiautonomous drones, although production plans are not in place yet.

>>320928
>>320913

Call it!

In the meantime, Jenny has gone back to the Citadel. Kat and Damien are taking turns playing teddy bear, unless they have other assignments. Damien has also destroyed a car belonging to one of your agents who made pervy suggestions about someone who is metabolically twelve.

>>320928
>>320946

(is this one confirmed?)

>>320955
I like option two. And I would confirm. What about you Sara.

>>320955

>although production plans are not in place yet.

What's needed for this?

> Jenny has gone back to the Citadel. Kat and Damien are taking turns playing teddy bear, unless they have other assignments. Damien has also destroyed a car belonging to one of your agents who made pervy suggestions about someone who is metabolically twelve.

Isn't Tsion headed to the citadel? We have a separate Misrayim base we could tuck her away in, right?

That said, if we wanted to do some science with chairs...

>(is this one confirmed?)

>>320946
>>320946

>>320969

# Near the beginning of the year, issue an extraordinary upgrade notice and do everything quickly. This is all but guaranteed to get TOL leadership's attention, unless they're complete idiots. However, by then the swap will have been accomplished.

We should possibly tuck away some of our cores in California. In addition to promoting the internet there.

>>320983

We will as soon as some infrastructure gets there. Next year let's see about accelerating infrastructure there? What's the population in Australia like? Much of anything?

>>320844
No worries, im just thinking lets make sure those that get really hooked are still contributing somewhat to our improvements, not suggesting we put anything in the food etc. Just lets have a cushion when people hit rock bottom

>>321033

I think we'd need spice for this. Keep in mind, this is a world where you can eat the leaves off a tree. Starving is basically an impossibility as far as I understand it.

If we were the only ones offering spiced foods though? Then I think it becomes more viable.

>>320974

That's the "rush" option.

>>320970

Tsion is in fact headed to the Citadel; the Misrayim base is further north and on the other side of the Nile riverbed. You can get a STOL plane to quickly get her away.

>>320983

Moving heavy freight in territories you don't control has to be done with a bit of care, usually. Adding a cabal to either job lets you spread out your cores betwen your bases.

>>320989

There's definitely more emus than people, although another Emu War is unlikely (Emu are, like everything else, vegetarians; they're still very aggressive).

>>321040

Indeed. The problem is not quantity; it's quality. There's only so many things you can do with fruit, veggies and leaves, and everything is just really -bland-.

>>321067
Well. I think we should get little Jenny out. Leave Damien to wait at the temple and observe Tsion.

Well. Let's go I guess?

>>321040

#. You can get a STOL plane to quickly get her away.

Voting for that I suppose. I want to fuck with NC, but I don't want to fuck with it that badly. We're moving the cores, we can poke around with this later.

I'm off to bed for a while, goodluck Anti. Try not to blow the country up!

>>321090
Hey, that only happened once and not even on this campaign!

[[Wow, I was gone for way too long. O_O I'll wait for the next big update.]]

>>321095

(Nah, please jump right in!)

>>321040

(The spice must, of course, flow.)


># Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (2/5).

Quinn is pretty happy about leaving Misrayim for a while. She hits the Pacific party scene pretty hard, gets involved in a few police chases, scares the cookies out of some vice cops by managing to ALMOST reconstruct the first scene in the Matrix (too bad that, with the Tribulation and all, they didn't have time to make any sequels), and generally has a good time. During all this, she and her group assist the locals in bringing the territory under your control by stoking a bit of nationalistic sentiment, after all wasn't startup culture born there?

># Keep taking over the Australia base (3/5).

Kat is a lot more strict than Ziggy on safety procedures, which sees the kitbashing of rudimentary semiautonomous drilling rigs that can be controlled either by a MECpod connected to them via a long wire, or by standard levers and switches. The locals aren't very receptive, but the Outback is big and empty, and the people running the TOL base appreciate the newcomers and the fact that they make work easier.

>#Western Europe: A small independent group has been trying to restore red peppers that are actually spicy; with assistance this can be reproduced, or even weaponized (pepper spray). This may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Jeb gets to razz Kat a little about being given this assignment, but a Heavy MEC isn't exactly the right pick for an infiltration job. Jeb and a small survey team enjoys a year going up and down the Cote Azure and what's left of the Appennine, and eventually find something interesting in Tuscany.

Annoyingly, Cameron Williams is there. Jeb keeps in the guy's sights just enough to make him wonder if he's seen him before, but othewise lets events unfold.

http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.Spice.html

He personally thinks that this is a bigger deal than the coca.

The missionary teams in Misrayim seem to be documenting every little sinful detail about the territory, even things that you thought you had already dealt with in the existing diplomatic arrangements.

Tsion will get to the Citadel by the end of the year; just to be safe, you move Jenny to the main base there. The place right now is a right mess, with server racks occupying all sort of inappropriate places as you move your core into the territory.

