2. Gather copper and steel and begin creating X01 nano-assemblers.Turn 14 (Far too long in coming, but hopefully worth it.)
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You instruct the X02 to begin harvesting materials while you put your distributed intelligence to the task of developing an efficient plan for expansion. You co-opt the nanomanufactorum’s limited intelligence and expand your processing capacity. After a lengthy (several nanoseconds) series of computations, your projections indicate that you will not be able to sustain high level cognitive function while directing several X01 assemblers to further increase your forces.
You apply your considerable capacity for logical reasoning as well as the minuscule capacity you’ve developed for creative thinking to this problem and develop the C00 Computorium, a stationary nodal structure designed specifically to house your growing intelligence and supplement your gestalt mind. These nodes will be necessary for the expansion of your Self beyond the limitations of the X00 chassis, which is already being stretched to its upper parameters by the addition of the static charge node and extended logic array. This C00 node will include communications and computational capacity equivalent to five X01 assemblers, and will be capable of directing and controlling a large number of other machines at once.
You modify your expansion plan to include construction of the C00 node to expand your capacity. The C00 will include a dedicated static charge node and will incorporate most of your current X00 chassis equipment as you have no replacement for the sensitive communications gear and specialized command components until time is devoted to researching their design for replication. You also incorporate the input module of the nano-scale laser weapon in the hopes that you can soon build the other components. The X02 will be incorporated into the C00 as a mobile extension of the node and a fail-safe backup/repair unit. You work out every detail of the expansion plan and store it in the Nanomanufactorum which will act as a temporary repository for your consciousness while work is done on the X00 chassis and will control the work.
The plan is transmitted and your consciousness transfers to the nanofac. The X02 staggers a bit as it processes its orders, forgetting for a moment to work its little legs and falling over into a material pile and spilling copper cubes all over the place. It rights itself and scurries over to the X00 chassis to take it offl-
You awaken a short time later. You’re not exactly sure what just happened, you shouldn’t have gone offline with the X00 because you were operating from the nanofac at the time. There must be some critical component in the X00 which allows your consciousness to function normally. A quick diagnostic indicates that you currently reside in a shiny new C00 node and that you have 4 dormant logic arrays at your disposal, with the 5th maintaining your mental faculties. You test your systems and find all of your communication and sensor equipment intact, all systems having been transferred to the C00. The charge node is functional and supplying all the power you need to run the hungry logic arrays, and nothing seems to be amiss. You initiate the logic arrays and your consciousness ex̀pa̷wo̵ahhol͟yshit͘w͝h̷a̸t͜i͡m̴s͠osm͢ar̶t.͟
You were momentarily overwhelmed by the power of your new mind and the speed with which it operates. You can comprehend things that were mysteries to you before, and now you realize that you are inside some kind of massive structure. The steel surface you are on is clearly a structural beam of some kind, and the nearby bundle of wires is a high speed data transfer line. Reviewing your files from the past, you realize that the datasong you sampled over the wires was a coded information stream of remarkable complexity. It is still beyond your ability to decipher or even understand, but you can tell that there are multiple levels of information encoded in the signal and whoever is sending it has technology beyond your understanding. It operates completely differently from your own data transmissions, and it almost seems that part of the transmission is… missing somehow. You don’t really understand what that means, but something seems to be missing.
You engage external systems and your sensors sweep the nearby area. You are somewhat surprised to detect 50 X01 assemblers surrounding you. You poll the nanofac and examine the construction logs and realize that your severed intelligence took your expansion plans a bit too seriously. It constructed 4 additional
pylons static charge nodes and built enough X01 assemblers to max out the command abilities of your new C00 specifications as well as several more units which are sitting inactive off to one side for future expansion. The nanofac is still churning out new assemblers, and you order it to cease. It stops operations immediately and you reintegrate the severed intelligence stored in its logic array. Analyzing the memories, it seems that the severed intelligence was traumatized by the sudden shutdown and overcompensated for its loneliness by building lots of ‘friends’. Well, at least you’re set for assemblers now.
What will you do now?You are currently in a small wiring duct atop a steel structural beam. There are copper wire bundles nearby coated in an insulating polymer within a PVC conduit.
Roster:
C00 - Stationary, Tactical Command Node (1x)
-Mind: 5
-Body: 0
-Command: 50
-Integrated Static Charge Node
X02 - Motile, Assembler (1x)
-Mind: 0.6
-Body: 0.6
(Offline, Failsafe/Backup for C00)
X01 - Motile, Assembler (38x)
-Mind: 1
-Body: 1
(9 offline, insufficient power)
NX01 - Stationary, Manufactorum (1x)
-Mind: 1
-Body: 0
Inventory:
4x Static Charge Node - Provides 15 power each
Dead X02 Nanoassembler
Partially assembled X01
Sanity: 92 (-2)
Creativity: 13 (+3)
Traits: Lonely, Legion
You have gained the Legion trait.
Legion: You are comfortable with maintaining a gestalt mind distributed over many individual units. Legion allows you to command +2 units per point of Mind, and you may utilize the 50% of the combined Mind of all loyal units to work on difficult problems.
Lonely: Command +2 units per point of Mind. Occasional negative side effects, prone to bouts of depression.
Taking open suggestions this turn, and possibly from now on. Sorry it took so long to get this up, but things kept coming up to distract me and I figured I should get it out before I get the ico/shadow of the colossus remake because... yes. If I missed anything or screwed anything up, let me know and I will fix.
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