Art of Domination Thread 04

1) Not too worried about white stalkers. If memory serves even if they are shapehifters, their form are always very rough and they can't change color so they are pretty highly conspicuous.

2) The upgraded brainbeasts and bodyjackers, those are a much more bigger threat

-2)a) With all the advance we've made lately (also did we recuperate some data from the region 1 robotic lab ?), could we realistically have R&D whip up some automated turrets against bodyjackers and brainbeast by now?

(Automated defenses were once mentioned into his adventure, waaay back when Talab was sent against his old pal of the circle, at the point Vora did notice mentally that the Saramis alliance abandoned they idea of automated turrets because they couldn't get facial recognition to work right.
But against beasts who have a completely different form of body, that shouldn't be a problem. While we're a it, might as well also put recognition for faceless, boiling pigs and mash mares.)

Two barrels, a light machine gun for most threat, a secondary one with armor piercing ammo for the bodyjackers.

Assuming it doesn't cost too much RP a piece and if we keep our auto factory producing for a day or two we should be able to have enough to strengthen the perimeter with things that won't be affected by either branbeast, pretenders or bodyjackers.

-2)b) In the meantime: that's for this exact kind of shit that we bough a truckload of sonic mechs

(... er we do still have them, do we ? Because they keep disappearing from the unit list... Okay if we don't have them anymore, buy some more, at 800 Rp a pop, they're a steal)

Robotic and highly efficient against biological things, they are the best counter we have here (and their sonic wave should go through the bodyjackers carapace)

Pull a few from region 3 and 4 patrols if necessary or buy about a ten more with the RP we have in reserve. Get them to patrol in perimeter along region 5 border and while we're at it, also on the coast of region 3 that faces region 1

Add a few of hidden sniper spots to take care of fedora stalkers or human agents an finally a couple of seeker drones to patrol above at high altitude to warn if there's a major assault or a breach and we should have a pretty secure almost entirely automated (or at least remote controlled) perimeter before we deal with Pioneer and can turn out attention to region 5 in fullest.

3) As for the factory itself. ...I'm all for trying to talk to it but.. if push come to shove... is there any good apparent reason we couldn't just enderstrike it ?

(yes, I know, I know it's not the solution to everything but it's still damn handy and so still a good way to deal with stuff we don't want to approach too close)

If we send an aircraft to try to airstrike it or even just get a visual, I insist it should be from very high above, we don't want to loose a plane jsut because a brainbeast got a good enough glance at the pilot.

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Good to know the bodyjaker ar 'piloted' by pretenders, that's a weakness we could use.

The Polluted are capable of repelling metallic elements, but their bodies are still vulnerable to heat. Organic matter can also harm them. Ironically, fighting one with your bare hands is more effective than with a gun.

Funny considering of the two Poluted that were destroyed by , one was shot open with bullets (the other by a firework expoding in it's "face" if memory serves). To be fair, it was recently 'formed' and seemed to hobble more than anything else.

-Hey BTW, the' stomachs' convert energy for the 'heart'. Does that mean we could use the rmain of the poluuted we alrady have to use advaced batteries or generators ?

PLEASE NOTE: Do not fight an Author with your bare hands! The Polluted lack the ability to manipulate organic life. The Authors can do it very easily, and can just turn your hands into a flesh-eating bacterial colony.

And yet, ironicaly that's how Lagan (and intruder) litteraly killed the only aauthor to ve diretly killed on screen so far (in disguise, sure and with a good dose of verbal mindfuck in it too but still it was a bare haded ball grab nonetheless)

An Author’s actual brain is separated, floating in outer space because one brain is the size of the average galaxy in our world.

Hey that reminds me, we should probably as Intruder about:
1)Alone
2)How to feed/send back to his universe the dying Alone we found during our assault on region 1
(BTW what happned to it ?)
3)The corpse of Nadir that is apparently the core of planet 117 and it's 'mind moon'

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PS: Also, looking at the list, didn't we already unlock the tumorhide armor technology as well ?
I could have swore we did but I can't remember for sure and it's impossible to check what with the MSPA archives lost forever and all...