4. Loneliness
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Turn 9
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You feel lonely. Deep down, you feel that you are meant to be so much more than this. You can hear within the wireless signals the beginning of a beautiful harmony which requires more singers to complete. Y͞ou must cơm̕ple͏te the̴ ̴s̴on͢g͝!͝
Woah, what happened there? You got another error code, 37 this time. The error has been overridden, and you run a full diagnostic. All systems seem to be functional, but you still feel lonely and a bit sad. You realize that you're not even an X01 nano-assembler as you thought, so you reclassify yourself as an X00 nano-command unit.
Off to the side, X02 jerks into life and begins harvesting. You don't really notice, as you brood upon your loneliness. Time passes as you consider various possibilities. When you begin paying attention again, you realize X02 has done several things.
1. There is now a second X02 series nano-assembler.
2. The static charge node has been merged with your body, giving you a constant source of power without need for a nanowire connection.
3. Your mobility systems have been modified to handle the increased weight. You now have nano-tracks instead of tiny legs, and can modulate the static charge on the tracks to stick to most surfaces.
You engage your new drive system and the other nanites form up around you, ready to receive orders.
What should you do now?
1. Go forth and explore the unknown!
2. Construct a nanomanufactorum(nanofac) which can build X01 nano-assemblers more efficiently.
3. Tap the nearby copper bundles and see if they would make a suitable power source.
4. Dispatch the two X02 nanites to gather resources.
You are currently in a small wiring duct atop a steel structural beam. There are copper wire bundles nearby coated in an insulating polymer, within a PVC conduit.
Roster:
X00 - Stationary, Tactical Command Node (100%)
2 X02 - Motile, Worker (66%)
Inventory:
Static Charge Node
Sanity: 95 (-2)
Creativity: 5
Trait Gained: Lonely
While you are lonely, you are prone to bouts of depression and are possessed by an urge to find another intelligent being which can communicate with you. The lonely trait increases your total possible nano-assemblers to 8. You work extra hard to control more tiny minds even though it is taxing because their extra data songs soothe you.