A small security camera watches an office. People in business suits rush from office to office with papers and data pads in hand as others work over videos and photos on computer terminals. View screens cover the walls, showing news coverage of hundreds of different channels and agencies across Union space, and almost instantly they cut to static. The workers stop, like drones cut off from their queen, looking at the wall of static as an emergency sign appears with a loud monotone beep apologizing for technical difficulties. The people look around, confused, as their own devices loose interstellar service as their various comm relay service providers suddenly cease to function.
Then they do again. The computers show alerts flashing on their screens, and data pads and phones chime with mail alerts. The camera zooms in as they fumble in confusion and a man walks out from an office labeled with the title “Editor in Chief” in bold letters.
“What's going on?” He asks. “Anyone have service?”
“Nothing outside the system.” Someone replies as they read over various notifications displayed on holograms and handheld screens. The Editor pulls out his own handheld data pad, and flips through notifications of his own.
“These are gag orders.” He says with confusion. “From the BFI office. What the hell is going on?”
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>>48295929
Fuck you do both.Took the turks long enough.
I Just realised that mith tachion telekinesis we'll finaly have true Jedis.
>>48295904
>people are losing connection elsewhere in the galaxy
Is the shitshow on Tenebris fucking spreading?
Are we now vindicated in throwing a massive goddamn termiteantmoth shitfit?
>>48295970
No, these are orders coming from the BFI. This is just good old human bureaucracy in action.
>>48295970
I'm pretty sure it's because there are three server ships over a distant military base that's conducting a secret project, and an unknown alien species is with them. Union is in a ton of shit.
>>48296018
>three server ships
Don't they shit themselves whenever there's just 1?
>>48296036
Yes.
>>48295904
>>48295904
“Put your weapons down and stand aside!” The voice crackles over the radios of the marines as they look around in confusion. “You have no idea what you are dealing with or what danger this facility has placed us all in. The entire sector is at risk!”
Elizabeth stands in front of the towering relay, the massive command brain of your ship humming at the back of the large chamber. Control consoles grown from bone and chitin stand around her, for convenience more than necessity. Skin is stretched tight between the outstretched bone limbs, offering a screen as the skin's color shifts to show the surface of the dark, sunless world and the blurred images of the drones' stitched together into a shifting, foggy mosaic of the hallway where the marines stand.
Lightyears away, Windsor continues to spread his attention across his desk as phones ring and assistances pester him off screen. He holds three earphones up to his head at once as he watches the screen.
>Have your ships attempt to jam the radio communications between the marines and their transport
>Attack the transport to cut off the quantum communications connection
>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>Other (write in)
>Attack the transport to cut off the quantum communications connection
SO MUCH HAPPENING TODAY
>>48296108
>Allow both to continue broadcasting
We've already started on "don't kill ALL the humans" route.
Nuking the transport would just strand them there to die or by crystallised and /then/ die.
Cutting radio makes no difference if we're letting the marines walk away.
>>48296108
>>Attack the transport to cut off the quantum communications connection
We should have waited slightly to intervene and blown it up immediately to cut the feed as soon as the full horror of the situation was realized by the humans.
>>48296108
>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>>48296108
>>Allow both to continue broadcasting
We gonna go LIVE and we are gonna go LOUD
>>48296108
>Other:
>Board the transport and destroy the goddamn quantum communications.
>>48296108
>>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>>48296108
>>Have your ships attempt to jam the radio communications between the marines and their transport
>>Attack the transport to cut off the quantum communications connection
Windsor has seen enough, we don't want him aware of Elizabeth.
>>48296108
>Have your ships attempt to jam the radio communications between the marines and their transport
>>48296167
This is only being broadasted to Windsor, no one is going to know about this that he doesn't want anyway.
>>48296108
>>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>>48296108
>Allow both to continue broadcasting
The time has come
>>48296183
Why not? What the fuck are they going to do about it? They'll find out about her when we give back the prisoners we captured in the expanse.
>>48296108
>>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>>48296153
Like hell we did. There's no routelock in place. We may purge all that may be tainted.
>>48296194
Can thesus hijack it then and start broadcasting it? I am sure that he would get a good chuckle out of it.
>>48296167
For what possible reason?
He's seen all he needs to see to terrify him from this field of research. This is our business now. There is no reason to allow the humans to keep talking.
>>48296108
>>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>>48296108
>Allow both to continue broadcasting
You watch as the marine vessel continues its evasive maneuvers in spite of being ignored. It has pulled itself away as far back as it can while still being in range of the marine's radios. You doubt you would be able to board it easily, although you could still try.
