>>745234
Look for mines. With how powerful the city-walker is we could just fucking dig out a bunch of ore by breaking open a mountain. The main problem is prospecting.

Lets hide in the mountains so we aren't clearly visible and stop for now. Pity we don't have a camouflage ability, beyond just covering ourselves with mountain bits.

Once we're settled we should activate stairs and internal lights\communication and ask the people to send out scouts to look for nearby resources that they could use. I bet there are useful ores in the mountains. Maybe even something that can feed us energy beyond waiting for more souls.

1/3 Guide 2016/08/30(Tue)16:49 No. 745355 ID: 3663d3
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Okay, into the mountains a bit is.
Ah, this is difficult to move through while staying upright.
...
...
Hmmm, where would be a good place to stop.. ah ha! *CRUNCH! SCRAPE SCRAPE* if you can't find a good spot to stand, then make one.

2/3 Guide 2016/08/30(Tue)16:49 No. 745356 ID: 3663d3
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Shut down walking motors and external sensors
Open the door

3/3 Guide 2016/08/30(Tue)16:50 No. 745357 ID: 3663d3
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Turn on internal sensors, lights and communication.

*one explanation of plan later*

a group of four are going to go scout around the area

Two are dismantling the rock-slide ramp since the actual door is better

Last two are inspecting the buildings to make sure none were damaged during the walk.

Current power: 49
Power per day: 7.5
Daily consumption: 11

Oh it should help to find an aquifer again.

Are the walker's hands dextrous enough to peel the creature's tongue? Or to slice it apart by making a jagged stone?

Hmm, we're still draining energy. Turn everything off beyond external sensors while we wait for us to get a good hold on the surrounding area. We might need to move again if the Enemy is smart enough to track us to these mountains.

>>745360
Let's trust the scouts to keep an eye on the outside world. Can those living inside communicate with souls in the crystals through the interface panel without internal sensors active? If so, shut EVERYTHING down until petitioned for assistance. If not, internal sensors only.

If the batteries are charged to capacity before anything else goes wrong, repair the Uranite Object Growth System.

Guide 2016/09/01(Thu)14:09 No. 745547 ID: 3663d3
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>>745358
how do you propose we get to the aquifer? previous one was breached with a specilized aquifer drilling device. and no, our hands are extremely clumsy... why is that? is it just becuase i never had fingers before?
arm systems have been heavily tuned for combat use they ether use no power or full power, left arm enhancement via secondary core soul insertion has added a power dial of a sorts allowing it to perform less energy intensive actions, thus it can use only 4 energy to move at all while still needing 5 for maximum strnegth output
thanks.
finally no, stone cannot cut beast flesh, steel can't cut beast flesh, the metal of this walker, Uranite i suppose, is the only physical material to have ever harmed a beast.

>>745425
live dome to soul crystal communication system is extremely low energy demand to remain operational
well why isn't there a simple communication system from the crystal back into the dome?
unknown
sigh... fine.
*one last message to the dome inhabitants about when to use the communication system*

full shutdown except for dome communicator
----1 week later----

*beep beep beep* huh what?
you are being contacted on the dome communicator
thanks... ah they have finished scouting around and found several material deposits, iron, copper, tin, and some quartz crystal. they have also found a handful of bauxite stones but no source for them, could be located outside their search radius, which is the average distance a runner can go at full speed in an hour. can any of those be used by the city?
several subsystems make use of several materals other then Uranite, copper and silicon are in component parts for the Uranite object growth system, having extra would allow us to repair the system more effectively instead of shredding those components into atoms and rebuilding them
how do we use them instead of doing that shredding thing?
repair systems will automatically detect excess materials in hands when activated, materials will be capable of being placed into storage compartments once the uranite growth system allows us to make said compartments

Current power: 101.5
Power per day: 7.5

INTERNAL SENSORS- 1 energy per day, watch your insides

LAUNCH SOUL NET- 5 energy, soul net is released from body to catch souls outside of main chamber.

CLOSE/OPEN MAIN DOOR - 1,5, or 10 energy. use different amounts to close different ways. you can just let it drop for 1 energy, 5 energy can close it quickly. and 10 energy can slam it shut extremely hard, great for if something is in the doorway that you want to regret being in the doorway. regardless it takes 5 energy to open it again.

LIGHTS - 5 energy per day, internal lights accelerate plant growth and generally makes it easier to see where you are going and what you are doing

MOVE RIGHT ARM- 5 energy.

MOVE LEFT ARM- 4 energy

WALK- 25 energy per day of solid walking, minimal shaking

JOG- 50 energy per day of solid jogging, WARNING, GYRO SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE, JOGGING WILL CAUSE LARGE SCALE SHAKING IN THE LIVE DOME EVERY STEP.

RUN- 100 energy per day of solid running, WARNING, GYRO SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE, RUNNING WILL CAUSE MASSIVE TREMORS IN LIVE DOME EVERY STEP.

EXTEND/RETRACT STAIRS- 10 energy, control the staircase leading from the live dome hatch to the ground.

SHUT DOWN- turn off active equipment to charge power

EXTERNAL SENSORS- 5 energy per day. power up the eyes to see the world around you.

HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 5 energy to charge and activate and 5 energy a day to keep on, is an extension of the internal lighting system so that must be on as well. allows you to holographicly display anything you wish to the inhabitants of the live dome, holograms are incorporeal.

REPAIR URANITE OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM- 50 energy, a system designed to grow super uranite objects from the floor or walls of the live dome for use by the inhabitants, limited by knowledge of construction. SPECIAL - if silicon and copper are in excess instead requires 25 energy

Lets repair the uranite growth system then.

We've got a reasonable energy reserve for emergencies, so let's turn the interior lights back on, to help build up stocks of food and lumber. Turn on holographic communication just long enough to direct provisioning scouts to gather as much copper and silicon as possible, and maybe make a quick horizon sweep with the external sensors to see if anything has changed beyond scout range, but otherwise try to keep the reserve on an upward trend: 2.5 per day with just the lights, or 1.5 with just lights and internal sensors.

