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[Armok]

In might also be a good diea to get a zoomed in view of the arcanists. I'm thinking we should build a plesant and large but sealed prison around them.

[The Froggy Ninja]

Offer them outsider secrets as a show of peace. But still do the mind reading thing. Like fabricate a block of forgite for future study or something.

[Aklyon]

Theres not really a point to a zoomed in arcanists view unless we build something around them, actually. Theres rock under them and to the right, and empty space above them. Also chairs and the rock table.

[Twi]

Science water for liquid crystal and also for use in reactors and also for use in potential apocalyptic geysers.

Give the arcanist cavern some art, maybe beds. make it pretty.

SCIENCE THE CRYSTAL

[Aklyon]

Cycle 67

Talknig to The Chained, you find that aside from general disgruntlement at being contained and continuous heavy efforts to shatter your containment vault crystal lattice making it difficult to get reliable data, its not technically resisting research into it. It refuses to speak to you though, and only stops long enough to declare that statement. You adjust research a bit and add to it with an idea in mind after that, as well as acquire some more forgite fully & repair crystals before getting to something you've put off long enough.

You begin to science the crystal more thoroughly while the arcanists finish up their debate (or sound like they're finishing up, anyways). As usual, this involves adding energy to it to see what it does, and a little energy doesn't do much besides make it show as more energetic. A good chunk of energy however, makes its energy explode out of it and into the surrounding rock, annoyingly crumbling sections of it. You try the same with the part next to it that you did not realign, and the energy fizzes out for a bit, before it also explodes in a less possibly reforgeable and more actually explosive manner. It seems like it handles high energy levels about as well as assimilated matter does, in that if it has more than it can hold onto it quickly will either get rid of it or explode into useless junk. Hitting the third part of this section with a pulse rather than a burst of energy however, actually leads somewhere, after realigning it.
First, the pulse dissipates into the surrounding altered stone. After sometime it returns back out, carrying with it some sort of strand of power. Not quite energy as you expect from it, more of the sort of thing The Chained is constructed from. Though constructed doesn't quite fit, since as far as you've found, the energy being is not a construct as much as it is just a summoned being. Anyway, the strand. It refuses all your efforts to be merged into the general flow of energy, remaining solidly distinct and attached to the chunk of darkened rock, though it will freely move through any other nearby substance, such as your own crystal, unaltered rock, or open space. You pull it over to the arcanists and wave it into the open space a bit, and the one that had fidgeted before turns around as you move it into the open and looks straight at it with a worried look, before quickly turning back around. The others don't seem to have noticed, so perhaps it requires a particular sense; you let go of the strand. It shrinks back towards the piece of rock it emerged from, but when you reach back towards it again it stops retracting, as if it recognized your intent.

Interesting.

Spoiler: Core Update (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Scale 2 region (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Status (click to show/hide)

Integrity: Intact
Core Armor: Unscathed
Max fabrication cost: 300k (Half that for scale 1)

Diplomacy:
-Proxians: Known as Emissary of Crystal of the Terra Arcanum to the surface dwellers, and as yourself to your trapped teachers in the cavern.
-Alterin Imperium: Previously acquired Forgite details for Senior Scientist Bor. Have a deal to acquire Proxian magic knowledge via Alterin proxy. Deal may soon be unnecessary.

Stored Energy: 45,548 (124,298)
Reserved Energy: 78,750 (Fortress arms crystals)
Storage effect: Significantly under capacity once more, the humming abruptly halts to anyone but yourself and other crystalline.

The Chained:
Status: Untalkative Research subject.
Containment state: Energy Vault crystals, roughed up but intact.
Darkflyme state: Exists.

Energy Generation:
Core: 100/cycle
Low-Q: 0 @ 20/cycle - 0/cycle
Refined: 11,561 @ 50/cycle - 578,050/cycle
Refined Clusters: 831 @ 500/cycle - 415,500/cycle
Repair Crystal: 456 @ 50/cycle - 22,800/cycle

Total Energy production: 1,133,140/cycle

Research Distribution:
The Chained: Darkflyme research and acquisition - 30

Core Research - 70 to general purpose Core-tech research. Additional subjects:
-Wireless energy tech - 10
-Movement - 5
-Camouflage - 0
-Durability - 5
-Weaponry - 5
-Efficiency - 10
-Non-Typical Crystalline Formations - 5
-- Proper Movement-type base for Conveyors - 5
--'Seed crystal' - 5

Xenotech:
-Alterin - 5 for general observation/research, with these other foci:
--Technology - 10
-Proxian - 0 for general observation/research, with these other foci:
--Glyphs - 0
--Magic - A group of Arcanists

Other fields:
Mind reading - 30
Containment/Protection (hazardous materials/energy) - 10
Geology/Environment/Astronomy - 5
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Location: Subsurface/Amidstfortress of an unknown planet with two 'warring' races on it.

