Psychic Pattern 2010/08/14(Sat)16:25 No. 218387 ID: dc9f90
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There's tons of ovum to choose from; I've got to compete with other patterns trying to get born, but I'm way stronger than most of them, so I've got my pick. First question is what sex I want to be, I guess. There's a bit of a tendency for guys to get out into space more, so since I want to stand out, I'll be a girl.

The next question is what caste to pick.

>The Scellor species is divided into six castes, created by genetics, medical treatment and training. Each has its own advantages, disadvantages and social role.

>Orthan are diplomats, managers, teachers and organisers, these being tasks to which their grasp of telepathy is well suited. They are the smallest and most physically frail of the castes, but have sharp senses and slightly lower need for food and rest. Their tails can release pheremones which calm most organic species.

Being an Orthan wouldn't be too bad - they're the ones that get on best with other species. But they have a hard time surviving by themselves, and they don't hold up well when things get exciting. I want to be more independent, and be able to get into trouble sometimes!

>Niiar are the warriors of the Scellor; their natural size, strength and speed advantages are enhanced by their use of psychokinesis, which allows them to create and project various forms of energy. They have high dietary requirements, however, and find emotional self-control more difficult. Their tails provide a non-lethal option in combat by producing a sedative spray.

I gotta reject this one. Sure, it'd be cool, but we're at war with like 17 different enemies - I'd be shipped off to fight and probably die before I reached sentience.

>Ulkam use their faculty with clairsentience in many different ways; the most famous of their number become navigators and pilots, guiding their course across planets and to the stars. Some others become research scientists, exploring the universe in a different way. They are not as strong as most other castes, but have somewhat more dexterity. Their tails release a heavy black mist that blocks sight and deadens sound, giving them the advantage over others.

I could go for being an Ulkam. There's lots of stories of great pilots and scientists out there, and I could learn to be a crack shot with a gun.

>Praal are the worker caste. Though small, they're tough and strong, and their telekenisis is as useful for shifting supply crates and hefting heavy tools as it is for manipulating gears, pumps, or microcircuitry. Their actual hands are somewhat clumsy, however. Their tails can produce both a lubricating oil and a sticky glue.

Being a Praal would be fun. Drones do all the scutwork, so I'd get to work on interesting stuff and pick up skills with all kinds of technology, as well as being pretty handy in a fight.

>Orthe are suited to medicine, biotechnology and plain old horticulture, thanks to their gifts with psychometabolism, the ability to manipulate Scellor biology through psychic power. They're not strong, but tend to be healthy and tough, and need less food and sleep than other castes. Their tails produce kel spores, which allow them to use their powers on other species.

Being a biotechnician would be fun. Or I could be a medic, that's a good way to get people to respect you. Plus it'd be fun to be able to call myself a doctor.

>Ayaar are the sixth and final caste of the Scellor, as well as the least populous. They act as spies and secret police, deftly wielding psychoportation - the psionic manipulation of time and space. They are the most agile of the six castes, and have above average strength, toughness and senses. Their tails produce a chemical which temporarily blocks the formation of long-term memory in most organic species.

Being an Ayaar would be totally awesome if they didn't have to be so crazy secretive. Plus I'd have to work for the government - Ayaar don't get to run around on their own.

What do you think, guys?

And while I'm talking... can any of you remember what caste I was in my most recent life?

you were a Niiar last time, why you came back here so soon, shot full of holes.

how about you be a praal this time

Awaken my child, and embrace the glory that is your birthright. You will be a Orthe, once a Niiar most glorious!

>>218387
I'm thinking you were a Ulkam, and that sick barrel roll you pulled off wasn't quite enough to dodge that laserous explosion that cut your life tragically short.

I'm thinking an Ayaar or Orthe would be quite cool. Having total control of ones body would be pretty cool, but time and space manipulation is also insanely cool.

Go with the Ayaar. There is going to be some sick moves pulled off soon. Time and space will be your bitch to play around with.

Ulkam!

Niiar!

Say what you will about the others, but in space your life is dependent on properly functioning equipment. Praal.

Ayaar

Orthe

Gotta go with Orthe on this one.

>>218387
Praal.

You were a Niiar previously, but you should give Praal a try this time around.

Ayarr!

Orthan, the secrets of the universe will be yours!

I choose Praal. You were a Niiar in your past life, by the way.

Totes go with Praal.

Praal

Ulkam seems like it would leave you with a broad number of options, so I'll back that.

Ayaar, psychospy sounds too fun

Orthe and Praal seem equally good, since they both allow for creatively engineering things, and have useful powers and big hips.
Voting Orthe due to superior hair.
You were an Ayaar in your previous life, giving you knowledge of tradecraft and other species, as well as your current love for fame and freedom.

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/14(Sat)19:24 No. 218465 ID: dc9f90
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That's right - I was a Niiar! I remember now. Those memories will come in handy, giving me a little more faculty with psychokinesis; I think I can retain some of my combat skill, too.

This time, I'll be a Praal!

Praal are probably tied with Niiar as the most common caste these days. There are lots of praal ovum to choose from, so now I've to pick one that suits me...

> Orthe tenders scan and mark ovum with psychic energy, allowing strong patterns rising from the undermind to select traits for themselves. Every scellor has at least one genetic advantage. Most ovum are genetically screened to eliminate flaws, but this also eliminates the chance for more advantages. A "wild" ovum will have some sort of genetic flaw, but will also provide an additional advantage. There are slight social ramifications to both. Choose between screengene and freegene, and select traits as appropriate.

> Genetic advantages:
> Upper body strength
> Lower Body strength
> Nimble fingers
> Keen sense (eyes or ears)
> Clear-headed (high pain/sickness tolerance)
> Ambidextrous
> Weightless Wonder (better suited to low/microgravity)
> Sexy
> Healthy (resist sickness/poison/radiation)
> Energetic (become tired less quickly)
> Low-light vision
> Longtail (use tail ability more often)

> Genetic Flaws
> Weak Eyes
> Clumsy Mitts (reduced manual dexterity)
> Space Clutz (poor maneuvering in low/microgravity)
> Big Eater (get hungry faster)
> Frail (get tired faster)
> Small (weaker, less tough)
> Wuss (low tolerance for pain or sickness)

>>218465
Uh, Longtail I guess? :v

>>218465
You want FREEDOM, don't you, freegene?

You can put up with even Clumsier Mitts to get Longtail and be more Healthy Sexy. Manipulating things with hands is for people without telekinesis.

>>218467
Oh, and I think you should go with freegene, but I have no idea what to put in the associated advantage/disadvantage slots.

Freegene.
Low-light vision and Longtail against Big Eater.

Freegene, Energetic and Sexy, but with clumsy mitts.

>>218468
This sounds ok, but if we want to live to spread out name across the galaxies we should go with healthy instead of longtail. Sexy will help us get our name across, and healthy will help us live to do it. Clumsy fingers won't do much to interfere with that.

>>218468

Freegene!

Advantage:
Keen Ears
Longtail

Weakness:
Space Clutz

>>218477

Second this. I can see healthy being of larger benefit.

(This is going to suck if Clumsy Mitts makes our telekinesis clumsy, too)

>>218481
>Though small, they're tough and strong, and their telekenisis is as useful for shifting supply crates and hefting heavy tools as it is for manipulating gears, pumps, or microcircuitry. Their actual hands are somewhat clumsy, however.

