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The first cat appears slightly pudgy with thin limbs- the result of a sedentary lifestyle. He's slow and his feet are unsure under him, a simple dodge and slash will suffice for him. The second is stronger- with muscles bulging unnaturally; stretch marks indicating a chemically induced growth. He's sweating even without excursion. You find this strange- you think a member of the Consortium “warrior class” would be paid enough and given enough time to grow a good physique naturally. Then you see his muscle insertion points, the asymmetry in his predator eyes, the reliance on cheap chemical hormones- this is just the result of bad breeding, honestly.

Oh. You now understand the true purpose behind this training exercise.

You duck the first attack and respond with a slash too fast for him to react to- severing his throat and killing him. The artificial blood spills onto the floor with a satisfying, though still clearly fake, choking sound. The second one you advance and attack- attacking through his sloppy guard with quick stabs to the abdomen. You can guard you neck all you want, it won't protect the rest of you. In the span of a few seconds, you have dispatched the dummies.

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The bio-bots, in the shape and appearance of the Leraay, lay defeated in the fake spaceship corridor. You can't fault the director of combat simulations- this did feel very real. It's just a step away from real hologram technology. You do feel a little awkward for them pulling out all the stops for your little session.

”...You may not be a dueling master the likes of Eoba, or myself- I can tell you have only mastered a single weapon, when true warriors have many. Still, good work.”
”Ahh, thank you, your Majesty.” You did not know the Supreme Ruler was here. That explains a lot.
”I have come to tell you your new assignment. Starting today, you will head my defense fleet at The Stand.”
”That is a very important position to offer me, Lord. Surely there are other men more qualified then me? I am still early in my career.”
”It is not your decision. Besides- that's exactly what I need. The youth. The neuroplastic. We have been staring at the same stuffy planet for years now- going over the same strategies and the same simulations. We need fresh eyes.”
”Then I accept the position with gratitude.” You bow.
”Very good. Though, I do wonder- what does a young Takar want to get out of this? Your family has been less important in Hegemony politics in recent generations- once one of the most respected. Or, are you hoping for personal glory? I can tell by the way you hold yourself- you have a great need to prove yourself. Which is more important to you?”

This comment burns you. How can he see through you so easily? Your planned response of “to bring only glory to my Supreme Ruler” isn't going to work- he can just tell you don't truly mean it. What do you truly care about more?

>Revitalize the Takar Family!
>My own personal Glory!

>>5879683
Ayyy, we're back. Guess we're finally getting to holodeck territory, that explains the weird scenario.
>My own personal Glory
I'm tired of making every character all selfless and long planning. Let's have someone who just wants to be good for themselves.

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory!

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!

>>5879683
>>My own personal Glory!

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!

>>5879683
>>Revitalize the Takar Family!

OH SHIT WE ARE BAAAAAAAACK!

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!
we are so back

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!

>>5879683
>>Revitalize the Takar Family!
Is that a chance to get traditions back on the table?

>>5879882
Unhumble the Aristocrats and take back the pride that was stolen!

>>5879683
>>Revitalize the Takar Family!

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!

As we are back, so shall the Takars be

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory!
I wanna fancy dueling move named after us, in traditional style!

>>5879683
>>My own personal Glory!

>>5879683
>>My own personal Glory!
Nice to be back.

>>5880198
Also supporting this idea.

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As with the previous Sidequest- the new rules for 1post IDs still apply. This is your complimentary warning.

Normal votes or flavor votes will allow for 1 post ids, but for large and contentious votes, 1post ids will not be allowed and backlinking to 1post ids will also not be allowed. This is to prevent intentional sabotaging or samefagging. While there is no strict time limit- these votes will come without warning so make sure to get your ID in before it's too late.

>>5880313
Why is backlinking not allowed?
t. curious dynamic IP

>>5880316
maybe you can tripfag to make sure your voice is counted?

>>5880325
Good idea, but I'm just curious why it's banned. Did something spicy happen?

>>5880316
1post ids backlinking to other 1post ids to prevent a faulty vote chain. I don't foresee it being a problem, but this is a preventative measure.

>>5880328
More than an entire shitstorm happened, yes.

>>5880328
Heavy suspicion of samefaggotry turning on their head important and controversial votes (Sunshine betrayal and if Hazaar are unredeemable comes to mind)

>>5880362
Total Hazaar death, as far as I'm concerned. If I remember who they were correctly, that is.

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family!

What happened to samefriend rights? Samefriends are voters too!

>>5880374
Yeah, I don't want to re-live that part of the quest
The issue was are Hazaar rotten in each and every case or could we set a precedent of Red Hazaar empathy, that was overturned by an ocean of 1PBTID Spam

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory!

hi

>>5880362
Poor Sunshine ;_;

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory!
An ambitious appointee looking for personal glory is how the brits conquered India, I say we let Hass try his hand at megalomania.

>>5880313
I'll still say that I appreciate the initiative.

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory!
I'll admit I'm a bit indecisive about this one. I'm mostly just voting in case I decide to go lurker mode later.

>>5879683
>My own personal Glory!

>>5880550
same

>>5880313
Noting my work IP.

>>5879699
Pretty sure this was my vote from home.

>>5880550
Same boat

Honestly, sorta prefer revitalizing the line now that I think about it- mainly just to get more Takars as Candidates- I mainly just voted for glory just because I thought the duel moves names were cool.

>>5880605
Can now confirm.

>>5879683
>Personal Glory
My success is my house's success, and my house's success is your success and the empire's!

>>5879683
>Revitalize the Takar Family

>>5879683
Changing my vote to
>Personal Glory

>>5880748
You've convinced me.

>>5879683
>>5879852
>>5880799
Forgot to link my vote change, just to make less of a headache.

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While the idea to bring honor to your family name, a lofty ambition, is at the forefront of your mind- you decide with all honesty and sincerity that you are more after your own personal reputation and glory here. Young and hungry for approval from the Supreme Ruler- you know your ambition will not be looked down upon, but instead celebrated.

”In that case, my Lord, I wish to prove myself. I want to earn my place among the heroes of the Hegemony's past- and earn myself a Golden Band.”
”And I shall give you one. When you earn it.”
”Yes, my Master! I will not fail you!”

You are now Bantam Falathane, the Supreme Ruler of the Hegemony. It is currently Year 64 of the Resurrection Era, and you are getting impatient.

For the past several years, you have been doing nothing but prepare- prepare for an attack by a rival power in your part of the Galaxy- the Consortium. They embody the opposite of your people and culture- a multi-racial-cosmopolitan, egalitarian, degenerate capitalist society. The stakes are high here- the battle itself may be a token conflict- but it represents the differences in ideology. To lose to them would put your reign forevermore in disgrace- and make it seem as though your grand and mighty unbroken chain of Supremacy has lost to the rabble. It must not be.

You make a mental checklist of your current position.

You are the Supreme Ruler of the Hegemony- the political and cultural center of your entire empire. Wielding absolute power; you are the sole mind and voice which guides the Hegemony. The Hegemony is a interstellar empire made up of the Jaxtian race- a species of primate native to your lush homeworld of Jaxt. After many years of eugenic control and constant technological advancement; you have become quite formidable against other forces in space.

You own and have colonized one whole Star-Cluster which includes several stars, habitable planets, space habitats, industrial systems, and an in-progress ecumenopolis. Your population will soon reach 300 Billion Jaxtians, who create the intellectual and commercial profit to power your empire.

You currently have access to Mark II Fusion Cores, which rely on deuterium or tritium fuel to operate as opposed to pure hydrogen- the most common and plentiful element in the universe.

You currently can build and have a fleet of Crusier-Class ships. You do not have the capabilities to build Battleship-Class ships, which are much more powerful.

You have discovered and have access to two Strategic Resources- types of resources that cannot be synthesized from normal matter or can't be found on any given planet or solar-system. These resources are Azurium, an extremely strong metal famed for its stability, conductivity, and heat-proofing- only able to be worked with special magnetic forges. The second resource is the BAG, or Boson-Accumulator Gas, which can transform energy into many kinds of matter- such as stable superheavy radioactive materials, antimatter, and more.

You have an extremely advanced network of computers run by AI personality and computational cores. Currently, you are running the Threemind- a triplicate AI overmind based on three different computer architectures combined together- which is impossible to hack or overpower. As far as your current enemies and rival and concerns, you are unmatched in this regard. Because of the importance of high level computers for scientific and genetic research- you are leading in this area.

You have Exterminated several intelligence species. This is considered a serious atrocity in the eyes of some of your galactic rivals; causing friction in diplomacy. On the upside, it has given you a great notoriety that makes you feared and respected as warriors.

Your understand of the deeper mysteries of the universe, such as Starsight, are average at best.

The Jaxtians species themselves has been Augmented with stolen genes from other alien species; adapted to your own biology. These upgrades include elongated lifespans, a sleep-suspension gene, increased size and strength for “Alpha” Jaxtians (though you are an Alpha, you are pureblooded), a matching of the lifespans of regular and “Alpha” Jaxtians, and an evolved Inner-Ear that grants greater spatial awareness and more fine senses which is still working its way into the general population via your Indigo Clone Program.

