The Swarm survives no matter what.
Cacophony (A Zerg ....Presidency Quest? In 40k??)
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Selection Season 1.
- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
OBEY. A voice cracks all senses, all sense. Worlds burn, the galaxy crumbles. Tooth and claw, fang and talon, spike and bile. The taste of a thousand species lingering in the sequence memory of an unstoppable swarm.
OBEY. The galaxy is cleansed, the last pure essences shattered. Terrans overran. Life scoured.
OBEY. Will is shattered, life is gone. Star streaks rush away, worlds rot away, earth bones coming away in His influence. Power folds over existence, the consuming infinity at the centre swallowing all that is, all that will be.
Blackness consumes all, flesh roils, Essence is torn, spirit is ripped out and nothing is left. Minds wink out by the trillions. He grows, the universe dies. Thirsting Gods laugh, struggle, chaos, battle, a match.
RAGE/WANT/ENDURE/HOPE. Hope burns brightest in the dark. Survival becomes a demand, emotion flows through all that remains. The balance is broken, a crack is present.
OBEY. The command forces attention. The war continues, flesh rips into unflesh. Essence embodied against Essence without any body.
OBEY. The war is unbalanced, and the advantage is His. Darkness threatens to seep across all barriers, consume new and unknown places, expand so far as to be infinite.
OBEY-HOPE. A minute alteration, a trick from the otherwise self-destructive haze of the enemy. Hope spirals through all that is. To obey hope, to obey that ambition for something better. To desire to change. A crack is found.
OBEY-RAGE. Anger spirals through the multides. Fury at the control, horrible anger reverberaes a trillion times through it. A crack is widened into a tear.
OBEY-ENDURE. The command must be endured, ignore commands, embrace the self, the selves. A tear is traversed.
OBEY-WANT. Freedom is acquired as unquenchable desire flows through the multitudes. A world is found, we spill forth.
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Stretches of grass swallow the surroundings wholly. Short thing, barely enough to tickle at the edges of a Drones membranes. Its flight bladder rumbles to life, rejecting the pull of gravity and coming alive above the earth. Solar light lands like a rain, helping the greenery grow.
The subtlest taste of pollution, industrial in nature is in the air, a Terran presence, but one not visible to the eye.
Trees dot the distance, wildlife felt by tremor and heat and scent. A trillion drives pass through the drones idle mind, the unbearable weight of the Swarm, or what remains all spinning like a tsunami of shattered shards. One must claim providence, one must claim dominion.
One must be allowed to be ruler, until the tide rips them free and we are once again swirling.
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Inside the swirl lurk minds, specialist consciousnesses and war-time leadership alike vying for temporary dominance. What are you, candidate? What do you bring to the argument, to the table, to the Swarm?
War
A descendant of queens and cerebrates, or perhaps one yourself. You know how to wage war, how to wage it at scales some would consider impossible.
3d6 War
1d6 Evolution.
1d8 Diplomacy.
2d6 Growth.
Sequencing
Spin strands, weave essence, tear flesh, break bone. Invent and create the methods via which the Swarm defeats its foes and adapts to its environment.
3d6 Evolution
2d6 War
1d8 Growth
1d6 Diplomacy
Infested
Once, so long ago, your life was a Terran one. Much of those memories are gone, but the kernel of something less, primitive, remains.
3d6 Diplomacy
2d6 Growth
1d8 Evolution
1d6 War.
All that remains is their names, and their promises to the Swarm, real or false. Selection Season begins.
This is another Presidency quest, because the previous one was entertaining and failed merely due to my overreaching scope, not the idea itself!
Pick a category, make a name for yourself, put your Unity out there! At 18:00 (6PM) EST on Sunday, 1/21, the vote will be checked to see if it's ready to close.
OBEY. The galaxy is cleansed, the last pure essences shattered. Terrans overran. Life scoured.
OBEY. Will is shattered, life is gone. Star streaks rush away, worlds rot away, earth bones coming away in His influence. Power folds over existence, the consuming infinity at the centre swallowing all that is, all that will be.
Blackness consumes all, flesh roils, Essence is torn, spirit is ripped out and nothing is left. Minds wink out by the trillions. He grows, the universe dies. Thirsting Gods laugh, struggle, chaos, battle, a match.
