Red Dot - LAIR
Blue Dot - Kraken's Den, now your OUTPOST
Pink Dot - Terrible Crustacean's Den, now your OUTPOST
Yellow Squares - Unfriendly Protocrab Tribe
Pink Squares - Friendly protocrab tribes
Red squares - Loyal territories
Black Squares - Rebellious territories
Green field - Shark-controlled reef
Brown blob - Blast radius of your cannon shot.

Also, drawfaggotry of the Crab King done by some kindhearted anon a couple threads back.

A crabby bump.

How strange. I begin the quest much earlier than normal, and nobody plays.

I guess I'll bump again. Perhaps I'll just come back another time.

rolled 16 = 16

Start crushing the nearest rebellious province.

>>9427739
Oh my, a player! No dice need be rolled at the moment, sir. You currently have a little over 2500 subjects within your LAIR. There are 1000 in your OUTPOST in the Kraken's Den, and 100 in your OUTPOST in the Crustacean's Den.

>>9427467
NO

COME BACK

COME BACK YOU BASTAAAARD WE'RE HERE

>>9427769
I'm right here you crabby little thing!

>>9427760
Blasticlaw is dead.

Why are there still rebellious territories?

I think the confusion stems from the fact that it's been later than this the other nights. Also, you didn't post a time for tonight in your thread from last night.

>>9427775
You need to have regular times.

7Pm EST every night would be nice. You just need to keep it up, so we can come.

>>9427789
Yes, I realized my error. Well from now on expect Crab Quest much earlier, around six or seven, possibly earlier than that.

>>9427781
They may be leaderless at the moment, but they still cling to his memory and message!

>>9427819
Oh the buggers.
We're going to stomp on them.

To the nearest territory.

We should worry about fixing up our lair and outposts, then deal with the rebels.

>>9427843
LAIR and outposts:
IRON LAIR: Strong
Kraken LAIR: Good
Crustacean LAIR: Weak

>>9427843
Yeah.

Lets shore up the nearby loyalist territories.

Check on the coral seeding of the IRON LAIR, then march off to battle!

Your coral shielding is beginning to grow, but has quite a way to go before it coats your IRON LAIR. The Wavemaker is most pleased by it, however.

The local territories have shit for defenses. As you have seen, they are very open to attack. IRON and BONE or CORAL may be used to create palisades or walls.

Your subjects in the provinces are more than willing to take the fight to the rebels that followed the late Blasticlaw. Their low intellect makes them very susceptible to your will, and it enrages them that any would insult the Crab King.

Expect fierce fighters, but few rebels leftover for questioning if they go in leaderless.

>>9427934
Let's bring some mule-crabs with us and offer some bone/coral defenses to our loyal crustacean villages on our way to conquering Blasticlaw's rebels.

Also, to your surprise, your hideous crab/lobster babbies have grown immensely! They are about three feet long now.

>>9427934
Let's shore them up.

Then proceed to systematically krump the rebels. With no leader, they're stupid.

>>9428031
Your lobsters will act as beasts of burden. A lobster can carry two slabs of IRON or five LARGE BONES on its own.

>>9428032
...How are they shaped? Do they possess the noble horizontal girth of the noble crab master-species, or are they vertical and long like the lobsters?

...Are they squares?

Do we have any horseshoe crabs in our ranks? We can have swarms of fiddler crabs under their protective shells and they will act as cover for our troops.

>>9428077
They are wide like a crab, with a long lobsters tail. Ten elongated legs protrude from their sides, and two ungainly claws dominate their fores.

Let's keep the iron for the IRON LAIR and give our villages BONE for their defenses.

>>9428104
OH GOD
WHAT HORRIBLE LIFE FORMS HAVE WE MADE?

>>9428094
Your legions are made up of:
Mantis Shrimp
Pistol Shrimp
Isopods
Lobsters (just... regular lobsters)
Crabs: Mostly Dungeness and Mud crabs. You know of multiple fiddler crabs in your kingdom, but no horseshoe crabs yet.

>>9428058
Let's move some bones. The iron will corrode in the open sea eventually. The bones are more useful for the surrounding territories.

>>9428133
WE MUST FIND HORSESHOE CRABS

So far the only source of BONE you know of is the Terrible Crustacean's Den. It will take a day for a convoy of lobsters to transport the bone needed for defenses.

>>9428159
And hermit crabs. I imagine they are wise sages whose guidance will be of great use to our crabbiness.

>>9428058
How many large bones do we have access to?

Also: I suggest this be our plan of attack.
Finish off the territories not directly protected by sharks.

It's obvious what our king must do.

First start off going to friendly territory and claiming that our foes are also after them claiming that they are after complete conquest.

Then set up a defensive perimeter and bury ourselves into the sand and await the foolish defiance to come and then destroy them utterly..

Or go on an absolute offensive

>>9428133
Summon fiddler crabs.

When we pacify the rebel legions with our outstanding and divine dances, we must have music to accompany us.

>>9428192
If you're the same anon that used my maps last night, then first off let me thank you heartily for making my job a bit easier.

Furthermore, you have access to thirty LARGE BONES and eighty SMALL BONES. A LARGE BONE is worth ten SMALL BONES.

>>9428225
Small bones won't make for good defences. don't bother with them.

How small are small bones?
Can armor be made from them?

>>9428256
Around this part of the ocean, ten foot long squids, twenty foot lobsters, and eight foot mantis shrimp are smalltime. "Small" is relative.

A single small bone is worth ten suits of armor.

Equip all of our currently unarmored forces with small bone armor then.

You have no unarmored forces, save for the 9000+ subjects that live in the territories.

OLIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOLIIIIIOOOOOOOO

Let's go to the rebel regions.

We'll dance to them. Without leadership, they'll be easy to re-absorb into the kindom, since they're mindless NPCrustaceans.

>>9428355
CRAB BATTLE

We HAVE to find a Kenyan Mangrove Crab somewhere.

Shall you follow this battle plan? >>9428192

>>9428373
My made-up-on-the-spot estimation of your position in the sea is the middle-Atlantic.

>>9428404
Let's follow it, but instead of open battle, let's try to dance first.

As far as the quests have shown us, we apparently can dance and turn a five-mile area of crustaceans Fanatic for us.

>>9428448
Well, your prosperity, battle-prowess, and generosity helped too.

What will be your battle-force? Where do you head first?

>>9428482
OUR BATTLE FORCE SHALL BE:
2/3ds of both our pistol shrimp and our mantis shrimp.
1/2 of our crabs
1/4 of the rest of our battle ready subjects.

>>9428482
Head to the two rebel cities on the right.
Leave our armies to disappate to the loyalist cities closest to the rebel areas for protection

Whatever these rebel bumpkins think, we can handle them all by ourselves.