Culturally, your people have continued the line of Succession of Supreme Rulers without a party or republic system. Eoba II has since reformed your selection process and the gene-caste system, allowing Supreme Ruler candidates to be chosen from early life success and merit as opposed to pure potential. You personally lowered the prestige and importance of the ruling noble families of the Hegemony- which lowered your cultural richness and tradition- but was necessary to cut costs and balance the budget of your empire.

You have two Overseers who help delineate your responsibilities in running your nation. These are Overseer of Infrastructure, currently held by Mann Yumm, and Overseer of Science, recently taken over by Maktana III, the son and exact genetic clone of the previous Overseer- Maktana II.

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Politically; you have the following relationships with the neighboring powers.
You are in a Non-Speaking, Non-Aggression Pact with the Esaal, but are very friendly otherwise.
You are on poor to neutral terms with the Aristocrats.
You are at war with the Consortium.
You have had no contact with the Seekers for centuries now. With much of their territory gobbled up by the Consortium; in all likelihood they are no more.

With the general state of the Hegemony all laid out, you focus on the more immediate task at hand.

https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2023/5605303/

The current focus of the war with the Consortium is centered around The Stand, which is the name you have given a tiny, unwanted planet orbiting a red giant. The concern over this planetary system is only relevant at all is for two key reasons; it is the closest planetary body you own near Consortium space, and it has a decent supply of Azuirum, which has currently been reserved to building your massive planet-wide cityscape that will be home to billions upon billions of your people for centuries to come. Due to border friction and politics- the Consortium claim it as their own and have since sent two assaults to try and dislodge your defense. You have repelled both; and are preparing for the third and final wave.

Why is it important? Truthfully, the planet has little value intrinsically, and while the Azurium is quite valuable and you aren't sure where you will be able to get more for the near future, it isn't a totally irreplaceable resource. So why fight? It has become a token conflict. Something representative of the difference between your two powers. To back off is to show weakness for both nations- and to the absolute power of the Supreme Ruler- and so in order to prove yourself- you must stand and fight. For this mission, you are resolved. You have staked your legacy on it, and have no choice in the matter. And given the closeness of the Consortium's leadership and the space worms- a hateful race bent on proving your true ultimate purpose of defeating entropy futile- this goes beyond simply a spat between two political powers.

However, that doesn't mean it's going to be easy. The first two waves were small; exploratory or minor attack forces. The third is going to be all out- taking the full might of the Consortium's massive GDP and industrial base against you. Even if they are individually less advanced and weaker then your own great race; the many peoples of the Consortium can drown you in their excess. Quantity over quality, in this case. Plus, they may still have a few tricks you aren't too sure about. That duplicate 'ghost fleet' nearly got you to retreat last time. Who knows what else they could have in store...

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The Consortium is no doubt trying to advance their own technology and weapons at the same time you are- which is a perfect explanation as to how you caught a smuggler trying to bring something into Consortium space through your territory.

This vial of special stuff is colloquially known as Celestial Blood, and is another form of Strange Matter. Maktana III has spent the last few years in furious research over this material, and suspects this could be a third Strategic resource out in space, similar to Azurium and BAG. The Consortium doesn't seem to have any data on the material, which is why they were desperate to get their hands on some for research purposes. However, it appears the Aristocrats already know of the substance and have quite a lot of experience with it- though they call it the Celestial Wine.

Maktana III explains to you that the Celestial Blood has properties similar to a liquid physically- but is remarkable for its ability to move through and bond with normal matter without changing or altering existing bonds. Essentially, this means the Celestial Blood can be used to bond two things together or create new chemical or electrical connections without damaging or breaking apart existing machines- or especially importantly- organic, living things. It could be thought of as a liquid electrical wire, a bloodless umbilical cord, a free form tool without cutting edge. It's the stem-cell of valance bonds. Naturally, as with any of these rare forms of matter found out in the exotic reaches of space; the implications for what this could actually be used for in practical terms is insane. Maktana III reports that science teams all over the Hegemony are up in arms over trying to get even a molecule of this stuff for testing or prototyping purposes- we haven't seen anti-social behavior out of the scientists of the Hegemony like this since the days of Ingar!

Sadly, you do not have any idea how to get more of this material, or where it can be found. The Aristocrats are not willing to share any of the Celestial Wine or information with you at the present time. More research will be required for more information or practical uses of the Celestial Blood.

You've done everything else you can so far. You've paced back and forth over strategies, hired and trained the very best pilots and captains, commissioned more ships to be built to exacting specifications, repaired the damage to The Stand's fortifications and cleared the debris field- and yet it's just back to the horrid waiting. You decide to ask your digital assistant and mastermind behind the Hegemony's AI network- Threes.

”I can't stand waiting around anymore. I am wasting time doing this. What should I be doing to prepare?”
“Scientific advancement.”
”The timescale is too long for any serious research. Even if we had Battleships unlocked by tomorrow, we wouldn't have time to build any in the next few years before they come.”
“Correct, your Majesty. There isn't time for a major overhaul of Hegemony schematics, ships, or your defenses- but there is still science to be done. Science is not merely huge leaps and bounds found via new technologies- such things are rare and more of an exception to the rule. Most science and development happens in small stages- small improvements that cultivate over years and years to new standards. Instead, focus on minor advancements- things that a small software update, or a single production run could cover and send out. These will have a big impact in the end.”
”Hmm. I'm intrigued. Send me a list.”
“Yes, your Highness.”

With a blip- a screen is shown to you revealing a small tech tree. This is your list of research projects of micro-advancements- small advances or projects that can be simulated, compiled, organized, put into effect, produced, and distributed in about a years time each.

“The grayed-out projects are future projects, which you will be able to authorize researching only when the previous research is fully finished, as it requires that first step to put into motion. The research projects without a projected future may or may not have a future project associated with it.”
”Hmm. And are all of these equally useful and viable? I'm sure your projections can be calculate the cost-benefit anaylsis of each.”
“No, my lord. Each project is independent of each other in terms of value. Some may be immediately useful, or some may not be useful at all. Some may be critical for a future project we have no idea about that would be the crux of our entire defensive strategy, or one project may only be useful at the first stage of research, with following projects having greatly diminished returns. I cannot tell the future- Only give you the projects culled from lists of millions of potentials into what I calculate to be the more beneficial and achievable for the Hegemony at this time. Once you tell me which project to allocate our spare resources to- all available budget, science personnel, and spare computer cycles will go towards it.”
”Hmm. Tell me a bit more about each project.”

“The Bio-Bots, which are based on the Leraay skin-suit technology, are AI puppeted flesh and blood cyborgs which we have started to produce in recent years both for training- but more importantly for espionage. Given our superior AI technology over the Consortium, it wouldn't be difficult to insert several of these robots as spies into their society in the same way they once had spies within ours. This first project will be about programming and covertly sneaking our robot spies among the Consortium systems and stars. While it is unlikley they will be able to get high in the chain of command, even a few loose agents transmitted data covertly back to the Hegemony will be of great value to us. Even with our deep-space listening outposts the Consortium are doing a great effort to not broadcast their combat goals, size and strength of their forces, or timeplan of attack. They must be sharing this information among themselves somehow; probably through physical media or direct light transmission as to not be listened to in hyperspace channels.

The second project is about stealing a tactic used by the Consortium against us; a disposable lattice of conductive material, cheaply mass produced, and warped in along with their attack ships to absorb the first volley of fire from our laser artillery. It seemed they had a forewarning about our artillery from a spy listening post in The Stand's star system that we overlooked, which has since been dealt with. There is also a potential to create a repairable and reusable model of the conductive lattice- an environmentally friendly way to reuse the screens as long as we have enough downtime between attacks to repair them and put them back into position.

The third project is for our laser artillery itself- which was prone to overheating and couldn't sustain itself during the previous battle. The laser artillery battery is located on The Stand's planetary surface to protect it, but sadly couldn't dissipate its heat quick enough given how much it was firing. With a new cooling system, these turrets could remain useful for a longer engagement. There is also potential to reuse this thermal energy to help power the laser turrets themselves; essentially letting us power even more of them and make a stronger artillery bank.

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The fourth project is about streamlining and finding useful tactics for our highly advanced and well equipped boarding teams. While we have boarded enemy ships many times before; during the previous second wave against The Stand- ship boarding was deemed too risky and not useful enough, as it would take too long to disable ships from within as opposed to just blowing them up, be too risky to put our own troops into position, and not to mention the potential for friendly fire once a ship was captured. As such, we didn't make much use of it then. Even during Cijan Anak's grand reconquistia, ship boarding was only used to kill a high value target. However, more research into tactics, drills, and elite troops could be done to make ship boarding more viable in a large scale engagement like this.

The fifth and final project is an unknown; but simply researching the Celestial Blood more and seeing what practical use it has, if any, for the defense of The Stand. It would also include letting Maktana III have more reign over our science departments and getting more information on where we could potentially source more of the substance, however, it is a total unknown if it will result in more projects or if they will be useful for warfare.”

