Genetic Engineer Quest
- Thread starter Oshha
- Start date
- Original Sci-Fi
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
@Oshha is not such a terrible QM that he would start off by giving us five options of which only one was acceptable.
Deeming our designs insufficient is especially premature given that we haven't even reached the design phase yet.
See I get that, but we don't know what the other designers are going to do, and I'm assuming with multiple different backers possible, each has their own design team going on. Which if so, means someone else is designing super-humans, and at least one of them is likely to pick speed, and I worry they'll end up wrecking us because of it. Though, we do have quite some time before we run out of money, so we've got time.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
What other designers? I have never hinted or implied such a thing.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Again, if Speed was an instant win-button, it wouldn't have been put on the same level as the others. We don't even know what Super-Speed entails at this point!
Maybe picking the speed research only means that the supersoldiers will run 0.1& faster, and any meaningul effects only come after investing thousands of Research points. Maybe the speed stat only affects running speed, and any other variables are only unlocked later. We don't know yet, it is only turn 1!
Goodness, I was the maker of the leading Speed plan, and even I think you're overselling it. Though I'll admit I am surprised we voted for enhanced senses before speed. It's the one I prefered of the two so I'm happy, but I didn't expect it.
Eh, was a guess, based on the various other design quests on here where you compete against other designers.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I can assure that there are not. You are the only Imperial Department doing this sort of thing and it is a new unproven venture so before too many resources will be committed to this sort of thing, you will need to prove your worth first.
Year I
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X][Research] Boosted Toughness (Biology)
[X][Research] Sharpen Vison (Biology)
[X][Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
The first year goes well enough. You have a free hand at this point as you are new enough and unproven enough to avoid any real oversight. That will change in the future as you prove your worth and more attention will be sent your way.
For now, you just needed a starting point and that you did. Increased toughness and better senses are what you go for. Toughness is always useful whether they are soldiers or workers while vison will allow them to have better eyesight and spotting ability in addition to opening up new avenues of research.
As you expect, both of those initial projects go swimmingly, completed ahead of schedule and without using up all of their assigned budget. The result is not only due to get a pair of new gene-mods to use in the future, but the research teams have been able to progress into future areas of both fields of research.
Unfortunately, not all news is good this year. You decided to get started on the Heldyna IV Artefact as who knows what secrets it could hold. Well, you got an idea of what secrets it holds, but that knowledge was gained in one of the worst ways possible.
***
"And it killed half the team?" you repeat, just to make sure you got this right.
"Effectively so Director," replies the woman, "The field engulfed half the complex. All organic matter caught in it was aged to dust while non-organic matter is apparently unaffected, but further testing and research will be required to confirm that."
"How quickly can we recover from this?" you ask, staring at the data appearing in your AR-HUD.
"Quick enough," answers your assistant, "The structures are intact and we can hire replacement easily enough. And while we kept footage and existing notes, the main setback at the moment is all of the data that we have lost as whatever knowledge or insights that the dead scientist had yet to write down have been lost to us. Furthermore, the replacements will need to look through what has already been discovered and otherwise get up to speed with the project."
"Well, it wasn't too serious despite the loss of life," you muse, ignoring the thoughts of if you would still think that if you were still a low ranking scientist like you used to be, "We got some progress down and idea of what the artefact does."
You have 1 Design Action.
You have 1 Test Action.
So design actions are pretty simple. Write-in the name of the project and write-in which unlocked mods you want to add to the geneline. There will eventually be a limit to how many mods you can add into a geneline, but I want start including the limit until you begin to approach it.
You also get extra funding from producing genelines and the more useful the geneline, the more funding you get from it.
[X][Research] Sharpen Vison (Biology)
[X][Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
The first year goes well enough. You have a free hand at this point as you are new enough and unproven enough to avoid any real oversight. That will change in the future as you prove your worth and more attention will be sent your way.
For now, you just needed a starting point and that you did. Increased toughness and better senses are what you go for. Toughness is always useful whether they are soldiers or workers while vison will allow them to have better eyesight and spotting ability in addition to opening up new avenues of research.