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>Allow it to continue in its current position
>Other
>>48296108
>Have your ships attempt to jam the radio communications between the marines and their transport
>>48296239
Ther is also no reason to not let him know, why expand resurces on blinding the humans that could attack the void crystals slaves?
>>48296199
Because there's no point. Those marines cannot be allowed to return to the Union, for what purpose to we want to allow them to identify our greatest researcher to the Union's spymaster? All that does is tell the Union that the crew of the Hope is still alive before we intend to send them back.
>>48296108
>Have your ships attempt to jam the radio communications between the marines and their transport
>>48296108
>>Allow both to continue broadcasting
>Start making cracks to Windsor about how the Union are terrible parents, but don't worry, their son will clean up their mess. Again.
>>48296108
>>Attack the transport to cut off the quantum communications connection
>>48296174
That would defeat most of the point of cutting off communications, genius. It's really slow and highly visible.
Just blow it up.
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>>48296255
>>Other
Demand the transport settle the fuck down and get ready to collect its marines
>>48296255
>>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
Not your boat anymore humans.
>>48296239
>He's seen all he needs to see to terrify him from this field of research
>a previously unknown alien race
>allied with Unity
>both going full purge on a research facility
>this wont make him curious in the least about what implications this tech has
>>48296255
>Allow it to continue in its current position
>Start making cracks to Windsor about how the Union are terrible parents, but don't worry, their son will clean up their mess. Again.
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>>48296199
>when we give back the prisoners
Or we can just not do that. We could do it, but we don't have to. Don't lock us into that decision ahead of time.
Officially, Vaughn must be dead to those prisoners too. A 'complication' from something she contracted on Raligha.
No one can ever see this ultra cyber augmented science bitch with antenna in her head again.
>Allow it to continue in its current position so it can collect its marines
Let them feel the fear of being a small cog in something far far greater. Just gotta make sure to not make them fire on us.
I completely missed last thread, fug.
>>48296265
Because that flies in the face of what we've been trying to do this entire quest and ruins any chance for a reveal at an even MORE politically precarious point for the Union's governing council.
>>48296286
No, just no. We can't let those marines out no matter what happens, they could have been contaminated by the void.
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>>48296255
>Allow it to continue in its current position
But make it clear that if they attempt to flee or take any hostile action then they'll have to submit to boarding.
>>48296255
>Allow it to continue in its current position
>>48296255
>Allow it to continue in its current position
>>48296265
Please explain what resources would be lost, crystals-attacking-wise.
Jamming costs literally nothing.
Ship to ship combat costs literally nothing in terms of ground troops, which are the ones busy attacking the facility.
It doesn't even qualify as a distraction for the hive.
>>48296255
>Allow it to continue in its current position
>>48296255
>>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>>48296328
We screen them first. Wasn't it said last thread to kill anyone that'd been exposed for more than a week? These guys have been there for a like 2 hours
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise.
>>48296328
>Implying
Heretic went from demanding a full planet-wide extermination of all life to just insisting that all life in contact with the Shard for more than a week be eradicated.
We've not known Heretic to under-react thus far, so we can be pretty sure that the Crystal Gods need more time than the Marines have spent to infect someone...unless they've learned new tricks since the Skyl's days, anyway.
>>48296316
Geez, we're not a fledgling Hive any more, we don't need to furiously cover up any and all evidence of every little thing we do in this quest.
>>48296305
He already saw the SCARIEST POSSIBLE THING, it changed human brains into crystals and made them betray his orders.
Thatf it attracts powerful enemies makes it more mysterious but the cost of touching it has already become unacceptable and counterproductive.
>>48296354
just time
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
>>48296255
>Allow it to continue in its current position
Make it clear that we'll ruin their day if they try something hostile.
>>48296378
We've already expended so much time and effort that it makes sense to continue the effort, putting it off just makes it easier to subvert the Union using espionage.
>>48296361
Bitch how do we screen them.
We don't even understand how the fuck that happened.
We have to treat it like rabies. The only way to diagnose them is to kill them and dissect their skull.
>>48296255
>Demand the vessel hold position and prepare to be boarded, and attempt to disable it otherwise
Please roll 1d100, best of 3.
>>48296469
barbaric, we don#t have to kill them to dissect their skulls!
>>48296374
We barely know Heretic at all. What he's done so far in the past, like, two weeks, hardly counts for much, when neither he nor we actually understand the enemy's limits, if they exist.
Rolled 96 (1d100)
>>48296476
Because I wanted to use that image.
