Your Hive has spread across the entirety of Echo station, the massive Space structure is greatly changed. Hive resin has replaced the gleaming steel walls. The air has been replaced by hot, caustic fumes, stagnant water dripping down the walls and collecting in murky puddles. Nodes of hive flesh emerge from the walls and ceilings, pulsing as they process nutrients and expand the hive naturally. Your warrior castes have sealed themselves in resin cocoons, entering stasis until they are required again.

Your drones and builders toil vigilantly, securing the depths of the Frigates and rounding up the final few human corpses of those that fell to the traps. The frigates engines still flicker fitfully, pushing the station gently.

>Research a tech (Plasma Engines, Assault Rifle, sensor modules, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Navigation suite, Reactor tech, Starship armor)

>Construct a hive addition (What, D100+5)

>Mutate a hivemate (Into what)

>Other

>>1578384
>Research Sensor Modules

>>1578404
Shit fuck I forgot to add. D100+15 please!

Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>1578404
>>1578407
Check 'em

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>1578384
>>1578404

>>1578367
OP dead already?

>47+15. Research sensor modules.

The curious builders and Gremlins of the hive dive into the guts of the frigates sensors. The humans somehow navigated through the depths of space and these structures, some still faintly receiving signals,are surely the explanation.

The impact with the Station was not kind to the sensors aboard the Taurus. The earth shaking impact had crushed and mangled the sensors and antenna, smashing them into scrap.

Aboard the Weathers they have more luck. Diving into the guts of the sensor emplacements they pick apart the wiring, their sensitivity to radio waves and radiation allowing them so see what the sensor watch for and how they do so. The small, deviously intelligent Gremlins taste and smell and turn over every infinitismally small piece of the sensors, devoting every detail to memory.

By the time they are done the sensors are piles of meticulously sorted scrap. The Builders and Gremlins assure their queen they can recreate a simple Biomechanical version of these sensors to be mounted on the hull of Echo Station.

>Basic Bio-Sensors unlocked. Capable of scanning the surrounding space around the Station they are capable of sensing planets, asteroids, ships. Can be used to find a destination.

>Construct a hive Construct (D100+15, What?)

>Research a tech (Plasma Engines, Assault Rifle,Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Navigation suite, Reactor tech, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (who into what)

>Othee

>>1578474
Op is just a slow typer and also a phone poster. Be patient anon

>>1578490
>>Research a tech (Plasma Engines)
gotta go fast

>>1578501
Wanna roll anon? 1D100+15

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>1578501

>>1578493
I understand your struggles OP

Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>1578502
i apologize OP

Rolled 6 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1578490

> research sensors again

We want better than basic. These sensors will decide whether we go to Tattoine or Dagobah boys.

>82+15. Engage plasma engine!

The Flickering and fitfully pulsing engines to the rear of the Taurus intrigue your Builders. If this power could be harnessed then the hive would no longer be adrift through a sea of hostile stars.

Prying open maintenance hatches and control stations the Gremlins dive into the belly of the engines, wriggling among conduits and pipes, burning gasses hissing from the pipes in spots.

Disassembling the still active engines is a risky business but bit by bit the powerful frigate engines are pulled apart, heavy warriors roused from their slumber to haul the components out for cataloging. The Gremlins hiss in annoyance as still warm metal burns their sensitive fingers but they persist, inspecting the engines in excruciating detail.

>Plasma Engines researched
>Superior Bio-Engines Researched. Massive structures of chitin and biomechanical muscles and organs. Volatile chemicals are mixed and ignited by pressure, producing a steady flow of superheated gas Capable of propelling Echo station at a decent rate of speed and maneuverability once mounted on the hull.

>
>Research a tech (Assault Rifle, sensor modules, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Navigation suite, Reactor tech, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Construct a hive addition (What, D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (who into what)

>Scan the system (D100)

>Other

Rolled 53 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1578750

IMPROVE SENSORS

Rolled 48 (1d100)

>>1578770

Rolled 18 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1578782
woops forgot the modifier

Rolled 69 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

Fucking hell I just got back from work.
>>1578770
Supportan!

>You haven't been archiving your threads at all

Well fuck, you've written nine pages of notes and keep track of individual drones.

>>1578874
Shit did I forget the archive? One second

>>1578874
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=CursedQm

There ya go pal :)

>63+15. Improve sensor modules.

Within the depths of the hive your Builders tinker with the Bo-Sensor suite. A highly complex nest of sensitive organs and spires of nerve tissue poke from the specialized hive node.

Your Builders and Gremlins poke about with the Structure, stretching specialized resin into the Sensor module, crafting new and improved nerve bundles. Some are receivers, some are broadcasters. As they tinker and probe they suddenly trigger the sensors, a burst of radio waves and radiation nearly blinding the Builders as they squeal in irritation, pawing at their heads in mild pain.

>Sensor module upgraded. Superior Bio-Sensors unlocked. Stealthed craft and shuttles can be detected now. +10 to Sensor rolls)

>Research a tech (Assault riflr, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Navigation suite, Reactor tech, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Scan the System (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 94 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1579232
>Scan the system (1d100+10)

>>1579255
Any other anons want to roll?

>>1579323

No thx.

Rolled 61 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1579232
>>Research a tech (reactor)
Well since you asked so nicely.

Rolled 2 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1579323
why not

>>1579425
the Dice gods are not kind to me today are they?

Rolled 50 (1d100)

>>1579232
Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)
Take a lone warrior, and apply the unlocked sensor/ engine research to its body, fuse weapons to it's flesh. We take flight into space.

>>1579461
Xeno-Gundam?

>94+10. There's a blip on the radar captain.

Echo station, being a roughly circular structure doesn't really have a "Front" but the resoureful Builders solve the issue. A pair of the Upgraded sensor modules are carried out into the vacuum of space, mounted upon the hull of Echo station, cords of specially grown artificial nerve tissue linking the sensors to a cluster of Hive nodes. Within the cluster are several brain like structures, a series of twisting and twitching tendrils emerging to link with the mind of a Builder.

The sensors pulse rhythmically, bursts of radiation and radio waves spreading throughout the system. Over the next hours the sensor readings are deciphered and interpreted, the builders reporting their findings to the Queen.

>A Planet is detected by the sensor module. Its radio waves are nearly negligible. Human or alien presence here will be minuscule.

>A Large structure is detected at the edge of the system, several small vessels moving in tandem with it. It frequently emits bursts of radio waves.

>A Planet is Detected, it has High amounts of Traffic and Radio waves emitting from the planet and the ships and stations in orbit.