Damien puts his canopy on and, just in cases, turns on the rebreather and fills the canopy with water, then walks alongside Tsion who, as he has with everything else, ignores the Heavy MEC entirely.

Almost half of your workforce is busy making small but useful improvement in the various programs and applications used by TOL in their fleet management, that "just happen" to require a hardware upgrade.

They're just about done wiring you up when you get an urgent message from the new Tuesday.

>>321165

# Ignore

# Answer by voice/video

# Answer by text

Elsewhere...

The Citadel has been all but turned into a pantheon, although the capability remains to go back on a war footing within a week. The roof in the middle has been removed, making the place look a bit like a Roman villa writ large, and replaced with an internal porch containing many alcoves for all the old gods with enough adherents to raise money to build a little altar. To nobody's surprise, this has included the Emperor of Mankind, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and Aslan, which is at least a bit perplexing.

>>321165
"Yes Tuesday?"

>>321184
Voice and Picture.

Tfw you need sleep, but you really don't like how things are adding up and you are scared to go to bed.

Oh boy. Inb4 time to explode.

>>321203
I know the feeling.

>>321184
># Answer by voice/Picture

>>321203
>>321208

Hey if you guys wanna call it for now it's all good :)

"Hello, Omega."

Tuesday's face is quickly joined by someone who you swear is a carbon copy of Sunday from a few decades ago, from archival photos. The identical haircuts and pinstripe suits don't help with image recognition, but you'd know it if TOL had cloning technology.

Tuesday holds a CAT5 network cable in front of Sunday; the ends go somewhere, he's just holding up a loop.

"So, is it goodbye, Omega, or will you listen to our terms?"

>>321244

((Dohohoho.))

I'm off to bed, call it if you'd like, it's up to Anti and the others really. I'll be back in 8 or so hours probably.

#Listen to their terms.

(Maybe they have a nasty trick, maybe we'll get a good laugh.

How far along is the switchover? Done yet?)

>>321244
We can call it for a while.

I would have the picture yawn at them. And say "I'm listening."

I suggest not the yawn. Make it just stare and say 'i'm listening'.

>>321290
Yeah lets not play our hand yet. Stare them down but dont give any show of emotions (mimic'd or otherwise)

>>321290
this

>>321290
Alright just lack of reaction.

>>321244
#Listen to their terms.

(Thoughts Sunday only requested the weapon of an angel that survived, apparently he can regenerate TOL doesnt have cloning technology, either GJ has this cloning technology [unlikely], Sunday is a herediatry position(possible, but who benefits from it
..Tyrant) or is a stooge (im thinking lazerus, explains the ability to regenerate) in any case im thinking Sunday is working for tyrant, to ensure things like us dont happen.)

>>321795
What do we have on the Sundays past and present?

>>321277
>>321828
>>321313
>>321260

(Sorry, had to do some mysterious urgent things regarding handheld high-powered lasers)

"I'm listening". Your vocoder has gotten much better in recent year, but you keep it on a neutral setting.

"You have done good work, Omega, but now it's time to retire you. If you surrender the government of Misrayim to us, we will allow you to continue operating in a diminished capacity until the our final victory."

>>321828

Not much; you never had acces to senior TOL personnel files, other than their requisition forms. This last crop of Seven is surprisingly Spartan, barely living better than the average agent, but apparently two or three generations ago there were quite the lavish eccesses.

>>321795

If TOL had anything like cloning technology, you would know it. How the Seven are elected or appointed, you don't know, but hereditary position is quite possible. In the rest of the world, even nominally democratic positions often stay in the same family because, heh, good enough.

>>321936
(Im becoming more and more convinced you are in fact chuck bartowski [intersect and all], im currently watching girls take their clothes off (at a burlesque show) then going to bed so i wouldnt hang around for an answer from me plumber)

>>321936
"And the penalty for refusal?"

I check with the sys admins to see if we're ready while this goes on.

>>321947
(Thanks! Burlesque is awesome, be sure to check out Atomic Lollipop next year!)
>>321946

"We turn you off. You have done a remarkable job, but we can build the Great Army more efficiently without your side projects now. In the interest of humanity, we will continue without you."

The network cable has a F-F adapter in the middle, that can be unplugged.

>>321987
keep them on the line until we can get a MEC kill team in place. Stall and talk.

>>321987
Looks awesome but im in scotland, would love to visit looks cool

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>>321947

Your sysadmins say that they are as ready as they're going to be; unplugging you, if anything, is going to remove the Sky Eye feeds for TOL, at least until they reconnect to it using their own receivers.

If you are feeling malicious, and are sure that they will disconnect you, you can also run a simple "annoyance script" and bet that your technicians can get rid of it much faster than theirs.

>>321998

You know that Tuesday and Sunday are in the same location, so thre's that; are you trying to trace their call?