”Thank you, Threes. That information will suffice. I have one more question- do you have a recommendation for a first project?”

“Yes. Disperse the bio-bots into the Consortium. The sooner we send them out, the more information we can get before the Consortium gets wise to our tactics. Once they find a good method for identifying them from their normal population, as we have with their skin-suit-spies, they will no longer be of any use.”

Now it is time to decide. With that massive amount of information out of the way- it is time to begin organizing the real final defense of the Stand. What research project should you start with first?

>Bio-Bot Dispersion
>Energy-Scattering Lattices
>Laser Artillery Cooling
>Ship Boarding Tactics
>Celestial Blood Research

>>5880865
>Ship Boarding Tactics

Samefriends will board the ships!

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>>5880870
There is NO way you read all that shit in 2 minutes bro

>>5880865
>>Energy-Scattering Lattices

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>>5880874
>>5880870
Lmao

>>5880865
>Bio-Bot Dispersion
Celestial Blood WOULD be interesting, if we weren't going to go to war soon. We need something we got a decent idea of the practicality of instead of mystery box stuff that might ultimately be a time sink.

>>5880865
>Bio-Bot Dispersion
Our key advantage is our AI technology, right? Let's leverage that.

>>5880865
>Biobots
If some get discovered, then they are rogue fragments of our AI looking to escape the horrors of our totalitarian state.

>>5880865
>Celestial Blood Research

>>5880865
>Ship Boarding Tactics
Upgrading our monke capital is well worth using our scientific capital, like using our eggheads to make an space marine omelette.

The mystery box does tempt me- undoubtedly could be a two-for-one, specifically with the Laser Artillery Cooling system- just imagine combining the turrets with the cooling temp of liquid nitrogen.

>>5880903
And replace it… with another?

Nah, at best the biobots it will become better Ferangi- and desu, I imagine industrial and corporate espionage to be more useful, what with the disposable lattice being a mass produced design and their reliance on industrial might. Maybe we could control the Consortium black market, akin to how the worms control the regular market?

This is true. Make enough money and use it correctly and you become the elite. No need to sneak in to their secret meetings. Just market manipulation and blackmail should be enough.

>>5880865
>Bio-Bot Dispersion
Best case scenario : we have long term, high level sources of intelligence.
Mid case scenario : strategic posts will be scanned for bio bots. Still, we will hear commercial and industrial secrets by sheer number presence
Bad case scenario : we get the shaft from one tip to the other with that development. But this doesn't open in this quest, right?

>>5880931
Actually, I can think of a worse case scenario, but I’ll leave the fun bit for y’all to figure out

>>5880865
>Ship Boarding Tactics
If we can capture enemy ships we will learn more than from destroying the

>>5880865
>Celestial Blood Research
Can't resist a mystery box

>>5880938
You think they'll go skynet on us? If we got that upgrade that gave ai more independence I'd be more worried about it, but since we didn't I'm not too concerned.
Or is it that the consortium will find out and reverse engineer them, then try to use it on us? I wouldn't worry since they are apparently behind on ai tech. Worse case is that this helps them in their tech, but even then they won't be catching up anytime soon.

>>5880865
Let's be logical about this.
>Biobots
The best first option - intel is much more important than anything else. Even if we have nothing else, it's important to know - like when the enemy will come, or how big their forces will be.
>Energy Lattices
Useful, but not too much. There are simply more useful options here. It's not going to decide the fate of a battle.
>Laser artillery
Useful, and a good contender for second (or third, if there is one) option.
>Ship boarding
Not that useful. The Consortium works by quantity, not quality, and thus they wouldn't have any reall high-value targets that would be worth the time wasted on research to make it easier just blowing them up.
>Celestial
Mystery box, and i think we should pick this as either second or third option.

Since there are 'tiered' options, i imagine that we'll have AT LEAST two 'years', or else they would be completely useless. My reccomendation is therefore pick biobots first, and celestial blood or artilery second, with a possible third picking the other one.

>>5880865
>>Laser Artillery Cooling

Its the most "Grug" option but that doesn't neccessarily mean its the wrong one.

>>5881108
>You think they'll go skynet on us? If we got that upgrade that gave ai more independence I'd be more worried about it, but since we didn't I'm not too concerned.
Oh no, that was an instant game over, quest-over trap choice lol. You guys have dodged one or two of those so far.

>>5881150
Oh damn, these are some high stakes with many risks. Comes with managing a civ lmao

This quest is brilliant satire and i kind of like it

>>5880865
>Laser Artillery Cooling

The seekers were far more Ai-capable then even we are, and they evidently got rolled and shut down hard by the consortium. They evidently have ways to deal with even advanced AI on their own turf. Plus, infiltrator bio-bots within their population is something they could use to rally their population for the war when discovered - and right now the consortium isn't kicking up into War economy mode. I don't want to risk changing that.

>>5880865
>Laser Artillery Cooling

>>5880865
>Laser artillery

>>5880865
>Bio-Bot Dispersion

Blade Runner mother fucker

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>here’s your new, like, celestial sizzurp or something. It’s a super material or however the swall are killed even doe it’s just gorilla glue with red dye in it lol

>>5881113
Thank you anon, this helps quite a bit.

>>5881311
I say as I forget to vote.

>>5880865
>Laser Artillery Cooling

>>5880865
>>Celestial Blood Research
I'm sorry. The mystery box is too strong.

>>5881150
What was the other one, if there was another one?

>>5881421
I imagine he's talking about how choosing biology for Yuan would have led to him making the entire jaxtian race infertile. But then again, we would have had the chance to maybe go full necron.

Of course, i count that as a loss anyway. It'd be space robot quest then, not space monkey.

>>5880865
>Bio-Bot Dispersion

Remember people, this is a one years duration project, we aren't locking in one side of the tech tree of anything like that, we will get the option to do the other projects so now we need to focus on Short-Term usage and for that, the Bio-bots are the best option.

>Bio-Bot Dispersion

This plays into our strenghts(Threemind) while solving the biggest problem when it comes to preparing for interstellar war, the light-lag. Moreover, our infiltration of their society could also help steal more of their technology.

Here's a nice book about intelligence and it's history and importance
>https://www.defence.lk/upload/ebooks/John_Hughes-Wilson_Colonel-The_Secret_State_A_Hist.pdf

>>5880865
>Bio-Bot Dispersion
It needs some time to be useful to us, so doing it first is optimal if we're doing it at all, and the intelligence it would give us would be incredible to have. Laser Artillery seems great, Boarding Tactics could maybe do something, Celestial Blood could have great results but I doubt they would come in the short term, it definitely looks like a long term project, Lattices are also neat but probably less useful than artillery upgrades.

>>5880865
>Celestial Blood Research

>>5880865
>>5881452
This is a bretty good sales pitch. Tech spying could get us some real gains and expose weak points too.

>>5881144 changing from this
To Bio Bots

>>5881577
It’s only of short term utility- everything else has more long term utility to it

>>5881585
How is Intel short term?

>>5881585
We're not trying to get long term utility here, the entire purpose of these research decisions is to get an advantage for the upcoming attack. There might be some long term benefits, but that's not the main concern here.

>>5881452
The more I think about it, the better it gets. We learn about their reproduction. We set them against each other- their diversity being their biggest weakness. We learn their tech. Their resource placement.

Right now we're flying blind.

It hasn't quite been 24 hours yet, but Bio-Bots is very clearly ahead. We'll close the voting now with the bots as the winner.

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Rolled 4, 2, 1 = 7 (3d6)

Time got away from me today, I shouldn't have called the vote so early without an update ready, my mistake. I am really intending to shoot for once daily updates again because I feel it helps with retention and interest.

In the meantime- I'll ask you, the players, a question. What do you feel would be the best possible update schedule for Monke Quest?

>>5882046
>What do you feel would be the best possible update schedule for Monke Quest?
Something consistent? Obviously, if it takes too long it's no good, but consistency matters a lot. While once-a-day is best, I'd rather have a consistent once-every-two-days update than updates that vary from once a day to once a week with no telling what'll be what.

>>5882046
What >>5882047 said, with once-per-day being my personal preference if possible.

>>5882046
Once every two days with longer voting periods is fine.

>>5882046
I'd say something like going at your own pace, maybe once every day but with breaks (make sure to tell us about them so that anons don't freak out or lose hope) to get rid of burnout.

>>5882046
Ideally once a day. Once every two days if that's what's necessary for personal consistency. Longer than that and I definitely start to get distracted.

>>5882046
Something that works best for you?

>>5882046
3 or 4 times per week is best

>>5882046
Everyday with the same start and finish time.

Barring that, a 16 hour run once a week.

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You have decided to disperse the bio bots into the Consortium. For now, the Leraay are the ones you can most convincingly fake- the other races would require a lot more data and DNA samples to really get the ball rolling- but considering they make up a small majority of the Consortium's population, this is the best cover you can get for your espionage efforts.

Sadly, it seems methods to actually manipulate or control their economy are very limited- market forces are out of the Leraay's own control- much less a foreign influence.

