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

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It has come to my attention that people apparently want to get another god realized. Well, with 3 Toy Maker things coming this turn from the YALDABOATHSMAS Projects (Temple to the Lady of Seasons, Faerie Song, and Offerings to the Crafter of Merriment), coupled with the near-completion of the Polar Tower (secondary god projects seem to have a small effect on the main god from what Bird has said), and said Polar Tower completion would give us the excess Warp to do one of the priciest Toy Maker projects? Well, now seems to be our best opportunity to ever get a new god to our roster.

To that end, these plans achieve four main goals: massive Wonderpark buildup (as we saw with Faerie Shrines, they have a close connection to the Toy Maker), Supercharging the Polar Tower (which has the double effect of boosting the Toy Maker pantheon and giving excess Warp), expanding the pantheon (with Temples to the Lady of Seasons, the Fool (which may help with Miles Schwartz), and the Drunkard), and using that excess Warp from the Polar Tower Supercharging to get the 2nd set of Toy Maker Rites.

For an in-depth breakdown:
  • Wonderpark is boosted with Archaeology!, Tacchis Holo-Tag, Wonderpark Space Docks, and Sandscorn Water Park.
  • The Polar Tower is powered by the Alkemote Bottling Facility Mountain Blood (turbo-charging our initial foray into alchemy), LumSoft Drivers (spreading the effect into cyberspace), Ecto Detector (making ghosts/spirits stronger), and the Peer Review Board (which would probably boost something about Hobbgrotts since the Polar Tower would partially work because they believed it worked)
    • Additionally, Bird mentioned that getting the Polar Tower with the World Tree would likely have a pretty big boost to our Wyld magics, and combined with Song of the North I'm hopeful to have a similar effect on Teklia's Vita that the Lesser Engines of the Assembly did.
  • The Temple to the Lady of Seasons would bolster Faeries and might lead to weather powers, the Fool is notably antiChoas in that they can thwart long-term planners (and when I asked Bird about using it to help Miles Schwartz, they were receptive to the idea), and the Drunkard boosts all our allies Rep (which synergizes very nicely with BATTLEZONE COMBAT BEER).
  • In addition to the above, the Toy Maker is directly empowered through his 2nd set of Rites, which we haven't gotten for any god yet, Faerie Song (which would also synergize great with Temple to the Lady of Seasons), and Offerings to the Crafter of Merriment (which is effectively just feeding the Toy Maker power).
  • Unrelated to the Toy Maker, I also get all our outpost building done this turn (Red Sun Extraction/Security, Three Brothers Xenoscience Monitors, Iron Crown Xenotheology Outpost, and Emerald Line Agri-Outposts), finally deal with the Phasmid (so when we hire Wintersprite they have one less thing to distract them), build up the H'k in case of more attacks, do Temple Expedition (which we've been sitting on for a long time), and OOG-87's MicroSingularity (we've never gotten past the 2nd teir of character projects, and this is a rare opportunity to go as far as possible). And finally, I'm starting Bond-Technomata, since we've been sitting on that project for ages.
The differences between these two plans are all in EXP: "with Industry" gets manufacturing built up on Tacchis, Trove, Meeklak, and Spra'ang (Bird has been rather pointed in saying how poorly developed our manufacturing is), while "with Ships" gets 2 new Endeavors and the first third of a Valiant.