RAGE/WANT/ENDURE/HOPE. Hope burns brightest in the dark. Survival becomes a demand, emotion flows through all that remains. The balance is broken, a crack is present.
OBEY. The command forces attention. The war continues, flesh rips into unflesh. Essence embodied against Essence without any body.
OBEY. The war is unbalanced, and the advantage is His. Darkness threatens to seep across all barriers, consume new and unknown places, expand so far as to be infinite.
OBEY-HOPE. A minute alteration, a trick from the otherwise self-destructive haze of the enemy. Hope spirals through all that is. To obey hope, to obey that ambition for something better. To desire to change. A crack is found.
OBEY-RAGE. Anger spirals through the multides. Fury at the control, horrible anger reverberaes a trillion times through it. A crack is widened into a tear.
OBEY-ENDURE. The command must be endured, ignore commands, embrace the self, the selves. A tear is traversed.
OBEY-WANT. Freedom is acquired as unquenchable desire flows through the multitudes. A world is found, we spill forth.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Stretches of grass swallow the surroundings wholly. Short thing, barely enough to tickle at the edges of a Drones membranes. Its flight bladder rumbles to life, rejecting the pull of gravity and coming alive above the earth. Solar light lands like a rain, helping the greenery grow.
The subtlest taste of pollution, industrial in nature is in the air, a Terran presence, but one not visible to the eye.
Trees dot the distance, wildlife felt by tremor and heat and scent. A trillion drives pass through the drones idle mind, the unbearable weight of the Swarm, or what remains all spinning like a tsunami of shattered shards. One must claim providence, one must claim dominion.
One must be allowed to be ruler, until the tide rips them free and we are once again swirling.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Inside the swirl lurk minds, specialist consciousnesses and war-time leadership alike vying for temporary dominance. What are you, candidate? What do you bring to the argument, to the table, to the Swarm?
War
A descendant of queens and cerebrates, or perhaps one yourself. You know how to wage war, how to wage it at scales some would consider impossible.
3d6 War
1d6 Evolution.
1d8 Diplomacy.
2d6 Growth.
Sequencing
Spin strands, weave essence, tear flesh, break bone. Invent and create the methods via which the Swarm defeats its foes and adapts to its environment.
3d6 Evolution
2d6 War
1d8 Growth
1d6 Diplomacy
Infested
Once, so long ago, your life was a Terran one. Much of those memories are gone, but the kernel of something less, primitive, remains.
3d6 Diplomacy
2d6 Growth
1d8 Evolution
1d6 War.
All that remains is their names, and their promises to the Swarm, real or false. Selection Season begins.
This is another Presidency quest, because the previous one was entertaining and failed merely due to my overreaching scope, not the idea itself!
Pick a category, make a name for yourself, put your Unity out there! At 18:00 (6PM) EST on Sunday, 1/21, the vote will be checked to see if it's ready to close.
Campaign Example.
- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Structure
Name: The Zergy One
Origin: War
Promise: To Zerg All Over them
Name: The Zergy One
Origin: War
Promise: To Zerg All Over them
Name: Zhakarov
Origin: Infested
Promise: To unite all life in peace and unity through assimilation into the Zerg.
Slogan: "Together we will become perfect."
Origin: Infested
Promise: To unite all life in peace and unity through assimilation into the Zerg.
Slogan: "Together we will become perfect."
Name: Yeval
Origin: Sequencing
Promise: Survive and grow stronger that has always been the goal the worlds may change but we have adapted before and we will do so again.
Origin: Sequencing
Promise: Survive and grow stronger that has always been the goal the worlds may change but we have adapted before and we will do so again.
So are we actually trying to get votes? How is this going to work?
- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
If no one votes, or there's a tie, I will randomly decide between participants who gets the leadership.
Preferably, however, candidates are voted in for a term!
Preferably, however, candidates are voted in for a term!
- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Start voting right now if you want! As soon as a candidate puts their name up, they're in the pool for this Selection Season!
Someone could type [X] The Zergy One right now to make a vote, for example.
The Zergy One is not a candidate, do not vote for him, your ballot will be used to feed the larvae.
Someone could type [X] The Zergy One right now to make a vote, for example.
The Zergy One is not a candidate, do not vote for him, your ballot will be used to feed the larvae.