>A Cluster of Ships moving through the system in a tight cluster, keeping in regular contact.

>movement is impossible until Bio-Engines are installed on the Station.

>Research a tech (Assault rrifle, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Navigation suite, Reactor tech, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Other

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>>1579461
>>1579497
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ8LtuZyRew


this is your fault anon.

>>1579548

> Mutate a hivemate

Anyone else think we need more shadows? All of these locations could be made a lot easier with a decent number of stealth specialists.

>>1579548
>>Research a tech (reactors)
We're going to need a lot more raw power if we're going to move this thing. I imagine we'd run out of fuel for our current chemical reaction thrusters in seconds if we tried to move the station.

Rolled 19 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1579548
>Research navigation suite

>Does anybody want to roll?

Rolled 40 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1579600
Forget it, going with this.

Rolled 39 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1579676
derp, here's my roll for >>1579600

>>1579559
Will we have to implant a gundam to get one of these?

Rolled 25 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1579676

>>1579740
ah, I just meant to create space capable xenomorphs of a regular size. Figured it would be up to OP to either determine or make a roll for the level of functionality.

The dice are not happy right now, are they?

Rolled 24 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1579806
Edit: forgot to roll.

>>1579801

Well I suggseted a vacuumorph. Not sure if Cursed approved it.

I know he approved Siegemorph though.

>>1579832
Vacuummorph and SiegeMorph have been approved, just haven't added either to the Doc's.

>39+15. Research Reactor Tech

The still thrumming reactor aboard the Taurus and Weathers draws the attention of your Builders and Gremlins. If the hive could recreate this source of energy and power their engines and weapons would be much more powerful and less taxing to use.

The delicate components of the Reactor are slowly dissected, peeled away layer by layer until the failsafes trigger, shutting down the reactor with a grinding sound.

With the Turbine blades and glowing rods of metal slowing and cooling respectively the Gremlins dive into the bowels of the reactor, unaffected by the radiation and heat they carefully unscrew and sort every tiny piece.

Eventually the marvel of human engineering is reduced to a pile of mildly radioactive metal, the proud Gremlins playing with the fuel rods in glee.

>Crude Bio-Reactor unlocked. Using banks of specialized Biomechanical organs and layers of insulating chitin the Bio-Reactor produces enmasse the specialized chemicals that produce and convey bioelectric current and cause the massively powerful reactions in the Plasma engines. Engines and hull mounted weapons will receive a +3 for every BioReactor constructed.

>Research a tech (Assault rifle, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Navigation suite, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Other

Rolled 58 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1580036
>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>>1580048
Which one?

Rolled 87 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1580060
> Bio Reactor

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>>1580060
I am sorry OP. I am a bit new to the game.

I had thought it was an actual "construct" or artificially made xenomorph made by the gremlins and hive's biomass. (which would be very cool. even if a bit volatile in actions)

If I cannot roll for that, please add my roll towards "Structural supports"...although, with all the tech available, attempting to make a sort of living biomechanical construct would be bretty cool.


http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Rogue_(Xenomorph)
http://aliencanonfanon.wikia.com/wiki/King_(Xenomorph)

>>1580102
I guess, a sort of new hive node, a "cloning" chamber/ pod. Grow full grown aliens, allow for ready made variants but more slowly.

>>1580102
Its all good anon. With a high enough roll and some thought on my part that would certainly be possible. The Xeno-King is the inspiration for my Hive Tyrant unit in the Docs

>>1580114
To get clarification, the plasma engines and bio-reactors count as hive constructs, right?

Also, the docs could use a section listing the current hive structures/improvements.

>>1580135
Ill update it shortly. I finished it yesterday and a mistype deleted it ALL so I'm starting anew with my updates.

Hive Constructs as they stand however (to the best of my memory)
>Boarding spike cannon- Exactly what it sounds like.

>Spine Cannon- based on the capital weapons of the Frigates this weapon is fully capable of puncturing hull armor with solid, Acidic and Incendiary spines

>Shardstorm launcher- The Flak cannon of the Hive, fires short, wide spikes with a volatile core. Exploding into a storm of razor sharp, chitin spines capable of shredding lightly armored craft

>Quillburst Emplacement- Firing long bursts of clusters of meter long, slender spines these are excellent point defense and Small craft repellent.

>Irising doors- portals of muscle and chitin that seal and open only for members of the hive. Seals against vacuum.

>BioReactor-Produces power and Volatile chemicals for the Engines, provides bonuses to the engines and weapon systems with every one constructed to a max of 3.

>Structural supports. A honeycomb-like structure throughout the hive. The metal infused chitin will absurd damage AMD stress upon the superstructure of the hive should anything catastrophic happen to it.

>Bio-Engine- a volatile mix of various chemicals produced by the Xenomorph nodes and the engines themselves are mixed, propelling superheated gases to provide thrust.

>Sensor module- Exactly what it sounds like. Allows scanning of surrounding space and thorough scanning of a single target

>>1580170
These are all installed currently? If so, change my roll here >>1580064 to researching Navigation Suite.

>>1580182
No just the ones currently available

>>1580200
Oh. What do we have currently installed?

>>1580200
Currently you have 1 Basic-Bio engine, 2 Superior Sensor suites and 1 Fuckhueg Boarding Spike Launcher

>>1580206
Aight. Still change my roll, then.

>>1580206
We need a bio reactor.

>>1580216
It's not like we're going anywhere right now, we should be fine with installing it next turn.

>>1580233
yea, we need to make sure we at least have the things necessary for proper space flight installed before we make our next major move

>87+15. Research navigation suite

The Bridge of the Taurus is next on the gutting block. The humans directed their ships through the vacuum somehow. The Gremlins and Builders are determined to find out how.

The still functioning navigation computers are dissected, the wires traced to their respective sensors and broadcast receivers. Visual, Radio, Electro-magnetic, gravitic, thermal, all various kinds of wavelengths are measured and inspected by these computers, their readings interpreted into data.

The Builders construct several small clusters of various sensitive bundles of nerve tissue along the hull of Echo Hive. Linked back by thin cords of nerve tissue the sensors lead directly into the Hive proper. The pulsing mass of tissue and artificial brain matter is linked directly into the mind of a Builder, its body sacrificed and its mind slaved to the sensors.

>Navigator Unlocked. A Builder grown into the mass of nerve tissue will link the readings from the sensors directly into the hivemind.

Research a tech (Assault rifle, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Set a course (D100)

>Other

>>1580338
Also
>-1 Builder

>>1580349
So we _have_ a Navigator now? Or will this be applied when we make one? I'm confused.

