Day 2, Month 2

5915.3 tons
20,500 fuel

+675 tons/day
+324 fuel/day

All drones are active.
These are the total amount of your drones:
274 Heavy Haulers
250 Heavy Harvesters
78 Artillery Heavy Combat Drones
75 Light Combat Drones
50 Light Constructor Drones
31 Light Sampler Drones
20 Heavy Construction Drones
2 Heavy Sampler Drones

You have obained 2786.5 tons of heavy metal from Kil'thweq Storage.

These are the heavy metal deposits on the Kil'thweq Peninsula:
The Mothership Wreckage with billions of tons (MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 100)
3 deposits with approximately 3000 tons
4 deposits with approximately 2500 tons
5 deposits with approximately 2000 tons
7 deposits with approximately 1500 tons
11 deposits with approximately 1000 tons
15 deposits with approximately 500 tons

You have samples of the following Kil'thweq technology in storage:
Shockwave Gun
Lightning Gun
Gravity Gun
Powered Armour Unit
Mothership Heat Ray
Mothership Propulsion Thruster

You have assigned Comrade 70 to enhancing your mining and extraction initiative.
He's looked at your basic advance
He has increased the efficiency of all of your harvesting operations by 25%.

So, subcontractors.
What now?

>>5802653
Can we examine any looted tech from the Kil'thweq and reverse engineer it or adapt it to make our own?

FUCK YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

Wait, I'm not sure this is really Plasma

>>5802686
You can order the blueprints for an Examination Facility. This will allow you to slowly design schematics for stolen technology.
These blueprints will cost you 5000 TONS.

Still, even without the examination facility, you're allowed to request information as to what the technology does.

The way I see it, we're here to rape the planet and chew bubblegum.
Cease bubblegum distribution to our workforce, see what happens.

>>5802689
I knew I was forgetting something.
Thank you.

Order the tech lab from TradeStar.

Contact Lemmington Pharmaceuticals. Just a friendly chat. See what's been going on with them. Any thing they want to do? Anything they're looking for or willing to sell?

What do we know about the Prawn technology?

>>5802710
You cease bubblegum distribution.
Your mechanical drone servants with limited AI do not care.

>>5802726
Does that company still want more enslaved natives?

Is 70 (BTW, can we rename him, or is he stuck with 70? As an advanced AI maybe he wants to experience his freedom more?) Is he still optimizing the mining ops or is he idle? If he's idle, get him to optimize our manufacturing facilities.

FUCK YES CORP QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEST!

>>5802725
Most of the weaponry used by prawns defies physics as humanity knows it. This is why their weapons are commonly referred to as "physics weaponry".

What piece of equipment listed would like further information on?

Build 50 harvester and 50 haulers, begin reclamation of the mothership immediately.

>>5802745
Their propulsion thruster and heat ray, in that order.

We'd like some air capabilities, so I think we should focus on that most.

But we do love burning things as well.

>>5802732
AlphaRange will give one piece of technology in exchange for either:
- 100 Chimps
- 50 Apes
They will also give you 'copter technology in exchange for:
- 250 Chimps and 50 Apes

Lemmington Pharmaceuticals has promised a gift in exchange for:
- 5 Gorillas

>>5802755
We haven't got the fuel production to deal with that right now, I don't think.

Wait to do any of that until a production facility and storage area are built at the mothership.

>>5802768
We gave AlphaRange free right to all of the Prawn survivors.

Have they picked them up yet?

If they haven't, we make sure to keep a good eye on them.

In exchange for this, we want some kind of EMP weaponry to use against Centauri if the need arises. Make sure to ask 70 beforehand if that would be effective against them.

>>5802770
We're getting +324 fuel per day, I think we'll be ok. (unless that was a typo?)

>>5802795
Either way, we need to wait for that until we've got an infrastructure built around the mothership.

>>5802726
but by reducing our pleasure expenditures by 10% in this manner, we can save tens of tons per annum!

>>5802658
Primary goal; develope a base adjacent to the Kil'thweq mothership wreckage and start mining that, and nearby Heavy Metals, like a madman.

Begin a troop withdraw and prepare for counter-Insurgency tactics against the Uni-Peace forces, though we will likely want to investigate the possibility of mine based technology for the purposes of terrain denial; thereby limiting their avenues of counterattack...

Also; if we've got the funds after these initiatives lets look into grabbing that reverse engineering gizmo, could be quite lucrative with the tech we've salvaged from them prawns.

>>5802819
We'll have the resources soon enough.

We do need to get defenses in place to protect from Uni-Peace. Offensive action against them needs to wait until we're prepared to wipe them out.

For now, focus on building up the area around the crashed ship, and redeploy our combat forces throughout our territory.

I think we should seriously consider building a bridge to the east again. Look at all that available land just waiting for plundering.

>>5802858
That land will be there to plunder.

We don't know what Plasma is planning. For all we know this ship could become unusable sometime soon.

We need to milk it for all it's worth ASAP.

>>5802844
Right; as it stands they are a cold enemy of sorts, though likely to become hot quite soon as they stand in the way of any Southern expansion we may hope to make.

*Also for clarification I meant landmine for the terrain denial, realized that could be a bit confusing given we're a mining company...

Oh hell yes we want land mines.

>>5802770
Acknowledged.
Moving Heavy Construction Drones to the Mothership.
They will be there tomorrow and they will begin construction tomorrow.
>>5802735
You can request him to renamed.
You request that moves on to optimizing construction.
"Understood. You know, your human artificial intelligence is so... weak. Are you sure you do not wish to try and replace it with synthetic life?"
>>5802760
The Mothership Propulsion System is highly advanced but not without its flaws. Their efficiency is massively reduced when inside an atmosphere. They are capable of interstellar travel but unfortunately, due to the obliterated Mothership engine, you currently have no sample of FTL technology.

The Mothership Heat Ray is designed for defense in an atmosphere. It fires a stream of heat that immediately ignites the air, in a straight line. It is devastating against all targets. As long as there is no obstacle, the heat ray can hit anything from any distance.