Repair the fabber as soon as enough materials are available to get the price break.

>>745547
Grab some copper for the repair bonus. Grab some iron for civilian use. Copper and tin can make bronze which might be a better starting metal if the civs can't work a bloomery.

1/4 Guide 2016/09/04(Sun)09:19 No. 746032 ID: 3663d3
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>>745549
well we just..

>>745642
that would take a really long time

>>745645
now that i can work with, let's see, said it's over this way... *LOUD ROBOT WALKING*

2/4 Guide 2016/09/04(Sun)09:19 No. 746033 ID: 3663d3
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GRABBING!

3/4 Guide 2016/09/04(Sun)09:20 No. 746034 ID: 3663d3
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CRUNCH

4/4 Guide 2016/09/04(Sun)09:20 No. 746035 ID: 3663d3
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and.. repair uranite object growth system
starting repairs... approriate materials located, harvesting....repairs completed

Current power: 66
Power per day: 7.5


new systems connected, uranite growth system main node connecting to several others.

REPAIR POWER ADAPTER - 30 energy, allows other fors of energy to be harvested to supplament primary soul crystal, EFFECIENCY LOW, only relatively high energy outputs will register. material bonus with copper and iron - 10 energy

REPAIR GYRO SYSTEM - 50 energy, the gyro causes the live dome to rotate in such a way that it negates rocking shaking and allows the main chassis to bend and rotate allowing greater mobility, material bonus with iron, carbon, silicon, copper, and gold - 20 energy

REPAIR ATOMIC CONTROLLER - 20 energy, add on to the uranite growth system that allows adding other materials to grown objects. material bonus with copper and silicon

new system activated

URANITE OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM - X energy, grow anything you can imagine from pure uranite, complex machines can be done so long as it is one material. power refence would be.... 10 energy to grow a slab that is used as a house foundation. you can also 'find and replace' any already made building.


what about pickaxes?
scanning... 5 objects of that shape can be made for 1 energy, where would you like them to grow?
let me think about it....

>>746035
Oh wow we can make a smeltery really easily with this. Maybe even something powerful enough to process sand to get silicon, if we can hook up machines to the city's power source.

I'm not sure pickaxes are a good idea. Manual mining is very slow. How about we skip straight to making weapons from uranite? Spears, swords, shields, chainmail. Also a bunch of tools for various tasks. Can we make guns? If not I suppose someone can go harvest lumber to carve into bows or crossbow limbs. The stiff parts of a crossbow can be made from uranite, though weight concerns are an issue. How lightweight is uranite?

Before anything else we should repair the power adapter.

I actually say go for the pickax creation. We're still primarily relying on people scouting for ore while we build up energy and super-material pickaxes can only help. In fact we should build several different tools for prospecting\extracting means.

>>746189
>power adapter
Oh, yeah, that seems like a good early investment. Then we can put windmills on top of the city or something. Solar panels? Can we make those? Nuclear reactor?

Obviously we should grab some copper and iron to help with the cost.

1/3 Guide 2016/09/05(Mon)03:04 No. 746191 ID: 3663d3
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>>746190
>>746189
(bear with me for a bit, was working on this for a while)

>>746045
Uranite is formed when raw soul energy is forced out of the ethereal plane into the physical one, this freshly formed uranite is super dense, heavy, heat resistant, and basically indestrutable. this is due to the soul energy confusing the laws of physics and essentially 'maxing out' all the 'settings' on it's properties. it was named uranite due to passing similarties to depleted uranium and a discoverer( Dr. Hawk Rite) that was bad at naming things(self acknowledged). in this fresh phase it is useless for basically anything besides really fancy unbreakable weights. but when more soul energy is sent through it, it's properties can be altered in any way you want, if you have enough energy.

2/3 Guide 2016/09/05(Mon)03:06 No. 746192 ID: 3663d3
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this leads to how it is used in the mk 3 combat city, overall it has been preset to a balance strength and lightness, unfortunantly being light applies a 'soft cap' on the streagth and durability it can provide without active power circulation. the secondary mini core this 'enemy' as you call it has been placed into acts as an automated energy circulator, causing the left arm to be be lighter and stronger. you could maximize strength to the peak if you actively use main core energy but safety measures are installed to autoadjust the settings of things such as weight to prevent catastrophic failure due to the square cube law doing things like snapping the legs off, current power required to maximize body strength without breaking is....4900 energy an hour.

3/3 Guide 2016/09/05(Mon)03:09 No. 746194 ID: 3663d3
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this finally leads creating other objects. this is done using a collection of nanomachines to gather uranite particles that have been grown and set to being weak enough to be removed by the nanomachines, they then assemble the object in the requested shape, if it is stand alone device it's settings are finalized for use with no circulation and then severed from the main hull. varible setting objects can be made if a soul crystal battery is attached, unfortunantly soul crystal growth systems at this time are unresponsive.

huh, so we can make nearly unbreakable razor pickaxes but they would weigh a ton.

Four pickaxes and some kind of knife or saw. Then, start carving up that tongue.

How about a hollow sheath of uranite for the 'blade' portion of a pickax to reduce weight. If the material is already heavy and really sturdy it doesn't need to be solid. We can just use wood for the handle.

>>746194
Simple solution: Extremely tough and sharp points on the pickaxe, lightweight uranite for the rest of the pick. It's like diamond-tipped tools. The weight can be adjusted to allow for better oomph when swinging the pick, for those who can handle it.

very well then, you feed your ideas into the growth system and they are made. you even have instructions etched into the sides of them.

the people are agreeable towards the new tools, a four person team heads out on a mining expedition while one starts slicing into the beast tongue, incredibly happy to be doing something that involves harming the beast, even if it's already dead.

interesting, it seems that only the outer casing of it is strong, the insides are just as easy to cut as normal flesh.

your child has grown enough they are allowed to work on simple jobs, like they were working towards they are a woodworker and have made a simple plant pot for their room. desire to make things must have come from their creation thought: crineadutistveous. uhhh, let's try that again, creative and industrious. so they like thinking of new things and working. kinda merged the words there the first time since me and my mate of kinda merged in here, without the MPM running we all act mostly in unison.

anyway! do we have anything else to do or should we power down until energy is full or called on?

