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Blue Swarm (Mass Effect/Starcraft Swarm Control Quest)
- Thread starter Planetary Tennis
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[X]Take her
[X]Leave Alone
[X]Leave Alone
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
Okay…what are we even going to do with her if we take her?
Parasite infection will be noticed by Asari mind melding.
And if we do so, they will find us out.
Seriously…why are people voting for that option?
Parasite infection will be noticed by Asari mind melding.
And if we do so, they will find us out.
Seriously…why are people voting for that option?
Enthusiast#117
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- United States
[X]Take her
[X]Leave Alone
Dunno about the others but for me it's about the only palatable option that has a good chance of not bringing orbital bombardment down on our heads in the near future. At most maybe a rescue team, but if nobody has died yet then the scope of that would likely be limited.
Being murderous is bad PR for the future, making us seem unreasonable or mindlessly evil, but letting her go would mean spreading knowledge of us to the galactic community.
The alternatives are just worse. This might not solve much but it's a delaying tactic.
Keeping her prisoner could be useful in a few ways depending on how things pan out, and could also just be a waste of time, but it's the least bad way to avoid immediately escalating the situation into something we're not ready for.
The silver linings are that a dialog with a living captive might be helpful, and being able to eventually repatriate her could get us some desperately needed diplomatic capital if and when we eventually need to start being diplomatic.
All this is assuming of course that we don't intend to drown the galaxy in a bloody tide of teeth and claws. I haven't read most of the non-threadmark thread yet; is that the plan?
[X]Leave Alone
Dunno about the others but for me it's about the only palatable option that has a good chance of not bringing orbital bombardment down on our heads in the near future. At most maybe a rescue team, but if nobody has died yet then the scope of that would likely be limited.
Being murderous is bad PR for the future, making us seem unreasonable or mindlessly evil, but letting her go would mean spreading knowledge of us to the galactic community.
The alternatives are just worse. This might not solve much but it's a delaying tactic.
Keeping her prisoner could be useful in a few ways depending on how things pan out, and could also just be a waste of time, but it's the least bad way to avoid immediately escalating the situation into something we're not ready for.
The silver linings are that a dialog with a living captive might be helpful, and being able to eventually repatriate her could get us some desperately needed diplomatic capital if and when we eventually need to start being diplomatic.
All this is assuming of course that we don't intend to drown the galaxy in a bloody tide of teeth and claws. I haven't read most of the non-threadmark thread yet; is that the plan?
[x]Kill her
[X]Leave Alone
Zerg and captives ? diplomacy ? I hope I'm not the only one who finds this more than ridiculous. It's like saying the Batarian Hegemon doesn't want any more slaves.
So could we please go back to the killing machines that we are? Yes tragic for the poor Asari but we as Zerg are not the good guys
[X]Leave Alone
Zerg and captives ? diplomacy ? I hope I'm not the only one who finds this more than ridiculous. It's like saying the Batarian Hegemon doesn't want any more slaves.
So could we please go back to the killing machines that we are? Yes tragic for the poor Asari but we as Zerg are not the good guys
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
You guys do realize I set us up for anti orbitals next turn yes?
Also the mercs are going to chase her to one of our hatcheries…and what are we going to do with her next?!?
Well? We are a god-damned cerebrate, diplomacy went out the window when we didn't choose the brood queen. At most we're going to be doing as diplomacy is saying again I might add "stay off our worlds and we don't invade yours". We are a race of insectoid/reptilian devouring swarm.
We are on the verge of being able to exponentially grow to the point where we can send scourge at the ship, as well as any ship trying to find our clusters.
Let's not also forget volcanic planet, so firing solutions are not going to be accurate.
Hostages are also useless for the swarm if you try to go that route. What's the point of them to us in a zerg mind frame?
Also the mercs are going to chase her to one of our hatcheries…and what are we going to do with her next?!?
Well? We are a god-damned cerebrate, diplomacy went out the window when we didn't choose the brood queen. At most we're going to be doing as diplomacy is saying again I might add "stay off our worlds and we don't invade yours". We are a race of insectoid/reptilian devouring swarm.
We are on the verge of being able to exponentially grow to the point where we can send scourge at the ship, as well as any ship trying to find our clusters.
Let's not also forget volcanic planet, so firing solutions are not going to be accurate.
Hostages are also useless for the swarm if you try to go that route. What's the point of them to us in a zerg mind frame?
Enthusiast#117
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If they chase after us then yes, I'd be down for changing tactics.
My choice is mostly about information security.
First not letting what she knows escape the planet, but second not tipping our hand to the people on the ship or the people who are expecting that ship to return later.
An animal that reacts to the meld by kidnapping is less threatening than one that reacts with murder.
Mind control would be detected the next time she melds or has a doctor's visit.
And if none of that is convincing, then consider that it might be difficult to study and test the effects of melding if we don't have a living asari to replicate it.
If all else fails we can use her to test any measures meant to prevent a repeat of this.
