(Sorry I'm a little late. Was battling an old graphics card on the off chance it would make SCII run faster. It turns out no.)

(Would it be bad form to leave the thread so I can buy alcohol, or good form to buy alcohol so the thread gets crazy? I'm told some of the best threads were the ones where I drank. Personally, I think every thread is one of the best threads. Then again, I'm an egomaniac...)

>>14104617
Well, I'm early so we're even.
>>14104585
Let's have our fleet set their IFF to the Confederacy and then send them from Shakuras to Moria and announce that the Shalmaneser has come from the Goyu system and then quarantine it.

>>14104672
Don't forget your name bro.

>>14104672
Go get Fighting Cock! Or Miller, also you tag fell off.

>>14104697
Oh, crap. Thanks.

>>14104706
>Go get Fighting Cock!

For a second, I didn't realize you were talking about the alcohol. I was confused. :D

>>14104585
I share Internbrate's bad feeling about what's going on with Moria.

I also agree with Accountbrate, let's work on getting what we still have lingering in that system grouped up and back to Zerg space.

Is Kerrigan's overlord still just kind of hovering there near Xenta (or wherever it was)? I don't guess we've gotten any updates from her?

>>14104727
Also, get FIGHTING MONKEY!

How long would it take to produce the fight program with zerglings to teach Gorn basic tactics? A small arena, scores of zerglings and hydralisks, two presentations a day with a final live exercise where Gorn tries to replicate what he saw.

>>14104792
TWO ZERG ENTER ONE ZERG LEAVES! But here's a question, why does everyone think that Gorn is useless in a fight and needs instruction? He's a barbarian/frenzied berzerker not a level 1 commoner.

>>14104706
(Well, that's all the encouragement I need, really. I'll be back in a couple of minutes. Not long. The liquor store is nearby. In the meantime...)

>>14104749
>>14104693
>>14104750
Moria:
Tell the Morians that the Shalmaneser is from Goryu: 1
Any other plan: 0

Tyrador:
Take the BC and leave: 1
Any other plan: 0
(Reminder: Your precious ZergTV station is here)

Kerrigan's overlord is still over Xenta, hovering mindlessly. Artisanlord is fashioning a suit, cane, and top hat for it. She hasn't made any contact with us in a while. We could speak to her through it if we desire.

(I'll tally up what has the most votes when I get back. I look forward to seeing whether you guys save the day, wreck shit, or just sit back and watch shit get wrecked)

In the immortal words of a trio of specific pirates...


GROG! GROG! GROG!

(plus it'll give everyone who missed time to check the previous couple threads and come up with even more wacky ideas.)

Just got finished reading the archive of these threads yesterday, glad I could catch this one

I think we should let whatever obvious parasite/demon has taken over the Shalmaneser continue with its subterfuge and inevitable hostile takeover. It should give Kingston something to worry about while he tries to recover from the glorious ass kicking he's just received.

>>14104792
Not long. However, Nargil quietly confides in us that the Overmind once tried something similar, with no success.

>>14104840
Step 1: Tell Artisanlord to also make a monocle of the overlord.
Step 2: Power up the transmitter on Tyradoor.
Step 3: Broadcast what ever it is that Artisanlord is doing.
Step 4: Just use Artisanlords musings and actions as the entire starting line-up for ZergTV.

>>14104859
(New readers! Yay! Welcome!)

>>14104860
I have an idea, but we should tell Sissy about it and get her ok to do it. We have Nargil hunt down the reaming Dark Templar. It is up his alley, just give him free reign to do it and whatever assets he needs. But Sissy might have her own plans regarding those stragglers.

>>14104888
(Glad to be here, hope I don't contribute to us screwing ourselves over!
...unless it's spectacular, of course)

>>14104925
From what I've seen, almost every time we contact our dear sister we either annoy her or make her think we're retarded...

As for Tyrador, I'll give a vote for staying to set up ZergTV, just to see what ArtisanLord will do with it.

>>14104859
>>14104886
(*POP* It's Miller time.)

Moria:
Tell the Morians that the Shalmaneser is from Goryu: 1
Screw those guys. Break out the popcorn and watch: 1

Tyrador:
Take the BC and leave: 1
Give ZergTV to Artisanlord: 1

Other:
Have Nargil be Tommy Lee Jones from the Fugitive on the Dark Templar: 1

(Well, that was less discussion than I was expecting)

Where did we left our AI ally?

Hey, how is Terran cloning tech? Do we even know? Is it just at making new sheep or have they done actual people? Rereading the last thread reminded me of what I was gonna ask before the sudden stoppage due to shtuppage.

>>14105083
You should know by now that most people only respond to what happens. Planning is for chumps... I guess... so I'm a chump... go me...

>>14105099
They did it in the past, but it gets all wonky after the second generations or something. Wonky as in defective.

also one vote for zergTV

one vote for nargy (those niggas be too dangerous to be left alive yo!)

one vote for watch the ensuing hijinks from afar.

>>14105142
The stuff going on in Groyu will destroy us all... maybe...
Send a cloaked overlord to Groyu to find out what the hell is going on.

