Continue what was suggested in previous thread.

>>9369052
STATUS UPDATE, CRUSTACEAN OF THE DEEP!

The current issue is how to divide the labor. Your 20 crabs are skilled in agriculture, and have brought some kelp from their homes for your fields. Your lobsters are strong beasts of burden, and will help move large things. Your mantis shrimp will help however they can.

>>9369071
Yes, lets start up our workforce on building and expanding while we farm some kelp and hunt some fish.

>>9369080
crabs:
15 for agriculture
5 for breeding

Your subject do as told. You pistol shrimp scuttle away to the reef, their minuscule, two foot long bodies hiding amongst the colored formations.

Your crabs tend to the kelp, and your lobsters burrow beneath your IRON LAIR!

Crabs start farming, lobsters expand/carve out more of our fortress, and pistol shrimp go hunting with a few mantis.
We and our elite guard shall go cephalopods hunting.

I think I've seen this before...

whats to the north, south east west etc...

You rally up your Claw Coven and your thirteen other male mantises. You head south to find and do battle with the disgusting squid that had the gall to attack your lair!

Go with >>9369021

With the addition of our craftshrimp starts nicing up the place, assigh her some lobsters to collect anythign she needs.

We must go out with our Claw Coven and hunt some Squid!

>>9369107
Are we smart enough to start constructing simple tools like hammers and pulleys yet, or would such things be useless to us?

>>9369164
Your intellect, if memory serves, is currently Level One, with 6 out of 10 points. You can construct rudimentary tools.

>>9369141
no no, we are intending on capturing the whale, attaching cannons to it and making it a mobile fortress.

>>9369177
Would they be of any help to us, or are our physical capabilities better to rely on at the moment?

>>9369177
construct throwing spears for those with no ranged weapons?

Oh boy, I cant wait to get revenge on those inky bastards!

>>9369052
Better watch your back, buddy.

We hunt King Crabs for a living

>>9369218
You are currently headed out, as such work is below you. However, you pass on the knowledge of tool construction to your shrimp, and they find that hammers, levers, and pulleys will be very useful.

>>9369236
After we are done with the squid, they are next.

>>9369237
AWESOME

>>9369225
Your mantis shrimp are too adept at melee combat to need spears. Your natural weapons are all you need for the moment.

>>9369236
I'm sorry gents, but you're confusing the Crab King with lowly king crabs.

>>9369254
throwing, as in to throw at the enemy as they charge into combat.

>>9369273
Oh, well then yeah you could do that I guess.
Bloodshell, crab deity of violence, war, and hatred would like that!

>>9369273
speaking of throwing, we should look into finding a way to throw our mantis shrimp allies into the fray even fasterperhaps by using some sort of catapault system

>>9369296
meh, we've been appeasing the WaveMaker a lot lately, as long as /tg/ approves.

>>9369310
You're getting to the point where you're big enough to be a mobile weapon platform. However, such a thing would require at least Level Two Intellect.

>>9369273

Mantis shrimp need to make one single attack, and their claw causes the water to hit heat equal to the temperature of the sun's surface, and can already kill at a distance.

>>9369346
fairly certain that was pistol shrimp

>>9369330
I can't wait untill we get to the point were we can carry the IRON LAIR on our backs and become or very own walking fortress.

Your subjects are all dutifully performing their duties.

Ahead of you, you find a large cave in the side of a rock wall.

This pic is now our goal

>>9369205

Gain invisiblity. Serve as helmets for giant Derpuhpus

>>9369383
One day, son, we will mate with a blue whale and create a sick leviathan capable of holding a city on it, one day.

>>9369310

WE MUST SEARCH THE WRECKAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR ELASTICY ROPES

FASHION SAID ROPES INTO BANDS THAT WE CAN DRAPE OVER THE LOBSTERS CLAWS, WHICH WE CAN USE TO SHOOT OUR SHRIMP INTO THE FRAY

PORTABLE SHRIMP RAIL GUNS

>>9369382
Indeed, Mantis have high powered armor breaking jabs.

Pistol create the bubbles that implode at extreme heat.