>>1580338

Develop A steward? I know we don't exactly need one right now, but it may be useful once we make contact again.

also

>Other

See if we can rig a distress beacon? Have food come to us?

>>1580357
Yes you have a Navigator now.

Rolled 87 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1580338
>>Build a hive construct (D100+15)
Bioreactor. The gremlins are having such fun playing with the control rods, let's have them make something with them.

>>1580338
>>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)
scan the planet in the system that has low radio waves.

Rolled 18 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1580359
>Lure ships
We need better weapons first. Also, I think we've got incoming.

>>1580338
>Scan a target
Scan that cluster of ships. If I'm not wrong, that's a Company/USCM patrol, and the plot will demand it finding us sooner or later.

Rolled 73 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1580376
keep forgetting my rolls

>>1580361
Does this make the Queen the captain?

>>1580385
Most definitely. She is the one (us) who makes the decisions.

>87+15. We've got Gremlins on the reactor deck!

The Hive Requires more power. The Weapons and Engines, the traps and the Xenomorphs themselves will benefit greatly from an increase in available energy.

In the depths of the Hive a large structure takes place, shaped of Specially designed resin and organic tissue it pulses already, jolts of power arcing from the conduits of tissue.

After hours of effort and painstaking detail the BioReactor is ready, a pulsing, vibrating structure that glows faintly with a emerald green glow. Power surges through the conduits along the hive, the engines glow increasing as its input is nearly doubled. The Boarding cannon twitches slightly as its Biomechanical muscles are charged with power.

>Superior BioReactor created. This massive primary Reactor will increase the power of your engines and hull weapons to a max of 3 Engine mounts and 3 hull mounted weapons with a +5 bonus.

Research a tech (Assault riflr, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 29 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1580438
>>1580378
Let's try this again.

Rolled 17 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1580438
>>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)
Okay, now reroute that power to the sensor suite. Let's see what that fleet is up to.

Rolled 79 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1580446
>>1580447
Frak.

>>1580438
> Build a construct
Shardstorm Launcher

Rolled 4 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1580438
>>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)
planet 1

>>1580460
>>1580474
The dice gods really don't want us to scan, do they?

Rolled 69 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1580438
>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)
>A Large structure is detected at the edge of the system, several small vessels moving in tandem with it. It frequently emits bursts of radio waves.

If this brings more humans, it could be a problem for now. Better to determine what it is.

>>1580489
Yeah, there's that. There's also a probably-military fleet in-system doing a sweep right now - we might want to focus on that. Just saying.

>>1580485
You know I kind of felt like giving you shit for switching your vote just cause we rolled bad, but I'm starting to think this is a sign. Any chance I can convince you that we should start with building quillburst emplacements first? It can also take down fighters and it can defend the hive from missiles as well.

>>1580349
Did he died?
>>1580506
I personally think we should wrap our hives in stealth material, then send a burst of radio or an SOS at the hostiles. Not enough to key them in to our exact location though. Then once we know the general area that they're headed, we fire a few salvos of boarding spikes their way. Once that's done, we should shut down as much as possible in the hive and await a telepathic signal from our boarding parties when the (hopefully) maimed and embattled ships draw near, throw everything back on and fire on them while they're still reeling.

>>1580506
Aight. Quillburst this turn, Shardstorm next turn.

>>1580516
Turned into (an even more) biomechanical horror ala the Cybermen.

>>1580525
EDIT: OP, switch >>1580460 to Quillburst, assuming you are not kill.

>>1580516
No he just got converted into a Navigator bundle. Basically hes buried inside a mass of neurotissue and such with a direct link to his brain

>>1580547
Op is not kill but he is headed to bed. Its 1:30 here and my brain is slowly becoming jelly. Goodnight my beloved anons and ill see you tomorrow morning :)

>>1580612
G'night, op. Fun playing with you and all that.

>>1580612
Thanks for running OP

We should prepare more. Attacking a bigger ship or station can be dangerous. And invading a planet makes us a bigger target. I say we send a few eggs and drones to the empty planet. Just as backup..

>Sound off. Whos here with me???

>79+14 (accounting for converted Builder) QuillBurst emplacemtns.

The hive remembers the human shuttles that brought marines into their home to kill them. The Builders and Gremlins that explore the remains of the Taurus and Weathers report multiple Shuttles and other, lighter craft aboard the Frigates.

If the humans field these strange weapons then the hive must be able to defend itself. The builders plan and bicker, design and prototype until they come to a consensus.

A round socket of chitin and bone, lubricated with a special resin. A rounded construct emerges tom the socket, free to swivel at 180°. Two pairs of long, slender barrels emerge from the sides of the construct. The barrels are fed by long conduits of artificial tissue that supply the chemicals used to rapidly grow new bundles of the meter long spears used as ammunition by the QuillBurst.

A Quartet of the Emplacements are installed on the hull of the station. Two on either side of the Boarding cannon and one on each side. They swivel freely, the basic bundles of nerve tissue within them linked to the Sensor modules that feed them their targets.

>Research a tech (Assault rifle, Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+15)

>Build a hive construct (D100+15)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>Research a tech (Assault rifle)

Rolled 62 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1582044
>Scan a target
Let's try scanning that fleet, again.

>>1582181
Finally!

>81+14. Research assault rifle.

From the pile of loot and scrap tech from the colonial marine assault force, a weapon is retrieved. One of the long, rectangular assault rifles is brought into the Builders sanctum, the Gremlins chattering in delight as they descend upon the weapon.

It is meticulously disassembled, each ounce of metal inspected thoroughly, sniffed, tasted, touched and stacked neatly.

The still full clip is peeled apart, the surprising amount of bullets falling across the floor. Each one is pulled apart and inspected, the acrid powder on the inside making the Gremlins spit in distaste. Eventually however they put forth a finished reconstruction.

A Warrior is roused and brought to them, stretching sleepily as its mind is subdued, making it inured to pain. The carapace of its forelimb and claws are peeled away, exposing the muscle and nerves. These are grafted directly into the controls of the long, tubular weapon mounted to their forelimb. Protrusions of chitin bulge from the base, each one filled with hundreds of fast grown needles. Propelled by supercompressed gases they will fly fast and far, filling the air with a shower of piercing Quills

>Needle Rifle Gained. A fast firing-mid range unit capable of devasting soft targets.
>1 Needle warrior Gained.

Research a tech( Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 44 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1582216
>Scan a target
You know what I want, let's see if the dice are cooperative.

