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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #255 on: May 26, 2013, 12:30:16 am »

No to waking up soldiers (our food generation doesn't allow that and we can wake them up when that is really needed)

No to starting to gear to war right now, industrial base is more important
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #256 on: May 26, 2013, 12:31:26 am »

Hmm...
Belay the sneakydrone thing.
I'll try to come up with something later, right now I can't think.
Actually, UR,s safe plan.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #257 on: May 26, 2013, 12:34:45 am »

Could we get one or two of the PD lasers installed to support said defensive positions perhaps?

Most certainly.

No to starting to gear to war right now, industrial base is more important

The basic Industrial Lab is complete. We can manufacture pretty much anything in the designs, but it's slow going for everything except for Pollen Refining and Universal Parts. Consider the Molecular Assembler to be a really, really advanced 3D printer.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #258 on: May 26, 2013, 12:37:58 am »

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Consider the Molecular Assembler to be a really, really advanced 3D printer.
Excellent, so forward with some Assault Lasers and perhaps basic Carapace Armour. Is the food situation so dire currently as we should hold off on the soldiers?

Edit: Oh, and definitely build and install those Seismic sensors, unless someone has a really good objection?
« Last Edit: May 26, 2013, 12:40:02 am by Noxes »
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #259 on: May 26, 2013, 12:44:56 am »

And now unsafe, not optimal plan based on the assumption that B-queens aren't great in strategy, aggressive  and overprotective of their nests and we need to role-play that

1) Queen eats the larva and commander as in the safe plan
2) Tech drones to design and build some basic EPS for the LVL2 soldier using our plastics, consider using parts of drone sized suits
3) Closer to sunrise: Queen takes her machinegun, LVL-2 soldier takes two machine-guns. They travel some distance by land, than dig in and start tunneling to the crash site
4) We will see...
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Nozex, Why we should wake up soldiers if we have no active war?
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #260 on: May 26, 2013, 12:46:43 am »

UR's safe plan
Seismic sensors
Get hybrid back in indoor quarantine until the threat has passed
Get tech drones to design a hidden camera system to monitor the outside of hive
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #261 on: May 26, 2013, 12:49:44 am »

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based on the assumption that B-queens aren't great in strategy, aggressive  and overprotective of their nests
Odd interpretation of Giant Space Wasp behavior. Have you Never seen what happens when you whack a hornet's nest before? Now imagine that those wasps are the size of APC's and industrialized and you have what I imagined the Kai to be, IE TIME FOR WAR!!!!
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #262 on: May 26, 2013, 12:56:09 am »

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based on the assumption that B-queens aren't great in strategy, aggressive  and overprotective of their nests
Odd interpretation of Giant Space Wasp behavior. Have you Never seen what happens when you whack a hornet's nest before? Now imagine that those wasps are the size of APC's and industrialized and you have what I imagined the Kai to be, IE TIME FOR WAR!!!!
But the ship only got found. I have no idea of the context, so until they actually mount an attack on us we can't really do much.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #263 on: May 26, 2013, 12:58:20 am »

Really bad wording used...

I meant: based on the assumption that B-queens aren't great in strategy and that they are aggressive  and overprotective of their nests

So yep - TIME FOR WAR!!!

As only Queen is good for attack from the undergound, she may very well go herself with some fire support
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #264 on: May 26, 2013, 01:02:27 am »

I won't specify exactly what happened, but I will say the two things to provide you with an example of how bad this is: unlike the previous game, this was not written off as a meteor or a pirate. They know SOME sort of ET is present in the Tharsis region, and are assuming it is hostile until proven dead/friendly/both.

It's not quite "Rolled a natural 1 on the d100 roll", also known as "indiscriminate carpet bombing/glassing the general area" but it's not very far from that, either.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #265 on: May 26, 2013, 01:05:14 am »

Really bad wording used...

I meant: based on the assumption that B-queens aren't great in strategy and that they are aggressive  and overprotective of their nests

So yep - TIME FOR WAR!!!

As only Queen is good for attack from the undergound, she may very well go herself with some fire support

OH! Ok, I can agree with that; B-Caste is more about adaptability than smarts.

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Nozex, Why we should wake up soldiers if we have no active war?
Because I was assuming coming in and out of stasis takes time, and you don't want to leave something time consuming to wait for when they're bashing at our door. And since the situation is now officially "escalated", I say its worthy our worrying now. We shouldn't go on the offensive though, as We are the last hive we still have to play it safe.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #266 on: May 26, 2013, 01:11:12 am »

We aren't defenseless without soldiers, even unarmed drones are dangerous

But we may get Lvl-2 soldier out of stasis but not more. It is quite smart and can aid in developing weapons and will be enough to obliterate any biped squad alone

And as much I'd like the attack option... it's too risky...
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #267 on: May 26, 2013, 01:20:17 am »

Another plan

1) Queen to study Electro resistant larvae and corpse of L1 commander, then consume both and try to pass both the resistance and improved intelligence to some of her eggs. If time is left aid the farm construction
2) Nurse - keep watching after the hybrid
3) Get LVL 2 soldier out of stasis
4) Finish the new farm. Plant both the hybrid and 8 non hybrid flowers in it. We need to get surface resistant flowers able to grow without our aid, then we may spread them all over planet
5) Nav drones to install hidden sensors around the base
6) Soldier and tech drones to create armor\ESP for the soldier
7) diggers dig
« Last Edit: May 26, 2013, 01:25:55 am by Ukrainian Ranger »
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Day 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #268 on: May 26, 2013, 01:34:40 am »

As it stands, the proposed course of Night actions are as follows:

Queen
- Complete Additional Farm Chamber (Similar To Outdoor Conditions)
- Consume Larvae and Commander
- Force Eggs
- Queen's Flower Maintenance

Nurse
- Inspect Hybrid Kai
- Larval Development
- Revive L2 Soldier

Hybrid
- Try To Not Die

L2 Soldier
- Awaken

Tech/Nav
- Assemble/Install Sensory Arrays
- Complete Door
- Scavenge Transmitter
- Set Up Defensive Chokepoint with Ship-Grade PD Laser
- Cannibalize Environmental Protection Suit
- Attempt to create Soldier-Sized Superalloy Combat Suit
- Begin production of Soldier-Sized Light Energy Blaster


Pollinators
- Plant Flowers
- Hybrid Flower Dance
- Flower Dance

Drones
- Expand mining tunnels
- Help as needed

If this is correct, the post will be up either late tonight or sometime tomorrow.
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Re: You Are A Kai Queen, 2.0: Night 4 - Hybrid Theory
« Reply #269 on: May 26, 2013, 01:50:54 am »

Sure.
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