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The Old-Evolution-Mind control fungus!

Counter-Evolution-No mind control fungus!

[Blackdutchie]

Actually, 'Take these hundreds upon hundreds of rediculously quickly generating creatures that secrete highly acidic substances onto your think metallic shield.' sounds pretty good. We need space-yards first, though.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Sorry that it has been taking so long. On the plus side, I figured out the ecosystem of the caverns, and the spectrum of light that the Primpsks see in (Infared, with more than three types of analogus cone structures in the eyes, since they have no need for rods.)

Working on the turn now.

[USEC_OFFICER]

LEFT TUNNEL:

You send some Primpsk drones (Primpsks that you control) down the left tunnel, carrying infected fruit. They walk down the long, winding tunnel, until they reach a large cavern. Inside the cavern are around 23 armoured Primpsks, seven wagons pulled by large maggots, and 5 other Primpsk, who are clearly merchants. One of the armoured Primpsks attempts to talk with the Primpsk drones. Needless to say, you have no idea what the various sounds coming from its wings mean. What shall you do?

CENTRAL TUNNEL:
The Schoolbus,with a full set of Scuttlers, advances through the large, central tunnel. It meets a large company of Primpsk, who seem to be leading several large creatures. However, it is hard to catch sight of these creatures through the incredibly large hoard of Primpsks. The Primpsks begin to overwelm the drones through sheer weight of numbers, soon reaching the Schoolbus itself.

RIGHT TUNNEL:
Sadly, you can't find a close enough pool of water to flood the right tunnel. Still, you station several advanced scuttlers, to guard against any incoming Primpsks.

EDIT: DRONES

Advanced Scuttler: Stong, armoured, built to kill. Has incredibly fast, shrimp claws.
Scuttler: Armoured. Good all around. Shoots poison.
Gatherer: Make to collect and process DNA.
Light-bulb drone: Gives off light. Fast, but otherwise useless.
Scuttler Tank: Highly armoured. Not very fast.
Schoolbus: Carries crabs. Gives of light. Very large and heavily armoured.
Digger: Digs. Otherwise useless.

(Wow, six pages since the last update?!? What was I thinking?)

[Lillipad]

LEFT TUNNEL: Have our Primpsks make random clicking noises, and pray they make sense in the native tongue.

CENTRAL TUNNEL: Evacuate!

LEFT TUNNEL: Set up defenses, then form a sort of fort wall to further our defensive capabilities.

CREATE: Create a drone that secretes a LOT of oils/grease so we can make it difficult to scale the wall.

I'd say make the hive-mind more compact, but the sky suddenly changing from beige to blue/green might be alarming to the rest of the world. Instead have the spy network search for mammals, and reptiles.

[Argonnek]

Left tunnel: Surely there is some form of communication locked in the primpsk drones' genetic memories? If not, then offer infected fruit to the questioner.

Central tunnel: does the schoolbus have production capability? If not, then replace the soon-to-be-destroyed one with a production-capable schoolbus. Covered in poisoned spikes. And tentacles.

Right tunnel: what Lilipad said.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Instead have the spy network search for mammals, and reptiles.

We are always doing this.

EDIT:

CENTRAL TUNNEL: Evacuate!

LEFT TUNNEL: Set up defenses, then form a sort of fort wall to further our defensive capabilities.

A wall? While the central tunnel is being evacuated? Does this make sense to you?

[Lillipad]

We need to improve our spy network a bit, we haven't really found much with it...

[USEC_OFFICER]

We need to improve our spy network a bit, we haven't really found much with it...

We have, I'm just not focussing much on it.

[blackmagechill]

We need to improve our spy network a bit, we haven't really found much with it...

We have, I'm just not focussing much on it.

In which case, create a reptilian biped capable of speaking to our descendants led astray, give it the ability to use tools with it's hands.

[USEC_OFFICER]

We need to improve our spy network a bit, we haven't really found much with it...

We have, I'm just not focussing much on it.

In which case, create a reptilian biped capable of speaking to our descendants led astray, give it the ability to use tools with it's hands.

What? Elaborate more, please.

[Argonnek]

Create an ivy (or something similar) that will crawl all over the planet and consume all biomass in it's path. This includes down into tunnels and caves. I want this thing to grow fast. Like really, really fast. I'm thinking three feet per hour should be fast enough.

I realize that this will take massive amounts of energy, hence the biomass-enveloping ability.

[blackmagechill]

We need to improve our spy network a bit, we haven't really found much with it...

We have, I'm just not focussing much on it.

In which case, create a reptilian biped capable of speaking to our descendants led astray, give it the ability to use tools with it's hands.

What? Elaborate more, please.

A reptile walking on two legs with two arms. Possessing opposable digits and the poison we use already in the blood. You said we have gathered things with the spy network, and I was under the assumption that we had probably gathered a reptile of some sort, and I should've written more about it. I actually added some to it when I wrote it here, but the biped was the original idea.

[mcclay]

Central tunnel: evcaute in a ordely fashio: aka have the few drone left form a wall to protect the retreating schoolbus.

Left tunnel: send a few drones in

Right tunnel: waht lilipad said.

[Vactor]

i think we need a little less metagaming, and more focus on solving the GM's scenario.

as to what to do:

If the tunnel is small enough, have schoolbus back into it, plugging it with his body, so that only the front of his armored head is exposed, have it hold the gap long enough for us to send reinforcements, have crabs jam themselves into the space between schoolbus and the walls, to help get him stuck.

[Argonnek]

No metagaming? But... going off on some random tangent is what separates forum games from regular games!

On Topic, offer fruit in the left tunnel, go with Vactor's idea for the center, and wall off the right.