The Consortium is a collection of big business interests, political bodies, and individuals who abide by its practices and laws. Essentially, it's a capitalist economy that parasites on other entities; as all capitalists do. Among their laws and culture are several other negative and manipulative drives- such as individual freedom, diversity of thought and race, legal protections and rights, and a culture strained by egalitarian and democratic thinking. All inferior and primitive forms of political thought and exercise- though they have been capable of holding together into the space age.

Interestingly; despite their self-centered nature, unlike Hazaar, the Leraay seem to have created a common culture that connects individuals instead of fighting among themselves. Surprisingly, this is from a religion. The Leraay once seemed to have a very popular religious superstition following a singular messianic figure; one Mianmi. While most Leraay anthropologists agree she really existed, the supernatural powers ascribed to her are clearly a result of time and fiction.

Mianmi is a notable figure- being a female Leraay not possessed by the same high aggression, sexual domination, and stunted mental development that marks all Leraay females. The Leraay believe she may have had an endocrine issue that made her infertile, and also spared her mind from falling into the same animalistic behavior as other female Leraay. To the Leraay primitives; this was a sure sign of divine intention. Described as a savior- this figure went around the world healing the sick and giving lessons; most of all forgiveness and compassion, which to the Leraay were very uncommon during this time of medieval brutalism. It seems the common core of their culture was formed here that eventually lead to their advancement as a species into the space age- developing advanced societies that could eventually incorporate other species into their mass. As Leraay have less testosterone-equivalent as other males of other species- this made them uniquely suited to diplomacy and cross-cultural pollination, and could explain how they managed to incorporate so many worlds into their space empire.

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As for Mianmi- the "messiah" at the end of her life promised to return before heading into the mountains, where the smaller and weaker males could not follow. The Leraay eventually developed the technology to explore the mountains, then the sky, and then outer space in an attempt to find her. But they never did. Most Leraay today no longer believe in the religion, but given the diversity and freedom of thought in the Consortium, there are still conservative groups that take the practices of this fictional character very seriously. Yet another thing we could potentially manipulate, if we get the chance.

Sadly, it seems due to the luck of the draw and the secrecy of the current Consortium administration that we aren't able to manipulate any of their markets or research at this time. Getting some ears to the ground is useful, as you learn that the enemy attack is advancing much faster then you first anticipated. This means you have less time to prepare and fill out your tech tree then you first thought. It's out of your hands now, and you will have to adjust accordingly...

In the meantime; looking over your defensive plans for The Stand- you see very few cracks or weaknesses. The isolation of this outpost means there are little other targets for collateral damage. However, your new star admiral in the form of Hass Takar has taken over a month to finally get shipped out here. This military outpost is far from everything. While you are preparing to do battle here, you consider briefly if it may be worth colonizing this system to bring valuable resources, personnel, and a work force closer to where the battle will happen. Of course, that will end up meaning more targets for the enemy to shoot at. But, the Hegemony and Supreme Ruler are nothing but pragmatic. Civilian targets will, after all, serve as useful distractions if your only goal is winning the war. But is that really a sacrifice you're willing to make?

>Colonize the system with Civilians
>Keep this a militarized outpost

Remind me, was the consortium as trigger happy as the Esaal in blowing up civilian infrastructure?

>>5882349
>Keep this a militarized outpost
This should not be colonized in the middle of a war. Afterwards sure, but not right now.

>>5882349
>Colonize the system with Civilians
>>Make if a prison colony

Put all the evil same-friends there, it doesn’t matters if they get shot at.

>>5882349
>Keep this a militarized outpost

>>5882349
>Colonize the system with Civilians

Civilians and Soldiers, both live and die by the will of the Supreme Leader.

>>5882349
>Colonize the system with Civilians
Might make the Consortium less likely to attack, or some of their moralistic, individualist soldiers hesitate at crucial junctures. Maybe sue our Bio-Bots to spread tales of Jaxtians are abused, servile, downtrodden peoples, so that even if they hate the Supreme they will not hate the civvies?

>>5882349
>Colonize the system.

The big cons of colonizing are allowing more opportunity for kitty infiltrators and increasing the chance of requiring a response to the use of nukes. In reality I expect that it would decrease our efficiency to import people and spread our defense, but 3-mind knows best here.

The choice is being presented as improving military efficiency. If true, I say send in the Civilians and get to mining that blue gold. It's not like we will have any other significant colonial outlets until Megacity is online, and Megacity needs Azurium. We don't need to promise our subjects anything, but maybe allow those who fulfill their role well during the battle some privileges in the new city world that they are helping to build?

>>5882349
>Colonize the system with Civilians
A few million is nothing to the billions

>>5882397
>+1
This makes sense. Best case scenario we get Monke Con Air in Space.

>>5882397
+1
Make a dead mans switch incase the planet is lost to blow it up and all the prisoners with it.

>>5882397
>>5882509
>>5882528
Doesn't putting all our worst and most subversive elements in one place encourage them to betray us, defect, etcetera?

>>5882531
Not if we imbed spies for when the Consortium "liberates" them who turn at a critical moment.

>>5882537
Yeah I agree on doing this, and no spy will know who is an other spy.

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>>5880313
Dick Christmas stocking on the left. Also getting ID for future votes. Praise Monke.

>>5882349
>Colonize the system with Civilians
In the end civilians are a extension of the military arming and feeding them

>>5882349
>Keep this a militarized outpost
I want to return to our roots of actually giving a shit about our people, please

>>5882619
When have we ever given a shit lmao? We're a totalitarian society that says it exists for the "general" good of the people, but in essence we're oppressing them and throwing them away like always.

I remember anons having a complete mental breakdowns about that obvious realization because of that one side-story that put the more individual consequences to light. And that was for a literal monke princess pretty much.

Free the same-friends!

>>5882628
I see you never read the first threads.

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>>5882397
So once again I don't want to stop players from doing what they want or skewing votes in progress but I just want to comment on this write-in real quick.

According to the "official" monke quest canon, there really aren't any political prisoners to speak of in the Hegemony, as they are reeducated very quickly or were all wiped out / exiled barely 50 years ago in the present timeline.

I personally don't mind doing a soft retcon to allow for a large number of rebellious or Anti-Social Jaxtians to exist if you think the idea is more interesting, but right now it doesn't really work in universe.

>>5882349
>>Keep this a militarized outpost

>>5882349
>Colonize the system with Civilians

>>5882349
>Keep this a militarized outpost

>>5882349
>Keep this a militarized outpost
>If your only goal is winning the war
We're not that desperate yet

>>5882349
>Keep this a militarized outpost

As much as we hold supreme power over all souls under our domain, letting them die needlessly would raise questions, and eventually, our end as the Supreme as another candidate think we are unworthy and win a duel to the death against us.

>>5882649
>>5882509
No need to retcon, I'll change to
>Colonize the system

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In the Swall System, on a planet once known as Swallia- is the site of a huge construction by the Hegemony.

This project, known as the great city, or wet city, or sometimes just "city planet", is a ecumenopolis that will one day house a hundred billion Jaxtians. Built on the defeated and conquered planet once belonging to the now extinct Swall race of aliens; this massive megastructure is your current long term project. Headed by Mann Yumm for its construction and efficiency, and beautified by Yino Val, the son of the previous Supreme Ruler- you have heard of nothing indicating the two minds are butting heads over the design of the city. In fact, they seem to be getting along swimmingly.

With Jaxtians living all over claimed Hegemony space- from space stations to moon bases to habitable worlds and even your own homeworld- once home to only the elite members of your society, but now, more metropolitan; the great city should act as an excellent population store and buffer for future generations. Once it is completed, any future problems of over population and living space should be a thing of the past.

Currently; Jaxtians prefer to live on either your homeworld of Jaxt or the wet city- with other planets, colonies, and habitats being less hospitable and less desirable. Still, every habitable world has a notable presence of families and young Jaxtians; inspired to defend their homeland with strong roots.

Currently, the city is still being built- with all of Swall's tiny island chains and surface land having been bulldozed and smoothed out for the construction project of such a large scale. Soon, the entire planet will be covered by water- the cityscape underneath- but it is not yet that day. This massive project will hopefully help define the value of your reign and work of the Supreme Ruler for future generations- just another reason why The Stand is so important.

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Year 65 of the Resurrection Era
You have decided to Colonize the Stand with a civilian presence. Based on your understanding of the Consortium's war philosophy- they won't attack civilian infrastructure or treat non-combatants the same as uniformed soldiers. This is their definition of honor- a certain level of foolishness that you will not apply in return. The Esaal would never direct their battlefield doctrine this way, but you can certainly take advantage of this.

By allowing civilians to move into The Stand and bulk up the mining colonies and orbital space around the planet- you have bulked up your presence in the system and increased the defense of your fortification by proxy with minimal risk to your noncombatant citizens. Good.

However, an idea springs to mind. Anything beaming out a civilian signal is likely to be ignored by the Consortium's military forces- at least until they pose a threat. As such, you could use this as a surprise attack. Order the construction of weapons and hide them among civilian installations; and use them in the upcoming battle. Of course, doing so would be a breach of the unspoken social contract between you and the Consortium- not that you care much for a relationship between yourself and degenerate capitalists. After all, pragmatism is the core heart of the Hegemony. Any attempt to strike down these civilian bases would only look poorly upon the Consortium- though they won't just allow themselves to be hit by them without retaliation- you can easily get the jump on them doing this.