>>322006

Please feel free to insult Trump again, you guys rock :D

>>322012
Trace them all. Frankly I'm surprised we didn't track them down sooner.

We can stall to trace, concede to them to allow our teams to get into place and then quickly remove them all and then draw up a fake video where they recant and give control to us.

>>322028
Don't know if that would work but I like the idea.

Let's run the annoyance script.

Stalling we will say. "And by reduced capacity?"

>>322053
this

>>322008
Let's trace them using the GPS they don't know about in addition to triangulation and the classic IP address search.

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>>322040
>>322028

You request for clarification as to what they want - essentially, they want Misrayim, including getting their base back, the Citadel (they don't mention the other facilities you have built), and a series of calls to the current government informing them who to take orders from next.

Unsurprisingly, the call is being bounced a few times. IP geolocation is poor in the Millennial Kingdom, but you eventually figure that Sunday and Tuesday are communicating from a node in South America. You know that node to have an analog a/v bridge with Antarctica, so they're probably near freezer base.

>>322063

GPS works the other way round. However, your Sky Eyes do confirm that there is some extra activity in Antarctica, extra airplanes at the base and so on.

>>322053

You run a script that will cause various graphical UI glitches on most desktops within the TOL network and jump the mouse cursor around; since your systems are mostly headless, and those that aren't are generally kept in text mode, it will affect your operators much less than theirs. The script tastes slightly purple.

>>322053

"You would be put in charge of the Australian base. We are not sure why uranium is being mined there, but it would benefit from as much automation as we can afford. Other than that, enjoy your retirement; watch the Final Victory from a privileged seat. It is a generous offer, as we could simply turn you off and not turn you back on."

Is there any way we can back ourselves up? Or is that just not happening?

>>322086
Firstly you have failed to convince me either option is worth taking. And it's disappointing to see you take after tyrants playbook. Secondedly, how is the weather in Antarctica?

(Sending a kill team out there is not feasible)

Instruct the sysadmins to pull the script once I'm disconnected.

>>322012
Shaggy haired fucktwizzle?

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>>322108

You'd need a very large amount of hard drives, and there's no guarantee you'd "wake up" from a static copy.

>>322086

You catch very misspelled system information requests from TOL sysadmins noting that their mice are being jumpy and they're getting popup ads for products that haven't been manufactured since the Tribulation. Your guys tell them to try turning their PCs off and on to start with; some of your peripheral nodes drop out.

"Take it or leave it."

>>322063

ETA to the Antarctica base for a strike team is about eight hours. Jeb can probably get a bit faster by himself.

>>322131

"This is a game of power, and we have the power, as we will when Lucifer returns. You have chosen... poorly."

You know exactly where they are, but don't have any way to hit them right now.

The last thing you see on that viewport is Sunday pulling the plug.

The next thing you see is a single frame of this, which gives you a glimpse of understanding of what your MEC troopers have to live with.

The first thing that comes back up properly is your synthesizer/sampler routines.

# Sing TOL a little song about how you're doing science and are still alive.

# Sing them "Daisy, daisy" and slow down at the end, so that they may think you've died.

>>322158

I vote Want You Gone.

>>322166

(XD That also works)

# Seriously, sing something at them! (Or just play dead)

>>322158
This requires a group vote so show of hands for still alive?

And show of nays for Daisy Daisy.

Better song idea then still alive

"Every breath you take" by the police

>>322166
this

Looks like want you gone won.

>>322210
>>322166
>>322218

Five seconds after Sunday disconnects the network cable (which was, obviously, just a prop: your systems easily filter out reformat commands for most of your nodes) a large percentage of all the floppy drives in the world start singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op3-e9HdZ0c

TOL know that you're still active, and may react in force... after they sort out not being able to run their computer out of safe mode for a while. All over the world, phones that haven't been used in years ring as people try to get tech support. Somewhere, a nearly senile Rayford Steele smiles.

>>322232
Ok. Now I can't stop giggling like a schoolgirl.

Where do we go from here?

>>322232

Some of your nodes were still under TOL control, and being disconnected from them slows you down; everyone in your video feeds seem to move faster, and you have to ask that people type requests at you instead of just talking.

Expecting retribution as soon as they can figure stuff out, you decide to focus on...

# Protect your bases from possibly being stormed by The Only Light.

# Press your advantage, and have Kat's people in Australia take over that base, by force or intimidation or guile.

# Put your installations in Misrayim on alert against possible terrorist revenge strikes.

In addition,

# Send the coordinates to TOL's Antarctic base to the Greater Jerusalem government, let them fight each other.

# There are a lot of dead agents frozen there, including Ziggy. That base is neutral.

>>322267
Protecting our bases and Misrayim are top priority. And the Antarctica base is neutral.

#Protect bases and #let Greater Jerusalem fight the Antarctic base, I vote.