Spoiler: Map legend (click to show/hide)

Navy Blue - Crystal core
Teal - Low-Q crystals
Light Blue - Refined crystals or crystal clusters
Orange w/ black S - Storage crystals or storage fields
Brighter Orange w/ black S - High-Density Storage Crystal
Orangeish Red w/ black S - Energy Vault Crystal
Navy/Blue Striped - Fully Integrated Forgitar Half-crystal
Grey/Black/Navy Striped - Partially Assimilated Forgite
Black/Navy Striped - Attuned Forgite
Dark Cyan - Feeler Crystal
Turquoise with small diamond - Farseer Crystal or Farseer Oversight Sector
Black with Turquoise diamond - Palantir Crystal or Palantir Allseer Sector
Purple/Orchid - Focusing Crystal
Darker Purple - Overseer Crystal
Orange /w Light Green outline - Shield Crystal
Purpleish - Repair Crystal
Dark Cyan w/black cross-shaped overlay - Arms Crystal
Dark Cyan & Green w/black cross-shaped overlay - Blast Crystal
Dark Cyan & Black w/green cross-shaped overlay - Beam Crystal
Gold w/ blue S - Processor Crystal
Blue w/ gold S - Research Crystal
Gold w/ blue infinity - Server Crystal
Red - Diplomatic Crystalline
Darkish Pink w/ Red cross-shaped overlay - Conveyor Crystal
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Dark Brown - Empty underground space
Light Brown - Dirt or other non-solid material
Grey - Rock
Darker Grey - Charged Rock
Dark Green - Native crystal
Sky Blue - Empty inside or aboveground space
Dark Brown zigzagged with Light Blue - Water
Teal w/brown diamond - Low-assimilation matter
Teal w/grey diamond - Medium-assimilation matter
Grey/Black Striped - Forgite
Sky Blue w/small diamond - Mobile thing
Sky Blue w/ rectangle outline - Door
Sky Blue w/ question mark - [Unknown tech]
Sky Blue w/ inverted Amethyst T - Alterin impact-teleporter tech
Sky Blue w/ Amethyst T - Alterin normal-teleporter tech
Sky Blue w/ Amethyst O - Alterin force microshield tech
Black - Unknown
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Red cross-shaped overlay - Damaged
Red X overlay - Heavily damaged

Spoiler: Crystal forms (click to show/hide)

Core Crystal
Your core. If this can be replicated, you don't remember how.
Energy production: 100/cycle

Low Quality Crystal
Created by converting materials not able to become better tiers, like dirt.
Energy production: 20/cycle.
Fabrication cost: 100 energy, nearby material.

Refined Crystal
Created by converting solid materials, like rock. Also made by refining the structure of Low quality crystals.
Energy production: 50/cycle
Fabrication cost: 200 energy, nearby solid material.
Refinement cost: 400 energy, LQ crystal connected to the core. (300 if adjacent to another refined crystal)
Level reference: Lv.1 energy production (Refined-level)

Storage Crystal
A hunk of additional crystal, giving you more room to store energy without side effects.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 200 energy and 1 empty space per section. Connected storage sections give greater results than scattered ones. In emergencies, the empty space can be replaced with 100 energy and a low quality crystal.
Level reference: Lv.0 Storage bonus (for storage calculation, for point fabrication treat this as part of No energy production)
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Feeler Crystal
Little more than a hunk of crystal, but a sturdy scout nonetheless.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 1,250 energy (2.5 points).
Refined Conversion cost: 625 energy
Level reference: Freebuild, Removed energy production

Farseer Crystal
An excellent companion to the feeler. Energy production alignments have been realigned for exceptional sensory range instead.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 3,000 energy (6 points)
Level reference: Extended Vision 6 (9 total vision), Removed energy production

Palantir Crystal
I see you.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 12,250 energy (24.5 points), 6,125 energy to upgrade from Farseer.
Level reference: Vision Network (+1 sight range for every 4 crystals of this type connected), Extended Vision 17 (20 total), Base: Farseer (Refined)

