You go to work in the Biolab to construct a hydroponic and well-lit grow chamber in which to breed the Flowers. You devote a great deal of time to do this, settling on a compromise between the nutrients and acidity of the two. By an impulse, You summon some of the newly-hatched Pollinators to Your side, and perform another Dance, humming at varying pitches for several hours. After this is completed, the roots have become entangled, with the Flower started on assimilating with and adapting to its neighbor. During this time, Your body releases certain chemicals to advance egg development.
The Nurse seals the Hybrids into sterile containers and brings them outside to absorb sunlight. Upon releasing the second, it instantly stabs the Hybrid in the midsection and emits antifungal agents; the Hybrid dies as a result, and is promptly burned via laser fire. The other Hybrid enjoys the moments in the sun, and remains perfectly healthy. After replacing the Hybrid in the container, the Nurse sprays the area with antifungals and returns inside.
The Tech Drones, aided by extra Body drones for the lifting, complete the Industrial Lab, and begin to create an isolated, environmentally-safe area for the Computer System. During the process, a large amount of Scrap Plastic and Refined Pollen Fuel are used to create a variety of plastics via the Molecular Assembler and Atomic Seperator. In the time it takes You to finish Your biological expiriments, they have done a reasonable job of isolating the Computer, and hooking sensors and regulators into the Climate Control system. With the plastics complete, the Assembler creates assorted cross braces for the mining tunnels and supports for the Hive; these are no sooner printed than carted away and put to good use preventing any collapses.
A NavDrone lets You know the scuttling charge is useless as night falls.
Now what?
Changes are in
bold, and bear reading..
Fully Independent
1 L1 Queen Kai (B-Caste, Mining-Adapted, Minor Cold Tolerance) (Not Hungry)
Independent
1 Level 3 Nurse Drone (B-Caste) (Not Hungry)
2 Level 2 Navigation Drones (T-Caste) (Not Hungry)
Intelligent
8 Drones (T-Caste) (Not Hungry)
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1 L2 Heavy Soldier (S-Caste) (Stasis)
4 Soldiers (S-Caste) (Stasis)
5 Armored Soldiers (B-Caste) (Stasis)
Dependent
17 Pollinators (B-Caste) (Not Hungry)
23 Drones (B-Caste) (Not Hungry)
Unthinking
1 Larvae (B-Caste) (Not Hungry) (Minor Electric Tolerance)
2 Grubs (B-Caste) (Full)
8 Bore Worms
1 Hybridized Larvae (B-Caste) (Full)
Laid:
12 Digging Drone Eggs
3 Scout Eggs
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Unlaid:
20 Grub Eggs (B-Caste)
5 Digging Drone Eggs (M-Caste)
15 Bore Worm Eggs (M-Caste)
10 Grub Eggs (B-Caste)
5 Drone Eggs (B-Caste)
10 Scout Eggs (B-Caste)
2 Soldier Eggs (B-Caste)
Weaponry-
1 Queen-Sized Light Energy Machine Gun
3 Ship-Based Point Defense Lasers
5 Soldier-Sized Light Energy Machine Guns
10 EMG Batteries
10 Drone-Sized Digging Tools
10 Soldier-Sized Digging Tools
Armory
3 Drone-Sized EPS
Technology/Utility
1 Badly Damaged Navigation/Telemetry Computer
1 Internal Combustion Spacecraft Engine
Parts/Resources
7 Large Heavy Armor Plates
1 Units of Universal Spare Parts
3 Partially Damaged Xenobiological Samples (Stasis)
1 Xenoflora Sample
Water
-Ice
Aluminum
Lithium
Titanium
Gold
Copper
Superalloys
Chromium
Palladium
Universal Elemental Supply (Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, Neon, Iron, Nitrogen, Silicon, Magnesium, Sulfur)
Iron Spheres
Large Iron Spheres
Scrap Metal
Scrap Plastic
Construction-Grade Plastics
Military-Grade Plastics
Medical-Grade Plastics
Agriculture
1/2 Container of Fertilizer
19 Dormant Flowers
5 Barrels of Refined Pollen Fuel
Dead:
1 Dead L1 Commander (B-Caste) (2 Units of Food) (Stasis)
3 Dead Xenobiological Samples (Mammal-Caste) (6 Units of Food) (Stasis)
Food:
1 Flowers of Life
Synthetic Food:
8 Units of Synthetic Food
Drones - 1/10 of a Unit of Food
Soldiers - 5/10 of a Unit of Food
Levels 1-4 - A Unit of Food
Predator / Nurse / Commander - 1.5 Units Of Food
Queen - 2 Units of Food / Reabsorb 20 Eggs
Level 5 - 3 Units of Food
Your Nest
Location -
HereVisibility - Hard To DetectDusty Heavy Improvised Door
Reinforeced Oversized Insulated Hive Chamber
- Climate Control System
- Level 1 Industrial Lab with a Fusion Plant, Climate-Controlled Computer-Aided Design System, Small Atomic Separator, Universal Parts Assembler, Pollen Refinery, and a Molecular Assembler
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Flower Garden with 10 Recovering.2 Flowers of Life
Queen's Chamber with 1 Active Queen's Flower
- Level 1 Flower Chamber with 0 Flowers of Life
Level 1 Queen's Biolab
- Stasis Chamber
- Nursery
Secured Geothermal Bore Hole
- Secured Mining Tunnels
- Secured Ice Tunnel
- Secured Silicate Aluminum/Lithium Crystal Tunnel
- Chomium/Palladiu Salts Tunnel
A Hole
- 1 Dust-Covered Scuttle Charge Transmitter - Useless
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