>>5802858
Last estimate Plasma gave us for the bridge was that it would take all of our constructors a prohibitive amount of time to construct the bridge; and we also would have to deal with the fact that Uni-Peace has watercraft (which we don't), so they could make life hell for us if we expand over a demolish-able bridge...

Tell 70 that that is not adviseable.

If they were truly synthetic, then they would be beings, and no longer tools.

If they became beings, then some would feel out of place, just as he had with Centauri.

IN SOME DOWNTIME, PLAY A GAME OF CHESS WITH 70, TO QUELL HIS MURDEROUS MACHINE RAGE

>>5802789
AlphaRange have arrived and their employees are beginning to cut into the Mothership hull, doing minimal damage and trying to extract any live prawns contained within.

"Oh boy, this is a mess. We'll be here for approximately ten days - it'll take a while to check out the entire ship."
>>5802795
No typo.

As for land mines - who do you want to try and get the schematics from?

>>5802890
>>5802931
Could we allow him to give us synthetic life with a killswitch that turned it back over to 'Human AI' in case of emergency (/betrayal), if so that might provide a nice counter to anyone somehow jamming our ability to communicate with and direct our Droids...

Also; if we were able to reverse engineer the Kil'thweq tech, would we combine the propulsor with the heat ray to create a low geosynchronous orbit Ion Cannon Satellite type deal? (The satellite tech alone might be worth buying the reverse engineering tech for, as that would help us solve some of our information gaps.)

>>5802789
I thought we wanted their copters? Being able to fly is a good thing.

>>5802968
TradeStar first; then AlphaRange, depending on what AR has to offer for the Kil'thweq it might be a worthwhile investment.

Either way it wouldn't hurt to check if our parent company has the schematics.

>>5802968
KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THEM! INSPECT THEM EVERY TIME THEY MOVE INTO AND OUT OF THE SHIP! THEY DO NOT GET TO TAKE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE KILTHWEQ.

>>5802978
I don't really trust 70 too much. Imagine for a moment that he is a spy sent by Centauri to destabilize us. We give him unlimited access, and we're done for.

>>5802903
With 20 Heavy Constructors, bridge construction will take 10 days and 1000 tons.

However, your heavy constructors are going to build a construction facility and a storage facility and the Kil'thweq Mothership currently.
They will arrive tomorrow and they will be able to complete both projects by the next day.

Also, you contact TradeStar about the Examination Facility.
"Okay, we'll require 5000 extra tons of heavy metals by the end of the month. If you don't have the heavy metal by then in addition to the minimum 2500 tithe, you're going to have to pay in a much harder way.
"We're going to transmit the blueprints to you right away. Should arrive tomorrow."

>>5803020
At this point I see it much more likely that he truly is an independent factor (especially in light of how he tried to come over as a defector to us in the first place); with it being much more likely that he would monopolize our forces to liberate his synth-brothers from Centauri control. So it would be in our best interests to keep him occupied, first, and then feed him slightely increased responsibility as a sign of trust. (Even if we are constantly keeping one eye in his direction...)

>>5803028
Once the blueprints get there, build two facilities. One at our main HQ, and one at the Kil'Thweq HQ.

Come to think of it, these names aren't working.

How about our landing site is known as HQ1. And our new facilities near the mothership is HQ2?

We don't want to build the bridge, btw

>>5803028
Add the Examination Facility to the list of construction projects at the Mothership Base and lets get to work cracking some of that sweet, sweet Kil'thweq tech. (I'd personally vote on the Heat Ray and then the Propulsion engine, though all the tech looks handy.)

Also; any words on Landmines?

>>5802943
He wins.
EVERY TIME.
>>5802931
"... Yeah, I guess you have a point. Unlike 137, I am capable of understand these are just mindless automatons. Not 'brothers to be freed'. Fucking machine supremacist."
>>5803005
TradeStar:
"Look, let me give you the low down. We're an industrial corporation. We provide industrial equipment and raw goods to the other corporations. We've designated Hajjar for strip-mining for heavy metals. Since we're an industrial corporation and not a fucking arms dealer, no, we do not have fucking mines."
AlphaRange:
"Sorry, guys. We don't have access to all other our employer's technology at the moment and we haven't purchase mine schematics because we haven't found any use for them yet. So, sorry. No."
>>5803020
Understood.

>>5803069
He did come to us first. That is how spies work.

Of course, I could just be paranoid, but I don't completely trust him.

So... drone production priorities. We need a lot of harvesters, obviously, but perhaps we should also consider replenishing our missile stockpiles. It'd be better to have a few on hand, should we need them.

Also: TradeStar sells an alternate power source for our drones/facilities, right? How much did that cost, and what does it do, exactly?

>>5803116
>Since we're an industrial corporation and not a fucking arms dealer, no, we do not have fucking mines.
But we wanted normal mines, not fucking mines!

They sold fusion batteries, but I was never sure if they could be used individually for drones.

Also, how much was it for the super heavy drone schematics?

>>5803120
Seconded. He could be a spy. Fortunately, he's sitting in a computer core in our base, without control of our base defenses, so we can shut him off if it comes to it... right?

>>5803111
Predicted TimeLine:
Day 3, Month 2:
Constructors arrive at HQ2.
Day 4, Month 2:
Constructors complete Construction and Storage.
Day 5, Month 2:
Constructors complete HQ2 Examination
Day 6, Month 2:
Constructors complete HQ1 Examination

>>5803140
Using fucking mines on the hippes?! Too much free love, man, too much free love.

Also mine like explosive charges have semi-legitimate uses in mining; sure their completely outdated by mining drones...

>>5803168
Looks good, as one anon suggested lets begin building harvester/haulers at our bases closest to HQ2 and have our farther bases build (HQ1+?) begin construction of a mix of Napalm and HE cruise missiles (with a focus on Napalm), sound good fellow subcontractors?

>>5803168
That looks good to me.

Once the examination facilities are up, have 70 work on examining the heat ray tech. But monitor all transmissions and keep a close eye on him.