>>14105083
Put down my votes for:
Tell the Morians that the Shalmaneser is from Goryu
Give ZergTV to Artisanlord

>>14105132
Ah, nevermind then. If it were more reliable I was gonna suggest trading knowledge of it to VG for the mining.
"Why extinct, when you can rework, as we do? Why be content with being the son, when you can be the guiding father?"

>>fish serve
...I don't even know what captcha is suggesting. Anybody up for some Arthur Treacher's?

>>14105078
>>14105142
>>14105178
>>14105176
Moria:
Tell the Morians that the Shalmaneser is from Goryu: 2
Screw those guys. Break out the popcorn and watch: 1

Tyrador:
Take the BC and leave: 1
Give ZergTV to Artisanlord: 4 (Yay! A decision!)


Other:
Have Nargil be Tommy Lee Jones from the Fugitive on the Dark Templar: 1
Check out Goryu: 1

(Make a decision on Moria and we'll get this show on the road)

>>14105095
VoidGate has recently discussed whether humanity can be trusted to not turn on it. It maintains that whether humanity has the capacity to change or not, the fact remains that it is dangerous NOW, and must be terminated NOW. We still have four carriers hovering over what appears to be a burgeoning colony. It has already built a reasonable defensive fleet of new ships, and gathered most of the surface resources of the planet.

>>14105099
Strictly speaking, cloning of organs and animals is the limit of legal technologies. Rumors have, of course, always circulated that human cloning (with personality impression) is not only possible, but commonly used by Confederate Intelligence. Of course, rumors have also circulated that Arcturus Mengsk was secretly the puppetmaster behind the Kingston government...

>>14105208
CHAU SARA WAS AN INSIDE JOB MAN!

>>14105241
shut up ya damn hippie!

>>14105208
(Well, then, I'll make the decision for you...)

One of our wraiths bursts into space above Moria and immediately broadcasts on a public channel, "Shalmaneser, this is Confederate Border Patrol Fighter 227. In accordance with Confederate orders concerning ships leaving the Goryu system, you are ordered into immediate quarantine. Repeat, close down your launch bays and shut off your engines. Over."

There is a brief moment of silence before absolute panic erupts. Ships jump out of the system left and right. Confused, angry, and disbelieving messages come in on every frequency. The Morian defensive fleet, consisting of well more than enough wraiths to take on the ship, takes up position around our fighter, demanding our credentials and Shalmaneser's flight logs.

<><><><>

Artisanlord is overjoyed with our decision, and moves out as soon as it finishes styling the very well-oiled mustache it has placed on Kerrigan's overlord. The resulting spectacle is both ridiculous and...oddly stylish.

Artisanlord begins setting up its first broadcast immediately.

>>14105370
THE ZERG AND PROTOSS ARE IN CAHOOTS WITH KINGSTON IN A BID TO TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSE AND ASCEND TO A HIGHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ATTAIN IMMORTALITY!

>>14105420
Well my goal has been accomplished, kinda. I'd rather seize the thing, but if the KMC blows the thing up that works too... so Goryu what happening there.

>>14105463
(Shalmaneser's logs will pretty definitely show that it's never been to Goryu...and since it only got one vote, neither have you)

>>14105423
There is actually a small forum on the Confederate information network, StarFront, where people who actually believe this sort of thing congregate.

>>14105527
We should post some pictures of the new dapper overlord on StarFront.
>tryera gutenberg
And captcha wants to post pictures of Tryera Gutenberg whoever that is.

GODDAMMIT

Well, now we've managed to piss off our new unknown player in the sector.
I pray to Overmind that it's just generally omnicidal and doesn't join Kingston or the 'toss just to fuck us over

Whatever happened to that one scientist that we plucked from Tyrador when Gorn was steamrolling that one Terran superweapon? I hope we at least got the chance to infest his brain.

>Nargil & the Dark Templar

I'd be a bit careful on this. As mentioned earlier, Kerrigan may still have a lot of plans for the renegade temps. I would propose gently psionically nudging her overlord proxy (who is now very stylish)... something like leaving the psionic equivalent of an answering machine message asking if she wants us to put forth some effort on hunting down the Dark Templar.

>Tyrador

Take the BC and leave. Perhaps leave some scouts in the system to observe if anything interesting occurs in that front.


>VoidGate

I propose informing VoidGate that the bulk of the Terran battlefleet has been destroyed. If it will have any chance to nab valuable worlds, this would be it.

>>14105583

On the contrary. We may have just made the Confederacy look more fragmented and disorganized, and as soon as the Shamanalarlaelser's flight logs show that it has not been in the Goryu system (or near it), it will probably be welcome as before. Plus some negative feelings for the central Confederacy powers that be.

(So, they're asking the other ship for its logs, and our wraith for its border patrol credentials. Since we made that part up, you might want to decide on how to deal with it)

>>14105586
Are you suggesting that we get VoidGate to nuke Tarsonis for us? I cannon support this as it would start stripping the planet before we can have the Kingston family barbecue.