Current power: 65
Power per day: 7.5

INTERNAL SENSORS- 1 energy per day, watch your insides

LAUNCH SOUL NET- 5 energy, soul net is released from body to catch souls outside of main chamber.

CLOSE/OPEN MAIN DOOR - 1,5, or 10 energy. use different amounts to close different ways. you can just let it drop for 1 energy, 5 energy can close it quickly. and 10 energy can slam it shut extremely hard, great for if something is in the doorway that you want to regret being in the doorway. regardless it takes 5 energy to open it again.

LIGHTS - 5 energy per day, internal lights accelerate plant growth and generally makes it easier to see where you are going and what you are doing

MOVE RIGHT ARM- 5 energy.

MOVE LEFT ARM- 4 energy

WALK- 25 energy per day of solid walking, minimal shaking

JOG- 50 energy per day of solid jogging, WARNING, GYRO SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE, JOGGING WILL CAUSE LARGE SCALE SHAKING IN THE LIVE DOME EVERY STEP.

RUN- 100 energy per day of solid running, WARNING, GYRO SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE, RUNNING WILL CAUSE MASSIVE TREMORS IN LIVE DOME EVERY STEP.

EXTEND/RETRACT STAIRS- 10 energy, control the staircase leading from the live dome hatch to the ground.

SHUT DOWN- turn off active equipment to charge power

EXTERNAL SENSORS- 5 energy per day. power up the eyes to see the world around you.

HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 5 energy to charge and activate and 5 energy a day to keep on, is an extension of the internal lighting system so that must be on as well. allows you to holographicly display anything you wish to the inhabitants of the live dome, holograms are incorporeal.

URANITE OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM - X energy, grow anything you can imagine from pure uranite, complex machines can be done so long as it is one material. power refence would be.... 10 energy to grow a slab that is used as a house foundation. you can also 'find and replace' any already made building.

REPAIR POWER ADAPTER - 30 energy, allows other fors of energy to be harvested to supplament primary soul crystal, EFFECIENCY LOW, only relatively high energy outputs will register. material bonus with copper and iron - 10 energy

REPAIR GYRO SYSTEM - 50 energy, the gyro causes the live dome to rotate in such a way that it negates rocking shaking and allows the main chassis to bend and rotate allowing greater mobility, material bonus with iron, carbon, silicon, copper, and gold - 20 energy

REPAIR ATOMIC CONTROLLER - 20 energy, add on to the uranite growth system that allows adding other materials to grown objects. material bonus with copper and silicon

Let us power down for now. Though I do have a suggestion to start repairing things as we get enough materials to make them cheaper then their base cost. The new pickaxes should make gathering the ore pretty easy to come by.

Priority should go to first the Gyro System, then the Power Converter and then the rest.

Guide 2016/09/09(Fri)04:19 No. 747180 ID: 3663d3
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Guide 2016/09/13(Tue)08:05 No. 747849 ID: 3663d3
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--1 week passes--

Current power: 117.5
Power per day: 7.5

We have reached enough stores of iron, carbon, silicon, and copper for all three currently repairable objects, unfortunately there has been no gold found. Therefore current energy costs to repair things are as follows:

POWER ADAPTER - 10
ATOMIC CONTROLLER - 10
GYRO SYSTEM - 35

>>747849
Repair the power adapter first. If that doesn't unlock further power-supply-related repair options, and enough materials are still available, go ahead with the other repairs.

>>747871
I'll agree with that.

Guide 2016/09/14(Wed)14:23 No. 747945 ID: 3663d3
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Repair power adapter

repairing... done

... and nothing new unlocked?

affirmative

dang, okay next the atomic controller and the gyro system

repairing .... done. gyro system online.

new systems found

REPAIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - 30 energy, satellite communication system, allows access to any orbiting systems as well as any other machines with compatible systems, material bonus - gold and silicon, 10 energy.

REPAIR SOUL CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEM - 50 energy, system designed to promote proper formation and growth of soul crystals for any applications. material bonus with - 5 soul husks , 10 energy

REPAIR GRAVITON COLLECTOR - 100 energy, graviton conduction and storage system for use in gravity controller(currently unresponsive). material bonus with - dark matter , 40 energy

... okay what? what is dark matter and how the heck do we get it?

dark matter is a material present but invisible through most of the universe, it can be noticed, and therefor interacted with properly, if extreme gravity is focused into a point within a vacuum... gravity controller system offline presents a catch 22, checking for resolutions.... resolution found, gain dark matter from other still operational uranite facility, checking for *BEEP* communication system offline, cannot request facility location information

argh!


Current power: 62.5
Power per day: 7.5

GYRO SYSTEM - PASSIVE - lower body, live dome, and upper body are now semi-separated allowing greater range of movement without tipping the live dome over and reducing vibrations caused by movement.

POWER ADAPTER - PASSIVE - energy can be gained from other sources, only relatively energetic sources of energy will be usable. for example, a lighting bolt.

INTERNAL SENSORS- 1 energy per day, watch your insides

LAUNCH SOUL NET- 5 energy, soul net is released from body to catch souls outside of main chamber.

CLOSE/OPEN MAIN DOOR - 1,5, or 10 energy. use different amounts to close different ways. you can just let it drop for 1 energy, 5 energy can close it quickly. and 10 energy can slam it shut extremely hard, great for if something is in the doorway that you want to regret being in the doorway. regardless it takes 5 energy to open it again.

LIGHTS - 5 energy per day, internal lights accelerate plant growth and generally makes it easier to see where you are going and what you are doing

MOVE RIGHT ARM- 5 energy.

MOVE LEFT ARM- 4 energy

WALK- 25 energy per day of solid walking, minimal shaking

JOG- 50 energy per day of solid jogging, WARNING, GYRO SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE, JOGGING WILL CAUSE LARGE SCALE SHAKING IN THE LIVE DOME EVERY STEP.