>>1582226
What do you want to scan?

>>1582216

> Mutate 10 Needle Warriors

> Mutate 8 Shadows

> Hatch more facehuggers

>>1582398
Ferget aboot it, going with >>1582435.
(User IDs are a thing, what have I been trying to scan the entire night?)

>>1582553

> Scan for weird biological lifeforms.

Let's get some weird beasties xenod.

>>1582558
> Scan the fleet patrolling the system.

>>1582216
Someone draw a giger version of a assault rifle.

>>1582216
Scan the primitive world for critters

>44+10. Scan the mysterious fleet.

Your sensor modules pulse rhythmically, directing the bursts of signals towards the group of ships moving through the system.

The bursts of radio waves and radiation reveal some details about the ships but the distance scrambles the results. Your Builders do their best to decipher the data.

>The fleet consists of 4 ships, 3 Frigate sized and 1 Cruiser sized. They may not be military but they are likely not helpless.

>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

>>1582695
Research: Starship armor

>>1582695

> Mutate

> Mutate 10 Needle Warriors

> Mutate 8 Shadows

> Hatch more facehuggers

>>1582722
Hive count-
1 Queen
1 Alpha Shadow (Newt)
1 Predalien (Dutch)
1 Quillmorph (Quiet)
10 Warriors
10 Needle Warriors
10 Shredder Guardians
10 Bulky Heavy warriors
50 Drones
14 Builders
1 Navigator
12 Spine Rifle Warriors
10 AcidCasters
10 incinerators
20 Shadows
7 Carriers (14 Facehuggers kept safe)
6 Gremlins
1 Goliath (Unique)
38 eggs

>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

>>1582812

Guys, I would like to propose sending a royal egg and a hibernating carrier out into deep spehss.

Rolled 48 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1582821
>>1582812
>Starship armor first

Rolled 97 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1582812
Research body armor

>>1582972
time to upgrade the Goliath..

>>1582972

Nice.

>97+14. Starship Xenotroopers.

Your Builders and Gremlins have slowly peeled away the shattered hull of the front of the Taurus and Weathers. The thick metal is warped and cracked from the massive impact, fractures running through the entire ship.

As they cart it off they inspect it, coming to a realization. The armor is not a single solid sheet as they previously thought. Dozens of layers of steel, ceramic and ferrous metals are meshed together, fused into a sheet of metal thicker than a Drones body.

After experimenting with the Starship armor your builders come to the queen with their findings...

>Unlocked- Hive construct-Chitin Hull- the Hive nodes secrete mildly acidic oozes, converting the ships metals into extra durable chitin, the dissolved metal incorporated into the hive itself.
>Layered Armor mutation. Tightly Overlapping layers of chitin cover the body of the Xenomorph, concentrated over vital areas. Offers a stellar increase in defense for mobility cost
>Knowledge unlocked- Your weapons gain a insight into the weaknesses of human ship armor. They know the soft spots and will show no mercy...

>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 74 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1583239
>>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)
planet 1

Rolled 42 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1583239
Research Marine Body Armor

>74+10. Behind planet number 1 is...

Your sensor arrays pulse and vibrate rhythmically, pulses of radio waves moving toward the large planet in the system with negligible emissions.

Your builders chatter in excitement as they report that....
>Planet 1-large, moderate gravity with a arid climate due to low water in the atmosphere. Several human ships move in orbit along with a group of small human colonies on the surface. From the intercepted signals it is likely a mining outpost and colony.

>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, Missiles, Body armor, Starship armor, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 58 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1583469
>Research a tech
Starship armor

Rolled 72 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1583516
Seconding.

>>1583516
>>1583525
Shit I forgot I didn't remove it from the list.

Its already researched.

Any other techs you'd like to research?

>>1583532
Missiles would be helpful

>>1583525
>>1583532
>>1583536
Switch my roll to missiles, then.

>72+14. Missile me?

Your builders make a strange discovery in the main battery of the Taurus. Long cylinders of metal with small thrusters emerging from their base and sides.

Peeling it apart reveals its guts to the curious Gremlins and Builders. The interior of the object is filled with sensors, A reservoir of some type of acrid liquid takes up the main body of the interior. Its nose is filled with a solid cone of some Grey paste. To the builders it is a mystery until a small spark from two jumping wires in the missiles housing sets off a small amount of the substance, a burst of heat and noise sending the Gremlins fleeing.

>Missiles researched- Burster Spines. With a small BioEngine mounted on their rear they will embed themselves into the hull of enemy ships before their volatile interior explodes, rending and melting metal.
>Requires a Buster Spine Emplacement.

>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, Body armor, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 72 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1583614
Well then. Construct some Burster Spine emplacements.

>>1583624
>72+14
>72+14
Hmm. Dice like me right now, it seems.

Rolled 26 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1583614
>Research a tech( Rocket launcher)
boom boom bitch

>>1583614
Hey QM, can we create auxiliary hives? Would they be under our control, our would they run semi-independently of us?

I'd like to develop an atmospheric re-entry package that we can use to seed (read: invade) planets with starter-hive packages.

Rolled 88 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1583614
>Research a tech (Body Armor)

>>1583685
To build on This can we look into a modified missile we can develop? Make a false meteorite and launch some at the planet we looked at, with the core filled with facehugger eggs?

>>1583914
Sure but it must include a Royal Egg or a warrior in Stasis in the pod.

>88+14. Research body armor.

The Flimsy body armor of the colonial marines and Security forces are dredged up next, the Builders chittering in frustration over the fact they have so few intact samples.

The armors are peeled apart piece by piece, revealing their makeup to the inquisitive xenomorphs.

The armors are composed of polymer plates suspended between layers of tough fibers of some artificial makeup. Protecting the chest and back along the the thighs and shoulders it allows for decent protection from firearms and shrapnel. Claws and foot long spines, blades and bursts of acid however are a different story.

>Choose one.

>Weak spots- your Warrior castes gain a permanent bonus against human security and Military forces

>Bio-Armor- a upgrade to your warrior castes this is a living network of biomechanical muscles and fibers, along with plates of hardened chitin over the chest, back and head of a Xenomorph. Focusing on merging protection with speed.

>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 97 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1584224
>>Bio-Armor- a upgrade to your warrior castes this is a living network of biomechanical muscles and fibers, along with plates of hardened chitin over the chest, back and head of a Xenomorph. Focusing on merging protection with speed.
>>Research a tech( Rocket launcher, D100+14)

>>1584241
im with him on this. After that though, can we default research the rocketlauncher? It seems we are headed down the inquisitive tree of exploration and learning

>>1584329
Yep

>>1584241
>>1584329

>Bio-Armor Upgrade unlocked. Warriors can now be equipped with Bio-Armor if they have no other Biomechanical improvements on their chest and back.