[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry
-[X] Fleet Actions
--[X] TKK Resistance
---[X] Hunting the Phasmid
--[X] TKK Valiant
---[X] Drydock
--[X] TKK Endeavor-B
---[X] Three Brothers Xenoscience Monitors
---[X] Red Sun Security
--[X] TKK Accomplishment
---[X] Red Sun Extraction
---[X] Explore Horizon
--[X] TKK Discovery
---[X] H'k Peace Mission
---[X] Warp Route R-19
--[X] TKK Emissary
---[X] Yr Albain Scanning
---[X] H'kann Research
--[X] TKK Delivery
---[X] Explore Voidmarches
---[X] H'kek Naval Development
--[X] TKK Spirit of Toxel
---[X] Emerald Line Agri-Outposts
---[X] Iron Crown Xenotheology Outpost
-[X] Expansion Projects (153/153)
--[X] Three Brothers Xenoscience Monitors (0/10 --> 10/10)
--[X] Red Sun Security (0/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Red Sun Extraction (0/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] OOG-87's MicroSingularity (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Gleam Manufacturing District (0/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Erichthean PharmaFactory (0/15 --> 15/15) -1 Biodata
--[X] Ferrocrystal Manufacturing Complex (0/10 --> 10/10)
--[X] Meeklak Q-Bit Factories (4/25 --> 25/25) +1 Network
--[X] Alkemote Bottling Facility (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp
--[X] Construct Dreamer Class Ship (0/40 --> 2/40)
-[X] Culture Projects (133/130(+3))
--[X] Song of the North (0/25 --> 25/25) -1 Warp
--[X] Archaeology! (0/15 --> 15/15) +1 Biodata
--[X] Spra'ang Tekropolis (0/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Sandscorn Water Park (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] BATTLEZONE COMBAT BEER (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Wonderpark Space Docks (12/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Tacchis Holo-Tag (0/20 --> 20/20)
--[X] Emerald Line Agri-Outposts (0/5 --> 5/5)
-[X] Faith Projects (126/126)
--[X] Iron Crown Xenotheology Outpost (0/5 --> 5/5)
--[X] Polar Tower of the Hermit (27/50 --> 50/50) -1 Warp
--[X] World Tree (0/15 --> 15/15) -1 Warp
--[X] Rites of the Toymaker (0/25 --> 25/25) -2 Warp
--[X] Temple to the Fool (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Zoggian Drunkard Rock (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Bond-Technomata (0/30 --> 8/30)
-[X] Academy Projects (119/113(+6))
--[X] Mountain Blood (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp
--[X] LumSoft Drivers (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp, -1 Network
--[X] Ecto Detector (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp
--[X] Peer Review Board (3/25 --> 25/25) +1 Art, +1 Warp
--[X] Temple Expedition (6/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] HoloTek (0/25 --> 13/25)
-[X] Resource Management
--[X] Artifacts: 4 --> 5
--[X] Biodata: 4
--[X] Intel: 0
--[X] Living Metal: 3
--[X] Network: 4
--[X] Nuclear Material: 1
--[X] Warp: 1 --> 2

[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Ships
-[X] Fleet Actions
--[X] TKK Resistance
---[X] Hunting the Phasmid
--[X] TKK Valiant
---[X] Drydock
--[X] TKK Endeavor-B
---[X] Three Brothers Xenoscience Monitors
---[X] Red Sun Security
--[X] TKK Accomplishment
---[X] Red Sun Extraction
---[X] Explore Horizon
--[X] TKK Discovery
---[X] H'k Peace Mission
---[X] Warp Route R-19
--[X] TKK Emissary
---[X] Yr Albain Scanning
---[X] H'kann Research
--[X] TKK Delivery
---[X] Explore Voidmarches
---[X] H'kek Naval Development
--[X] TKK Spirit of Toxel
---[X] Emerald Line Agri-Outposts
---[X] Iron Crown Xenotheology Outpost
-[X] Expansion Projects (153/153)
--[X] Alkemote Bottling Facility (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp
--[X] Three Brothers Xenoscience Monitors (0/10 --> 10/10)
--[X] Red Sun Security (0/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Red Sun Extraction (0/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Construct Endeavor Class Ship (0/25 --> 50/25)
---[X] TKK Problem Child
---[X] TKK Seasons' Grace
--[X] OOG-87's MicroSingularity (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Construct Valiant Class Ship (0/35 --> 13/35)
-[X] Culture Projects (130/130)
--[X] Song of the North (0/25 --> 25/25) -1 Warp
--[X] Archaeology! (0/15 --> 15/15) +1 Biodata
--[X] Sandscorn Water Park (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] BATTLEZONE COMBAT BEER (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Wonderpark Space Docks (12/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] Tacchis Holo-Tag (0/20 --> 20/20)
--[X] Emerald Line Agri-Outposts (0/5 --> 5/5)
--[X] Jr. Genetics Playsets (2/25 --> 14/25)
-[X] Faith Projects (126/126)
--[X] Iron Crown Xenotheology Outpost (0/5 --> 5/5)
--[X] Polar Tower of the Hermit (27/50 --> 50/50) -1 Warp
--[X] World Tree (0/15 --> 15/15) -1 Warp
--[X] Rites of the Toymaker (0/25 --> 25/25) -2 Warp
--[X] Temple to the Fool (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Zoggian Drunkard Rock (0/25 --> 25/25)
--[X] Bond-Technomata (0/30 --> 8/30)
-[X] Academy Projects (119/113(+6))
--[X] Mountain Blood (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp
--[X] LumSoft Drivers (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp, -1 Network
--[X] Ecto Detector (0/25 --> 25/25) +1 Warp
--[X] Peer Review Board (3/25 --> 25/25) +1 Art, +1 Warp
--[X] Temple Expedition (6/15 --> 15/15)
--[X] HoloTek (0/25 --> 13/25)
-[X] Resource Management
--[X] Artifacts: 4 --> 5
--[X] Biodata: 4
--[X] Intel: 0
--[X] Living Metal: 3
--[X] Network: 4 --> 3
--[X] Nuclear Material: 1
--[X] Warp: 1 --> 2