As you expect, both of those initial projects go swimmingly, completed ahead of schedule and without using up all of their assigned budget. The result is not only due to get a pair of new gene-mods to use in the future, but the research teams have been able to progress into future areas of both fields of research.
Unfortunately, not all news is good this year. You decided to get started on the Heldyna IV Artefact as who knows what secrets it could hold. Well, you got an idea of what secrets it holds, but that knowledge was gained in one of the worst ways possible.
***
"And it killed half the team?" you repeat, just to make sure you got this right.
"Effectively so Director," replies the woman, "The field engulfed half the complex. All organic matter caught in it was aged to dust while non-organic matter is apparently unaffected, but further testing and research will be required to confirm that."
"How quickly can we recover from this?" you ask, staring at the data appearing in your AR-HUD.
"Quick enough," answers your assistant, "The structures are intact and we can hire replacement easily enough. And while we kept footage and existing notes, the main setback at the moment is all of the data that we have lost as whatever knowledge or insights that the dead scientist had yet to write down have been lost to us. Furthermore, the replacements will need to look through what has already been discovered and otherwise get up to speed with the project."
"Well, it wasn't too serious despite the loss of life," you muse, ignoring the thoughts of if you would still think that if you were still a low ranking scientist like you used to be, "We got some progress down and idea of what the artefact does."
***
You have 3 Research Actions[] [Research] Boosted Toughness (Biology)
You have unlocked the secrets of increasing the toughness of the humans above the average level. Now you can figure out to push the boundaries of how tough a human body can get.
Progress: 4/10
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Advanced Toughness Enhancement I
[] [Research] Enhanced Immune System (Biology)
You know how to make the human body tougher. Figure out how to translate that knowledge into letting it resist ailments such as diseases and poisons.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Disease Resistance I,
[] [Research] Increased Healing Factor (Biology)
You know how to make the humans harder to damage and know you can try to make recover faster from damage.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Regeneration Enhancement I,
[] [Research] Enhanced Strength (Biology)
In the right circumstances, the humans can use great physical strength. Try to figure out how to give them that strength all the time.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Strength Enhancement I,
[] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
While the humans seem to favour stamina and persistence over raw speed, they could be more useful to Hierarchy if they could move at a faster rate.
Progress 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Speed Enhancement I,
[] [Research] Increased Eyesight (Biology)
Enhance the eyesight of the humans even further, pushing them to the limits of what is naturally possible for the unaltered human body.
Progress: 2/10
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Enhanced Vison II,
[] [Research] Increased Hearing (Biology)
You have enhanced the one of the human's senses, time to do the same with another. Look into ways to improve the hearing of the humans.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Enhanced Hearing I,
[] [Research] Increased Smelling (Biology)
You have enhanced the one of the human's senses, time to do the same with another. Figuring out how to improve the sense of smell that the humans have would make them more useful.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Enhanced Smell I,
[] [Research] Neural Interface (Cybernetics)
With technology as commonplace in everyday life as it is, almost everyone, including yourself, has a neural interface to allow them to interface with Hierarchy technology. Figure out how to make a neural interface for the humans.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Neural Interface I,
[] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
An archaeologist expedition on the border world of Heldyna IV has made an interesting discovery as they have uncovered an unknown precursor artefact. For some reason, the artefact has been sent to your department for you to study and unlock its secrets for your work. Initial studies revealed that it has some sort of ability to alter the age of organic matter.
Progress: 3/10
Cost: 10,000
Rewards: ???,
You have unlocked the secrets of increasing the toughness of the humans above the average level. Now you can figure out to push the boundaries of how tough a human body can get.
Progress: 4/10
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Advanced Toughness Enhancement I
[] [Research] Enhanced Immune System (Biology)
You know how to make the human body tougher. Figure out how to translate that knowledge into letting it resist ailments such as diseases and poisons.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Disease Resistance I,
[] [Research] Increased Healing Factor (Biology)
You know how to make the humans harder to damage and know you can try to make recover faster from damage.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Regeneration Enhancement I,
[] [Research] Enhanced Strength (Biology)
In the right circumstances, the humans can use great physical strength. Try to figure out how to give them that strength all the time.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Strength Enhancement I,
[] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
While the humans seem to favour stamina and persistence over raw speed, they could be more useful to Hierarchy if they could move at a faster rate.