From the cave you can hear a loud groaning. Seems like as good a place as any for cowardly squid to find shelter.

>>9369414
hells yes, i approve of this modification to my plan

>>9369401
What the hell ever happened to that quest anyways?

You also make a mental note to scour your lair for stretchy things.

>>9369424

My mistake, but those both already ruin things with no effort. Why waste time with spears when one can punch at mach 12 and the other cooks and ruins things at range?

>>9369437
Fire a few shots in.

>>9369437
Waiting untill you give us a signal to issue our commands.

>>9369437
search around nearby, try to see if there are any other apparent routes into the cave, if not then enter, if so then station mantis shrimp around them and enter the cave to flush the squid out

You stand at the mouth of the cave. A crab twice your size could fit through here with room to spare! You fire your pistol claw with reckless abandon into the cave, and are met with a deafening screech. Something enormous shifts about inside the cave.

TIME FOR A FUCKING BOSS FIGHT

>>9369469
I mean the ones with little to no ranged capability, as to where it would be an improvement.

>>9369494
FUCK YES!

>>9369494
ARE YOU READY FOR A BOSS BATTLE BIIITCHEEEEES!

>>9369494
Do the dance of Bloodshell to summon his protection for this epic fight!

>>9369494

quickly say a battle chant to Neptune to stable yourself mentally

>>9369494
order mantis shrimp to stand out of sight, and lie in ambush

have them attack the boss from behind while you hold its attention

>>9369494
>A crab twice your size could fit through here with room to spare!
Please tell me we get to fight a crab twice our size now.

A beast easily three times your size erupts from the cavern. It appears to be a massive squid of some kind! It glows red with anger at your disturbance, its baleful eye coming to bear upon you.

It spreads its massive, scarlet tentacles to reveal an enormous beak, capable of crushing rock!

>>9369495
no need, we're working on turning them into ranged capability instead

You quickly to the "Waltz of War," beseeching the great god Bloodshell!

Your fighting claw seems to double in size, and becomes blacker than the deepest abyss!

>>9369547

quickly retreat to cover
compose self
scan surroundings for useful terrain/objects

>>9369547
Argh it be the Kraken!

>>9369547
We shall make it's beak our new crown!

>>9369568
i'd say "scream and leap" but as a crab you're incapable of such

instead, fire cavitation bubble as you charge

you scuttle away and duck behind some rocks. Your shrimp follow suit, although two are carried away by the massive, ropey tentacles. They disappear within its gargantuan beak.

>>9369547

This picture has never been more appropriate.

>>9369568
That Baleful eye is an insult to Bloodshell, RIP IT OUT! Simultaneously use the pistol-claw to blast a tentacle.
If he even tries to grasp us, he will be cut on our might carapace!

WE MUST BLIND IT

GO FOR THE EYES BOO!

GO FOR THE EYES!

>>9369594
Open Fire, all claws hot!

>>9369594

while the beast is occupied, make sure the shrimp's sacrifice was not in vain. lunge towards it's feeding tentacles in an attempt to sever them

Scanning the area, you notice a few routes that lead to the beast, which is now hovering over you, probing for a way through the rocks.

A trench of rocks leads up the slope behind you. You see one massive rock that is dangerously close to the thing's eye.

The open plain tretches before you. If you were fast enough, you could close the gap and begin grapplan.

The Kraken has unwisely placed himself over some rather sharp bits of rock and coral.

>>9369651

>>9369616
Yes, go for the eyes! RIP AND TEAR RIP AND TEAR!

So you wish to attack its BALEFUL EYES? But how will you get there?

>>9369651

send the shrimp to push the rock onto the beast while you distract

Heroically scuttle up rock, crash onto Kraken's back, forcing it into sharp rocks.
Tear an eye out and withdraw.

>>9369651
RIP THE EYE OUT THEN GO IN THE HOLE AND RIP AND TEAR!

>>9369651
CHARGE!!!

let the mantis shrimp witness our glory as we destry the fell beast in glorious battle!