>97+14. Rocket launcher time.

That tube shaped weapon used by the Colonial marines still irks your Builder caste. That weapon had rendered good warriors to paste in a moment.

The weapon is retrieved from where the Marines weapons and gear had be deposited, along with several of the shells that went with it.

The tube itself is simple, just a cylinder of hardened metal with a targeting reticule and a trigger that sends a charge to launch the small mini-missiles. Their knowledge of the missile bays from before has given them insight into this dissection.

>Mini-Burster pods. These long tubes of chitin and bone can be mounted onto the bodies of large units, allowing them to fire miniature Burster spines at their foes with a slow rate of fire.

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 27 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1584381

> Research

> See if you can combine your rocket launcher and shotgun designs

Scatter rockets anyone?

Rolled 40 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1584381
>Scan the large structure at the edge of the system

Rolled 92 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1584381
>>Build a hive construct (D100+14)
mount a couple missile launchers onto our hull

>>1584427
Aight, I can get behind this.

>>1584427
Any specific region of the hull you want them? Echo station is Vaguely round (protrusions and the rear halves of 2 frigates emerging from the hull on one side.) with the Boarding cannon and two Quillbursts on the "Top" of the station with another Quillburst on each "Side"

With that roll you will get 6 of them. You can cluster them in groups or spread them along the hull.

>>1584473
i say spread evenly in groups of 3 around the station

>>1584473

I like a big line on the opposite side of our boarding cannon.

They see big gun and go in back? Nope; six little guns fuck your day up.

>92+14. Burster Spine emplacements.

All along the hull of Echo Hive Builders and Drones move in groups, spreading Resin along the hull in thick ropes of artificial tissue leading up to the desired locations.

Echo Hive, being mostly run lacks a "Front" but the Burster Spine emplacements are spread along the side opposite the Bio-Engine and the Frigates embedded in the hull.

Thick tubes of chitin and bone are crafted, cords and conduits and tissue are threaded through the hull and linked with the Hive. The Bulky weapon emplacements lurch and swivel in their sockets, the masses of nerve tissue within them already searching for targets. The Spines are grown rapidly, needle sharp tips of chitin flare outward into pyramid shaped bases concealing the payload and mini Bio-engine.

>6 Burster Rocket Emplacements created.

>Research a tech(Write in, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

>>1584596
can a troop Spike survive re-entry onto a planet?

Rolled 49 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1584596
>>Research a tech(Ship weapon systems)
I think we should take a broad look at the various systems of the human ships to better understand the threat they pose to our infant space hulk. Instead of looking at specific weapon or sensors, we should look at how these things work together to make the ship operate. With this we should gain greater insight into the overall capabilities of a hostile fleet and how we can better counter them.

Rolled 66 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>1584381
I'd really like to find out what that distant station is all about, the fact that it is so far removed also says it is trying to avoid detection. For our next action after the new nodes are installed

Scan: Distant object at the edge of the system.

>>1584619
If fired from low orbit into a soft target then yes possibly. Aim for oceans.

>>1584696
>oceans
>soft
Dude you only need to be moving at about 40 mph for an impact with a body of water to do the same amount of damage as if it was concrete.

>>1584718
we'd have to shoot at an angle for better chances anyway. and it'd have to be a pretty big Spike

Hive count-
1 Queen
1 Alpha Shadow (Newt)
1 Predalien (Dutch)
1 Quillmorph (Quiet)
10 Warriors
10 Needle Warriors
10 Shredder Guardians
10 Bulky Heavy warriors
50 Drones
14 Builders
1 Navigator
12 Spine Rifle Warriors
10 AcidCasters
10 incinerators
20 Shadows
7 Carriers (14 Facehuggers kept safe)
6 Gremlins
1 Goliath (Unique)
54 eggs

>Hive constructs
1 Boarding spike Cannon. Capable of lobbing 6 medium sized Xenomorphs into an opposing craft.

Superior Sensor nodes-Spread along the hull of Echo hive they are capable of Detailed scanning and detection of the nearby system. +10 to scanning rolls

Superior Bio-Reactor- a massive construction in the center if Echo hive that produces massive amounts of power and useful chemicals that boost the engines and weapons. +5 to Engines and Weapons.

1 Bio-Plasma engine. Capable of slowly propelling the Hive through space these engines use superheated gases as propellant.

4 Quillburst Emplacements-Anti-Aircraft and point defense weaponry these fast firing weapon mounts will shred opposing light craft.

6 Burster Spine Emplacements- Their slow rate of fire is offset by their devastating damage these armor piercing spines will embed themselves in the hull of enemy craft before exploding in a burst of hellish flame.

Trapped hive interior- the interior of Echo hive is a deathtrap of acid and flechette nodes that will slaughter intruders.

>>1584718
Eh true, but the spines would be coming straight down with a extremely hard and narrow point penetrating the water first. It will be a rough landing but it shouldn't be suicidal.

>>1584596

> Research

Start seeing if we can combine researched weapons

Because we're better at killing than humans.

Rolled 27 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1584786

Rolled 46 + 15 (1d100 + 15)

>>1584792
cover roll

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>1584792
>>1584596
>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)
Rolling for overlapping plate armor on Goliath. Getting a little slower wont be too much of an issue. (if my previous roll of scanning the distant object has been rolled past. not sure whats up.)

I suggest a side story. Taking some of the characters and sending them off on their own, running the risk of a TPK but without a loss of the hive.

>>1584904
It wasnt passed up I just wanted to get a list up of what you guys have

>66+10. Scan distant object.

The Large object at the edge of the station intrigues the queen. Directing the builders she orders a intense scan of the structure. The sensor nodes vibrate and pulse with the urgency of their task.

The bursts of radio waves and energy readings are deciphered by the Builders linked to the system, their excited minds relaying the information to the Hive.

>Distant object.
>Similar in shape to Echo station this is apparently a military or a extremely secure installation, several frigate sized ships dock with and move around it in a tight grouping. It has very few outgoing signals but its hull is dotted with receivers.
>8 Frigate sized ships surround the station.

>Research a tech(Write in, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

>>1584904
That would be acceptable for a small commando type mission. Perhaps once you guys actually PICK SOMEWHERE TO GO.

>>1584904
You don't have to roll for that also, if its desired by more than one anon and isn't argued ill add it to the post.

