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[Gamerlord]

Alpha Company (2 soldiers, 1 sergeant) will scout the area armed with all 3 laser rifles. Look for easy game, resources, other colonies, etc. Start making a rough map. The remaining soldier and sergeant should start felling trees for lumber. If possible, use the mechs to help with this. If we can start construction on a simple wooden palisade that would help. This colony is vulnerable.

Science clone 1, hereafter referred to as Barnum, work on a program to teach new clones to be researchers. Science clone 2, hereafter known as Bailey, work out a way to survey for mineral deposits.

Hank: Take 5 and do some CEO shit. Manage the work, smoke a cigar, and look awesome.

Why clone researchers? We can make robot researchers! And then we don't have to build cloning facilities.

*slaps on head*
No! Bad Tomcost! No robot rebellions!

[forsaken1111]

Alpha Company (2 soldiers, 1 sergeant) will scout the area armed with all 3 laser rifles. Look for easy game, resources, other colonies, etc. Start making a rough map. The remaining soldier and sergeant should start felling trees for lumber. If possible, use the mechs to help with this. If we can start construction on a simple wooden palisade that would help. This colony is vulnerable.

Science clone 1, hereafter referred to as Barnum, work on a program to teach new clones to be researchers. Science clone 2, hereafter known as Bailey, work out a way to survey for mineral deposits.

Hank: Take 5 and do some CEO shit. Manage the work, smoke a cigar, and look awesome.

Why clone researchers? We can make robot researchers! And then we don't have to build cloning facilities.

What exactly makes a 'robot researcher' better than a clone one? Robots take valuable metals for one thing, which would be better used building weapons and more colony additions. Robots (normally) cannot self-heal like a biological entity can, nor are they anywhere near as robust. I'm talking here about realistic robots of course, not super mecha gundam bullshit which can survive being dropped from space while riding a nuke into the core of the sun and come out the other side billowing a bit of steam.

[Evil Lincoln]

Turn 2
The Colony: (you might want to just follow this link instead since it's a big image: http://i.imgur.com/IXCpOdD.png )

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Power: 50/50(+20/-1)

You split the bots into 2-bot teams and have them go and explore. The last bot you have harvest some vegetation. It quickly finds a bulb-like plant which is deposited by the prefab while the scientists work on their first research task.

Speaking of research task Baileyand Barnum are done. It was simple to design a long cord that the robots could recharge with. (Blueprint added)

You take a moment to have a cigarette and work on your corporate synergy. +1xp

You put off picking your perk until you are sure you know what you want.

The scouts see moment in the forest and halt their advance.

Resources/Food:

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15x Clone chow (delicious chicken flavor)
1x Bulb

Tools:

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1x Vegetation Gatherer
1x Handheld Mining equipment
1x Concrete applicator

Weapons:

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3x Laser Rifles
1x Laser Pistol
1x Emag Rifle
1x Emag Pistol
1x Machete

30x Emag Rounds

Robots/Clones:

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5x Standard Robots
1x Oil Rig
1x Mining Rig

2x Science clones (hired)

Hero(s):

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Hank Rearden(1): 1/100xp

Glossary Posts

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Putting off perk choosing since it's only been up for an hour or two.

[Gamerlord]

Have the bots come back and set up some shelter.

[Tomcost]

Have the researchers analize the plant. If there is free time, have them research Robot Researcher AI (RRAI, souns good, right?).

Why we should keep with robots: we have the facilities to make them, and the facilities to sustain them. We don't have any kind of facility dedicated to raise or otherwise sustain clones (no cloning tank, no room space, no food production)

[forsaken1111]

Alright alright, clanking masses it is.

How... loyal are the clones? Asking them to design a research AI could be construed as asking them to design their own replacement.

Fireteams 1 and 2 continue sweeping the area, and the robot harvesting vegetation should continue... harvesting.

For perk, I'm okay with Suave too. Hank could sell water to a drowning man.

[Tomcost]

We hired them, so they have to obey us, because we are paying their master. just that. There is no loyalty to us, but as long as we pay, they will work.

[forsaken1111]

Hopefully you're right.

Have B&B start working on a research AI then. Something creative and controllable.

Hank should supervise for a bit, then take a laser pistol and shoot some targets because why not.

[escaped lurker]

AI-Plan sounds better in the long run. So +1 from me.

I also would like to think of Hank as the real brain behind the operation - not only the one having the money and giving orders;
Thus "Technicaly" gets my vote.

[forsaken1111]

AI-Plan sounds better in the long run. So +1 from me.

I also would like to think of Hank as the real brain behind the operation - not only the one having the money and giving orders;
Thus "Technicaly" gets my vote.

Eh good point. Changing my vote to Technicaly

[10ebbor10]

AI might be a bit above our heads for the moment. I vote we start with simpler things.

We have mining equipment, but started near a lake. As such, a pump is required before we can start drilling.
The other scientist, I would like to put on Identifying the food, and on blueprinting all of our equipment so we can start replicating it.

The oil rig should be deployed directly at the base, to test how shallow the ground water level is.
The mining vessel can start digging a low defensive ditch and associated wall.

We should activate the communication array, inquire about our surroundings, nearby settlements and the next visit of the Trader ship

Robots can continue exploring, preferably looking for this lake's water source, and some drier terrain uphill, where we can start our mine.

[Tomcost]

AI might be a bit above our heads for the moment. I vote we start with simpler things.

We have mining equipment, but started near a lake. As such, a pump is required before we can start drilling.
The other scientist, I would like to put on Identifying the food, and on blueprinting all of our equipment so we can start replicating it.

The oil rig should be deployed directly at the base, to test how shallow the ground water level is.
The mining vessel can start digging a low defensive ditch and associated wall.

We should activate the communication array, inquire about our surroundings, nearby settlements and the next visit of the Trader ship

Robots can continue exploring, preferably looking for this lake's water source, and some drier terrain uphill, where we can start our mine.

+1 to everything.

[evilcherry]

AI might be a bit above our heads for the moment. I vote we start with simpler things.

We have mining equipment, but started near a lake. As such, a pump is required before we can start drilling.
The other scientist, I would like to put on Identifying the food, and on blueprinting all of our equipment so we can start replicating it.

The oil rig should be deployed directly at the base, to test how shallow the ground water level is.
The mining vessel can start digging a low defensive ditch and associated wall.

We should activate the communication array, inquire about our surroundings, nearby settlements and the next visit of the Trader ship

Robots can continue exploring, preferably looking for this lake's water source, and some drier terrain uphill, where we can start our mine.

+1 to everything.

Oh Pyramids! +1.
Hank should either help with researching (after all he is useless standing around) or start deploying the equipment.

[kopout]

Technicaly

We should have Barnum run some tests on the mystery bulb and have Baily start work on some kind of mineral scanning device to search for a good place to start mining without drilling test holes all over the place.   

[Aseaheru]

I really wish I found this earlier. Ah well.

Well, lets get that mining rig going somewhere to the north of out base, perhaps in that clearing I see. get a fireteam to scout the area first.