>>9369683
go to the top of the slope and shoot it, then jump on and RIP AND TEAR at the BALEFUL EYE

Grab its tencles and swing it into the rocks, then pull it down and finish it off!

>>9369715
It's too big for that.

>>9369692
This, except don't withdraw.

You send your shrimp through the trench as a distraction, and the monster's gaze is shifted towards them. One of your veterans, Locklaw, is swept up! The other shrimp hop onto the tentacle and begin hammering away, and the creature becomes totally preoccupied with them.

You scuttle as fast as you can, continuing to pray to Bloodhsell for guidance. You reach the tip of the large rock, and clack in fury! The beast turns to you, roaring in defiance and centuries-old hatred.

You leap, using a shot of your pistol to propel you. You land perfectly on its eye.

What do now? You have four tentacles assailing you currently, though they recoil at your SPINED CARAPACE!

you guys are not strategic thinkers, are ya

>>9369746
beat and shoot the eye, rip and tear!

>>9369746
Rip and burrow into its eye. WE SHALL TEAR IT APART FROM THE INSIDE!

>>9369746

RIP AND TEAR

RIP AND TEAR

DONT STOP UNTIL ITS PULP

BURROW THROUGH THE THING TO THE OCEAN FLOOR

DIG YOUR LOST COMPANIONS OUT OF ITS STOMACH

>>9369746
RIP AND TEAR AT ITS BALEFUL EYE!
>>9369754
No, we're CRABS!

>>9369746

I think now is a good time to RIP AND TEAR its eye right out! But dont stop there after you pull out its eye reach in again and tear our its tiny squid brain!

>>9369791
good point, MAYBE some of our retainers survived being eaten and we must attempt to rescue them.

>>9369794
CRAB BATTLE

>>9369816
agreed

Hmm, since squids' brains are wrapped around their esophagi, would it be possible to leap into the squid without being crushed by the beak, give it brain damage, and then free our lost?

>>9369396

Slightly modified

While your shrimp fight with courage and honor, Locklaw is carried off into the maw to be ground up. Your shrimp shriek in rage and agony, and begin scuttling up the side of the beast. They take many casualties. Although no more of your Claw Coven die, six more shrimp are slain in combat!

You fire at the tentacles assailing you to drive them off before plunging your RENDING CLAW OF BLOODSHELL into the BALEFUL EYE! A satisfying wail of horror emanates from the mouth of the damnable thing, and clouds of blood fly from the wound you've inflicted! However, the thing grabs you, and attempts to end this now!

You are being drawn into its mouth!

WE ARE THE MOTHINGFUCKING RIP AND TEARING ROCKET JUMPING GOD-EMPEROR OF ALL THINGS CLAWED AND SHELLY!

>>9369868
try to sever the tentacle or shoot its mouth if we can't.

>>9369868
FUCKING DO THIS!
>>9369837

>>9369868
cavitation bubble its beak

you cavitation bubble is strong enough to shatter rock, how can mere calcium possibly survive?

>>9369868
Break its beak with your mighty claws! Then dive right into him and tear him apart from the inside!

>>9369868

WAIT UNTIL IT ATTEMPTS TO EAT US, CHARGING PISTOL ALL THE WHILE


WHEN IT OPENS ITS GREAT MAW TO STUFF US IN, UNLEASH HELL

>>9369868

cut yourself free, scuttle directly under the beast and propel yourself upwards, claw first, directly towards its mouth

>>9369868
Claw the beak shut/prevent EATAN, then shoot it with the cavitation bubble in the mouth!

OUR CAVITATION BUBBLE IS THE BUBBLE THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!

>>9369868
Shatter its beak at the last possible moment, then keep on going down its throat into its stomach! burst out of his mantle with the remains of your fallen comrades!

You use your glorious rending claw to nearly sever one of the massive tentacles. The blood covers your claw, and so Bloodshell is most pleased! Your claw throbs, and the teeth that line its insides elongate and become serrated!

You spin and fire a jet to launch yourself into the beast's mouth, deftly avoiding the huge beak. Its spiked tongue lashed out at you inside its mouth, but your SPINED CARAPACE causes the beast only more pain! You scuttle your way along the inside of its mouth, before plunging your vicious, blood-soaked claw into where you hope is the things brain.

