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Author Topic: You Are A Kai Queen / You Are A Kai Commander, Day 41  (Read 85714 times)

Mr. Palau

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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #225 on: June 28, 2012, 11:42:59 pm »

Actually not really, it could just compute which part / design would lead to more efficient results (efficiency could be dictated by principles we input) and let it run for a year or two.
I suppose this would be a good thing once we have cleared out the lab for supplies and have taken care of the pirates.

But the opprutionity cost is pretty high. We could use the computer system for other things in the short term, and the labor spent constructing it could be spent on other things. Can't imagine the labor would be that high though. Maybe just a day or 2.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #226 on: June 29, 2012, 12:36:47 am »

You examine the Flowers. None of them are currently able to be fertilized.

You proceed outside and supervise the installation and integration of the Pulse Cannon. The job goes excellently, and after a short period of time, We manage to conceal the Pulse Cannon while allowing a nearly 360 degree field of fire. The test fires work perfectly, and the landscape scars are quickly covered up with fresh dirt.

You proceed indoors and work on improving the Soldier suit. This time, You add additional material for thickness and armor, and add a space for further insulation between iron scales. It looks considerably more promising than the first design - You have fixed the flaws from last time and improved upon it.

Next, you design and create 10 portable-sized versions of the batteries, and improve upon the schematics considerably.  You examine the Rifle and seek to improve upon it, integrating the batteries for increased capacity and power and an improved cooling system. The operation is a success, and the weapon's rate of fire and power is improved. The Repair Drone aids a Soldier in the donning of the Suit. You order it outside for a night watch.

Night falls, and We receive 2 Units of SQS-Food and 1 Unit of LQS-Food.

While Digging Drones are wonderful creatures, You feel that digging would proceed faster with firepower, and design a Drone-Sized Laser Cutter - a short-range, high powered tool to assist in digging. You equip a Drone with it and follow it near the Heating Tunnel, and watch the Drone bore more quickly. Returning to the Lab, you create 15 Drone-Sized Laser Cutters, and order the remaining Drones to relay the Cutters to the digging Drones. You estimate that the Pit will be finished by tomorrow at mid-day.

The Soldier is fine.

You note that We have four soldier-sized weapons and five soldiers, and order the Repair Drone to manufacture a Pulse Blaster. While the Drone is slower than you are, it nonetheless succeeds admirably, even with Your occasional interference. You, in the meantime, are busy integrating batteries into the Pulse Blasters, and likewise succeed, creating Pumped Pulse Blasters to accompany the Heavy Pumped Tribarrel Rifle.

The Soldier is beginning to get cold.

Next, You contemplate the nature of the devices created so far, and the Biped device. Clearly, the interfaces are designed to work well with Bipeds. You analyze your software and interfaces, and with the aid of the Navigation Drones who silently man stations in the Lab, We create an improved connection. Full Mind integration is a noble dream, but We are far away from that at the moment.

It is currently 5/8ths of the way through the night. The Soldier is partially chilled, but still operating fine.

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[You Are:
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Your Nest
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Your food supplies are:
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Unnamed Yellow Dwarf Sun
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« Last Edit: June 29, 2012, 12:38:36 am by Ross Vernal »
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #227 on: June 29, 2012, 12:58:44 am »

Have a drone bring the soldier a heating battery for the night.

>>:HEAT SOLDIER

>>:CONTINUE DIGGING OPERATION

>>:BEGIN MAKING AUTONOMOUS SUITS AND BRAIN SLUGS.
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Ross Vernal

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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #228 on: June 29, 2012, 01:12:35 am »

Bringing the soldier a heat source defeats the point of testing the thermal insulation. >_>

A Powered Suit would be better for that, but You would likely be unable to design, test, and implement enough for every Soldier and Yourself in time for the fight, even with building specific machinery.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #229 on: June 29, 2012, 01:22:22 am »