Actually, whoops, I thought we were a different race.

Let's go for Sexy and Nimble Fingers against Big Eater.

(Same poster as >>218468 )
>>218477
>>218480
TBH, I'd rather swap out Sexy for Healthy than lose Longtail.

>>218481
I'm assuming it doesn't, else I'd pick a different disadvantage, like Big Eater.

>>218485
How about...
>Sexy Healthy and Longtail
>Clumsy Mitts and Big Eater

>>218487
I don't think we can have two disadvantages, can we? And it's probably not a great idea to skew the character's competencies that far anyway. (TBH I'm only picking a disadvantage because FREEEEEGEEEEEENE.)

Behold the power of that which is yet unborn! For the swirling images that flow forth from the Chrysalis are only a shadow of the sleeper's true power. Free, in will and in gene, it will be the first of it's kind. Big Eater to consume any genetic material for our will. It's Keen Senses will allow it to hunt in utter darkness. This Longtail will also be an added bonus. Yes.

Lower body strength and Longtail.
Big Eater for disadvantage.

>>218487
you can't get more advantages with more disadvantages. only get one extra.

Screengene / Lower Body Strength
Running, jumping, kicking butts, and not having a disadvantage to worry about.

Lets pick Freegene, it isn't a dissadvantage, it's specialization.
Keen sense (eyes or ears)
Longtail
Clumsy Mitts, UNLESS it affects Telekenisis, then Space Clutz

Advantages sexy and longtail and for weakness small

I also like the idea of a Praal who was allowed to have extra Clumsy Mitts in return for being Clear-headed and Energetic. The tenders would probably agree that a Praal with the ability to use her telekinetic powers for a longer time under harsher conditions would be very useful.

Why do we want longtail so badly?

...Hey wait I have an idea.

Clumsy Mitts.
Nimble Fingers.
Healthy.

>>218465
Take sexy, space clutz and nimble fingers.

Not being able to work well in Zero G is probably not a huge drawback and getting some nimble fingers is a very good advantage.

Although it seems more likely that our poor Praal won't be able to use those hands for anything but shovels. Poor things already have clumsy hands and you people want to make its hands even more useless.

Freegene, Clear-headed, Energetic, Big Eater

Advantages:
Lower Body Strength
Sexy
Disadvantages
Big Eater

Energetic, clear-headed, small.

We'll provide the sexy.

Clear-Headed, Sexy, and Clumsy Mitts

>>218564
Advantages:
Lower Body Strength
Sexy
Disadvantages
Big Eater

Once you have DAT ASS, becoming a legend is easy.

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/15(Sun)16:01 No. 218661 ID: 1e1bc8
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You're right, I do want freedom - and distinction! I'll be a freegene, and I've found a female praal ovum with the traits I want... a productive tail and, eventually, a fine-lookin body. I will have even clumsier hands than normal praal, though; it'll be like wearing thick-ass gloves my whole life.

Well, here I go, guys. Take good care of me...

>Reproduction via ovum is one of the key signatures of the Scellor's symbiotic biology. Having forsaken placental reproduction long ago, Scellor couples produce an ovum which is implanted into the roots of a mother tree. The ovum, trees and a significant portion of an individual scellor's biology are all derived from the kel, a plant/fungus-like organism which is saturated with a psionic field.

>Eventually, Scellor will experience the equivalent of old age when they lose the ability to keep the kel within themselves in check, suffering gradual paralysis and eventual death. At this point their psychic pattern returns to the undermind, and the kel that remains will take root, ready to be shaped into the Scellor species' distinctive biotechnology.

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/15(Sun)16:01 No. 218662 ID: 1e1bc8
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I live once more!

>Scellor infants emerge from their ovum with the equivalent development of a human five-year-old, enough to have a chance of survival should any adult scellor be absent. From there they develop swiftly, reaching physical maturity in four years. During this time, the psychic pattern of the individual must synchronise with its new host body, and the child is controlled directly by the will of the undermind and the psychic commands of older individuals.

>The majority of Scellor have psychic patterns too weak to ever assert their individuality, and so remain drones - intelligent, but non-sentient, and content to obey the psychic urgings that come from the rest of their species. Only through repeated reincarnation does a psychic pattern eventually develop awareness of its own personality and will.

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/15(Sun)16:03 No. 218663 ID: 1e1bc8
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Time passes in a strange way - I'm detached from my body, and from what it's doing. Just as well, really; it's during this time that I get shovel-fed my basic education and training, which'd be a huge hassle if I was actually involved. I'm strong, though, and I can assert enough control over myself to give clues to the older Scellor - they know I'll develop sentience eventually, and I can tell them what skills I want to specialize in.

Say... what skills do I want to specialize in? Mechanics? Electronics? Engineering? Something else? I'll be trained in all of them, but I should have an order of priority. What do you suggest?

>Those Scellor which show signs of developing self-awareness are provided special training during their formative years, and given a higher ration of psykonium, a rare mineral with valuable properties - chief among them the enhancement of psychic power. Though many species value this substance, the kel - and through it, the Scellor - are one of few who are biologically dependent upon it, albeit in trace elements.

>The amount of psykonium a Scellor can obtain is closely linked to their social standing and wealth; the higher the level of this substance in their body, the more they can develop their psychic abilities and, through those, extend their lifespan.

>>218663
Engineering! Gadgets and gizmos and whatnot!

>>218663
Engineering sounds more general and adaptable?

And put some damn clothes on.

>>218385

Go for focusing on mechanics, then engineering, then electronics.

With that lubcricatin' tail of ours, we have an advantage in being a grease monkey. That means mechanics should be our top priority. It'll be good for MAKING or FIXING STUFF which might make us all famous or rich from sellin' our services.

Scellor have much in the way of mechanical scientists?

Electronics. Computer systems?

Specialize in pole dancing.
And put on some manly overalls, you look ridiculous.

Does making robot arms and jetpacks fall under one discipline?
If so, I choose robot arms and jetpacks.

>>218680
Okay oh man I can't say no to this.

>>218680
Changing vote from Engineering to this. If that's a change.

>>218680
Y E S

Mechanics and structural engineering. Our clumsy mitts will hamper and fine-scale electronic engineering, and telekenesis and a long tail will help with assembling and bracing multiple components for welding, and handling multiple tools.
Be a fabricator, make big awesome things.

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/15(Sun)17:52 No. 218691 ID: 1e1bc8
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> For the sake of precision...

> Mechanics covers the creation, repair and maintenance of robot bodies, chemical-fuel vehicles and solid-projectile weapons, along with basic stuff like plumbing, sliding doors and coffee machines. In general, its creations are more primitive and limited, but also easier to find parts and tools for.
> Engineering covers the creation, repair and maintenance of energy weapons, forcefields, and most starship components such as FTL engines, structural integrity fields and transporters. Its creations are generally more advanced and useful, but harder to find components for.
> Electronics covers sensors, scanners, and the building of robot brains. It is less useful for making things, but will come with increased knowledge and proficiency with computers.

> Many technologies combine components from all three disciplines.

While you're thinking, can you come up with any other kinds of skills that would be useful to pick a bit up on? Piloting, music, medicine, study of other species? I can dabble with maybe two secondary skills on top of my Praal training, not counting the combat training I remember from my last life.

>>218691
Mechanic. Get around those clumsy ass mits you call hands by creating some wicked ass servo arms. 4 should be enough. And maybe one with a drill on it or something for self defense or something.