Rolled 80 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585041
>>Research a tech(radios and communication jamming)
If we're going to start sweeping through this system we should try to figure out a way of severing communications between our target and the other humans in the system. If we pull it off right we could pick off of the smaller settlements and build ourselves up for a fight with the larger ones.

>>1585093
Agreed. commenting on a potential course of action. Jammers, reinforce the hive with the honeycomb latties, and prepare for ramming speed. While enroute we make final adjustments to our warriors and company.

Also...are that station might just have cloning pods, and its better to strike now than before we get rofl stomped.

Rolled 8 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585041
>Set a course (Arid Planet)

Rolled 26 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585198
counter for remote station, it will be harder, but once we make planetfall, getting back into space is much harder.

>>1585209
we'll just go full Nid, build giant Spike launchers planetside

>80+14. Research tech. Jamming tech.

Your builders have a sudden realization. In the vacuum of space the humans require their radio waves and signals to communicate with each other. If they could be silenced before an attacks was commenced then the other humans would be caught unawares until it was too late.

They experiment with several prototypes. A mass of tissue that absorbs the signals like a receiver.

A failure.

A node of long spines that agitate and produce mimicries of the signals.

Useful. But a failure.

Finally they come across their solution. A cluster of Nodes across the hull, paired with the sensor nodes. They produce random, meaningless pulses of radio waves and signals across a massive range of frequencies. They will drown out the humans screams for help.

>Scrambler nodes constructed. These nodes when activated can suppress the communications between ships in a section of the system around Echo Hive. Cannot scan while scrambling.

>Research a tech(Write in, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 66 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585209
Bad idea. Really, really bad idea. Burning up on entry / shot down by colonial fleet / everybody dies on impact. No win there.

>>1585226
>Research a tech
Hey, QM, could we engineer a parachute/heatshield/aerobraking device onto a boarding spike? That could solve our terminal deceleration issues with boarding spike landers.

Rolled 7 + 140 (1d10 + 140)

>>1585226
>Build a hive construct (D100+14)
get them Jammer nodes up

Rolled 4 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585246
how the hell did i make that mistake

>>1585234
A heatshield and Aerobraking addition could be added to the Boarding spikes for XenoDrop pods

>>1585246
Theyre already added. Small stuff like that is added once its researched. Weapons and major additions are the ones that have to be built after being researched.

>>1585250
This wasn't much better.

>>1585255
That's what I was rolling for. Apologies for the confusion.

>>1585266
Its all good buddy :) as long as we can clear up misunderstandings and OP confusion there will be mo complaints from me

>>1585266
Apparently, I cannot words tonight. The roll is for the purpose of researching the aerobraking tech and design the xeno pods.

That's better.

>66+14. Drop pods.

The builders hiss in annoyance as they survey the system scan data again. They cannot land on a planet and easily leave again with Echo Station. They need a way to get Xenomorphs down through the atmosphere to prepare a safe area for the hive.

To do that however, they require something more than the boarding spike.

A new design is thought up, prototypes molded from resin and chitin. Artificial tissue grafted and shaped into the desired form. A rounded cylinder of chitin, the interior filled with a extra thick layer of insulating jelly. Several compressed chambers of highly pressured gas line the front of the pod, an emergency brake of sorts. Towards the rear of the pod are heavily anchored flaps of chitin that will catch the air, slowing the pod to a, hopefully, safe impact speed.
>Drop pods researched.
>Aerobraking researched.

>I gave you a two-fer for being a dumb Op

>Research a tech(Write in, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)

>Set a course (where, D100+5)

>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

Rolled 80 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585226
Set a course (where, D100+5)
Outer Station..it sings to us.

Rolled 42 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585406
>>Set a course (where, D100+5)
Arid planet for miner raping

Rolled 36 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585406
>Build a hive construct
Shardstorn launcher

Additionally, create 1 builder.

>>1585417
Now, I'm not entirely up to date on our anti-ship capabilities, but moving our hive to a probably highly fortified installation guarded by _eight_ warships (probably with weapons likely capable of penetrating Echo Station from stem to stern) doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

OP, what's the range on the drop pods? Do we need to be in orbit of a planet to use them?

>>1585447
You need to be rather close to the planet to get a good shot off with the Pods

>>1585447
>>1585417

Youre armaments are basically the boarding spike launcher, the Quillbursts and the Burster Spine launchers. Echo station has a.... Slight amount of punch.

Ill give you guys a bit to hash things out.

Rolled 42 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585452
Figured as much. How long does in-system travel take (aka how much can we build on the way)?

>Set a course for the colonial planet

>>1585475
Setting a course is one action, ill allow 2-3 actions before you reach your destination.

>>1585417
But unless this Anon changes his roll we will have 1 turn before reaching this station after we set course.

>>1585499
Hey QM, what's the WOG on (hostile) ship to ship weapons in this setting? Instakill railguns, Itano Circus missiles, fighter swarms, etc?

I'm going to read the session on space combat (I missed it), but it'd be nice to hear it from the xeno's mouth, so to speak.

>>1585417
Don't be crazy anon we need waay more dakka to go toe to toe with that kind of firepower.

>>1585529
There hasnt been any real space combat yet considering they completely ganked my escort fleet that was supposed to be a challenge.

Basically Frigates are flying cannons with a powerful, slow firing main cannon. Missiles are present but slow, you will have a D100+5 to attempt to shoot them down or Evade (evading is hard with only one engine and a huge ass station)

Fighters will be a threat when engaging military ships along with shuttles that will attempt to land on you if engaging large numbers if ships or if you take significant damage.

Cruisers are larger ships that have multiple mid-class weapons mounted on their sides. Expect missile volleys and storms of fire from weapons batteries. They are cumbersome however and are only really a threat if they can engage at range.

Carriers are rarely seen without escorts. They carry large numbers of troops, fighters and shuttles that will attempt to ruin your day. They lack most weapons, consisting mainly of thick armor and point defense.

You haven't run into a battleship yet. Be grateful.

>>1585499
>>1585475
>>1585488
Based on what is said, I would strongly advocate the below; increased hive suitability/ survivability
>>1583239
"Unlocked- Hive construct-Chitin Hull- the Hive nodes secrete mildly acidic oozes, converting the ships metals into extra durable chitin, the dissolved metal incorporated into the hive itself."
>>1580170
">Structural supports. A honeycomb-like structure throughout the hive. The metal infused chitin will absurd damage AMD stress upon the superstructure of the hive should anything catastrophic happen to it."

but the hivemind has its own will, and I am just a small part of the chorus.