I thought it wasn't a test, just him guarding our base. Nevermind then! Continue with his testing.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #230 on: June 29, 2012, 01:48:54 am »

Should I take those suggestions as "Assemble Suit Fabricator" or something else?
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #231 on: June 29, 2012, 02:04:45 am »

Yes.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #232 on: June 29, 2012, 02:37:32 am »

agreed
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 8 [Pirate ETA: 2 Days]
« Reply #233 on: June 29, 2012, 02:54:01 am »

You spend the rest of the night creating the required machinery to create the different plastics and other materials used for insulation, and to cut it to measure. This should improve Our production rates considerably. The Soldier is cold, but survives the night undamaged. Clearly, the Suit is successful, and you input the designs into the machine and order it to produce enough Environmental Protection Suits for every Kai that might ever head outside, as well as a healthy reserve of spares.

This, of course, leaves you the rest of the Day to get things accomplished. Overnight, several Larvae have developed - We have gained 4 Drones, 4 Digging Drones, 1 Flying Drone, 1 Soldier, and eggs have hatched. The Navigation Drones notify you that an armed skirmish between what appears to be Administration light irregular units and the pirate landship has occurred; the Pirate Landship was not only victorious, but managed to spoof the transmission. It is presently parked to undergo repairs.

[You Are:
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Your Nest
Location - the general area of Here
Outdoors - Virtually Undetectable to Casual Scans
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Indoors
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You Own
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Your food supplies are:
2 Units of Low-Quality Synthetic Food
4 Units of Standard-Quality Synthetic Food

Your Planets:
Unnamed Yellow Dwarf Sun
Unnamed Iron-Rich Cold Partially Terraformed Planet, 4th from Unnamed Sun [Mars]
- Unnamed Moon
- Unnamed Moon]
« Last Edit: June 29, 2012, 02:58:59 am by Ross Vernal »
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 9 [Pirate ETA: 1.5 Days]
« Reply #234 on: June 29, 2012, 02:59:31 am »

Invest more drones w/ digging tools to the pit trap! We must have it ready soon.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 9 [Pirate ETA: 1.5 Days]
« Reply #235 on: June 29, 2012, 03:10:46 am »

It is constructed, and in the process of being improved for extra death.

It occurs to You that We could possibly learn something from live Bipeds should any be captured, and that You understand ways to incapacitate Bipeds without killing them in various ways not limited to conventional weaponry.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 9 [Pirate ETA: 1.5 Days]
« Reply #236 on: June 29, 2012, 03:15:32 am »

Perhaps, perhaps...

>>:After pit trap is perfected dedicate miners in search of more resources.

>>:Have extra drones/soldiers reinforce the entrances to the hive w/ stronger materials and fortifications.

>>:Personally work on the food supply system for future hunger problems.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 9 [Pirate ETA: 1.5 Days]
« Reply #237 on: June 29, 2012, 04:15:35 am »

We should repair our mechanical scout, and try to equip one with a weapon. If possible, we should also devise a long range weapon, that can use the scouts as targetters. Long range Artillery can vanquish the enemies before they get near.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 9 [Pirate ETA: 1.5 Days]
« Reply #238 on: June 29, 2012, 08:45:14 am »

-Have the Nurse Mature the Predator larvea
-Have the Nurse Mature the drone and eggs larvea (aka speed up the development of both the predator and drone eggs)
-Have several units of pollen fuel barried in the pit trap. rig it in such a way that they are located in the middle of the trap next to a contianer of explosive material, that will detonate with the application of enough pressure (such as that of a falling pirate tank, but set the threshold less so that it does not turn out to be a dud if the pirates fall to softly.).
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, Day 9 [Pirate ETA: 1.5 Days]
« Reply #239 on: June 29, 2012, 09:32:07 am »

Hm, we have sulfur, we have water and we have oxygen, that means we can produce sulfuric acid. I think developing acid spiting drones is a good thing. Traps that use sulfuric acid, may be  useful, too
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