>>218691
I believe that appropriate badassery demands mechanics, then.

Music is probably useful. Build a pyrophone. Nobody will be able to ignore the sexy woman in greasy overalls playing a home-made pipe organ that shoots fire with her mind.

Haberdasher. Hats are extremely important.

>>218691
Develop the trait machine empathy - you are preternaturally skilled at using your psychic powers to tell how and why a machine is broken or acting strangely and how to fix it, and can even fix problems before they occur or bring worn machines back to a 'like-new' state.

Does Piloting include all kinds of vehicles? Because a skill that can let you pilot mechs, ships, cars, spacecraft, and etc. would be unendingly useful.

Be a Mechanic with secondary skills Haberdasher and Music.
You will be the greatest rock star ever.

Engineering, then. Finding exotic components is just part of the adventure.

As for skills, if we're going to be remarkable, we need to build on strengths. I vote Persuasion and Kludging.

I think since we want to get OUT THERE, we should probably do big-engineering medium-mechanic. It sounds a bit like mechanics will be stuck somewhere on the ground.

We need a plan for how you're going to take the universe by storm. Being a grease monkey or writing programs may be fine for a normal life, but the prestige is in the big fancy stuff so lets go with an Engineering focus.

>>218714
Machine empathy, I like that. And as long as we're Sexy and planning to take the universe by storm, how about some regular empathy to help us with further people? Let's call it a skill in Charisma and that should help us with leadership, personal magnetism, social skills, etc.

Haberdashory might fall in under the more general "Tailoring", which I fully support getting knowledge off.

To top off your secondary knowledge, go for something to play up your social charms even more, like techniques in being persuasive.

>>218719
Machine Empathy and Kludging.
Anybody else seeing some amazing combo potential here?

Pole Dancing. You -wanted- to be sexy, right?

Engineering for primary. Spaceships and lasers, I don't think that requires further explanation.

Secondaries: charisma/persuasion/whatever you want to call it, and piloting. Let's be the a pirate captain of a homemade starship, dangit.

>>218737
Okay actually the mental image here is too good so I'll second it instead.

>>218737
>Let's be the a pirate captain of a homemade starship, dangit.
Yes.

>>218737

Hell to the yes. We are going to be a goddamned privateer.

>>218737
You had me at 'pirate'.

>>218737

Gonna go with this

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/15(Sun)21:55 No. 218755 ID: 1e1bc8
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Aw yes pirate, that'll be awesome! I'll be a sexy technological rogue, stealing valuable cargoes and scientific knowledge and parts to build the coolest ship ever!

I prioritize my Engineering first, and my Mechanics second, leaving my Electronics in third place. To start building towards my amazing future, I hint to my teachers that I want to learn piloting and people skills - a good match with the full physical development of my body, rawr. Most Scellor women have developed slightly downwards in terms of sexual characteristics since we started laying ovum, but not me! I've cashed in on a genetic throwback that should appeal to any male mammalian humanoid!

Soon after my full physical development, I finally synchronize myself with my body's psychic field. I can think, I can want, I can do what I choose to do! I'm fully aware of myself and my body as separate from the rest of the species. My life is ready to really begin, and the first step is to...

Psychic Pattern 2010/08/15(Sun)21:55 No. 218756 ID: 1e1bc8
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Oh, wait. Actually, the first step, now that I'm self-aware, is to give myself a name!

Riki Myton

Kerrigan.

Maolla

Caligula!

>>218756
Yazika.

Hamhands McGee

Eleanni

Faye

Kyrie Miller

Leeloo Dallas (Multipass)

Leeloo Dallas Multipass

Yasmina.

>>218772
hahaha, yes.

>>218759

Your tail looks kind of like a tadpole, so I'm gong to call you Polly.

>>218761
That's a pretty name.

>>218756
Leeloo Ann. With the Ann coming from part of the name of your last life.

Now start building some servo arms. Telekinetics is nice but some working hands is also very nice.

Leeloo Pollyanna

Maolla is indeed a pretty name.

considering the tail and what seems to be moving hair, id say either Ranka Lee (her hair moved every time she emoted) or Yuan-Ti.

maybe Stheno or Euryale, wich are medusa's sisters. somehow im reminded of cassiopeia but im not sure why.

Eythalia

>>218823
Maolla Leeloo!

>>218756
Your name is Honey Syrup, because you can be a right sweet darlin' when you want to... but the rest of the galaxy will quake and tremble as they hear tales of the dread space pirate, Captain Syrup!

>>218756
Honey Syrup. Better to sound like a porn actress than a meek librarian or anime character.

Plus you will one day be feared as DREAD CAPTAIN SYRUP.

>>218836
>>218839
Yes. Changing vote.

it already sounds like a crappy cereal advertisement, captain syrup would be perfect if we live in a foodstuff related ship

>>218839
greek is now weeaboo.

Maolla is nice

Maolla Syrup.

Maolla Syrup. So we can call you Sweet Cheeks.

For a real name, Maolla Ann sounds good, pleasant but not something that can't be taken seriously. Or keep Ann for a middle name and go for a more serious sounding last name... something that sounds good after saying "Miss" or "Captain".

>>218826
>Stheno
That'll do. "Maolla Ann Stheno"

Syrup... would make a good nickname. Maybe it is said your tails oil tastes as sweet as the body it's attached to looks. Maybe it actually does.

I will settle for Leeloo Dallas Multipass if we can please not be named after food.

I will still call her Sweet Cheeks no matter what.

>>218756
Can you make any weird screeches or clicks? Those are always funny to break out on lesser races that can't make them.
But seriously, pick a name that's cute like Betty or Sally or Nan or something.

>>218866
I would like to second this, Maolla Ann Stheno sounds good.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/16(Mon)20:15 No. 218948 ID: b71d29
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Maolla Syrup... I like that. It's got rhythm, it's cute, but it isn't impossible to be a bit threatening with it. Yeah. Miss Syrup. Misstress Syrup. Chief Engineer Syrup. Captain Syrup.

... I'm really not set up to become a cool space pirate yet, though! I'm only a plain six-year-old Praal woman, I'm not going to be intimidating much of anyone yet. I need to pick up skills, and more than that, I need to develop my psychic powers... and for that, I need psykonium.

Don't worry; I've got a plan.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/16(Mon)20:17 No. 218949 ID: b71d29
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I'm gonna sign on to this ship - the Ruby Gaze!

See, there's three ways to get large amounts of psykonium: One, buy it. Can't do that - a lump of refined psykonium the size of my head would buy a heavy freighter whole! Second is to steal it. As I've already said, I'm not equipped for that... yet!

Third: mine it.

And that's what I'm gonna do! Half the scellor at the top of our society got there with the payoff of a good-size asteroid of the stuff, and every member of a mining ship's crew gets a share of what they produce. This region of space is one of only a few where psykonium can be found, and boy, does it cause trouble. Space pirates, feuding asteroid prospectors, wars, shady corporations.

Everyone wants it.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/16(Mon)20:17 No. 218950 ID: b71d29
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There's danger out there. And adventure.

Oooh, this is gonna be great!!

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/16(Mon)20:18 No. 218952 ID: b71d29
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sssssssssssssssssssss

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/16(Mon)20:19 No. 218953 ID: b71d29
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ssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Ugh... what happened...? And where's that hissing sound coming from...