A geyser of blood sprays from the wound you've caused, and the motions of the beast become slightly more listless and less focused. Your mantises poud away at the second eye, to the point where they burrow a hole right to you!

The massive creature issues a final cry of agony before dropping to the sharp sea-floor with an enormous slam. From the center of its head, a massive, blood stained crab erupts in a shower of gore.

YOU ARE THE CRAB KING, AND NOT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST SQUID WILL EVER BEST YOU IN COMBAT.

>>9369980
make note to erect a monument to your fallen brothers in battle with the squid beak as its crowning glory

this will inspire more courage in your allies

>>9369980

I CAME SO HARD

>>9369980
>YOU ARE THE CRAB KING, AND NOT EVEN THE MIGHTIEST SQUID WILL EVER BEST YOU IN COMBAT.
FUCK YEAH! Search for any living comrades, and if not bring them back to the IRON LAIR. Have the lobsters drag the KRAKEN back to the IRON LAIR also.

>>9369980
Well done, now, retrieve the remains of your fallen comrades, and have a memorial service for them at the front of the parade, while you and the others follow behind carring the beast back to your lair.

You recover the shattered remains of Locklaw and the others, intent on honoring their sacrifice.

You get to work carving the beak out of the massive Kraken. While the heavy losses have demoralized your shrimp, they are confident in your leadership after watching your display of raw power.

About an hour later, a team of lobsters arrives to help haul the gargantuan carcass away. You single-handedly (clawedly?) carry the beak. This corpse will feed your kingdom for many, many weeks.

>>9370048
Use the beak to construct a monument and bury the fallen shrimpies beneath/next to it

>>9369980
>>9369980

Now we have to select someone to replace Locklaw.

Ok, so how is our lair looking now? Any progress been made with the farm and/or decorations?

You hang the beak over what acts as your entrance. This grisly and fearsome symbol of your power will ward off any future squid attacks, at least for the time being.

You bury the smashed remains of your valiant warriors beneath the shadow of the beak. May they find eternal scuttling peace in the wavepools of Poseidon.

I move that we bestow Locklaw with the postmortem title of "The Brave"

>>9370140
second

All of your subjects stop whatever they are doing and gather around you. You perform a rendition of the "Somber Scuttle" in memory of your slain shrimp. Your living subjects clack their claws in unison, scuttling back and forth in mourning.

In the sand over Locklaw's burial site, you draw a picture of a shrimp. You then draw two straight lines beneath it and two crossed claws above it, the universal crustacean symbol of bravery.

We must do something to improve the morale of our subjects as well as to increase our holdings. Send out more messengers to nearby crustations and inform them
of our victory over a kraken.

Appoint the shrimp who showed the next most prowess in battle to join the crustacean coven. Now breed to replace fallen soldiers during your break from attacks. Take this time to ponder and upgrade your IRON LAIR. Possibly molt after such a glorious battle that most likely scarred your glorious shell.

Crustaceans flock from near and far to gawk at your trophy. You head inside and sit yourself down in your throne room (your throne is now made of IRON). You begin to doze off, going over the day's events in your head.

>>9370229
Molt, I think that with news of our victory over a kraken spreading, we will be safe for quite a while. I think that a heroic victory over a kraken and the death of a great warrior is a good way to end the day.

can we sleep and molt now?

You have molted!

Thanks to the particular ferocity of that battle, you expand to Twenty-Seven feet across! You have gained six points with which to upgrade yourself! As an added bonus, Bloodshell has permanently increased you CQC by two points!

Def: 10
CQC: 8
LRC: 5
Speed: 8
Intellect:6

What to do.

>>9370276
Look at that DEF! Looks like that crab sure can...turtle :3

Int 4, Speed 2

>>9370276
2 cqc 2 speed and 2 intellect

>>9370276


How many points in intellect would it take to reach level 2?