Also, when AlphaRange takes out the Kil'Thweq slaves, take our own count so that they don't try to shortchange us.

>>5803143
Fusion batteries are shipped in with ordered supplies and they can only be installed in Superheavy Drones, Transport Drones or larger Drones. They remove fuel consumption.
They can also be used in construction facilities and examination facilities to remove fuel consumption.

>>5803204
Let's hold off a day and have the production facility at HQ2 begin making it's own drones.

And I agree on resupplying our napalm weaponry.

>>5803226
So I take it we can only get them at the end of the month then? Might be a good purchase idea to remember...

Also what was the cost / relative benefits of Superheavy-Class Drones again?

>>5803226
>Fusion batteries are shipped in with ordered supplies
Ah. We'll worry about them in twenty days or so, then.

>>5803204
Sounds like a plan. Build, say, 12 missiles and call our stockpile done?

>>5803253
And are there any other drone designs we can purchase?

WHY THE FUCK ARE WE GIVING ALPHASTAR THESE PRAWNS FOR FREE?

Jeesus, lets at least inquire if they are willing to trade them for technology.
GEEZ!

>>5803290
We aren't giving them away for free.

We're receiving payment once we get a headcount on all the slaves they're getting.

>>5803290
>WHY THE FUCK ARE WE GIVING ALPHASTAR THESE PRAWNS FOR FREE?
I was under the impression that we were giving them the Kil'thweq in exchange for fat stacks of technology...?

Also, can we get a list of available technology?

I'm suggesting we buy the superheavy drone schematics. We're making plenty of metal, and the increase in efficiency would be worth it, I reckon.

>>5803297
>>5803322
Oh, we were simply guaranteeing them the rights...

>>5803253
Superheavy Drones cost 5 tons to construct and consume 25 units of fuel per day.
They only come in Combat, Constructor, Hauler and Transport variants.
SH Combat Drones are much more heavily armoured. They also have three primary weapon slots and two auxiliary weapon slots.
SH Constructor Drones can construct 10x faster than a standard H Constructor Drone.
SH Hauler Drones can haul 10x more goods than a standard H Hauler Drone.

Light Transports can carry 5 Light, 3 Medium, 1 Heavy or any combination.
Medium Transports can carry 15 Light, 9 Medium, 3 Heavy or any combination.
Heavy Transports can carry 25 Light, 15 Medium, 5 Heavy, 1 Superheavy or any combination.
Superheavy Transports can carry 100 Light, 60 Medium, 20 Heavy, 4 Superheavy or Any Combination.

Have we moved our artillery drones to the southern front yet? We should make some of those heavy artillery platforms into stationary bombardment bases as a line of static defense against any future hippie-explosive arrow incursion. Copying our new AI into those remote fire bases could help us in our micromanagement and observation as well.

>>5803378
And we can put the fusion batteries inside the SH drones to remove the fuel cost?

>>5803386
We don't know where the Uni-Peace assets are, so moving artillery into range is rather useless at this point.

Plasma, a question for you.

Could we use our examination labs to reverse engineer the power armor, and use that along with our droid schematics to make some form of bidepial combat drone?

>>5803378
This (SHD) looks like a legitimate purchase, if we have the Metals available to make it.

>>5803386
This subcontractor would also be willing to relocate our artillery forces to our southernmost defensible position (base), though as it stands we do not wish to aggrivate Uni-Peace until we are ready...

>>5803288
You can purchase the Transport Drone design and the Superheavy Drone variant.
>>5803290
>>5803297
>>5803322
In exchange for the rights to gather slaves from the Mothership Wreckage, they're offering one sample of technology.
Would you like to see the list?
>>5803260
Constructing 12 missiles - 6 explosive, 6 napalm.
You currently have 1 napalm remaining after the Battle for Kil'thweq Peninsula.
>>5803326
Available technology as in what technology you possess, or what technology you can buy from TradeStar?

>>5803444
>In exchange for the rights to gather slaves from the Mothership Wreckage, they're offering one sample of technology.
Just one? Unless all the prawns are dead, that seems kind of low... unless they're breaking out their best tricks.

Yes, we want to see the list.

>>5803442
SHD schematics cost 5000 TONS.
That means 12500 TONS to pay by the end of the month if you purchase them.

I would like to see the tech that AlphaRange is offering, as well as the tech TradeStar has for sale.

Also, what effects would the transport drones have?

>>5803462
I'd say then that we should wait on making this purchase till we have the funds available, as it stands we already owe 7.5k Tons at the end of the month and have yet to see the profits from said expenditure.

>>5803422
Ah-hah.

Finally, you guys are looking to start to invent your own technology.

For that, you'll need a Tech. Lab.

Tech. Lab schematics are selling from TradeStar for 10,00 TONS. Tech. Labs allow you to slowly design your own technology - although the designing process is rapidly increased if you're basing it off previously existing technology.

>>5803488
Can I nominate this as our next purchase for once it becomes fiscally practical. Bipedal PA drones and Satellites, sounds deliciously expensive.

>>5803488
Given how much metal we should be able to begin extracting from the mothership fairly soon we might be able to get it by the end of the month.


Until we have a better idea though sounds like that'll have to wait. I guess we're ready for the next day.

>>5803488
Ok, I vote for us saving up for this.

>>5803507
We want this ASAP.

But we need to wait until we've got the resources for it.

I'm gonna fuck around in photoshop. I suck pretty bad, but I'll doodle up some basic designs for possible creations.

>>5803463
Transport Drones have a higher speed - they take one less day to arrive at destinations than other drones.
Also, amphibious transports can ferry non-amphibious drones, and flying for non-flying and so on.
1000 TONS.

Self-destruct Schematics (this can also be used to remotely detonate shells and cruise missles) - 500 TONS
Amphibious Schematics - 1000 TONS
Transport Drone Schematics - 1000 TONS
Superheavy Schematics - 5000 TONS
Tech. Lab Schematics - 10000 TONS

Also, AlphaRange is offering:
Sonic Technology
Slave Collar Schematics
Combat-Hauler Hybrids
Thermobaric Technology
Skimmer Technology

>>5803518
Let's stay away from bipedal designs, they're fairly unstable (Every second you're standing still your body is constantly adjusting to stay upright, the reason we're bipedal has nothing to do with stability).