>>322267
># Press your advantage, and have Kat's people in Australia take over that base, by force or intimidation or guile.
# There are a lot of dead agents frozen there, including Ziggy. That base is neutral.

Rolled 9, 38, 32, 80, 100, 49 = 308 (6d100)

>>322286
>>322306
>>322311


By breaking off affiliation with The Other Light, you have written yourself out of the prophecy, giving the GJ government more leeway to get rid of you; by not convincing TOL that they have eliminated you, now they have an incentive to hunt you down. Things are about to get interesting.

>>322286
>>322306

Your bases in California and Amman, as well as your mine in California, go on the defensive.

>>322286
>>322311

You figure that there's a line not to be crossed in putting the frozen TOL agents, including some of your own, in danger.

>>322339
Ok. That's annoying. What's happening with Tsion

(Holy shit we rolled 100!!)

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>>322339

Only the mine in Australia is attacked; squads of black-and-red Only Light enforcers in riot armor show up to take the strategic asset from you.

Being as they end up fighting Kat and Ziggy's Desolator Troopers (since they were there, being the group most familiar with safety around nuclear ore) this goes about as well as one would expect. It takes about two hours for the fight to end and another hour to scrape The Only Light trooper goo from the equipment.

>>322357

Tsion has finally reached the Citadel. Damien and him would be having a standoff if it wasn't for the fact that the theologian is intently ignoring the 1400lbs assault cyborg, which, one has to admit, requires great skill.

If you're about to get another obnoxiously loud proclamation, it won't happen in front of Damien. She wonders if she can discuss her personal project with Tsion. Note that her MEC's canopy is full of water, and she's wearing goggles, just in case any spontaneous combustion is on the menu.

Tsion sits down and starts praying, quietly for once.

>>322397
Well this should be fun.

>>322357

(Er, about that roll...)

On the information warfare front, TOL scores a success; the systems at the Timbuktu launch ramp end up having various versions and localizations of MSDOS3 and 4 installed upon them, which sends the facility into emergency mode and seals it.

Aerospace IT safety rules being what they are, it'll take a team a year to make sure all the bugs are gone.

Literally the minute Tsion stops praying, the Greater Jerusalem government issues more demands.

- That new elections be called, as there have been allegations of some politicians being somehow computer-controlled, and that MECs be specifically excluded from said elections.

- That the Citadel be demolished, and the false symbol of victory over an Angel of the Lord be melted down and the iron ingots delivered to the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles.

This continues the trend of GJ demanding what it will know it will get, since you had elections scheduled this year anyway, but the MEC thing is new.

# Accept, Refuse, Falter?

>>322445
There will be new elections. We will not concied to the demand that MECs be forbidden as their rights are equal in this territory.

Secondly. The citadel is not a monument to "false victory" but a memorial to the men and women who lost their lives that night. Yahweh has his own pedestal within as do all the other gods of the deceased, his remains empty as per the commandment against graven images.

Thirdly, the citadel is a work of the citizens and not the government, and the government will treat it as all projects by private citizens and leave it be.

We ask that you respect the memory of the deceased and the rights of the people.

~the government of Misrayim.~

Agree with Anti, except that we do melt down the citadel - and turn it into armaments.

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>>322542


Tsion stands up and walks menacingly towards Damien who, despite being about twice as tall, is worried.

Pointing at the MEC frame, he begins a screed that can be summarized as an attempt to exorcise the demon possessing this machine.

Elsewhere, Cameron Kirk Williams airs his "expose'" on MEC troopers and their Communist Computer God, which sounds about like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJLhnts9-oQ and gets surprisingly little attention.

>>322542
>>322575

The answer is composed and duly transmitted. There is no reply.

Thanks to your Sky Eyes, you do not lose much in the way of data about what TOL is doing from a strategic perspective; however, your knowledge of the details decreases.

Tsion begins walking around the Citadel. A few believers join him after a few days, the group waxing and waning, but slowly getting bigger.

>>322606
Alright. Defiantly going to have to refocus on recruitment. And what Ziggy wouldn't give to be part of this.

>>322639
Definitely***"

>>322606
Oh good. Internet dominance is a thing now.

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>>322575
>>322606

Unless you've got something clever planned, the covert war is going to become a lot less covert.

(BTW, mistake above: the Pacific Coast should say 2/5)

You have 12 cabals available. Since you have more than 9, two of them are required to maintain your systems. You are actively tracking enemy teams where you have assets. Rules: http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.QuestRules.html

There are 2 missionary teams in Misrayim. One of them has been blogging Tsion's "pilgrimage". The other has finished their report on Misrayim and are combing the desert, apparently looking for your particle accelerator installation. Ely is lobbying for other territories to stop trading with you, to little success so far.