>>48296482
For Mother
Rolled 11 (1d100)
>>48296482
>>48296404
Huh? There would have been no time lost. The actions occur simultaneously.
>>48296482For mother!
Rolled 38 (1d100)
>>48296482
for Mother
Rolled 39 (1d100)
>>48296482
FOR MOTHER!
Rolled 25 (1d100)
>>48296482
>>48296492
I'd kiss ya if i wasn't so drunk anon
>>48296515
The hive has organs for that. Proceed anyway.
>>48296492
Nice job anon, nice job.
>>48296436
If we were talking about our stealthed hives or something like that I'd agree with you, but this isn't subterfuge, we're taking overt military action against their outpost during our first official contact. If Elizabeth could have made this encounter bloodless then her discovery would have been a worthy price.
Hell, it could even have made it easier to pull the wool over their eyes since human/xeno first contact has almost always been violent.
>>48296573
It's an important distinction however that in both this contact and the previous one where we played the rocksmashers, we are clearly attempting to render aid, regardless of whether humanity wants it.
>>48296679
And that's how we'll spin it. Slapping the hand of a child off the stove. It stings, but not as badly as the burn would've.
We will be opening official diplomacy as soon as this is done anyway. We've been meant to for a while now. Open it with every party (exlucing ceph) and try to make it look like we arnt psyonic to the general populance.
>>48296679
More like cauterizing the wound. We're not doing this to help the Union so much as forcibly stop them from fucking up so hard, lethal force is still on the table.
>>48296573
I wonder if the ship will transmit something to the groundteams along the lines of "Pleasseeeeeee don't piss them off." before we board.
>>48296492
Love you mother.
>>48296704
Fuck no we won't. It still pays to infiltrate the Union's worlds without officially alerting them to our existence, and the Union has so far done nothing to show themselves as worthwhile as a peaceful partner in the interstellar order.
>>48296679
That's the plan, though if you consider their limited perspective who would blame them for assuming we have other, less benign motives? The obvious one would be to maintain a monopoly on a superweapon tech.
For this reason I think it worth making this intervention as palatable as possible for the Union, unless they do something stupid like try to stop us.
>>48296515
But our study of human social interactions says that should just make you kiss them more!
>>48296729
But we could conquer Dagmar from them.
We really do need to add more resource nodes to mine, and that one hardly has humans on it yet.
And we have blackmail to make them bend to our tune.
>>48296753
Which is why we should wait until we see how their war with the Commonwealth pans out first. When the moment is right we declare our existence and our support for the Commonwealth, and together we start hammering the Union on two fronts and politically force them to give up resources and territory/recognize our claims. Don't forget the Union still believes it controls the entire expanse while we fully intend on claiming at least half of it.
>Media Blackouts and gag orders
This makes me want to initiate one anon's plan of jumping a battleground right into Gemini. Perhaps with the ships currently participating in the operation on Tenebris after we've concluded things. Let's see them suppress THAT first contact.
>>48296753
>blackmail
Bear in mind we can whip up a solid batch of Mega-Ebola in a lazy afternoon.
If they threaten/fuck with us, we simply bring cold season early to prove a point. And that point is: "Don't fuck with us or we'll rip your immune system out."
>>48296813
Would actually be hillarious and educational to see how they deal with such a threat.
Their quarrantine efforts might come in handy if they have parts we didnt even consider.
>>48296795
Imagine a shared Hive/Commonwealth border, with beautiful terraformed hive worlds, with landside and orbital resorts for Commonwealth citizens to reside in, joint research agreements and mutual defense agreements.
>>48296573
>>48296679
Yeah, if we can make this relatively bloodless we should. We are powerful enough we don't have to kill everything to hide out actions. It's time to take a big boy seat at the diplomatic table and to do this most effectively we should take pains to appear in as positive a light as is reasonably possible.
>>48296801
Don't tempt me like that, anon.
I wonder if offering humanity immortality in exchange for Killinger no questions asked would make him sweat?
>>48296841
We could probably threaten the Union or cow them into ceasing hostilities towards the Commonwealth for at least a while, so all three empires can turn their eyes towards the greater threat being the Obsidian Queen and her void gods.
>>48296838
Lots more human mercs to hire and put in biopower armor for Lyle to boss around.
>>48296837
Imagine if mother put in a "kill" switch when mucking about with human DNA thousands of years ago and we happen to find it. Good luck quarantining that.
>>48296858
We can probably make a compelling argument that our species was almost driven to extinction by this threat, and we only took the space of weeks to be strong enough to threaten human worlds a sector over. They band together with us or die.