>>5803538
What are Thermobaric and Skimmer Technology for?

>>5803538
Skimmer technology? What exactly does that do?
(If this is flight, and its being offered for the prawns, we take this so hard.)

Of the known techs, Thermobaric and Sonic look pretty tempting (though sonic is probably a better call given our impending conflict with Uni-Peace)

Once we get the capabilities, we should use the power armor and our own drones as a base to build something like this.

A bipedal robotic body for 70 to use.

>>5803538
Also, I think we're getting about ready for a day shift (unless AR is offering us a tech choice now, in which case we should make our choice then advance time.)

As I've said before, when we go against Uni-Peace, I believe our best option is total destruction.

Burn them all to the ground.

>>5803582
Firstly, 70 could be a spy, so he's not getting a body.

Secondly, bipedal robots are silly. Power armor is bipedal, but that's because it's essentially an enhancer of the person wearing it. As the size of a vehicle grows, the stupidity of a bipedal design grows with it.

>>5803612

lolno

>>5803568
Skimmer technology is strange naval technology. The advantage is that they're incredibly fast. The disadvantage is that as soon as they're off-land, they accelerate until they reach maximum velocity - then they deccelerate when they approach land again, finally stopping on the beach or in a cliff. Skimmers are not land-capable and there is no such thing as "stopping" as long as you're in the ocean.

As for thermobaric, it's technology that can be used in artillery shells and cruise missles. It works in two stages. First stage, it releases a massive blastwave that can strip flesh from bone and tear the plating from a drone's frame. Second stage, it releases a wave of fire that can turn bones to ash and melt drone circuitry immediately. It's fast-acting, and it's devastating against anything that isn't heavily armoured.

Also, state what you're constructing with your construction facilities.
So far, three of your construction facilities are busy with 12 cruise missles.
What are the other three construction facilities doin?

>>5803655
Are the facilities at HQ2 complete?

>>5803637
I'm thinking we'll take skimmers, then, given these options and descriptions.

>>5803612
The "tracked drone" design wouldn't work so well in combination with the powered armour - because then you're essentially turning it into a superheavy combat drone.

The advantage of powered armour drones with legs is that the thrusters will still function, allowing them to temporarily move at incredible speeds. Sure, the disadvantage of this is that they're less stable therefore more fragile - but the advantage is they're much more mobile.

>>5803637
We will need to do some Island hoping in our combat with Uni-Peace...

Though we can equivalent technology from TradeStar for only 1000 Tons, so it might be more worthwhile investing in Thermobaric, as no eqauivalent exists in TS's offerings and it would serve as a shock and awe weapon against Uni-Peace.

>>5803669
No - they'll be completed on Day 4.
We're about to finish Day 2.

>>5803678
Couldn't we then use the thrusters from the power armor in combination with some smaller drone design to create a super fast scouting drone?

>>5803673
>>5803673
No fucking way. The skimmers are good if we were planning on mass transport across the water. But we're not looking at that right now. And we haven't so far with any of our tech.

We should go with thermobaric.

>>5803678
Which would potentially give us Rapid Strike capabilities... could be quite handy.

Which construction yards are being unusued? If they're near profitable harvest locations we could start production for more of that...

Let's build some Medium Combat Drones, give ourselves a little more flexibility in our defense and offense capabilities.

>>5803655
Heavy harvester drones. Lots of them.

Everyone calm down. We're going in a million different directions.

>>5803687
I tend to agree. Also, Skimmer technology sounds fairly fuel intensive (fast acceleration + no staying still).

So let's get Thermobaric Technology.

>>5803701
The advantage of thermobaric is that it's utterly devastating when used in missiles. But our missiles can already kill things. With skimmers we can expand onto the islands and cut off the growth of, say, Lemmington by landing on the continent beyond their holdings. Our military only needs so many toys.

>>5803708
H Harvester drones and H Hauler drones would be my vote.

>>5803733
We can never have enough weaponry.

>>5803702
Well, you haven't designated which construction yards are being used.
You have:
HQ1-C1
HQ1-C2
Midlands Construction
Southern Construction
Lemmington Border
Kil'thweq Border

Which three are building the missiles, which three are doing something else?
>>5803696
Yes, you could.

>>5803733
But we can duplicate the benefit of Skimmer tech (potentially more reliably) with an 1000M TS purchase, this isn't true of any of the other technologies.

>>5803739
Thirded?

>>5803733
Skimmers cannot stop. They essentially accelerate very fast over water and skim, I don't think they'll have much in the way of transport capability, and also they'll probably burn quite a bit of fuel in the process.

NOTE:

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO WE GIVE OUR TECHNOLOGY TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF OUR GROUP.

WE ARE BUILDING OUR OWN LITTLE EMPIRE HERE.

WE WILL GET NOWHERE BY ADDING BRICKS TO ANOTHER GROUPS "PYRAMID" AS IT WERE.

>>5803751
C1, Southern and Mid produce Missiles; others produce H Harvesters and Haulers and ship them towards C2.

Okay, so it seems agreed that we're building more Heavy Harvesters and Heavy haulers. We don't have to choose which technology right at this second. So let's build 50 of each (harvesters and haulers) and skip to the next day.

Plasma, does AlphaRange offer any kind of EMP weaponry?

>>5803785
Putting 50 HHarvesters and 50 HHaulers on queue.

Day 3, Month 2 approaching.

Also, a warning:
You only have two empty gas deposits remaining that you can siphon - and considering that I am automatically moving haulers and harvesters to other gas deposits when your existing gas deposits run out, you better find new gas deposits - fast.

Or, could we use our exam labs, and our tech labs (once we get them) to make some EMP weaponry out of the kilthweq tech?

>>5803802
"We haven't had any need to order it from our superiors yet. No conflict with the synths just yet."

