RE: Art of Domination Thread 04
11-28-2016, 05:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-22-2017, 10:11 PM by Mayu_Zane.)
(11-10-2016, 01:26 AM)LoverIan Wrote: »>have a seeker get close to the walking factory but not close enough to set off the brain trees to see the chances of a nuke being stored on the factory
Seeker-1 tries to get a good look at the factory, and scans whatever it can from a safe distance. It finds a huge mess of organic matter behind the walls, but it’s unclear what it is.
You: Have a look through the skylight.
Ghulls: Proceeding to- oh…
![[Image: artofdomination_383.jpg]](https://s19.postimg.org/8a2d6pnk3/artofdomination_383.jpg)
You: What the hell am I looking at?
Lagan: Hmm. I’ll call up Intruder. HEY, INTRUDER!
Intruder’s voice comes in clearly via the radio. Somehow he was able to hear your husband yell inside the Enderfist despite the fact that Intruder’s vessel is somewhere planetside and you know for damn sure he’s not using a radio.
Intruder: I’m busy. Also, speak to me with more respect. You may be an ally, but you are not my equal.
Lagan: Fine, Bane of the Opus. We found this walking factory with a lot of gross flesh inside making more monsters. Know anything about it?
Intruder: Cloning facility. Basic blueprint involves modification of plant matter and then using that to merge with animal reproductive organs.
Lagan: Okay, so, how do we stop it?
Intruder: Freeze it or crush it with a really big object. Just don’t burn it or expose it to radioactive material. Nuking it is even worse.
Lagan: Say again?
Intruder: Radiotrophic. Cloning facility converts energy into matter. Gamma radiation, beta radiation, x-rays, heat radiation, give it enough amounts and it can build the perfect copy of a template creature, complete with memories. The Ul’nayeth, we made it this way so we can give a faction a way to continue putting up a fight despite getting hit with nuclear weapons.
You: Lagan, do you think they’re using Vault Ghastly as a power source?
Lagan: Hmmm… if that’s so, why is Chaos Bed going around the hole and not rubbing itself against all the leaky missiles?
Rainhar: Maybe it’s just setting up a defensive perimeter, or building up numbers for an assault later.
Lagan: I get the feeling there’s more to this than what we’ve seen.
Intruder: There is.
Intruder disconnects abruptly.
You: Wait, we’re not done here. Intruder!
Lagan: Sorry Vora, but Intruder just does whatever the hell he wants.
Rainhar: He mentioned he was busy. What IS he doing?
Lagan: Something about making more production facilities for us.
You: We already have an Omni-Factory.
Lagan: True, but it can’t make anything at the Author’s level of technology. Not yet, anyway. For example, the Omni-Factory can’t build a spaceship that looks exactly like a planet and completely hides its pilot’s presence, AND manipulate the surrounding gravity.
You: Can’t he just tell us how to make one?
Lagan: We have to keep in mind, that at least from a technological perspective there is a huge gap between us and the Authors. It’s like trying to tell a stone age tribe to build a spaceship. Even with the right blueprints and materials, and you told them how to put it together, they wouldn’t understand how the thing even works. Does it disturb me that the Authors are that advanced? Yes, but it’s also why we should keep Intruder on our side.
You: I just don’t feel comfortable letting him hoard all the knowledge.
Lagan: Me neither, and it’s standard for them. They only share knowledge when they think it aligns with their agenda. Intruder is the same.
You: And you trust him?
Lagan: Despite everything, yes. He’s desperate to make some kind of mark on the world. A bit funny coming from an entity literally kilometers tall, but that’s how it is. He’s starving to death and he wants to do something people won’t forget.
Ghulls: Uh, sorry to interrupt but something just showed up above Vault Ghastly!
Rainhar: It’s another portal! A big one!
Ghulls: There’s a lot of noise coming from the other side.
You can hear the audio as it comes in:
https://youtu.be/mbfmrDLTV80
- Wait and see.
- Launch a missile into the portal!
- Send Seeker drone into the portal!
- Order your aircraft to loiter near the portal, and be ready to engage!
- Something else.
>_
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