>>218953
You're probably in space, and the compartment is probably slowly depressurizing. Given the state of the room, collision or violence are the most likely causes. Get in your emergency spacesuit immediately, young lady!

If you have a source of smoke or mist, use it to check the air current. It'll lead you to the problem.

...

Oh. This is how horror movies start.

And girl, you've been a mechanic long enough to say that weird sounds are never good when it comes to vehicles of all sorts. Find ye some breather and find the source of the hissing sound.

Get up and take stock of your physical condition the resources available.

Acquire emergency breathing apparatus. Examine source of hissing.

>>218953
Hello my name is A RESPIRATOR and you probably need me.

>>218953
Rebreather Stat! Prep to seal bulkhead leaks with tail goop...

Ahh man, do you remember the past 5 years? Quick, tell me, how many fingers am I holding up? And how many party members have you had a romance sub-plot with?

>>218953
Use your clairsentience to scan for anything unusual, and your telepathy to message any other members of the crew you can reach and ask what's going on.

>Oooh, this is gonna be great!!
>Ugh... what happened...?

Looks like your will was...
...undermined.

SirTen!!H3AwAzMwMw 2010/08/17(Tue)00:31 No. 219009 ID: a7a85a
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>>219004

>>218953
Possibly a hull rupture. It seems like your ship has been fucked up.

So get up, get some vacum gear to make sure you don't violently die by mistake and then go fix the problem.

Take stock of yourself. Any damages?

If not, get up, take stock of the room, and tell us what you've been up to.

>>218953
Bah, it's a big ship, and a little hiss. You've probably got hours, or even days.

Examine the tool by your left hand.

Look for a hullkit. It should contain a 'bandaid' (a large square offlexible metallic tape with a thick gummy air-triggered adhesive) and a smoke stick. Set off the smoke to find the leak, pull the back off the bandaid to prime the adhesive (do NOT touch the sticky side), and wait for 5 seconds before applying it.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)13:38 No. 219173 ID: bc37f0
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>compartment depressurizing

OH SHIT

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)13:38 No. 219174 ID: bc37f0
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ARGH FUCK!!

I think my arm is broken!

Oh, balls. It just keeps getting worse.

Well. That's what we have telekinesis for. Grab ye mask and who is that behind you?

put your arm asleep with what little psychometabolism you have. should dull the pain.

Find a patching kit or get out of it right now

Damn. Use some tail-glue to stick your arm to your side in a makeshift protective cast so it doesn't end up flailing about. You can get a doc to look at it once you're safe.

Then pick up that fallen guy behind you using telekinesis and try to figure out what's going on. What are the emergency drills for depressurization?

Hah, what's one arm? We have a whole rig full of servo arms to deal with this situation.

...you did build the servo-arms, right?

>>219174

Mask.

Deal with pain.

Locate problem. If problem can be fixed quickly, patch. If it cannot, haul the unconscious ass of the other person out and seal the room behind you.

>>219174
Good thing that you don't need them then. Use your telekinetics and patch that hole. Then get on your harness of servo arms that you surely built over these last 4 years because building a set of weaponised servo arms would have been fucking awesome and wellspent time.

After you have fixed the more immediatly hazardous damages take stock and see what has happened and if anyone else is still alive.

Examine dead/wounded person.

Fashion a sling for your arm out of duct tape, or strips of cloth, fabric, or long strands of glue from your tail like it's a spinneret.

Examine that panel, which appears to be displaying compromised sections of the ship's hull.

>>219174
Man up, space pirate, and check that status display on the wall.

Mask first, then pressure leak, THEN arm. You can plug a leak with one arm and in pain, you can't plug a leak in hypoxic unconsciousness.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)18:19 No. 219240 ID: bc37f0
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Ok... ok. I can... get past the pain. Ow.

Rrgh. Something's wrong with the gravity. This feels like nearly two Gs, and everything's slanted towards this corner...

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)18:19 No. 219241 ID: bc37f0
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Oh no, Lorn! He's the main mechanic for the ship, a praal like me. It looks like everything fell on top of him. I have to...

... ssssssssssssssssssssssssss...

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)18:20 No. 219242 ID: bc37f0
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Nnh, no, air first. Should be a few breathing packs, over in the compartments next to the door. It leads to one of the safety nodes.

... Actually, that sounds like where the hissing is coming from.

Hey hey, calm down. We know it hurts, we know you're in a jam, but don't panic, you're better'n that aren't ya?

Just be careful with your arm for now, priority should be the leak (you can still fix stuff with your TK, right?). Have a look (and ear) around the room, find out where the hissing sound is coming from.

Yeah, can you open the compartments that the air packs are in with TK? Something might come shooting out or something, and you need to be able to breathe.

>>219242

Okay, good. You got any tools for patching hull breaks? Know where they are? If anything useful like that has ended up in the pile behind you, might as well pick 'em with you before you go.

Move up, carefully. Find the breathing packs, then locate the source of the sound.

Quick, seal it up by gluing something flexible to the cracks in the door.

Hmh. Could some of your sticky tail glue seal off the door, if necessary? If air's escaping through it because the safety node on the other end is gone, or the hull is completely breached there something will have to be done about it.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)18:41 No. 219263 ID: bc37f0
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Yeah, it's the door. I made a couple of telekinetic bubbles and moved 'em around until the hissing stopped. That should keep it blocked until I... rrgh, shuffle my way over there...

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/17(Tue)18:43 No. 219264 ID: bc37f0
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... and seal it up with some glue. It looks like something dented the door from the other side, opened up gaps in the seal. There must be a hull breach on the other side.

That's bad! The safety nodes are what create the ship's structural integrity field and inertial dampeners. If they were online, a hull breach would be automatically covered by a forcefield.

I hope it's only this one that's down.

>>219264
Is there an onboard communication network? We need to contact others.

okay then. now go pull stuff off the other guy and see if he is still alive.

Get the breathing packs, just in case, and go check on your buddy, then.

Also, can you use your telepathy to contact anyone else on the ship and get a status report?

Disregard mucking about with breathing apparatus, check on Lorn.

You should be able to cancel out the increased gravity if you apply some TK lift to yourself. Or would that consume too much energy?

Take a deep breath and use your good arm and your TK to try and lift the stuff off of Lorn.

Hey. A broken arm is something we can fix. Feel the bone. Does it feel like it's been moved out of place, or just cracked? If it's out of place, you should fix that (note: This will probably hurt a fair amount, if your neural layout is like mine). After that, or if it wasn't a problem in the first place, we'll want to splint that arm. Luckily, splinting an arm is easy. We need cloth and sticks. A "stick" can be anything straight, fairly slender, and rigid. And not attached to anything, of course. The ideal number is probably two, but one is better than none. The cloth can be just about anything big enough; a t-shirt works fine. To splint, you just put the sticks parallel to the bone, and wrap your arm up so everything is held in place. Then use another cloth to make a sling if possible.

...I notice that you appear to be wearing only two items of clothing. I surmise you were sleeping? Is your wardrobe nearby?

Why are you in your underwear young lady?

>>219311
There are a number of types of injuries where removing an object from in/on the wounded person can massively aggravate the damage. Let's not do this right away.

We should check on him and assess the situation first. Is he conscious/able to speak with us telepathically? If not, is there an emergency medical kit nearby that we can have on hand when we pull him out, in case something starts going horribly wrong?