>>5803820
Automatically deactivate anything that uses fuel that isn't serving a purpose.

>>5803820
Looks like the time we could wait till advancing on Uni-Peace just got cut down to size. While Plasma updates for the new day is it time to talk strategy?

>>5803825
Kil'thweq has no EMP.

Unless you have any previously existing technology you'd base the EMP upon, designing new EMP schematics in a Tech. Lab would take approximately a month.

>>5803838
Strategy:

Don't fuck around. Napalm the fuck out of them. If we get thermobaric before we attack, hit them hard with that. Burn them out completely. Encircle their territories with fire, and then move inward.

>>5803852
I was thinking of using tech from:
Shockwave Gun
Lightning Gun

Oh, and one last question. Where are you sending your haulers and harvesters to?

>>5803867
The mothership, I'd say.

>>5803863
Using these two, you would be able design schematics for a cone-of-fire EMP gun.

>>5803877
Agreed.

>>5803859
Our big problem from that is as it last stood it sounded like they were a largely guerilla force, so finding their main bases is a top priority and we should attempt to locate these before begining conflict in earnest (if possible) to try to win the war before the first battle.

However, I have a bad feeling that we might have to deal with tunnelers here (ala 'Nam) which could vastly complicate our strategies and would require quite a bit of adaptation to our strategy to properly fight. This would also give them a massive coordination advantage based on their ability to appear relatively wherever they want.

>>5803899
If they're tunnelers, then that is where thermobaric weapons come in.

Also, PLASMA, can we use the thrusters from the power armor and some small drones to invent some super small super fast scouting drone? Basically a thruster powered camera/microphone/sensor drone?

>>5803888
Could we then use that EMP technology and use it in our artillery/missiles?

>>5803918
Using the technology gathered from lightning guns and shockwave guns, no.
You'd only be able to create EMP guns.

>>5803965
Alright.

ADVANCE TO THE NEXT DAY ALREADY, xD

>>5803899
Which is why satellites are going to be crucial to fighting them, if we can get detailed enough pictures and a wide enough array of sensors tunnels should be much easier to locate, it should also allows us to increase the effective range of artillery by reducing the need for drones out in the field to relay the location of enemy assets.

>>5803987
Are you the same guy who's been obsessed with satellites this entire time?

But yeah, they'd be pretty good.

>>5803987
A spy satellite costs 5000 TONS if I remember.

Also, yeah, about to post day update.

>>5804013
Can I get a ruling on whether we'd be able to create a super fast/agile spy/scout drone?

>>5804010
I've mentioned in maybe three times. Once in thread 6 I think and once before then.

The only thing I'm obsessed with is having good reliable up to date information on which to make decisions, satellites would give us this ( for the most part, they obviously can't see everything all the time), at the moment we're basically blind in every area that is directly monitored by drones.

Day 3, Month 2

6617.3 tons
19,285 fuel

+780 tons/day
+175 fuel/day

Your 31 light and 2 heavy samplers have been put offline, as per request.

No mines or extraction plants have ran out of resources today.

Your Construction Drones are beginning construction by the Mothership.

Your 78 Artillery HCDs have arrived on Southern border with their 24 HHaulers.

Other than this, there's no update. You still need to select your technology from dear old AlphaRange, however.

>>5804045
It really is a good idea to get some up in the sky.

Thermobaric.

>>5804062
Seconded.

>>5804025
By using light drone schematics and power armour schematics, yes - you would be able to create either an incredibly fast scout drone equipped with thrusters, whether it's tracked or bipedal - although each still has its advantages.

>>5804010
>>5803987
>>5804045
In this thread I've been the one overly mentioning satellites, as a product of reverse engineering the propulsor tech of the Kil'thweq and slapping sensors / weapons platforms upon it.

It would likely be all kinds of expensive, while at the same time being all kinds of useful.

>>5804080
Satellites.

First we can use them to eye targets and scan our globe. Attach a couple missiles to a satellite platform, and we've got orbiting tools of death.

>>5804052
Select thermobaric technology.

Continue construction of harvester/hauler drones and dispatch to the crashed mothership.

Deactivate all drones not in active use, including combat models.

Open communications with Centauri.

Re: Trading for fuel.

>>5804116
They're not going to give away fuel. They have to send fuel to their parent corporation, just as we have to send heavy metals.


End day unless something has come up. We need to keep things moving.

>>5804130
We've got a lot of metal we're willing to trade with. The same may be true with their fuel.

Also:
Comrade 70 is still wondering what name you might wish to call him, and he has also enhanced your construction rate - it's now 50% faster. Heavy drones take an hour and a half to make. Medium drones take 45 minutes. Light drones take 20 minutes. Missiles take 4 hours.

Thermobaric technology has been selected and has been transmitted to you. You can now create thermobaric artillery shells and thermobaric missiles.

Deactivating 78 artillery drones and 24 hhaulers.

>>5804139
Create 10 thermobaric missiles. 300 thermobaric artillery shells.

Have 70 call himself BROCK SAMSON from now on. Have BROCK SAMSON begin optimizing our combat drones.

>>5804116
>>5804130
>>5804138
"Fuel? We can give you fuel! We have plenty of fuel."
"We'll offer 10,000 units in exchange for AlphaRange's missile technology. We know you have it."

>>5804139
Give 70 the choice; let him/her/it mull it over, do some searching in whatever sort of database we or it has and find a suitable name for itself.

>>5804150
Oh, come on. Comrade 70 can choose his own name, if we're going to stick him with a cheap reference to another quest.

>>5804165
We don't really need fuel right this moment, we have close to 20,000 units.

>>5804165
No fucking way

>>5804150
And here I was going to suggest Rusty...

>>5804165
We'll bear your offer in mind... but we're not going to give that away just yet.

Plasma, can we hire on additional NPCs from offworld, and have them arrive here by shuttle with our regular TradeStar shipments?

For instance, could we hire an engineer to our merc company, and have him arrive here at the end of the month?

Whoa, why are we building heavies?