>>48296378
There is no reason not to put off waking up the prisoners form their coma for another year. The cost of keeping them alive is so negligible we don't track it anymore.
Vaughn's current state and alterations would make her an invaluable research subject for the Union to get their claws on, so we should just make sure she doesn't exist anymore as far as they're concerned. Leave them no questions to ask and wonder about.
Because them studying and dissecting Vaughn would appear to be a safe non-crystals way to study whatever the fuck, if they suspect it's the same tachyon radiation.
>>48296884
>We can probably make a compelling argument that our species was almost driven to extinction by this threat
Heretic can back us up on this one too.
>>48295963
>>48295929
Ayy I made itdon't listen to the shills, We still might win, God bless the military.
>>48296875
That would be hillariously stupid to do. Since any kill switch you put in is also going to be found by any other genetic manipulating opponent, not to mention genes put in thousands of years ago are highly unlikely to be the same unless linked to key genomic data. Basically even if there was a switch normal evolution would turn it into scrap material within generations as its not chosen for.
>>48296884
Agreed. Hell, we don't even need to mention it was our species that was almost killed off, just that this line of research is responsible for the total destruction of multiple Galaxy spanning empires (true) and that the humans are in no way equipped for a threat of this magnitude.
>>48296915May Ataturk's spirit guide you turkanon
Who else is in favor of building an Immolator Warhead, and a dedicated speedtank destroyer to ferry it, just so we have the option available should we ever suddenly find ourselves in a situation where something needs to be hyperdead a week ago?
We can handle the expense of one, now; we just have to make sure we aren't wasteful about it.
>>48296858
>We could probably threaten the Union or cow them into ceasing hostilities towards the Commonwealth
m8, the commonwealth is charging with their entire fleet at the union, not the other way around, haven't you been paying any attention?
>>48296813
I like to think that if there was ever a war between us, the Union would try a virus like Theseus made, and just get confused when it didn't work. Then a week later, a never before seen type of flu rips through the human populations of multiple worlds, defying any attempts to cure or contain it. It's almost completely harmless, just giving its victims a runny nose and cough before clearing up, but jumps between human bodies like wildfire, like Neuro virus level contactability.
So the Union panics and gets its geneticists to investigate the thing and when they pull apart the DNA they find it to be mostly junk DNA. When this junk DNA is read it can be easily be broken into a code, which when read states "REALLY? YOU REALLY WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME WITH THE HIVE? BITCH YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO."
>>48296838
Mmmm yes. Commonwealth/Hive relations best relations.After Theseus/Queen relations.
>>48296482
A chittering noise echoes over the radio signals to the marine ship, folding into speech.
"Hold position. Prepare to be boarded." The ship jinks and spins as it attempts to duck away from your approaching ships as your corvettes move in from all sides.
"Multiple alien contacts are closing in!" Someone shouts over the relay as you watch the screen through Gilliam's eyes. "What are our orders? We don't have a safe acceleration path, receiving multiple possible sensor pings, likely targeting sensors. Sir, orders?" The voice is becoming increasingly desperate as Windsor watches, his eyes twitching from screen to screen. He finally clicks a button on his screen.
"Do not fire!" He says firmly. "I repeat, weapons hold!" Your ships detect, after some obvious hesitation, the gradual cooling of the ship's weapon systems. "There's no way you're fighting through that with your armament. The soonest we could assemble a response fleet of that size is..." He seems to check over data on another terminal. "A day and a half. Maybe sooner if the server ships break off."
The marine transport's singularity shrinks and dies, sending it drifting as your ships close in. The umbilical of the first corvette to reach it quickly seals around the hull and begins to burn in, secreting thick molecular acid to melt through the hull until it breaks through and quickly puffs up, filling the space and locking the umbilical in place.
>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>Other (write in)
>>48296936
Why the hell not. It's always a good idea to have a nuclear option.
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
Not time to go fully open yet.
>>48296943
Where was the thread where we basically made Thes orgasm with the sheer info we had to offer? Made a set of lights blow out or something on one of his ships?
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
Killing the comm will probably make Winston panic even more, at least this way we'll know if they're sending any reinforcements.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48296951
>secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
We are in control now.
>>48296886
There is literally no danger of the union abducting Elizabeth from either our capital planet or our space fleet.
We're a lot better equipped to infiltrate and abduct than they are and its not like we can just waltz in and abduct their top generals on a whim the second we learn that what faction they belong to.
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
Just tell them we're establishing quarantine and they can go home in a day.