RUN- 100 energy per day of solid running, WARNING, GYRO SYSTEM UNRESPONSIVE, RUNNING WILL CAUSE MASSIVE TREMORS IN LIVE DOME EVERY STEP.

EXTEND/RETRACT STAIRS- 10 energy, control the staircase leading from the live dome hatch to the ground.

SHUT DOWN- turn off active equipment to charge power

EXTERNAL SENSORS- 5 energy per day. power up the eyes to see the world around you.

HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 5 energy to charge and activate and 5 energy a day to keep on, is an extension of the internal lighting system so that must be on as well. allows you to holographicly display anything you wish to the inhabitants of the live dome, holograms are incorporeal.

OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM - X energy, grow anything you can imagine from pure uranite, complex machines can be done so long as it is one material. power refence would be.... 10 energy to grow a slab that is used as a house foundation. you can also 'find and replace' any already made building. upgrade allows system to build from other materials if they are on hand.

>>747945
REPAIR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, with material bonus if we can get it. Then we'll be able to ping satellites and possibly find points of interest to travel to.

>>747945
The "jog" and "run" options say gyros are still unresponsive.

What are soul husks, exactly?

>>748019
I think husks are what we get when we absorb souls but they won't stop freaking out and go brain-dead. We don't have many right now.

1/2 Guide 2016/09/16(Fri)23:13 No. 748244 ID: 3663d3
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communication system repaired, pinging ether channels....
...
...
PING! [i]

hello, you have reached the high orbit scanning satellite: TER-873. please input authorization code

[i] sg;g9lkyfl5RI*EKIgfl*EKo6OP_G

code accepted, it has been 1 1 2 8 3 years since your last ping, MK3-00004. what is the nature of your request?

i require directions to the nearest uranite facility

confirmed ... nearest facility located, colony ship REBECCA is currently on the surface, sending data. will that be all?

can you batch me through to the ship?

confirmed, please be aware that this is not my designated role so only basic information can be sent, kshhhhhh

WHAT?! who, who is this?

greetings, i am the helper AI on board MK3-00004, we are in need of repairs, current order requests dark matter but gravity control system is offline, we desire fuel up from your stores and energy supply if possible

... not much for conversation are you? yeah yeah i got some dark matter, and plenty of juice. just come over and take any docking clamp you want, not like there's a line... are you manned?

affirmative, 00004 is currently crewed by a species with a rating of 3: metal tool creation/use.

very well then, i have added you to the white-list for my perimeter, you may approach, see you later. BEEP

Guide 2016/09/16(Fri)23:14 No. 748245 ID: 3663d3
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map updated, the REBECCA is located east by south east.

Current power: 42.5
Power per day: 7.5

GYRO SYSTEM - PASSIVE - lower body, live dome, and upper body are now semi-separated allowing greater range of movement without tipping the live dome over and reducing vibrations caused by movement.

POWER ADAPTER - PASSIVE - energy can be gained from other sources, only relatively energetic sources of energy will be usable. for example, a lighting bolt.

INTERNAL SENSORS- 1 energy per day, watch your insides

LAUNCH SOUL NET- 5 energy, soul net is released from body to catch souls outside of main chamber.

CLOSE/OPEN MAIN DOOR - 1,5, or 10 energy. use different amounts to close different ways. you can just let it drop for 1 energy, 5 energy can close it quickly. and 10 energy can slam it shut extremely hard, great for if something is in the doorway that you want to regret being in the doorway. regardless it takes 5 energy to open it again.

LIGHTS - 5 energy per day, internal lights accelerate plant growth and generally makes it easier to see where you are going and what you are doing

MOVE RIGHT ARM- 5 energy.

MOVE LEFT ARM- 4 energy

WALK- 25 energy per day of solid walking, smooth ride

JOG- 50 energy per day of solid jogging, gentle swaying

RUN- 100 energy per day of solid running, mild shaking

EXTEND/RETRACT STAIRS- 10 energy, control the staircase leading from the live dome hatch to the ground.

SHUT DOWN- turn off active equipment to charge power

EXTERNAL SENSORS- 5 energy per day. power up the eyes to see the world around you.

HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 5 energy to charge and activate and 5 energy a day to keep on, is an extension of the internal lighting system so that must be on as well. allows you to holographicly display anything you wish to the inhabitants of the live dome, holograms are incorporeal.

OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM - X energy, grow anything you can imagine from pure uranite, complex machines can be done so long as it is one material. power refence would be.... 10 energy to grow a slab that is used as a house foundation. you can also 'find and replace' any already made building. upgrade allows system to build from other materials if they are on hand.

>>748245
How far is it? Also, now that we have a choice as to what method of locomotion we use, what is the most efficient for distance traveled? If we don't have enough energy to reach it we'll need to either shut down for a while longer to regenerate energy or (if the distance is great) find some more souls to raise the rate of regeneration. I was hoping for solar panels or wind power or even a nuclear reactor maybe but it seems that the best we can do right now is lightning rods? The whole city is like a lightning rod so it's not like we'd even have to build something for that.

Open communication with the residents, tell them about the new route and how long it will take without any added energy sources.

Is it possible for us to get unfriendly souls to generate power from? Or would they cause trouble? Could we purposefully turn unfriendly souls into husks?

How electrically conductive is the city's structure, and the stairs? If "not very," let's extrude a hair-thin superconductive wire from the power converter to the highest point on the outer hull, and another one from the power converter down to the ground. Make the lightning's job easier.

Notify folks inside to recall the mining team before we walk off. At the current rate, we're not going to be able to spend more than three days out of every ten walking, so let's plan accordingly. Every time we reach an area with notably different geology, take time off to do more digging, and maintain a reserve of energy as a contingency for defense.

Guide 2016/09/21(Wed)20:06 No. 748987 ID: 3663d3
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>>748248
>>748390
building separate infrastructure is unneeded. while my direct access to energy is limited, when i am sure it would result in a quick return of more energy then was used i am allowed more. in this case a good lightning strike would more then make up for the energy needed to cause a micro strand of uranite to take on superconducting properties for a moment. which i can do.

interesting. but for now.