And out of character I'm also just not really up for just killing an innocent who is begging for their life.
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Not exactly, with cerebate we won't do much diplomacy, that doesn't mean it is impossible. It is possible that in the future when we create our own Master of Essence we can create our own Queen of Blades or Princess XD
Not necessarily. Simply burning out a nervous system is a reflexive act that can be blamed on simple biology or what have you. Taking a hostage (or trying, at least, the shuttle isn't just going to let it happen, hence my reference to spinelings) is closer to something a thinking creature would do. With the possible exception of parasitic or predatory behavior.
Enthusiast#117
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Perhaps only mildly less threatening then.
You can escape after being taken, but being killed is rather final.
And I mean, it is melding. It could be like a gorilla deciding to adopt you and take you home. Threatening, yes. But less so than it reflexively killing you.
And I get that the risk of failure with the other ship is pretty high, but with this plan the most likely failure state if the overlords can't scare them off is simply resorting to killing them anyway.
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
And if she does escape she can tell them about the hive mind as well as the swarm itself.
Not a good idea since that would proc a combat turn we are woefully unable to counter…as of now. Next turn will result in a far different way as anti-orbital spore cannons will be ready to fire on command.
Enthusiast#117
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Escaping from an animal is very different from escaping from the zerg.
Too bad she has help and we have nothing other than (mostly) harmless overlords then.
Except if we leave her alive she can alert our enemies to our existence. Not infeasibly through suit to suit radio and, again, she has an escort that might take a dim view of this turn of events.
Though I suppose, if they do hang off and just follow, we can ambush with the spore colonies, so...
Letting her fall, killing her are similar. Out side she falls from the overlord hitting the ground/lava bellow. But the shuttle may catch her. The question is catch a braindead psuedo corpse or a living Asari traumatized by swarm.
Letting her leave is the most diplomatic action but very OOC to the Cerebrate. She knows too much.
Taking her allows you to neural parasite, or infest later. Maybe strap her to the wall and psionicly rip out relivant data like you have been doing to the Slaver. It allows you to have more info and some specific things you wouldn't have otherwise but does mean the shuttle is likely to respond against you.
Corrupting her basically shove Zerg into her mind until she is a thrall. Big issues is you don't have any thrall controllers (Infestor) or other ways to really take advantage, she would be an allied independent actor.
Letting her leave is the most diplomatic action but very OOC to the Cerebrate. She knows too much.
Taking her allows you to neural parasite, or infest later. Maybe strap her to the wall and psionicly rip out relivant data like you have been doing to the Slaver. It allows you to have more info and some specific things you wouldn't have otherwise but does mean the shuttle is likely to respond against you.
Corrupting her basically shove Zerg into her mind until she is a thrall. Big issues is you don't have any thrall controllers (Infestor) or other ways to really take advantage, she would be an allied independent actor.
- Location
- California
Or we cut out the middle step and go for the kill.
Vote closed
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
so are the two votes seperate? because if so then it would be a tie between kill and take (honestly killing is allot better in my mind then taking her, too much baggage and we are NOT strong enough as of yet to start infestation processes).
let's hope the "leave alone" vote keeps the merc group from thinking our overlords are far more intelligent than once thought. If they start shooting, then...well its scourge time me thinks.
let's hope the "leave alone" vote keeps the merc group from thinking our overlords are far more intelligent than once thought. If they start shooting, then...well its scourge time me thinks.
Ghostdevil
The Devil of Ghosts
- Location
- United States
Not really humanitarian? Were gonna go mind fuck her up
Leave her alone won.
- Location
- California
?
We're allowing her companions to live, and abducting the asari. This is not humanitarian.
Ghostdevil
The Devil of Ghosts
- Location
- United States
No were leaving the group alone, were taking the asari.
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
yeah...this is going to fucking suck.
Thanks, allot bleeding hearts, thanks allot...now im going to have to unleash a swarm of scourge and put off ORBITAL DEFENSES & LAIRS for SEVERAL TURNS.
*sighs in frustration*
Edited: also mind you guys, our little neural parasite is WEAK, as chosen by the thread...so this in no way can backfire...
@Planetary Tennis if we do the prototype zerg units, do they come out as doubled as well? Or single units (aka 1 set of scourge instead of two, 1 neural parasite besides 2)
Thanks, allot bleeding hearts, thanks allot...now im going to have to unleash a swarm of scourge and put off ORBITAL DEFENSES & LAIRS for SEVERAL TURNS.
*sighs in frustration*
Edited: also mind you guys, our little neural parasite is WEAK, as chosen by the thread...so this in no way can backfire...
@Planetary Tennis if we do the prototype zerg units, do they come out as doubled as well? Or single units (aka 1 set of scourge instead of two, 1 neural parasite besides 2)
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- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska
alright thank you...whelp this is going to be a painful next few turns thanks to the mercs most likely since being contracted by a matriarch means that they will HAVE to do a rescue mission, and we HAVE to spring the ambush now. *sighs*