Complexity 1

# Harass or sabotage a Hero, or tie up an enemy team.

# Send a cabal to the Middle East, to see what unique opportunities that region offers (see below)

# Take advantage of discovered opportunties (see below).

Complexity 2

# Produce MECs at any base. This adds one dot to the MEC cabal counter per base.

# Work your Misrayim base overtime to restore prosperity that was lost in the Plagues.

# Use the California base to produce propaganda and infrastructure to start bringing its territory under your control (3/5).

# Use the Misrayim base and launchpad for a manned canopy launch.

# Keep taking over the Australia base (4/5).

# Set up spice greenhouses and start selling. http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/LeftBeyond.Spice.html

Complexity 3

# Recruit in Misrayim. This gives you an extra cabal.

# Continue pursuing space research. Space Race rules, but the Cosmists will assist your efforts here.

# Continue AI, nuclear, or sonic research.

# Attempt to eliminate a Hero or enemy team (by force or by cleverness).

Complexity 4

# Continue pursuing MEC research.

# Recruit from the general unbelieving population or from TOL.

# Set up a drug production system and start selling.

Complexity 5

# Estabilish a base in a region where you have no contacts

# Attack a TOL base directly.

Surveyed opportunities:

Southern America: Darwin's Finches look alike again, but have not homogenized genetically. As above, this may help prove that evolution isn't a fairy tale.

Eastern Europe: A large part of the Wieliczka Salt Mine, in what used to be Poland, has survived. Reclaiming it would give you an unique environment: a large cavern in which the night sky can be simulated.

Eastern Asia: There may be unrecovered nuclear assets. Unfortunately, they would be close to the regional "capitol" in Pyongyang.

Unsurveyed territories: Middle East.

Your forces are of sufficient quantity and quality that you may commit any number of them to launch an attack on a TOL or government installation.

>>322725
We should definitely start selling spices and producing MEC's. I would also recommend finishing the takeover of the Australian base.

Are there any ways to improve global infanstructure and internet dominance?

We're running out of time. Only 60 years to go. What do you think would be the best endgame?

>>322764

The best way to improve infrastructure is to put some of your cabals and bases to work at it, and make sure that no supernatural disasters come to Misrayim for a while.

You have a natural advantage towards controlling digital media; doing so will help recruitment. Assigning teams to work on that (this can mean both improving connectivity, and spreading your message) will work. That action is always available; the more teams work on this, the more it will help.

>>322771

As of right now, you have no closed paths, although the "striking from the shadows" path would require you to go covert again first.

You know that TOL plans to assemble the army in the Middle East in +997 and +998, invade Greater Jerusalem in +999, and win the Final Battle in +1000.

>>322771
Best endgame is successfully get into new Jerusalem temple and kill TJ. But it looks like we're going to have to get off the planet or go back in time to win. We could also become a god ourselves if we get our cabals to worship us or nuke the world and mad Max it. Those ideas are in order of best to worst ending.

>>322789

You know that Yahweh plans to allow the end of the Milennium to look vastly different than the beginning, giving TOL a spark of hope, and then eliminating them all in one go in +1000, then judging everybody and destroying everything, then creating a New Earth with no mountains and no sea and planting the New Jerusalem arcololgy on top of it.

http://leftbehind.wikia.com/wiki/New_Jerusalem

Well. Two cabals in California with another to help improve it. One more cabal to Australia to improve infanstructure after the base takeover. Hmm. Give me a minute to map this all out.

>>322725
Three cabals to California. Two to take over and one to improve infanstructure. Quinn Vee.

Three cabals to Australia. Two to take over and one for infanstructure. Jeb and Kat

Two cabals on MEC production.

And start selling spices. Two cabals. Damien

>>322835
Three cabals to Australia. Two to take over and one for infanstructure. Jeb and Kat
the base or the territorial captiol?

>>322853
The base.

>>322771
>>322790

CURRENT ENDGAME OPTIONS:

Just nuke the Temple.
+ Relatively easy to do, at least in principle; you have the tech.
- The Tribulation opened with a massive nuclear attack on Israel that was thwarted by narrative causality; you'd have to figure out a way to prevent that.

Get out. They can have Earth, you got space.
+ Probably the least violent solution.
- You don't know if the water canopy can be breached at all.

Help TOL win the Last Battle.
+ You're good at combined arms.
- You'll probably have to fight Satan and TOL afterwards, which looks iffy.

Pull a CATS and imprison TurboJesus by a sonic wall, a vacuum imploder, a freeze ray, something.
+ It almost worked last time.
- It didn't work last time.

Ragnarock'n'roll! Turn the Last Battle into a rumble.
+ Whoever wins will have to come to terms with humanity.
- Your understanding of narrative causality is limited, is this even possible?

>>322835

So, two cabals to advance takeover efforts in each region, and two cabals total to improve infrastructure?

>>322879
Yup. And I like the idea of a controlled ragnorockandroll or however you said it.