>>219330
this looks like the living quarters.

it actualy sounds interesting because she was in it with what seems to be her long term workmate.

anyway i second the attempt to set the bone and bind it, but after we save the crushed boyfriend.

also, wild guess, but we either lost major and backup power or the ship was torn apart.

>>219264
Well that should explain why the gravity is all wonky. Now get on the servo arms and then it's time to save your friend. Life stuff up above him enough to create room so that you can drag him out, use liberal application of tail lubricant to make it easier to drag him out.

Then it's time to see if he's going to make it and more importantly if this ship is going to make it.

Get breathing pack and check Thorn.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/18(Wed)16:10 No. 219527 ID: fe8731
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>>219330
I was off duty in my quarters when Lorn called me up here to the workshop, something about an "engineering concern". I think he just wanted to fool around, though.

>>219489
Ugh... I really don't want to try putting on a breathing pack with this arm, not if there's no immediate danger now. I tell ya, sometimes I envy people who breathe with their face. Time to properly check on Lorn.

oh tailfucking hell the fabricator fell on top of him!

Uh, ok, don't panic... I think he's still alive, it's propped up against the wall and I think I hear him breathing. We're pretty tough! I tried to prod him telepathically but something felt strangely difficult, I didn't bother beyond that. I don't know if I should move anything. It hurts when I move my arm, and I only fell on top of everything else.

I'll use the wall panel to call in on the medical bay and see if-

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/18(Wed)16:11 No. 219528 ID: fe8731
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oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuck

did something explode?

Where are you on that map? If you are inside the hazard zone, get that breathing mask on pronto, telekinesis that shit off loverboy so you can put one on him too... and then let's get the hell out of here.

Maybe you can TK your arm to reset the bone? Or put together a makeshift sling.

>>219527
Strangely difficult? He may have a head wound. Truth be told, you really shouldn't move anything, but what happens next depends on how bad your situation is.

So whats the problem, girl?

Can you SCRAM the reactor from here? If so, do so. If not, where can you SCRAM or eject it from?

>>219544
it's not the reactor, a storage pod burst.

>>219546

Ok, then how do we jettison or vent it?

Is that where you are?
Are there radiation suits anywhere? Do TK bubbles resist rads? If so, maybe you should put one up.
Can you SCRAM the reactor? You should give it a go!

>>219528
Call medical and tell them there are people alive in here.
Then determine the source of the radiation and move so that there is as much material between you and it as possible. Fortunately that graph showed a radial gradient, which means that it's a point emitter instead of a material leak.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/18(Wed)20:33 No. 219642 ID: fe8731
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Ok, ok. Calm. I gotta... gotta think, here. What do I need to do, what are my problems.

One - the radiation. Scellor are pretty rad-resistant, courtesy of evolving in the middle of a dense star cluster. It'll still kill us all eventually if we don't fix it, though, and the best way to do that is to jettison the whole engine block, maybe pick it up later when it's run out of power. The bridge must be out, since they haven't done it, and... shit, looking at this diagram, it looks like whatever tore through our safety node went right on through the ship and scratched past their forward bulkhead before going on to rip that engine a new one. I hope they made it out. Without the bridge controls, the only way to jettison the block is to use the manual controls there where it meets the main hull. If there's anyone still able to move from the bridge or the living quarters, though, they'll be trying to do the same thing, and they're nearer.

Two - Lorn's hurt bad, I have to either get him to the medical bay or go there myself and bring something back. I've tried to buzz through on the comm but no-one's answered yet. Either way I'd be able to fix myself up as well.

Third - the gravity. I don't know what's causing this, all the work and living rooms have their own gravity netting in the floor.

And fourth... rrrn. Now I'm paying attention, something feels really weird, psychically. Like there's this... big, heavy black telepathic presence pushing in around me. I don't know what it'd be doing to me if I wasn't soaked in the undermind's energy.

I guess three and four are secondary right now... do I try solve the problem with the radiation right away, or will I go to the medical bay? Do I bring Lorn with me or leave him here? Or even something else?

>>219642
Lorn is a more immediate problem than the radiation, I think.

How long would it take to drag him to the medical bay, versus going yourself and then returning? I'd go with whatever's faster; if you can get him, say, mobile, or even conscious, then you can more safely devote your attention to the other problems you've got right now. Especially the radiations.

you should go to the med bay and take lorn with you. don't think leaving him alone is a good idea. keeping your psychic presences together should help ward off the blackness.

Oh dear this may be your big break of adventure, girl. Is Lorn a sentient too or do the non-sentient have a bit of a personality and like to fool around too? :3

Θ][Σ 2010/08/18(Wed)21:04 No. 219653 ID: dad664
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>>219642
ALERT, ALERT, SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF HOSTILE PRESENCE DETECTED!

RECOMMEND ENGAGING SELF-PRESERVATION PROTOCOLS!

WE MUST FIND ARMAMENT. TO PROCEED FURTHER WITHOUT NOMINAL OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES WOULD RESULT IN EXTERMINATION.

Go for the reactor first.
Lorn's in serious trouble, but... the radiation could kill the entire crew if you don't hurry!
Quickly stick a brace in with Lorn to prevent any further injury, jury-rig a sling for your arm, and move directly to where you need to go to jettison the reactor. Preferably detouring slightly to pick up a radiation suit, or at least putting up a force field to help protect yourself.

Get to med bay, help Lorn and fix yourself. It's probably a bad idea to try to fix things when wounded as it leaves you down a vital limb.

OK first see if you can get Lorne stabilized. Prop up the fabricator, glue off any bleeding wounds, try not to think about possible internal bleeding or ruptured organs.

Second, get thineself to the medbay. You need to fix that arm, stat. You won't even be able to pull the main switch if you're about to pass out from a broken arm. Once you get to the medbay you should have a fairly good idea of what that black telepathic presence is. What I'm saying is, prepare to walk right into a zombie apocalypse.

If zombie apocalypse, you might want to make Lorne second priority over jettisoning the engine. If not, then you'll want to bring something from the medbay to keep Lorne alive, then dumping the bad engine your second priority. We can't tell what to do until more is seen of the situation.

Why are you soaked in the undermind's energy anyway? We haven't heard from you in like 5 years!

>>219642
Although you normally shouldn't move people who are injured, there's not much choice here. Take Lorn to the medbay and stabilize him.

Would any habitable space be jettisoned with the reactor?
Would this area lose power if the reactor is jettisoned?
If not, do that next.

Fix the reactor. See if we can get that 'radscorpion' achievement.
Oh.
And prop up the fabber so he doesn't get crushed.

Medbay, bring Lorn.

Telepathy.
Tell him to wiggle his feet if alive. Then left if able to get out, right if not.
Finally, left for reactor jettison, right for getting help.

Of course, that's provided there was more than just that one door with hard vacuum on the other side.

well, assuming we really werent ejected we should free your "fool-around-friend" and get him to medbay.

what could be the effects of this "overmind" on other creatures? is something known for causing it?

>>219644
this

>>219642
>all the work and living rooms have their own gravity netting in the floor.
Are the local grav controls functioning? Not only would dropping to 0g make moving the fab easier, it also helps for stabilising the injured (avoids blood pooling, less strain on the circulatory respiratory and muscular systems, etc).

>>219642
Wait, where are the exits from this room, anyway? The door, as far as we know, opens to vaccum.