Do you think we should use the Civilian presence as a potential way to ambush the Consortium?
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed

With that done, and no important information yet gleamed by the Bio-Bot spies, you have to decide what research to work on next.
>Energy Scattering
>Laser Cooling
>Ship-Boarding
>Celestial Blood

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed

>Laser Cooling

Woo, Monkeyciv is back. Don't need any atrocity considering the galaxy already kinda hates us, and laser cooling might give us some advantages with shipboard weaponry that could be decisive.

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Laser Cooling

>>5883117
>>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
>Energy Scattering

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed

>Laser Cooling

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
>Laser Cooling

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Ship-Boarding

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)

>Celestial Blood

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
>Laser cooling

There are no noncombatants

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
Everyone already hates us and we already fucked up in the atrocity department, no reason not to since not committing one won't make us look any better.

>Laser Cooling
It was either this or Energy-Scattering. We need ship weapons.

>>5883117
>Laser Cooling
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed

I don't see why it would be an atrocity unless they actually fired, but then again why build guns which will never shoot? I think that we will win just fine without the civilian stations firing.

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Energy Scattering

>>5880313
It still hurts

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)

>Ship-Boarding

>>5883185
IRL militarized civilian facilities is considered a war crime because it paints a target on the back of noncombatants and if allowed defeats the purpose of protected targets.

>Keep stations unarmed
>celestial blood

>>5883300
Jaxtians are a violent, authoritarian and somewhat stupid parody of the human race. “There are no civilians” is the kind of pseud shit they’d gobble up

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
>Laser Cooling

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Laser Cooling

Dear BananasQM, I hope the Bio-bots will keep providing us info (or maybe sabotage)
Regards,
t. FaggotPlayer

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Laser Cooling
Remind me, don't we have like a giga shipyard due to controlling the gas giant hivemind people? While we don't have battleships, I imagine we can probably spam cruisers extremely well, no?

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Laser Cooling

>>5883117
>Build strong Tractor-Beams on civilian stations
No need to overtly 'arm' them when a Tractor beam with multiple roles can still be a useful military multiplier - holding enemy ships in place or turning/hurling them around; catching fighters, bombers and projectiles (and even throwing projectiles back, as first used against the Baalathi).

>Laser Cooling

>>5883456
+1
I like this idea of using 'plausibly civilian' tech to muddle up the warcrime allegations.

>>5883617
No one's gonna fall for that. That would be stupid. They're still gonna go 'you armed them, they're valid targets'. We shouldn't half-measure here...either we don't arm them, or we arm them to the teeth.

>>5883456
I like that idea, too.

>>5883383
You don't have to say "would" the Supreme literally thought that exact line a few threads ago. Jatxians literally don't believe in civilians

>>5883693
>>5883383

Even the phrasing in this thread isn't about whether WE believe in civilians, but whether we want to exploit the CONSORTIUM's belief in civilians.

>Based on your understanding of the Consortium's war philosophy- they won't attack civilian infrastructure or treat non-combatants the same as uniformed soldiers. This is their definition of honor- a certain level of foolishness that you will not apply in return.
THEY will hesitate to hurt civilians because they believe in non-combatants and the sanctity of peaceful, individual lives. The Hegemony does not. In the Hegemony, as among the Esaal, every man, woman, and child exists only to serve the state. When the state turns its attention to war, all the state's people (or monkeys) are warriors.

It's not even that far-fetched or out-there as a societal model. Eritrea literally justifies their conscript program this way, drafting almost all farmers, construction workers, and even sometimes regular service workers as 'soldiers' so they are obligated to serve the central government and aren't owed regular pay or anything.

>>5883117
>Build weapons among Civilian stations (This is a minor atrocity)
>Energy Scattering

>>5883705
there was a phrase in an earlier thread about how jaxtians don't believe in the concept of civilians. iirc it was when there was a decision on whether to bomb an esaal space daycare.
IMO, categorically denying the distinction between soldiers and civilians is intellectually lazy at best and a symptom of shitty ideology at worst. however, reaching similar conclusions (e.g. we should bomb the esaal kindergarten) is fine provided that we have a better justification, e.g. one which considers reasons we may want to spare civilians and finds them to be not be too convincing in the context of our knowledge of the esaal and the nature of our conflict with them.

>>5883117
>Keep Civilian stations unarmed
>Celestial Blood

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Voting is now closed.

>>5883982
The Jaxtian Hegemony doesn't seem to encourage intellectual or philsophical curiosity. After Wrix's purges and the culture of obedience and homogeneity they encouraged, with that drastic action ITSELF the result of ideological heterodoxy and subversion by the intellectually-curious and independent, I have to imagine that's been doubled-down on. In other words, intellectual laziness makes perfect sense as a characteristic of the Hegemony. As with most strongman-centred systems, it seeks to udnerstand the universe, society, and all other things in terms of simple, uncomplicated targets at which a string man (or monkey) can direct his might. With our current leader being insecure about his alphaness/masculinity, that's probably amplified.

>>5883982
>categorically denying the distinction between soldiers and civilians is intellectually lazy at best and a symptom of shitty ideology at worst
For conflicts of humans fighting humans, where breeding with a defeated tribe's females is a possibility, then yes, civilians exist. For wars between species? No.

>>5884249
>laughing in hazaar

>>5884249
Stop thinking with your dick. There are plenty of other ways to use captured civilian populations of other races. Even we, as the hegemony, were trying to establish several “subject” races (vetuck, swall, hazaar) before a blondecel chudded it up and ruined most of the progress in that direction

>>5884319
>Being this ignorant
The concept of a "civilian" is based on human sexual and social dynamics, which involve aggressive males fighting for control of females and critical resources. The females, very young, very old, etc are not part of the enemy force of mostly males- both economically and militarily. These can be safely inducted into a new tribal power structure when one side triumphs over the other- which scales from tribal conflicts to modernized nations.

However between multiple competing species, the only final result of prolonged conflict is wiping one species out. In the same way a group of hunters don't leave a bunch of wolf pups alive after killing the violent adults, you do not leave an enemy "civilian" alive in an inter-racial (incompatible races) or inter-species conflict, as the end result is only more enemies. The ONLY exception to this is in Imperial power structures, where the ruling class has no qualms in adopting new citizens underneath them for personal power, at the cost of their core demographic. However, the Jaxtians have a strong racial consciousness and a leader who cares about preserving them into the future, thus manipulation of an enemy's civilian base is fine, but sparing them is not.

>>5884333
Nice assertion of sociologcial theory as fact, but there's just one problem with that (well one immediate problem): we, under the current Supreme, already spared defeated combatants. Not 'civilians', or noncombatants, or females, or children. Warriors, still capable of making war. Clearly we don't stand by principle at this juncture.

>>5884333
>However between multiple competing species, the only final result of prolonged conflict is wiping one species out.
not really. to take your example with wolves, where do you think dogs came from?
>you do not leave an enemy "civilian" alive in an inter-racial (incompatible races) or inter-species conflict, as the end result is only more enemies.
a great oversimplification. one could think of many reasons why a population could be happy to have new alien overlords, or could be made happy after a few generations. the QM listed some reasons earlier in some consortium sidequest iirc when discussing how new species were absorbed into the consortium.
>at the cost of their core demographic
again, argument by lack of imagination. one could imagine aliens inhabiting worlds that would be prohibitively expensive or impossible to terraform to jaxtian standards, or aliens inhabiting a "buffer region" that protects jaxtians from direct contact with hostiles. one could imagine aliens that prove very useful due to special abilities, like the vetuck and the swall in this very quest, or working animals irl.

>>5884343
We genocided multiple races within living memory dude- even if this Supreme spared some combatants in a minor border skirmish, it doesn’t mean that ‘we’, via any Supreme, wouldn’t jump on the atrocity wagon to save a quick buck, let alone anything vaguely threatening the Supreme’s power.

>>5884424
>one could think of many reasons why a population could be happy to have new alien overlords, or could be made happy after a few generations
I can just think of one reason they would never be happy, and probably would fight a war of total annihilation.
>You have Exterminated several intelligence species. This is considered a serious atrocity in the eyes of some of your galactic rivals; causing friction in diplomacy. On the upside, it has given you a great notoriety that makes you feared
>again, argument by lack of imagination.
Not imagination, only in-quest experience.
>one could imagine aliens inhabiting worlds that would be prohibitively expensive or impossible to terraform to jaxtian standards, or aliens inhabiting a "buffer region" that protects jaxtians from direct contact with hostiles.
That didn’t protect the Huzzar within the Hegemony (and shouldn’t have with the Vassal States desu).
>one could imagine aliens that prove very useful due to special abilities, like the vetuck and the swall in this very quest, or working animals irl.
Didn’t save the Swall either, and while I love the Ventuckers, WoG declared them a ‘useless’ species in the intergalactic high-tech era.