>>9428516
Are you sure?

>>9428505
Can you just say "X number of troops divided amongst 50 of X, 70 of X, etc?" It would be less of a headache.

>>9428538
Fine. We don't need EVERYBODY. But we can at least bring the Claw Cloven, their own hand-picked selections on future prospects, as well as fiddler crabs.

We'll need them to play the music of the sea for us as we dance.

Let's just hurry.
There's not a lot of options to post unless we start to do something.

Oh snap! How is Clawclaw doing?

Your Claw Coven readies up, Clawclaw the mantis shrimp is notably absent.

They bring with them thirty crustaceans they believe to be Coven material. This brings you to 48 coven members.

>>9428627
HEY
THEY'RE NOT CLOVEN YET
THEY NEED TO PROVE THEMSELVES MOAR

>>9428627
Ask about Clawclaw, then head out.

You saunter off to the territory farthest West. Loyal crustaceans from neighboring territories surround the village, ensuring none escape.

You enter the village, and what you see surprises and shocks you.

>>9428665
Clawclaw is still stable. Your medical isopods say he has a chance.

>>9428650
Okay! Okay!

In the middle of the village are three local shrimp, skewered on pikes of coral. There are no others in the village, it looks like they left in a hurry.

>>9428670
WHAT?
ARE THEY WORSHIPPING SHARKS?

>>9428697
This place is cursed. Set it on ocean-fire, then recolonize it.

Not the crab

>>9428697
Smells like Bloodclaw Blood worship to me.

Destroy everything. This place isn't fit for living anymore.

In a fit of rage, you remove the shrimp from the spikes, then smash the hideous things away. What are these traitors planning?

You are disrupted by the screams of your Coven. Three dark shapes loom on the horizon, approaching you! They look like...

...sharks

Hold on, I say we send out some scouts to gather information. This may be a trap.

>>9428759
HOW BIG ARE SHARKS IN COMPARISON TO US?

THIS IS A BIG, SCARY PART OF THE OCEAN

>>9428759
GROW KELP
We'll hide us and the entire army in it.

>>9428759
Ahhhh fuck. Blasticlaw reported back and now the sharks are mad.

Prepare for battle but let them make the first move.

You kelp the area, obscuring you and your 48 troops from sight. The militia scuttle away. They will fight for you, but sharks are too much.

The horrible beasts are about eighteen feet long. Big enough to be trouble for your subjects, but you dwarf them in size.

KILL?

>>9428794
How strong are they? And how many?

Willpower: 150/180

The sharks drift closer. They sniff about where the sacrifices were, and seem to become livid upon finding nothing! They swim around the perimeter of the area, oblivious to you.

SHOOT THEM WITH OUR CAVITATION BUBBLE OF DOOOOOOM

Do we have Shootrimp with us? And any of his markshrimp?

You perform a LORE CHECK on the SHARKS:

DEF: 5
CQC: 12
LRC: 0
SPD: 12
INT: 3

>>9428832
He is a member of the Coven, so yes. He also claw-picked ten pistol shrimp hunters worthy of the Coven.

>>9428839
We should fight.

Blast away at them, and get the army to spread out.

Pistol Shrimp should be eternally on the move, as well as the others. When a shark comes in to attack, jump at last minute to the side.

We live on the bottom of the sea. Once they hit the sand, finding nothing, we have a brief few seconds to tear them apart.

Dakka at them from the seaweed, 1 shot, then move, 1 shot, then move.

We will confuse their simple intellect until we get the opportunity to snap one in half.

We probably won't be able to reason with the sharks since they have such low INT. We should lure them away from our troops and engage them while our markshrimp hack away at their HP.

>>9428899
It will require 30 more willpower to make a kelp field big enough to support such tactics.

>>9428917
Oh yeah, they also have 30 HP a piece.

>>9428927
Spend it.

>>9428927
These are sharks. I think it's worth the effort.

>>9428945
Doesn't our claw cannon do like 30 dmg per hit? Especially on non-shelled enemies?

>>9428945
How many are there?

You grow more kelp with ADVANCED GROWTH, almost engulfing the whole village in kelp! The sharks turn to the field, and swim at full-bore in your direction! Your ranged troops fire along with you at the sharks, but they dodge most of the shots. You manage to clip one in the fin for 15 HP, decreasing its speed by 3!

The sharks hit the kelp as you shift positions, and take a single mantis with them. Unfortunately for the disgusting things, they become tangled in your kelp!

>>9429003
THEY'RE CLOSE TO THE GROUND

THE MORE THEY STRUGGLE, THE MORE THEY'LL GET TANGLED

HAVE AT THE BEASTS

Have minions swarm the weakened one.
Rip and Tear a full health one ourselves
Ignore the third one.

Your troops charge with you at the entangled sharks. One manages to get away, but the other two are held fast! They snap and struggle as your troops engulf them like an angry tide, punching and clawing their way through their hide!

One is killed, the one you grazed earlier, but the other manages to escape with only 5 HP left! The two sharks are now circling above, searching for an open area in the kelp.

>>9429072
THEY'RE CIRCLING

EVERYONE AIM UPWARDS AND FIRE WILDLY

>>9429072
Just shoot at them, but shoot in such a way to hem them in the fire.

The injured, bleeding shark is perforated by your volley of fire, and is torn to bloody ribbons. Its comrade darts and dodges as your shrimp continue to fire at it, and it finds itself surrounded by your shots.

With only one option left to it, it swims right down at the biggest target it sees...
YOU!

>>9429130
Lol. Stupid fucker. Just punch it.

>>9429130

FIGHT HIM HEAD ON

WE ARE BIGGER AND MORE STOMPY

PUNCH IT IN IT'S STUPID FACE.

>>9429130
WE GOT YOU NOW
STUPID SHARK
Let him get impaled on our spines, then disable him.
Stupid as he is, we can still attempt to get information out of him.

>>9429130
MYTHBUSTERS TAUGHT ME HOW TO FIGHT SHARKS

PUNCH IN THE EYE

Someone remembered the spines.

The shark lands head-first on your SPINED CARAPACE, impaling itself (20 damage). You reach up with your mighty claw and squeeze until the stupid beast's head pops off in a spray of blood.

Well, that went well.

>>9429244
NO IT DIDN'T

WHERE DID OUR STUPID, EASILY-GRILLED PRISONER GO? OH, I KNOW. IN A SPRAY OF BLOOD.

>>9429244
Grab his fins. Make soup for the army.

>>9429265
There's more where he came from. Besides, sharks with such low INT would not be informed of important things.

Send out scouts to search for the former inhabitants of the village. Watch out for traps. Consume kelp to restore HP.