[X] Plan: A Time Of Realization For Gods and Industry
[X] Plan: A Gift to our Gods and Shrines
[X] Plan: Assembling a Digital Realm
[X] Plan: THE MOOOON
[X]Plan: JACK "KILL CHAOS" GARLAND APPROVED:
[X] Plan: Impractically Large Explosions
[X] Stizlak's Shadow
-[X] The Dark Mojo: Kalzits

[X] Stizlak's antianima was a part of him, and the thing had grown in the same ways anyone else's pent up and ignored problems would. He had fought himself here. The fact that it had been in the form of a trippy and uncomfortable dream quest was a fast forward. A short cut. But now, as the victor, there're easy choices he can make. But why should Stizlak be the one to make all the choices? The zoggin git of fear and darkness in front of him is his responsibility, and it's his turn to offer chances given to him. Congrats git, you're adopted.
-[X] Mojo Jojo
 
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[X] Plan: Ecological Ascension
[X] Plan: A Time Of Realization For Gods and Industry
[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry
[X] Plan: Union Time
[X] Plan Eat Your Fucking Vegetables

[X] The Dark Mojo
-[X] Mojo Jojo
[X] Name for Mega Snotlings
-[X] Gnolls
 
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[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry
as for names don't really care as long as its not snotlings
[X]Plan: JACK "KILL CHAOS" GARLAND APPROVED:
 
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Guys, the Toy Maker is probably going to realize next turn anyway--an offering is a major infusion of lifeforce. Every offering thus far has proven to have dramatic effects and acted as a major boost to any entity; a single offering should be sufficient to realize the Toy Maker given that they're already offering miracles. Of our gods, only those realized or close to realization are doing that.
 
[X] Plan: Enlightenment Awaits
[X] Name for Mega Snotlings
-[X] Hoblings
[X] Stizlak's Shadow:
-[X] The Dark Mojo: Mojo Phobo

[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry
[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Ships
[X] Send the Dark Mojo to mandatory therapy sessions to rehabilitate them. They will become the god of dealing with inner darkness through therapy.
[X] Plan Eat Your Fucking Vegetables
[X] Plan: THE MOOOON
 
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[X] Plan: Ecological Ascension

[X] Send the Dark Mojo to mandatory therapy sessions to rehabilitate them. They will become the god of dealing with inner darkness through therapy.

[X] Grolls
[X] Grotlings
 
[X] Plan: Enlightenment Awaits
[X] Name for Mega Snotlings
-[X] Hoblings
[X] Stizlak's Shadow:
-[X] The Dark Mojo: Mojo Phobo

[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry

Since we are still in galactic time out I would rather take industry now and ships next turn.
 
[X] Plan: Enlightenment Awaits
[X] Plan Eat Your Fucking Vegetables
[X] Plan: THE MOOOON


[X] Name for Mega Snotlings
-[X] Hoblings

[X] Stizlak's Shadow:
-[X] The Dark Mojo: Mojo Phobo
[X] Stizlak's antianima was a part of him, and the thing had grown in the same ways anyone else's pent up and ignored problems would. He had fought himself here. The fact that it had been in the form of a trippy and uncomfortable dream quest was a fast forward. A short cut. But now, as the victor, there're easy choices he can make. But why should Stizlak be the one to make all the choices? The zoggin git of fear and darkness in front of him is his responsibility, and it's his turn to offer chances given to him. Congrats git, you're adopted.
-[X] Mojo Jojo
 
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[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Ships

[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry

[X] Plan: A Gift to our Gods and Shrines

[X] Destroy It
[X] Mojo Shadows

[X] Name for Mega Snotlings
-[X] Gnolls

I don't trust the dark Mojo. And I don't trust whatever it was that talked to Stizlak.
 
[X] Plan: Ecological Ascension

[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry

Finally finished my exams for today and can comment, and wow a lot happened this chapter.

For the humans it was very amusing on how much they got right and how much they got wrong at the same time. On that topic which Primarch would be most likely to be worshipped in the Directorate since they have been pretty much assimilated into the pantheon of the Star Child, my money is on Ferrus Manus simply due to the Mechanicus focus the Directorate has in the human population. Plus I do wanna see the different sects of the Mechanicus that can form.

Besides that interesting comment about the human genome being an absolute mess, probably due to over polluted worlds, Warp exposure, Dark Age biotinkering, and other weird shit done over 38,000 years. Could lead to some interesting options to make our own abhuman strains, or other future human augmentation projects.

On the topic of abhumans abgrots lets get some.
 
[X] Plan: Here Comes the Toy Maker with Industry

[X] Stizlak's Shadow:
(if possible)
- [X] Write In: Da Bad Moon
(if not)
-[X] The Dark Mojo: greg

[X] Name for Mega Snotlings
-[X] Grolls
 
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