>>748390
you call back the people as you will be moving again.

>>748248
power to distance ratio has several factors. at this time walking is the most efficient due to the extremely rugged terrain. on flat land running would be the most efficient.

you have also gotten a small amount of map data from the satellite , due to it focusing on your and the ship's areas. the arrow shows our current path so far, roughly 10 hours of walking

>>748987
Looks like it'd take around 40 walk-hours to get there, which would use up almost exactly as much energy as we have or more, unless running is very efficient.

If we had the Atomic Controller running could we make a power plant that would contribute energy if it were provided with fuel? Though, at the moment, I can't think of any sufficiently energetic fuel that we could gather. Or, could we just MAKE fuel? Like could the Atomic Controller let us produce enriched uranium or whatever to run a nuclear reactor? Could we even make a nuclear reactor or does the city not have blueprints for such a thing? Well, that's probably impossible. The city could not possibly create an infinite energy loop like that or it'd be standard equipment.

>>748987
Do we know what kind of terrain is in that brown area on the other side of the mountains?

1/2 Guide 2016/09/27(Tue)15:25 No. 750105 ID: 3663d3
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>>748988
the atomic controller assists in moving things around at atomic level precision, the ability to build atoms requires quark level precision. but if raw uranium ore is found the controller can process it into a more usable form quite easily

>>748990
it's grassland
then shouldn't it be green?
yes, i can only confirm it's grassland due to annotations, if you look at the area we came from it's just orange, no sign of the various bushes, the map is very simple and basic due to TER-873 not having been requested to update it in.... a while, so it only took a snapshot.

2/2 Guide 2016/09/27(Tue)15:28 No. 750106 ID: 3663d3
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BWAAAH!

i turned the corner of one of the peaks and i found an enemy! they must have been combing the mountains for us, lucked out and weren't found until just now.

should we kill it? will gain souls but the MPM will definitely activate if the souls it has are anything like the last batch (no offense).

>>750106
Yes, kill it. We're gonna need the extra soul power, and we can just close the door until MPM is finished. Should be simpler now that we have better use of limbs. Soul net then squash.

>>750108
Agreement. As an addendum, assuming combat goes according to plan, consider sending people out afterward in rotating shifts to tear apart the thing's body with those new tools. Might be valuable materials in there somewhere, and it'll definitely be good for morale.

1/3 Guide 2016/09/29(Thu)20:17 No. 750352 ID: 3663d3
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ah, it's trying to run away! not on my watch!

*SMUsoul net deployedSH*

2/3 Guide 2016/09/29(Thu)20:20 No. 750353 ID: 3663d3
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9 compatible souls in net, 4 have formed two separate stable rings, the other 5 are solitary.

let's change the data format so it's easier to tell how many we have of each style.

3/3 Guide 2016/09/29(Thu)20:22 No. 750354 ID: 3663d3
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and now we need to decided where to put the enemy soul. uppers improve armor efficiency, lower for the legs. and while the left arm has one already it can fit more, just an FYI.

>>750354
>armor efficiency
Did you mean arm efficiency? Also the arm upgrade just let us increase power output on the arm, it's not really more efficient.

Put one on a leg to see what we get out of that. The left leg.

Tell the souls that are freaking out that everything is fine and you are here to welcome them to the afterlife. Focus on the stable rings first and foremost.

>>750355
yes, i meant arm, and no i mean efficiency. it lowers the minimum amount of energy needed to move the arm. left arm takes 4 and right arm takes 5. this allows finer motor control as it's not moving full power for every action.

>>750367
Oh, I had the two mixed up in my head. I guess I still want to use it on the leg though.

You're going to be moving around a lot, put it in the leg. Cheaper movement!

and by "left leg" I mean the side opposite the arm we've upgraded.

1/3 Guide 2016/10/03(Mon)01:49 No. 750904 ID: 3663d3
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socketed, running diagnostic... 100% compatibility confirmed again, leg has gotten mild plating near the socket, similar to plate appearing on left arm.

and the souls that have made stable rings seem to be all doing fine. the singles are still having problems though.

2/3 Guide 2016/10/03(Mon)01:53 No. 750906 ID: 3663d3
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inside things are going fine. with the gyro system on no one notices anything, they can only assume we are still moving due to the door still being closed.

curtains are being added and it seems like some kind of large wood craft is going on.

3/3 Guide 2016/10/03(Mon)02:00 No. 750907 ID: 3663d3
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well, let's keep moving, while you can take one enemy at a time easily enough, you don' want to risk fighting a swarm of them. after a couple more hours of travel we get to where the mountains start shrinking down into the grasslands. should we keep moving or stop and search the area a bit?

Current power: 127.5
Power per day: 9.7

GYRO SYSTEM - PASSIVE - lower body, live dome, and upper body are now semi-separated allowing greater range of movement without tipping the live dome over and reducing vibrations caused by movement.

POWER ADAPTER - PASSIVE - energy can be gained from other sources, only relatively energetic sources of energy will be usable. for example, a lighting bolt.

INTERNAL SENSORS- 1 energy per day, watch your insides

LAUNCH SOUL NET- 5 energy, soul net is released from body to catch souls outside of main chamber.

CLOSE/OPEN MAIN DOOR - 1,5, or 10 energy. use different amounts to close different ways. you can just let it drop for 1 energy, 5 energy can close it quickly. and 10 energy can slam it shut extremely hard, great for if something is in the doorway that you want to regret being in the doorway. regardless it takes 5 energy to open it again.

LIGHTS - 5 energy per day, internal lights accelerate plant growth and generally makes it easier to see where you are going and what you are doing

MOVE RIGHT ARM- 5 energy.

MOVE LEFT ARM- 4 energy

WALK- 23 energy per day of solid walking, smooth ride

JOG- 48 energy per day of solid jogging, gentle swaying

RUN- 98 energy per day of solid running, mild shaking

EXTEND/RETRACT STAIRS- 10 energy, control the staircase leading from the live dome hatch to the ground.