>>1585563
You can always switch your roll, you know. We'd really appreciate it if you would, we don't want to die.

>>1585563
If you'd like to switch your vote to either of these you can :) your previous roll will apply to your vote if you wish.

>>1585563
Besides, we only have one turn until we arrive at the station under the current plan of action.

Can I advocate setting up a splinter hive on the arid planet _before_ throwing ourselves into a large-scale combat situation with our only asset?

>>1585603
this seems like solid course of action. have the planet as a back up area

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>>1585634
While not changing my roll, I am in full support of this action as contingency.

>>1585659
Fair enough. Action locked in. Writing.

>>1585659
>Can only do one thing at a time
>Have to be in orbit to launch drop pods
>Must change roll to enact contingency
>Not changing roll

>>1585668
Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

>80+5. Set course for the station.

The Queen sorts through the information given her by the Sensors. She ponders and thinks, scratching her head with a claw as the momentous decision weighs upon her mind.

She eventually settles on the vaguely familiar, if smaller station on the edge of the system. The Engines to the rear of the craft flare, pushing its ponderous bulk at ever Increasing speeds.

>Course set for Beta Station.
>1 Turn till you arrive and register on their sensors

>Research a tech(Write in, D100+14)

>Build a hive construct (D100+14)

>Mutate a hivemate (Who into what)


>Scan a target thoroughly (D100+10)

>Other

>>1585672
Sorry I just hate to do multiple things in each post. Its hard for me to keep Track of.

Rolled 91 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585701
>>Build a hive construct (D100+14)
build another Spike launcher

>>1585718
Supporting. When we get into battle, scramble all the human's communications.

>>1585718
Now. Do you mean another Boarding spike launcher?

You already have a absolutely epic one that was built off of a nat crit success.

Or do you mean a set of Spine cannons which are the actual hull weapons of Echo Hive.

>>1585735
Don't we already have a set of spine missile cannons? If so, let's build some shardstorms, otherwise, let's build some spine cannons.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>1585735
1 for another Boarding launcher
2 for more cannons

>>1585735
I vote for the cannons, we need a heavy armor piercing weapon for frigates.

>>1585771
You have six of them but they are slow as fuck to fire

Rolled 47 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585718
Research a tech(Write in, D100+14)
Rolling for the structural reinforcements. Right now while we have weapons we dont have durability, and I strongly suspect beta station will be captured much the same as Echo was, by collision. Once we are entangled with them, the humans will be hurt from the impact, and we will have hopefully plowed past their defenses while shooting at whatever is opportunistic. They are unlikely to shoot at their station once we have impacted.

>>1585775
More cannons it is.

Rolled 96 + 14 (1d100 + 14)

>>1585701
>Research a tech (Spacecraft Construction)

>>1585859
Dammit. No spine cannons. Still, good roll anon.

>>1585859
are we just becoming the Nids now?

>91+14. Spine Cannons. Six to be exact.

After reviewing the data from the sensor nodes, the Builders begin getting nervous. The small Frigate shaped ships around the Smaller station will be hard targets for the missiles and too large for the Quillbursts.

They need something.... Bigger.

Across the hull of Echo Hive the Builders and Drones swarm, working tirelessly as the twinkling lights of the station and escort fleet grow ever closer.

Large sockets of bone and chitin are crafted along the hull in strategic locations, giving a wide cone of fire. The hulking barrels of specially crafted resin take shape, nodes grown along their sides. Thick cords of tissue feed the hungry weapons, massive clips of the dense spines waiting their turn to fly through the vacuum at mind boggling speeds.

>6 Spine Cannons built. Nearly 360° arc of fire is possible around the station with majority of firepower on the "Front".

>Anything you wish to to before entering their sensor range?

>>1585859
First 3 anon. First 3. Excellent roll however.

>>1585894
In my mind that's the natural evolution of a race that consumes and adapts. They learn and adapt and improve. Their bodies themselves are designed to improve over time

>>1585894
I see nothing wrong with this tech path.

>>1585899
Dangit. Next time I'll get it.

>>1585897
if it is a free action, or passivly on I do not know. If it needs to be rolled for, i will do so, but it may be time to activate the jammers to see if some of the ships will come to passively investigate us so we can thin out their numbers.

>>1585928
I'll second this.

>>1585928
That's what I meant
>>1585938
The Spookster lives!

>Jammers activated.

Across the hull of Echo Hive, The once shining metal now crisscrossed and marked by black chitin and twitching weapon mounts, the Intricate jamming nodes begin vibrating.

Their bursts of frenzied, nonsensical signals fill every frequency, droning out all communication behind a wall of white noise.

Echo Hive drifts closer and closer, weapons swiveling and preparing to fire, the Warrior castes rousing from their slumber, Builders and Drones pulling away from the outermost layers of the hive.

>A pair of Frigates have spotted you on their sensors and are moving to investigate.

>another pair are on the far side of Beta Station. They have not registered you yet.

>4 Are Docked with Echo station, possibly being Refueled or in dock for repairs they are not crewed at the moment.

>Fire the Spine cannons (D100+5, at who)

>Fire the Burster Spikes (D100+5, at who)

>Fire the Boarding cannon (D100+5, at who)

>RAMMING SPEED (D100, chance of hive damage.)

Rolled 90 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585996
>Boarding cannon at one of the frigates coming at us, burster spikes at the other.

Rolled 73 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585996
>>Fire the Boarding cannon (D100+5, at who)
at one of the approaching Frigates and then
>RAMMING SPEED (D100, chance of hive damage.)
right at the station's hangar

Rolled 83 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1585996
>>Fire the Burster Spikes (Frigates closing in)

Rolled 7 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1586024
for the ramming

>>1586024
Non, non. Use boarding cannon on the docked ships, it works better.

>>1586023
Actually, I'd like to amend this to boarding cannon at one of the docked frigates, and burster spines at the two approaching frigates.

Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>1585996
RAMMING SPEED!

Rolled 20 (1d100)

RAMMING SPEED

>>1586048
>>1586067
Pls no.

>90+5. Fire boarding cannon at one frigate and Burster spikes at the other.
>From now on in space combat due to the variety of weapons and options available to you, roll a D100+5 for each weapon/action you do to a max of 3 plz.

A group of three warriors and drones load themselves into the boarding cannon, sealing the side of the spike behind them. Your builders long since have streamlined the process where they no longer have to venture across the hull to do so.

