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[Unholy_Pariah]

((New plan, keep freezing its buttcracks until its incapable of firing and/or has rageblasted so many times that it has dug itself an inescapable pit.))

[Corsair]

((That might actually work........*famous last words*))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((Why don't we just toss Simus's wad of high explosives down at it? It's already made a crater for itself.

Though if we had the option, I would prefer massed kinetic bombardment. If we can shatter it into fragments, it should stop being a threat at least long enough for us to toss it into our trash disposal unit. Well, most of it at least. Should keep some of it as samples for testing.))

[Thearpox]

((Or if that doesn't work, we can always sacrifice some virgins on a makeshift altar. We've got one female on the team, I suppose she can be used for something (and no, Simus doesn't count). Actually, is Zephyris even a virgin?

The problems with throwing explosives at the thing, is that they cost us money. Specifically, they cost Simus money. Or even more specifically, they will begin to cost her if she just throws them away. And doesn't anyone think that it will be worth more alive than dead? Rare species and all.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

And doesn't anyone think that it will be worth more alive than dead? Rare species and all.))

((I don't think we have a cage large or laser-proof enough.))

[Prosperus]

Lukas turns around, suprised that nothing has happened.

"Oh...Well."

He contacts Miyamoto: "So...What's our plan now, chief?"

Walk back to base

[Unholy_Pariah]

And doesn't anyone think that it will be worth more alive than dead? Rare species and all.))

((I don't think we have a cage large or laser-proof enough.))

No, but im pretty sure we can store it piece by piece in our nigh unlimited amount of sample containers by breaking it apart and storing each shard before they can adapt and reconnect to the main structure

[Thearpox]

And doesn't anyone think that it will be worth more alive than dead? Rare species and all.))

((I don't think we have a cage large or laser-proof enough.))

No, but im pretty sure we can store it piece by piece in our nigh unlimited amount of sample containers by breaking it apart and storing each shard before they can adapt and reconnect to the main structure

((My line of reasoning was that even if we can't catch it, the sword will. Especially knowing the exact location.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((I doubt even the Sword has accommodations for a giant aggressive laser-spewing death crystal. Plus, you'd still need some way to take it up to the Sword, and if you want to do it by hitching the thing to the shuttle, then I would prefer to stay planetoidside.

Breaking it up into fragments would be the more logical thing to do, but we can't stuff all of it into containers.
Although one of those "very slow" anomaly zones could probably make for decent temporary storage...))

[Unholy_Pariah]

((You realize we dont have to accommodate the entire crystal right?
Its a liquid lifeform after all, albiet one with the ability to alter its moleclar structure.))

[Parisbre56]

((Here's a thought for you chemistry knowing people. Is there a way to extract oxygen from a chemical? Maybe some other chemical that oxygen prefers to bond with or some kind of catalyst? I'm thinking that since that thing needed oxygen to form, depriving it of the oxygen it has absorbed will cause it to go inert again.

Also, Thearpox, don't let Flint hear you talking about Simus's  beautiful robotic curves like that. She clearly is a female and any Demon would be lucky to have her. ))

[Sean Mirrsen]

((I'm trying to feign ignorance so that I can use the "Simus is a girl?" line in-character. ))

[Corsair]

((Here's a thought for you chemistry knowing people. Is there a way to extract oxygen from a chemical? Maybe some other chemical that oxygen prefers to bond with or some kind of catalyst? I'm thinking that since that thing needed oxygen to form, depriving it of the oxygen it has absorbed will cause it to go inert again.

((Florine or Francium which we don't have so probably nothing in that regard at our disposal))

[PyroDesu]

((Chemically speaking, oxygen is... difficult to separate from things it's bonded to. The biggest way to separate oxygen chemically is to heat superoxides, chlorates, and perchlorates, but other than those, you're pretty much out of luck unless you're dealing with water, which has some very complicated (and so far, inefficient) catalysts. Normal oxides, you can use fluorine (not recommended, it's not just oxides it attacks - it's the reason the chemical in one of my grenades is so insanely dangerous (perhaps I could use that?)).

Francium, I don't think attacks oxides, and only has a half-life of 22 minutes anyways.

Anyways, for all we know, it might not even use the oxygen in its structure.))

[Parisbre56]

((Well, there was breathable a breathable atmosphere in the sector the lake was and that thing sucked all the atmosphere when forming so it definitely has oxygen in it. Don't know if it has Nitrogen, I think you can breath without it if the pressure is right.

But anyway, unless we can find some kind of chemical containing sector, not much we can do about it, based on what you tell me.))