>>14105616

Is this a wraith that we captured or manufactured?

>>14105616
State that that information is classified? Have two of our battlecrusiers pop in to back that story up? Then send in a carrier to blow up the Shalmaneser?

>>14105616
Foam at the mouth, shout "THE PLAGUE MUST NOT SPREAD", and ram the BC with our wraith

>>14105616
Can we self-destruct or just jump away? Their suspicions are raised, so they'll definitely ask the ship for it's logs; suspicious activity on our part won't take away from that, and one wraith doesn't really matter (Does it?)

>>14105628
It is one of our manufactured wraiths. Thankfully, it predates our use of VoidGate's titanium alloy, so it is a convincing disguise.

>>14105657
>>14105658
"Classified": 0?
Backup: 0?
CARRIER RUSH: 0?
RAMMING SPEED: 1
(TUCAMP, you get one vote. One)

>>14105701
It was a selection of ideas I put out. I wasn't actually voting for anything... other than investigating Goryu before we jump to the conclusion that it's Dyles and company.

>>14105701

I'd say "Classified".

Then transfer the data from our cloaked Dropship to the wraith indicating what we observed in the Shakuras system. About the whole battlecruiser picking up "injured" passengers from a suspicious damaged dropship, then all holy hell breaking loose on the Battlecruiser.

>>14105701
Goddamnit, I'm late and already people are screwing up left and right.

Another vote to send a goddamn Dropship Observer to the Goryu system. Make sure it comes out of warp a few light minutes out, then comes into the system under cloak.

Also, can Labbrate slap together some counterfeit Border Patrol credentials?
Hell, this might be something to ask VoidGate for help; say we're trying to weaken the Human's defenses, and it might help.

>>14105701
Classified, and accuse the BC as having falsified travel logs

>toberep often
I just got here, how could I possibly toberepping too often D:

>>14105773

Seconding scouting the Goryu system with Dropbservers.

Also seconding asking Labbrate about counterfeiting border patrol credentials.

>>14105701
I vote Classified, but I would also add that if it doesn't seem like they believe us, we just ram the cruiser with the wraith, yelling something like: "THE PLAGUE MUST NOT SPREAD, LONG LIVE EMPEROR KINGSTON!!!". That should surely add some confusion, since AFAIK our wraith looks legit.

>>14105803
And we finally have 3 for investigating Goryu.

>>14105701
I vote for ramming speed. Because it can never be a bad option.

>>14105701
classified

side note that has nothing to do with the thread...
FREEDOM FROM THE HALF NAKED DANCING MEN!
(I hate and love tech...)

>>14105774
>>14105755
>>14105773
>>14105803
"Negative, Moria Defense. On orders from Chancellor Kingston himself, everything related to continuing operations over Goryu are classified at the top level. It'll be my ass if I start answering questions."

A certain amount of indignation comes across the band before the whole system is distracted by an announcement that there is a "LIVE FEED TO TYRADOR INCOMING!!"

Artisanlord's face appears, with a small ZergTV logo in the corner. It makes various squealing and groaning noises, as overlords do. We are aware that it is offering grandiose salutations to its audience, but to the Terrans, it must sound horrifying.

(Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssoqy_9G5yk )

Sheer surprise gives pause to Moria.

<><><><>

Our dropserver enters the Goryu system undetected, cloaking immediately. There is a Confederate battlecruiser hovering over the planet, showing moderate battle damage. There are several obvious crash sites on the planet, surrounded by large numbers of people who appear to be repairing the crashed ships. There are signs of an attempted bombardment of the surface.

>>14105938
(Damn, forgot my picture!)

>>14105938
Inform artisianlord that he should use one of the other creatures, specifically a part human hybrid instead as the humans cannot understand him.

>>14105938
Start adding in subtitles to ZergTV. Let's scan Goryu some more before we take samples from everything and everyone.

>>14105982
That would make sense.

>>14105982
Second on both counts.

Also, prep our Terran assets with Confederate IFF codes on Tyrador, and get as much repairs done as we can, in case we need to warp them to Moria.

Also, what about that scientist we Infested? Any info on the superweapon from him?

>>14105938
(Did anybody else kind of feel like the overlords neigh? Like a mutant monster horse?)

>>14105951
>>14105982
Artisanlord refuses to change the nature of its broadcast until the speech it laboriously planned is finished. After a few minutes of groaning and squealing, the camera cuts to the devastation of the once-proud Core World, its skies ashen as debris sinks slowly from orbit. Artisanlord's speech made it clear that this was to be a montage of the horrors of war, but comm traffic on Moria indicates that they believe "the bastards are bragging."

>>14106074
tell artisian lord to stuff it, and that that was not the purpose of its broadcast. Put subtitles on.

>>14106074
Oh no! They're misunderstanding Artisanlord, we need to subtitle it now.

>>14106074

Have a team of infested run the control booth for ZergTV.

They can translate on the fly and display the subtitles.

Assign one to be an anal producer to Artisanlord.

