So I had ths idea banging around in my head all of a sudden. You are a AI on a SATELLITE in orbit around a newly discovered habitable planet. You have with one general all-purpose colonization DRONE. Your purpose is to prepare the planet for habitation by your creators, the BLOBS. The BLOBS aren't very tough(extremely senstive and fragile, read WIMPS) and require many special facilities and resources before they can survive on most other planets other than ones very similiar to their HOMEWORLD. This planet is not, that is why they have sent you to prepare the planet for them. The planet has two moons, one significantly larger than the other. The planet has 3 main continents, all with signs of life. The planet, it's moons, and the continents are unnamed, you can name them if you wish.
The SATELLITE:
A very basic satellite that houses your AI. It has basic observational facilities to scout out the planet below, though not in any great detail. It has solar panels to absorb energy. It has basic communications facilities to send instrution to the DRONE and get feedback and also to send messages back to the HOMEWORLD. It has some very minor firepower to ward of meteors. It can hold one DRONE. It is currently carrying one DRONE. It can launch the DRONE to anywhere on the planet or possibly one of the moons. The DRONE can not be recalled. Neither the SATELLITE nor the AI are named, you can name them if you wish,
The DRONE:
A general all purpose DRONE designed to set up colonies on new worlds. It has moderate firepower to combat local wildlife, a basic comunicator to communicate with the SATELLITE, a very basic AI for backup in case it should lose contact with the SATELLITE, various advanced tools to construct facilities from local materials, solar panels for recharging, advanced sensory apparatus and advanced movement capabilities (the ability to fly for short distances, move around underwater at reduced speeds and even tunnel slowly). The DRONE is unnamed, you may name it if you wish.
What do you do? INFORMATION OVERLOAD.
FACLITIES:
BASIC FACTORY(1000 iron, 200 copper)
SOLAR PANEL(200 iron, 500 copper)
MINE(500, 100)
MAGMARAIL(2000 iron, 1000 copper)
ADVANCED FACTORY(3000 iron, 3200 copper)
SCANNING ARRAY(500 iron, 500 copper)
MAGCATCHER
SPACE ELEVATOR: Allows ships to move and take cargo from the planet without having to land. It has to be connected to a body.
SPACE STATION: Can be upgraded in many ways. There's no way to define a Space Station, it can be anything as long as the right components are designed for it.
Space Elevator-Station: Allows ships to move and take cargo from the planet without having to land. Also acts as a space station. It has to be connected to a and in orbit of a body.
SHIPYARD: It builds ships. Duh. It's build in space.
MISSILE BASE: Holds missiles underground. Simple.
DRONES:
AHENA AI:
BASIC(200 iron, 100 copper):
ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION(400 iron, 300 copper): Builds fast and only drone capable of building PROTOTYPE structures, can tunnel.
SERGEANT(300 iron, 500 copper): Can control 5 other drones for you, it must be under your direct control however.
USELESSMODULAR(100 iron, 50 copper): Does nothing, can easily be upgraded.
SOLDIER: Can fly. Has numerous weapons. Enough to take on a small spaceship.
OWL: Class Advanced All-Purpose Drone
ASTEROID BLOBFORMER DRONE: Flies out to and directs asteroids on collision courses with selected planets as a part of Blobforming a planet/moon that needs asteroids specifically. Can also be used offensively to direct asteroids on collision courses with designated targets.
ATMOSPHERE BLOBFORMER DRONE: A large, defenseless roving drone that slowly changes the atmosphere using many means.
AP Drone: A variant of the AP Shell, the AP drone replace the arow of the AP shell by a combat drone. Although the drone must be made of really sturdy material (Tungsten alloys are a minimum) it must still be launched slower than the AP shell if you don't want the drone to shatter upon entry. As a consequence, it is less effective as piercing very heavy armor as the AP shell, but can be used to board ships.
GLOBAL WARMING DRONE: An effective way to make the planet's atmosphere hotter, darker and wetter (since more heat mean more evaporation) is to release large amount of soot into it. This simple drone is design to do just that. When launched, it look like a small propeller-powered aircraft. Upon finding an exposed coal vein, the nose of the aircraft detach itself and turn on its rocket engine, allowing it to gather the speed needed to burrow deep into the coal vein and detonate incendiary rounds there. The rest of the plane land over the hole dug by the nose and use the propellers to fan the fire, gathering energy from the difference of temperature between the atmosphere and the burning coal.
TUNNELER:
AP:
LINGUISTICS:
SPACE:
PLANETARY DEFENSE TURRET: Massive amounts of PEW-PEW, can only be placed in orbit around a planet or on it's moons.
MISC:
AP shell: The magrail make for a great weapon, but using it as a shotgun is only useful against unarmored foes like the Spacebat. For use against spaceship, we need some better ammo, and that's it: basically a Tungsten or other heavy, hard material arrow inside a softer, copper or iron shell. Upon impact, the shell melt, lubrificating the arrow and allowing it to pierce any armor.
CONTAINER(100 iron): Allows for transportation of resurces via magCANNON.
NAMES:
Small Moon: Ionia
Large Moon: Pandora
Planet: Attica
AI: Athena
Satellite: Atlas
First Drone: OWL
Inner: Lipari
Gas Giant: Thrinacia
Ice Planet: Hades
NOTES:
1 Month = 20 turns/days
Messages take 8 days to reach the HOMEWORLD.
Traveltime for ships between Attica and HOMEWORLD = 4 months(80 turns)
Bearpeople have 6 limbs, 3 eyes, tusks and look like bears. About the size of smallish elephants. Herbivores.
Athena can control 30 drones.
Atlas recharges 30% of it's power reserve per turn.
Poll
8 (20.5%)
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