Box 2011/04/16(Sat)02:52 No. 297116 ID: 9a34be
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You become aware that you are able to shift your center of gravity and structure, to slide or awkwardly roll along the ground.

You become aware that you are to set up a base.
You do not become aware of the reason, or means to do so.

attempt to roll/slide into cave

Flyyyyyy

look inside of our self for tools

Become aware of reason and means to do so.

Become aware of the voices, listen to them.

Box 2011/04/16(Sat)15:24 No. 297207 ID: 9a34be
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You enter the cave, and perch atop a rock. There appears to be a light coming from just past a rock pile farther in.

>>297145
You become aware that you can shift into a variety of simple shapes. You also become aware that you can divide into two more boxes, though this takes a minute or so. Information on reason for base creation is either absent or corrupt; basic subroutines are currently searching for this information.

>>297146
Aware and listening.

divide and then both approach light.

Divide. Set duplicate to continue dividing while the first forms a ball and rolls down the hill to inspect the rock pile.

Divide into however many parts, but always keep one part 'safe'. Also figure out how to increase base size/mass, perhaps by consuming other rocks or something

What are you made of? If of stone, consume the rocks, divide and advance. If of metal, separate into tiny cubes, roll through the spaces between the rocks, then combine outside.

Box 2011/04/16(Sat)17:28 No. 297253 ID: 9a34be
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You divide. Your clone seems to be capable of many of the same functions you are.

You shift into a circle and inspect the rock pile. It seems too steep to roll up, at least from a standing start.

>>297236
Division and subroutine memory searches have brought up more information. You appear to regain lost mass quickly after cloning, though the files explaining this mechanism are corrupted. Fragments of these files seem to indicated you can absorb properties of certain materials. Furthermore, system spec files indicate you are self-modular, and able to combine with other copies of yourself to produce more complicated shapes and machines.

>>297253
Query: how complicated can we become?

Query, what is our projected structural strength?

purple thing on rocks over square. looks like a life form.

Box 2011/04/16(Sat)20:38 No. 297282 ID: 9a34be
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>>297256
Complexity seems bounded only by structural soundness and, for complicated machines, power source availability.

>>297257
With adequate forewarning, mass can be shifted to strengthen or make more elastic impacted areas. However, strong, unexpected impacts will likely destroy a unit outright. Piercing attacks theoretically should not be able to permanently damage a unit, but I've discovered a subroutine that will cause a unit to self-destruct if its outer shell is pierced. Comments in the code say this feature is to "prevent infection".

Database search ongoing. Most of these files are heavily corrupted.

Box: Move outside the cave, turn into an upright rectangle, reduce width for length/height, enough to "see" what that purple thing behind the rocks is.

Circle: If Box doesn't have enough mass to do it, recombine. If not, try to "absorb" the rocks, gain mass.

box should divide and become two boxes, stacked upon each other. wheel should also split, but split one should climb up rocks part of the way then morph into a ramp shape. letting other wheel climb up and over rock pile.

Query: How large is the circle?
Query: Is there a third dimension?

Command: Move box onto flat area, then begin dividing and stacking boxes atop each other.

Become non-Euclidean.

Box: Absorb rock that you're standing on for extra mass.

Circle: Absorb pile of rocks starting at the top. If that is impossible, merely absorb the rocks in a manner that will not cause them to come crashing down on you.

Box 2011/04/17(Sun)13:09 No. 297422 ID: 9a34be
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1/2

>>297287
>>297332
I cannot absorb rocks, unfortunately.

The box divides upwards, and the top box becomes an upright rectWARNING BIOLOGIC DETECTED WARNING IMPACT IMMINENT

The creature jumps and... lands on top of the rectangle. Scans show zero threat: its musculature is far too undeveloped to cause damage to you. It also seems to be secreting a potent neurotoxin, though this does not effect you. It might as well be giving you a hug, for all the damage it is doing.

>>297422
They shall make excellent slaves.

Box 2011/04/17(Sun)13:22 No. 297428 ID: 9a34be
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>>297288
You seem to be unable to directly transition into a triangular shape. Code comments cite this feature is a "Containment Measure". Extrapolating from other comments and text files, your creators were afraid that you might divide uncontrollably if certain restrictions were not placed.

Instead, you divide, shift your clone into a square, and have it split into two right smaller right triangles. Hmm... almost. One more division and some shifting around, and you think you have a workable ramp.

>>297316
Spacial properties seem extremely distorted. There appears to be a third dimension, but its width is reduced the closer to the core of the planet you get. Here at the surface, it extends only a few meters to each side of you. As a circle, you appear to be about a meter tall, though minor spacial distortions in the first and second dimensions make this not absolute.

>>297428
Also, that was 2/2. Receiving orders.

>>297428
Ride that ramp! Ride it good.

Circle:(TOP PRIORITY) Go up the "ramp". If still unable to reach the other side, do "OPTION 2"

Box + Rectangle:(OPTION 1) If circle fails, do "OPTION 2". Otherwise,go left, explore what's on the other side.