>>14106056
The scientist turns out to have been more of an engineer, responsible for designing support systems. What he knows of the project is that it was some new kind of weapon against the Zerg. The plan was to use it to brainwash Zerg units to follow Terran commands. He isn't entirely sure of the details. It was, as he would put it, "all pretty hush hush."

>>14106074
Have whoever's manning the ZergTV broadcaster put up "Technical Difficulties" screen while we continue to record Artisanlord.
Put up a translation of what was said up until the pause, then play the rest of the speech with subtitles.
Artisanlord doesn't need to know that the speech wasn't all live.

>>14106123

What can he tell us of the support system? What was it suppose to do?

Once we find this out we can figure out what kind of weakness this new weapon has and direct our firepower accordingly.

Look, we need to multi-task here.

As we deal with the subtitling of Artisanlord's speech, we need to make sure that the dropserver is getting a good scan of everything in the Goryu system, especially of the planet.
Also, we need to figure out what we're going to do about the battlecruiser Shalmaneser.

>>14106123
So a hivemind emulator? like the ones on SC2 but on a HUGE scale??.
That would be very bad news.

>>14106170
We need Labbrate to continue sifting through the remains of the R&D compounds, to find any useful weapon or machine designs. Have his field teams try to find backup or archive datacores.

>>14106132
The technical difficulties screen should have a cute image of a zergling in a hard-hat.

>>14106190
Zergling in a hard-hat munching on either wires or a camera. But more importantly Goryu is still only vaguely known.

And then the Zerg war effort was derailed in order to provide more programming for ZergTV.
I'm okay with this.

>>14106123

Not a scientist, eh? Nevertheless, let's have the Zerg science corp. take a look at his brain contents to see if they can glean any new insights from his experiences.


>Goryu

If we do not detect any detectors in the system, have the dropship take a closer look at what's happening on the surface.


>Zerg TV debut

Inform Artisanlord that the Terran public are largely misinterpreting his memoriam to the futility and sorrow of war. They seem to think it's Gorn-grade bragging about slaughter and killing (no offense intended to Gorn).

>>14106187
We could get an idea where to find more about the device if we ask the infested engineer from where did/would they get the parts to assemble the support systems. Such information could point us to an important planet to raid.

>Goryu

Step 1: Send a cloaked overlord stuffed with zerglings to Goryu, stealthily land on the planet
Step 2: Have the zerglings roll around in anything that glows, wriggles, pulses, or smells funny
Step 3: Return zerglings to overlord, stealthily leave Goryu
Step 4: Put zerglings in wraiths, fake Confederate credentials, send wraiths to Tarsonis
Step 5: Have contaminated zerglings roll around in unsuspecting populace
Step 6: ????
Step 7: Trollcerebrate.zrg

>Johannsen gusold
captcha suggests using bernie's dicklings for the scheme, and having them rub their johannsens in the mess

>>14106161
(Yes. Good thinking. As my level of intoxication increases, the chance of me making crazy shit happen without warning always increases. You'll want to deal with things before that gets going)

>>14106137
He can give us detailed blueprints of the heat sink systems, as well as the specs on some of the power systems, but it's all a little moot: he's relatively sure that we destroyed the only working prototype.

>>14106132
>>14106121
>>14106114
>>14106094
Artisanlord's speech continues after its montage, and we quietly add in subtitles in English. Artisanlord is commenting on what it calls "a universal cycle of violence" and "the bitter fruits of hate," as well as calling for peace.

On Moria, the public bands are on fire with debate over whether the Zerg Peace Offer is legit. On a secure channel, a voice with a thick Chinese accent crackles to our wraith.

"This is General Mah Sakai, former head of the Kel-Morian Combine, current regional governor of the Kel-Morian Domain, and answerable to the Supreme Chancellor and the Supreme Chancellor alone. My word carries equal weight to the entire Confederate Council. I am entrusted with the lives of nearly 30 billion Terrans. I've given you MY credentials and you're damn well going to give me YOURS, or I'll have your fighter towed down here and I'll BEAT them out of you, classified status be damned."

>>14106274
Why didn't we infest the warehouse manager, but I'd guess it all came from the Tyradoor, Tarsonis, and Moria systems.

>>14106308

It's time for ramming speed, then.

>>14106308
> I've given you MY credentials and you're damn well going to give me YOURS, or I'll have your fighter towed down here and I'll BEAT them out of you, classified status be damned.
Fuck.
Has Labbrate been able to counterfeit those Border Patrol credentials?
Even better, do we have a valid set that we can take from any of the ruined Wraiths still in the Tyrador system?

>>14106340
No, you goddamned sonofabitch! Are you really so stupid as to only be able to think below even Gorn's level? Fuck, even BERNIE has more subtlety than you.

>>14106308
Tell him to be queit and listen to the broadcast, as it could be an important part of history.

(Is it a battlecruiser or a fighter we have there? If its a fighter then we should have it reveal itself to be a zerg, and sue for peace, or at least sanctuary.)

>>14106308
Well, let's make up a reasonable sounding name, say we're attached to the Ghost Academy/Intelligence, and that non-human lifeforms we're detected on the Shalmaneser after it took aboard refugees from the Goryu system.