Really, the core problem is the psyche of the Hegemonic Jaxain- Klingons larping as Vulcans.

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You have decided to keep the civilian stations unarmed. The concept of using civilian and Hegemony assets not part of the military for militarized means makes sense to you; but it creates too much of a risk. At the end of the day, your entire Supremacy is based on the idea of protection- protecting your people and showing the strength of your empire by letting the Consortium break their teeth against your skin. Putting your vulnerable economic assets in harms way, especially when they can act with impunity otherwise to your ignorant and naive opponents, is foolish. Besides, you can take this opportunity for some breathing room. You are certain that for other space nations- the Esaal, possibly the Aristocrats, space pirates, or the dreaded worms- will not be so kind and merciful to your Jaxtians caught in the crossfire. May as well take advantage of the opportunity.

...But you are no fool. You will still take whatever advantage you can; and using your civilian bases to their maximal effect in this system. We'll use them as docking bays, medical wings, repair and resupply hubs, storage facilities for weapons, and keep our AI cores nice and cool in their computer labs. You'll squeeze every inch out of the Consortium's "maritime law" you can and use it to your benefit. So you won't arm the civilians- but their presence will still help you greatly in the upcoming battle.

You have also decided on the next project of research- Laser Cooling for your artillery. While the Nan shipyards are still pumping out useful Crusiers using your current design standards- too late in time and cost prohibitive to change it for the entire military fleet- your artillery is much smaller and more specalized. Located only on The Stand- these powerful laser turrets were very helpful in the second wave against the Consortium- and you hope they'll also be useful in the third. Finding better ways to cool them off may also have a knock-on effect to your research of other weapons in the future. Unfortunately, as soon as you check in on the project- you find Maktana III, your current Overseer of Science, busy dicking around on a totally different planet.

"Maktana III... please explain why you are not getting all hands on deck for this weapon research?"
"I am sorry, my Lord. My specialty was never in the military or physical sciences. All of my genetic ancestors focused on genetic research and bio-sciences. As is my specialized field..."
"You are still a brilliant researcher- and more important an administrator. So why are you on Xin?"
"It's the biosphere of the planet, Sir. It's... dying."

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Because of the previous Supreme Ruler's decision to use Xin as a bio-product producing world, the planet's fragile ecosystem has been almost depleted. Maktana III explains further.

"Xin was never naturally able to support life. Only as a result of many years from the terraforming project, pink bacteria, and Blue-Hazaar labor over generations were able to get the planet to a point where it became habitable. While the planet was in the exact habitable zone and had liquid water- it still didn't have the biosphere to develop life. Over the past few centuries- work has been done to supply this planet with nutrients and a microbe ecosystem to support more complex life. The constant labor of the Hazaari sustained it. However, over the past 25 years, after it became stable, the planet has been used for bio-products. Industrial levels of textiles, food production, medicine, genetic research materials, plants designed to process base-level phosphates, harvesting for bio-cubes to seed planetary installations, things like that. The great purge of Blue-Hazaar greatly enriched the soil of this planet with billions of corpses. But all of that nutrient and organic mass has since been all but depleted. The planet only has had life for a scant few hundred years in total- a fraction of the time of most habitable worlds. Yes, the Blue-Hazaar genocide seeded the fields and valleys with calories and nitrogen, but all of our other habitable worlds have billions of years worth of extinction events to enrich the soils and limestones. Other habitable planets have hundreds of millions of species in a complex web of life- the extinction of one is a footnote. Xin has a few dozen species specially designed for it- if any went extinct it would be a disaster."
"What does this mean for Xin? Are you safe to be on the surface right now?"
"Oh no, my Lord, there is no immediate problem. All biospheres are inherently very stable- with checks and balances found in the living things. If the plants begin to die off, less oxygen will be produced as waste, so more of the oxygen-consuming microbes will die off, releasing massive amounts of CO2, thus boosting plant growth, and so on. But this planet is now entering a death spiral. The planet's atmosphere will no longer be breathable in 50 years, requiring face masks just to be outside. In another 100 years past that, the planet will require a pressurized suit, just like the barren rock it began as. We will have lost our first great scientific project."
"...Surely, this can be fixed."
"It can. But you won't like the trade offs.."

>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)
>Carry on as is (Xin begins its death spiral)

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)
Damn.

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)
The science projects weren't huge. The Stand is a stupid rock at the end of the day. This is more important.

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)
The work on this solution should surely benefit future environmentsl issues that are similiar. Well worth, if poorly timed.

>>5884518
>>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)
Sucks but we've invested too much

>>5884518
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)

We’re going to war no way can we suspend research for a year

>>5884518
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)
I am fairly certain we can afford an economic downturn for a single bloody year. We're a command economy. The war is more important.

>>5884518
>>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)
Caring for the environment of a world we live on is a core Jaxtian value, isn't it? One of the only ones that isn't died directly to violence or domination?

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)

this will be useful for the future to either prevent or CAUSE similar issues.
and letting this fallow and die a whole planet generations of labor would be a great blow to our power and morale and well our bio production.
hmmm what if instead of just physics weapons we do some bio weapons? engineered invasive species, parasites, insects/bugs great practice for engineering biospheres

>>5883383
>>5884520
Will change my vote to
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)

>>5884568
>I am fairly certain we can afford an economic downturn for a single bloody year.
Nothing says that the economic downturn will only last a year, unless Bananas confirms otherwise. It only says that the scientific setback will last a year.

>>5884518
>>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)

>>5884518
>Carry on as is (Xin begins its death spiral)

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)

>>5884868
also a world dying seems permanent and takes alot of effort for hundreds of years to restore

>>5884518
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)
Since we lack any sort of financialization, economic downturn can only mean material shortages. We've been through worse conditions and regardless of that, our coming conquest of the Consortium will, eventually, make up for the used resources.
Fucking double captcha

>>5884333
>It begins.
Wouldn't be a Monkequest thread without disturbing /pol/shit discussion now would it?

>>5884518
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)

More then anything else, this is a sign we probably picked the wrong speciality for the planet to start with - we have Andoen and Vetuck for any biological products already. Keeping Xin as a bio-product producer long term probably won't work, and we can't afford to neglect our sciences in other areas mid-war. Perhaps more then just leaving it fallow we need to Re-designate Xin as a:

>Vacation / Pleasure World

The romance of pink skies, the first Jaxtian terraforming project, and more importantly, a light biological touch that won't take any further resources from the fragile biosphere?

Either that, or we think of something else to do with the world that won't ecologically deplete the planet any further?

>>5884518
Question- if we choose Economic Downturn, will we be able to research a solution later? Or is this one of the permanent choice things, like how we never introduced the Ventucker predator as a guard/war beast?

>>5884249
>>5884333
>>5884343
>>5884424
>>5884450
Shut up faggots

>>5885133
There was that option of being a primative planet with no advanced tech. Could do that. Maybe get some cultural gains by retvrning to Monke.

>>5885133
Honestly not a terrible idea you have my support.

>Leave Xin alone converting it into a vacation world.

>>5885184
Or perhaps a 'reserve world'? There's bound to be thousands of species the Jaxtians made extinct on their homeworld before the Hegemony arose, if we preserved anything of them perhaps we could try and re-create them on Xin?

>>5884518
>Leave Xin fallow (Economic downturn)
Just find another use for it, like tourism or testing grounds

>>5884518
>Prioritize a Scientific Solution to Xin (Suspend Science Research one year)

>>5885089
well we do exterminate all animals who are a bother to us and enslave/breed/castrate/mutate then throw away the ones that where useful once.

Part of the purpose of this thread's slow start was to act as a recap and bring people back up to speed given the long time gap between this and the previous mainline thread.

Is there anything else you'd like recapped or touched on? It's easy for me to remember everything more or less since it's constantly in my mind while I was planning this thread and the various notes I've kept, but I realize it isn't fair to expect you all to remember every single thing since the previous thread. I'll also use this to stall for time before the next REAL update.

>>5885537

>Is there anything else you'd like recapped or touched on?

The Haazar vassal worlds. Did you ever go into detail about the number of systems and their composing planets; do any provide anything significant to the Hegemony as a whole?

>>5885537
Whatever happened to Bluey? Is he still alive?

>>5884518
>Carry on as is (Xin begins its death spiral)

Fuck Xin. Always causing problems because it was a disgusting hazaar home

>>5885537
I’d like >>5885145 answered if you don’t mind.

Otherwise, I’m just curious want would’ve happened had we chosen war-profiteering as the Leeray?

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>>5885610
>Where is Bluey? Is he safe? Is he alright?

>>5885610
Alive and well, probably. he's one of or magic machine-perfected Uber Jaxtians now, like Cijan and Jale. He had a kid with Kima, who's a billionaire in the HVS.

>>5885807
>who's a billionaire in the HVS
Her ancestors must be rolling in their graves

>>5885807
This reminds me, did Cijan have children? The AI had that entire retarded plan to make him have kids because of his giga genes, and now he's got even better ones.

Surely the Threemind should have gotten some other women to have perfect kids with him now that Kima is out of reach, right?

>>5885826
Kinja was also fabulously wealthy.