Progress 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Speed Enhancement I,
[] [Research] Increased Eyesight (Biology)
Enhance the eyesight of the humans even further, pushing them to the limits of what is naturally possible for the unaltered human body.
Progress: 2/10
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Enhanced Vison II,
[] [Research] Increased Hearing (Biology)
You have enhanced the one of the human's senses, time to do the same with another. Look into ways to improve the hearing of the humans.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Enhanced Hearing I,
[] [Research] Increased Smelling (Biology)
You have enhanced the one of the human's senses, time to do the same with another. Figuring out how to improve the sense of smell that the humans have would make them more useful.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Enhanced Smell I,
[] [Research] Neural Interface (Cybernetics)
With technology as commonplace in everyday life as it is, almost everyone, including yourself, has a neural interface to allow them to interface with Hierarchy technology. Figure out how to make a neural interface for the humans.
Progress: 0/5
Cost: 5,000
Rewards: Basic Neural Interface I,
[] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
An archaeologist expedition on the border world of Heldyna IV has made an interesting discovery as they have uncovered an unknown precursor artefact. For some reason, the artefact has been sent to your department for you to study and unlock its secrets for your work. Initial studies revealed that it has some sort of ability to alter the age of organic matter.
Progress: 3/10
Cost: 10,000
Rewards: ???,
You have 1 Design Action.
[] [Design] Write-in Project Name
-[] [Design] Write-in Unlocked Mods
-[] [Design] Write-in Unlocked Mods
You have 1 Test Action.
No genelines to test.
***
Bran Brennus
Stats
Diplomacy 0
Logistics 0
Research 2
Engineering 2
Traits
Pioneer of the Future: Chance to unlock advanced versions of basic technology earlier.
Relations
Emperor Gardolf Kaiser = +2
Crown Prince Brandr Kaiser = 0
Princess Juden Kaiser = 0
Prince Philik Kaiser = 0
Imperial Council = 0
Grand Admiral Jakob Bolberg = 0
Grand Marshall Kathalee Gunther = 0
House Konig = 0
House Kron = 0
House Kraus = 0
House Konrad = 0
Stats
Diplomacy 0
Logistics 0
Research 2
Engineering 2
Traits
Pioneer of the Future: Chance to unlock advanced versions of basic technology earlier.
Relations
Emperor Gardolf Kaiser = +2
Crown Prince Brandr Kaiser = 0
Princess Juden Kaiser = 0
Prince Philik Kaiser = 0
Imperial Council = 0
Grand Admiral Jakob Bolberg = 0
Grand Marshall Kathalee Gunther = 0
House Konig = 0
House Kron = 0
House Kraus = 0
House Konrad = 0
Funding: 30,000 (+10,000)
Basic Toughness Enhancement I
Biology
While still within natural human variation, these humans are tougher they should be.
Above Average Toughness
1 Gene-Mod Slot/1,000
Biology
While still within natural human variation, these humans are tougher they should be.
Above Average Toughness
1 Gene-Mod Slot/1,000
Basic Enhanced Vision I
Biology
Description
Above Average Eyesight
1 Gene-Mod Slot/1,000
Biology
Description
Above Average Eyesight
1 Gene-Mod Slot/1,000
None
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So design actions are pretty simple. Write-in the name of the project and write-in which unlocked mods you want to add to the geneline. There will eventually be a limit to how many mods you can add into a geneline, but I want start including the limit until you begin to approach it.
You also get extra funding from producing genelines and the more useful the geneline, the more funding you get from it.
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10ebbor10
DON'T PANIC
- Location
- Present
Pretty sure the 1000 is the cost for each trait.
[X] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
[X] [Research] Enhanced Healing Factor (Biology)
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
Total cost 22k
[X] [Research] Enhanced Healing Factor (Biology)
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
Total cost 22k
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- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Yes.
However, you get funding by producing genelines and the most useful they are, the more funding you get. I'll add this into the update.
Rockeye
Plausible Engineer
- Location
- Midwestern U.S.
