THRONE//FRINGE: Normal Human Mech-Girl Quest

The surgical aftermath and particularly focused demilitarisation of that FORCE voidcruiser makes me wonder if the Cylinder had something to do with it's derelict state.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Weaponized Personality Matrix. There is a growing risk that there remain multiple hostile entities in the sector. Re-activating weapons systems will provide your Weaver/Builder with basic protection.
 
[X] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.

They get names when they're actually sentient, and not before.
 
[X] GRID//UNFORMATTED-SPACE. Unmodified Realspace. Predictions are reward: High, due to significant concentrations of Imperial salvage and detritus, risk: High, adjusted due to presence of unidentified void entity and other potential dangers.

[X] Ocula. My daughter, my beautiful creation, I do not want to send you away. But without these risks, we will both perish, lost, alone. Let us shoulder the burden together.

[X] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[X] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
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[x] GRID//UNFORMATTED-SPACE. Unmodified Realspace. Predictions are reward: High, due to significant concentrations of Imperial salvage and detritus, risk: High, adjusted due to presence of unidentified void entity and other potential dangers.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[X] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
There's three levels of attachment in naming - pet, none, and familial. It's been clearly demonstrated that now that the personality is online some degree of socialization/attachment is required - which means we either give ourselves an outlet or have one made for us by circumstance.

That can be done by naming the drone and growing more attached to it, or through reconstituting ISHTAR and getting attached to her. (Or by growing deeply attached to something entirely up to the QM, such as anything remotely resembling a person we meet, a random simulation of ours, or just the next piece of dead matter our drone comes across)

Familial vs pet names is pretty obvious - one will be significantly more heartbreaking to lose than the other, with will be treated with correspondingly more caution as a result. Given the degree of risk scouting and scavenging represents as well as the necessity of continuing to do so (we need Salvage to get more functions online, which means either sending a drone or getting it ourselves), if we don't want to put ourselves at risk then Industry and blueprints for drone replacement are obvious picks.

That in turn locks out IRP, which means the least risky overall route to chart is to accept a degree of heartbreak from the loss of a beloved pet and queue up Industrial Matter-Printers and Wireframe Fabricators.

[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Weaponized Personality Matrix. There is a growing risk that there remain multiple hostile entities in the sector. Re-activating weapons systems will provide your Weaver/Builder with basic protection.
 
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
[X] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.
 
[] GRID//UNFORMATTED-SPACE. Unmodified Realspace. Predictions are reward: High, due to significant concentrations of Imperial salvage and detritus, risk: High, adjusted due to presence of unidentified void entity and other potential dangers.

Oh, you missed the X for this one.
 
[X] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[X] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[X] Weaponized Personality Matrix. There is a growing risk that there remain multiple hostile entities in the sector. Re-activating weapons systems will provide your Weaver/Builder with basic protection.
[X] Invasive Reconstitution Programs. The revelation of the void entity creates a new imperative to improve defensive options. The ISHTAR Fragment may be able to help.
 
what are the odds the Spooky Hex's movements appearing strange is a consequence of us having giant holes in our memory perception?

[X] Ocula. My daughter, my beautiful creation, I do not want to send you away. But without these risks, we will both perish, lost, alone. Let us shoulder the burden together.

[X] Spatial Memory. Within a locked section of your memory deck is an official non-classified map of THRONE//FRINGE along with your last coordinates. It is necessary to get your bearings.

[X] Short-Range Sensor Array. Expanded sensor-range will allow for simpler and safer surveying and better alert both drones and Arachne with forward warning of threats.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
Hubris is a coward's word.

[X] GRID//UNFORMATTED-SPACE. Unmodified Realspace. Predictions are reward: High, due to significant concentrations of Imperial salvage and detritus, risk: High, adjusted due to presence of unidentified void entity and other potential dangers.

An adorable name for an adorable drone.

[X] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!

It is vitally imperative to the harmony of the universe that we vote for any option related to ISHTAR whenever it appears. Sorry, I don't make the rules. That's just how it is.

[X] Weaponized Personality Matrix. There is a growing risk that there remain multiple hostile entities in the sector. Re-activating weapons systems will provide your Weaver/Builder with basic protection.
[X] Invasive Reconstitution Programs. The revelation of the void entity creates a new imperative to improve defensive options. The ISHTAR Fragment may be able to help.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.

[x] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
[X] GRID//UNFORMATTED-SPACE. Unmodified Realspace. Predictions are reward: High, due to significant concentrations of Imperial salvage and detritus, risk: High, adjusted due to presence of unidentified void entity and other potential dangers.
[X] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.
[X] Spatial Memory. Within a locked section of your memory deck is an official non-classified map of THRONE//FRINGE along with your last coordinates. It is necessary to get your bearings.
[X] Weaponized Personality Matrix. There is a growing risk that there remain multiple hostile entities in the sector. Re-activating weapons systems will provide your Weaver/Builder with basic protection.

I'd name the drone but our heart isn't ready for the sorrow that is sure to come about if we get too attached
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.

Ok, we have a spooky hexagon acroos the border.

[x] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.

The isolation might hurt for the time being, but I would think it unwise for Arachne to get attached to an explicitly replaceable drone, especially if she just disempowered the function that should protect her from unhealthy coping mechanisms.
 
[X] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[X] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.
[X] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[X] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
Conjecture: someone has been intentionally damaging Imperial architecture at a macro scale, but with enough knowledge and access to cleanly slice off open ports towards deadspace.

[x] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.

[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.

[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
Formatted Space and Industrial Matter-Printers have a pretty handy lead. Wireframe Fabricators is two votes ahead of Weaponized Personality Matrix as the second choice there. Drone1 and Eyeball are tied. I will keep the vote for a few hours yet, especially given how tight things were last time.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
[x] Eyeball. Oh dear, oh gorgeous, you did such a good job on that mission. Mother has a name for you!! Who is my little synthetic superliminal observation unit? You are!
[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.
[x] Weaponized Personality Matrix. There is a growing risk that there remain multiple hostile entities in the sector. Re-activating weapons systems will provide your Weaver/Builder with basic protection.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
Conjecture: someone has been intentionally damaging Imperial architecture at a macro scale, but with enough knowledge and access to cleanly slice off open ports towards deadspace.

[x] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.

[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.

[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.



Let's pick something [relatively] slightly safer this time.

This drone is gonna die. It is definitely gonna die. Like most drones. Let's not get attached to it, even as a dog. Yes there's the risk-need for contact and socialization, but this is *really* not the way to mitigate it.

Printers and Fabricators go together like TALONs and HELL-class. Having the two will allow us to replace our exploration drone when it inevitably explodes, as well as fabricate a force of combat drones and other devices so we can start acting like a real voidcruiser again. We don't need to be poking our mauled nose into things when we can send redshirts to do it.
 
[x] GRID//FORMATTED-SPACE. Stable Architectural Space. Reward: Moderate, mostly data and information pertaining to current situation. Risk: Moderate, adjusted due to total sterilization of previous hex.
Conjecture: someone has been intentionally damaging Imperial architecture at a macro scale, but with enough knowledge and access to cleanly slice off open ports towards deadspace.

[x] Drone1. There is no more rapid way to inflict unnecessary trauma than to generate an affective name and personality for a disposable tool. DO NOT name the drone.

[x] Industrial Matter-Printers. At the macro-scale megastructural printing facilities are needed to begin constructions and restore a working drone defense and survey suite.

[x] Wireframe Fabricators. With risk of damage or destruction to drones increasing, it is important that blueprints are available for replacement of losses for your exploration drones.
 
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