Taking Lorn to medical seems like a reasonable priority, especially if it's vaguely en-route to the reactor. Presumably you can carry him fairly evenly with telekinesis? If you've got anything vaguely light, right, and sterile it might be worth glue-bodging a neck brace.

>>219653
(Can you not post huge non-quest images in the thread please?)

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/19(Thu)18:28 No. 219892 ID: ff0567
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>We haven't heard from you in like 5 years!

Well, when I joined the crew I synchronized with them, so we'd all get the same impulses from the undermind. Either this weird psychic atmosphere, or the blow to my head (or both), must have knocked me back to my default setting. As it were.

>>219784
I switched the gravity off but I'm still on the ground! It did go down about a G, but it's still slanted to the corner. Oh well, better than nothing. It'll make this easier.

Nngh!

Good thing I did turn it off, this is about the limit of what I can lift with TK alone.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/19(Thu)18:29 No. 219894 ID: ff0567
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The debris shifts, and a box of parts scatters onto the floor. Never mind that though, Lorn looks terrible! I have to get him to the medical bay!

At least it's only down the passage. Don't know whose bright idea it was not to have a door straight through the science lab.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/19(Thu)18:29 No. 219895 ID: ff0567
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Ok, there shouldn't be any gravity here at all! There must be some other force acting on everything.

>>219895
Why are you in your underwear, incidentally.

>>219895
>>219901
Yeah I was about to ask... Even if you were expecting to fool around I'd think your pants would still be around somewhere.

Not that I'm complaining mind you. But you should get something on when you have the chance. No sense being easily scratched up by random debris.

>>219895
There are four possibilities I see.
1: The artificial gravity systems are damaged, and you're being acted on by the systems of another area.
2: Your ship is in a natural gravity well.
3: Your ship is in an artificial gravity well.
4: You are accelerating.

Lets hope it's 1.

What direction is the gravity? What part of the ship is it oriented towards?

...hmm, here's a wild shot in the dark: You've crashed onto some kind of planet which is populated by similar psychic organisms, and their collective consciousness is the interference you're getting. The damage to your ship was caused by getting impaled upon a spire-like structure which is keeping the ship at an angle to the planet's surface.

ugh, jeez, focus guys!

okay, whatever is creating the encroaching darkness effect is also probably making gravity. UNLESS you somehow crashed into a planet, which could be the gravity effect. for now just hustle as best you can to the med bay.

>>219908
that... makes TOO much sense.

>>219908
oh god.

It all makes sense now!

>>219905
All four of those offer the serious possibility that ejecting the radiation-emitting compartment will just make it tumble back into the ship. Better not try it until we get more information. (If the ship's on a planet, we might need to consider abandoning it to escape the radiation.)
Better hurry to the medical bay.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/20(Fri)20:37 No. 220324 ID: 47dee8
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>>219901
>>219903
I was in my underwear when I was called up, of course. Don't worry about it, drones go around naked all the time. Some pockets might be handy, though...

>>219908
Well, if you count the bridge as being at the "top", say it's at the +x position from the ships' core, then the work areas - the workshop, science lab and medical bay - are in the -x, +y direction. If I'm able to stand on the floor here, then the gravity is pulling roughly towards the +x, -y position, and I'd say slightly towards the aft of the ship.

To put it another way, if the gravity direction is "down", then we're on top where I am, and leaning slightly to the side and tilted up.

The bridge, living area and work area are each orientated to have their gravity pull towards the ship's core, normally. If this external force is affecting every part of the ship the same way, the other areas must be falling into the walls and ceiling.

>Better hurry to the medical bay.

This place is a mess, too! But it does look like they had less loose objects to go falling all over the place.

>>220324
>Drones walk around naked all the time

This must be extremely bad for job performance but extremely good for job morale whenever your species goes into estrus.

IF your species goes into estrus.

Also there's another fallen comrade over there in the corner.

Also, wepons, you must find them.

>>220325
They probably have complete control over their libidos so it isn't an issue.

>>220324
Damn what a mess, hope there's enough equipment still left functioning to help your friends. Speaking of which, check on your other crewmate laying down just ahead. Hopefully semi-conscious and uninjured.

Set Lorn down on the examination table. If there's some kind of automatic healing thingy, which there almost certainly is not, fire it up.
Check the Orthe for signs of life. Shoot 'em up with a stimulant if they're just knocked out, so they can start with the healing powers.

If that doesn't work... what's protocol for when the doctor is incapacitated? Got a medi-kit loaded with PAIN KILLER, STIMULANT and HEAL?

>>220324
Is that another survivor over there? See if they're injured too.

if that is the doc there then getting them up and about is critical. once theya reup they can fix themselves, you, and lorn up in no time. if they seem un-injured but still out then try wrapping them in a TK bubble so as to help them ward off the other psychic signature.

>>220325

Why would you think her species goes into est

>>219642

>> boobies

never mind.

Put Lorn down on a bed before you do anything else. See if you can prop a bed up so it's straight. Just glue something to the bottom of the bed so one side is propped up.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/21(Sat)19:32 No. 220817 ID: ea3222
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>>220325
We do not have an estrus cycle because we are always having sex all the time. We have a very unfair reputation as a race of nymphomaniacs, it's totally bogus. We just have a massive population demand, as you know. We have all sorts of in-built redundancies to ensure maximum species survival, as you will when the lifetime of the species equates to the lifetime of the individual self. My instinctive willingness to have sex with people regardless of my precise relationship with them is no more a reflection on me than how I could cut off my arm and grow it into a clone of myself.

Similarly, just because I have three tongues and retractable teeth and can breathe with my mouth full does not make me some kind of natural whore. I would have to take money in exchange for sex to qualify for that. And I've only done that like three times.

It's not like I'm a professional.

... What was I doing?

>>220328
It's one of the drones, an orthe. Probably here to take care of the life-support trees. The doctor isn't around... I think she's supposed to be off-duty around now. The drone's unconscious, but seems to have no major injury besides a bump on the head. I can't seem to wake him up, though.

>>220330
I lay Lorn down on one of the two AutoDoc beds. These things can cure most flesh wounds and broken bones, and are designed for use by the uneducated. They're pretty expensive, though - most ships would be lucky to have just one.

And, unfortunately, they're also quite delicate. These are both broken, with one only able to give me a scan. I can fix it... but I need engineering parts. I can go back to the workshop for some, or scavenge enough for one of the beds out of the other.

>>220817
>I can go back to the workshop for some, or scavenge enough for one of the beds out of the other.
Cannibalize the one bed for the other. Not only are the parts more likely to be directly compatible, it's also closer and will therefore take less time. And there's no telling how much time you have.

>>220818
This is a good plan.

the other psychic signature is probably keeping them out. wrap their head in a TK bubble to give them a boost and get them up. the lack of sapience is probably why it took them out easy, lower mental defense.

Hang on a sec. We've got two wounded here (three, counting the head-bopped drone), and lots more likely around. Wouldn't it be best to have as many autodocs operational as possible?

I'd suggest you go get 'em engineering parts, ma'am. Then again, one autodoc working right away rather than two later might be preferable. I just dunno how long the doc takes treating each patient.

Two beds sound like a solid idea. To engineering, young lady.

Get the parts from the workshop you were just in. It's right down the hall. Shouldn't take more than half a minute. Cannibalizing the other bed will take longer.

>>220827
head bopped drone is not injured enough to matter, and the bed won't get him going again. He unconscious because his connection to the undermind has been cut. Same reason Mistress Syrup gets to listen to us again.