SHUT DOWN- turn off active equipment to charge power

EXTERNAL SENSORS- 5 energy per day. power up the eyes to see the world around you.

HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 5 energy to charge and activate and 5 energy a day to keep on, is an extension of the internal lighting system so that must be on as well. allows you to holographicly display anything you wish to the inhabitants of the live dome, holograms are incorporeal.

OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM - X energy, grow anything you can imagine from pure uranite, complex machines can be done so long as it is one material. power refence would be.... 10 energy to grow a slab that is used as a house foundation. you can also 'find and replace' any already made building. upgrade allows system to build from other materials if they are on hand.

>>750907
Let's stop and look around a bit. Power generation has not gone up enough I think to make the journey without stopping, so we may as well stop right now.

How good's a bonfire for energy? Maybe have them gather wood while they prospect for other supplies?

Stop and send out prospecting teams for minerals, and possibly useful plants in the grasslands. Leave internal sensors and interior lights on.

Guide 2016/10/04(Tue)22:03 No. 751329 ID: 3663d3
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current power 107.5

you send the people out to explore with orders to come back fast if anything happens.
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they come back after only 2 hours and report they found something. the oil tribe has a cave nearby. how should we handle them?

>>751329
So we know anything about the oil tribe?

Yeah can we get some information on them please? Are they friendly? Neutral? Can we trade with them or should we KILL THEM ALLLLLL

Guide 2016/10/05(Wed)12:22 No. 751462 ID: 3663d3
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the oil nut is like a coconut, but when cracked open it is full of oil instead of the normal milky fluid. by default it is a very crude sort of oil but can be refined. the most amazing part is that if you 'water' the seed with a refined oil it will grow a tree that produces that particular kind. the downside is only normal trees produce seeds.

your last meeting with them was amicable, and several years ago. they also still had their jogger elder, but you can't assume anything. you should be able to talk to them easily enough, but getting them to give you a seed for the oil nut tree will be difficult if not impossible. you can tell from the shape of the mountain around their cave they are not also in a giant robot, not enough room.

Hmmm, how valuable would Uranite tools are weapons be to them? They are good enough to fight back against the enemy aren't they? We might get an oil tree nut from them.

Otherwise simply trade for anything we might need or simple luxeries.

Also before we leave them we need to warn them that the enemy has been hunting in area at the very least.

Yes, we can easily trade Uranite tools to them in exchange for an oil seed. Heck, they can even custom order some stuff. Who knows what they need?

Guide 2016/10/05(Wed)20:17 No. 751558 ID: 3663d3
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you send your people out with some uranite swords and tools to see if they will trade.

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they return 3 hours later, they are unhurt but no trades happened, they give you an report of what happened.

"when we approached they were at first naturally wary, but we stated our intention to trade and they gathered their tribe outside the cave to see what we had. but when shown the items they were instead startled, the elder manged to calm things down before it escalated and told us how the year before they had tried to go over the mountains to the east, getting to the top was relatively easy, but on the other side they saw in the distance an island with a dome the color of the swords. as they descended the object atop the dome turned towards them, but nothing else happened so they continued. eventually they found a shattered body of another runner below them. one of their runners approached but when they got down far enough a flash of light issued from the object atop the dome and shattered them. their mate ran for them and was destroyed as well. the elder just barely managed to hold the others back, realizing that the only ones that were destroyed were those that moved ahead. the tribe turned back and eventually came to this cave. they then asked if we had been to the island and if we knew about the deaths. we stated no to both. they then asked where we obtained such tools. we stated we needed to ask our elder and came back here."

Wonder if the gun can damage uranite. We should probably step within its extreme range to get an idea. Just how big is it? We could probably just throw rocks until it's buried if it's small?

Tell the oil tribe you discovered a marvel that can build tools out of this excellent material and you're willing to trade some for an oil nut. Mention it can cut an Enemy's hide.

>>751558
An island? In the mountains? Or do they mean the turret was in the ocean we chose not to explore, and we couldn't see it for some reason? Or do they mean west-- the direction we're going?

>>751574
ah dammit got my east west backwards.

Ah, alright. Oh hey it's on the map, even. So... I guess the turret is part of the structure we're heading towards? And it won't shoot us? I hope???

From the communication we received the IFF was set to friendly for us.

>>751582
Oh right. Never mind about throwing rocks. Offer to ferry the Oil Tribe past it maybe?

We could offer them safe passage through the colony ship Rebecca's security perimeter. They'd just need to come inside the battle city's hab dome.

Guide 2016/10/07(Fri)15:03 No. 751772 ID: 3663d3
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You explain your new plan and the traders head out once again.

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A team of two of the oil tribe arrived, they were astonished when they saw the body of the city, even more so when your people showed them the way inside, and once more when they saw the severed beast tongue. after a quick tour they left once again.

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The entire oil tribe is here this time. they have packed up all the stuff they could and brought it with them. normally taking everything would be impossible, you cant run while carrying 3 life crucibles, a stack of seeds and the elder. well, you could, but not for long.

They have agreed to give us an oil seed in exchange for some of our seeds and a ride to the island. they will also show us various tricks of the oil tree they have discovered over the years.


current power 107.5
Power per day: 9.7

GYRO SYSTEM - PASSIVE - lower body, live dome, and upper body are now semi-separated allowing greater range of movement without tipping the live dome over and reducing vibrations caused by movement.

POWER ADAPTER - PASSIVE - energy can be gained from other sources, only relatively energetic sources of energy will be usable. for example, a lighting bolt.

INTERNAL SENSORS- 1 energy per day, watch your insides

LAUNCH SOUL NET- 5 energy, soul net is released from body to catch souls outside of main chamber.

CLOSE/OPEN MAIN DOOR - 1,5, or 10 energy. use different amounts to close different ways. you can just let it drop for 1 energy, 5 energy can close it quickly. and 10 energy can slam it shut extremely hard, great for if something is in the doorway that you want to regret being in the doorway. regardless it takes 5 energy to open it again.

