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One Ant Versus the Heavens (Ant Cultivation Quest)

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Just to confirm @Arcanestomper can we harvest Silk Qi from enemy Myrmidons and use it for infusing into our larva? And how many actions do we need to Fight on the Frontline to maintain a stalemate while the enemy Myrmidons are active?

[X] Plan: Silk Looting Spree
-[X] Day 81: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
-[X] Day 82-84: Harvest Silk from Enemy Myrmidons [0/50]
-[X] Day 85: Steadfast Ant Kata [3/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]

Probably too late in the voting cycle to be a contender, but thought I'd make this alternative. We managed to get some Silk Qi to study it the first time we hunted Myrmidons, why not get more?
 
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Just to confirm @Arcanestomper can we harvest Silk Qi from enemy Myrmidons and use it for infusing into our larva? And how many actions do we need to Fight on the Frontline to maintain a stalemate while the enemy Myrmidons are active?

[X] Plan: Silk Looting Spree
-[X] Day 81: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
-[X] Day 82-84: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [0/50]
-[X] Day 85: Steadfast Ant Kata [3/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]

Probably too late in the voting cycle to be a contender, but thought I'd make this alternative. We managed to get some Silk Qi to study it the first time we hunted Myrmidons, why not get more?
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You can try to harvest silk qi from a myrmidon, but they have extremely small quantities of it so you'd have to kill a lot of them. And since you're trying to extract qi instead of just kill them that would be harder too.

That said the myrmidons do not change how the frontline moves while they're active.
 
I'm dowm

[X] Plan: Silk Looting Spree

Still gonna approval vote for this while the Blood Qi plan is in the lead tho

[X] Plan: Ace in the hole
 
So it was confirmed that +1 Silk Qi = a 0/50 goal of harvesting Myrmidons. So if there's any interest in evening the odds, I think our best bet is to do that, feels more proactive than fighting the tide on the frontlines again.

would it be fair to say killing all the current myrmidons (0/50) = 1 silk?

[03:48] Arcanestomper:

You need to destroy them in a way that doesn't disrupt the silk qi.

[03:49] Arcanestomper:

I'd give it a target of 50 yeah
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  • Voting
    • Scheduled vote count started by Arcanestomper on Feb 24, 2024 at 10:32 PM, finished with 25 posts and 15 votes.
    • [X] Plan: Baby Murder Is Bad M'kay
      -[X] Day 81: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
      --[X] Vigorous Blood: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [0/50]
      -[X] Day 82: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [0/50]
      -[X] Day 83: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
      -[X] Day 84: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
      -[X] Day 85: Steadfast Ant Kata [3/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
      [X] Plan: Ace in the hole
      -[X] Day 81-84: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
      -[X] Day 85: Steadfast Ant Kata [3/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
      [X] Plan: Super Soldier Project
      -[X] Day 81: Gather Silk Qi (?? Effect)
      -[X] Day 82: Gather Silk Qi (?? Effect)
      -[X] Day 83: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
      -[X] Day 84: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
      --[X] Vigorous Blood: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
      -[X] Day 85: Steadfast Ant Kata [3/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
      [X] Plan: Silk Looting Spree
      -[X] Day 81: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
      -[X] Day 82-84: Harvest Silk from Enemy Myrmidons [0/50]
      -[X] Day 85: Steadfast Ant Kata [3/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
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    Lots of votes this time.
    Arcanestomper threw 5 20-faced dice. Reason: Hive Events Total: 57
    15 15 18 18 18 18 3 3 3 3
    Arcanestomper threw 6 20-faced dice. Reason: Ant Work Total: 53
    5 5 3 3 3 3 15 15 7 7 20 20
     
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    Day 85: Ups and Downs
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    • Day 85

    The ant pushes forward on the front lines even as she is on the lookout for the enemy Myrmidons. Fortunately it doesn't take her long to spot them and with a burst of vicious energy she accelerates to unheard of speeds to cut through their lines like an enraged spider.

    They are tossed around like flower petals and dozens die at every swipe of her mandibles. So fast and clean on her attacks that the myrmidon's energy lingers beyond their death. It isn't much but she is able to gather a full thorax of silky smooth energy without having to harm her pupating sisters.

    Silk Qi: +1

    Bolstered by this success the ant turns back to the frontlines. The Enemy's normal soldiers are even less capable than their myrmidons and they fall before the Ant by the hundreds. The weakest enemy workers die simply due to the Ant's sheer presence unable to handle the merest wisps of energy leaking from her spiritual essence.

    In fact it puts a bit of a toll on her sisters as well so the Ant makes sure not to unleash her full power until she is deep inside the Enemy lines. Still as satisfying as this one day the Ant wakes up feeling off.

    Her intuition tells her that something has happened. Something of import. She stays on the lookout but it isn't until something sails overhead that she realizes what it is. It's a familiar sight after all.

    The shell of an ant filled with horrid bile. Everything that is not Ant purified by an ascending cultivator. Her Rival has broken through and decided to copy the Ant's method of impurity disposal.

    Frontline Fighting: +2 War Progress
    Impurity Bomb: -2 War Progress
    Any bad events next turn will result in the appearance of a Predator Cultivator

    Colony Improvement
    Work Parties: +5 to non personal actions.
    [ ] Scout for Food [6/50]
    [ ] Tend Larva [0/50]

    Exploration
    [ ] Follow Pheromone Trails [0/10]
    [ ] Explore the Fields of Death [??]
    [ ] Clear the Fields of Death [???]

    War
    War Progress: 12/?? Meters
    Rival: War Progress -1 per turn unless the Ant Fights on the Frontline
    [ ] Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
    [ ] Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]

    Cultivation
    [ ] Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]
    Immune to ALL events when using the Kata
    [ ] Gather Silk Qi [??] (?? Effect)
    [ ] Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)


    Colony Health: 43

    The Dance of Blood (99/100)
    Blood Qi: 0
    Silk Qi: 1

    Mid 2nd Stage Qi Gathering
    HP 80/80
    Heal 8/Day
    Combat Roll: 2d20+7

    Trait: Vigorous Blood
    Spend 1 Blood Qi to gain 1 Extra Action.
     
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    • [X] Plan: Our Babies and War
    -[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
    -[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
    -[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
    -[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
    -[X] Day 90: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
     
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    [X] Plan: Our Babies and War
    -[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
    -[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
    -[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [10/20]
    -[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
    -[X] Day 90: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
     
    [X] Plan: Our Babies and War

    hopefully the colony is able to keep up the fighting, though with the casualties we keep mounting up, how long until the enemy either sues for peace and moves away from us? usually colonies which can't win and can run will if the situation is bad enough...
     
    [X] Plan: Our Babies and War and required shaking
    -[X] Day 86: Infuse Larva with Silk Qi [??] (Costs 1 Silk Qi per attempt)
    -[X] Day 87: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
    -[X] Day 88: Fight on the Frontline [12/20]
    -[X] Day 89: Defeat Enemy Myrmidons [16/50]
    -[X] Day 90: Steadfast Ant Kata [23/80 Late 2nd Stage Qi Gathering]

    Also, shouldn't there have been an extra roll for the extra action?
     
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