>>9370276
Intellect +4
LRC +2

>>9370276

up int + def

become tactical genius

Max out INT and not sure about the other points... maybe speed or close combat? Max out int for sure to gain understanding of the ship's contents.

>>9370289
Agreed on +4 int; >>9369177 means that we go up to level 2 int off of 4 extra points.

The other two points are negotiable.

Upgrading a skill to 10 points brings you to LEVEL TWO in that stat. It will bestow upon you a permanent bonus. For example, your 10 points in DEF got you the SPINED CARAPACE.

>>9370309
Dump all possible stats into int; become crab ruler of the world

3 to LRC
2 to INT
1 to Def

4 to INT

2 to LRC

2 cqc 2 speed 2 int

Seems like intellect is a sure thing. Keep discussing, I'm not about to scuttle away.

>>9370324
upgrade 2 pts to each 8pt stat then for the 10pt bonus

+4 INT so that we make better decisions in battle instead of just going with what our base instincts tell us what to do...

Also what time tomorrow will crabquest continue?

>>9370363
4 int
2 LRC

>>9370292
with this both cqc and speed are leveled, which will help greatly in future combat, as well as bringing intelligence close to leveling

>>9370375
Perhaps the morning. Failing that, it will be in the evening around the same time it has been popping up as usual.

>>9370386
This is a wise choice. Just sayin'

>>9370404
+4 int
+2 CQC
we find ourselves in melee alot

>>9370404
Level up the two 8s to 10s and then dumb the rest in int, agreed. I guess we aren't a long range crab, huh?

>>9370418
Will it be so, /tg/?

4 int, 2 cqc. Bloodshell has granted us 2 cqc points because we're clearly destined to level up in cqc!!

>>9370431
Dump*

>>9370404
Alright then, since Intelligence is already getting a +4, then +2 to CQC.

>>9370431
the best fighting is up close and personal.

So it appears this is the decision!

DEF - 10
CQC - 10
LRC - 5
SPD - 8
INT - 10

??

>>9370466
that seems to be the common idea, yes

Intelligence and CQC make the most sense for now, but we must plan for future MASSIVE CRAB CANNON.

>>9370466
Agreed!!!

>>9370466
Yep, what're the POWERS?

>>9370466
can live with it

>>9369841
we must also acquire mustache, monocle, and top hat.

You emerge from your old carapace a bigger and badder crab. Your mighty claw is now ten feet long and lined with three inch long serrated teeth. It comes to a point, good for stabbing, and is as black as the deepest, most forlorn parts of the ocean.

You feel your brain become bigger too. You now have a rudimentary grasp of more complex machinery. Daresay you could even FIRE A CANNON given the right tools. You also understand how to create more effective tools and your understanding of agricultural methods increases!

>>9370513
what do you mean "right tools" to fire a cannon?

You've learned several new dances, also, and you can craft a variety of upgrades for your LAIR. You also have a better understanding of tactics and your foes' weaknesses!

teach construction/agricultural managers new skills and get those damn cannons online

>>9370541
Is it time for the Dance of Dances, then?

>>9370554
we are now the crab king of the dance!

>>9370537
Enormous rending claws aren't exactly made for grasping cannons and firing them. A few more points in INT and you could probably operate a ship, or aim a cannon well!

>>9370513
Upgrade the armor of our Crustacean Coven with our newly molted shell and feed our mount to buff him up in the hopes of one day riding him. Check on our harem of ladies and see if any need a good crab-spooge. Talk with your farmers to improve agricultural benefits. Ponder the possibilities of making a cannon claw from the ship wreckage.

Choreograph a dance dedicated to ourselves.

>>9370567
possibly time to procure a battle whale?

Your LAIR is looking better every day! Due to the intense nature of your molting session, four days have passed. Your KELP FIELDS are complete, and your farmer crabs are diligently harvesting for you. The lobsters have created storage area for the kraken's meat, and the walls of the IRON LAIR have been reinforced and lined with rivets, making them difficult to scale.

Your subjects have been breeding! Reports show that 400 eggs were spawned over your hibernation. Morale is back to normal/high, and more and more crustaceans flock to your lair, seeking favors of the great Crab-Lord!

