Into that Vast and Unrelenting Darkness (40K Xeno Civilization Quest)

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[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Shields]
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Shields]
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields

We're star fleet. We don't attack till we have to. Full power to shields, Mr. Data, see if you can interface with their language and send our message through.
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields

First Contact! Take Cover!
 
Citrakayah said:
Yes, they tried talking to orks. And the orks keep trying to kill them anyway. It's just that the orks aren't much of a threat, unlike these guys, who are a clearly superior force that outnumbers the Tekket--a species which very recently survived attempted genocide. And you guys are telling me that it's in character for the Tekket to focus on trying to communicate with a species that's acting similarly to the Destroyers, to the expense of even powering their own shields?

C'mon. Yeah, not immediately going for the kill might be in character, but focusing on trying probably futile communication (remember, it didn't work with the Destroyers) to the expense of ship survivability isn't.

Especially when this is the Tekket's only warship, and their home system is totally defenseless. You think the Enterprise would be acting this way if it was the only roadblock between the entire Federation and destruction?
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On the other hand, the Tekket are basically techpriests if they weren't fanatical fascist arseholes. This is a rogue AI. One that seems to be acting in defence of their territory.

It would feel more in character for the Tekket to at least try to soothe the AI's issues first, before resorting to killing it.

That said, let's not die trying.

[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields
 
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[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields

We are Trek inspired, so like Trek we shall act.
 
I saw the nat 1 and instantly felt this huge need to apologize lmfao

[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields

Guys, we are a minor alien race in Warhammer 40000, in the long run we are probably doomed anyway, we might as well mentain our morals so that in the lucky break we manage to get out of it alive we will come out as something worthwhile.
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Science
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields
 
[X] [Cannon] Scour Turrets: Risky as it would require closing the distance, but if the Turrets were taken out, it would allow a shuttle to board the vessels and (hopefully) allow for their capture whole.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Shields]

Hyacinthium said:
I saw the nat 1 and instantly felt this huge need to apologize lmfao
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Eh, these things happen sometimes; it was inevitable that a ship would be lost eventually. Frankly, I'm surprised that it took this long for one ofthe exploration ships to be slain. The fact that they even managed to get back to Teklia first essentially makes this stil la win, since we salvaged personnel, information, and can enshrine the Endeavor's wreckage as a monument.

Actually, I'd be very surprised if enshrining the Endeavor wasn't an explicit option; it was the first ship through the doors of the universe, and the first casualty in exploring those distant wonders. Laying it to rest in a museum, or at the heart of a temple to the Roadguide, seems apt.
 
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[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Shields]
 
[X] [Machina] Decode: There still existed a chance that a peaceful end to this situation could be achieved IF the language used by the Synthetic Intelligences operating the ship were translated. Keep the Machina in contact with the enemy ships, and have them devote additional processing power to deciphering the language.
[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Subsystem] Shields
 
[X] [Cannon] Scour Turrets: Risky as it would require closing the distance, but if the Turrets were taken out, it would allow a shuttle to board the vessels and (hopefully) allow for their capture whole.

[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[X] [Shields]
 
Dark Abstraction said:
Actually, I'd be very surprised if enshrining the Endeavor wasn't an explicit option; it was the first ship through the doors of the universe, and the first casualty in exploring those distant wonders. Laying it to rest in a museum, or at the heart of a temple to the Roadguide, seems apt.
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Given how things went down at the end I suspect it only even had survivors at all because there was enough Waaagh going on to pretend it worked long enough to limp home
 
Given that we use block tek, and that gestalt theory is a part of our potential repertoire, I'm not sure where this idea to enshrine the shredded hulk is coming from.
 
[X] [Machina] Hack Attack: It was a completely alien operating system in an unknown language, meaning the ships normal E-War systems wouldn't cut it: the technopathic abilities of the Machina would be required to subvert the digital security of the enemy ships.

[X] [Shrine] Concentrated Offerings: The Shrine-Keepers were on standby: at a moments notice, they would perform a targeted, heavy offering at one of the ship Sub-Shrines, providing the Voidborne Parliment additional vigor in the hopes it might change the tide of battle. Select one subsystem: Weapons, Shields, Engines, Communications, Science.
-[ ] [Subsystem] Shields

There's no guarantees that these ships can't attempt to escape if we remove their turrets, perhaps managing to retreat and alert other forces. Hacking seems like a better option as far as disabling the ship goes, even if there is a risk of counter e-war. The decode option isn't guaranteed either and with a failed hack attempt we might gain more insight into our opponents than through a failed communication attempt.
Shields boost to keep us alive.
 
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