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcastingTell them that we know they're still broadcasting. Then they can tell us that they know we know. And then we tell them that we know they know we know.
>>48296951
>A chittering noise echoes over the radio signals to the marine ship, folding into speech.
>"Hold position. Prepare to be boarded."
Prepare to SHIT PANTS
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
Move the ship to the planet to pick up thier marines
>>48296917
The White Queen made sure all of humanity stayed unable to survive psionic manipulation long-term for thousands of years.
Bitch knew how to make DNA stick.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and install a relay on the quantum comes to allow Theseus to modify the signal in real time
Only let them see what's happening to their own troops and assure their (relative) safety. Hive presence gets snipped out.
>>48296936
I think warheads are paid for on launch.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48296912
You realize two complete strangers who are cooperating and corroborating one another's story isn't actually more convincingly not-a-scam than one stranger, anon.
I hope everybody here takes the time to stand back and appreciate just how utterly alien and horrifying we are to the Union and the human race as a whole.
>>48296951
Woah >>48297029
supporting this.
>>48296980
When we told him about another synthetic intelligence faction but didn't introduce them yet.
>>48296951
>write in
>Give Theseus an in to their system.
I don't see the point of making them cut contact, but if we do, it should be something we ask the humans to do themselves instead of illustrating that we
a) have a mole in their organization that knows they are broadcasting
b) know of their quantum communication methods
I also hope that in the event we do disable the comms, it's done in such a way that it can be brought back online quickly. That is, I hope the disabling is non-destructive.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48296964
>>48296986
>>48296989
>>48297011
>>48297027
>>48297039
>>48297040
If this option wins can we use psyonic manipulation to make our drones blurry and painful to look at?
>>48297049
We're just insectoids, and humans know about bugs. That's not really that alien, not like how some of the really bizarre stuff like psionic demonic crystals or zombie fungus.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
I want to include Theseus in on this somehow
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
Let's uh.
Not reveal the full intimacy of the server ship/hive relations.
His arrival at the moment is still arguably explainable by "massive FTL signal from crystal fuckery attracting everyone who figured out how to hear it."
>>48297031
I don't think so, in this case. That sort of weapon is a deterrent as much as anything else, and it'd be stupid for us to get the benefits of holding them as a threat without paying the upfront cost to build them first.
It'd be like if the US only ever built two nukes, but expected the Soviets to stay in line anyway.
>>48297049
Thats why we have our speaker! He even comes in different color configurations for them to adore!
And with the new tribble DNA we might even be able to make mini speakers!
>>48297070
I don't think so, but even if it did... Why? We're opening talks just after this incident. The entire point is to keep things transparent.
>>48297070
eh, sure, but why?
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48297029
Nah man, displaying such intimate knowledge of their ship design is suspicious as fuck
>>48297070
Not sure that carries through sensor equipment. It'd give the grunts a bad time but the guys back home wouldn't be affected.
Better we do >>48297029
>>48297070
Have we completed that tech yet?
>>48297071
We're just insectoids, and humans know about bugs. That's not really that alien,
You underestimate just how alien bugs can get
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48297090
>>48297091
I don't want to reveal our drones yet until we blink to tannhauser to open "first contact"
>>48297089
Oh god.
Our diplomatic Caste could be Furbies.
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48297090
>The entire point is to keep things transparent.
That's not the point at all, and transparency has never gained us anything. Control of this situation is the point.
>>48297112
You've never seen a larger insect before, have you. Or even a normal one under magnification.
>>48297112
We're crustaceans actually
Spacecrabs
>>48296936
That's good, but I'd be more comfortable having a Heavy Fleet Battleship carry it. Protect the investment rather than put it in something that can get destroyed by any planet's defense networks.
>>48297120
Our Diplomacy cast are already moths/butterflys.
Speakers with big fluffy brightly coloured fur and wings.
>>48297118
I do.
>>48297128
>transparency has never gained us anything
Well duh, we've never used it before. But here we want to appear as actually averting a cataclysm, and for that to be believable to the union they need to have comms online.
There's nothing to lose and something to gain.
>>48297148
Lies and slander. We never agreed to fluff especially now that they all have ceph skin which won't work with fur
>>48297120
Because when you want to talk to part of the hive you need to get a stool and set the fuzzy brightly chittering furby with wings on it so you can listen to it sass you.
>>48297158
>ceph skin which won't work with fur
[citation needed]
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48297152
>I do.
It's almost like the prospect of shits and giggles is directing your choices in this quest instead of political calculation.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48297158
The Fluff will happen anon.