>>9429291
This.

>>9429286
Rip out the jaws of the sharks, and wear them as a three-tiered crown.

>>9429325
Sharks lack BONES. Their cartilaginous skeletons will fade away to time within weeks.

You consume a bit of kelp, though you lost no HP during the fight.

You order your best scouts, led by Shootrimp, to head north in search of the missing villagers. They were rebels, so it is likely they head to the next rebel village.

Tell Shootrimp to meet up with you in the next village. Move onward to defeat the rebels.

A report about two hours later from Shootrimp yields no results. The village to the north was also empty, save for four bloody pikes in the center. No bodies, no valuables. Tracks leading farther north were found, however.

>>9429345
Even their teeth? Sharks have sharp teeth. they can be useful.

>>9429387
So the rebels went to live with the sharks? I guess we need to take on the sharks soon, otherwise they'll soon have a crustacean army to command and Blasticlaw may still have some influence.

The sharks' teeth and jaws can be fashioned into something or other. You could, for instance, give your men TOOTHY ARMOR, or some such bullshit.

>>9429398
their teeth and jawbones stick around. nothing else.

>>9429440
Eh. Let's just move on. We have to check on anything left of this villiage, then the other four rebel ones.

>>9429398
You want shark teeth? Send "tooth raiders" into the shark's territory. Those fuckers continuously grow new teeth while the old ones fall out like clockwork. Their territory should be littered with teeth all over the ocean floor.

You round up the 47 Coven troops (Okay technically only 18 are really in the Coven) and prepare to move out. A runner from the main body of your force that headed to the far-eastern rebel territory report similar events. A group of three sharks attacked them also. No casualties.

You are prepared to move out.

>>9429446
SOUNDS LIKE A NEW CROWN TO ME

>>9429487
> group of three sharks attacked them also.
>No casualties.
Seriously? They actually did better than us?

>>9429527
Hey, it happens sometimes.

Also, updated world map.

>>9429542
I guess it's into the kelp forest.

We must prepart to pacify the remaining regions.
Tell the army to be prepared for guerilla fighting in the forest.

>>9429576
'Tis a reef, good man. I know I use the same color for kelp, but that is a reef.

Here you will face cramped quarters, dazzling colors, and vicious sharks along with their traitorous shrimp allies.

You and your soldiers meet up at the Southernmost section of the reef. Before you lies a tangled mass of colorful rocks and coral.

>>9429594
...You know what, fuck that.

Back to the LAIR. Let's just level it with shells.

>>9429623
It's coral. Blast it apart with Pistol.

>>9429629
Wait, this sounds sort of cost effective.
Would Wavemaker be pissed if we started shooting willy-nilly into a reef?

>>9429651
The creatures here are not crustaceans, so he doesn't mind.

>>9429669
WELL THEN
THIS PLACE IS GOING TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
BACK TO THE LAIR
I WANT 9 SHELLS LOADED INTO THIS PLACE
I want to keep a store of at least 20 shells.

>>9429669
Oh.

Is there an equivalent of fire under the sea? Because this place certainly needs to be set on fire then.

>>9429699
infest it with bobbit worms?

Here's the SUPER updated world map. Shootrimp has extensive knowledge of the reef, as he has hunted here many a time. The gray spots are known shark hangouts.
>>9429688
>>9429699
You can blow it apart with ease. Someone can dot the locations on the map where you'd like to shoot.

You and your army scuttle back to the LAIR, leaving a clutch of five scouts to observe any enemy movement.

Back at the LAIR, you load up the cannons. 9 shots to go!

>>9429731
Here we go.
Expend no more than 9 shells, since we used one last quest.

>>9429776
Quest seems rather slow tonight. I guess everybody is out on Sunday night.

>>9429776
GRAFT THE SKK!!!!! DOOOO EEEEETTTTTT. also we need telescoping armor for ourselves... sry im late >.>

>>9429784
>every shot is on a rebel territory and one shark hangout.
Oh dear god I lol'd.

Your extra-ENHANCED INTELLECT allows you to aim quickly and accurately, and on your first volley nearly all your shots strike home!

>>9429784
also i second this decision

>>9429835
Well, where else would we be shooting pray tell?

>>9429813
Perhaps.

>>9429815
Your surgeons have fixed up Blasticlaw's two cannons, and are ready for grafting. It will take a day to put on.

An abra appears!

>>9429835
If they didn't want to be shot at with human death technology from the surface world, they shouldn't have chosen to be rebels.

Tell the loyalist populaces that the booms they heard were the angry wrath of the Crab Emperor, and that things are okay now.

>>9429856
Anywhere, or at least where the coral is dense in order to clear the way.

>>9429868
commence attachment of the GLORIOUS Storm-KrabKannon

>>9429882
It will cost a day, meaning your enemies may very well prepare and begin to regroup.

>>9429882
Dunno. I'm rather partial to the cannon claw we have now.

It's served us rather well.

>>9429899
they are cowardly faggots they can have a day!

Order the Fiddler's to play "Flight of the Valkyries" as the shells rain down

>>9429899
Well, I guess if it can wait...(unlike a normal transplant).

Let's go check on the rebel territories with the army. We need to make sure they've been suffiecently hammered.

also can i have a more indepth abilities list about what we can make/do?

>>9429916
How does Fiddler crabs know what "Flight of the Valkyries" (and Valkyries at all) is?

>>9429899
>enemies may very well prepare and begin to regroup.
Oh goddammit. Fine.
Let's go check out our blast markers.

>>9429931
cause its the best music to play during a war EVER!

>>9429930
Your ENHANCED INTELLECT means:
-Advanced Agriculture
-Knowledge of most creatures and their weaknesses
-Advanced Smithing of armor and defenses
-Strong grasp of tool usage
-Extensive knowledge of dances
-Excellent oratory and persuasion
-Knowledge of Morse-Code
-Understanding of some human tech

>>9429899
fuck

lets check on the rebel towns then

i feel bad for the army
"WE'RE GOING TO KILL REBELS"
"NO NOW WE GO BACK TO THE LAIR"
"NOW WE'RE GOING OUT AGAIN"

>>9429835
WE SHOOT BETTER THAN SPACE MARINES

>>9429945
It doesn't mean sharks and shrimp will just be at your door waiting to rape your carapace, it just means they'll be a bit more ready for your invasion.

have shootrimp check the sites with an elite hunter killer squad and while he does that graft the skk

>>9429974
NO
WE'RE GOING TO GO CHECK THE BLAST MARKERS
YOU MADE ME SCARED

WHEN IF EVER ARE WE GOING TO TAKE OUR WRATH UPON THE HUMANS?

>>9429979
This is a wise crab

>>9429987
When we reach GIANT ENEMY CRAB status.