Cannibalize one bed. Maybe you can rebuild the other with more engineering parts later, but you will work so much faster after you fix one and get your injuries taken care of.

Chloe!0OrpDpTY8k 2010/08/21(Sat)20:18 No. 220843 ID: dad664
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>>220817
>three tongues
>retractable teeth
>can breath with mouth full

*furious scribbling*

>>220827
Fix one autodoc FIRST. Then it can be healing people while you're getting parts to fix the other - and if you can't find parts, then you'll already have the maximum number of working autodocs anyway.

One working bed now is better than two working beds later, and you can get parts to fix the other one afterwards.

Or maybe fixing one bed would damage the other one too much to repair it conveniently. If that's the case, then it depends on whether you think Lorn would survive long enough to get parts for both.

If not, then can you partially fix one bed enough for it to stabilize him, then go back and get the remaining tools you need?


You're the engineering expert, so you know what's possible better than we do.

>>220844
This is solid logic.

Cannibalize, but in such a way that you put bad parts on when you scavenge good parts.

That way. You can fix it later without needing to dig out manuals or scematics. ...unless that's a nonissue. Then, take that sucker apart!

repair a bed now and run to engineering to see if you can find parts to repair the other one. meanwhile, check everyone/everything and try to discover who else needs heal/repair.

any children yet? =3

face down ass up that's the way we like to fuk. I suppose that's how your species says hello. Why are you at war with everybody again? Sounds like everyone would want to be allies with you nyoro~n

Alright, fuckin' cannibalize that shit like you were stuck on a island and you were a robot skipper and that autodoc was your Gilligan. Goddamn tasty as chicken with the wonderful abilities of revival. Hot damn your on a roll tonight and nobody's is going to fuck your shit, especially not no goddamn stupid machine that will give you orange instead of lemon lime.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/23(Mon)20:28 No. 221581 ID: 7b2817
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Alright, I'm gonna take the parts from the other bed. A lesser worker probably mess it up taking them out, but fortunately engineering is my speciality. The exact match will make my work easier and faster.

>>220826
Maybe. Mitrel, our orthan, he'd be able to sense more about it, maybe even do something about it. A telekinetic field doesn't do anything about telepathy.

>>220867
>Why are you at war with everybody again?

It all comes back to psykonium. It's not just that exposure makes you psychic, oh no (it also makes non-psychics crazy, if they're not careful). It's not even just that you can use it to make machines for sensing and manipulating psychic fields. No, everyone's mad for it because it's the only source of psitrons, the new subatomic particle everyone's raving about. Without 'em, psykonium would be plain ordinary iron. If you suck 'em out and stick them onto other elements, you get all sorts of new materials with their own crazy useful properties, and of course those can form new molecules and blah blah blah. The whole field of psitech is based on this stuff, and the larger portion of the galaxy's most advanced science is derived from it.

And we, poor saps that we are, are one of a half dozen known species that actually need the stuff to live. We live in the Maalia belt, one of only three regions of the galaxy that psykonium-rich asteroids and planets can be found in. So, everyone comes here to fight for it.

We count ourselves lucky we don't have the whole galaxy piling in here. People who know about psykonium are usually smart enough to not spread it around.

>>220852
Two ovum a year, every year since I was able, same as any other scellor girl. No sentient kids yet, though.

>>221581
Have there been attempts at making synthetic psykonium?

>>221581
Where might you be able to find this Mitrel?

...actually, could we just get a listing of notable personnel on board, and their last known/likely locations?

>>221582
>synthetic psykonium
...Now THAT would make a name for you, damn. Let's look into this when everything isn't collapsing around you.

yeah, who all is sentient on here, most likely the captain, and apparently the medical officer, but who else?

>>221581
...I thought you explained the LOTS OF SEX away as needing it for population growth. If you only make 2 ovum a year, it sounds like most of the sex is not for procreation!

Priority should be getting a grip on the overall situation. Is Mitrel one of the guys in charge?

Can you just find a window? Do that, if you can, as soon as the other bed's fixed.

inst there a intercomm or you rely mostly on telephaty?

try to hail anyone for the generic situation on the ship.

>>221619
Maybe lots of sex encourages ovulation.

>>221581
Check on that drone once the medbed's up and running again. Bring him/her to medbay if its not too much of a struggle, but you should probably try and gather survivors at a safe spot.

>>221619
A thought to consider is that maybe their biology has a way of storing the genetic samples of those they couple with. When the time comes to lay an ovum, the body can then mix and match positive genetic traits to create the best possible genetic matrix that is possible.

The urge to copulate frequently basically allows the body to have a greater choice of which genes to hand pick when the time comes to create the ovum.

>>221757

Interesting. That would actually put selection pressure on the females to be promiscuous, as they need to maintain genetic diversity for their biannual ovum production. Either that or result in a hive society where the gravid queen's bloated body stores the male spermatophores and uses them progressively throughout her life to pump out worker bees.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/24(Tue)15:29 No. 221871 ID: e9f55f
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>>221582
You can take psitrons and stick them into iron atoms to get psykonium. Considering where you have to get them from, though, this is pretty useless!

No-one knows where psitrons come from.

>>221593
Mitrel is our orthan. He organizes everyone and makes sure we're doing our jobs and is in charge of hiring people and such. I suppose in other species he'd be the captain or something. Rel is the doctor, an orthe. She looks after our psychological and mental health, and makes sure the biotech stays working.

We have two ulkam. Muun is our pilot and navigator, he's the newest on the ship, and Shiia is our scientist. It's her job to deal with any new planets, unknown species, weird astrological phenomena or strange swirly space anomalies we run into. She doesn't have much to do most of the time, so she hangs out with Kole, our Niiar, who also has a lot of free time when we're not being attacked by space pirates or whatever.

And finally there's me, and Lorn, and Ferram - he takes care of the sensors and the main computer, up on the bridge. We're all praal.

>>221619
That was my explanation for the urge to breed all the time. Whether I actually end up popping one out has nothing to do with it. I think it's some weird hold-over from when we were placentals, ages and ages ago. Like, our bodies are never convinced we're pregnant? I dunno, I'm not a biologist.

Anyway, the autodoc is up and running! Might have been just in time; I think Lorn had some pretty serious internal bleeding. What now?

Check around for others as we assail you with more cultural and personal questions.

Are you attracted to other girls?

>>221871
Shiia's expertise is the most relevant right now so we should head our way to where she should be. If she's with Kole all the better, who knows if you'll be under attack before long. Keep watch for any of the rest of the crew along the way and hope there aren't more serious injuries than able bodied people to carry them to medical. We'll need to swing by engineering on the way back too, if you think we can fix the other bed with those parts.

>No-one knows where psitrons come from.
Well you see, that'd be the neat thing to know. How does the term "artificial psitrons" make you feel?

sounds like a good plan. science wiz can figure out what is with the gravity and the presence.

>>221871
How long will it take for Lorn to be fixed up? Perhaps you should leave him a note.

That's if it'll take a while, anyway. If you expect him to be conscious in the next five minutes or so, then stick around here and scavenge for useful parts or items while answering our silly questions.

Questions like "Can you get a telepathic message to any of the other crew members?" You should know them pretty well and therefore be able to message them as long as they're nearby-ish, right? Though there is that psychic fog...

>>221871
Get ye to fixing the reactor! Or helping whoever's trying to do that already.