>>14106354
It's a fighter, and we already transmitted that it's a part of Confederate Border Patrol.
Revealing that it was a Zerg ruse is a stupid idea.

I expected better from you.

>>14106351
>>14106379
(Oooo, dissent in the ranks)

>>14106308

Hmm....

Shall we throw a spanner into the works?

Reveal that the waith is ours. That we have tracked the vessel being infested and as a show of good faith, are revealing the potential disaster that will occur if they let the ship dock.

Watch them scramble all over themselves when we broadcast this in the open.

>>14106379
What do we have to lose?
What do we have to gain?

Weigh those two.

>>14106308
RAMMING SPEED, CAPTAIN.
Look, unless we can pull of a miracle, we're not going to produce credentials in time. If we sit around, we could get captured, which can lead to experimentation. If we're screwed anyways, we should take something out, cause some damage.

>>14106402
What we have to loose? A wraith, the entire population of Moria, the ability to outsource mining operations to the KMC.

What do we have to gain? The entire population of Moria, the ability to outsource mining operations to the KMC.

It's an important moment here, best be careful. We could also have our zerg forces come in and destroy the Shalmaneser and leave, then the big reveal.

>>14106308

Pretend to lose control, then ramming speed.

>>14106402
Pro's:
Potential ally
An actual conversation explaining our perspective
An interesting reaction.
They already know we have this capability
Con's
Potential enemy
Loss of a fighter

>>14106402
Okay, why should they believe us when we've not only attacked Tyrador, but we lied to them about our Wraith fighter, and about the Shalmaneser.
Yes, we THINK that the lifeforms that boarded it were from Goryu, but we don't have any proof.
And the nav logs from the Shalmaneser will prove that it warped in from the Shakuras system.

The probability of success is lower than the chances of Bernie NOT raping an inviting orifice.

>>14106451
You'll notice that the "credentials" were just a rather angry person over a commline, the burden of proof isn't too high here. Saying we're with some known spook group and that the Shalmaneser is full of nonhumans should be enough.

>>14106457

Cooperating with any form of humanity might not be viewed in the best light with VoidGate.

>Credentials

We've infested a few wraith pilots in the past, perhaps we could try to sift through them and create a plausible identity.

>>14106451
You really think we could ram the battlecruiser before the massed Wraith fighters of the Moria Defense Fleet don't shoot us down?

>>14106473
Keep in mind that allying ourselves with any terran would likely end in breaking our alliance with Voidgate.

>>14106499
>>14106487
>>14106476
I am convinced.

Self detonate?
Run?
Tell them they have not transmitted proof enough?
Party cat?

>>14106517

Stall for time and then make a choice.

>>14106517
Wait yeah is there a way we could transmit our credentials as the futuristic equivalent of a dancing cat gif.
Then say that those are our credentials and if you had clearance you would be able to decode it.

>>14106517
We could also warp in our BCs from Shakuras. Make them believe whatever story we tell them, because we would our gun them by atleast 100 to 1.

Cooperating with the terrans in any way, shape, or form is probably a bad idea with VoidGate as an ally. Might piss it off.

RAMMING SPEED

>>14106476
well if it's inviting then it is not really rape, but that's neither here nor there.

Anyways, voting against revealing ourselves or ramming. Those are dumb

>>14106547
WHICH REMINDS ME, If we have Artisanlord on ZTV asking for peace, wouldn't that make VG a tiny bit suspicious? Or a tiny bit nuke-y?

>>14106517
Sift through the memories of ll of the Terran officers we've Infested, especially that of Edmund Duke, to come up with plausible Spec-Ops unit, maybe attached to the Ghost Academy.
If he buys it, then the story is that yes, the battlecruiser itself didn't come from Goryu, but something from there got onto the ship, and now it's completely compromised.

All the while, we have Labbrate try to craft a set of counterfeit credentials and nav logs using the flight recorders on the wrecks still in the Tyrador system.

>>14106517
>>14106308

Assuming that whatever it is that has probably infested the Shermalanarwhateveritscalled is the same parasite that we encountered on the Halloween quest...

Did the parasite ever develop the ability to retain people's memories like we do a la infestation? Even if we cannot clearly provide enough information for a solid wraith border patrol pilot, perhaps we can at least cast doubt on the integrity of the Shemarlaner's crew.

(OK, there's the lively debate I wanted! You may now begin official voting for what to do. You will have to respond directly to this post for it to count, and you get only one vote. So far, I believe we've got on the table "Ramming speed," "Reveal our Zerg heritage," "Bluff check on credentials," and "Keep on with the Classified thing." You guys are still totally welcome to come up with new plans if you want. I'll come back in a few minutes and tally votes. If you haven't come to a decision, there is a default)

>>14106547
Whose cooperating? We're lieing to them in order to get a look at these weird things on the Shalmaneser. Any future plans regarding the KMC are irrelevant to the current situation.