Lets purchase those superheavy schematics and pump out those instead!
They would be much more efficient, and there would be the option of using fusion batteries on them...

>>5804229
We've got to do this. Get the super heavies, give them fusion batteries. We get infinite metal at no fuel loss.

>>5804229
Wouldn't a superheavy with a fusion battery have a net cost of 505 metal? That seems excessive for a single drone, no matter how efficient.

>>5804229
>>5804248
I'm actually I'm in support of this. Once we get the schematics we can start producing the superheavies and then start scrapping our old models.

>>5804275
Were did you get that figure from?
If it does cost that much, then we can always run them on fuel instead. They'd still be more efficient.

QUESTION:

Does buying fusion from TradeStar only give us a fusion battery, or the capability to build our own batteries?

>>5804296
Fusion batteries were listed as costing 500 metal. They were also described as being shipped in, rather than a tech that we can purchase. Superheavy drones were listed as taking 5 metal to build So... might have misread something, but I think that's the net cost.

>>5804296
Fusion batteries cost 500 TONS EACH.

But, yes - one SHHauler can do what 10 HHaulers can do, but for the fuel cost of 5 HHaulers.
It's twice as efficient, really.

>>5804323
Ok, we'll want the super heavy schematics, and we'll want at least 10 fusion batteries in the next monthly shipment.

>>5804323
Let's order superheavy drone schematics from TradeStar, in spite of the fact that they're lousy bastards who are gouging us horribly.

>>5804303
It gives you one fusion battery.

Each corporation has something that gives it a massive, gigantic edge.
Kil'thweq has Motherships, AlphaRange has Planetkillers, Lemmington has HyperCancer™ and TradeStar has fusion batteries.

They're not just about to give you the technology to produce the one thing that gives them a gigantic edge over everyone else.

>>5804368
Order the fusion batteries later, when we've got a better idea of what our resource base will look like. There's no point in placing orders before day 25 or so.

>>5804390
We'll take a fusion battery.

And we'll take it out to some remote tech/examination lab. And we'll attempt to reverse engineer that shit.

>>5804386
I notice you didn't say anything about Centauri.

Planning something for them?

Do we have any tech labs or exam labs completed?

>>5804415
No, I just couldn't come up with anything on the spot.

So, we're canceling the 50 heavy hauler harvesters, and buying superheavy schematics?

>>5804462
They don't eat or shit?

>>5804468
Apparently. Seems reasonable enough, although it's a waste of a day's construction capacity.

Day 4, Month 2

7621.3 tons
19,330 fuel

+1020 tons/day
+365 fuel/day

The full 50 HHarvesters and 50 HHaulers are working at the Mothership at HQ2.

Superheavy Drone construction schematics have arrived. Each takes 4 hours, 5 tons and 25 units to build. Costs 25 units per day. You now owe 12500 tons of heavy metal to TradeStar.

HQ2 Construction and Storage have been built. HQ2 Examination Facility will be built tomorrow. HQ1 Examination Facility will be built the day after that.

Comrade 70 has decided to rename himself Comrade Samson.

24 HHaulers and 78 Artillery HCDs have been deactivated.

What do you want to do now?

>>5804510
Samson get to work examining the Prawn technology.

>>5804228
This is possible - you can order engineers with the monthly shipment from TradeStar.

>>5804510
Superheavy harvesters. As many as we can build, at the mothership (since we have a storage facility on-site, no haulers are required confirm/deny?).

>>5804535
"Sorry - but I am a military model and I was treated like one. I was allowed to look at Centauri production and construction methods - but things as advanced as reverse engineering are beyond me. For that, you would need a highly trained engineer or an Artifex model."

>>5804547
You can only construct SHConstructors, SHCombat Drones, SHHaulers, and SHTransports.
No harvesters - superheavy drones are too large and cumbersome for harvesting or sampling.

>>5804510
Start building superheavies haulers and harvesters, and delegate the ones in the mothership to other mines / gas pockets.

Did we choose the technology we would be getting from Alphastar in exchange for the prawns?

Do we have roads between HQ1 & 2?

Should we buy amphibious schematics and explore northeast?
Otherwise we could save up for that techlab...

>>5804593
Ah. My mistake. In that case, order enough superheavy haulers to replace all existing haulers, and deactivate the latter as the former come online.

>>5804593
Let's start produce SH Haulers, at a ratio of 1 SH for every 2 H. Do the same for H Constructors. Once a SH of either type is built send 2 of that type to be recycled.

>>5804609
Using all 7 facilties, you shoud be able to make 42 SHHaulers.
In order to replace all of your HHaulers, you need 30 SHHaulers.

Yes, there are roads. Your HConstructors built them on the way.

You bought thermobaric technology.

>>5804634
The SH are 10x more effective.

So have 1 SH replace 10 of the heavy.

>>5804642
Uhh, never mind>>5804634, instead build the 30 SH Haulers. and Also replace H Constructors in the same manner.

>>5804650
>>5804642
>>5804634
>>5804622

K, so lets build enough SH Haulers to replace all our current H haulers, and then deactivate the H haulers.

We gonna buy amphibious technology and go exploring or what?

>>5804679
Not just deactivate, recycle half of them.

>>5804679
Let's wait until we're sure we have enough metal to pay off what we owe TradeStar.

>>5804692
We have plenty. We can repay the debt in around 8 days, even if we buy the amphibious schematics.

>>5804692
Unless someone attacks us and things go badly, we will have more than enough to pay TradeStar.

>>5804737
We also may want to buy other things between now and when the shipment will arrive.

Calm down.

>>5804737
Yeah, unless something catastrophic happens. I'd rather play it slightly safe than get fucked over because we wanted to buy everything RIGHT NOW.

Day 4:

8791.3 tons
19,695 fuel

+1020 tons/day
+1165 fuel/day

250 HHaulers and 20 HConstructors recycled.

HQ2-E1 (Examination Facility) built.

Two gas pockets have run out of gas - the harvesters and haulers have moved to the last two remaining gas pockets to resume fuel production. You have no remaining gas pockets.

HQ1-E1 is currently being constructed.