[x] [Research] Increased Hearing (Biology)
[X] [Research] Boosted Toughness (Biology) regen version
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
[X] Write-in: This is only the beginning, but what would be something you'd really like to see out of my lab, boss?
[X] [Research] Boosted Toughness (Biology) regen version
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
[X] Write-in: This is only the beginning, but what would be something you'd really like to see out of my lab, boss?
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Ah, so we got a nat1 on the Artifact research... Is it bad if I'm kinda happy that's the one we crit-failed on? The other two would've been really annoying to fail like that, even if it would be objectively better.
[X] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
Speed was a factor that a lot of people would want, and is a very important part of my dinosaur soldier plan!
[X] [Research] Increased Hearing (Biology)
Hearing is a great sense, especially since it is almost impossible for enemy combatants to completely ignore.
Also because we don't have "Enhanced Sense of Touch" unlocked, meaning that this is the most likely route towards tremoursense (which is what technically what snakes use for hearing).
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
75% chance of success this time, let's go!
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle Mk. 1
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
At this point, we only have slightly tougher and slightly better seeing humans. That's not something deserving of neither the name of Eagle nor Turtle! We have to let the public know that this is not an acceptable stopping point!
The Mk. 1 part is pure advertisement, the actual name is Mk. 0.1
[X] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
Speed was a factor that a lot of people would want, and is a very important part of my dinosaur soldier plan!
[X] [Research] Increased Hearing (Biology)
Hearing is a great sense, especially since it is almost impossible for enemy combatants to completely ignore.
Also because we don't have "Enhanced Sense of Touch" unlocked, meaning that this is the most likely route towards tremoursense (which is what technically what snakes use for hearing).
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
75% chance of success this time, let's go!
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle Mk. 1
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
At this point, we only have slightly tougher and slightly better seeing humans. That's not something deserving of neither the name of Eagle nor Turtle! We have to let the public know that this is not an acceptable stopping point!
The Mk. 1 part is pure advertisement, the actual name is Mk. 0.1
- Location
- USA
Can we see the rolls in the update?
[X] [Research] Enhanced Immune System (Biology)
[X] [Research] Increased Healing Factor (Biology)
[X] [Research] Neural Interface (Cybernetics)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
So my reasoning is 1st lets make them resistant to disease, 2nd lets get them to heal faster so they are more likely to recover from wounds which saves money on having to breed and train new soldiers and finally neural interface since that would give them better access to tech, more importantly using military tech more effectively making them a better soldier.
[X] [Research] Enhanced Immune System (Biology)
[X] [Research] Increased Healing Factor (Biology)
[X] [Research] Neural Interface (Cybernetics)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
So my reasoning is 1st lets make them resistant to disease, 2nd lets get them to heal faster so they are more likely to recover from wounds which saves money on having to breed and train new soldiers and finally neural interface since that would give them better access to tech, more importantly using military tech more effectively making them a better soldier.
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- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Vision and toughness went well while as Omegahugger guessed, the artefact got a 1.
No.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
We rolled a D20+2 for each roll, with excess successes going into the next unlock at a 2:1 rate.
This tells us that we rolled a natural 1 on the Artifact, which also fits with the "giant explosion" narratives.
Boosted Toughness costed 5 and currently has 4 Progress, meaning we rolled ~11 (possibly plus/minus one depending on how rounding works in-quest).
Similarly Boosted Eyesight has a Progress of 2 leading to a roll of ~9.
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- Location
- Salem Oregon US
[X] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
[X] [Research] Boosted Toughness (Biology) regen version
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
Let's not roll a 1 again.
[X] [Research] Boosted Toughness (Biology) regen version
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Design] Project Eagle Turtle
-[X] [Design] Basic Toughness Enhancement I
-[X] [Design] Basic Enhanced Vision I
Let's not roll a 1 again.
- Location
- Milky Way
[X] [Research] Increased Speed (Biology)
[X] [Research] [Research] Neural Interface (Cybernetics)
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
[X] [Research] [Research] Neural Interface (Cybernetics)
[X] [Research] Heldyna IV Artefact (Precusor)