>>14106566
We are attempting to lull the Humans into a false sense of security, to let down their guard before we annihilate them.
That's our story, and we stick to it when asked.

>>14106583
DEFAULT IS ALWAYS BAD
RAMMING SPEED IS GO

>>14106583
Credentials : Classified spec-ops.

>>14106583

Reveal Zerg Heritage.

>>14106583
Bluff credentials, calling upon all of our Confederate military officers' memories as per this >>14106569

>>14106583
Say we're from some spook group and that the Shalmaneser picked up nonhumans from Goryu.

>>14106583
Just leave and let them deal with that bc on their own.

>>14106621
>>14106615
>>14106609
>>14106583
3 for bluff credentials

>>14106583
>>14106569

Bluff check on credentials.

Sift through infested wraith pilot identities and relevant memories plucked from infested high-ranking Terrans. Cooperate with Zerg science corp. to try to create as feasible as an identity as possible.

Attempt to BS credentials, if that fails then fire all weapons/ramming speed. Under no circumstances reveal our zerg nature.

I still want to see what happens when the BC gets to the surface, though...

So the current tally is
Bluff credentials 5
Ramming speed 1
The big reveal 1
Leave 1

>>14106600
>>14106609
>>14106613
>>14106615
>>14106621
>>14106631
>>14106637
>>14106651
(4 for Credentials, 1 for Ramming Speed, 1 for Reveal Zerg Heritage, and 1 who forgot to quote and thus doesn't count at all. Roll 1d100 to see how awesome your plan goes. The first response will be our credentials, and the second will be General Sakai's discerning eye)

rolled 3 = 3

>>14106745
Come on, Zerg Bluff!

>>14106745
If only I knew how to roll.

>>14106757
please tell me low is good

>>14106757

oh shit. Please let low be good...

>>14106768
>>14106757
(Oh, sweet Christ)

>>14106780
Could be good or bad.

>>14106757
We are so fucking screwed

>>14106802
You don't know that.

>>14106768
>>14106773
>>14106791
(Low...is bad, actually. I'm...I'm so sorry. Somebody roll for Moria. There's still a chance it could botch)

>>14106824

put "dice+1dx" in your email.

rolled 40 = 40

>>14106837
can never remeber

>>14106832

Alright. We are so fucking screwed.

Time to hit the 'burners, cloak and bug out.

>>14106847
shit

I think if we warp in our BCs we should be able to get a circumstance bonus to our bluff check.

>>14106847
Welp, that settles it.
inb4 we have artisanlord draw our credentials on the back of a cereal box.

>>14106847
>>14106832
Well fuck.
We should probably give VoidGate the coordinates for Moria, so that it can nuke the entire planet before whatever it is spreads.

>>14106885
Aha, but you forget, today is inverse day so we actually for 1/3 and the KMC got 1/40, so we win.

>>14106888
VoidGate already has the Terran starmap to the best of how we understood it when we gave it to him.

>>14106832
Don't we get any bonuses for having the memories of so many Confederate officers?
Especially Duke's?

>>14106955
I say we warp in our Terran fleet. Even if our credentials are INCREDIBLY suspicious they can't argue with an armada on their doorstep.

>>14106757
>>14106847
We panic, completely unsure of what credentials we need. We grab a name out of our Terran knowledge as well as a rank and division, hoping they make sense.

"General Mah Sakai, this is Paul Muad'dib, Lead Programmer of the Krusty Krab Squadron of Border Patrol, and I am under specific orders to keep that ship from breaking quarantine."

Overmind help us, we can HEAR him looking at the radio is disbelief.

"You...have got to be kidding me. Son, you have one more chance to tell me just who the hell you really are before I get very cranky."

>>14106980
We may have to.
Ready our Terran assets over Tyrador to warp to Moria as soon as possible.

>>14106955
(Not a +37...)

rolled 13 = 13

>>14107014
please be good.

rolled 32 = 32

>>14107044
>>14107029
is it a +27? What if we add a BC or 2? 3?

rolled 66 = 66

Tucamp, why don't you take a break from rolling...
Here's our attempt to convince him that was a code phrase, and he didn't respond correctly

>>14107014
I got it. We warp in our Terran assets and destroy the Shalmaneser immediately upon entering, then we have a wraith contact Sakai to verify that Sakai has not been infected. We also blow up the initial wraith. They can get you through the commlines you know.

>>14107014
Okay, how about this.

We have the Wraith pilot say "Hold one, conferring with Command." We have him send an encrypted bunch of gobblyedgook, as if he's conferring with a commanding officer.

Then we try again, but with a better bluff roll.

It's either that, or we send in all of our Terran battlecruisers to 'enforce the quarantine'.

>>14107086
That's not a bad plan, we might still be able to salvage this. I vote for playing it off as a code phrase.
Let's keep the dice out of it though, one more bad roll could kill us all.

>>14107014
Wait a minute, isn't most of Earth's fiction lost to the confederacy? I think it was mentioned back when we were negotiating with VoidGAte. So either they do have Dune and Spongebob, or it just made no sense what so ever.