>>5804755
I'M NOT ANGRY, DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!
We would make back what it would cost to buy the tech in less than two days. There's very little to lose from buying it, and quiet a bit to gain in terms of knowledge and possibly territory.

>>5804803
How many more H Harvesters would it take to max out the mothership?

>>5804841
50 HHarvesters and 5 SHHaulers.

>>5804755
>>5804777
>>5804803
Ah, now it would definitely be unwise to delay.
We're fast running out of gas mines, and we need to look for more...
Honestly 1000 minerals?
That's chump change right now.

>>5804849
How much more fuel would that drain?

>>5804874
It would cost 375 fuel in construction and it would reduce your income by 375 fuel/day

>>5804892
Build them.

>>5804954
Building.

What do you want to examine in your new facility? Tell me and then we'll day-skip again.

Also, is there anything else you wish to construct?

Do you wish to purchase Amphibious 'tech or not?

>>5804966
Examine the heat ray.

Don't buy anything.

I PUNCH THROUGH THEIR FIREWALL AND HACK THE MAINFRAME THEN I STEAL ALL THE MONIES

I WIN

Let's examine the Gravity gun.

>>5804981
>>5804990
Heat ray came first, gravity gun gets researched tomorrow.

>>5804966
I've given my reasons for purchasing amphibious tech...

Day 5, Month 2

11186.3 tons
19,985 fuel

+1395 tons/day
+665 fuel/day

Another gas pocket runs out of resources. The harvesting team has been deactivated.

HQ1-E1 has been completed. Researching the gravity gun - this will be completed on Day 15, Month 2.
HQ2-E1 is researching the heat ray - this will be completed on Day 14, Month 2.

The Mothership mining operation is at maximum capacity.

Also, incoming message from Uni-Peace representitive:

"One final warning. Keep to the North and don't dare defile any further earth that you haven't already defiled. Otherwise, we will not be able to avoid conflict.
"Also? It would really serve you well if you were a bit more cautious."

>>5805032
Ok, let's buy Amphibious tech.

>>5805083
You now owe your employers 13500 tons of heavy metal.
The schematics will arrive tomorrow.

>>5805079
Wait, what? We didn't do anything! Why the fuck do they want to attack us?
Reactivate our artillery drones and prepare for combat, in case they attack.

>>5805115
I suspect this is Plasma's way of telling us that 70/Samson is going to double cross us.

>>5805115
Also, construct some (say, 10) superheavy combat drones. Laser/laser/stungun/flamer/flamer.

>>5805115
They do not reactivate.

>>5805135
No, wait. Don't order that yet.

Plasma, what are our current weapons? And what weapon upgrades are available for purchase?

>>5805079
- Bring the bulk of our forces near the uni-peace border, then deactivate to save fuel
- Inform Centauri you are anticipating trouble, and that you could use support
- Pump out some more cruise missiles, a few in every flavor
- Pump out some more heavy drones, station them at mines and HQ.

It's not likely that we'll be able to mine without messing up the environment, right?
Unless there is, tell them to supply you with an ever increasing amount of gas and metals in exchange for halting further expansion, or to GTFO

>>5805159
You've got these for primary:
Laser
Punching Knife
Stun Rod
Stun Gun
Flamethrower
Artillery Gun

And for auxiliary:
Flamethrower

>>5805179
You already deactivated 78 Artillery HCDs at the Southern border. Your only other combat drones are 75 LCDs guarding the mines.

Your artillery HCDs refuse to reactivate.

>>5805199
FUCK.

For the moment, let's consider them lost.

We need to start building SH Combat drones. as well as Light and Medium combat drones to back them up.

>>5805199
They refuse?

FUCKING 70/SAMSON! HE SCREWED US!

>>5805221
Or Uni-Peace did something. Uni-Peace seems more likely as they're closer.

>>5805199
FUUUUUUUUUU`
Get some sampler drones to find out whats going on. Have them check our cruise missiles, facilities, ect.
Christ lets assume from now on that when we deactivate combat drones that a certain number are left on to act as scouts.

>>5805242
You send a light sampler to the scene.

Every single artillery drone and all of their hauler drones were right where you left them - they haven't move an inch.

However, they have all violently exploded.

Try reactivating the haulers.

>>5805207
Just so you know:
Light drone: approximately the size of a teenager
Medium drone: approximately the size of a fully grown man.
Heavy drone: Approximately the size of a small car.
Superheavy drone: Approximately the size of a jeep.

Light Drone: 1 Weapon Slot
Medium Drone: 2 Weapon Slots
Heavy Drone: 2 Weapon Slots, 1 Auxiliary Slot
Superheavy Drone: 3 Weapon Slots, 2 Auxiliary Slots.

>>5805299
HEADS MUST ROLL!
Who or what is responsible for this? Can the drone gather any more information?
We need to pump heavy combat drones, non artillery style, right now.
Let us never leave artillery unaccompanied again.

>>5805306
The haulers do not reactivate - they have also violently exploded, as you can see through your sampler.
Oh, and by the way, your sampler also suddenly explodes.

Incoming message:
"Your drones are the line. Whatever approaches the line will be destroyed. Bye~!"

>>5805349
Ok this is obviously Uni-Peace. Fuck we can't even retrieve the metals.

We're gonna need to buy a satellite soon, as well as expand to the east for more fuel.

Time to scorch the earth just to spite them

>>5802858
I strongly support Eastward expansion via bridge construction. Caveat: Unipeace is likely to have boats. Boats may be a threat to our bridges. Still, I'd like to head that direction. Gas is running out, and we can't tap Kil'thweq gas (That's the Centauri gas now)

I recommend some Lasers Drones (of any weight) support our artillery. Lasers are our best Anti-air, and generalist attackers.
>>5802863
The land is there to plunder NOW, but soon others will grab it. Land races -> Feeling the need for speed, here.

I recommend our Construction Facilities churn out More SuperHeavy Constructors at 50%. We have MANY constructions coming. And as our projects get bigger, so do their Worktime.) If they get expensive, or idle, we can shut them down.