High-Density Storage Crystal
Store more, hold more, contain more, add more synonyms here.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 750 energy (1.5 points) or 375 energy (if converting from base storage), 1 empty space per section or 1 storage crystal each.
Level reference: Storage bonus 3, Base: Storage

Energy Vault Crystal
[additional synonyms for 'More space!' continued from the High-density description]
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 3,000 energy (6 points) or 1,500 energy (if converting from lower storage), 1 empty space per section or 1 storage crystal each.
Level reference: Storage bonus 6, Base: Storage

Focusing Crystal
Half conduit, half relay point, all-around pretty useful crystal.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 3,250 energy (6.5 points), not adjacent to other outposts or core.
Level reference: Outpost minor, Energy transformation 5 (-25% to energy costs within 3 tiles), Removed energy production.

Overseer Crystal
Can do things, unlike the Focusing crystal. (Not greatly, but progress is progress)
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 11,750 energy (23.5 points), not adjacent to other outposts or core. 5,875 energy to upgrade from Focusing crystal, empty space and full cost required to upgrade from base storage crystal.
Level reference: Outpost major, Energy transformation 5 (-25% to energy costs within 3 tiles), Durability 3, Data Storage 3 (basically dumb AI, more general-purpose than the version in the Server crystals), General Oversight 6 (basic independent capabilities if cutoff from core (from lv.5), emergency energy generation of 1/subcycle when cutoff (from lv.6), Base: Focusing/Storage (data variant).

Diplomatic Crystalline
Its a diplomat. Occasionally aggressive in its negotiations.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 4,500 energy (9 points), not adjacent to other outposts or core.
Level reference: Outpost major, Communications, Durability 5, Removed energy production, Base: Focusing (Refined)

Shield Crystal
Not particularly great cover. But it should work.
No energy production, storage converted to camouflage.
Fabrication cost: 2,500 energy (5 points)
Level reference: Extended Vision (4 total), Durability 4, Base: Storage

Repair Crystal
A good helper.
Energy production: 50/cycle
Fabrication cost: 4,750 energy (9.5 points)
Level reference: Repair 5 (-25% to cost of non-severe repairs, autostabilizes ruined Low-Q within 3 tiles at minimal survival amount.)

Processor Crystal
Because doing everything yourself is slow and complicated.
No energy production, stores data instead of energy.
Fabrication cost: 5,000 energy (10 points)
Level reference: Research 8 (tier 1 speed, almost 2), Base: Storage (Data variant)

Arms Crystal
Avast! Yar've been boarded! *pew*
No (internal) energy production
Fabrication cost: 5,250 energy (10.5 points)
Level reference: Base: Feeler (Refined), Durability 3, Energy Blast 4 (tested by Alteri: Infantry piercing shot.)

Research Crystal
*ominous hummm*
No energy production, stores data instead of energy.
Fabrication cost: 13,500 energy (27 points), 6,750 energy to converting up from processor crystal.
Level reference: Research 20 (T4), Base: Storage (Data variant)

Server Crystal
Its more of a Data Overseer, but you thought of this name first.
No energy production, stores data instead of energy.
Fabrication cost: 4,250 energy (8.5 points), 2,125 energy to convert up from processor crystal.
Level reference: Research Oversight 5 (somewhat better chance for early happenings), Data Storage 3 (Can support research in general ways as well as store data effectively), Base: Storage (Data variant)

Blast Crystal
Boom!
No (internal) energy production
Fabrication cost: 4,500 (9 points)
Level reference: Durability 3, Energy Blast 2, Multidirectional 2, Base: Arms (Refined)

Beam Crystal
*ominous laser noises*
No (internal) energy production
Fabrication cost: 7,750 energy (15.5 points)
Level reference: Durability 3, Energy Beam 3, Multidirectional 2, Multiple Attacks 2 (penalty for using previous two abilities together at only one target) Base: Arms (Refined)

Conveyor Crystal
*wooshing sounds*
No energy production, Stationary (Auto-Movement Lvl -1)
Fabrication cost: 3,000 energy (6 points)
Level reference:
Transport Lvl 6, Inefficient base type (-1 movement range, GM-only, no point effect, effect changes per crystal type), Temporary Base: Refined

Fully Integrated Forgitar Half-crystal
The pride of the Alterin Imperium's materials research field, renowned for is near-invincibility to energy weaponry, defeated and repurposed.
Superior energy conduit, no energy production.
Integration cost: 20k energy, 1 chunk of Forgite.
Fabrication cost: 120k energy
Level reference: Half-crystal, Forgite Resistance

Forgite
Its a chunk of forgite.
Superior energy conduit, No energy production, Forgite Resistance
Fabrication cost: 100k

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Assimilated matter conversion cost: Remainder of the cost to crystal form +50 per cycle its been there.

