>>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.