The Frigates draw closer, inquisitive radio waves stemming from their comms stations. Their weapons are not live, the barrels sealed with a irising metal cap that prevents debris from entering the massive weapons.

How naive.

With dull thuds that can be felt throughout the nearby section of the hive the Burster spine launchers fire, a cluster of six self propelled spikes rip through space, bursts of propellant speeding them along at ever faster rates.

The nearest frigate shivers under the impact as it is struck by all six along its nose and midsection, the Heavy, dense spikes plunging deep into the unfortunate frigate. Seconds go by as their volatile insides mix and boil. With a series of emerald fireballs the rightmost frigate is ravaged, fragments of hull and crew blown into space by the ferocity of the detonations. The lights onboard the Frigate flicker and die, its engines cutting out as fires rage through the hull.

Your boarding spike launcher fires a moment later, aiming at the Frigates..

>Nose. Hit then straight in their bridge and fire control systems

>Midsection. Kill their life support and prevent their fighters from launching

>Rear of the ship. Kill the engines and Reactor. Leave them to drift.

>>1586101
>>Midsection. Kill their life support and prevent their fighters from launching

>>1586101
>Nose. We need hosts.

>>1586101
>>Nose. Hit then straight in their bridge and fire control systems
Those main guns are probably the biggest threat to the hive, and we can try to create another ship to ship collision. Two birds one stone.

>Nose.

The weapons and point defenses of the second frigate spin up, the irising metal cap over the barrel of the main cannon sliding open far too slowly.

The boarding spike flies through space at a blistering speed, propelled by supercompressed gases toward its target.

The impact is so fierce the Frigate is actually knocked at an angle, the lights aboard the craft flickering as the entire ship is jolted viciously. The Boarding spike wedged between two decks the Xenomorphs wait until the resin around the rear of the spike seals off the vacuum rushing air before they emerge.

They crawl out of the spike and shake the slime from their claws, admiring the glorious carnage spread across the room their journey had come to an end in. Splatters of bodies and various abandoned limbs adorn the walls and floor, blood gathering in pools that their claws splash in.

>Assign Boarding crew 1 a task (D100)
>1 Frigate disabled and critically damaged.
>Burster spikes reloading

>Continue on with the assault. Fire the Spine cannons at who.(D100+5)

>Fire the Boarding cannon at Who (D100+5)

>Ramming speed (D100+5)

>Other

Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>1586213
>Boarding crew
Lock down the hangars. Kill/incapacitate the command staff. Clear the command deck.

>Boarding cannon + spine cannons at the docked ships.

>>1586235
>Can only roll once, OP.

Rolled 15 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1586239
EDIT: Rolling

Rolled 50 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1586248
OP, can we roll once and have it apply to all actions, pretty please? This is getting annoying.

>>1586254
Yeah sure. That was a dumb idea of me.

>>1586260
Also, I'm out for the night, OP. Fun playing with you.

Rolled 96 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1586213
1 roll 3 actions
-Ramming speed to station

-fire the boarding cannon at either of the docked ships, it matters not, but make sure to load it with a few shadows.

-gather the hive members into the safest areas, such as pods, etc, if this ramming is the dominant action to take. we need not loose so many..

>>1586289
Well fuck. That's a hell of a ram

>>1586270
Goodnight anon :) thanks for playing!

>>1586289
I'm supporting this. Good shit.

>>1586289
RIP guys in the station

>96+5. Ramming speed. Boarding crew 1 and firing boarding cannon cannon again.

>Boarding crew 1- Target the command deck.

Your Warriors and drones aboard the frigate rip their way through the stunned crew. Blood spatters the walls as crewmen scream in terror. Some attempt to run. Some attempt to fight. Some attempt to hide.

They all fail.

Claws and fangs descend upon them, shredding flesh like paper and releasing the fragile guts upon the ground in bloody piles of gore.

The door to the bridge is nearly sealed before it is pried open by claws and hate. The men and women in the bridge have time to realise their fate before they are torn to pieces in a tide of claws.

>Boarding cannon. 6 shadows fired at random docked Frigate.

A group of your shadows squeal silently in the gel of the boarding pod. They rocket across the gap of space as they grow ever closer to their target. With the shriek of rending metal they impact, the spike driving deep into the unoccupied craft. The shadows peel themselves from the spike and scamper along the ducts, hiding until they are needed.

>RAMMING SPEED.

Echo Hive is not a fast structure. It is not maneuverable. It is however, massive. The immense amount of weight the structure has at its disposal is completely unstoppable.

The Drones and Builders retreat into the depths of the hive, the Queen nervously bracing her bulk against the walls tightly. The engine shifts at the last minute, swiveling the station so the undeveloped "Bottom" makes the impact.

With a world ending crash the two stations collide, a collision of hundreds of miles a hour between two multi-Million ton stations fusing metal at a molecular level, drones and warrior thrown about like toys as they squeal in shock and fear. The smaller beta station is jarred violently, ripping two of the Frigates free of their moorings and crushing a third under Echo hives bulk.

>Beta Station And Echo station are now literally fused together.

>Task for Boarding parties 1 and 2

>Fire Spine cannons at Patrolling ships (D100+5)

>Fire Burster Spikes at patrolling ships (D100+5)

>Other

Rolled 30 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1586441
>Fire Spine Cannons at Patrolling Ships

Rolled 50 + 5 (1d100 + 5)

>>1586441
>>Fire Spine cannons at Patrolling ships (D100+5)

Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>1586441
I am going to call it a night after this, but its been a lot of fun violently refreshing this quest. I am happy of the outcome, and have only a single action.
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task for shadows: attempt to plow ship into the echo station side of this hellish mass of steel and chitin. I doubt they can shoot at all, but hey, if possible, go for it guys.

>>1586457
Forgot to vote for Boarding Party tasks.. Crew one tries to find the Fire control room, Crew two attempts to fuck around in enemy engineering?

>>1586462
On frigates fire control is in the bridge

>>1586472
In that case, since I'm the only one who's voting for Crew one at the moment it seems... Fight towards enemy life support? We need air to breathe, but at least we can handle fucked-up temperatures.

>This will have to resume tomorrow guys. Its nearly 2:30 here and OP has reached Brainmelting levels of schleepy. Stay awesome you glorious bastards.

>>1586477
op died again. awaiting OP resurrection.

>>1588056
OP returns to you full of energy and hatred of all living things.

>>1588068
Whats wrong?

>>1588087
Not a thing amigo :) that's my general state of existence

>>1588095
Kek

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>>1588068
I have a solution to your woes, OP. And it's even thematically appropriate.