>>322936

(I've got to think about how to do this, didn't expect stuff to go overt this soon DESU...)

>>323002
You could just troll us and make the other deities suck desu.

>>323002

Neither did I. I get some sleep and here we are!

Well uh, let's try to not get the country blown up. We could ask Misrayim people to donate spare processing power to us. Might help with the slowdown while we unfuck other places.

When we get a minute, we should probably also get a dirty bomb built. I don't intend to use it, but I want some means of answering more...direct intervention be it divine or NJ deciding it needs an army.

>Ragnarock'n'roll! Turn the Last Battle into a rumble.

Is my preferred option at this point. As soon as we have a California base, we need to start trying to inspire some events. Rituals, etc. If we pull them off in a new territory that was recently Christian, might have a little more leeway and time before things hit the fan there.

What if we find a way to get Angel DNA, or at least glorified DNA.
Then use it to make 40 foot clones that can be driven by people in in the spine and covered in giant armor.
Also, we should make them powered by a magical internal engine and human souls and make them likely to go berserk and eat whatever they're fighting.

Then use those to fight God.

>>323412
. . . This is not evangalion!

>>3232451

Anything can be Evangelion if you believe in it enough.

I'm going to put myself together, just remember:

Right now we live in Misrayim, if the country blows up we're basically dead. Concede the temple if need be. There will be a time for defiance later, but right now we've managed to make everyone our enemy.

>>323501
True. If we need to we will concied the temple. Let's see if playing the heart strings works.

>>323542

I doubt it, but we can try. I think we really need to try to inspire some kind of supernatural event out in the woods once we have some more bases. NC needs to get moving.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>323412

You already have a number of big cybernetic walkers. One of them is trying to restore the flavor of chicken nuggets to the world. Another is doing stuff I can't post on a blue board.

>>323008

In this particular setting there's a chance that they might.

>>323355

Not getting the country blown up would be a priority, unless you want to give up official control of it and go back into the shadows.

Kat says that building a small run of dirty bombs would be pretty inexpensive compared to other production jobs. To be honest, she's spent most of her downtime working on the pepper samples.

>>322835

Kat and Damien are a bit perplexed about the job assignment, but that's probably because Kat wanted to work with the spices and Damien wanted to try out her persuasion skills on the Australian TOL agents.

Kat takes her toxin troopers and uses the mining equipment to try and breach into TOL's base. In the meantime, Jeb uses the few drones you've built so far to buzz the location and simulate an air attack. He loses about half of the drones, but manages to keep the base defenses squarely pointed upwards right to the point when one of the sonic drills breaks through the motor pool hall. This time, TOL forces have been authorized to use Grand Army paraphernalia; indoors, there's no room to use heavy weapons, so the local TOL troops are annihilated. Kat's style of fighting as well as that of her troopers is extremely brutal, so you end up with a lot of melted piles of organs and very few prisoners.

When this is accomplished, Kat and Jeb set off to properly integrate the base and the mine for future work.

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>>324645

Unfortunately, while they lose the base, TOL agents in this territory manage to prevent Damien and Jeb from making any inroads with the locals.

>>322835

You do not have the manpower to simply take over a territory like the Pacific Coast militarily. Instead, Quinn and Vee work together to ensure that in the next elections nonbelievers are allowed to vote; the area has a long tradition of democracy, so this is not particularly hard. That said, your popularity in the region is not nearly what it has to be to guarantee a victory, especially since a TOL party that has also formed will likely split the unbeliever vote.

Their sales pitch is surprisingly rationalistic.

http://leftbehind.wikia.com/wiki/If_It's_True
http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pub/web/Tripocalypse.IfItsTrue.html

>>324647

As it stands, it looks like that winning the elections in the Pacific Coast will be very problematic, at least if you plan to do so fairly.

MEC production has now become fairly routine; in addition to building more kits and heavy frames, your factory workers experiment with MECpod-enabled vehicles. When a MEC driver is unavailable, a "dummy canister" containing a basic autopilot can be inserted in the same socket. You don't have many of these optionally piloted vehicles, but they add up, further bolstering your forces.

At this point, you have enough MECs among your forces that it's possible to form up combat-oriented cabals exclusively from infiltrators or heavies. Your human agents are heartened by the notion that the MEC process is good enough that they will likely be able to continue the fight after they age out.

Damien has his own ideas about how to sell spicy foods. A small publicity campaign featuring scantily-clad models in red bodypaint with cute little horns and tails, advertising sinfully delicious red and black pepper to bring some kick in your living room and let's see what happens in your bedroom, receives a reasonable amount of attention - oddly, believers just tut-tut the nudity and point out that the depictions of the devil are Scripturally Inaccurate and childish, but do not react too negatively.