>>221871
unless you can somehow make the med-bed heal him better, get to work saving the rest of the ship.

Can you find a window? Or access an external camera or sensor system? Try and find one. It might help you understand the situation, and whether it's safe to eject the radiological hazard.

Build a fort out of the junk in engineering.

>>221871
Okay...well...has anyone tried to synthesize Psitrons then?

>>221945
>Build a mech out of the junk in engineering.
ftfy

and then go huntin for alien and chestbursters. you already have the uniform!

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>>221886
Depends on how badly hurt he really is. Probably something like twenty minutes before he's at full health, and he'll be hungry. Rel says he autodoc drains the body's resources to do its job.

I don't think I can get a message through this psychic field, not without physical contact. Maybe I'll get used to it.

>>221878
It's difficult to find any scellor who's only interested in one sex. I have a preference for guys wired into my body, of course, but I also have the urges of a few hundred billion dudes jammed in the back of my mind.

I like it. Helps me appreciate how totally hot I am.

>>221879
>"artificial psitrons"
Lots of people have tried it, and the attempt can go very, very wrong. Like, massive destruction, witnesses going crazy kinda wrong. But if anyone does manage it, it'll change everything.

>>221882
>>221941
The science lab has the secondary computer core in it, mostly for the purposes of processing sensor information. I'm not totally great with computers, but I can probably pick up a feed. There's a pretty good chance Shiia's in there, too. I'll head over right away.

Science lab is just between the workshop and medic bay, so it's super quick to get there. Good thing, since this passage is designed for microgravity and all these hatches and handholds are really easy trip ov-

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/24(Tue)22:06 No. 222000 ID: e9f55f
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PCHOONGK

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/24(Tue)22:07 No. 222001 ID: e9f55f
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH

FUCK SHIT GARG CUNT FUCKING ZEFF MY ARM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

AAAAAAAAAH

FUCK

Let me guess: Gravity changed?

...ow.

I would ask if you're okay, but with the expletives and whatnot, maybe not.

...Fell right onto it, huh? Grin and bear it, you've got work to do. Your arm is broken, perhaps you can secure it with your telekinesis like a splint and cast. That'll free your other arm to help you keep balance.

As far as the artificial psitrons ideas go, remember you do have one resource most don't: the Undermind itself. I'd find it hard to believe that psitrons and it have no relation or possible influence on one another.

Didn't I tell you to take care of that? Now look what happened. Seriously, find some stuff to splint it up with.

Maybe the ship is on the ground, and it's settling into place/sinking into the soil.
Get up and continue onward. You can splint your arm when you get there, if it's just down the hall.

>I also have the urges of a few hundred billion dudes jammed in the back of my mind.
Seems like most of the urges from those would be to get naked and/or masturbate at inappropriate times.

>>222001
Status of arm?

Another possibility is that your ship has been pulled in with a tractor beam or suchlike and something is connecting to the hull now... Just my guess anyway.

Take some painkillers and go to sort out that radiation issue. Do a bit of shouting for other crewmembers on your way there.

>>222001
we were careless. We should have suggested that you attempt to treat yourself as well.

was that a explosion hit, a cannon hit, a asteroid hit, a pirate hit or a gravity well hit?

>>222114
im pretty sure we could only do 1st aid after she cared for the near dead "friend".

>>222026
>Seems like most of the urges from those would be to get naked and/or masturbate at inappropriate times.
And to go left.

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>>222006
No... nnh. Felt like a big asteroid impact... but, no, with the safety nodes down, that'd have been way worse. Could have been something small, then. Ship shifting. Some compartment depressurizing.

>>222023
Rrgh. I guess you're right. I was worried about Lorn. Thought I could do something about it in the medic bay.

>>222026
You don't know the half of it. I'm actually kinda surprised how well-behaved you've been so far.

Arm... really hurts now. Science lab can wait. Not much in there to make a splint. Workshop, that's the ticket. Just a quick detour.

... Ow.

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/25(Wed)21:56 No. 222309 ID: e00704
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... Maybe I should just fix the other bed and get myself healed properly. Should only take a minute or two for a fracture. I mean, if there's a gravity well acting on us, then the rest of the ship's going to need some climbing to get around in.

Plus, it still hurts. Seriously.

>>222309
Good point. Alright, get yon parts.

Also check the ship damage report again.

>>222309
Sure, do it. If there are no other parts conveniently around, it might require a bit of a walk, though.

maybe you can telekinetically 'feel' for the parts. just find things that feel the same as the other parts.

Assemble a crude splint from the parts.

>>222308
>I'm actually kinda surprised how well-behaved you've been so far.
Sorry. I'll try and come up with some more titillating suggestions. In the meanwhile, though, let's fix the arm. If you're going to take the pussy way out and use SCIENCE! once the autodoc is free, that would be a good opportunity to get naked and masturbate.

>I'm actually kinda surprised how well-behaved you've been so far.
Well, you've got a broken arm and there's a mysterious force hurting the ship and everyone's slowly dying of radiation poisoning. But hey, you only live once thousands of times.

>>222314
There's parts right on the floor.

Since we're just going to keep thinking up excuses to not heal the arm, and you've been unconscious for an indeterminate length of time and may be suffering from radiation poisoning, yeah, go ahead and fix the other bed.

...Unless that'll take more than twenty minutes, in which case you'd might as well just wait. Sit down, make a splint, eat some food. Also masturbate, obviously. You've got a tail that produces lubrication. This isn't complicated.

>>222321
>There's parts right on the floor.
That doesn't mean that they're the right parts to repair the medical equipment. Admittedly, I did not specify.

>>222320
Witty. Very witty.

>>222320
You shouldn't move your arms while the autodoc is working, though. You'll just have to do it telekinetically.

But, yeah, second bed. You're a Praal; fix things.

>>222309

Yeah, fix the other bed and do that. Seriously. Stop running around with a broken arm.

>>222309
It was damaged and you stripped it for parts, are you sure you can pull it off quickly with those other parts and one usable arm? Well your already on it so I'll trust you can, but if it gives you too much trouble don't spend forever on it, remove Lorn as soon as he's stable and fix your arm with the one working bed.

Here's one easy thing you can do though: when you step out of engineering call out for Shiia and Kole or anyone else. If we're lucky we can get some of you back together without the trip.

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>>222311

... Huh. I guess there is someone else up and about!

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>>222320
Pussy schmussy, I'm not going to keep a broken arm any longer than I can manage! I'm bringing this box of parts back to the med bay.

>>222400
Alright: if telepathy doesn't work, maybe sound will.

"HEY. ANYBODY HEAR ME?"

... no answer.

Well, whatever. Fine. I have work to do...

Maolla Syrup 2010/08/26(Thu)11:25 No. 222431 ID: b02f36
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... Aah.

There. Repair only took a few minutes.

Well, I can't go anywhere for a little while. You guys want to ask me any questions? You seem to be missing a lot of basic stuff. I wonder if that has anything to do with the rest of this mess.

So what do you think we are? Because from our perspective we've never actually helped a member of your species before.

Oh we have experience helping people out of some serious jams (just so you don't think we are complete scrubs), but 'different' people.

Don't listen to him he's crazy. We are all totally the same species as you and you're totally connected to the correct psychic collective semi-subconscious. You haven't got your brain invaded by weird alien beings who don't even have excretory glands on their tails. Nope. Nosirree.