Which is AT LEAST 900+ feet of growth away from where we currently are.

>>9429987
Whenever the hell you choose to. I like to think of Crab Quest as your own RPG with RTS elements. If you want to say FUCK IT TIME TO DIE SQUISHIES then go ahead and start a war with the surface world. Just understand the consequences.

>>9429957
>oratory?
lol. can we graft the skk and teach our minions of new agri knowledge? also a suit of telescoping armor would be AWESOME! lite and strong!

>>9430015
Well, we're currently too teeny and weedy to start a war with the squishies right now.
And I think Poseidon would be pissed off.

>>9429989
lol not wise... ive just wanted this since last night >.>

>>9430006

k fine. I too agree we need to be a GIANT ENEMY CRAB.

or at least have more minions that can leave the water.

((Note, research crossbreeding Seals and crabs))

>>9430015
start creating coral walls for each tribes territory

it's slow to grow so it'll take a while, but it's also hardy and free as opposed to our limited supplies of metal or bone

>>9430022
>telescoping armor
Gonna have to explain that to me, chief.

You retreat to the surgeon's quarters while Shootrimp leads a twenty man hunter-killer team. He swears on his grand-shrimp's pistol that he will not fail you.

we will now be know as THE CRAB EMPEROR!

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>>9430058
Bless him in the name of Bloodshell and Wavemaker.

>>9430058
telescoping... meaning it can expand/retract for our ever growing girth!

>>9429972
Fucking seriously. I've never had my plasma cannoneer shoot this well.

>>9430082
...We call that periodic "molting".

The next day you awaken in your quarters. Blasticlaw's two cannons have been grafted next to your own, giving you a THREE BARREL CANNON CLAW!
LRC has now gone up by 10! This brings you to 21 points in that stat!

>>9430068
pfft he doesnt need blessings he is our top markshrimp! need to give him a title like.... the grand markshrip!

>>9430101
...Can we lift the damn thing?

>>9430101
HOLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYY SHITTTTTT KNEW THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!

>>9430083
Your canoneer isn't a fucking awesome giant crab, my man.

>>9430058
we should also use our full heal skill on clawclaw

wait, wasn't it clawdia that was injured?

whoever, full heal

>>9430111
we are 37 feet wide bro... i think we got this

>>9430111
Come to think of it, it IS quite cumbersome. You can lift it, sure, but your speed has been docked 4 points.

>>9430131
Well, now we know what to put points in next molt.

While Shootrimp is out, let's molt.
Pray for his safe return.

DEF - 10
CQC - 11
LRC - 21
SPD - 6
INT - 16

You can reverse the graft at the cost of another day. OR you could krump some weedy shrimp to molt.

>>9430145
LETS KRUMP SOME NIGGA SHRIMP!

>>9430145
...Let's go krump that bunch of protocrab who refused to bow to us.

Bash some heads, and if they don't submit to our will, kill the rest.

>>9430119
Clawclaw. Klawdia was nearly eaten, but she's fine.

>>9430162
dis

>>9430145
I...dislike the idea of more krumping since we're out of obvious enemies.
Are the any squid in the outlying territories?

>>9430131
OH HEY.
THANKS FOR TELLING US THIS BEFORE WE DID IT.

>>9430162

Bringing your army will net you less potential to get upgrades, but is safer. Going on your own or with few troops will please Bloodshell and count as a BOSS FIGHT.

>>9430179
i dont know about u but i would rather kill shrimp and protocrabs before moving to Colossal Squid

>>9430196
Sorry, my bad.

>>9430197
Meh. Army has been marched back and forth enough.

Let's just go by ourselves.
Ask forgiveness of Wavemaker, and promise to plant a huge coral/kelp forest over the soon-to-be-battlefield.
On that note, bring seeds of kelp and coral.

>>9430179
Of course there are still squid. There are also other protocrabs farther west, and sharks to the south, and god knows what to the east!

>>9430197
Go to battle with only the cloven to back us up!

>>9430231
Let's try the protocrabs. We'll only kill enough as to get enough XP to molt and/or make them submit to the new empire.

There shall be no Luddites in the glorious Crab Empire.

>>9430229
>Ask forgiveness of Wavemaker, and promise to plant a huge coral/kelp forest over the soon-to-be-battlefield.
>On that note, bring seeds of kelp and coral.
this

this civil war probably pissed of wavemaker something fierce

wait... sharks to the south? can i get a compass on this map? i thought the north green forest shit was the sharks.

Before you head for the protocrabs, you stop by and cast another HEAL on Clawclaw. He appears to be much stronger now, and the color returns to his carapace. He is still unfit for battle at the moment, though. The move has cost you 20 WP.

Willpower: 160/180

You bring your 18 Coven troops with you on your way to the ROCK MAZE.

>>9430290
Fine. But let's hurry. The fast we appear to lay down our will, the less time they protocrabs will have to prepare to resist.

>>9430270
Typo, I meant North. I am but a lowly crab, and occasionally make mistakes. Feel free to call me on logistical errors.

>>9430290
DON'T FORGET THE CORAL AND KELP SEEDS
IT'S GONNA BE A BLOODBATH

>>9430302
so u are our... 'minion master' and we are the OVERLORD KEKEKEKE (lol i like that game >.>)

You make sure to carry plenty of seeds to plant over the corpses of the protocrabs.

You chuckle to yourself, so sure are you in your prowess.

>>9430328
Oh bugger. This is going to have another giant ancient enemy, isn't it?

You come to the entrance of the protocrab territory (red square on map in protocrab land).

The rocks here are high, and you don't have much room to maneuver here. You clack your claws, calling to the protocrabs as you move forward. Suddenly, from the tops of the rocks, a number of protocrabs! They hurl large rocks at you, trying to hit you from afar! One bounces off of you for 5 damage.

HP: 140/150.

>>9430351
they worshipped a giant proto shark type thing

i hope we do fight it as our new cannon is badass

>>9430367
Shoot them with our new omega-pistol.

>>9430351
No, just a bunch of old crabs that outnumber you on like a 5+ to one basis.

>>9430367
This simply will not do.

Throw rocks back with our CQC claw, and shoot with our dakka claw.

You spin and fire your TRI-CANNON at the fools, creating a rockslide that kills twelve of them. Your way is partially blocked now, but the ambush has been stopped as the survivors run away, towards the village.

>>9430367
Have the coven advance while you return fire with your cannon claw

>>9430367
CRAB BATTLE

>>9430401
Climb up the ledge they were on, and beeline towards the village behind them.

>>9430367
Dance/yell that this will be making their case worse for them once we win.

>>9430401
continue onwards!