(Reply with this to vote: Bluff Again (Code Phrase or Seriously Just Try Again) or Bring In Backup. If you vote for bluffing, roll. This could be fun...)

>>14107152
Better rule: Dice + Zerg Quest = BAD. But then again the dice are evil, they did make Thomas Green fall off a ledge.

rolled 66 = 66

Bluff Again (Code Phrase or Seriously Just Try Again)

>>14107189
Bluff Again (Code Phrase or Seriously Just Try Again)

>>14107189
Bluff again - Codephrase.

rolled 76 = 76

>>14107215
forgot my roll
>>14107189

rolled 77 = 77

>>14107227
Crap, forgot to roll.

just idle speculation but uh, why dont we just fly our zerg in and knock out the bc and everything else ourselves? This isnt hard people, we just crippled then DESTROYED the entire confederate mobile fleet in the shakuras battle and subsequent battle for those useless shitty planets we got nothing from. So yea, screw this bluffing bullshit (Which will do close to nothing for actually making things easier on us) and just blitzkreiging

oh also tell skynet that the terrans have been distracted and their main fleet obliterated so they need to get off their asses and glass as many production worlds as possible before the UED shows up to teach us a lesson about messing with humans.

rolled 55, 7, 85, 46, 93 = 286

>>14107014
>>14107189
Bluffing again. Have 5 dice, all of them over 50. ;D

>>14107290
but but but... we like doing things in the slowest way possible, and Labrate is part infested terran diplomat.

>>14107290
We need to bluff because we're still buying time for our battlecruisers and other Zerg aerospace assets to get ready to warp to Moria.

Also, if you didn't notice, this is the capital of the Kel-Morian Dominion, a fucking CORE WORLD. Yes, it doesn't have any battlecruisers right now, but it has a fuckton of Wraiths, and likely a Defense Grid that could fend off our forces until reinforcements arrive.
And we can't just nuke them, because we're running low on nukes.

>>14107343
well if the maximum zergrush is already enque then I will stop bitching. I guess I just missed that part. Carry on stalling for sneak attack gentlemen.

>>14107290

The last Zerg Quest, we assessed Tarsonis' defense grid and asked our 'brates to do a rough estimate on what would happen if we attacked Tarsonis with all of our current standing forces.

Basically, we would end up crippling Tarsonis, but not necessarily winning. We've taken away Kingston's ability to launch any sort of meaningful attack on us, but the static defenses for the prime targets are still very deadly and intact.

In retrospect, it was probably a good idea that we inadvertently drew the main Terran battlefleet to the very lightly-defended Tyrador system to fight it out, otherwise we might have been caught between a hammer and an anvil.

>>14107382
The hope is that we can convince the Morian Defense Fleet to do our job for us. But even if it doesn't work, then we at least bought more time to get our forces warped here.

Hey, Cerebrate Anon, Warbrate IS organizing our Terran and Zerg assets in the Tyrador system for a the sneak attack into the Morian system, right?

We only need to destroy the Shalmaneser, that's our primary goal. We don't want ANOTHER unknown faction getting a foothold in this sector.

>>14107437
Especially the Moria system. Suddenly they have the most mineral rich planet in the sector, and I presume also one of (if not the) largest industrial worlds in the sector.

Oh no, I think we got Cerebrate Anon too drunk to continue.

>>14107214
>>14107231
>>14107265
>66, 76, 77
(Oh, come on!)

"Apologies, sir. It's an old Delta Squadron joke. This is Major Jeremy Dornbos, under orders to detain, quarantine, and if necessary, engage that battlecruiser for running the blockade at Goryu. By standing Confederate law, you are required to assist...sir."

We hear chuckling. "It's not your lucky day, son. You know, if you had given that explanation to anybody else, they probably would have taken it. Unfortunately for you, I've had the dubious honor of having made the acquaintances of dozens of current and former Delta Squadron boys, some of whom have become my closest advisers. If even a single one of them had bought your Delta Squadron joke story, I might have, too. As I said, it is not your lucky day."

(You guys wanted to send in troops? Zerg? Terran? Protoss? All of the above?)

>>14107537
Terran definitely.
Zerg to Warp to a nearby staging area, and to only enter the Moria system if our Terran assets are losing the fight.
No Protoss, though.


Our forces warp in, destroy the Shlmaneser, and get out. A dropserver should enter the system and cloak during all of the confusion.

>>14107515
(Did not. I just had to decide if there was a way to interpret those dice rolls as...you know...not indicative that you guys failed horribly twice in a row)

>>14107537
No, attempt has failed. Get the pilot to scream 'Long live the Sons of Korhal' and try to ram the BC. At the very least we can shift the blame to something else. Then get another cloaked vessel over there to at least watch the aftermath.

>>14107537
Terran, all of our Terran assets. And when the suddenly show up have Major Jeremy Dornbos say "There's another joke we have where I work, assume uncooperative person to be either infected or a sympathizer. This system is now under quarantine."

>>14107614
You seems to forget "Dyles" + 30 billion people + the richest mineral deposits in the sector = bad. We need to destroy that bc at the very least.