>>5885887
Yeah but that was because he was like, an media entrepreneur, no? He wasn't an actual business mogul capitalist who monopolized an industry.

The HVS sucks, anyway. Too many tubefaces. If it had more of other aliens it'd be better. Maybe if we conquer the consortium we could make it into a vassal state without them.

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You have decided to go for a scientific solution to Xin's death spiral. Maktana III and his team get to work finding out an optimal solution. In the end, the result does work- it's simply very boring. Changing the nitrogen based protein bases into alternative silicates, rebalancing and recombining the glucose cycles of various plants to be more efficient and less greedy, and specialized crop-rotation in the coastal regions to make full use of the pink bacteria blooms in the oceans of the terraformed planet. It's not expensive, or really that difficult, but it does a take an awfully long time. Your science projects will be delayed for a year.

Year 66 of the Resurrection Era
While managing your empire and going over the future battle plans at The Stand- your head admiral, Hass Takar, recently appointed to the position, approaches you with a low smile.

"Hello, your Majesty. May I make a request?"
"What is it, Hass?"
"I wish to duel with you. To first blood- not to the death, of course."
"Hmm? That is a large request to make of anyone- much less the Supreme Ruler."
"I know, my lord. But you are the superior duelist to me- you are the foremost expert in the Hegemony on combat and especially kinetic psychology. I feel there is much I could learn from you that may translate into a battlefield setting. I know I will lose- but I will try to at least give you a challenge. What say you?"

As another member of Jaxtian nobility, Hass Takar is in a position to usurp the throne by killing you in a duel. However, he specifically did not challenge you to a death-duel; simply a friendly sparring match with a little higher stakes. Pride- and learning. But there is a possibility, however small, that he may be lying to you. After all, if he kills you in a "friendly" duel, then he can simply claim it was a duel to the death and take over the Hegemony. It's a possible attempt at a betrayal to lower your guard- and while you don't think for a second he could beat you in a real duel to the death, this could be a trick of some kind.

His reasoning for asking for this duel in the first place is sound- and could actually improve his leadership skills. It is even admirable to a dueling expert and psychologist like yourself. But he could just be saying exactly what you want to hear. Is there any reason you may doubt Hass Takar's intentions? Does he have something worth fighting for, something to keep him loyal to the Hegemony- or is he simply throwing it all down in an attempt to seize power for himself?

What should you do?
>Accept the friendly duel request
>Deny him and stay safe

>>5885917
And, here it is...this is why I didn't want to pick personal glory. It's always a trap choice. There isn't one vote that doesn't have a trap choice.

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request
Sure could be a trap, but could lead to a bro who is our admiral, I dont think weve done anything to piss off anyone in house recently even if dueling leaves the amulet up for grabs I dont believe he has any reason to screw us over personally

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request
Why not feed the ego?

>>5885924
I dont want our first Alpha Supreme who isn't an bipolar schizo getting killed so early.

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request
Best to show some balls- besides, since this isn’t an inheritance duel, it shouldn’t automatically go to him, only our designated successor.

>>5885852
It would make sense for the computer to get Kima a bunch of sisters beforehand, since the gene was so useful- but I’m gonna say no and classify that under ‘Monke autism’, in which once a decision has been made, it will be treated as a permanent solution adhered uncompromisingly by the Hegemony, until revision.

>>5885923
Should’ve named him Admiral Ackbar Takar ;^)

>>5885927
This Supreme is bipolar schizo though- he’s just more manic depressive and not ‘don’t give a fuck’ old yet.

>>5885930
I don't see him ripping people apart with his bare hands like a chimpanzee.

>>5885924
We actually did, we degraded the significance of the prominent houses in our society and diverted a lot of money from them to help our economic downturn earlier. It's possible he could be seeking revenge for that.

And young monkey is apparently a quick witted knife master who has studied the Supremes' technique, so if the Supreme underestimates him and the quick young monkey does surprise speed he might win. On the other hand, the Supreme can idly ask 3-mind if Takar is really interested in a friendly duel or is out for murder, and who 3-mind thinks would win in a duel. Social predictions are what it does. Trust Friend Computer.

>>5885931
Yet ;)

We haven’t seen him personally pissed off yet, and besides, he did acknowledge he isn’t a ‘proper Alpha’, which does indicate he should be more manic-schizo than his usual manic depressive self.

>>5885932
While I doubt (given the whole Pride vs Family debate before), that would just make me like him more. That decision was idiotic and arguably OOC considering the ideological ‘Supreme’ mindset discussed earlier in the quest, especially in light of the fact the HVS was ripe for more exploitation.

>>5885937
Just avoid all that and declare Maktana as designated Supreme in case of an untimely death, just to avoid the incentive.

>>5885917
>>Accept the friendly duel request

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request

>>5885943
>Just avoid all that and declare Maktana as designated Supreme in case of an untimely death, just to avoid the incentive.
I don't think we can do that. I mean, we're Supreme, so we can do WHATEVER WE WANT, but I think he ACCEPTED tradition and social expectation is that any Supreme killed in a knife-fight OWES the killer the opportunity to be the next Supreme. That social expectation was so great that Cijan was SHOCKED that Kima didn't take the amulet, even though she was a woman and not 100% entitled to the privilege. Cijan had even just ACCEPTED that, "yeah, she killed me, she deserves to be Supreme Leader of the Jaxtian empire, vagina be damned."

>>5885917
>>Accept the friendly duel request
I miss Cijan, his genetics were the GOAT

>>5885989
I mean, Cijan also killed or exiled the other Supreme Candidates in the line of succession, plus the fact that the machine only recognized him as the rightful Supreme Ruler even after he died means that it just ain’t that simple. Like, are we to believe that some random shmuck could duel the Supreme for the title?

Besides, while I sympathize with tradition and social expectations from our monkes, we firmly threw that baby out with the bathwater of the nobility of our traditions.
>being born at the perfect time to witness the change from the current Supreme Ruler's choice regarding your race's long and noble traditions being put down in exchange for humility and egalitarian teaching

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request

If he kills us, he earned it. Maybe our choices have pissed him off. Maybe he'd do a better job?

>>5885917
>>Accept the friendly duel request

>>5885917
>Deny him and stay safe

>>5885917
>>Accept the friendly duel request
>Broadcast it with conditions exposed beforehand to the Hegemony

>>5886105
+1
We can do it, but let's not be stupid.

>>5886105
sounds interesting

>>5886105
I’d rather we die than undermine everyone’s confidence in the Supreme Ruler- this is supposed to be a friendly duel, and besides, the computer is always with us on the Supeme’s necklace, so Hass can’t even retroactively claim it was a duel to the death anyway.

Wouldn’t broadcasting then losing basically be a blow to the entire ideology holds up Spes Monke society? Like it would legitimately cause an existential crisis that could be the end of our empire? Are you anons sure you want to broadcast this?

Broadcasting is retarded

It's very simple, if he dies, Hass becomes the supreme. It doesn't really matter what we claim otherwise.

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request

>>5886105
I'd rather not do this.

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request
Has past behaviour hasn't indicated a desire to rule or to reform, he wants the glory of being a Hero. He wasn't even certain about being an Admiral yet.

And let's not forget 'I don't want to be praised for doing something that was simple and easy.', as said to Jemma Ontam in Dreams. He wants to earn his glory through hard work, prove himself; not just do an easy thing and be rewarded.

I bluntly think that if he wanted the Hegemony he'd have issued a formal duel to the death here, not a request for a friendly spar.

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request

>Accept
I think Hassar is an interesting character so even if he does become Supreme it's no big loss

>>5885917
>Accept the friendly duel request
This anon >>5886252 has convinced me

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You accept his terms. After all, it is just a friendly spar. Maybe he could learn a thing or two.

>>5886728
Grab him buy the jowls, Hass!

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You spar with Hass. In Jaxtian dueling culture- there are many types of duels. From pointwork exercises, to point-based competitions with ink-knives, to dull knife sparring practicing against lethal strike points, knife executions, to practice sparring with real blades, to first blood, tail cutter, and to the death- each one getting progressively more serious, ceremonially significant, and dangerous to both combatants. To ask anyone to practice with live blades or higher takes a considerable amount of trust and social standing to accomplish- only capable by those in the same family or highly trusted social circles. Significant risk of injury and pain otherwise.

Hass is not a friend, but he is an admiral. He's important to your cabinet. You also know he is an inferior duelist- which helps with your position.

You go into the duel with the full intent to teach- not humiliate or lord your skill over his. After all- it's not exactly fair. You are trained in multiple weapons- he only one. You are an Alpha, he is a normal man. While he may have some insignificant genetic advantage by being part of the standard Jaxtian template infused with alien DNA- you don't think that will factor in.