>>9430401
fire thru the rocks and destroy the village! they have dishonored our earlier pact!

>>9430401
THE COWARDS
THE FOOLS
Shelled carapaces, etc, we will take away their shelled carapaces, etc.

You blow away the rockslide and head into the village. You see the chieftain standing on the largest outcropping of rocks, surrounded by warriors. Other warriors appear all around you, bursting from the ground, the rocks, everywhere! Your coven moves to engage and surrounds you.

BECOME A NUCLEAR REACTOR

>>9430488
Oh crap that's a lot of them.
Bum rush the chief. It doesn't matter.
I'm supposing these protocrab fight a lot like Tau in CC. Even if we kill their leader and they gain any sort of bonus, they still suck at close combat.
Kill the leader, and see if that intimidates them.

>>9430488
should have worn a shark jaw crown for this fight...

let the claw coven deal with their own fights, they can take care of themselves

advance on the leader and his guards

>>9430488
I'm supposing the Chieftan is the blue square. He's pretty close. Climb up the ramp thing in front of us, and shoot at him.

None of the protocrabs are evolved enough to actually shoot back.

NUCLEAR REACTOR BECOMING

dont rush the chief blow him away with the tricannon

>>9430488
Get up that ramp in front of us. So long as we're at the bottom of the valley, we're sitting ducks on the ocean floor.

IF WE NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, THE OCEAN IS OURS !

Yellow: Shootrimp's quarry.
Red: Troop movements
Orange: DARING STRATEGY INVOLVING CLIMBING.

>>9430561
WE NEED TO GET UP THERE TO SHOOT HIM

>>9430577
Shootrimp is busy elsewhere in the old rebel territories.

You charge forth as your troops deal with the warriors. These crabs are strong, but not as expertly-trained as your troops.

You ascend the slope, and lock eyes with the pitiful chieftain and his rabble. He appears content and even cocky upon seeing you. From the sand before you, a massive lobster emerges. It is not your size, only around thirty feet long and twenty across.

It clacks and scuttles angrily, its eyes are on you!

>>9430594
SHOOT HIM WITH OUR GUN PEW PEW.

>>9430594
LOBSTERS ARE BIG AND SLOW
KEEP OUT OF ITS CLAW RANGE
AND LOAD IT UP WITH MR. CAVITATION BUBBLE
It won't be able to last.

>>9430594
blind it. rape it's mate and make it a new mount. or sacrifice it to our old mount to make it bigger. but keep the rape part!

>>9430594
A lobster?

We show up with our best weapon in ages, and we get a slow-moving tank boss?

Shoot him from out of his attack range until he's dead.

Also, Shootrimp returned. He didn't have time to give you a report, but he will after this (IF HE SURVIVES, DUN DUN DUN).

Your pistoleers fire at full effect upon the warriors at the tops of the rocks, and your troops move behind you to cover your advance. One shrimp goes down.

>>9430594
THEN WHY IS HIS MAP MARKER SO MUCH BIGGER THAN OURS?

>>9430626
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS PLAN.
FINALLY, A WORTHY MOUNT.
AND THE NEW STEED AIN'T BAD EITHER.
DOHOHOHOHOHO.

>>9430630
shoot lobster with cavitation bubble, rinse, repeat

>>9430630
tell Shootrimp to remain in cover! we NEED THAT REPORT! destroy the chief while moving around the lobster! pray to bloodshell for greater aim!

You fire, all barrels hot, at the lobster. His powerful carapace somehow manages to deflect most of the damage! However, you have still taken a good amount of his HP away, bringing him to 150/200.

You scuttle backwards, out of his swipe range, as he swings for you!

>>9430679
AIM FOR ZEE EEEEYYYEEEEZZZ
ZE EYEZ!

You stay out of the lobster's range. He is much too slow for you, even with the extra weight of your cannons!

However, the Chieftain is still nimble, and he runs to support his pet! He attempts to flank you!

>>9430767
Yeha, make him pay for that.
I move and shoot.

>>9430767
catch cheiftan in your cqc claw, use him as shield against lobster as you fire away

You get off another shot at the thing's eyes, and blind it! it thrashes wildly, killing two of its own allies in its rage!

Shootrimp and his pistoleers have moved up to the second slope, and are engaging from afar! They have hit the Chieftain for 5 HP!

Chief: 115/120
Beast: 130/200
You: 160/160

>>9430767
DESTROY THE CHIEF HE IS THEIR DRIVING FACTOR!

>>9430804
kill chief and do dance of submission to lobster! also we need more whores to spread our genes with!

The Chieftain closes in on you, and gets in two good hits for 20 damage! However, this was a JUST AS PLANNED moment, and you grapple him with your RENDING CLAW for 10 damage, holding him in front of you as a shield. The beast swings, its massive claw crashing against the Chieftain's head.

He goes limp, slipping off into unconsciousness. This burden will give you a -1 on SPD. You are still faster than the lobster.

>>9430804
avoid beast while focusing on killing the chief.

>>9430852
back away while unloading on the mother fucker. Keep chief alive for now.

Chief: 60/120
Beast: 130/200
You: 140/160

>>9430852
Continue the strategy of MOVE AN SHEWT.

>>9430852
kill chief and lobster and take its carapace as an extra layer! rape whores we need more monstrosities if we ever wanna take the squishyones! also impregnate old lobster whore for more of that species! also what happened to our genetic tampering with the half mantis half pistol shrimp?

>>9430852
and that is how you defeat a heavy tank and quick flanker in a 2v1 fight

continue with the pewpewing

>>9430852

order shrimp to aim for its legs...as we move around behind it and try to climb up on the lobster's back while still holding the chief

You continue to back away while your Coven tangle up with the warriors around you. The lobster moves in all directions, randomly swinging and clamping. He grabs Klawdia in his massive pincers (You make a mental note to tell Klawdia to stay the fuck away from big claws from now on) and hurls her away. She falls unconscious against the rocks, and is surrounded by warriors.

You fire at the creature once more for another 50 damage!

>>9430956
FLANK AND DESTROY!

>>9430956
Order the claw coven to save her.
Yes, all of them.

Then RUSH INTO MANLY MELEE COMBAT WITH THE BEAST NOW THAT IT IS WEAKENED.

Some of your troops move for Klawdia. Shootrimp and his pistoleers have cleared the warriors from the top of the canyon!

You move around the lobster. You are quick, but not as quick as you'd like to be. Its massive tail hits you for 5 damage, but you manage to grapple it!

Shootrimp is trying to cripple the legs.

>>9430956


the lobster is smaller than us.....subdue it, don't kill it

the lobster would make a great pet

>>9431001
tell Shootrimp TO GTFO! now ur just trying to kill him arent u?