Our diplomats will be adorable insufferable little trolls.
>>48297085
>http://pastebin.com/z4yZdEbK
>Missile types – ...and its manufacture cost is paid upon launch.
>Immolator warhead
Rest easy anon, it's a assumed that we have immolators lying around ready to be used. QD probably doesn't want to keep track of individual missiles.
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48297183
It's almost like you have a one sentence per post reading limit.
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>>48297163
>the Hive is most displeased!
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48297191
We already have the fluff at lest for our ambassador design the one we have in the Commonwealth is one
>>48297120
Adorable little furby speakers that sit atop a warriors head to be eye level with it's conversational partner.
>>48297207
Look if you really want me to attack your flawed ideas about how to handle first contact with the Union piece by piece, I can do that to.
>>48297200
Hmm. Gonna need a battleship hull to be suitably durable, fusion core, probably reflex and conductive armor, multilayer shields, and then two spinal hangars (or shove the modules full of swarm hangars) to get additional ablative armor.
Speaking of multilayer shields we should update the Heavy Fleet to have them.
>>48297241
If it'll make you feel better.
So I have a terrifying idea
Chimera Carnotars. Give it a firebreath and we have Godzilla jr
Also Chimera Valen that can fly would be absolutely terrifying
>>48297225
Nah, genetically engineer them to be identicle to a tribble.
>>48297225
Give it giant fluffy vibrant wings and I'll take ten.
>>48297225
Dose it speak with a high pitched squeak or is it deep and manly because both forms can be played for a laugh
>>48297200
>heavy armor, high speed carrier ship
I'm afraid you must pick one and only one. There is no way to get around the fact that loads of armor slows down a ship remarkably and makes it far less maneuverable.
Guys, what if we make a capital-ship sized speaker for big diplomacy?
>>48297277
How big are we talking here?
>>48297248
I hope we get better miniturization tech soon. The better we get, the more powerful the multilayer sheilds become, since we can cram more generators into the same space. Blasting through the heavyest of our ships will become a real struggle.
>>48297285
Cruiser? Battleship?
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and keep it away from the rest of your fleets, but let it continue broadcasting
>>48297143
What I was thinking was more like using the ship as a disposable first stage to the missile. It'd be a bare-bones lump of maneuvering drives, armor, and point defense with a missile launcher buried in the spine. It would deploy alongside a larger Ship equipped with a micro-Rip drive, which would then warp the missile boat to close range. Then it would hit the gas and evade/destroy/soak up any immediate countermeasures before nose diving the missile into the target, or launching it conventionally if damaged too badly.
Basicly just a cheap HP sponge to tank for the bomb.
>>48297267
They come in pairs.
>>48297271
I was hoping on the Attack-Defense-Agility triangle, attack could be sacrificed for the other two. A heavy armored ship would dodge very well but would go in a straight line fast enough. Dunno how well that would work in reality though.
>>48297271
Rift drives make that a none issue don't they?
Mind, we would need to figure out a way to make minature rifts for this purpose. Maybe multiple drives rotating on a capacitor bank?
>>48297300
as long as it comes out as some kind of approximation of Mothra In Space(tm) I approve.
>>48297306
>>48297305
Guys, I'm sure QD is writing already.
There hasn't been a new IP in like 20 minutes. You can stop samefagging now.
>>48297277
It would need to be in atmo to be able to talk, unless we replace the mouth with loads on antenne. Otherwise, YES.
>>48297335
But thinker, we are all part of the hive. We are all samefagging here. You were already one of us.
>>48297315
What you want is combat armor.
>>48297314
I'm pretty sure sending in a Heavy Battlefleet bulked up by a few more Small Heavy Defense Fleets and some Light Fleets would accomplish the same thing, but that's just me. I would certainly vote to construct such a ship, mostly because I love to see the numbers on our assets crawl upwards.
>>48297271
Step one: slap a shitload of extra armor on the back.
Step two: blink in an atomic pod directly behind the ship
Step three: [activate it].jpg
Step four: Weeeeeeee!
>>48297254
Well, since you asked nicely.
The first flaw in your idea of spinning this event as well intentioned endeavour in the Union's greater interest is the fact that only the top intelligence brass in their government will see it. The relay is directly connected to Windsor's desk and he will have the final call on how much becomes known in the wider Union. Everything else will be colored by him and Killinger for the greatest possible political gain for themselves. And I highly doubt Killinger and his lackeys will be fully convinced of our benevolent intentions and not be interested in screwing us over for their own gain somehow.