>>9370578
DUFF McWHALEN

After upgrading our dudes and some peaceful times, we should attack the sharks! And see what kind of crazy lobster-shark spawn can be made from mating with a female shark! Would Bloodshell be pleased by such an abomination?

enlarge farms and increase production using your new intelligence

afterwards, gain more followers

>>9370578
Dolphin for an advisor. Orca for combat.

After a day of tinkering, you and your craftshrimp manage to get the guns of your lair operational! You have little to no ability to aim them, but they make loud noises and will kill whatever they hit!

Your steed is now Twenty feet long!

Your crabs get to work enlarging the farms. Your food stores will last you for at least 3 months now!

>>9370615
NO! We are crustaceans, we shall not defile our most holy forms by breeding with these...these...SQUISHY sharks!

>>9370659
The largest feast yet, with our Feast Dance, to bring together our many followers!

We have 3 foes, the Squids, the sharks, and the Eels, tell us, are they the Moray Eels?

What can we do to please Wavemaker?

>>9370672
I agree, it's feast time. Extend the invitations far and wide, telling of the glorious killing of the kraken and how it will be served as the main dish! Also, create a new crown out of the spines on the kraken's suction cups. It will match our spiny shell better.

You throw a massive feast. The Kraken does nicely to fill the bellies of your shelled friends. Many clans swear their allegiance to you. Your following has reached well over 2000 now! Of course, not all of these live within the IRON LAIR. A number of these clans reside outside of your mighty fortress.

Even the elusive isopods have joined your cause! These weak creatures are excellent laborers and fine-skill craftsmen, but will fall quickly in a fight

>>9370659
be fruitful and multiply, add more female lobster and crabs to your harem

try to find any female shrimp that are large enough for you to breed with without killing, add them too

>>9370744
do not let one near our tongues...do we have tongues?

Your Claw Coven help you regale everyone with the tale of how you fought the dread-monster! You perform the "Scuttle of Endless Glory," and the uproar is nearly deafening. The morale of your follower's has never been higher! Clawclaw beams with joy, for it was him that delivered one of the mortal blows to the Kraken's eye!

so what are we going to do to get ready for the patrols the humans are going to send? no way they'll mistake who did this

>>9370781
train some of our followers to use the cannons and aim better than us?

>>9370744
What about echinoderms? How do they fit in? I would think that sea urchins would make great patrolmen and starfish would be awesome at harvesting large amounts of kelp with their many arms.

>>9370773
we must reward Clawclaw, grant him the rank of Baron and the rest of the Claw Coven as Counts or something similar

Perhaps we should procure more of this IRON to better our fortress defenses, but only the humans have it...

A night of drunken crab-sex (the horizontal scuttlebutt, they call it) results in ninety-six females of various species carrying eggs with your glorious DNA in them. Of course, many of these mutants will die horribly, but the ones that survive will prove to be crucial steps of evolution! (I am aware that evolution does not work that way. You're a giant fucking crab, who cares)

The Wavemaker's heart swells with joy at the sight of your gracious banquet. Your carapace now resembles burnished bronze (contrasting nicely with the black claw). Your VILE CAPE becomes more green, and you exude an aura of power and attractiveness.

SHINING CARAPACE and AURA OF PERSUASION obtained!

>>9370825
I'm a little amazed the Wavemaker approves of drunken sex...wish my god was cool like that...

>>9370851
He turns a blind eye to drunken sex in lieu of you throwing a huge feast for your fellow crustaceans.

I sage this shitty quest thread, fuck off to 1d4chan you blatant submissive homo

Next course of action gents?

we cannot rely on hunting for our meat indefinately (though it is an ocean....)

attempt to find herdable fish

The massive feast has dropped your food stores significantly. Your stores will now support you for about a month.

Herding fish will be difficult, but your new intellect may allow you to form a pen of sorts using whatever materials you have on hand.

>>9370907
Keep those kelp farms going and start searching for alternative food sources.

>>9370928
any sort of chicken wire or something on the ship, net perhaps?