>>9431001
flip it over your head as if it were a bat, send it crashing in to the enemy tribe

we're more than enough larger than it for that

ALSO
kill the lobster take its claws and carapace and graft it to yourself! we need to be strong ourselves, not have strong pets.

>>9431001
TELL SHOOTRIMP TO BACK UP
WE'RE THANKFUL FOR HIS HELP, BUT WE NEED HIM ALIVE AND WELL
KEEP LOADING CAVITATION BUBBLES INTO THE LOBSTER'S CLAWS AND LEGS
WE WANT THIS BITCH ALIVE

>>9431026
I don't actively try to kill your men, I throw in casualties where they would make sense. I actually have a system I'm using to decide how this goes.

You are still grappling with the beast's tail.

>>9431026
All the more reason to keep him the fuck alive.

>>9431070
Lift it up, and shoot into the beast's vulnerable underbelly.

It should be still alive and severly crippled if we do this right.

>>9431056

capture it and use it to breed a race of giant lobsters that your crab army can ride into battle

Shootrimp hits the lobster in the crux of one of its legs, doing 10 damage. The lobster shrieks and flails, and you hurl the Chieftain away, needing both your claws now.

Using your weight and skill in CQC, you lift(!) the beast, and spin him around by the tail (picture Mario vs Bowser)

>>9431070
blast thru the back of the lobster!

>>9431108
throw it INTO the chieftan

>>9431100
i also approve of this idea. but would prefer the claw and carapace =D

>>9431108
Stop spinning it and just shoot it in the underbelly.
We need it alive.

>>9431108
Shoot it to stun.
At this range it's at our mercy.

>>9431108
SLAM THE FUCKER INTO THE GROUND

IT'S RAPE TIME AFTER THAT CHEIF FUCKER IS DEAD

Pivoting on your POWERFUL LEGS, you knock the chieftain with your LOBSTER CLUB into a rock wall. His carapace shatters, and a mixture of blood and gore escapes his broken shell. He is sufficiently damaged to be considered out of combat for now.

The lobster attempts to escape, but it is of no use! You swing it around, throwing it at the group of warriors around Klawdia. They scatter like bowling pins, and the giant thing lands a mere five feet from your veteran! It appears to be unconsious.

WAIT IS IT A FEMALE?! IF SO RAPE HER ASS!

>>9431167
SHOOT CHIEFTAN
BEELINE TO LOBSTER
PERFORM DANCE OF SUBJUGATION
RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE

Chief: 1 HP
You: 135/150
Lobster: 20/200

>>9431176
this

>>9431167
This battle is over.

DO THE DANCE OF VICTORY

THE WARRIORS CAN DO NO MORE

THIS DAY IS OURS

>>9431191
>>9431159
>>9431176
raep mind!

>>9431176
>his claws
>grab him by the tail
You can still rape ass, I guess, but it's dude-ass.

>>9431228
...Meh. It serves a point.

And it will demoralize the protocrab warriors to see the Crab King rape their most powerful creature.

>>9431228
we never checked! how do we know its a male?

>>9431167

feed the chieftian to the lobster once it becomes loyal as a display to all the rebel crabs...make a example and offer them one chance to return to under your rule

>>9431228
couragewolf.jpg
Raping the...hulking monstosity will show the protocrabs who's really boss in these waters.

>>9431228
Well, we haven't had any in a good long time, and this oversized mutant lobster may be a hermaphrodite and let's just rape it rape rape rape rape rape.

Twelve warriors are cornered nearby, they are willing to fight to the death.

>>9431228
If the enemy warriors will keep off, go ahead.

>>9431228
lobsters genderswitch at random

save it for when it goes female

What the......I am displeased with these events. What is this wholesale slaughter of a tribe that we led agreements with? That swore to cease their attacks on Crustacea, and turn their attentions to the sharks? WHAT HAVE YOU FOOLS DONE?!

>>9431296
offer them a place in the Cloven. if they refuse DESTROY THEM!

>>9431296
rape the giant lobster

Tell the cloven immediately behind us to push the remaining enemy off the ledge to their deaths after joining the four units already there.

>>9431296

don't kill them yet...offer them a chance to join us

>>9431332
they drew first blood

>>9431332
This is definately a black note in our nation's history.
But what's done is done. Let's just let the remaining tribes resettle the area and let this tribe fade into history.

>>9431332
besides, now we can molt for more power

You march forth and grab the lobster, dragging it behind you. You throw it down at the feet of the remaining warriors as a sign of your superiority before scuttling to match. They look insulted and furious, but glimmers of worry and defeat lurk in their eyes.

>>9431359
i think our nations entire beggining was rather more of a black note

we killed quite a few guys there

>>9431378
dance the dance of subjugation

>>9431296

>>9431351
>>9431359
This is fucking bullshit. Remember the philosophy that we upheld? The way of the Open Pincer and the Closed Claw? Fuck if a few shitty beds of kelp will help; you dumbasses decided instead of taking the fight to our TRUE enemies, to instead bash on OUR ANCIENT ELDERS and spill their blood when we had PEACE. The sharks aren't even a damned challenge! They're TINY compared to us.

>>9431378

feed chieftain to lobster
feed chieftain to lobster
feed chieftain to lobster
feed chieftain to lobster

after they subjugate RAPE THEIR WIMMINS!

You do the "Dominion Dance" and "Scuttle of Subjugation" to emphasize that none may challenge the Crab King. They do not accept, and one charges you, trying to scuttle up the side of the rocky outcropping you're on.

>>9431378
DANCE OF SUBJUGATION

THEN LOBSTER SODOMY

THEN MORE DANCE OF SUBJUGATION

>>9431413
kill them!

>>9431413
Let him get close.

Then smash him.

Then dance the dance of subjugation again.

Rinse and repeat as needed until they're all dead or they surrender.

>>9431424
NO
DO THIS >>9431427

>>9431403
in other words

WE DO BOTH FUCKWIT

they are not our nation, therefore we have no reason to not hurt them

had they joined us they would have gotten all sorts of benefits, they refused

>>9431427
dis

You grapple the puny protocrab and crush his entire upper-half with your claw. The others recoil in disgust and fear. The Chieftain is stirring, although he is in no mood to fight (he is behind the warriors, btw).

>>9431442
This is the logic we used, yes. It's a good deal of sophistry, but that's how politics work.

What's done is done. We can only hope that this makes Crustacea a more unified place in the end.

Give the surrounding protocrab tribes this area after we seed it with coral and kelp.

>>9431442
And us murdering dissenters turns us into the Crab Tyrant that the rebels labeled us. lern2government.

We should be showing our glory in destroying the non-crustaceans and being a pinnacle of arthropod glory, instead of turning on ourselves.