LIGHTS - 5 energy per day, internal lights accelerate plant growth and generally makes it easier to see where you are going and what you are doing

MOVE RIGHT ARM- 5 energy.

MOVE LEFT ARM- 4 energy

WALK- 23 energy per day of solid walking, smooth ride

JOG- 48 energy per day of solid jogging, gentle swaying

RUN- 98 energy per day of solid running, mild shaking

EXTEND/RETRACT STAIRS- 10 energy, control the staircase leading from the live dome hatch to the ground.

SHUT DOWN- turn off active equipment to charge power

EXTERNAL SENSORS- 5 energy per day. power up the eyes to see the world around you.

HOLOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM- 5 energy to charge and activate and 5 energy a day to keep on, is an extension of the internal lighting system so that must be on as well. allows you to holographicly display anything you wish to the inhabitants of the live dome, holograms are incorporeal.

OBJECT GROWTH SYSTEM - X energy, grow anything you can imagine from pure uranite, complex machines can be done so long as it is one material. power refence would be.... 10 energy to grow a slab that is used as a house foundation. you can also 'find and replace' any already made building. upgrade allows system to build from other materials if they are on hand.

REPAIR SOUL CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEM - 50 energy, system designed to promote proper formation and growth of soul crystals for any applications. material bonus with - 5 soul husks , 10 energy

REPAIR GRAVITON COLLECTOR - 100 energy, graviton conduction and storage system for use in gravity controller(currently unresponsive). material bonus with - dark matter , 40 energy

Keep the lights on to facilitate oil tree growth. If there aren't any worthwhile minerals nearby, based on their knowledge of the area, resume travel.

If there are life crucibles not already in use, and qualified workers not occupied with more immediately critical tasks, consider formalizing the alliance by intermarriage. Running is less important when you've got an armored battle city, so make another elder, to partake of the knowledge of both tribes.

Actually if we're breeding more I'd like to see if we can recreate the lost type (was it walker or jogger?).

Guide 2016/10/08(Sat)01:12 No. 751860 ID: 3663d3
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reproduction is somewhat complicated. usually we only need the first step, is the removal, the two people that wish to do so approach the crucible and after filling the limb with as much energy as they can, they rip it off and drop it into the crucible, both of them. the arms then swirl together forming a proto person, if enough mass and energy is in there then the coded genetics will ignite the soul energy into a true soul and it will become a child with only their genetic memory.

the second step is needed to produce a child of a longer lived variant, the sacrifice. the parents to be after the removal will then focus their energy on the crucible, reinforcing the soul structure, causing it to use the alternate code we carry and the child will be that kind. the problem is it is always 100% deadly to the parents. they have to give too much to make something different.

that's not all, the life crucible's quality determines what kind of child can be grown in it based on it's ability to reflect soul energy inward. what effects that is based on the shell composition of the person it was made from. a runner that dies of old age will have micro crystals throughout their shell, such as my mate, this makes it reflective enough to ensure the soul energy going in is more then can leak out when creating a jogger, aka the elder. and the body of the elder will have larger crystals.

finally, you can only be one stage down from your target variant. runners just do not have enough energy to make a walker. this means that two elders would need to be it's parents, and they will both die when doing so.

Can you build a life crucible out of uranite or soul crystals?

That reminds me. The Enemy traps the souls of things it kills. Is that a normal thing? Or were the Enemy created to gather souls for some reason?

Right, if we can make a higher quality crucible that would help the village make stronger children.

Speaking of which are they breeding on their own? We should be attempting to replenish numbers at least somewhat.

Guide 2016/10/09(Sun)21:33 No. 752108 ID: 3663d3
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>>751861
uranite is as permeable to soul energy as any solid material could be, from how these crucibles are described it would be the worst material possible to use. and soul crystal may be usable, but making a casing that like that is not something the crystal growth system was designed for. regardless it's currently in the repair queue and not usable.

>>751863
it is very much not normal, soul crystal was previously the only known thing capable of holding souls properly, otherwise they eventually enter the ethereal plane of their own accord and merge with the energy currents there, the soul net is what guides souls into the core. and no idea if that could be the enemy's goal or not, the ones in the secondary cores seem to have no desires of their own at all, which is also odd.

so this ethereal plane appears as a bright white light, correct?

no it's suggested that the closest color would most likely be the same as the soul crystals, which helps in it's containment abilities as is emulates that environment

but when i died i saw a massively bright light emanating from the open door, calling me towards it. i only managed to enter the crystal instead.

...... no data found that could be linked to phenomenon as described, perhaps the Rebecca will have data on it when we meet with it

>>751863
habit, programming, and long term fears have made the idea of having more then one child growing per family unpalatable. but it appears they will be considered adults soon and with the abundant food none of them will be adverse to having another child.

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your tribes have started teaching each other. they have planted their oil tree seeds and some of your people are watching to learn. while one of yours gives a quick rundown on the cottony plants and trees. other oilers are watching the crafters work with the wood and cotton. others watch the process of the beast tongue being sliced. and finally the elders are telling stories to eachother and our elder in training.

which we get moving or still stay here some more?

>>752108
Could we use Beast tongue material to enhance the soul crucible?

Might as well get moving again if everyone's settled.

Couldn't you fashion a kind of leather bowl for the crucible to sit in and act as an additional reflector? Let's make some uranite tools to cut, clean and shape some enemy leather.

How much of a discount on repairing the soul crystal growth system using the soul husks already in stock?

Guide 2016/10/11(Tue)01:27 No. 752406 ID: 3663d3
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>>752110
we start moving again.
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MPM deactivated, 3 souls have become husks

is there any way to prevent that?

forcefully preventing souls from self terminating results in a reverse cycle energy build up, this can easily result in soul crystal detonation if it goes on too long. so yes there is, but it's a bad idea.

>>752151
you print out some leather working tools with instructions on the side of the larger blade. but you disagree with trying it on the crucible straight away, instead it will be a full body suit for a person to wear, if it provides proper soul energy reflection without side effects the person wearing it should notice a marked decrease in need to eat and improved stamina due to energy that normally leaks out during strenuous activity not leaking.