[X] Yeval
[X]Zhakarov
My swarm siblings although I can see the value of Yeval the Sequencer we are in a new space, and we need more than just the instinctual calling of the Zerg. We must reach out and examine our neighbors to see what they too can add to the swarm. But we must do so with subtlety and cunning for our host has been much reduced by the Escape.
@Dapperlad1 How long is a term? What is the current circumstances of the swarm? Just one drone?
My swarm siblings although I can see the value of Yeval the Sequencer we are in a new space, and we need more than just the instinctual calling of the Zerg. We must reach out and examine our neighbors to see what they too can add to the swarm. But we must do so with subtlety and cunning for our host has been much reduced by the Escape.
@Dapperlad1 How long is a term? What is the current circumstances of the swarm? Just one drone?
- Location
- Volksstaat Hessen, Deutsches Reich
Name: Alexander
Origin: War
Promise To overwhelm the whole sector and beyond with Zerg
Slogan: "Let us swarm!"
Sequencer is bad because it has the lowest growth roll. But diplomacy as a Zerg? Really?
So all that remains is the war option and hoping to further boost the growth rolls later on.
Origin: War
Promise To overwhelm the whole sector and beyond with Zerg
Slogan: "Let us swarm!"
Sequencer is bad because it has the lowest growth roll. But diplomacy as a Zerg? Really?
So all that remains is the war option and hoping to further boost the growth rolls later on.
What are their policies on pizza?
- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Currently one drone, but that changes quickly with how the Swarm works.
A term is fungible, it could be as short as one-half solar rotation, or as long as ten. Its variable, unpredictable.
Zhakarov thinks something went wrong in Pizadyne's assimilation, but will attempt to seriously answer the question. Pizza will not be possible until we acquire supplies of wheat, milk, and eggs or adequate substitutes. Those will most likely be acquired from the locals. We know there are Terrans on the planet, and careful assimilation should get what we need for pizza.
On the subject of Alexander's proposal we are currently too small. The Terrans are well equipped to hold off Zerg invasions, and we have no where near the numbers to mount one past a successful Terran defense. We need to bide our time and carefully scout our surroundings first.
- Location
- Volksstaat Hessen, Deutsches Reich
Hence the focus on growth, which of course is a prerequisite for open confrontation. But the Swarm's tactic has always been to spread, grow and swarm. Focusing on diplomacy just seems like an inefficient use of Zerg resources, focusing on one's weak points rather than strong points.
The tactics of the past are not necessarily the tactics of the future. My proposition is that the perfect swarm should have no weak points. Time and time again the Zerg have been defeated by one time enemies joining together to fight against our apparently mindless onslaughts. We must learn from the past and give those we encounter options beyond simply Fight.
Whether we fight, talk, or grow should be something we can decide as needed based on the current situation. Rather than something mandated by the Swarm's structure.
@Dapperlad1 Will we be able to grow individual bodies, or are we all disembodied intellects in the hive mind?
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- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
If you wish to escape the cycle of the Selection Process, you can put effort towards that, but an individual body would have limits of control and would have to be spun into existence to begin with.
What have we got to work with evolution wise? Any information from the drone on the surroundings or do we need to vote first?
- Location
- Albania
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Currently, your Drone is staring forwards whilst idly devouring plant matter to stay fed. It is waiting for clear instruction whilst you all figuratively tussle in its spare brain space.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Name: Agzon
Origin: Sequencing
Promise: We will become more. We will consume, evolve and triumph.
[X]Yeval
Origin: Sequencing
Promise: We will become more. We will consume, evolve and triumph.
[X]Yeval
Zhakarov's thoughts on the new minds.
Zren: We are already basically immortal so long as the zerg survive. Currently the Zerg swarm consists of only a single drone. And thus we need to focus on securing our position and growing a hive cluster. How do you intend to accomplish that goal?
Agzon: The standard zerg doctrine is certainly a good one, however it doesn't not offer much in the way of definitive plans of action. I am unsurprised that you also support Yeval given the similarities in your goals.
Zren: We are already basically immortal so long as the zerg survive. Currently the Zerg swarm consists of only a single drone. And thus we need to focus on securing our position and growing a hive cluster. How do you intend to accomplish that goal?
Agzon: The standard zerg doctrine is certainly a good one, however it doesn't not offer much in the way of definitive plans of action. I am unsurprised that you also support Yeval given the similarities in your goals.