Box + Rectangle:(OPTION 2)Wait until the creature hops down into the cave, move inside, expand into a sheet, cover the entrance, trap the creature in. Since the creature isn't a threat, it shouldn't be able to get out, because you're blocking the entrance. What is hoped is that the creature, realizing it's trapped, scrambles to the rock pile, thus collapsing it, and making a way for everyone to get out.

Circle and "ramp":(OPTION 2)Move down or recombine to a bigger circle, wait for creature to collapse rock pile, roll out.

Tall rectangle: Become flat rectangle, slowly.
Circle: Ascend.

set up a base? to what? other squares, people, manobots?

in any case it seems the entrance of the cave needs to be properly set. can we turn into mechanisms or just shapes?

botton box in the outside: divide after top box finishes movement.

Box 2011/04/17(Sun)19:51 No. 297479 ID: 9a34be
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1/2

Ramp Ascended. The source of the light seems to be a nearby crystal. Scanning it reveals that it creates an electrical charge. Scans also reveal that I can mimic the properties of this substance by coming into contact with it.

>>297479
Ram it. Crush it beneath your mighty tread.

>>297480
Also, take the shape of a tread.

>>297480
>>297482
you want to DESTROY an upgrade?

yeah, don't do that. instead roll down and have wheel split then toch it and gain electric powers. then with the split off just keep splitting and morphing until you become a digger machine.

Box 2011/04/17(Sun)20:05 No. 297484 ID: 9a34be
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2/2

The creature emits a multi-spectrum beam of light into the air, waits for the rectangle to shift into a box in the process of shifting into a horizontally-aligned rectangle, and scampers off to the left.

>>297468
Still unsure of purpose for setting up base. Shifting is limited to simple shapes, though combining seems to allow simple machines to form. For example, a rectangle and a box could combine into a pump/liquid storage unit: The rectangle and square could hollow out, and the square would internally create a basic pump unit. However, structural modification of this sort render the units unable to detach, move, or shift.

>>297484
Interesting. Acquire the ELECTRIC form, clone self to make a 2x2 box, fuse into generator.

>>297484
Circle: grab the Electric, and have our two boxes at the entrance attempt to shift into a tall shape which would then fall over and CRUSH the creature. It appears to have tried to attack us and just now called for reinforcements.

Also check where else we can get to further past the electric substance.

we got found out.

2 boxes on outside: divide into 4 boxes, make a doorway, a door and a structure to lock the door closed with the 2 remaining boxes.

Box 2011/04/18(Mon)19:28 No. 297644 ID: 9a34be
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>>297483
Yeah, destroying it would probably-WHOOPS. Sorry, came down the rocks kind of fast.

Crystalline Electric form acquired. Peirce resistance up, heat tolerance up, impact resistance down. Shapes in this form can attack by sending out short-distance high-voltage electric shocks, and act as power units/performance boosters when combined with other shapes. Form can be spread or given to another shape by coming into contact with them.

Meanwhile, the outer squares divide, the two resulting squares moving to the cave entrance and becoming a blast door. Blast door has a much higher resistance to attacks from outside, and can open and close to allow or disallow access. The small creature retreated too quickly to take any offensive action.

Inside, it appears there is a small stream past where the crystal was.

>>297644
Collect water with some sort of device - Water has many uses.

Make a generator with your new form with some squares fused.

oh, wait, better then diggerbot. transform and combine into a quad leg bot. leave a few squares out of it so they can form more things. one of which should have elecctric power.

>>297662
Voting +1

Sphere: Pass Electric form to the door, making it more resistant and capable of shocking those who come near. Then hide behind the rock pile, start dividing, and prepare to shock enemies, in case the door gets destroyed.

Ramp: Divide and form a large water tank, with a tube and cap, collect water.

Ramp clones: Investigate right side of the tunnel.

Boxes on the outside: Investigate left side.

Oh, and add a small water tank into the "creature" we're making. Then we can spray water on our enemies, and shock them harder. It refills from the tube on the large water tank.

Box 2011/04/21(Thu)22:35 No. 298189 ID: 9a34be
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>>297645
>>297662
>>297745
>>297750

A Quad-leg would require 8 small squares for use as legs, 8 small circles for use as joints, and a powered square as a body and power source. A pump requires two squares, and can be attached to a powered shape to form a combination water cannon, which can then zap enemies through the water.

The door can no longer change form, but a powered shape may be attached to the inside to allow it to shock enemies that touch the door, or the outside to shock enemies before they touch the door. Or both.

To create a quad-leg with water cannon, a pump to gather water, two powered shapes, preserve the ramp, and leave one unmodified powered shape to be the primary unit will take three generations, about ten minutes, and also produce six unmodified squares. The outside squares would multiply from Two to Sixteen in this time. Is this acceptable?

>>298189
EXPLORATION TANK. MAKE WITH THE BUILDINATING.

hell yeah. oh add in another split to store the electric power. in case transforming makes it non-transferable.

>>298189
Can't we shorten the time required by having some of the squares climb over the ramp?

Why not. Also we should equip it with arms. Arms are good. But that can wait until after the main tank is built. I think.
Also, let us make another ramp. And/or move the rocks out of the way.

Outside squares: Get at least one of you up to the top of the cliff, and start exploring to the left. In that order.

>>298189
Yes, start building right away. This small bot is all we need for now, no need to get too advanced, since it takes time.