>>752173
repairing soul crystal growth system... DING

SOUL CRYSTAL GROWTH SYSTEM - 1 soul husk, variable energy. the soul crystal growth system uses a soul husk to make an inverted portal to the ethereal plane drawing the substance of the plane itself through rather then energy. a perfectly spherical soul crystal will form around this opening, energy is used to hold breech open. this results in crystal size dependent on how much energy is used. crystals can store about a tenth the energy it takes to make them in souls. for comparison the primary soul crystal required approximately 10000 energy to form, along with additional stabilizing mechanisms due to size, resulting in the ability to store 1000 souls

this also allows soul crystal linking, that light generating soul crystal your tribe brought with them can be placed against the wall and i can scan and possibly integrate it into the system.

>>752406
Let's scan it then.

...hey, how many husks do we have left? And would the soul crystal make an exceptional crucible on its own, or should we wait until we can further reinforce it?

Alright, so trying to make a walker isn't feasible until we have at least three joggers. Preferably four, so that there's a breeding pair left.

...do the people have taboos against incest, and are there genetic feasibility concerns? Or can we base all of our future walkers off a single breeding pair?

Guide 2016/10/12(Wed)12:58 No. 752709 ID: 3663d3
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>>752652
sort of, since our bodies are mostly programming rather then DNA we have a different sort of problem, soul stagnation. creating a child requires the energies of the parents to be different enough that they react when mixing. but there is enough built up alterations over the course of growing up that we do not have the concept of cousins. direct sibling relations on the other hand will simply fail. so the minimum stable population is 4, 2 pairs of 2. they have two children each, they can then pair with their opposite member and have 2 children each, etc etc. the first pair did not have this issue due to the makers 'stirring the pot', so to speak, so their children, while technically siblings, had very different soul...'colors' is the best way to put it, which let them interbreed without issue.

>>752430
1 husk is left, and a soul crystal is a solid sphere, a crucible is a hollow bowl with a lid.

you send a message down to place the sphere the light against the wall near the intercom.

scanning... hmmm, whoever they were, they have entered a 'terminal torus' state. this soul formation occurs when two souls that have formed a stable ring are left without any ability to receive outside information for an excessively long time. in fact, looking at the structure... yes this is a standard soul energy battery, it's not supposed to have any actual souls stored in it, just energy. which raises the question of how those two got in there.

and what's a terminal torus?

this soul formation has a much lower power output then a regular stable ring but it is incredibly stable, allowing it to store far more then normal, about fifty energy going by your units of measure. for reference a single soul and the partners in a stable ring can hold ten each, the triple formation can also hold ten each with a bonus five for a total of 35.

but since we are in a massive soul crystal shouldn't the crystal itself be able to store some?

yes, if you weren't also the source of the energy. soul energy tries to equalize across all connected systems by flat rate rather then proportion, so a large full crystal will pour energy into an empty and smaller crystal and fill it all the way up.

>>752709
It sounds like soul crystal globes are just going to be batteries, then?

Suggestion 2016/10/14(Fri)01:31 No. 752999 ID: 3663d3
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>>752711
that is their intended purpose, but no one has sliced one open and hollowed it out to serve as an incubator system for a created organism before, since that is a need that did not exist, so who knows what will happen if you try.

we will be walking for a while. any long term plans? such as direct buildings or specific reproduction planning?

>>752999
>cut soul globe in half
We can do that?

>reproduction plans
Well we should try to get more Joggers so that we can bring back the Walker line without exhausting the Jogger line's reproduction capabilities.

>>753000
We can fabricate custom machine tools with arbitrary physical properties, including unreasonabl extremes of durability and density. It'd be more surprising if there was something we couldn't carve.

Since we've only got one husk to work with, let's throw all but 10 of our stockpiled energy (to slam the door with, in case of emergency) into a big soul crystal. Unless that wouldn't be big enough to plausibly carve crucible-sized chunks out of, in which case hold off and proceed toward the colony ship for dark matter as previously scheduled.

Don't desperately need a population boom while they're all stuck inside a fixed-size hab dome, anyway. Recreating walkers can wait.

Guide 2016/11/24(Thu)23:19 No. 761257 ID: d79f26
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>>753028
checking.... size of crucible compared to energy requirements suggests that it would not be large enough

dang okay we can wait, how much further to the ship?

one or two days if we maintain velocity

-------3 hours later---------

uhhhh, the FUCK is going on here?

unknown, please provide more data

>>761257
... Giant fat Enemy killed and is eating the soul of another Enemy?

Dang, these things are like some kind of soul pyramid scheme aren't they.

1/2 Guide 2016/11/26(Sat)09:22 No. 761599 ID: d79f26
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HIGH ENERGY REACTION DETECTED
wha-

*SHING*
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Guide 2016/11/26(Sat)09:30 No. 761604 ID: d79f26
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*KA-SPLORT*
oh crap it exploded... and what is that?

... it appears to be a large scale soul construct... it's claws appear to be incredibly sharp, enough so that it could actually damage us.

okay how do we handle this thing? fight, flee... parley?

>>761604
>parley
Somehow I doubt it'll be communicative, but hey, if it is...

If at all possible, though, I'd like to avoid detection. Can we do that, or is it too late?

From what we know the only way to damage them is with your tech so tossing rocks won't work. Personally I favor running towards the turret. We know we're near its activation range so take advantage of that! If we can, hit it with soul net right as it gets shot. Or if it gets shot but doesn't die we can finish it off with the soul net active.

Try walking around, maintaining a respectful distance and avoiding overt threatening behavior. Colony ship perimeter defenses are presumably designed to deal with this kind of thing, so if we can make it there without a confrontation it becomes someone else's problem.

If it picks a fight with us... feasibility estimate on rapidly extruding a hair-thin ultratensile uranite fiber, positioned as a tripwire, to literally cut it off at the knees just before it closes to fist range? If that works, or some other trick can be arranged to render it prone, simply stomp on the head and/or chest while deploying soul net.