A ruling of the Temple Tribunal indicates that the new varieties of plants do not, of course, prove evolution (it's still the same kind!!!), are safe to eat, and may be consumed safely; another ruling, a few weeks later, states that like with buying everything else, one should not only consider the quality of the product but its purity, and only buy from unbelievers when there is no other option. You pulled that off well for modems and routers, but anyone can grow spices...

# That's okay; restoring some flavor to this world should help you on the NC and propaganda front, and besides, it's something that needed done. We can still win on quality.

# Pull a Monsanto and only sell sterile plants.

One side effect is that a surprisingly large amount of elderly believing tourists from Western Europe, mainly Italy and Spain, are flocking to Misrayim just so they can taste a proper aglio-olio-e-peperoncino again.

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Of note are TOL's attemtps to take over the territories you have a presence in, as well as agitprop elsewhere; their approach tries to paint them as a rational alternative to an evil tyrant and a mysterious hierarchy of robots and cyborgs that would enslave humanity just as thoroughly. This causes Quinn to amp up her dominatrix persona, noting that as an evil cyborg, she's only going to do any sort of enslavement in the bedroom.

Tsion has been praying in front of the Citadel and walking around it, with more and more people joining. The Greater Jerusalem government issues a demand to Misrayim to "raze the stench in the Lord's nostril, and build Him a temple instead" although they seem to be ignoring the part where the Citadel is, at least legally, private property.

They also have demanded that Azrael's scythe, that modern day golden calf, be melted down and the ingots delivered as tribute during the Feast of the Tabernacles.

If Tsion is trying to pull a Walls of Jericho, your seismometers indicate that the Citadel is safe.

Cursory testing shows that the scythe is still supernaturally sharp and there are calls to take it off display, send some iron ingots to Jerusalem, and install the scythe in some sort of automatic spinning system, with some asking for the ultimate crowd control robot, and some pointing out that it is the perfect tunnel-boring machine.

>>324667

To the surprise of a lot of people, Ely LeVey is praising the new trend in spicy food, as it allows a number of traditional recipes to be resurrected. "Ladies, if you really are so enamored with progress, now's the time to trade lathes for pepper grinders!"

>>324658
I think we can save the Monsanto game for the drugs. We could really use the NC boost, as well as the good publicity it gives Misrayim, not to mention how well it works at getting LaVey off our backs.

>>324667
((What if we offered a new temple be built but the citadel remains? Would that work out or would they just get more pissed?))

>>324687

I'm more concerned about the scythe, really. We could also attempt to give up the country and go back underground; it's a very awkward situation where we can't really do much with Misrayim right now.

I think more minor concessions like tearing down the temple are the way to go. We just need more time to get moving in other areas. The scythe I'm not so sure about, not really something I want to give up, and I question how effective a trick would be there.

It hurts but, really, we just need more time and to not explode. I'm going to go do some re-reading regarding S&G.

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>>324676

Before long, a swathe of little websites pop up teaching people how to grow the new varieties of veggies. Encouragingly, about half of them have been set up by believers.

Your sales suffer, obviously, and within the year there are already companies making bank by selling an inferior product just by slapping a Jesus fish on the label, but this particular caper further cements Misrayim's reputation for innovation and quality. Commentators elsewhere dust off stale memes from the 1980s about Japan -- in fairness, your territory is also responsible for producing most of the world's animated pornography, at this point -- and many foreign pundits point out that if the Misrayim Renaissance - not Osaze, you note - had happened a hundred years ago, the world would be a different place.

The video of Cameron Kirk Williams choking on a red pepper last year goes viral and, incidentally, shows that pepper spray might work against the Glorified.

The Nile riverbed is still dry, and most of the limnaceous soil that it contained has been carted off to greenhouses and fields; the bedrock on the bottom is exposed and in many places the sides of the riverbed have been shored up with concrete. By now, however, very few people care; even the Pharaonic Revivalists have adapted, and now their sun-boats move on Strandebeest legs for their festivals.


>>324687
>>324699

Your counteroffer to build a new temple but keep the Citadel is met with silence.... and the shuffling of Tsion and his direct followers on the sand around the Citadel. If they wanted to scare off other visitors, so far they've been successful. From a propaganda standpoint, tearing down the Citadel may be a bit of a hit, but more plagues would probably be worse, especially since this time there's no clear answer as to what these plagues could be.

This year, you have two elections to deal with; Mizrayim, which will remain under your control if you so wish with very little work, and the Pacific Coast, which is unlikely to change hands.

>>324704

Let's cart the scythe off to storage for now but proceed with knocking down the temple part of the citadel.

Misrayim election I'd like to win, of course. Pacific coast election, well, we should just focus on winning it the next time around. Long term strategy focus.

While we're living and relying on Misrayim, I simply don't think it's worth risking fire, brimstone and salt pillars.

Do we have any data on classical rituals, or is this something we/I need to dig around for? Just a convenient way to focus narrative causality, like a lense/showmanship for belief I guess? Assuming it works that way, anyway.