Low-assimilation matter
Created by not fully converting low-tier matter.
Will crumble into dust in 5 cycles, leaving an empty space.
Energy production: 50/40/30/20/10 per cycle. Crumbles on the next energy pulse once it hits 10/cycle.
Fabrication cost: 50 energy, nearby material.

Medium-assimilation matter
Created by not fully converting matter eligible to become Refined Crystal.
Will degenerate into low-assimilated matter in 10 cycles.
Energy production: 150/140/130/120/110/100/90/80/70/60 per cycle. Degenerates on next pulse after reaching 60/cycle.
Fabrication cost: 100 energy, nearby solid material.

Spoiler: Crystal Cluster forms (click to show/hide)

Refined Crystal Cluster
Created by converting a large swath of solid materials, like rock. Also made by refining the structure of Low quality crystal clusters. Approximately equivalent to 10 Refined crystals.
Energy production: 500/cycle
Fabrication cost: 2,000 energy, nearby solid material.
Refinement cost: 4,000 energy, LQ crystals connected to the core. (3,000 if adjacent to another refined crystal cluster)
Level reference: Lv.1/2 energy production (Refined-level/Scale 2), Scale 2

Storage Field
A massive hunk of additional crystal, giving you far more room to store energy without side effects. Roughly as useful as 10 basic storage crystals.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 2,000 energy and 1 (scale 2) empty space per section. Connected storage sections give greater results than scattered ones. In emergencies, the empty space can be replaced with 1,000 energy and a low quality crystal cluster.
Level reference: Lv.0 Storage bonus (for storage calculation, for point fabrication treat this as part of No energy production), Scale 2

Farseer Oversight Sector
A significant array of Farseer crystals, for long-distance viewing.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 30k energy (6 points)
Level reference: Extended Vision 6 (9 total), Removed energy production, Scale 2

Palantir Allseer Sector
I see you.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 122,500 energy (24.5 points), 61,250 energy to upgrade from Farseer Oversight Sector.
Level reference: Vision Network (+1 (scale 2) sight range for every 4 connected sectors of this type connected), Extended Vision 17 (20 total), Base: Farseer (Refined), Scale 2

Feeler Crystal Strand
If it was mobile and more durable, it could be repurposed as an attack tentacle. But alas, it is neither.
No energy production
Fabrication cost: 12,500 energy (2.5 points).
Refined Cluster Conversion cost: 6,250 energy
Level reference: Freebuild, Removed energy production, Scale 2

[Twi]

Talk about the strand to the Fidgeting Arcanist. You can always put a wall or something between him and his friends, for science of course.

[~Neri]

We should expand every other turn.

Talk about the strand to the Fidgeting Arcanist. You can always put a wall or something between him and his friends, for science of course.

This also. Do this.

[Aklyon]

Assuming you were converting from other forgite (and I wasn't dumb and forgot to treat it as a conversion and not a new piece), you could alternately grab 18ish pieces of the fortress per turn if nothing else was using energy, Kevak. (which is sorta expansion anyway, but not the kind that makes the map bigger like you probably are actually suggesting )

[~Neri]

I just want more energy to throw at shit. Cause our main limiters for research are energy and space.

[Illgeo]

Ptw.

[Rolepgeek]

We have so much energy right now

We do not need more energy gain. Like at all. We're fine. We stopped expanding for two turns and probably nearly shot ourselves in the foot because it seemed like I was the only one noticing our stockpiles getting dangerously high.

I'd rather the forgite, honestly.

[~Neri]

Do you notice the massive caverns we've been discovering? Lets fill those with storage and research sectors. That qualifies as expanding. I just want us to cover more area.

[Rolepgeek]

I'd rather research than storage, but I'd also by far rather have some more of this delicious Forgite to work with.

[~Neri]

We can fill up a cavern full of forgite after we fill one with research. We'll get more out of it when we have literally kilometers dedicated to Science.

[Aklyon]

You guys haven't even used up all the empty space we already had near the surface!

Rolepgeek is right, though. Slightly more than two cycles of unspent energy will max out our current storage again.