This is on top of the fact that we have publicly allied ourselves with the great Machine Terror of the expanse, the Unity. Don't forget that so far the entire PR wing of the Unity has so far been devoted to terrifying his makers as much as possible, anyone buddy buddy with him is going to be flagged as an enemy of all mankind by mere association at the outset.
>>48297353
I just love the idea of doing as much damage with a single ship as possible.
Just imagine how fucking spooked the Union would be afterwards. All we'd need to do is Rip a single ship in anywhere afterwards to put them in immediate panic mode.
So how are we gonna start first official contact with the union, since this tenebris invasion will most likely not be show to the public.
Can we send a battleship to Tannhauser? Or our hive ship to Gemini?
>>48296951
>>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
>>48297357
Atomic pod + alabative armor = Nuclear ship grenade.
Fire them from rift drive carrier ships (grenedeers) onto almost the top of their target.
If it gets shot, still goes boom and sends detritus speeding through space at high velocity.
>>48297372
That is exactly why we need thesus to hijack the comms and have it streamed to all of the political figures he deems high enough should know.
>>48297372
So all you have is speculation about vague possibilities, summed up by "something, somehow".
>we have publicly allied ourselves
We have not. As far as they know we only simultaneously warped in after seeing the same things.
Besides, it's not like we can get away with kidnapping the marines and everything else, so I don't see why shutting down their comms will get you. They would receive all this info later on anyway.
Like I said, we have nothing to lose, but something to gain.
>>48296951
>Secure the ship and disable the quantum comms
Your drones begin to flood in through the umbilical. The lumbering bulk of your heavy warriors sending reverberating rumbles through the halls of the ship's interior as they pull themselves from out and into the transport.
Please roll 1d100, best of 3
>>48297085
For such a warhead, I would ask you to pay for it upon loading it to a ship, this ship is then the designated bombarding vessel, which if destroyed will loose the warhead. The ship will then attempt to blink in and launch the warhead.
Deploying the immolator is essentially the torch orc from LotR. The other faction will have the chance to shoot it down. You are assumed to have a stockpile lying around, but to put one on the field I will at least ask you to designate a ship with a missile launcher to carry it.
Rolled 25 (1d100)
>>48297435
For Mother
>>48297410
It's not going to work unless we kill every human in the system as well, and even then we'd probably miss some hidden surveilance device on Nowhere. So it would only hurt us and make us seem deceptive.
Rolled 56 (1d100)
>>48297435
DO THING FOR MOTHER!
Rolled 60 (1d100)
>>48297435
Rollin Thunder
Rolled 1 (1d100)
>>48297435
FOR THE MILITARY
Rolled 28 (1d100)
>>48297435
>>48297458
Thank god you're late.
>>48297458
Hahaha man that was close. thank god you where late, huh?
>>48297458
The fuck?
>>48297458
Seppuku yourself thinker
>>48297458
Well then.
>>48297458
Quite right blighty bugger. Military has nothing quoit roight LATEly.
>>48297458
Report to the digestion vats for recycling. You are obviously unfit for purpose for our glorious mother.
Guys, what if we had a ship with hundreds of small rip drives instead of weapons
We then use those rip drives to open up wormholes directly into enemy ships and push through troops/warheads
>>48297407
>rift drive carrier
For what purpose would you create such a retarded design?
>>48297435
Oh, and since there is discussion for it...
>Prepare a ship with an Immolator Warhead missile for launch
>Do not
I forgot to ask for the vote, but judging by the thread's discussion I assume you wish to use non-lethal methods to secure the marine transport without deaths and as few casualties as possible.
>>48297514
What if we make thousands of rip drives and use them inside other rip drives and create a new universe
We should so accept this ship's Canderon and power tap as payment for cleaning up their mess.
Rolled 1 (1d100)
>>48297520
>Do not
It's not the time for this.
;-; Wow, Thank god I was late for once.thank you coup for sparing the mother and distracting me.
>>48297520
I'd be up for building one to have in reserve but not using in this instance.
>>48297520
>>Do not
>>48297523
Thats how we make apple pies. Dont tell the Union that.
>>48297520
>do not
>>48297417
You missed my first point, which is that there will be now gain in your proposed plan, because Killinger and Windsor will lock down any information of the event, and if they do release anything it will be doctored to paint them in the best light. Like they do every time, with everything that ever happens to them. It's what Killinger does best. Though I suppose it's a moot point now anyway.
>>48297520
>>Prepare a ship with an Immolator Warhead missile for launch
>>48297520
>Do not
>>48297520
>>Prepare a ship with an Immolator Warhead missile for launch
As a back up yes. We need one on hand at all times anyway.