>>14107642
>This system is now under quarantine.
How about "Initiating containment and sterilization." instead?

Also Cerebrate Anon, how many nukes do we have available?

>>14107642
Also jam the long range comms, no sense letting Kingston know that there is a large fleet in orbit of Moria.

>>14107700
Toaster has been slacking off on the nukes. We only have 4 missiles ready.

>>14107614
>>14107595
Our dropserver in the system (from last thread) continues to keep an eye on things, undetected.

>>14107700
Could be done, but containment and steralization would require VoidGate's aid, and frankly I don't want to share this planet with that greedy computer. Think of what accountantbrate would say to the loss of the richest mineral deposit in the sector! Seriously that's the description of Moria, nuke it, fine why not, most of the manufacturing is on the 2 moons I think, but I will not ley VoidGate get his hand on this.

>>14107729
Speaking of those other cerbrates, hows Salem Saberhagen, Wormface, and Nargil doing?

>>14107750
Well, alright. I was hoping to have enough nukes to be able to wipe out the defense grid while the rest of our forces take out the Moria defense fleet.
But if we only have 4, that's nowhere near enough to take down a Core World's defense platforms.
We'll go with your plan.

And tell Toaster that he needs to up nuke production!

>>14107801
I think the KMC defense fleet is just wraiths and some frigates. There's no way the confederacy would let them keep capital ships after the guild wars, or even much of a military for that matter. Bigger problem would be what Kingston sends as reinforcement, hence the comm jamming.

>>14107834
>>14107801
>>14107786
>>14107750
(It looks like we're down to just the two of you, unless I'm mistaken. Do we want to wait until next week to decide whether we're saving or attacking the second most populous and important world in the Confederacy?)

>>14107834
Well, I would imagine that even if the KMC wasn't allowed as many capital ships, that they would have invested that money in static defenses, such as orbital defense platforms and planetary defense batteries. Without nukes to take out hardened defenses like that, we can't take the system even if we destroy their fighter cover.

Yes, we need comm jamming though. I won't argue there.

>>14107868
We're not 'saving' Moria. We're simply preventing another competitor from gaining a foothold in this sector, especially on one of the most mineral-rich and industrially developed worlds in the entire Dominion.

Our primary objective is to destroy the infected battlecruiser, then bug out.

When our Terran forces do warp in, can they be using the Alpha squadron IFF, and we have a broadcast on all channels that a quarantine is now in effect, that people should stay in their homes, and that once everyone has been tested for contamination the quarantine will be lifted. We'll need an admiral to do this though.

>>14107894
Unless we were able to Infest an admiral from the ashes of the Battle of Tyrador, I don't think we have any chance of that. Besides, wasn't Alpha Squadron's defection known by the various Terran militaries?

>>14107893
Well bugout if we have to, if they buy it then great, but I don't think the will. Just need to destroy the Shalmaneser and all its escape pods. If we loose a few BCs and wraith squadrons, so be it.

>>14107917
You say defection I say it was part of a plot to destroy the Sons of Korhol, and that Duke has been Kingston's shadow right hand this whole time.

>>14107939
Actually if it's Duke that might get them to open fire on general principle, there's bad blood between Sakai and Duke if I recall, something about atrocities I think.

Right. No Duke then.
It would be really nice if one of the Infested from Tyrador is an admiral.
Cerebrate Anon, can you confirm?

Question. Can we make and infested terran look like Kingston? If so I think we should have an interview between "Kingston" and a zergling on ZergTV.

>>14108013
Or we just check any military files we have acces to and fake it. At the very least it would buy us enough time to destroy the Shalmaneser.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/14104585/

Warbrate and Gorn prepare all of our assets for warp travel, even though we have yet to decide which we are sending.

Meanwhile, our wraith over Moria is battered by the Morian Defense Force, barely even responding to the attacks. Its explosion is quite dramatic.

We detect renewed attempts by the Shalmaneser's crew to meet with Kel-Morian command.

(A battle over Moria will be a pretty awesome way to start out next week, don't you think?)

order the construction of a colossal battering ram

we will use it to destroy their planetary defenses

Also we warp into the Morian system between the Shalmaneser and Moria. This might buy us some more time, as clearly we're interested in the Shalmaneser and not Moria.

>>14108061
Wouldn't that be if we came out of warp close to the Shalmaneser, and away from Moria?

Also, I'm still of the opinion of letting our Terran assets handle this, and keeping our Zerg forces close in a staging area, but still out of the system.

>>14108052
better yet ZERG WORLD MK II, or not.

>>14108016
Plastic surgery can do wonders for a face, but without knowing what he sounds like and his exact way of thinking, the imitator may be too obviously fake to work.

>>14108013
(We surely captured dozens of retired and more-or-less-retired generals, but they may be beneath Sakai's notice...)

(Anyway, I think I'm going to go sleep the sleep of the wicked. You guys have a week to remember, alright?)

>>14108028
Night Cerebrate.
I'll be coming late next week; please don't let the more impulsive players get our entire Swarm mauled horribly.