You scuttle furiously, attempting to reason with the remaining warriors. (Last I checked you had a power called AWE)

They bristle at your continued insults and attempts to dominate them.
Another charges, he too is met by your claw.

His twitching remains fall at your feet.

>>9431449

offer mercy if chieftain will breed a army of giant lobsters for you and swears to never again challenge you

>>9431449
How'd the hell he get all the way over there?
No matter.

Open with the Dance of Subjugation.

>>9431481
least we arent putting all shrimp in concentration camps

>>9431492
RINSE AND REPEAT

THERE ARE 18-ODD OF THE FUCKERS

WE HAVE ALL THE TIME IN THE SEA

rape chief to show dominance

>>9431492
Let them keep coming.

But make sure the lobster behind us doesn't eat Klawdia while we aren't looking.

>>9431492

use awe on the warriors

>>9431537
wait is the CHIEF A FEMALE?! RAEP AND MAKE BABIES!

The Chieftain attempts to speak. Through gritted mandibles he tells you that he got word from one known as "Blasty-Claw" that you attacked the descendants of the Great Finned One. He chooses death over being your subject, and kills himself with his own claws.

>>9431481
you mean the guy who was feeding our kind to sharks?

yeah they're ones to talk

we grow kelp, defend our people and all that jazz

but we're also expanding

you do not leave non-alligned states within your borders

ever

>>9431492
Once again use AWE.

In fact, show them how peaceful we shall be if they give in. SUMMON KELP.

>>9431515
>>9431537
No, you're just sodomizing everything you see. Are you trolling? Please tell me you're trolling.

You use AWE on the last ten warriors, along with the "Dance of Diplomacy." They begin to lower their guard.

>>9431560
no, the descendants attacked us

we just happened to win

>>9431560
HA
FOOL
NOW HE HAS LEFT HIS SUBJECTS WITHOUT LEADERSHIP IN HIS COWARDICE

Proceed to do the DANCE OF THE WAVEMAKER AND BLOODSHELL
SHOW HIM THE SUPERIORITY OF OUR GODS

>>9431576
nah just wanna make more monstrosities! we need them to kill the humans!

The warriors agree to surrender, but refuse to serve you. They plead with you to allow them to find a new living deeper within the ROCK MAZE.

>>9431584
Proceed to do more. As well as >>9431566
Show them that food won't need to be a problem anymore in Crustacea's borders.

>>9431560
Spread word among the other protocrabs that the rebels led by Blasticlaw were corrupting the GFOs, tainting them and turning them into monsters that attacked all creatures.

>>9431618
This was a matter of belief, not food.

>>9431616
destroy their claws and allow them to leave!

>>9431616
No.

Instead, exile them to the heart of Crustacea itself.

They shall adapt or die within the stifling bounds of Crustacea's own culture. And knowing history, they are not bound to succeed.

>>9431637
Full on Native-American treatment, eh?

>>9431616
send them out of our borders

don't care so long as we don't have a potentially hostile group within them

>>9431637
THIS THIS THIS
Good idea. No bunch of natives can survive long in Chrome itself thinking as they do.
Let them see how much greater things are than what they simply believe.

>>9431655
Hey, it works, doesn't it?

Make sure they don't form community groups. But order that they not be treated as lepers either.

>>9431655
Yes. And since this is a matter of belief...
Do a Lay On Claws healing of Klawdia to show them the power of the Wavemaker.

>>943158


once the last 10 warriors are converted we need to turn our attention back to the lobster as soon as possible and do a complete survey of it

think of it : a wave of giant lobster being ridden by a army of your Shootrimp....

Genghis khan crab style

The Protocrabs do not wish to enter your kingdom, and are insisting on heading into the ROCK MAZE. They will be out of your hair for as long as you encroach no further WEST, whereas they will fight and die if you insist on bringing them in.

These are centuries-old savages, sorry but they're tough to deal with.

>>9431678
then let's break them up and have them be integrated into the protocrabs already living in communities in the empire

>>9431697
Crab Cavalry? WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THIS EARLIER

let them go
for the love of god I'm sure this is already going to cause dissent, last thing we need is them parading around gathering support

>>9431711
still fine with them leaving

>>9431711
WELL
THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICCE

They're only like this because they have a group mentality.

Break them up and send them into the heart of the empire.

Change or die. Slowly. At OUR behest. Not theirs.

>>9431711
tell them we will be moving west and taking over ALL underwater space. if they dont join now they will die!

>>9431711

crush and kill them all.....end it now and quick...they will just be trouble later on and hamper any expansion

>>9431711
Whatever happens, we need to plant the kelp and coral forest.

Then allow the other protocrab tribes to resettle this area.

>>9431625
This, and play the entire skirmish up as a terrible miscommunication that could've only led to blood.

>>9431738
This is actually true.
We're going to be expanding all the time. They'll never find solace.
Explain it to them.
Join now, or die slowly of your own hubris.

Sadly, the negotiations are cut off, and this group of soldiers chooses death over you. They are cut down without mercy, and in the heavens The Wavemaker weeps at this mournful scene.

You have pacified the renegade tribe. The other protocrabs may want to move in.

>>9431774
Do the Dance of Sadness.
Then >>9431749

>>9431774


use the seeds we brought and turn attention back to giant lobster

You do the "Scuttle of Sorrow" and begin planting coral and kelp for any new settlers.

>>9431774
gahhh I knew he was going to be pissed about this :[

>>9431774
NOT THE WAVEMAKER!
We're going to need to do a lot of damn penance for this.
Let us OURSELVES stay here for a week, constantly praying to the Wavemaker for forgiveness.

>>9431774
>>9431810
>>9431817
Personally plant every seed of kelp and coral ourselves.

No help from anyone else.

This shall be our penance.

>>9431774
place all dead protocrab together and cover them with kelp to appease wavemaker! Collect all wimmin left in town and use them as breeding stock. Allow other protocrabs to move in. go back to LAIR and molt!

You turn to the now-conscious lobster. Understanding its old master to be dead, and being blind and crippled, it does not resist your will. It lowers itself a bit, moaning in sadness.

This has been another dark day for crabkind, but you need to break eggs to make an omlette, right?

>>9431810
Raise a memorial to the chief of this tribe, letting others know of the battle that erupted between Crustacean-kind through folly.

>>9431830
this

>>9431817
ehh maybe not a full week but at the very least we need to make a monument to all protocrabs or something here

>>9431839
We are it's new master.

Do a HEAL on it and Clawdia and lead it back to the LAIR for training and healing.

We're the closest thing it has to a friend now.

>>9431841
Also, tailor the tale so that we decided to spare the chief, but instead of accepting our offer, stubbornly chose death.