You should be wary not to overfish an area. Your IRON LAIR is most excellent, but it will not do you any good if you cannot feed your subjects. Hunting and gathering will sustain you for a long time if your population does not get too high. Kelp fields will keep you going indefinitely, it's just a matter of finding space for all that kelp.

with our new intellect I'm sure we could find some of the items on the ship more useful. shall we scour the base for tech?

A few hours of searching turns up a number of ventilation grates that can be bent into a cage. Various other odds and ends turn up also. If you could find it on an aircraft carrier, you can find it in here.

>>9370903
Dolphins and Whales produce milk. We must seek out Dolphins and whales to develop into mobile armored platforms and livestock, their meager intelligence will be no match for our Crabwit.

>>9370979
Are there any torpedoes we can train shrimp to sail in on? Also, I think that exchanging claws between a couple of shrimp might be worth research, possibly creating shrimp with one pistol claw and one mantis claw.

A few minutes of bending and you've got a LARGE FISH CAGE. Your pistol shrimp have been reliably bringing in fish for the past week or so.

>>9371001
Mix-matching claws is entirely possible. You did in the very first stages of your rise to power. How many experimental shrimp will be used?

is there any area around the fortress we've yet to explore?

>>9371016
20, ask for volunteers

>>9371017
The West holds many secrets. You have yet to venture that way. It is fabled that ancient protocrabs reside in the deep trenches of the west.

also, search for large scale rubber band like materials to create your lobster/shrimp railgun

>>9371023
You quickly round up ten mantis shrimp and ten pistol shrimp. They scuttle away to the deeper sections of the ship for experimentation. This is pleasing to Bloodshell.

>>9371025
Go visit the great hermit crab on the mountain for some sage wisdom.

Also we should probably repurpose the Kraken's cave; there's probably all sorts of sweet stuff inside that we're totally forgetting about.

You find some bungee cords within the stores of the wreck. They will do adequately, you think.

The Kraken's lair has yet to be explored, along with the Western flats.

gather the claw coven,our steed(for loots),5 lobs and 4 pistol shrimp and head west!

This is awesome.

>>9371043
fortify it and turn it into a border fortress as well, make sure nothing crosses into our territory from that direction without our say

>>9371065
I like titfish's style.

So is westward or southward?

>>9371059
test fire them before attempting to use them in combat

>>9371080
South, we don't want any attacks from angry squid who lost their leader.

>>9371061
Totally time to explore that lair! Kraken probably had a shitload of loot.

You attempt to launch a mantis from a jury-rigged lobsterpult. The bungee cord sends the mantis forward about a foot, then snaps.

I guess water'll do that, huh?

>>9371107
glad we tried that in a safe environment, instead of when our lives depended on it

onwards normally then, will design proper shrimp launcher later

You and a 500-strong contingent of shrimp and lobsters trek back to the lair of the Kraken. Inside, you find various odds and ends from a plethora of ships. Torn-up husks of once-mighty vessels line the wall. This is a veritable goldmine of resources.

However, the land is inadequate for anything other than hunting and gathering. Farming simply will not do here, and the population of the local fauna is dipping dangerously low thanks to the massive creature's appetite.

And there ends part 3 of Crab Quest. We can resume this another time, I'm going to bed.

>>9371144
Cool story bro. (literally)

Get some sleep, ya done good.

At this rate, not much can stand in your way. Remember that you have a fuckton of followers, and getting rid of a few (or a ton) of the not-important ones is fine, as long as it is done so in battle against a worthy foe.

>>9371191
There's still the United States Navy to deal with, and is the thread archived?

Furthermore, the humans are sure to be here any day now. Make sure to be ready, for they will not hesitate to kill a giant fucking crab chilling out inside the wrecked husk of one of their ships.

>>9371207
It is archived.

>>9371191

>as long as it is done so in battle against a worthy foe.

Nest time, we journey to Mariana's Trench and kick Cthulhu's squishy little behind.

When the Navy shows up and starts bitching about our awesome.

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>>9371277
in b4 humans send XCOM FUCKYEAR at us