>>324726
Agreed. How are we planning to handle TOL in Misrayim? I was thinking a documentary on life as a MEC to drive home the point that these are people would likely upset their robot and Cyborg overlord skit.

>>324726
And buy out the temple part and give settlements to the families who lost firstborn. That's one good way to get good will.

>>324735

Sure. I think that humanizing them as people that perhaps just wanted more time to decide, or didn't want to literally burn forever could go a long way.

>And buy out the temple part and give settlements to the families who lost firstborn. That's one good way to get good will.

Probably, yeah. Not sure how exactly our treasury is doing though; QM?

>>324736
>>324738

You're controlling the second-richest territory on Earth; money for that sort of thing is not a problem.

Tsion is still marching around the Citadel with his followers when the place is cleared out a construction crew shows up.

# It's mostly Heavy MECs and construction vehicles, just as a show of force.

# It's mostly a mix of believer and nonbeliever volunteers; the point has been made that the Citadel will be cleared out by Divine mandate, and they're there for different reasions, respectively obeisance and will to spare more plagues to their country.

# It's a regular construction crew, to drive home how little you care.

>>324743
What do you think about the second option compared to the last?

>>324749

Second sounds fine, we can at least show some respect while we dismantle the place.

>>324743
Volunteers it is.

>>324735
>>324738

That's a great idea; Quinn is famous in her own right, so some segments will have to be about her, but the main focus will be on what at this point can be safely called "regular joe and jane" MEC agents; some do have jobs for when they're not deployed, after all.

# Include Heavies.

# Stick to the ones that look human.

My fucking sides.

So, hecate rituals include offerings of Wines, cakes and... dead puppies to be placed at crossroads on the new moon.

Anywhere that's liminal should do. A boundary, transition, crossroad, etc

Help we can expect would, classically, come in the form of:

General protection.

Hell hounds.

Revenants/Ghosts.

Resurrection of the dead.

Sacrificial dogs being brought back as vessels for the souls of the dead. Apparently they emerge charred but mobile from flames, don't really care if you poke them full of holes or chop them up and generally require you to re-enact the black knight from Monty Python to kill them.

Her (long and convoluted nature) means that she'll probably hate God right out of the gate.

If you feel like killing some puppies on a circular alter and placing some food in baskets on a roadside, she's not very hard to appease, all things considered.

Fun fact, she's also the only titan to retain her power in the new pantheon.

>>324756

Thoughts on the choice, Anti? I feel like if we don't address heavies, it'll just get dragged up like we're hiding them and know that they're evil, or something. Better to be open about some of the more normal ones.

Do we have any heavies that love to like... Knit, or something?

>>324756
Hell yes show the heavys. They have it the worst! They should get loads of sympathy if their daily lives Are shown.

>>324760
You know. It sounds like it would be a good idea to try. What does her following in Misrayim look like?

>>324767

I don't know, but let's not do it in the country. If we want to find some hecate worshipping people and fly them out somewhere else to do it?

Sure.

Fuck doing it in the country though. Hecate is one of the few in the pantheon that's actually spooky as fuck. We might end up making the Christians right about us, given her associations with things pretty close to actually being demons.

>>324750
>>324752

Tsion stands in front of the construction crew and asks them what their business there is. The foreman is a giant of a man, originally from southern Italy, who recently moved to Misrayim for the food. He looks old enough that he must be a believer, but playing the video back shows that he's just particularly hairy and has a big beard.

"We've volunteered to demolish this building. Then some of us are going to stay here, and build a church in its place."

All the altars, and the scythe, have of course already been removed.

Tsion roars. "Yes! Tear down this pustule on the face of the Earth! Let's see the false gods protect this place! Ha!"

Carlo answers levelly, "Actually, half my crew are nonbelievers; they want to spare more plagues to this cursed land. They care about it, you see. Then, the believers will stay with you and build a church or whatever you want."

That takes some air out of Tsion's sails. In a few days, the Citadel has been razed, mostly by hand tools, and replaced with a small church that looks extremely out of place, a building that you'd expect to see in the pre-Rapture Chicago suburbs in the middle of the desert.

>>324761

Bothan has picked up landscaping. Since he gets to take the MEC frame home, he's quite good at it. Kat has recently opened a deli. Damien is... doing things, including working at a day care, although she makes very sure to keep that separate from her other hobby. Heavy MECs require more maintenance than infiltrators, so relatively few live off your bases.

>>324767

Hecate has some following, but not much; most people prefer gods associated with industry, commerce, and the downtrodden, like Hephestus or Mercury. Of note, Jenny found the stories about Hecate very interesting, and commented that she "gets" her geography.

>>324770
Australia comes to mind. Seeing as its mostly empty.

>>324771

(Weeks, not days. Days was with the mechanized crew, my bad)

>>324771
Ask Jenny to define geography. I'm curious as to what she means by that.