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[Insanegame27]

Ricardo nods, "heres to overreacting. Although we're not sure if there are different castes of the bugs. For all we know that could have just been a drone or worker bug, and there could be soldier bugs five times as big and strong. We just don't know. I, for one, am unconcerned about ammo." He pats his boar spear and his Bowies. "Knives dont need ammo. And i have a brand new toy to play with, too" Ricardo unslings the larger of the two lightweight metal boxes off of his back, detaching the one currently attached to his bow.


Ricardo attached the 24 arrow 'Instant Legolas' drum magazine to his bow, eliminating the need to reload after every shot. "It's like a big gun now. R and D managed to throw this together. I like it."

[vkiNm]

Roughly five minutes have passed while the party argue with each others and Vigil take a shot at looking over what's remained of the bug's corpse. [Vigil Bio roll, 73: Good Success!]

Vigil can make out, despite the mangled nature of the body, a few key biologic features that could tell him more about the bug.
Using field science equipment for basic tests shows that the Bug's blood have low acidity, not that much more than that of a human's. And shows no obvious toxicity. Suggesting that it is not a bottom feeder, and there are something below it on the food chain.

It seems that while it looks somewhat like Earth's Arachnid, it is actually a beetle. With hard exoskeleton and protective carapace that is hard enough that you can't break them with bare hands.

The 'beak' and claws on it's legs seems suitable to dig into soft dirt and some softer stones, you imagine that they would be useful to peel the carapace off of other bugs so that their small mouth could eat the soft innards tiny bits by tiny bits. Or maybe they eat plants or berries, which suggest that their mouth have far less chomping power than their beak and solid food might be a bit difficult for it to eat. Or maybe they have some other bugs to process their food into liquid like that of ants, it would make eating not that much of a problem.

It's a bit strange, but you suppose that it is an alien after all. The bug seems suitable as both hunter gatherer as well as builder. And though it does not seems flight-capable, you could imagine that other things would have quite the fright if a few dozen of these dropped onto them and they didn't have armored everything-resistant spacesuit that cost more than your family each armed with weaponry that makes gunpowder-based firearms looks neolithic..

for the most part. Looking at you Legolas.

[milo christiansen]

"Well, are we planning to send someone back for ammo and specialist weapons or not? Either way, we should push forward down the tunnel to see how far we can get with what we have."

[zomara0292]

"Hey, guys. What are the chances that we have killed an intelligent being thinking that they were out to kill us, when they only ment to say hello?" Vigil asked the group, now concerned about what he managed to find out about their biology. (Knew those classes would come in handy)
"We didn't happen to bring food did we?"

[vkiNm]

Vigil should be able to tell that they're not sentient, obvious from their size and biology.

But what is sentience anyway, is it the same for Aliens as it is for Terran? will we ever know? Such are the questions.

[JaxtalMK2]

"We can go back when we need a resupply. And considering the thing was scrabbling at Christian's helmet, it was most certainly being aggressive." Kaito nodded and moved to the exit. "Alright, sounds like there's no real surprises with the bugs, or anything too important. Let's head down again then. We'll see how far our ammo holds out if they decide to swarm us.

[vkiNm]

The hive internal is still quiet so far, there must be an exit somewhere on the other side.

Or perhaps you're already at an exit and the bugs just built their hive over it? either way you're not going to learn much more from huddling in the Gate Room, as safe as it is so far. You hear the other team that went through to another gate Earlier sent through a bomb and the whole Gate room is still intact, so you doubt any bug could get through the walls. And with only one way in and out, you've got it pretty secured..

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There's a cup here in the corner of the room on it's side. Pink. With '#1 4 Dad Scientist' on it. The Crossout, '4' and 'Scientist' are written with crayon. Green.

[Bill Chompski]

"We can go back if we need a resupply, sure, but what if the way gets cut off? What if we get ambushed? What if fifty other things? Better safe than sorry." Grunting, Danh heads over to the gate, announcing, "I'm tired of all this fucking back and forth bickering. I'm gonna get extra ammo." Glancing over at Wolfram, Danh barks, "Steinheil! Get the gate open for me."

[Prophet]

Wolfram shrugs. "Very well." Then begins to attempt to get the Gate running.

[milo christiansen]

"All right, while you do that I'll head down the tunnel to see what I can shoot, who is going with me?"

Down the tunnel we go, I'll take the lead and scan for hostiles as we move.

[vkiNm]

[86 for Gate operation from Wolfram.]

With careful gestures and words spoken, the Gate whirls to life, spins and lock into each position before the Portal bursts into life, bathing the whole room with light.

[Bill Chompski]

"Alright, I'm going through." Danh says, speaking over comms, before turning to Christian, "Don't die down there."
Looking to Wolfram, Danh nods, and says, "Thanks.", before stepping through the shimmering gate.

[JaxtalMK2]

Kaito would grab the back of Christian's suit and drag him back. "You're not going anywhere until we're all moving together. You were fortunate last time you wandered off on your own that these bugs can't get through our suits easily. So while Dahn is getting the ammo, we're going to hold position, and all move forward together."

[retromach]

Dr. Langdon was waiting on the other side. He looked over as Danh came through the gate, raising a skeptical and condemning eyebrow. "Is there a problem, Mr. Loi?"

[Bill Chompski]

"We're gonna need more ammo." Danh says, stumbling a little as he comes out of the portal.
"A big bag for everyone, or something. Not just one or two mags extra."