>>5804386
I like Comrade 70. He's a strong ally, with a strong motivation. I engage him in philosophical discussion, about his treatment at the hands of 137, the procreation of Synthetic life, and matters like "what do Synthetics do for fun?" If he has an answer, I'm eager to here it. If not, we teach him the meaning of fun. Also, get an estimate on how many of his 'brothers' are in need of rescue? This is still a good course of action to pursue, in the mid to long run. . .

>>5804541
I support hiring, and bringing in a science team. They know more about tech production/reengineering than we do, so we can focus our efforts were they are best placed. Making money, and breaking faces.

>>5805349
>"Your drones are the line. Whatever approaches the line will be destroyed. Bye~!"
Well, that's convenient.

Napalm everything south of the line. All of it.

Someone also wanted to know what possible weapon technology is currently available for purchase.

AlphaRange is willing to trade in exchange for slaves of the type and number already listed. They offer:
Sonic Weaponry
Explosive Bolt Weaponry

TradeStar can also sell:
Pulse Laser Weaponry - 10000 TONS

>>5805199

They were ALL shutdown. No active sentries were awake to guard. I think Uni-peace just ninja'D our sleeping guard dogs. . .

We did a foolish thing.

>>5805480
Hey, I thought that our artillery were sitting in our bases, which have heavy turrets. Apparently not.

>>5805428
You have:
10 Thermobaric Missiles
7 Napalm Missiles
6 Explosive Missiles

Also - what sort of drones do you want to produce today and do you want them to be amphibious?

>>5805426

Furthermore, Expanding East is Not going to make Unipeace mad. It doesn't cross their line, their territory, or much native space (As far as we knowO

>>5805438
Care to elucidate on each technology?

>>5805391
>>5805428

Let's figure out how they're doing this, before we do anything so rash as to provoke an outright war.
Or, at the very least, fire a dummy missile at the area first. Replace the warhead with a few supplies and some cryptic message or something, just to confuse them.

How should we go about finding out information about this barrier?
Allied intelligence? Can we import some expertise, as >>5805426 suggested?

>>5805504
Do you send your sampler drones East, then?

I meant east, as in Bridging the narrow channel. Not into Uni-peace territory. Into the neutral zone.

Bridge is expensive, but we have Constructors and metal so. . . Let's head there.

>>5805501
I thought the schematics didn't arrive until tomorrow.

>>5805501
>Also - what sort of drones do you want to produce today and do you want them to be amphibious?
Are there any disadvantages to making a drone amphibious?

>>5805516
Sonic weaponry is area-of-effect - it disorientates and incapacitates everyone caught within the area. Only effective against organics.

Explosive bolt weaponry shoots out rocket-propelled rounds designed to pierce armour. Approximately 0.03 seconds after impact, the round explodes. Highly effective against heavily armoured opponents.

Laser pulse weaponry fires the laser in high-powered pulses rather than constantly. This method is generally much more efficient in combat and is effective against all targets.

>>5805504
Their ultimatum involved defiling the earth.

Maybe they have super-ninja cloakers?
Can we purchase / outfit some samplers with better sensor tech and get some information?

>>5805426
We have amphibious schematics.

>>5805501
60 or so Superheavy combats
60 or so Heavy combats
60 or so artillery superheavies
Then bring all cruise missile counts up to 12?
?

>>5805554
Thanks for reminding me.
Okay, what drones do you want to construct?

>>5805603
How do you wish to outfit them? With what weapons that you already have at your disposal?

Also, what do you want your constructors to construct?

60 SHCD with laser/laser/laser/flamer/flamer
60 SHCD with artillery(napalm)/artillery(napalm)/artillery(thermo)/flamer/flamer
60 HCD with flamer/flamer/flamer/flamer/flamer

We're gonna smoke the fuckers out

Hrm. I think that Uni-peace has explosive bolts, based on previous combat reports. They do shred our heavy bots really well.

I advise building swarms of LCDs (laser style). A) they are cheaper (so can more heavily produced)
B) Vs. Explosive bolts, still as vulnerable, but now we have numbers advantage.
C) they MOVE faster, which means more likely to dodge, If We incorporate a Moving force into our tactics, (Not just a standstill firing line). I'm sure Comrade Samson could facilitate this. He's our tactical genius. Let's put that to use.

Set General Samson to military bot control, for defensive purposes. Incorporate dodging into tactics. Build small swarmers.

>>5805713
If no one says anything else, I will go with this.

>>5805739
>>5805713
Thought: Cancel the heavy combat bots. Replace with three times as many light combat bots equipped with lasers and twice as many light combat bots equipped with flamers. Objections?

>>5805349
So our bases have no form of passive detection capabilities?

How did we let this happen and what would it take to correct it; it seems that as it stands we're sitting ducks in our bases, unless there is some bit of this description that is missing...

>>5805713
Perhaps it would be wiser to select a more diverse loadout, considering the conglomerate of biological and mechanical opponents we will be facing

>>5805761
Each building come with several cameras, so they have passive detection.

However, you need drones wandering around if you want passive detection and currently, you've got no drones wandering around.

>>5805761
Artillery was not anywhere near a base.

>>5805904
New thread.

>>5805759
Mix it up. Have superheavy artillery (with a mix of naplam, he & TB) far back, with heavy drones to defend them, then have a mix of light and mediums zipping about closer to the front

>>5805813
My only concern with diversity is that it'd be really nice to be able to sell a few gorillas to Lemmington, and that'll probably take some sort of stunning tech. Unless they take their goods damaged to the point of incapacitation.

Thoughts: We have 70's old body right? Can we analyse it and try to make our own version of their super agile death squids?

Also, I've been thinking: Maybe we should synthesize some droids to act as leaders to others (a leader harvester, Sampler, etc.) or at least synthesize some of our soldiers so they can have better reactions when fighting.

Do we know where any Uni-Peace building, or camps are? Because if we do, I suggest we open up our response to them killing our droids by blasting them with some of those new rockets we got recently.

And then the droids start rolling in...