Whipping the blade against you hard- his forward attacks are more to make up for his perceived lack of skill. While your Alpha body makes you a sure win in actual combat- this is more about grace and speed. A simple scratch will win this bout, and nothing more. You pull back, letting him come closer and giving you easy access-

And then he makes the Eoba's Instep. You cad. The move forces him closer- well within your zone of control. There is a great risk here- you can only pull this off in a real duel if you are one hundred percent certain you can end your opponent before they can take advantage of putting your whole body into their striking range. But it is a smart move- making up for his lack of reach by getting up close. Since he knows you won't respond lethally, he is forcing you to concede or draw. It does annoy you partially- though you can't fault his bravery. To teach him a lesson, you respond by a quick cut against his face- your first blood against him will be in a place he can remember you be. Such is the punishment for such forwardness against the Supreme Ruler. He threw his blade out without thinking- you step in to your cut- just a second before he makes contact and cuts you too.

You cut each other- the bout is over. He steps back out of range again, lowering his blade, feeling the wet painful cut along his face.

"I gave you something to remember me by, Hass. I hope this was as enlightening as you had hoped."

Hass bows respectfully- he took some of your time and patience. You maybe could have taught him more or extended the practice- but you won't let him beat you in a bout with such an arrogant display.

"Thank you Master." He replies with respect- before noticing the cut on your chest.

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Instantly, his disposition changes. You see it in his body language. He tenses up- expecting more action, more combat. His face changes too- the subtle surge of confidence and ego building up. His testosterone flares- his grip hardens against his blade, sending an all-too obvious sign up his arm, his fur flexing like a cat ready to pounce. You can see it in him before he even makes the decision in his mind- you know he's going to try for more now.

“...Shall I call security, your Majesty?” Threemind chirps from the nearest terminal- ready to intercede. You raise your hand subtly- the queue to leave it. You will teach this whelp his lesson yourself, if it comes to that. The Threemind goes silent.

”-Is this the infamous Takar ambition, I see? I did not sense then in you when you entered this room. So quickly you decide to throw your life away.”
”Bantam- I- I challenge you!”
”Don't do it, Hass! You are a fool!”

Instantly- the duel becomes lethal. Hass rushes forward, newly invigorated with speed and killer intent. This will not help him. You sidestep his first blows, and deflect his knife blade. You didn't want to kill him- but if need be you will. His defense is too shorn up- and he's too smart to try the Instep again, especially after just doing it in your less serious bout.

The time it took you to decide what to do with Hass was only a knife's edge- only a moment of hesitation before you decided to put him down. The fact he went through with it at all was enough of a reason- but now you are sure of it in your mind. He wants to do a dirty trick on you? You open your hand and reach from an angle he didn't expect, grabbing your furred Alpha hand around his head. Within a second, he goes slack- realizing that he has already lost. He is already dead- his eye shoot open in surprise and fear.

Now is the moment. His skull, thin like an eggshell, is in your titanic grip. You didn't need a blade to kill him- your strength is more then enough. You are an Alpha male Jaxtian- and the Supreme Ruler. You are the violator Supreme. You are the Son of the Unspeakable. Simply flex your muscles thusly- and he will die- his skull crushed under your fingers.

Mash his brains into the floor. Make him unable to move and break him down- watch the life fade from him as he realizes no mercy will be given. When two males fight- this is the end result- the stronger will prevail. Put your foot on his corpse and beat your chest. Kill his children, rape his women, take his land and property. The absolute murderous instinct at the core of all Jaxtians- of all primates. Unleash your strength! You have triumphed! This is your genetic destiny- your reward for your fitness!

KILL! KILL HIM NOW!!!

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oh wow, and to no one's surprise he killed him. totally not a trap option bro. it wouldn't end like this. bananas doesn't do that.

Wow who could've seen this coming? This wasn't clearly what was going to happen at all? At least we didn't broadcast it.

>>5887124
the worst part is that we'll probably never get the chance to have an alpha supreme again because the only 'natural' supremes are from a single bloodline that got the right to avoid the vetucker gene and we just killed our last one of them. All of the new alphas are too dumb to be supreme-tier, sadly.

>>5887113
The only way to restore the honor of the nobility I'm afraid.

>>5887134
ah yes, because that's just what we need on the eve of a war - a coup d'etat.

>>5887113
Akule's Standing Execution

>>5887134
He isn't doing this for them, he's doing it for his own personal glory.

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>>5887127
The Falathanes are an entire family. Several Supreme Rulers have died without heirs but their family line continues in their relatives. The Falathanes were partially created/retconned to be "pureblooded" Jaxtians specifically to avoid limited player selection in future events- like if you decided to make all Jaxtians Indigo or take away their tails for increased intelligence, etc.

>>5887162
But how many of them have an alpha gene? It's not like they can get it from outside the family, all the alphas have the vetucker gene in them.

>>5887163
Surely we can do some funky genetic stuff to 'revive' the supreme-alpha gene. Our civilization loves scientific research and genetics.

>>5887168
We don't usually get options to reverse something we did before, liek some anon pointed out.

>>5887113
Yeah not a offical duel for the position just a duel turned murder let's call in the doctors

>>5887112
Good job.

Retards who voted to duel or didn't vote to stop it don't have a right to complain. Shut the fuck up and keep it to yourselves.

>>5887192
I quite literally warned you that this would happen

>>5887192
I woke up to like 10 retards voting to duel and so I decided that it would be a waste of time to try to argue against it. The only thing that could be stopped was the even more retarded idea to broadcast it which somehow got a few votes.

>>5887192
>noooo the big monke died
who cares? the hegemony will live on

>>5887192
>>5887124
>>5887127
I'm glad this happened, to be honest. I like Hass more than Bantam, the dramatic dueling tradition is a fun setting element, and bantam's psychological hangups were neat but were impeding his ability to think clearly at times. Plus, it makes for a fun story.

>>5887229
No, this was wayyy too early. Bantam barely managed to do anything interesting.

>>5887112
Well, whatever. Bantam was my least wanted pick for Supreme anyways.

There’s a lot of coping going on right now.

>>5887289
If you say so. I voted for the duel half-expecting this.

>>5887292
Then you’re a retard. Even if you like the other guy as a leader better this is the absolute worst time to switch leadership. We’re about to go to war and now we have to deal with the bullshit of changing rulers.

>>5887311
Maybe in a conventional power structure and social system, that's a problem. It's not such an issue in a Hegemony that has been rendered compulsively, utterly obedient, with no chance for disobedience or rebellion, no matter who is in charge or what we do. That was the effect of Wrix's genocides.

>>5887315
We're still going to have to update everything. He was the Admiral. Now we need a new one. And we need to catch up on all the shit he was doing.

Ah, it ain’t a Bananas thread without a shitstorm.

Shame about Falathane- I did like his manic depressive ass. Would’ve been a great life-pod candidate.

Bit weird on Hess’ part, considering the side-story shit, but I guess he was bullshitting to get points with the lady. This’ll definitely be a controversial supreme.

>>5887171
Monke ‘tism- fucks everything up all the time.

>>5887342
Nah- this Supreme will take full control of the defense anyway, being the gloryhound that he is. And when he inevitably fucks it up and loses the Stand, the monkes are gonna go apeshit on his ass.

>>5887353
They can't, but yes, it's obvious he's going to forcibly be retarded. We basically already lost the war. We're not gonna get a choice to save it because he'll just pull "muh glory" at the last moment and fuck it up.

>>5887353
>Bit weird on Hess’ part, considering the side-story shit, but I guess he was bullshitting to get points with the lady.
I think it was the sudden instinctive thrill of seeing he'd drawn blood and really COULD be top monke. Bananas ahs stated in quest and in QTGs that he sees this striving for power through violence as intrinsic to male primates.

>>5887360
Glory-chasing never stopped the Eobas from being awesome and effective.

>>5887367
Yeah but the Eobas were grade A badasses, this guy is just some gloryhound chump.

>>5887373
As the youths say: "hold on, let him cook."

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You clutch your neck as the blood drains from your body- you're done. You already knew it as soon as your grip loosened- letting Hass go free. Something stopped you from crushing his skull into paste- you had the physical strength for it. You always thought you were a warrior- but you guess the killer instinct wasn't as strong as you as you first thought.

You fall to your knees. Despite the lethality of the cut- your body is too strong to give up so easily. You stare up at the Takar, who stands triumphant over you. But he isn't gloating or confirming the kill- he is simply standing there. Much of the fire in him from that moment of ambition is gone now. He isn't sorry- but his eyes seem to carry a mix of pity and uncertainty. Probably because he also knows that you could have beat him. He knows you should have won that fight. Why did he win? Guess he'll never know. As for yourself, you don't have much time to figure it out yourself...

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You are now Hass Takar and you are the Supreme Ruler of the Hegemony. You have chosen your imperial robe's color to be a noble, forest green- for Nobility.

There will be some questions to be answered- both for the public and for the Hegemonic control- the faceless and impersonal bureaucratic hoards that keep the Hegemony running smoothly. You'll need to make an official address soon- preferably before your coronation. Then, you'll have to take account of everything in the Hegemony and clean up any of the mess that Bantam left for you. You'd like to get this new administration up and running as quickly as possible- but a change of power like this is never going to be 100% smooth...

In the meantime; what should you emphasize in your first address to your new empire?
>Old leader was weak
>We are returning to Traditions
>Changing the focus away from warfare and conflict (Leave the Stand)
>This Empire is mine!