>>48297539
GUESS THE DICE GODS JUST WEIGHED IN ON THAT MATTER ANON.
>>48297539
YOU DID IT AGAIN ANON
>>48297520
>Do not
>>48297518
Mutliple rift portals simultaniously opened to throw shit through and then out of exits that are spaced far enough apart that shooting one peice of said shit does not cause a explosive chain reation wiping it all out.
Its an anti point defense method without having to have multiple ships but instead using a more expensive design, which means they scale better than using multiple ships. Production is on our side in the long term, not counting OQ.
>>48297556
You missed the latter part of my post which said that either way they are getting all the info there is to be had here - so there's no point in disabling their comms.
>>48297520
>I assume you wish to use non-lethal methods to secure the marine transport without deaths and as few casualties as possible.
That's the intent, I think.
>>48297520
>Do not
Alright, writing.
>>48297542
I admit I am slightly distracted as well. It is quite the event and a friend on steam is sending me updates on it so I apologize for any delays.
>>48297520
>Do not
>>48297575
While I agree thiers no reason to turn off the coms thiers also no reason not to also we could send this back in thier face since they will try to make the crew martyrs and then we'll send them back completely unharmed
>>48297570funny thing is I was actually hoping for it
>>48297589
Its cool QD, I've been watching sense it popped up. Take your time like usual.Ottomans on /pol/ keeping me up to date, sense I don't know Turkish.
>>48297520
>Prepare a ship with an Immolator Warhead missile for launch
Just some Heavy Fleet Battleship for now. We ought to have one locked-and-loaded for just-in-case.
>>48297589
Hell I was suppose to go to a PTA meeting an hour ago but I'm busy catching up on the aggregate news and disseminating it to people who could care less.The situation is positively quantum. The coup is failing, unless it isn't, which it very well not might be, perhaps.
All we know is that the soldiers are still on the streets, there's far less shooting than expected if there were still military forces loyal to Erdogan and most encounters so far have been between pro-erdogan supporters and police against the military rather than military-on-military
>>48297634
You really need to stop making decisions based on matters of distant chance.
>>48297458
This thinker has obviously been infected by the void God and must be purged.
>>48297658That's because his a fucking coward and told Civies to go out and 'fight' for him. The military is still weighing where to go, but CNNturk is currently under control by Pro-Coup soldiers. I personally hope they are winning.
>>48297679From the outside it looks like a no win situation for everyone involved. This is going to end in either blood or a stalemate
>>48297676
I'm fine, No crystallization of the brain.
>>48297696The return of power to the people is never a bad thing, Also, Thats why you don't run at fucking armed soldiers with just a flag.
>>48297733In my experience the people are fucking stupid and tend to follow the loudest voice. No one is saying who the millitary intend to put into power yet, have they? This could still all go to hell in a handbasket
The Coup is already over guys, get over it. It was a shitty plan with very little support in the military apparently.
http://www.aljazeera.com/watch_now/
So what type of a fleet did we jump in with anyway?
>>48297767If I remember my history currently they put a General? in power, Like what happened in Egypt when they sat a Brotherhood member in office.
>>48297778https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0g09LfbNQ Ya, The coup's REALLY over. Its still going on.
>>48297800
We sent in a light ambush fleet initially but I'm pretty sure Elizabeth went over with a heavy fleet
Guys, there's PLENTY of these threads over on /pol/. Please stop discussing it here, especially with your obnoxious misuse of spoilers.
>>>/pol/
>>>/pol/81157776
>>>/pol/81226113
>>48297817
Thank you anon, I need to read up on what we have in each 'fleet', Are the ground forces also listed in the fleet section thing?
>>48297830This is a spoiler, Don't hover over it if you don't like it. it's also not our fault the planning stopped.
>>48297849
Nope although I hope we do get to it at some point right now it's just assumed we have a mass up of all Drone types but we have no organized ground forces
>>48297869
Really now? Fuck, I thought we had a real 'default' of army so to speak.
>>48297849
It is your fault that you're making unrelated shitposts. The planning always stops while we're waiting for QD to make a quest post, so wait patiently if you don't have anything quest related to say.
>>48297898
I've always had the opinion that we need to organize our ground force structure into easy to digest military squads.
Like 10 drones in a squad
4 Blaster warriors
3 Thorn launchers
1 Plasma spray
1 Heavy thumper warrior (rocket launcher)
1 Specialty warrior depending on the situation (seeker pod, siren etc)