PROPAGANDA

>>9431841
History is written by the victor. You instruct shrimp scribes to write of a valiant chief that was led to a pitched-battle through folly.

Your subjects lead the lobster back to the LAIR. Klawdia is picked up also. You stay behind to tend to the repairs. The Wavemaker shakes his head above in disgust, but applauds your responsibility.

>>9431841
>>9431830
do these

>>9431841
not a memorial to the chief

a memorial to the unification of the protocrabs

>>9431849
Good idea, make a statue to the fallen protocrabs, commending their bravery and lamenting their stubbornness

>>9431886
While we're by ourselves, and before the other protocrabs move in, pray to Wavemaker on what we should do for his total forgiveness.

>>9431886
collect shootrimps news!

>>9431886
Make no mention of Shark-worship. As that is HERESY.

A week later, protocrab settlers would find a new monument built of the strongest, most vibrant coral. This monolith would act as a testament to the strength and nobility of their ancient race.

The horror of your bloodshed has been slightly replaced by reverence and acceptance.

>>9431921
Thank god for INT being a dump stat amongst crabs.

>>9431921
Charge them as protectors of "Wavemaker's Grove."

>>9431904
we don't want his total forgiveness

we want his approval in the peaceful things we do

and bloodclaws approval in the ways of war

heal lobster...take back home and begin work towards crab cavalry

You may now return home to molt.

However, some things bother you. Where are the rebels? How did the Chieftain get a message from Blasticlaw if you slew him days ago?

>>9431945
*bloodshell

keep on making that mistake dammit >.<

>>9431915
Oh yeah.

He better still be alive for all the close calls he gave us during the battle.

What about what they were worshipping? We should go back and destroy this HERESY, in case the other protocrabs succumb to their old ways.

>>9431954
Oh bugger.
Talk to Shootrimp.

>>9431954
go to lair to molt and use our breeding stock WE NEED GIANT CRAB/LOBSTER MINIONS!

>>9431968
Sharks.

But these crustacean cultures don't seem to have actual MONUMENTS of worship. More like a tribal/clannish teaching of religion.

Since they're dead, there won't be any more shark-worshippers until it spontaneously erupts of is own in a separate community.

>>9431994
Damn, you're short-sighted.
There's still things to be done; molting gives the rebels precious time that we can't afford; especially with Blasticlaw inciting rebellion all over again.

Shootrimp appraises you when you return to the LAIR.

According to him, all of the settlements he checked were empty again, like all the others. Tracks led deeper into the reef, but he was unable to follow after being attacked by a particularly large shark. He says it was about forty feet long, with jaws capable of swallowing ships! Scars covered its snout and flanks, also.

There were a few corpses in each settlement, however, meaning they left recently.

>>9432001
They wanted permission to retreat somewhere in worship something that I THINK sounded like a BBEG. Either way, I think we should investigate.

>>9432014
We're due for a molt though.
we need to replenish SPD that was lost for our new claw.
though that poster is rather LOLRANDUMKILLLOLXD.

Play nice together now, you little crustaceans.

>>9432014
totally said we should kill him as he cannot be trusted

but noooo the people who can't seperate bloodshell for battle times and wavemaker for peaceful times were all like "lets let this guy who is obviously quite charismatic go free into exile"

>>9432024
Yeah...we're going to need to molt.
But at least we found what Blasticlaw was being toady to.

>>9432014
this was a small happenstance that occured due to our own short sightedness! i was one of the people to demand blasticlaw's head! we need to create heavy hitters BEFORE the humans come back! not right before we attack! also where is our pistol/mantis shrimp that we started working on like forever ago? we need to regroup and gather our forces

>>9432024
SO WE WASTED FOUR ARTILLERY SHELLS FOR FUCKING NOTHING GODDAMN

>>9431952

do this

>>9431954

here is just my crabby idea on how to deal with the whole rebel idea

Take one of our most trustworthy loyal tribes and have them rebel, we stage a attempt to subdue the tribe but fail. This maybe might gain the attention of who ever is the leader of the rebel crab tribes. This leader would most likely try to communicate with this "rebellious" tribe. Have them gain as much information as they can was we prepare to wipe out all the rebels with one swoop.

>>9432078
I think it'd be rediculously suspicious that we fail in battle.

Very suspicious. Even our low-INT subjects would think that smells fishy.
And we all live in the sea.

Shootrimp has one other disturbing bit of news for you. He found the corpse of Blasticlaw within his hideout, speared on a piece of coral. Whatever is going on, he doesn't like it, and he believes there is a more sinister force within the rebellion.

>>9432108
Well, obviously, we need to commit xenocide of the sharks to solve this.

goddammit

i see the BIGGEST picture. we need to go back to LAIR to collect forces and plan anyways

>>9432108
coral speared? we may have mermaids

no other species really has a need to kill something using a sharp object except as a warning type deal

we kinda come preequipped with weaponry

>>9432108
The Blasticlaw that we felled in battle was probably a decoy, a lowly Lieutenant. I found it rather suspicious that Blasticlaw would be seen on the field...looks like we more SPD and LRC in the future.

Find some squid, slaughter them, turn them into chum, and let the scent waft slowly into shark territory. It'll incite a huge mass of sharks, that we can then blow to hell with the IRON LAIR's guns.

>>9432105

well if they staged a ambush upon us when we are alone and were injured....us running away would be a possible

>>9432166
No mermaids, my ocean might be mutant and fucked-up, but not MYTHICAL.

>>9432172
Seems a good plan.

>>9432108
fuck. return to lair and put all forces on defcon 1. nothing moves without SOMEONE noticing. we need to molt and get our stats up. i sense danger!

You may now molt.

DEF - 10
CQC - 11
LRC - 21
SPD - 6
INT - 16

Four more points for you, Crab King. Of course, you'll be in your coma for two days.

>>9432249
Veto for more information gathering; we should only molt prior to our great assault against Blasticlaw.

>>9432249
all ahead speed!

>>9432270
that didn't work so well last time

plus our speed dropped way low

>>9432270
we could send out the hunter killer team again? worked last time.

Molt - then worry about the crazyness.

Additionally, what can we do with our old shell - can we use it in some way? Practically? Ornimentally?

>>9432273
MORE SPEED

also, we're autosaging

>>9432297
we use it as armor for the claw coven

>>9432297
It can be used to equip the Claw Guard.

I don't mind the autosage, I'm ending for the night in an hour anyway.

Your molted shell is used as armor for the Claw Coven. It can be used for... basically anything.

Come to think of it, I could just end now, at this crossroads.

>>9432371
go back and molt for speed =D

>>9432468
Okay new thread. Gonna archive this one.

I'm good with ending it here.