The modularity was important back when I was working with simple, normal robobodies. It was so a robobody could interchange parts, insert itself into the controls of a tank or plane or whatever, and swap out it's payoald at will. we kinda skipped past the point that that was usable though.
the railgun probably isn't necessary at all, either. Not only confundium, but teleportation, enhanced reaction and spatial awareness, and the like, all make it almost moot. Not that I cuoldn't make the whole original concept of the game moot by now.
my research is to progress such:
continue to expand my understanding of, and control over, the fundamental forces of the universe, including
scaling up any powers that I have, like making teleportation work over longer ranges.
develop energy based nanites.
teleport parts of me throughout the galaxy, to expand and explore. When the galaxy becomes limiting, expand once again into the cluster, the supercluster, and beyond! I keep expanding my self communications ability to keep up with the expansion, if necessary.
search for more universes. Search this one for more life, and more intelligent life, and more ascended life.
discover dark matter and dark energy, the underlying forces of the universe, and the nature of the soul.
may as well do some scouting on earth - since i have control over electromagnetism and communications at distance, I can probably just check out what's going on in the mortal world. I'll find worthy individuals to invite to ascend -looking first for good, moral peope who seek to aid others. I'll grant them a limited version of my ascencion, like i offered my soldier before. Oh, may as well peek in on the research the others are doing if I find them, out of curiousity. if any ofthem are interested, I'll invite them along for the Grand Tour of Reality.
Oh, if I bump into that god-being that spoon bumped into, I'll try to understand it and not aggravate it. Maybe find out if it has plans for me or something, I don't know. If possible, I might end up ascending to godhood proper, as the current title of the game suggests.
remember, I held back until I saw that Meshenblov was breaking the game